About Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CATS) status Launched in 2013, CATS is a conservation tool that sets minimum standards to manage target species, and encourages assessments to benchmark progress. Tigers are the first species selected for the initiative. CATS …
About Sambhar Lake Sambhar Lake is the country’s largest inland saline water body situated 80 km south-west of Jaipur in Rajasthan. The 230 sq.km. shallow, elliptical wetland straddles the districts of Jaipur, Nagaur and Ajmer. The water is fed to …
About the Campaign The disposal of waste water and clogging of waterbodies in the villages or on the outskirts of the villages remain one of the major problems. The Jal Shakti Ministry has launched “SUJALAM”, a 100 days campaign as …
What is CSR? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business philosophy that dictates that companies around the globe should deviate from the narrow path of chasing only financial gains and wealth buildup and embark on a journey of sustainable development. …
What’s in the news? Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) is an arrangement for the price to be paid to sugarcane farmers by the Sugar Mills and is announced each year by the Centre, on the advice of Commission for Agricultural …
The UPSC Civil services prelims 2021 is just 1.5 months away, and may I cement the fact that this period is the most important in your preparation. Hence, I request every aspirant out there to give their maximum effort during …
What is the e-Shram portal? The government has unveiled the e-shram portal which aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others. The workers will be issued an e-Shram …
CONTEXT Recently the voices for a fresh caste census are getting louder in the country after the Bihar Chief Minister led a delegation of 10 political parties of the State to meet the Prime Minister. No political party in the …
About the platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) is a ICT based multi-purpose and multi-modal platform launched in 2015 by the Prime Minister’s office (PMO). It is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important …
Creamy layer concept In the 1992 Indra Sawhney judgment, the supreme court upheld the government’s move to give 27% reservation to Other Backward Classes (based on the Mandal Commission report). The apex court also introduced the concept of creamy layer …