CONTEXT The forthcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from November 1-12, 2021 is to re-examine the coordinated action plans to mitigate greenhouse gases and climate adaptation measures. Hence, in order to achieve the goal …
What’s in the news? The 5th edition of Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise, EXERCISE KAZIND-21 culminated recently at Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan. In the Joint Exercise which began on 31 August 2021, training was focused on Counter Insurgency/ Counter Terrorism …
What is Fortification of Food? Fortification is the addition of key vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, zinc, Vitamin A & D to staple foods such as rice, milk and salt to improve their nutritional content. These nutrients may …
Context Contrary to some northeastern States such as Meghalaya, the Arunachal Pradesh government is keen on reaping the benefits of oil palm cultivation under the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP). News in Detail According to a …
About ADB The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was founded in 1966 with the primary mission of fostering growth and cooperation among countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines. At present, ADB comprises 68 members (including India)- …
About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) which aims at providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips …
What is it? Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation program, better known as SVEEP, is the flagship program of the Election Commission of India for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy in India. Since 2009, the Election …
CONTEXT Recently, various State governments raised concerns about Central unilateralism in the enactment of critical laws on subjects in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. CONCERN RAISED BY THE STATES In the wake of the Union …
What’s in the news? Recently, the Union Cabinet approved a Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the textiles sector worth Rs 10,683 crore. The scheme aims to attract fresh investment of Rs 19,000 crore in the sector for production of in-demand …