Why in the news? The latest figures on global carbon dioxide emissions call into question the world’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis. CO2 emissions are set to soar 4.9% in 2021, compared with the previous year, according to a …
What is a cryptocurrency? A cryptocurrency is a medium of exchange, such as the rupee or the US dollar, but is digital in format and uses encryption techniques to both control the creation of monetary units and to verify the …
What’s in the news? According to the official data, the net direct tax collection grew almost 68% during the April 1-November 23 period to more than ₹6.92 lakh crore. The Net Direct Tax Collection figures for the FY- 2021-22 as …
About the Scheme In 2020, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries launched the PM Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises Scheme (PM FME Scheme) for providing financial, technical and business support for upgradation of existing micro food processing enterprises. With …
Prejudice is an assumption or an opinion about someone simply based on that person’s membership to a particular group. For example, people can be prejudiced against someone else of a different ethnicity, gender, or religion. Common features of prejudice include negative …
CONTEXT The national health and demographic report card is finally completely out. The results from the first phase (conducted between June 2019 and January 2020) of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) were released in 2020. …
What’s in the news? The 9th Meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime was recently held. During the meeting, emerging traditional and non-traditional security threats …
About the Scheme Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12. The centrally sponsored scheme has been prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal …
About the Scheme Zero Defect and Zero Effect (ZED) is a certification scheme. The MSMEs are assessed for their process in achieving Zero defects in their products and processes. Similarly the process which they adopt for production should not affect …
From 1989, insurgents, whose aim was the secession of J&K from India, began to use violent means to achieve their goal. This led to strong counter-insurgency operations. The Public Safety Act of 1978 and the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act …