About the scheme The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing the Swadhar Greh Scheme which targets the women victims of difficult circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life …
In 1963 Kamaraj voluntarily left office under what came to be known as the Kamaraj Plan, which called for the voluntary resignations of high-level national and state officials in order to devote their efforts at the grassroots level following India’s disastrous …
Context The Fifteenth Finance Commission health grant constituting the urban share which is nearly five-fold that of the annual budget for the National Urban Health Mission and rural allocation is one-and-a-half-fold that of the total health spending by Rural Local …
About Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan It is a Central Sector pension scheme to ensure old age protection for Unorganised Workers. It was launched in 2019. It is administered by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and implemented through Life …
About the Scheme Krishi UDAN Scheme was launched to assist farmers in transporting agricultural products so that it improves their value realisation. The scope of the Krishi Udaan Scheme was expanded by including more districts/airports across the country with an …
What’s in the news? The European Commission announced a plan to mobilise €300 billion ($340 billion) in public and private infrastructure investment around the world, a move seen as a response to China’s Belt and Road strategy. The Global Gateway …
Constitution, in general, would spread over the topics of Polity (Indian Constitution), Governance, Social Justice in the GS2 paper. As these topics are intertwined and have strong interconnections, I would explain how to study these topics for the GS2 paper. …
Bilateral ties with Russia are a key pillar of India’s foreign policy. India sees Russia as a longstanding and time-tested friend that has played a significant role in its economic development and security. Since the signing of the “Declaration on …
CONTEXT The great space race of the 20th century was kicked off by the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in 1957. It was a competition between the world’s great powers, a test of their ideologies, which proved to be a …
CONTEXT Recently, the Indian Prime Minister has announced that India would aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. The announcement was given credence by the country’s solar achievements since 2015. Further, India is the only major economy whose policies and …