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 …
About the Scheme Atal Pension Yojana (APY) addresses the old age income security of the working poor. It is focused on the unorganized sector workers. It encourages the workers in the unorganised sector to voluntarily save for their retirement. The …
India’s total share in world trade is only 2 per cent, making agricultural exports as low as 2 per cent of the domestic GDP. While the country is a food surplus one, supply chain inefficiencies hurt exports. The choice of …
Why in News: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is gearing up for a number of missions in 2022. What are the missions? These include the launch of the Earth Observation Satellites, EOS-4 and EOS-6 on board the Polar Satellite Launch …
What’s in the news? The Parliament has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020. The Bill seeks to provide for the regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology services in the country. Highlights of the Bill Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) The …
About the Act The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 was recently passed by the Parliament. The Act defines surrogacy as a practice where a woman gives birth to a child for an intending couple with the intention to hand over the …
What’s in the news? India and Japan will celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations this year. The two countries established diplomatic relations on 28th April 1952. To mark this historic occasion, India and Japan have decided to …
What’s in the news? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with the framework for facilitating small-value digital payments in offline mode, a move that would promote digital payments in semi-urban and rural areas. The framework incorporates feedback …
China’s new land border law went into force on January 1, 2022. It comes at a time when the border stalemate in eastern Ladakh remains unsolved and China has lately renamed many locations in Arunachal Pradesh as part of its …