About Launched in 2016, the National Agricultural Market (e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which targets to connect almost 7,000 existing mandis run by Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC) to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. e-NAM …
About UN Peacekeeping Forces The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces are employed by the UN to maintain or re-establish peace in an area of armed conflict. The UN may engage in conflicts between states as well as in struggles within states. …
Ramanuja was born in Tamil Nadu in 1017 CE. He was also known as Ilaya Perumal, which means “the shining one.” Contributions Culture He fought relentlessly against casteism and societal hierarchies His philosophical underpinnings for devotionalism influenced the Bhakti movement. He is known for his Sri Vaishnavism ideology and is the main proponent …
What’s in the news? For the next fiscal year FY23, capital expenditure budget – or investments into productive capital creation has been increased to ₹7.5 lakh crore, 24% higher than the FY22 revised estimate of ₹6 lakh crore and the …
About NAFCC The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) was established in 2015 to meet the cost of adaptation to climate change for the State and Union Territories of India that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of …
About the scheme The Government of India under the Ministry of Science and Technology had instituted a scheme “The Swarnajayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence in 1997. Under this scheme a selected number of young scientists, with …
About In 2021, the Government of India approved the establishment of seven Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) parks to create a world-class infrastructure for the integration of different processes involved in the textile industry. The …
What is a CSC? Common Service Centres (CSCs) are shops/Kiosks that deliver various government services online like public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from a host of B2C services to citizens in rural …
Recently, India and the United Kingdom initiated official Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions, which both nations want to conclude by the end of 2022. Until then, both nations are considering an interim free trade zone, which would result in tariff …
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 …