Why in News: India aspires to have a permanent presence with more research and satellite ground stations in the Arctic region, suggests a perusal of its Arctic Policy document. About Arctic Arctic region, the enormous area around the North Pole …
About the Mission Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, Gaganyaan is the first Indian Human Space Flight Programme (HSP) with the objective to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit on board an Indian launch …
Background Currently, among the most disputed topics in the world, in the South China Sea (SCS) dispute, the governments of six countries (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and China) claim that they are the rightful owner of Paracel and Spratly …
Context The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC), the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in the Union Budget 2021-22, to carry out monetisation of government and surplus …
A unified market and a simpler tax system are proven to boost operational efficiency, particularly for MSMEs with a greater reach. In July 2017, India’s paradigm change to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system would increase their compliance costs …