About the scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% funding from Government of India. Aim : To augment the income of the farmers by providing income support to all landholding farmers’ families across …
What’s in the news? India is set to take over the Chair of Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, GPAI. GPAI is an international initiative to support responsible and human-centric development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). GPAI is a congregation …
What is Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)? It was prepared by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change which was later approved by the Supreme Court in 2016. It comprises a series of measures that come into force incrementally …
What’s the news? Recently, the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) was held in Sharm-El-Sheik in Egypt from November 6-18. The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP27 …
What’s in the news? The 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) has agreed to establish the special Loss and Damage Fund. The Fund will help to make up for the losses suffered by developing nations that are vulnerable to climate …
Background Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched ‘Mission LiFE’ (Lifestyle For Environment), a new initiative for sustainable and healthy lifestyle in Gujarat. About the Initiative Mission LiFE is a global initiative by India to help the world in its fight …
What’s in the news? India has improved its position by six slots and is now placed at 61st rank as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022) report released recently. In its latest version of 2022, the NRI Report …
What is it? Foreign Exchange Reserve indicates the reserves held by RBI in the form foreign currency assets, gold, SDR and reserve tranche. Components of foreign exchange reserve: Foreign Currency Assets: Currencies of foreign countries are held in foreign exchange …