About PMGSY The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), was launched in 2000 as centrally sponsored scheme to provide connectivity to unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in North-East, hill, tribal and desert areas …
About NHRC The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a statutory organisation established in 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993. The Act also created Human Rights Commissions at the levels of the various States. NHRC was …
What’s in the news? The Union Government has prohibited wheat export with immediate effect to manage the overall food security of the country and to support the needs of the neighbouring countries and other vulnerable countries. The Directorate General of …
Employers who do not give social security to their employees are considered part of the informal sector. It is defined as a group of economic entities that are mostly owned and run by individuals and employ one or more people …
What’s the news? The State of the World’s Birds, an annual review of environmental resources published by nine natural sciences and avian specialists across the globe, has revealed that the population of 48% of the 10,994 surviving species of birds …
What is it? RFID is a passive wireless technology that allows an object or person to be tracked or matched. Tags and Readers are the two main components of the system. The reader sends out radio waves and receives signals …
About SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation established in 2001. It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region. Prior to the creation of SCO in …
About the scheme Ayushman Bharat is a flagship scheme of Government of India launched to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). It aims to undertake path breaking interventions to holistically address the healthcare system at the primary, secondary …
Monetary Policy statement signalled a shift in focus from reviving growth to mitigating risks posed by inflation. Although it has kept the policy rates unchanged for now, it indicated a possible hike in repo rates going forward. Reasons for inflation …