What’s in the news? Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane has launched the MSME Innovative Scheme (Incubation, Design and IPR) along with the MSME Idea Hackathon 2022. MSME Innovation Scheme will promote and support untapped creativity of the MSME sector. …
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/water-management-needs-a-hydro-social-approach/article65208277.ece Overuse of water resources and a decline in water supplies due to climate change are pushing India closer to the brink of water scarcity. Aside from these, several government policies, particularly those pertaining to agriculture (minimum support price), have …
Background According to a 2018 study by the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 95% of India’s working women are informal workers who work in labour-intensive, low-paying, highly precarious jobs/conditions, and with no social protection. The World Health Organization bulletin …
Background The participation of women in the workforce in India has remained low. In 2019, 21% of women were either working or looking for work, compared to 32% in 2005. India’s female labour force participation (FLFP) rate is the lowest …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Education has released the report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2020-21 on school education of India. The UDISE+ system of online data collection from the schools was developed by …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the setting up National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) as a wholly owned Government of India company with an initial authorized share capital of Rs …
Coral reefs are one of the world’s most biologically diverse marine ecosystems. Coral reefs play an important role in marine ecosystems by providing habitat for marine flora and fauna. Climate change is putting the vast diversity of animal and plant …
Why in News? Meghalaya has withdrawn consent to the CBI to investigate cases in the state, becoming the ninth state to have taken this step. What is general consent? The CBI is governed by The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) …
Why in News? Recent events of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has long-term implications for India, most significantly on the decades-old defence trade between the two. Even as the most immediate impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on India is the …
What is Kavach? It is indigenously built Automatic Train Protection System in development since 2012, under the name Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), which got rechristened to Kavach or “armour”. It is a set of electronic devices and Radio Frequency …