About the Programme The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005, guarantees 100 days of work each financial year to any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage. In addition …
What’s in the news? The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has conducted a joint study to evaluate the innovation performance of manufacturing firms in India. The study, titled “National Manufacturing Innovation …
About UGC The University Grants Commission is a statutory organization established by an Act of Parliament in 1956 for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. Apart from providing grants to eligible universities and colleges, the Commission …
About The National SC-ST Hub has been set up to provide professional support to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneurs. The Hub was launched by the Government of India in 2016 The Hub is being implemented by the National Small …
What is PMI? Purchasing Managers’ Index is an economic indicator which indicates the business activity & economic health of both the manufacturing and service sectors. PMI of India is compiled and constructed by IHS Markit, an information services provider. PMI …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) ADB is a multilateral development bank established in 1966. It is headquartered in Manila, Philippines The largest shareholders of ADB are- Japan (15.6%) ,United States (15.6%), China (6.4%), and India (6.3%) Objectives It aims to promote …
What’s in the news? Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that it can exercise its plenary power to do “complete justice” under Article 142(1) of the Constitution to dissolve a marriage on the ground that it had broken down irretrievably, without …
Law on Sedition (Section 124A) Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), deals with sedition. It was drafted by Thomas Babington Macaulay and included in the IPC in 1870. It states that ‘Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, …