Context The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, a draft of which was released for public consultation last year is expected to be tabled in Parliament’s Monsoon Session this year (2023). This article discusses the concerns surrounding the bill and …
Context With access to the Internet becoming a basic human need, sexual violence facilitated using technology is an issue that requires our immediate attention. What is Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV)? Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) refers to the range of sexual …
About POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in 2018 with an aim to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. Recently, the efforts …
About the Programme The Sagarmala project seeks to develop a string of ports around India’s coast. The objective of this initiative is to promote “Port-led development” along India’s 7500 km long coastline. It aims to develop access to new development …
About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) which aims at providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips …
About ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’ is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Culture. It envisages to reimburse the Central Government share of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) so as to lessen …
About Nai Manzil is an initiative of the Government of India which aims to benefit the minority youths who do not have a formal school leaving certificate, i.e those in the category of school- dropouts or educated in community education …
About Namami Gange Mission is a holistic and integrated river rejuvenation programme not just to clean River Ganga but restore its entire riverine ecosystem. It was launched in 2014-15. Namami Gange is premised on the five important pillars of – …
About Bird Flu Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection caused by Influenza Type A viruses which spreads from bird to bird. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and …
Context World Trade Organisation (WTO) reform has been on the global agenda for a while including that of the G20, whose members are key players in the WTO. The recently concluded meeting of the G20 working group on trade and …