Context The Parliament Standing Committee on Education recently tabled a report during the special session of Parliament on the “Implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 in Higher Education.” What were the issues discussed? The 31 member panel tried …
What’s in the news? Government has said that the claims of more than ten thousand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) accepted under the Vivad se Vishwas-I scheme. This has led to a grant of more than 256 crore rupees …
Background Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) was introduced under Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP 2015-20), as a part of Exports from India Scheme. The scheme provides incentive in the form of duty credit scrip to exporters to compensate …
Context Urban India is becoming a heat-trap. It is important to strengthen resilience through effective building materials and zone-specific master plans. Urban heat island effect The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect refers to localized areas within cities or metropolitan areas …