About T-bills Treasury bills or T-bills are money market instruments. They are short term debt instruments issued by the Government of India. In India, the central government issues both treasury bills and bonds or dated securities, while state governments issue …
About NTCA National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). It performs functions as provided in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. It is chaired by the Minister in charge …
About the Scheme PM Vishwakarma is a Central Sector Scheme launched recently to provide end-to-end support to artisans and craftspeople who work with their hands and tools. It is a new scheme with an outlay of Rs 13,000 crore and …
About the Scheme The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the Scheme for Residential Education For Students in High schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESTHA) to provide residential education to Scheduled Caste students in High School in targeted …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the proposal of the Ministry of External Affairs to sign and ratify the Migration and Mobility Agreement between the …
About MSP Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. MSP is the price at which the government procures certain crops from farmers to …
About MY Bharat Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) is an autonomous body that is being set up by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports to provide an overarching institutional mechanism powered by technology for youth development and youth-led development. …
Context This article explains how cities with worse air than Delhi fixed the problem and what needs to be done by India to ensure clean air. Impact of Air Pollution Health impact: Air pollution is the fifth-largest cause of death …
Context The Parliament has passed The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS2) which seeks to replace the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC). The CrPC provides for the procedure for arrest, prosecution, and bail. The BNSS2 retains most of the …
Context The Parliament has passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 which will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, which is the principal law on criminal offences in the country. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita (BNS2) largely retains the …