About MSSC In the Union Budget 2023-34, the Government announced the Mahila Samman Savings Certificate (MSSC), a new small-savings scheme for women. An account under this scheme can be opened by a woman for herself or by the guardian on …
About Indian Ocean Rim Association IORA is an inter-governmental organisation which was established in 1997 to strengthen regional cooperation and sustainable development within the Indian Ocean region. IORA consists of 23 Member States (including India) and 9 Dialogue Partners. All …
About PLFS In India, the National Statistical Office (NSO) has been quinquennially (over a period of five years) collecting data on employment and unemployment but from 2017 onwards, the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) was launched by the NSO. The …
About the programme Launched in 2020, Mission Karmayogi is a nationwide programme to lay the foundation for capacity building of civil servants. It will help the officers to learn about the best practices across the world. Officially called the “National …
About NCDC The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1963 as a statutory Corporation under the Ministry of Cooperation. Functions Planning, promoting and financing programmes for production, processing, marketing, storage, export and import …
Levels of Economic Integration Economic integration takes the form of the Preferential Trade Area, Free Trade Area, Customs Union, Common Market and Economic Union. A preferential trade area (PTA) is a trading bloc that gives preferential access to certain products …
What’s in the news? The RBI recently announced that it considers the Open Market Operation (OMO) sale of government securities to manage liquidity in the system. What’s OMO? The RBI uses Open market operations in order to adjust the rupee …
What’s in the news? The World Dyslexia Awareness Day is observed every year on 8th October to shed light on dyslexia, a learning difference that affects millions of individuals worldwide. Dyslexia is a common learning disorder that affects a person’s …
What’s in the news? The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO has started preparing for the flight test Vehicle Abort Mission 1(TV-D1) for the Gaganyaan mission. The Space agency said that the unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan mission will commence …