Need for the Mission Cities accommodate ~31% of India’s current population and contribute 63% to the GDP (Census 2011). By 2030, urban areas are expected to accommodate 40% of India’s population and contribute 75% to the GDP. Population growth in …
About DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under the Digital India programme. It is a secure cloud based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents & certificates. Linked to both Aadhaar card …
What is the SCO? The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was built on the ‘Shanghai Five’ grouping of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which had come together in the post-Soviet era in 1996, in order to work on regional security, …
About The Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) was set up in 2014-15 to help regulate the price volatility of important agri-horticultural commodities like onion, potatoes, etc. Such goods will be procured directly from farmers or farmers’ organisations at the farm gate/mandi, …
About CPGRAMS Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is an online platform available to the citizens 24×7 to lodge their grievances to the public authorities on any subject related to service delivery. Launched in 2007, it is a …
Context: The Supreme Court of India has just ruled that people have a right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change, and the right to a clean environment is already recognised as a fundamental right within the …
Context: Women’s labour force participation rate (WLFPR) in Japan has grown by ten percentage points, from 64.9 percent in 2013 to 75.2 per cent in 2023. This is not only the fastest growth in Japan’s WLFPR in the past few …
Context: In February 2024, an elephant captured from a coffee plantation in what was ostensibly a ‘rescue’, was radio-collared and released 200 km away in a landscape unknown to the animal. This resulted in it straying into the neighbouring State …
Context: Recent attacks on commercial ships in sensitive geographical areas such as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz raise the concern of safety among Indian seafarers. As Indian seafarers constitute 9.35% of the global seafaring population, India’s stakes …
ABOUT CDRI Launched by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the 2019 UN Climate Summit, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) includes Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Chile, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, …