About NPCI The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. It is an initiative of the RBI and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the …
What is PMI? Purchasing Managers’ Index is an economic indicator which indicates the business activity & economic health of both the manufacturing and service sectors. PMI of India is compiled by S&P Global, a financial information and analytics business company. …
About CBI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) traces its origins to the Special Police Establishment, a Central Government Police force, which was set up in 1941 by the British to investigate bribery and corruption. In 1963, the Home Ministry …
What’s in the news? The Bombay High Court held that public sector banks cannot recommend or request the issuance of Look Out Circulars against loan defaulters and has set aside the provisions of the central government’s Office Memoranda that empowered …
Article 39 & 31C Article 39 of the Constitution lists certain directive principles of state policy, which are meant to be guiding principles for the enactment of laws, but are not directly enforceable in any court of law. Article 31C …
About The Booker Prize is the leading literary award for outstanding fiction in the English language. The Booker Prize was co-founded by publishers Tom Maschler and Graham C Greene in 1969. From 1969 to 2001, it was sponsored by Booker …
About Chipko Movement The Hindi word chipko means “to hug” or “to cling to” and reflects the demonstrators’ tactic of embracing trees to impede loggers. Chipko movement is a nonviolent social and ecological movement that took place in 1973 in …
About Urban Farming Urban farming or urban agriculture refers to the practice of growing plants and raising animals for human consumption within cities and suburbs. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Urban farming contributes to food security, livelihood …
Regenerative Agriculture Regenerative agriculture is a system of farming principles and practices that seeks to rehabilitate farm ecosystems by placing a heavy premium on soil health , biodiversity improvement, water and air quality. It includes practices like use of natural …
What is Geo engineering? It refers to deliberate, large-scale intervention carried out in the Earth’s natural systems to reverse the impacts of climate change. This involves techniques to physically manipulate the global climate to cool the planet Solar Radiation Management …