About the Initiative The Startup India initiative of the Government of India envisages building a robust Start-up ecosystem in the country for nurturing innovation and providing opportunities to budding entrepreneurs. Since the launch of the initiative, Startup India has rolled …
About Finance Commission The Finance Commission is a constitutional body set up under Article 280 of the Constitution. Under Article 280, the President of India is required to constitute a Finance Commission at an interval of five years or earlier. …
What’s in the news? The Fed is widely expected to cut interest rates for the second time this year. What happens when the US Fed increases interest rates? When the US Federal Reserve (Fed) increases its interest rates, the difference …
About IMD The India Meteorological Department was established in 1875. It functions under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). It is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to meteorology and …
About ISA The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was conceived as a joint effort by India and France to mobilize efforts against climate change through deployment of solar energy solutions. It was conceptualized on the sidelines of the 21st Conference of …
About ILO The International Labour Organisation was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. In 1944, ILO adopted the Declaration of Philadelphia which embodies basic principles of economic justice. It became the …
About the report The Living Planet Report is a biennial report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) since 1998. It is the world’s leading, science-based analysis, on the health of our planet and the impact of human …
Context The Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly has dismissed a disqualification petition against eight “rebel” MLAs, who had switched from one party to another in 2022. Anti-defection Law The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, commonly known as the anti-defection …
About the Scheme It is a Central Sector Scheme launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for providing drones to the Women Self Help Groups under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). DAY-NRLM is a …