What’s in the news? The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), under the aegis of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has successfully commissioned India’s largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), which stores energy using solar energy. The …
About GeM Launched in 2016, the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is a 100 percent government-owned company setup under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is a completely paperless, cashless and system driven e-market place that enables procurement …
Definition: Horticulture encompasses the commercial cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. It involves practices such as planting, nurturing, and managing crops for commercial or aesthetic purposes, emphasising sustainable and specialised techniques. In the event of the Farmer’s protest, …
Definition: Dependency syndrome refers to a situation where local self-governing(LSG) bodies, like Panchayati Raj institutions, rely heavily on external sources of funding, particularly grants from central and state governments, rather than generating their own revenue through local taxation and other …
Intelligence diplomacy refers to the practice of leveraging intelligence agencies and information-sharing mechanisms as tools of diplomacy to build relationships, foster cooperation, and address common security challenges among nations. Need for intelligence diplomacy for India: Enhancing National Security: In an …
Context: An unmarried woman has approached the Supreme Court seeking the right to have a child through surrogacy as a single woman. This case has brought the interest on the problems faced by single women in India and solutions which …
Context: Farmers, largely from Punjab, are protesting on Delhi’s borders. Agricultural scientist Ashok Gulati opines that the real issue behind farmer’s protests is that farmers basically want significantly higher incomes. Gulati was a former chairman of the Commission for Agricultural …
What is Startup India? 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. Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) is an initiative …
About Priority Sector means those sectors which the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India consider as important for the development of the basic needs of the country and are to be given priority over other sectors. The banks …
About The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, held annually since 2016. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs. ORF is an independent global think …