Context: The increasing pendency, paperwork and red tape in Indian civil courts are already dissuading parties from using traditional dispute resolution methods. Such a situation provides room for Structured Negotiations through which defaulting parties can avoid the high costs and …
What is Project 15B? Between 2014 and 2016, the Indian Navy commissioned three guided missile destroyers of Kolkata class under a project codenamed ‘15A’. The Kolkata class included INS Kolkata, INS Kochi and INS Chennai. A ship class signifies a …
What’s in the news? The maiden edition of Inland Waterways Development Council (IWDC) in Kolkata recently. The establishment of the IWDC in 2023 underscores the Government of India’s commitment to comprehensively developing inland waterways and the associated Inland Water Transport …
About Financial Intelligence Unit – India was set by the Government of India in 2004 as the central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analyzing and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions. FIU-IND is also responsible for coordinating and …
About CZA The Central Zoo Authority is a statutory body established in 1992 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. for establishment of the Central Zoo Authority in India. Accordingly, the Central Zoo Authority was established as a statutory body under …
About the scheme The ‘National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive’ (PRASHAD) was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in the year 2014-15 with the objective of integrated development of identified pilgrimage and heritage destinations. It is …
Types of Investment Models Public Investment Model: In a Public Investment Model, investment in specific goods, services is made by the government through the central or state government or with the help of the public sector by using the revenue …
What’s in the news? The Government of India has launched the National Transit Pass System (NTPS) pan-India to facilitate the seamless transit of timber, bamboo, and other forest produce across the country. Currently, the transit permits are issued for transport …
The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC), based out of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. INCOIS was established as an autonomous body in 1999 under the …