About Sri Lanka is a Democratic Republic and a Unitary State which is governed by a semi-presidential system, with a mixture of a presidential system and a parliamentary system. The President is the head of state and the head of …
About the Scheme PM Vishwakarma is a Central Sector Scheme launched in 2023 to provide end-to-end support to artisans and craftspeople who work with their hands and tools. The scheme with an outlay of Rs 13,000 crore is fully funded …
About the Programme Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) is an innovative programme sponsored and managed by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) for attraction of talent to Science. The basic objective of INSPIRE is to Communicate …
About PM-AASHA In 2018, the government launched Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) to ensure that farmers growing oilseeds, pulses and copra actually get the MSP they are promised for their crops every year. Why in News? The Government …
What’s in the news? In a major push to transform India’s dairy cooperative sector, the Government of India has launched ‘White Revolution 2.0’, a comprehensive initiative aimed at empowering women farmers and creating job opportunities. The programme focuses on four …
What is a curative petition? Curative petitions is a judicially created mechanism of the Court to ensure that an aggrieved person is entitled to relief against the final judgment of the Court after the dismissal of a review petition, in …
About India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’ Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force in 2022. The bilateral trade pact is India’s first in the region and the first comprehensive trade agreement with any country in a decade. …
What is DICGC? Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI, created by an act of parliament in 1961. The idea behind the DICGC is to boost the faith of the public in …
About The e-Samridhi portal which was launched in 2023 for registration of farmers to avail MSP benefits. The portal was launched through the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED).
About DNA Profiling (also known as DNA fingerprinting or genetic fingerprinting) is a forensic technique used to identify individuals by analyzing unique characteristics of their DNA. While human DNA is 99.9% identical, the remaining 0.1% includes unique sequences called Short …