About A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water. Found in tropical and subtropical regions, mangroves are known for their salt-tolerant vegetation (halophytes). Mangroves belong primarily to the families Rhizophoraceae, Acanthaceae, Lythraceae, …
About The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015. It replaced the erstwhile Planning Commission. NITI Aayog is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the …
About The ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ or the ‘Drugs-Free India Campaign’ is a campaign against substance abuse flagged off on 15th August 2020 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The campaign focuses on 272 districts in 32 states …
About Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease. It is a parasitic disease caused by microscopic, thread-like worms. The adult worms only live in the human lymph system. The lymph system maintains the body’s fluid balance …
About the Scheme The Union Cabinet in 2022 approved the Agnipath scheme which allows patriotic and motivated youth (17.5 years to 21 years old) to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years. The youth (male/female) selected …
About PMGSY The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), was launched in 2000 as centrally sponsored scheme to provide connectivity to unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in North-East, hill, tribal and desert areas …
About PM CARES Fund The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund was set up in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic to mobilize resources. The Fund was established in 2020. PM CARES Fund is …
About MPC The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a committee of the RBI which is entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy interest rate (repo rate) to contain inflation within the specified target level. Under the flexible inflation …
About The Government has been promoting blending of ethanol in petrol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme wherein Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) sell petrol blended with ethanol. The blending percentage has touched 15.83% in the month of …