About Location: It is located in Karnataka and is a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wildlife: Tiger, Leopard, Asiatic wild dog, Sloth bear, Asiatic Elephant, Gaur, South-western langur, etc. Vegetation: Moist deciduous forest trees such …
About IDA The Island Development Agency (IDA) was set up in 2017 following the Prime Minister’s review meeting for the development of islands. IDA focuses on holistic development of Islands. IDA is chaired by the Union Home Minister.
About the Scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal) is a Central Sector Scheme with focus on community participation and demand side interventions for sustainable groundwater management. The scheme is implemented in identified water stressed areas of seven States in the …
About The Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIU IND) 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. Headed by a Director, FIU-IND …
What is carbon dating? Carbon dating is a widely-used method to establish the age of organic materials, things that were once living. Living things have carbon in them in various forms. The dating method is based on the fact that …
About National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) is a Government Corporation under the administrative control of Ministry of Minority Affairs. It was incorporated in 1994 as a not for profit company under the Companies Act 1956 (now Companies Act, …
What is a windfall tax? Windfall taxes are designed to tax the profits a company derives from an external, sometimes unprecedented event— for instance, the energy price-rise as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. These are profits that cannot be …
Background In 2022, the Reserve Bank of India launched the Digital Rupee or e₹ on a pilot basis. It is part of the broad initiative by the Indian government and the RBI to modernise the financial system and enhance financial …