What’s in the news? The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) and the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), the two prominent institutions under the Ministry of Ayush have launched ‘SMART’ (Scope for Mainstreaming Ayurveda Research …
Background India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks. These long waterways provide a good mode of transport across the cities as well as towns, like backwaters of Kerala, Canals in …
About the Scheme The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 is a National Mission document providing the vision and the roadmap for the faster adoption of electric vehicles and their manufacturing in the country. As part of the NEMMP …
About The Wassenaar Arrangement, formally established in 1996, is a voluntary export control regime whose 42 members exchange information on transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use goods and technologies. Through such exchanges, Wassenaar aims to promote “greater responsibility” among its …
What’s in the news? The Centre is set to provide foodgrains to states under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) free for one year. Recently, the cabinet had decided to provide grains under NFSA free of cost to the 81 …
Context International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 kick starts with focussed activities being undertaken by Central Ministries, State Governments and Indian Embassies. Millets & the Indian Sub-Continent Some of the millets have been grown for more than 2000-3000 years and …
About Chabahar port Chabahar port, which is being jointly developed by India, Iran and Afghanistan, is located in south Iran on the Gulf of Oman. Afghanistan is connected to the chabahar port through its land border with Iran, and India …
About the scheme The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for providing affordable Working Capital loans to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been …
About the Scheme The Government of India has launched ‘Mission Shakti’ – an umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period 202l-22 to 2025-26. It is an integrated women empowerment …
Background In 2020, the Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020. The new policy aims to pave way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems in the country. This policy will replace the 34 year old National …