About Co-operative banks Co-operative banks are financial entities established on a co-operative basis and belonging to their members. This means that the customers of a co-operative bank are also its owners. These banks provide a wide range of regular banking …
About ABDM The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) was launched by the Government in 2020 for promoting digitization of healthcare and creating an open interoperable digital health ecosystem for the country. It aims to do so by prescribing common health …
About The idea of creation of Zonal Councils was mooted by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1956. He suggested that the States proposed to be reorganised may be grouped into four or five zones …
About SBM The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) was launched in 2014 to fulfil the vision of a cleaner India by 2 October 2019, as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. The campaign is one of the …
What’s in the news? The G4 countries – India, Brazil, Japan and Germany, have reiterated that expansion of UN Security Council in both permanent and non-permanent categories is essential to make the body more representative, legitimate, effective and efficient. The …
About the Campaign The ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ or the ‘Drugs-Free India Campaign’ was launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the Nodal Ministry for Drug Demand Reduction, in 2020.  The initiative focuses on 272 districts in 32 …
About the Initiative The Startup India initiative of the Government of India envisages building a robust Start-up ecosystem in the country for nurturing innovation and providing opportunities to budding entrepreneurs. Since the launch of the initiative, Startup India has rolled …
What’s in the news? Indian Navy’s indigenously built warship INS Sahyadri, mission deployed in Indo-Pacific, participated in the maiden trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise with the ships and aircraft from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Indonesian Navy from 20 – …
About PMMSY The central government launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) in 2020 to bring about the Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector in India. It is implemented by the Department of Fisheries, …
Context The Energy Policy Institute, University of Chicago conducted the air quality life index study and the findings were of utmost significance for India. Findings of the study India’s entire population lives in areas where the annual average particulate pollution …