What’s in the news? The Election Commission of India strongly refuted allegations by a national party that the delay in the release of final voter turnouts indicated an attempt to tamper the final results. Form 17A and Form 17C As …
What is IMEC? During the G20 Summit held in India last year, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed among the Governments of India, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, the European Union, the UAE, France, Germany, and Italy to establish the …
About Katchatheevu Island, a 285-acre stretch, is located about 33 kilometres from the Indian coast, in the Palk Strait between Rameswaram in India and Sri Lanka. Fishermen from both countries used the Katchatheevu Island, which was initially part of the …
About Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, (FCRA), 2010 The FCRA 2010 regulates the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution by individuals, associations and companies. Foreign contribution is the donation or transfer of any currency, security or article (of beyond a specified …
Context The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is often in the news. About ED It was constituted in 1956 for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). At present, the administrative control of the Enforcement Directorate is …
ultilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and academic and knowledge institutions. At present, it is not an intergovernmental organization, which are ordinarily treaty-based organizations. CDRI has also created a dedicated initiative “Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS)”, …
About IIP The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to that in a chosen base …
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, …