About The POCSO Act, which came into force in 2012, is the first comprehensive law in the country dealing specifically with sexual abuse of children. Under the Act, any person below the age of 18 years is defined as a …
About Launched in 2019, the chief objective of the Mission is to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024 and thereby ensuring potable water supply in adequate quantity i.e. @ 55 lpcd (litres per capita …
About MSSC In the Union Budget 2023-34, the Government announced the Mahila Samman Savings Certificate (MSSC), a new small-savings scheme for women. An account under this scheme can be opened by a woman for herself or by the guardian on …
About Quantum computing harnesses the phenomena of quantum mechanics to deliver a huge leap forward in computation to solve certain problems. One of the basic elements that make up this quantum computer is that where the classical one uses bits …
What’s in the news? Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has announced plans to sit on an indefinite fast, citing the government’s failure to respond to their demands on inclusion of Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule. Background In 2019, the Government of …
About NDRF The National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) was constituted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 as a fund managed by the Central Government for meeting the expenses for emergency response, relief and rehabilitation due to any threatening disaster situation …
About GSP The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme is a voluntary trade measure implemented by developed countries that provide an advantageous or preferential tariff treatment to imports from developing countries. It was instituted in 1971 under the aegis of …
About the Scheme Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions. The Ministry of Education is the nodal agency administering the program. Funding The Central Funding …
What is the Chagos Islands dispute about? Chagos Islands is a disputed territory between Mauritius and the United Kingdom. The Chagos Archipelago was part of the British colony of Mauritius until 1965 when the UK separated the islands to form …