About The Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) is a flagship Scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs which converges five erstwhile schemes viz. ‘Seekho Aur Kamao’, ‘Nai Manzil’, ‘Nai Roshni’, ‘Hamari Dharohar’ and ‘USTTAD’. The scheme focuses on …
About The Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2014. It aims to develop theme-based tourist circuits in the country. These tourist circuits will be developed on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability …
About The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, held annually since 2016. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs. ORF is an independent global think …
About The Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme (PMIS Scheme) announced in the Union Budget 2024-25, aims to provide internship opportunities to one crore youth in top 500 companies in five years. As an initiation to this Scheme, the Pilot Project targeted …
About WPI Wholesale Price Index (WPI) measures and tracks the changes in the price of goods in the stages before the retail level. It provides estimates of inflation at the wholesale transaction level for the economy as a whole. WPI …
About GeM Launched in 2016, the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is a 100 percent government-owned company setup under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is a completely paperless, cashless and system driven e-market place that enables procurement …
About ASEAN The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is a regional & intergovernmental organisation of 10 countries of Southeast Asia. ASEAN was established in 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration). Its …
About The Financing for Development summit is a series of global conferences that brings together countries, international institutions and private sector actors to address financial challenges for achieving sustainable development. So far, three conferences have been held, starting with the …
Why in the News? According to a new study released by the World Health Organization in March 2025, every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. About Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)? MMR …