What’s in the news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a new digital payment system – e-RUPI – to send the government’s monetary benefits directly to beneficiaries’ mobile phones. The e-RUPI system is developed by National Payments Corporation of India …
NEWS With improvement in Covid condition, there is a need to open schools in India. CONTEXT With improvement in Covid situation, the economy is open. Malls, bars, restaurants, and some offices are open, but schools have been closed for 16 …
NEWS COVID-19 has forced South Asia to take a quantum leap in digitalisation. CONTEXT The Covid-19 has resulted in a shift to remote work and online education. This has resulted in an unprecedented spike in Internet penetration. Even smaller …
Who is Abanindranath Tagore? He is the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore, helped shape modern Indian art and was the creator of the iconic ‘Bharat Mata’ painting. Abanindranath Tagore was arguably the first major exponent of an artistic idiom that sought …
About MPC The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a committee of the RBI which is entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy interest rate (repo rate) to contain inflation within the specified target level. The 2016 amendment of …
Why in News? Sea trials of India’s maiden indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-1), built by the public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), began recently. The 40,000-tonne carrier is slated to join the Navy as INS Vikrant in 2022. What is an …
Why in News: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will launch an Earth Observation Satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. About the satellite The satellite, EOS-03, will be carried on board …
About Nirbhaya Fund Framework Nirbhaya Fund is a dedicated fund set up by the Government of India in 2013 which can be utilized for projects specifically designed to improve the safety and security of women. It is a non-lapsable corpus …
About the Scheme Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) is a supporting programme to skill training schemes which focuses on improvement of quality, strengthening of institutions and inclusion of weaker sections in skill training. It is a …