About OPEC arrangement The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group consisting of 13 of the world’s major oil-exporting nations. Countries that belong to OPEC include Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela (the five founders), plus …
What’s in the news? Election results for West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry assemblies were declared recently. Many of the candidates contested lost their security deposits. What is losing deposit in elections? According to the Representation of People …
Why in News? The U.S. State Department approved the proposed sale of six P-8I patrol aircraft and related equipment to India. What are P-8I patrol aircraft? P-8 is a long-range, multimission maritime patrol aircraft offered by Boeing. The P-8I aircraft …
About the Scheme The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in 1998 with the aim of providing adequate and timely credit support from the banking system under a single window with flexible and simplified procedure to the farmers for …
About SDRF State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) is constituted under the section 48 of (1) (a) of Disaster Management Act 2005. It is a primary fund available with the State Government for responses to notified disasters. The Central Government contributes …
About IRNSS with its operational name NavIC is an independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India. It is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region extending up to 1500 …
What’s in the news? The manifestos for the ongoing Assembly elections have promised various forms of payment to homemakers, thus putting the spotlight on the unpaid domestic work done by women. From a monthly assistance to women family heads in …
Why in News? The Defence Minister invoked special provisions and granted emergency financial powers to the armed forces to empower them and speed up their efforts to tide over the current COVID-19 situation. What are these powers? The Defence Ministry …
About Indian Forest Act 1927 The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was largely based on previous Indian Forest Acts implemented under the British. The first and most famous was the Indian Forest Act of 1878. The preamble to the Indian Forest …