About : Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% funding from the Government of India. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It provides income support to all landholding …
Context: The Election Commission recently held an online conference in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (“TNeGA”) and IIT Madras, through which they explored the possibility of using blockchain technology for the purpose of enabling remote elections. About Blockchain …
About International Solar Alliance The launch of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was announced by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and former President of France Francois Hollande, at the 21st session of United Nations Climate Change Conference of …
What’s in the news? India, Australia and France held talks for the first time under a trilateral framework with focus on enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, a region that has been witnessing increasing Chinese military assertiveness. The virtual meeting was …
India Meteorological Department (IMD) The India Meteorological Department was established in 1875. It is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to meteorology and allied subjects. It comes under the Ministry …
Why in the News? The Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech announced Project Dolphin. Project Dolphin will be a 10-year project in the similar lines of Project Tiger and Project elephant. The idea is to increase the population of …
What’s in the news? Fitch Ratings, a leading credit rating agency, has released its Global Economic Outlook (GEO). Note: GEO is different from the World Economic Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund. Highlights of the Report The report projected …
Paddy Straw It is the crop residue left after harvest of paddy. It is majorly set on the fire after the harvest. Burning of paddy straw releases greenhouse gases, air pollutants, particulate matter like elemental carbon and smoke that strongly …
Why in the news? The Supreme Court in the last week of August gave consent on the sub-categorisation of SC and ST list to make the benefits reach the poorest of the poor and also referred it to a larger …
Introduction: Three years ago, the Centre and the States of the Union of India struck a grand bargain resulting in the launch of the unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) era. About Goods and Services Tax GST is an indirect …