About The ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ or the ‘Drugs-Free India Campaign’ is a campaign against substance abuse flagged off on 15th August 2020 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The campaign focuses on 272 districts in 32 states …
About Pingali Venkayya was a freedom fighter and the designer of the Indian National Tricolour who went on to become synonymous with the spirit of free and independent India. The national flag that we see today was based upon his …
About Lakhpati Didi scheme Lakhpati Didi scheme under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) aims to encourage women to start micro-enterprises. It was announced in 2023. DAY-NRLM is a flagship poverty alleviation program implemented by the Ministry of …
About The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched “Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan” (PMSMA) with an aim to provide fixed-day, free of cost, assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care universally to all pregnant women in their 2nd / 3rd …
About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) which aims at providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country. It aims to achieve its …
Background The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) is the primary law for care and protection of children in the country. As per the JJ Act, a child who does not have parents and no …
About Oil Palm Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis), originated from West Africa is comparatively a new crop in India and has highest vegetable oil yielding capability per ha. It produces two distinct oils, i.e. palm oil and palm kernel oil, which …
About CDRI Launched in 2019 under the leadership of the Government of India, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international collaborative platform, aiming to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring …
About NFRA The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) was constituted in 2018 under the Companies Act, 2013 to continuously improve the quality of all corporate financial reporting in India. Functions and Duties: Recommend accounting and auditing policies and standards to …
About Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi is the apex body in the field of performing arts in India. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture. The Akademi was set up in 1953 for the preservation and …