About The Government of India recently launched the MANAS (Madak Padarth Nishedh Asuchna Kendra), a web portal, and a mobile app for citizens to connect round-the-clock with the Narcotics Control Bureau to share anonymous information on drug peddling, trafficking or …
Definition: Postharvest loss includes the food loss across the food supply chain from harvesting of crops until its consumption. The losses can broadly be categorised as weight loss due to spoilage, quality loss, nutritional loss, seed viability loss, and commercial …
Background: Qualifying examinations conducted for a nation as a whole, testing the abilities of students coming from different curricula and backgrounds can be called as centralised examinations. In India, examinations like National Eligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET) and University Grants Commission–National …
About India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is one of the largest public health programs in the world under which vaccination is being provided free of cost to all pregnant women & children. Vaccination can be availed against 12 vaccine preventable …
About In 2022, the United States launched a new Asia-Pacific trade initiative known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). The framework includes 14 countries — Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the …
About More than 80,000 children have been rescued under ‘Operation Nanhe Farishtey’, a mission dedicated to rescuing children in need of care and protection across various Indian Railway zones.
How is a community added or removed from SC, ST lists? The process begins at the level of a State or Union Territory, with the concerned government or administration seeking the addition or exclusion of a particular community from the …
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 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 A Foreigners Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body established under the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order, 1964, which aims to determine if a person staying illegally in India is a foreigner or otherwise. In 2019, the 1964 order was amended to provide …