Context: Recently various Opposition-ruled States especially from south India have claimed that they have not been receiving their fair share as per the present scheme of financial devolution. They have raised issues about their less than proportionate share of receipt …
What’s in the news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the country’s longest (about 2.32 km) bridge ‘Sudarshan Setu’ connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwatka island at Dwarka in Gujarat. The bridge will ease transportation and significantly reduce the time …
What’s in the news? The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has conducted Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) during August 2022 to July 2023. The survey aims at generating estimates of household Monthly Per Capita …
What’s in the news? The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), under the aegis of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has successfully commissioned India’s largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), which stores energy using solar energy. 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 …
Definition: Horticulture encompasses the commercial cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. It involves practices such as planting, nurturing, and managing crops for commercial or aesthetic purposes, emphasising sustainable and specialised techniques. In the event of the Farmer’s protest, …
Definition: Dependency syndrome refers to a situation where local self-governing(LSG) bodies, like Panchayati Raj institutions, rely heavily on external sources of funding, particularly grants from central and state governments, rather than generating their own revenue through local taxation and other …
Intelligence diplomacy refers to the practice of leveraging intelligence agencies and information-sharing mechanisms as tools of diplomacy to build relationships, foster cooperation, and address common security challenges among nations. Need for intelligence diplomacy for India: Enhancing National Security: In an …
Context: An unmarried woman has approached the Supreme Court seeking the right to have a child through surrogacy as a single woman. This case has brought the interest on the problems faced by single women in India and solutions which …
Context: Farmers, largely from Punjab, are protesting on Delhi’s borders. Agricultural scientist Ashok Gulati opines that the real issue behind farmer’s protests is that farmers basically want significantly higher incomes. Gulati was a former chairman of the Commission for Agricultural …