About GCC The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a political and economic union of Arab states bordering the Gulf. It was established in 1981 and its 6 members are the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain. …
About India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) has been setup as an Independent Business Division within Digital India Corporation. ISM has all the administrative and financial powers and is tasked with the responsibility of catalysing the India Semiconductor ecosystem in manufacturing, packaging …
About the Mission Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018, Gaganyaan is the first Indian Human Space Flight Programme (HSP) with the objective to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit on board an Indian launch …
About RGM The Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) is being implemented for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds since 2014. The scheme is important in enhancing milk production and productivity of bovines to meet growing demand of milk and making …
About CPGRAMS The Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), is an online web-enabled system developed by the National Informatics Centre in association with the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). It has been developed with an …
How is citizenship acquired in India? In India, citizenship is regulated by the Citizenship Act, 1955. The Act specifies that citizenship may be acquired in India through five methods – by birth in India, by descent, through registration, by naturalisation …
Rationale of the Scheme Mahatma Gandhi envisioned villages as mini-republics and advocated that true democracy should begin with participation from the grass-root level by the people of every village. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment mandated the three tier Panchayati Raj Institutions …
Context Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11) had recently been approved by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) for cultivation in farmer fields, as a precursor to commercial cultivation. What is GM Crop? A genetically modified organism (GMO) or living modified organism …
Context Since 2007, the Central government has gained joint control of nearly 1,300 sq km of community-owned forests that were exclusively held by forest and tribal communities of India. Classification of Forests India State of Forest Report, 2021 classifies forests …
Context The Green Revolution of the1960s pulled India from the brink of starvation, and turned it into a big food exporter, but the revolution also made India the world’s biggest extractor of groundwater. In recent times, regenerative agriculture can help …