What is a Marine Heatwave ? Marine heatwaves are periods of “extremely high temperatures” in the ocean. Marine heatwaves can occur in summer or winter and they are defined based on differences with expected temperatures for the location and time …
About MPC The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a committee of the RBI which is entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy interest rate (repo rate) to contain inflation within the specified target level. The 2016 amendment of …
What’s in the news? The government is set to launch the Central Sector Scheme “SMILE- Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise”. The umbrella scheme is designed to provide welfare measures to the Transgender community and the people engaged …
What’s in the news? Anganwadi Services is one of the flagship programmes of the Government of India providing early childhood care and development of the beneficiaries i.e children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers …
About Nirbhaya Fund Framework Nirbhaya Fund is a dedicated fund set up by the Government of India in 2013 which can be utilized for projects specifically designed to improve the safety and security of women. It is a non-lapsable corpus …
The Forest Survey of India publishes an assessment of India’s forest and tree cover every two years. The ISFR is used in policy planning and formulation in the forest management, forestry, and agroforestry sectors. There are three types of forests …
About Krishi UDAN The Krishi Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik (Krishi Udan) scheme was launched in 2020 to assist farmers in transporting agricultural products on international and national routes so that it improves their value realisation. It is an initiative …
What is Mangrove? Mangrove swamps are coastal wetlands found in tropical and subtropical regions. Mangroves belong primarily to the families Rhizophoraceae, Acanthaceae, Lythraceae, Combretaceae, and Arecaceae. They are characterized by halophytic (salt loving) trees, shrubs and other plants growing in …
What is it? It is an initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in collaboration with ISRO, DRDO, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Indian Navy. …