About the scheme The Government of India under the Ministry of Science and Technology had instituted a scheme “The Swarnajayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence in 1997. Under this scheme a selected number of young scientists, with …
About In 2021, the Government of India approved the establishment of seven Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) parks to create a world-class infrastructure for the integration of different processes involved in the textile industry. The …
What is a CSC? Common Service Centres (CSCs) are shops/Kiosks that deliver various government services online like public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from a host of B2C services to citizens in rural …
Recently, India and the United Kingdom initiated official Free Trade Agreement (FTA) discussions, which both nations want to conclude by the end of 2022. Until then, both nations are considering an interim free trade zone, which would result in tariff …
About the Scheme Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12. The centrally sponsored scheme has been prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal …
About Ramsar Convention The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance signed in 1971, is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. It is named after the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the Caspian Sea. It …
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 …
What’s in the news? According to the Economic Survey 2021-22, tabled in Parliament by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate affairs. Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s external trade recovered strongly in 2021-22 after the pandemic-induced slump of the previous year, with …
The term central bank digital currency (CBDC) refers to the virtual form of a fiat currency. A CBDC is an electronic record or digital token of a country’s official currency. As such, it is issued and regulated by the nation’s …