What is CSR? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business philosophy that dictates that companies around the globe should deviate from the narrow path of chasing only financial gains and wealth buildup and embark on a journey of sustainable development. …
What’s in the news? Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) is an arrangement for the price to be paid to sugarcane farmers by the Sugar Mills and is announced each year by the Centre, on the advice of Commission for Agricultural …
The UPSC Civil services prelims 2021 is just 1.5 months away, and may I cement the fact that this period is the most important in your preparation. Hence, I request every aspirant out there to give their maximum effort during …
What is the e-Shram portal? The government has unveiled the e-shram portal which aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others. The workers will be issued an e-Shram …
CONTEXT Recently the voices for a fresh caste census are getting louder in the country after the Bihar Chief Minister led a delegation of 10 political parties of the State to meet the Prime Minister. No political party in the …
About the platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) is a ICT based multi-purpose and multi-modal platform launched in 2015 by the Prime Minister’s office (PMO). It is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important …
Creamy layer concept In the 1992 Indra Sawhney judgment, the supreme court upheld the government’s move to give 27% reservation to Other Backward Classes (based on the Mandal Commission report). The apex court also introduced the concept of creamy layer …
Context: The government has recently introduced a vehicle scrappage policy to phase out old and defective vehicles. The key features of the new policy: When an old vehicle is scrapped, the owner of such vehicle will receive the scrap value …
NEWS As questions arise over the Ujjwala scheme’s success, it would be prudent to introduce alternative clean sources of energy. CONTEXT Launched in 2016, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas which …
NEWS With a rise in the frequency of devastating cyclones, India needs to look at long-term mitigation measures. CONTEXT The severe cyclones, Tauktae and Yaas, which battered India earlier this year, made landfall on the country’s western coast, Gujarat, and …