About: CPCB is a statutory organisation which was constituted in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. It is under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It was entrusted with the powers and functions …
About: The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) Scheme was launched in 2019 for installation of solar pumps and grid connected solar and other renewable power plants in the country. It was launched by the Ministry …
Context: India’s less-privileged workforce during the lockdown have highlighted the massive scale of falling incomes and loss of means of livelihood. Specific policy measures can reverse the lockdown-created trauma and stop it from snowballing into chronic poverty. Issues with poverty …
About Apache helicopters Apache is the most advanced multi-role heavy attack helicopter in the world. It is being made in the US by Boeing. Alongside the capability to shoot fire and forget anti-tank guided missiles, rockets and other ammunitions, it …
Context: “We… do not have government by the majority. We have a government by the majority who participate.”- Thomas Jefferson Mandate of Election Commission of India (ECI): Ensuring that every Indian who is eligible to vote can do so must …
About Environment Impact Assessment The United Nations hosted its first Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, 1972 which resulted in the Stockholm Declaration of 1972. The declaration emphasizes to lessen air, land, and water pollution and human impact on …
About Agriculture Infrastructure Fund: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund aims to provide a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and financial support. Under the scheme, …
About the exercise Malabar began as a bilateral naval exercise between India and the U.S. in 1992, and was expanded into a trilateral format with the inclusion of Japan in 2015. Australia has been requesting for observer status in the …
Who are Rohingya? Rohingya are an ethnic group, largely comprising Muslims, who predominantly live in the Western Myanmar province of Rakhine. They speak a dialect of Bengali, as opposed to the commonly spoken Burmese language. Though they have been living …
Life Cycle of a Star Stars are formed in clouds of gas and dust, known as nebulae. Nuclear reactions at the centre (or core) of stars provide enough energy to make them shine brightly for many years. The …