About G20 The Group of Twenty (G20) is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom and United …
What is the FATF? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organization that designs and promotes policies and standards to combat financial crime. The FATF sets standards or recommendations for countries to achieve in order to plug the …
About the Act The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 defines surrogacy as a practice where a woman gives birth to a child for an intending couple with the intention to hand over the child after the birth to the intending couple. …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal ‘BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) Policy for Fostering High Performance Biomanufacturing’ of the Department of Biotechnology. The salient features of BioE3 policy include innovation-driven support to R&D …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet has approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) with the following features: Assured pension: 50% of the average basic pay drawn over the last 12 months prior to superannuation for a minimum qualifying service …
What’s in the news? Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal is participating in the 2nd India Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR). Singapore has been a major source of FDI for India. In the year 2023-24, Singapore was the largest …
About FTAs A Free trade Agreement (FTA) is an agreement between two or more countries or trading blocs that primarily agree to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them. FTAs normally cover trade in goods or trade in services. …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet has approved continuation of the three umbrella schemes, merged into a unified central sector scheme namely ‘Vigyan Dhara’ of Department of Science and Technology (DST). The scheme has three broad components: Science …
About PM-WANI Prime Minister’s WiFi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) was launched by the Department of Telecommunication in 2020. The scheme aims to enhance the proliferation of public WiFi hotspots to create robust digital communications infrastructure in the country, especially in …