About The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 aims to provide for protection of the interests of consumers and for the said purpose, to establish authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumers’ disputes. The Act replaced the Consumer Protection …
About FSSAI The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an autonomous statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the administrative Ministry of FSSAI. FSSAI is …
About NCGG The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) was set up in 2014 by the Government of India as an apex–level autonomous institution under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. NCGG deals with a gamut of governance …
About BEE The Government of India set up the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in 2002 under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. The mission of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency is to assist in developing policies and …
Context When it comes to nutrition, or more specifically micronutrient malnutrition, there is an urgent need to address the maladies that poor nutrition can inflict on the masses, especially given the diverse populations in India. Data on Malnutrition Malnutrition exacerbates …
About PLFS In India, the National Statistical Office (NSO) has been quinquennially (over a period of five years) collecting data on employment and unemployment but from 2017 onwards, the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) was launched by the NSO to …
What’s in the news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the EOS-08 Earth Observation Satellite onboard the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. This is SSLV-D3’s third and final development flight. …
Definition: DREs are small-scale energy generation units (structure), at or near the point of use, where the users are the producers—whether individuals, small businesses and/or local communities. These production units could be stand-alone or could be connected to nearby others …
Definition: An Integrated Farming Cluster (IFC) comprises two to three adjoining intervention villages covering about 250-300 households. These households are supported with improvement in two to three livelihood options (farm and non-farm) with strong backward and forward linkages. The IFC …