What’s in the news? The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has launched the Animal Pandemic Preparedness Initiative to address animal pandemics in a holistic manner. This initiative aims at enhancing the country’s preparedness and response to animal pandemics, …
What’s in the news? The Indian Council for Cultural Relations plans to harness the power of over 48,000 foreign students in India as brand ambassadors of the country’s heritage when they go back home Beginning this year, the ICCR will …
Context This article discusses the benefits of the recently launched SMART PDS scheme which is beyond just ration distribution. About SMART PDS The SMART-PDS is an initiative of the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) under the Ministry of …
About DigiLocker DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY). Linked to both Aadhaar card and cellphone numbers, DigiLocker eliminates the use of physical documents as part of the government’s Digital India drive, since all …
What’s in the news? The Centre has decided to launch a special scheme to provide financial support to prisoners who are unable to afford the penalty or the bail amount. The scheme named “Support for prisoners”, will enable poor prisoners, …
About NCAP The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched in 2019 by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) as a time-bound, national level strategy to tackle the air pollution crisis in the country in a comprehensive …
About Stand up India Scheme was launched in 2016 to promote entrepreneurship at grassroot level focusing on economic empowerment and job creation. This scheme has been extended up to the year 2025. Objectives The purpose of Stand-Up India is to: …
About GeM Launched in 2016, the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is a 100 percent government-owned company setup under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is a completely paperless, cashless and system driven e-market place that enables procurement …
About the Scheme The Government of India has approved a new scheme “New India Literacy Programme” for the period FYs 2022-2027 to cover all the aspects of Adult Education to align with National Education Policy 2020. The National Education Policy …
About iDEX Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework was launched by the Government with the aim to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace Sector by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia to …