About NRA Last year, the central government announced it has decided to set up a common recruitment body called National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The Agency aims to conduct a single online ‘Common Eligibility Test’ or CET, the scores of which …
CONTEXT Recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India, has immense potential to reclaim the idea of personal liberty and human dignity. In Thwaha Fasal vs Union of India, the Court has acted in its introspective jurisdiction and deconstructed the …
CONTEXT Recently, the Chief Justice of India expressed concern at the degree of human rights violations in police stations in the country. He said that “the threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest in police stations”. He …
What is Lightning? Lightning is the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud. This violent and sudden electrostatic discharge generates a bright flash and …
About The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015. NITI Aayog is the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, providing both directional …
NEWS Many Central forces are functioning without regular chiefs, which could impact their efficiency. CONTEXT The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), National Security Guard and other crucial organisations like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Narcotics …
What’s in the news? NITI Aayog has released the second edition of the India Innovation Index-2020. The idea of the index is to showcase the government’s initiative to create an innovation-driven economy. The first edition of the index was launched …
About IMD The Indian Meteorological Department was established in 1875. It is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to meteorology, seismology and allied subjects. To take meteorological observations and to …
About CARA Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is a statutory body of the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India. It functions as the nodal body for adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate …
What is it? The RBI’s explicit mandate is to conduct monetary policy. The primary objective of monetary policy is to maintain price stability while keeping in mind the objective of growth. Price stability is a necessary precondition to sustainable growth. …