Why in News? Union Minister for Science and Technology has launched the ‘Digital Ocean’ platform of Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS) as a one stop-solution for all data related needs of a wide range of users, including …
NEWS India plans to vaccinate 300 million people against COVID-19 over the next 6-7 months. The government plans to give priority to healthcare workers and other frontline workers, followed by everyone who is above 50 years of age. This means …
The major initiatives taken by the Ministry during the Year-2020 are 1) National Skill Development Mission (NSDM): It aims to create convergence across sectors and States in terms of skill training activities. It also aims to expedite decision making across …
What is it? The Inner Line Permit (ILP) is an official travel document that allows Indian citizens to stay in an area under the ILP system. The document is currently required by visitors to Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram. …
About Jal Jeevan Mission Launched in 2019, the chief objective of the Mission is to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024 and thereby ensuring potable water supply in adequate quantity i.e. @ 55 lpcd …
What is the need? India is a unique nation, whose fabric has been woven by diverse linguistic, cultural and religious threads, held together into a composite national identity by a rich history of cultural evolution, coupled with a freedom struggle …
What’s in the news? The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved major and transformatory changes in the centrally sponsored Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for students belonging to Scheduled Castes to benefit at least 40 million SC students in the …
Background The Parliament recently passed three labour law codes that complete the government’s consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes. The three Bills are the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and …
ISSUE There have been farmers’ protests going on in Punjab, Haryana and around the region of Delhi. Opinion of the general public on the support to the movement is divided. BACKGROUND Government brought three agriculture farm bills which are aimed …
Features of the Act : Definition of consumer: A consumer is defined as a person who buys any good or avails a service for a consideration. It does not include a person who obtains a good for resale or a …