About NPCI National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. It is an initiative of the RBI and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the provisions …
Background Under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced in May, the government had barred its departments from issuing global tenders for contracts worth ₹200 crore or less. The General Financial Rules were amended to disallow global tender enquiries in such …
About the scheme POSHAN Abhiyaan (also known as National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that aims to improve nutrition amongst children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Launched in 2018, it is …
Addressing the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2020 (BTS2020) virtually, the Prime Minister said it is time for tech solutions that are designed in India but deployed for the world, and the country is uniquely positioned to leap ahead in the information …
About the scheme Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India. The program was formally launched by the Ministry …
Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech about digitalisation and its role in human life at the Bengaluru Tech Summit. Highlights of PM’s speech India- a digital nation Affordable smartphones and Internet access have made India a digital nation with an …
What is the National Digital Health Mission? Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 2020 Independence Day speech announced a major digital initiative in the form of National Digital Health Mission (NDHM). The project will provide a health ID to every …
About the initiative Purvodaya in the steel sector is aimed at driving accelerated development of Eastern India through the establishment of an integrated steel hub. Why in Eastern States? Eastern states of India (Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Northern …