About EPFO EPFO is one of the World’s largest Social Security Organisations in terms of clientele and the volume of financial transactions undertaken. It is a government organization that manages provident fund and pension accounts for the workforce engaged in …
About: Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana (PMVDY) is a retail marketing led value addition plan for Minor Forest Produce (MFP), meant for forest-based tribes to optimize the tribal income locally. It seeks to improve tribal incomes through value addition of …
Why in News? The National Commission for Women (NCW) registered an increase of at least 1.5 times in domestic violence complaints since the nationwide lockdown. News in Detail: Between March 25 and May 31, the NCW received 1,477 complaints of …
About the rankings The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. There are separate rankings for different types of …
About POSHAN Abhiyan: The Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition or POSHAN Abhiyaan or National Nutrition Mission, is Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. It is a multi-ministerial convergence …
What are development banks? Development banks are financial institutions that provide long-term credit for capital-intensive investments spread over a long period and yielding low rates of return, such as urban infrastructure, mining and heavy industry, and irrigation systems. Such banks …
Context: Managing COVID-19 which is unlikely to disappear in the immediate future and ensuring a full complement of health care will require extraordinary resources and investment. This unprecedented crisis has highlighted the critical need to mobilise available resources in the …
About the scheme: The Institute of Eminence Scheme (IOE Scheme) was announced in 2016 to improve the ranking of Indian higher educational institutions at the global level. Under this scheme, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) will select 20 …
About the scheme It is a special micro-credit facility scheme for providing affordable loans to street vendors. The scheme is aimed at enabling the street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to COVID-19 lockdown. Street …
About the initiative The SWADES- Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support- initiative aims to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission. This is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development …