What’s the news? The Rajya Sabha MP has criticized the provisions of the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that is currently being reviewed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The law was introduced in Parliament on December 16 2021 by …
What is GM Crop? A genetically modified organism (GMO) or living modified organism (LMO), is any organism whose genetic material has been modified using laboratory-based transfer of genetic material from another organism. Development of GM crops starts with the identification …
About NCAP National Clean Air Program (NCAP) is a pollution control initiative that was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2019. This is the first ever effort in the country to frame a national framework …
What’s in the news? An umbrella body of child rights organisations set up by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, which appeared before the parliamentary panel studying the Bill on raising the age of marriage for women to 21 from 18 years, …
About NMCG National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860. NMCG aims to ensure effective abatement of pollution and rejuvenation of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach to …
About AIM The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of the country. AIM’s objective is to develop new programmes and policies for …
About The National Biofuel Policy 2018 envisages an indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol and 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2030. However, as the existing ethanol distillation capacity in the country is not sufficient to …
What is the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban? The government had launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) on June 25, 2015, to provide pucca houses to all eligible beneficiaries by 2022. The PMAY-U is one of the two schemes envisioned …
About the Scheme Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12. The centrally sponsored scheme has been prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal …