About SEZs Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a geographic area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country. The objective of developing SEZs include increasing the balance of trade and attracting newer inward-investments …
About PMKKKY Launched in 2015, the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) is meant to provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations. Objectives The overall objective of PMKKKY scheme include to implement various …
About CPGRAMS The Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), is an online web-enabled system developed by the National Informatics Centre in association with the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). It has been developed with an …
What is it? Face recognition is a technology capable of identifying or verifying a subject through an image, video or any audiovisual element of his face. Generally, this identification is used to access an application, system or service. The facial …
About ATMA Scheme The Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2005-06. The main aim of this scheme is to impart technical knowledge on a broad scale to the farmers in getting fruitful results …
About PMMSY The central government launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) in 2020 to bring about the Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector in India. It is a flagship scheme for integrated, sustainable, …
About the Scheme The Ministry of Labour & Employment is implementing “Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana” (PMRPY) since 2016-17 with the objective to incentivise employers for creation of new employment and also aimed to bring informal workers to the formal …
About the scheme The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for providing affordable Working Capital loans to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been …
Why in News: According to Culture Ministry officials, Culture mapping of 80 villages associated with noted personalities in history, in particular the freedom movement, unique crafts and festivals, had been started as a pilot project. About the project Villages with …
Background The Dam Safety Bill, 2019, which provides for the surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all specified dams across the country, and has been debated for decades, finally got the nod of the Rajya Sabha recently. In August 2019, …