Why in News? The Railway Ministry has decided to deploy Shatabdi Express rakes to run as Vande Bharat Express in the event of the latter suffering a breakdown or unusual late running. What is Vande Bharat Express? It is India’s …
About AIF The Government of India launched the Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) in 2020. AIF is a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management …
What’s in the news? The Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has recently launched the Online Course Mobile App “Matsya Setu”. About the app: The app was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar, with …
Rationale of the Scheme Mahatma Gandhi envisioned villages as mini-republics and advocated that true democracy should begin with participation from the grass-root level by the people of every village. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment mandated the three tier Panchayati Raj Institutions …
About the Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana is a pension scheme which offers a guaranteed income to farmers in their old age. Launched in 2019, it is a Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ …
Why in the News? Recently, the Supreme Court directed all states and Union Territories to implement the One Nation, One Ration Card (ONORC) system, which allows for inter- and intra-state portability, by July 31. What is One Nation One Ration …
What is in the news? The Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice has launched the “Enforcing Contracts Portal”. Background The Doing Business Report of World Bank Group benchmarks business regulations across 191 economies of the world. …
About Co-WIN Co-WIN is a cloud-based IT platform, to handle the finer points of India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme, such as registering beneficiaries, allocating vaccination centres, sending text messages to beneficiaries with the name of their vaccinator, and live monitoring of …
CONTEXT A light rail project has been proposed by the government of kerala. The project, if implemented, will substantially reduce the travel time between the two extremities of the State, namely the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south and …
NEWS As a recent ruling by Rajasthan’s power regulator implies, enabling energy access must go beyond powering rural homes. BACKGROUND Over the past decade, India has made great strides in expanding energy access in rural areas. As per the …