About NSAP Launched in 1995, the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a welfare programme being administered by the Ministry of Rural Development. This programme is being implemented in rural areas as well as urban areas. NSAP represents a significant …
About the Scheme The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is meant to enable Members of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature with emphasis on creation of durable community assets based on locally felt needs to be …
About SWOT SWOT is being jointly developed by NASA and Centre National d’Etudes Spatial (CNES) (French Space Centre). This satellite’s mission is to make the first global survey of Earth’s surface water, observe the fine details of the ocean’s surface …
About Jal Jeevan Mission Launched in 2019, the chief objective of the Mission is to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024 and thereby ensuring potable water supply in adequate quantity i.e. @ 55 lpcd …
NEWS That the situations faced by India’s migrants are not a matter of concern in policy making is quite apparent. CONTEXT With the continuation of the second wave of the pandemic, strict to moderate lockdowns are being imposed again. This …
NEWS The battle against COVID-19 should also be used as an opportunity to meet India’s ‘One Health’ targets. CONTEXT In 1856, the father of modern pathology, Rudolf Virchow, emphasised that there are essentially no dividing lines between animal and human …
What is CSR? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a business philosophy that dictates that companies around the globe should deviate from the narrow path of chasing only financial gains and wealth buildup and embark on a journey of sustainable development. …
About the Scheme The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme was introduced in 1998 with the aim of providing adequate and timely credit support from the banking system under a single window with flexible and simplified procedure to the farmers for …
Why in News? The Defence Minister invoked special provisions and granted emergency financial powers to the armed forces to empower them and speed up their efforts to tide over the current COVID-19 situation. What are these powers? The Defence Ministry …
About Indian Forest Act 1927 The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was largely based on previous Indian Forest Acts implemented under the British. The first and most famous was the Indian Forest Act of 1878. The preamble to the Indian Forest …