About the Mission Vijnana Bharati (Vibha) and Global Indian Scientists’ and Technocrats’ Forum (GIST) under the Ministry of Science and Technology have come together to launch the mission with the motto of ‘Uttam Aahaar Uttam Vichaar’ or `Good Diet-Good Cognition’. …
NEWS The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, now under scrutiny by a Joint Parliamentary Committee, could play a big role in providing robust protections to users and their personal data. The proposed regime under the Bill seeks to be …
About the scheme The Government of India under the Ministry of Science and Technology had instituted a scheme “The Swarnajayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence in 1997. Under this scheme a selected number of young scientists, with …
About the scheme Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is a flagship scheme of Government of India in 2015 to “fund the unfunded” by bringing such enterprises to the formal financial system and extending affordable credit to them. It provides loans …
Background The unorganized food processing sector in the country comprises nearly 25 lakh food processing enterprises which are unorganized and unregistered. With only 7% of investment in plant & machinery and 3% of outstanding credit, the unorganized enterprises contribute to …
NEWS The amendment to the abortion laws retains the notion that the state must intervene in what is a woman’s absolute right. CONTEXT Recent amendment by central government done to the abortion laws not only retains the traditional notion that …
About the programme The Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) was initiated under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in assistance with the World bank, in the year 2004. The scheme aimed to strengthen disease surveillance for infectious diseases to …
Why in News? Researchers from India, the U.K. and Russia anticipate an increase in incidence of diphtheria which may be fomented by the diversity of the species, emergence of variant toxin genes and progression of antimicrobial resistance. What is Diphtheria? …