About the summit It is the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). It is the sole Summit on global issues taking place in the developing world. Started in 2001, the Summit has become a focal point …
Why in News: Microsoft launched a new hybrid cloud solution in India for organisations to build and run cloud-native applications with seamless access to on-premise cloud services with existing tools, processes, and skill sets. What is Cloud Solutions A cloud …
NEWS Argentina’s Congress have legalized abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy. CONTEXT The Indian Parliament too will consider an amendment to our abortion laws this Budget Session but unlike the Argentina law which is touted as being historic, …
The Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood (SANKALP) is an outcome-oriented centrally sponsored programme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) financially supported by the World Bank with a special focus on decentralised planning and quality improvement. …
About AMRUT AMRUT was launched in 2015 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It seeks to lay a foundation to enable cities and towns to eventually grow into smart cities. AMRUT adopts a …
About the scheme Launched in 2015, Soil Health Card (SHC) is a Government of India’s scheme promoted by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. It is being implemented through the Department of …
About PMGSY The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), was launched in 2000 as centrally sponsored scheme to provide connectivity to unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in North-East, hill, tribal and desert areas …
Summary Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first ever digital Union Budget for 2021-22. The key highlights of the Union Budget 2021-22 are as follows: 6 pillars of the Union Budget 2021-22: Health and Wellbeing …
What is it? The COVAX facility seeks to accelerate the development and production of coronavirus vaccines through pooling in resources from the member countries, and then ensure that it is equitably distributed amongst them. COVAX is led by the World …
About NRA Last year, the central government decided to set up a common recruitment body called National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The Agency aims to conduct a single online ‘Common Eligibility Test’ or CET, the scores of which will be used …