About IRNSS with its operational name NavIC is an independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India. It is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region extending up to 1500 …
Background With COVID-19 and trade tensions between China and the United States threatening supply chains or actually causing bottlenecks, Japan mooted the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) in 2020 as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as …
CONTEXT The precarious second wave of COVID-19 infections has hit India with greater ferocity than the first. Multiple reports of the scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs have surfaced from different parts of the country. CHALLENGES TO EQUITABLE VACCINE …
The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of the country. AIM’s objective is to develop new programmes and policies for fostering innovation …
CONTEXT India has released new rules governing the trade of electricity across its borders. They define the contours of the South Asian electricity market, placing clear limits on who can buy from and sell into India. The new rules show …
What is the Ken Betwa Link Project? The Ken-Betwa Link Project is the first project under the National Perspective Plan for interlinking of rivers. Under this project, water from the Ken river will be transferred to the Betwa river. Both …
CONTEXT The Haryana government has recently passed legislation that mandates companies in Haryana to provide jobs to local Haryanvis first, before hiring people from outside the State. UNEMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HARYANA As per data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian …
NEWS Subsidised LPG prices have increased by a massive 50% in this financial year alone. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) The scheme was launched in 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. …
NEWS The Railways are in the midst of an unprecedented financial distress and are faced with fundamental organisational issues. This is no time for evasiveness and obfuscation but for clarity and transparency. It is also time to confront reality. FALSE …
NEWS Speaking on the increase in petrol and diesel prices, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said the middle class would not have been burdened if the previous governments had focused on reducing India’s energy import dependence. He also emphasised the …