About INS Vikrant INS Vikrant/Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC-1) is the first indigenously built aircraft carrier, constructed by Cochin Shipyard Ltd, a public sector shipyard under Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways. With a displacement of 43,000 tonnes when fully …
About GeM Launched in 2016, the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is a 100 percent government-owned company setup under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is a completely paperless, cashless and system driven e-market place that enables procurement …
About To strengthen e-Governance in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) across the country, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has launched eGramSwaraj portal. It is a user-friendly web-based portal. eGramSwaraj aims to bring in better transparency in the decentralised planning, progress …
About Government of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in 2014 for strengthening the electricity distribution system. The work included setting up new substation, separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders; augmentation of old substation adding 850000 ckt. …
What’s in the news? During 2021-22, India received foreign inward remittances of $89,127 million which was the highest ever inward remittances received in a single year. The share of major countries in inward remittances to India, based on survey conducted …
About PMMSY The central government launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) in 2020 to bring about the Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector in India. It is a flagship scheme for integrated, sustainable, …
About the scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% funding from Government of India. Aim : To augment the income of the farmers by providing income support to all landholding farmers’ families across …