About GCC The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a political and economic union of Arab states bordering the Gulf. It was established in 1981 and its 6 members are the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain. …
About WMO’s report The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an agency of the United Nations in its recent report said sea levels rose by 4.5 millimetres (mm) a year on average between 2013 and 2022. This rise in sea levels is …
About To create a world-class infrastructure for the integration of different processes involved in the textile industry, the Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of seven Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) parks. The parks will …
About the Initiative Mission LiFE is a global initiative by India to help the world in its fight against climate change and lead to a sustainable way of life to achieve the sustainable development goals set by the U.N. Mission …
What’s in the news? The ‘herSTART’ platform was recently inaugurated by the President of India to promote women StartUps and to encourage women entrepreneurs. The ‘herSTART’ platform will boost innovation and start-up efforts of women entrepreneurs and also help them …
About AuditOnline is one of the generic and open source applications developed under e-panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) initiated by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR). AuditOnline facilitates the financial audit of accounts at all the three levels of Panchayats …
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 …
What’s in the news? The Indian Navy is set to participate in ‘Exercise Sea Dragon 23’, the third edition of the coordinated multi-lateral anti-submarine warfare exercise (ASW) exercise, conducted by the US Navy. The exercise would stress on coordinated anti-submarine …
About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) which aims at providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips …
Context: “Arresting land degradation” was included among the top priorities by the G20 Working Group on Environment and Climate Sustainability. This issue is highly relevant to India, which has to support 18 percent of the world’s population on only 2.4 …