About NATO Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe. Established in the Cold War as a bulwark against Soviet aggression, NATO’s fundamental goal is …
About OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group consisting of 13 of the world’s major oil-exporting nations. Countries that belong to OPEC include Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela (the five founders), plus the …
About Krishi UDAN The Krishi Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik (Krishi Udan) scheme was launched in 2020 to assist farmers in transporting agricultural products on international and national routes so that it improves their value realisation. It is an initiative …
About the scheme The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for providing affordable Working Capital loans to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been …
About SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation established in 2001. It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region. Prior to the creation of SCO in …
About the scheme The vision of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is to ensure access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country, to produce ‘per drop more crop’, thus bringing much desired rural …
About PMKKKY Launched in 2015, the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) is meant to provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations. Objectives The overall objective of PMKKKY scheme include to implement various …
What’s in the news? The 10th Edition of the annual Indian – Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime exercise SLINEX-2023 is scheduled to be held in Colombo on the 3rd of April. The exercise is being conducted in two phases of three …
About the Initiative The Central Government has launched a new initiative – PM SHRI Schools (PM ScHools for Rising India). This will be a new centrally sponsored scheme for upgradation and development of more than 14500 Schools across the country …