What is Fortification of Food? Fortification is the addition of key vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, zinc, Vitamin A & D to staple foods such as rice, milk and salt to improve their nutritional content. These nutrients may …
Context Contrary to some northeastern States such as Meghalaya, the Arunachal Pradesh government is keen on reaping the benefits of oil palm cultivation under the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP). News in Detail According to a …
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 …
What is it? Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation program, better known as SVEEP, is the flagship program of the Election Commission of India for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy in India. Since 2009, the Election …
CONTEXT Recently, various State governments raised concerns about Central unilateralism in the enactment of critical laws on subjects in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. CONCERN RAISED BY THE STATES In the wake of the Union …
What’s in the news? Recently, the Union Cabinet approved a Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the textiles sector worth Rs 10,683 crore. The scheme aims to attract fresh investment of Rs 19,000 crore in the sector for production of in-demand …
What’s in News? According to Environment Ministry data, the number of cities with “improved air quality” had increased to 104 in 2020 from 86 in 2018 due to policies of the government such as the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). …
What’s in News? Submerged aquatic weeds have been posing a new threat to the paddy cultivation in various districts of Kerala. All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Weed Management, Thrissur has observed weed shift in the paddy fields of …
What is Swachh Survekshan? Launched in 2016, Swachh Survekshan is a ranking exercise taken up by the Government of India to assess rural and urban areas for their levels of cleanliness and active implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission initiatives in …