Table Of Contents Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana National Biopharma Mission National Service Scheme (NSS) Jnanpith award R Value Drain of wealth MSP Inflation and fixed deposit Artemis program CAG 1. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana Subject: Schemes Context: 25th September, 2014 was declared the ‘AntyodayaDiwas’ in honour of PanditDeenDayalUpadhyaya’s 98th Birth […]
Subject: Polity Context: Finance Minister told Parliament last week that there was no provision in the law to compensate states for loss of GST revenue out of the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI). However, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has found that the government itself violated the law by retaining Rs 47,272 crore […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: NASA published the outline for its Artemis program, which plans to send the next man and first woman to the lunar surface by the year 2024. The last time NASA sent humans to the Moon was in 1972, during the Apollo lunar mission Concept: With the Artemis program, NASA wishes […]
Subject: Economy Context: In a situation of high inflation and declining interest rates, fixed deposits (FDs) with banks will have to take the backseat in an investor’s asset allocation, especially for those in the highest marginal tax bracket. Concept: A fixed deposit (FD) is a financial instrument provided by banks or NBFCs which provides investors a higher rate of interest than a regular savings […]
Subject: Economy Context: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomarhas assured farmers that MSP will be continued at a time when farmers are concerned about the MSP after the newly passed farm bills Concept: The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides a legal basis for the public distribution system (PDS) that earlier operated only as a […]
Subject: History Context: British charity organisation National Trust released a report on September 22 stating that many historical properties it manages have a colonial past and links to slavery.The report states that when the employees returned, they also flooded Britain with “associated objects, furnishing its homes, forging fashions, identities and cultural change”. Concept: DadabhaiNaoroji was among the […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Reproduction number(R) has fallen below 1 for the first time since the pandemic began in India in the first week of March and for the sixth consecutive day number of people recovering from the disease, as reported in government data, exceeded the detection of new infections. Concept: R-value is a measure of the number […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: Renowned Malayalam poet AkkithamAchuthanNamboothiri was conferred the Jnanpith award Concept: Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the BharatiyaJnanpith to an author for their “outstanding contribution towards literature”. Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution […]