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Kerala establishes welfare board for workers Subject : Polity Kerala set up a welfare board for the workers of employment guarantee schemes in the state. At least 26.71 lakh labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee programme and 2.5 lakh workers of the Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme will receive the […]
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 Subject :International relations External affairs minister S Jaishankar inaugurated the Youth Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2023 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday and said that the energies of young India are increasingly visible. The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is being organized in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Government in […]
Less than 1% of voters downloaded e-EPIC Subject :Polity Context: Only Over 67 lakh voters have downloaded a digital voter ID, known as the electronic Electoral Photo ID Card (e-EPIC), from the time the document was made available by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Along with e-PAN and e-Aadhaar, the E-EPIC is […]
Jaish affiliate PAFF declared terrorist group Subject: Security The People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), believed to be an affiliate of Pakistani terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), was on Friday declared as a terrorist organisation under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) by the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to a notification issued by the MHA, […]
Manual Scavenging in Tamil Nadu Subject :Polity Context: Social Awareness Society for Youth (SASY), a Dalit Human Rights Organisation recently conducted a study on ‘The status of implementation of prohibition of employment as manual scavengers and rehabilitation (PEMSR) Act – 2013 in Tamil Nadu’. SASY studied 21 cases related to manual scavenging, sewer […]
MHA gets 7th extension to frame CAA rules Subject: Polity Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been granted an extension for the seventh time to frame rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). More about News: The citizenship amendment Bill was passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019. It got the […]
GDP is expected to grow 7 percent: NSO Subject :Economy Aided by good performance of the agriculture and services sectors, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow 7 per cent in financial year 2022-23, according to the first advance estimates of national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). This […]
Village Defence Committee Subject :Polity Recently Lt Governor Manoj Sinha assured the Jammu and Kashmir people that they would get a Village Defence Committee (VDC). People in Jammu and Kashmir are demanding that in the background of increasing militant attacks, they must be provided weapons to take on attackers. Village Defence Committee (VDC): […]
House panel seeks details of rental housing scheme Subject :Polity Context: A Parliamentary panel has asked the government to clarify how many of the 66 proposals received under the Affordable Rental Housing Scheme launched for the urban poor, especially migrant workers, during the COVID-19 pandemic have been approved by their respective local urban […]
UGC unveils draft norms to allow foreign universities to set up campuses in India Subject :Economy Context: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced draft norms for facilitating foreign universities and educational institutions to set up campuses in India which allow them autonomy in decision making. The final norms will be notified by […]