Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) 2010 Subject – Governance Context – Govt. curbs funding for 10 climate change, child labour NGOs Concept – To know about FCRA, please click here.
National Company Law Tribunal Subject – Governance Context – NCLT, ITAT get new members Concept – To know about NCLT, please click here.
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Subject – Governance Context – NCLAT admits Dhoot petition against Twin Star takeover Concept – To know more about NCLAT, please click here.
National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) Subject – Governance Context – India Rankings 2021 under the National Institutional Ranking Framework were recently released. Concept – National Institute Ranking Framework or NIRF is the first-ever effort by the government to rank higher education institutions (HEIs) in the country. Before NIRF’s launch in 2016, HEIs were […]
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Subject – Governance Context – FSSAI is looking at tightening the labelling norms for pan masala Concept – It proposes to bring in amendments in the labelling and display regulations to make health warning more visible on pan masala packs. According to the draft amendments, […]
Draft Bill on Drugs cosmetics and medical devices Subject – Governance Context – Panel set up to draft Bill on drugs, cosmetics and medical devices Concept – The Union government has constituted a committee for framing legislation regarding new drugs, cosmetics and medical devices. The eight-member panel, headed by Drugs Controller General of India G. Somani, is scheduled to submit a draft document […]
Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) Subject – Governance Context – Punjab will tackle its drug problem with opioid assisted treatment Concept – The move to set up OOAT centres in Punjab began in October 2017. The centres administer de-addiction medicine, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, to the opioid dependent people registering there. […]
ASER Report Subject – Governance Context – ASER report finds huge drop in learning levels in Karnataka State Concept – It is a nationwide survey of rural education and learning outcomes in terms of reading and arithmetic skills that has been conducted by the NGO Pratham for the last 15 years. It uses Census 2011 as the sampling frame and continues […]
Common Services Centres (CSC) Subject – Governance Context – CSC network may help expand passport services Concept – The Common Services Centres (CSC), a special purpose vehicle of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), have received approvals to manage and operate Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) kiosks in rural areas. The CSCs […]
Vidyanjali 2.0 Portal Subject – Governance Context – PM urges private sector to help improve quality in govt. schools. Concept – Vidyanjali is an initiative taken by the Ministry of Education, Government of India with the aim to strengthen Schools through community and private sector involvement in schools across the country. This initiative would connect schools with varied volunteers from the Indian […]