Subject: Government initiative Context: Prime Minister inaugurates RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ a Mega Virtual Summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Concept: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog are organising the Mega Virtual Summit AI. RAISE 2020 will be a global meeting of minds to exchange ideas and […]
Subject: Government initiative Context: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment e-launched the Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM) under Venture Capital Fund for SCs through Video Conferencing Concept: Ministry of Social Justice had launched the Venture Capital Fund for SCs (VCF-SC) in 2014-15 with a view to developing entrepreneurship amongst the SC/Divyang youth […]
Subject: Government initiatives Context : Two Indian initiatives have found places amongst the ten best global initiatives selected by the Rockefeller Foundation for its Food Systems Vision Prize 2050: Naandi Foundation’s work with tribal communities in Araku in South India and other is ‘Eat Right India’. Concept: FSSAI has embarked on a large-scale effort to […]
Subject: Government initiative Context: Union Minister of State for Shipping has launched ‘SAROD-Ports’ (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes – Ports) through virtual ceremony in New Delhi. Concept: SAROD-Ports as a game changer and added that it will become the pivotal mechanism of ummeed (hope), vishwas(trust) and nyaya (justice) in the Port sector of India. SAROD-Ports will resolve the disputes […]
Subject: Government initiative Context: The 3rd RashtriyaPoshanMaah is being celebrated during the month of September 2020. Ministry of Women and Child Development, being the nodal Ministry for POSHAN Abhiyaan, is celebrating the PoshanMaah in convergence with partner Ministries and departments, at National, States/UTs, Districts, and grass root level. Concept: POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) is India’s flagship programme, launched in […]
Subject: Government initiative Context: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has developed a mobile App called ‘Harit Path’ Concept: It is mobile app to monitor the plantations through geo-tagging and web-basedGIS enabled monitoring tools. The app has been developed to monitor location, […]