Subject: Government organisation Context: West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission issued seven separate advisories regarding charges for diagnosis and treatment. Concept: The Clinical Establishments Act provides for registration and regulation of clinical establishments in the country with a view to prescribe basic minimum standards of facilities and services of particular type being provided by the […]
Subject: Government organisation Context: CDSCO is likely to take up Serum Institute of India’s (SII) request to start human trials for AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in India this month. Concept: CDSCO under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) of India. […]
Subject: Government organization Context: Income Tax Department is going to sign an MoU with National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) to facilitate automatic exchange of information linked to bank accounts, PAN, tax returns and any other “mutually agreed” information with 10 agencies . Concept: National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) is an attached office of Ministry of Home Affairs It […]
Subject: Government organization Context: Concept: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) was constituted in 2018 under Companies Act, 2013. The Companies Act requires the NFRA to have a chairperson who will be appointed by the Central Government and a maximum of 15 members The duties of the NFRA are to: Recommend accounting and auditing policies and […]
Subject: Government Organisation Context: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to cut down its 2020-21 syllabuses by 30% for students from Classes 9-12 in view of difficulty to have classes. Concept: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation set up in 1961 by the Government of India to […]
Subject: Government Organization Context: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has said that states are not permissible to cancel university exams and commission does have the power to take action if states do so. Concept: As per the UGC Act, State governments cannot take this decision. Unlike school education, which is on the State list, higher […]
Subject: Government organization Context: Standoff between China and India last month has brought focus on India’s nuclear capability. Concept: Strategic Forced Command (SFC), also sometimes known as Strategic Nuclear Command, forms part of India’s nuclear National Command Authority (NCA which is responsible for command and control decisions regarding India’s nuclear weapons program). It was created […]
Subject: Government organizations Context: The reason behind ban of 59 apps is that several citizens had reportedly raised concerns to CERT-In regarding security of data and loss of privacy in using these apps. In addition, the Ministry received recommendations from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre. Concept: CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) is a […]