Stay Safe Online Campaign Subject: Government schemes Concept : The objective of the ‘Stay Safe Online Campaign’ is to raise awareness among citizens to stay safe in the online world due to the widespread use of social media platforms and the rapid adoption of digital payments. This campaign will make citizens of all […]
City Finance Rankings 2022 Subject :Government Schemes Concept: Aim: To evaluate, recognize and reward India’s cities (Urban Local Bodies or ULBs) on the basis of the quality of their current financial health and improvement over time in financial performance. to motivate city/state officials and decision makers, to implement municipal finance reforms. Indicators: The […]
Higher Education Financing Agency Subject :Government schemes Context: Recently, the Union Ministry of Education has shared the details of funding patterns of special loans for higher education. More about the news: Recently,the Union Ministry of Education has shared the details of funding patterns of special loans for higher education. In an official statement […]
How will the free foodgrain scheme work out? Subject : Government schemes Context: The Centre decided to provide 5 kg of free food grains per month for the 81 crore beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) during 2023, rather than charging them a subsidised amount of ₹3 a kg of rice, […]
National Ganga Council meet Subject: Government schemes Context; The National Ganga Council, will be held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata What is National Ganga Council: The National Ganga Council is an authority created in October 2016 under the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016, dissolving […]
Mental health helpline receives 20000 calls in two months Subject :Government Schemes Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (MANAS), a toll-free 24/7 number which was launched on October 10 on World Mental Health Day by the Union government, has received over 20,000 calls to date, reported the International Institute of Information […]
Project Vaani Subject :Government Scheme Context: Project Vaani scales decibels as it maps language landscape of India. About Project Vaani: Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park) and Google have come together for mapping the language diversity of India. Aim is to create data corpora of over 150,000 hours […]
Panel to study UGC’s IKS faculty training guidelines Subject : Government Schemes The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has constituted a committee to formulate an expert opinion on the University Grants Commission (UGC)’s draft guidelines for faculty training on Indian Knowledge System (IKS). About the news University and college faculty will now […]
New India Literacy Programme Subject :Government Schemes Government has announced a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, “New India Literacy Programme” (NILP) for implementation during five years from 2022-23 to 2026-27. The programme aims to cover a target of 5.00 crore learners during the five years under Foundational Literacy and Numeracy component. The programme has […]
36428 villages to be developed as ‘model tribal villages’ Subject :Government Schemes The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs is now working to develop 36,428 villages with at least 50% tribal population and 500 STs across the country into ‘model tribal’ villages, Minister of State (MoS) for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh told Lok Sabha […]