Subject: Schemes Context: Union Minister of State for Communication has inaugurated “Bharat Air Fibre Services” at Akola in Maharashtra. Concept: The Bharat Air Fibre services are introduced by BSNL as part of digital India initiates by the Government of India and it aims of providing Wireless Connectivity in the range of 20 KMs from the […]
Subject: Government policy/ schemes Context: The Supreme Court reserved its order on a plea that seeks money collected under the PM CARES Fund for the COVID-19 pandemic should be transferred to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Concept: NDRF The National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), constituted under Section 46 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, supplements SDRF of a […]
Subject: Schemes Context: TRIFED has entered into a partnership with IIT Delhi for the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) by which forest dwellers will get an exposure to newer processing technologies, product innovation, mentorship, transformational digital systems and handholding. Concept: Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a flagship national programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development […]
Subject:Schemes Concept: Status: Fisheries and aquaculture are an important source of food, nutrition, employment and income in India. The sector provides livelihood to more than 20 million fishers and fish farmers at the primary level and twice the number along the value chain. The Gross Value Added (GVA) of fisheries sector in the national economy […]
Subject: Schemes Context: After Facebook, Google partners with CBSE to promote online education in India. It will provide a $1 million grant to the Kaivalya Education Foundation through the Global Distance Learning Fund Concept: It is part of Google.org, aimed at helping teachers deliver virtual education to students in the country. The initiative empowers 700,000 […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Ministry of Tribal Affairs hosted a Webinar along with Facebook India for sensitization of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scheduled Tribe (ST) Constituencies of India on “Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) Project” Concept: GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) is an initiative launched by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) in partnership with Facebook India […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Almost 1.4 lakh poor rural households have completed their quota of 100 days of work under MGNREGA in the first three months of the year, and will not be eligible for further benefits under the rural employment guarantee scheme for the rest of the year. Concept: Reason: With COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown resulting […]
Subject: Schemes Context: States and Union Territories have drawn more than double the quantity of rice for distribution during April to June this year, compared to the corresponding period last year. Concept: Reason As relief package, the Central government had announced that Priority Household (PHH) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) cardholders in the country would […]
Subject: Scheme Context: Prime minister has announced extension of PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) till the end of November which will cost over Rs 90 thousand crore for centre. Concept: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana aims at ensuring sufficient food the poor and needy during the coronavirus crisis. Scheme covers 80 crore individuals, […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Union government has initiated “Accelerate Vigyan” scheme to push scientific research Concept: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) has launched this new scheme to provide a single platform for research internships, capacity building programs, and workshops across the country. The primary objective of this inter-ministerial scheme is to give more thrust on […]