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The Price Stabilisation Fund scheme provides for the advancement of interest-free loans to State Governments/Union Territories (UTs) and Central Agencies to finance their working capital and other expenses, which they may incur in the procurement and distribution of such commodities.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not in favour of having direct and supervisory control over the New Umbrella Entities (NUE) and instead wants agencies such as the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) or a newly formed body to take over the role.
Ancient History of Rajasthan Period, up to 1200 AD Rajput clans emerged and held their sway over different parts of Rajasthan from about 700 AD. Before that, Rajasthan was a part of several republics
The issue of a gender gap in judiciary is in the spotlight after a plea filed by the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association in Supreme Court (SC). The plea advocated for increasing women’s participation in the judicial setup in order to augment gender justice.
The RBI has set up a committee headed by Sudarshan Sen to undertake a comprehensive review of the working of asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) in the financial sector ecosystem and recommend suitable measures for enabling them to meet the growing requirements.
Inaugurating the fifth session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) established under Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), Ms. Rita Teaotia, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), described the risk of unscrupulous and intentional adulteration of spices through substitution due to their high economic value.
The US Navy has publicly declared it conducted “freedom of navigation operations” in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near Lakshadweep recently, without deliberately seeking India’s prior consent. The exercise was carried out to challenge India’s excessive maritime claims.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was adopted and signed in 1982 and entered into force in 1994. The convention frames a comprehensive set of rules governing
A recent study, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme and The Coca-Cola Company has raised the issue of ambiguity about definitions of child labour and forced labour in India related laws, especially for sugarcane producing states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Recently the Government of India has released the data related to Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). The Government of India has stated that 16 states / Union Territories have taken 100 percent food grains for May 2021 under PMGKAY. In addition, the Food Corporation of India has supplied 31.80 LMT free food grains to the States / Union Territories under PMGKAY.
Recently, the World Bank Report on Global Remittances has released the Migration and Development Brief report. According to this report, despite the Covid epidemic, India has been the largest recipient of remittances in the year
India – Maldives Relations: Because of its location in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives is strategically important for India under the Modi government’s “Neighbourhood First” strategy. However, relations between the two countries were strained during former President Abdulla Yameen’s pro-China rule.
The non-self-governing territories are Territories “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government.”
The effectiveness of the Social Security Code 2020 (SS Code) in helping the informal workforce is questioned by many during this second wave of Covid-19.
According to a study by Lancet, the symptoms of a rare paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome(PIMS-TS) associated with SARS-CoV2 are resolved after six months. Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS) is a type of presentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection that produces a 10 times greater need for hospitalisation and mortality in children than other COVID-19 presentations.
Union Public Service Commission UPSC Are Invited to Online Application Form for the Recruitment Post of National Defense Academy UPSC NDA II 2021.
The government of India’s SWAMIH Fund (Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing) has completed its first residential project in Mumbai.
Six sites have been added to India’s tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites. 9 Sites were submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India.