Promotion of Zero Budget Natural Farming NITI Aayog held a meeting on 9th July, 2018 to discuss the promotion of Zero budget Natural Farming. Government of India has been promoting organic farming in the country through the dedicated schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2015-16 and also through Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). In the […]
Read MoreWhat is National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam The National Register of Citizens, or NRC, is the list of Indian citizens in Assam. It is being updated to weed out illegal immigration from Bangladesh and neighbouring regions What is the NRC? The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the list of Indian citizens of […]
Read MoreWhat is Section 377, and why does it matter What is it? Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalises consensual private sexual acts between adults. It came into force in 1862. Lawyers have argued that the notorious Criminal Tribes Act, 1871, which branded a number of marginalised population groups like transgenders as “innately criminal” […]
Read MoreBorder Area Development Programme (BADP) Model villages being developed in Border Districts Union Home Minister launches BADP Online Management System The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had interaction with Field and State Level Officers implementing Border Area Development Programme (BADP), here today. During the interaction, relevant issues regarding implementation of BADP and to make it […]
Read MoreRajya Sabha has, for the first time in 76 years since it came into being, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a foreign counterpart for promoting inter-parliamentary dialogue. 2. Shri Venkaiah Naidu, has, in the process, become the first Chairman of Rajya Sabha to sign such an agreement when he inked an […]
Read MoreGovernment declares 6 educational ‘Institutions of Eminence’ ; 3 Institutions from Public Sector and 3 from Private Sector shortlisted Each ‘Public Institution’ selected as ‘Institution of Eminence’ will get financial assistance up to Rs. 1000 Crore over a period of five years The landmark decision will help the selected Institutions to become World Class Educational […]
Read MorePrime Minister interacts with young IAS officers of 2016 Batch The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today interacted with over 170 young IAS officers (2016 Batch) who have recently been appointed Assistant Secretaries in the Government of India. The Prime Minister encouraged them to share their experiences of field training. He discussed with them, some […]
Read MoreIn a Remarkable Achievement, India gets its 37th WORLD UNESCO World HERITAGE SITE. Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai declared as a World Heritage Property by UNESCO in Manama, Bahrain today In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the “Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai ” has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World […]
Read MoreGovernment by the people is crucial for India As faith in institutions and liberal internationalism fades around the world, the solution lies in devolving governance The World Trade Organization, European Union and G-7—global institutions wanting to bring order to international economy and trade—are shaking. The underlying principle on which these institutions were founded, of nations […]
Read MoreAn old Kashmir-Jammu dilemma Sadly, this dilemma is something that successive Indian governments have struggled with for many decades. Jammu politics has always cast a long shadow over national politics and complicated the Srinagar-Delhi relationship. The demographic reality of Jammu — as a Hindu majority region within a Muslim majority State, in a Hindu majority nation — […]
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