Category: Social &Economic Policies and programmes

Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA)

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to the Agreement between India and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for participating in the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), which will be conducted by the OECD in 2021. The Agreement was signed on 28th January 2019. […]

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Operation Digital Board (ODB) is a revolutionary step to boost quality education in the country

HRD Minister launches Operation Digital Board The Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched Operation Digital Board to leverage technology in order to boost quality education in the country. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, the Minister of Human Resource Development said that Operation Digital Board is a revolutionary step which […]

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development policy is universal basic income (UBI)

The latest trend in development policy is universal basic income (UBI). The idea of UBI has become fashionable recently in developed countries to alleviate stress caused by the unemployment resulting from automation and globalization. In developing countries, it solves a different problem. The leakages from targeted welfare transfers caused by low state capacity and corruption […]

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Report on Determining Methodology for Fixing National Minimum Wage

Expert Committee Submits its Report on Determining Methodology for Fixing National Minimum Wage The Ministry of Labour and Employment had constituted an expert committee on 17th January 2017, under the Chairmanship Dr. Anoop Satpathy, Fellow, V. V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI) to review and recommend methodology for fixation of National Minimum Wage (NMW). The Expert […]

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World Sustainable Development Summit 2019, organized by The Energy and Resources Institute – TERI

India’s traditional practices reflected a sustainable lifestyle; International Solar Alliance is India’s most decisive step towards developing clean energy; Encourage cycling in a big way; Promote biotechnology and nano-technology for sustainable agriculture Inaugurates World Sustainable Development Summit 2019 Expressing his concern over the unprecedented scale of environmental degradation and its drastic consequences, the Vice President […]

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Prime Minister Jan ArogyaYojana [PMJAY]

Prime Minister Jan ArogyaYojana [PMJAY] Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat PradhanMantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) on 23.09.2018. PMJAY is a centrally sponsored scheme. It is entirely funded by Government and the funding is shared between Centre and State governments as per prevailing guidelines of Ministry of  Finance. PMJAY provides health coverage up to Rs. […]

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Ranking of Hospitals for the first time in india

Ranking of Hospitals Government has not conducted any survey for ranking of Hospitals in the country. However, there is one IT based ‘Mera Aspataal application’ to collect patients’ feedback about their experiences in public health facilities including AIIMS Delhi. As per patient feedback results analyzed in Mera Aspataal Application in December 2018, AIIMS Delhi is […]

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