Achievements of GST: Automated Indirect Tax Ecosystem: The introduction of e-way bills coupled with the crackdown on fake invoicing has helped in bringing in a substantial portion of GST revenues, which were either being evaded or under-reported. E-invoicing system would also usher the taxpayers into a fully automated compliance regime wherein the computation of tax liabilities and matching of input tax […]
Read MoreCurrent Statehood Demands in India Vidarbha: It comprises the Amravati and Nagpur divisions of eastern Maharashtra. Delhi: To gain the control of such substantive powers, Delhi government is aspiring for full statehood. Harit Pradesh: It consists of agriculturally dominated districts of Western Uttar Pradesh. Purvanchal: It is a geographic region of north-central India, which comprises the eastern end […]
Read MoreYouth in Numbers: Youth aged between 15 and 24 years accounted for 16% of the world’s population in 2019. Young people were concentrated in Asia, Central and Southern Asia with 361 million youth and Eastern and South-Eastern Asia with 307 million youth, followed by sub-Saharan Africa (211 million youth). The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that 440 million youth from the […]
Read MoreCategorisation of CPSEs including conferring ‘Ratna’ status government reallocated the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) to the finance ministry from the ministry of heavy industries. The Finance Ministry will now have six departments
Read Morea separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ has been created by the Central Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’ (Prosperity through Cooperation) and to give a new push to the cooperative movement. The Government has signaled its deep commitment to community based developmental partnership. It also fulfils the budget announcement made by the Finance Minister in 2021. Key Points Significance of Ministry of […]
Read MoreThe Indian Chief of Army Staff (COAS) will inaugurate an Indian Army Memorial in the Cassino town of Italy during an official visit to the U.K. and Italy. The memorial commemorates over 3,100 Commonwealth servicemen who took part in the effort to liberate Italy in World War II (1939-1945). 900 Indian soldiers were also commemorated on this memorial. Italy in World War […]
Read MorePositive Impact of Social Media on Democracy Digital Democracy: Democratic values can evolve when people have freedom of expression. In this way, social media enables the concept of digital democracy through these platforms of freedom. Setting Accountability: Social media acts as an instrument that can question the seemingly invincible governments, make them accountable and bring sustained change […]
Read MoreRecently, two Indian state governments – Uttar Pradesh and Assam – have advocated aggressive population control measures. This proposal pertains to pursuing a two-child policy for entitlement to state government benefits. With ongoing trends, India will overtake China as the most populous country by 2025 or perhaps sooner. The overwhelming population burden is causing a […]
Read MoreNew Challenges to India’s Federalism Federalism & Development Challenge: To accelerate progress, the Indian have proposed several schemes and visions which may undermine the federal principle. For example, developmental narratives like ‘one nation, one market’, ‘one nation, one ration card’, ‘one nation, one grid’. Undermining States: The downgrading of a full-fledged State j k, or more recently, the […]
Read MoreSchemes of Digital India programme: Diksha: It stands for Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing. It serves as National Digital Infrastructure for Teachers. All teachers across the nation will be equipped with advanced digital technology. eNAM: It was launched on 14th April 2016 as a pan-India electronic trade portal linking Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) across the States. eSanjeevani: It is […]
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