KALIA Scheme of Odisha What is the news? Beneficiaries who have enrolled under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme in the first phase will receive monetary assistance by January 26. Salient Features of the Read More ……
Category: GS Paper-III
India’s Second Biennial Update Report to UNFCCC
India’s Second Biennial Update Report to UNFCCC What is the News? The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Submission of India’s second Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Read More ……
FDI Policy on E-commerce
FDI Policy on E-commerce What is the News? Department of Industrial Policy &Promotion(DIPP) recently issued a clarification to the existing rules pertaining to Foreign Direct Investment in e-commerce companies. The updated norms for foreign direct investment in ecommerce Read More ……
Significance of Chabahar Port
Significance of Chabahar Port What is the News? The opening of the first office of Indian Ports Global Limited at Iran’s Chabahar and the takeover of operations of the Shahid Beheshti port is a milestone in India’s regional Read More ……
Hongyun Project
Hongyun Project What is the News? China launched its first communication satellite to provide broadband internet services worldwide in an apparent bid to rival Google and other international firms. The satellite was launched from a Long March 11 Read More ……
Public Credit Registry
Public Credit Registry What is the News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has shortlisted six major IT companies, including Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), Wipro Ltd and IBM India, to set up a wide-based digital Public Credit Read More ……
KALIA Scheme and Its Significance
KALIA Scheme and Its Significance What is the News? Instead of announcing farm loan waiver like other States, the Odisha Cabinet approved the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme amounting to ₹10,000 crore to accelerate Read More ……
Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)
Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) What is the News? The development of the indigenously designed heavy artillery gun, the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), has advanced to a stage where user assisted trials of the gun Read More ……
Fugitive Economic Offender Ordinance
Fugitive Economic Offender Ordinance HOT ISSUES FOR MAINS(TOPIC #10)(SecureIas Initiative) Fugitive economic offenders ordinance A fugitive economic offender is any individual against whom a warrant for arrest in relation to a scheduled offence has been issued by any Read More ……
Applications of GSAT-7A
Applications of GSAT-7A What is the News? Military communication satellite GSAT-7A, is expected to add a new space-based dimension to the way Indian Air Force interlinks, operates and communicates with its aircraft as they fly and with command centres Read More ……