Cripps Mission The Cripps Mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician and government Read More ……
National Capital Goods Policy
National Capital Goods Policy Objectives of National Capital Goods Policy: Increasing production of capital goods from ~Rs. 230,000 Cr in 2014-15 to Rs. 750,000 Cr in 2025 and Raising direct and indirect employment from the current 8.4 million to ~30 Read More ……
National Intellectual Property Rights Policy
National Intellectual Property Rights Policy The National Intellectual Property Rights Policy aims to create and exploit synergies between all forms of intellectual property (IP), concerned statutes and agencies. It sets in place an institutional mechanism for implementation, monitoring and review. Read More ……
Fuel Cell
Fuel Cell A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction of positively charged hydrogen ions with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen is the basic fuel, but fuel cells also require Read More ……
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women The Convention on the Elimination of ALL Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of Read More ……
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) The National Human Rights Commission is an of India’s effort for the protection and promotion of human rights. It came into being in October, 1993 under The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 and hence it Read More ……
Biofertilizers
Biofertilizers Biofertilizers are living or biologically active products or microbial inoculants of bacteria, algae and fungi which are able to enrich the soil with nirogen (N), phosphorus (P) and organic matter etc. Following are some of the important types of bio-fertilizers which Read More ……
National Mission for Green India
National Mission for Green India The National Mission for Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). It aims at protecting; restoring and enhancing India’s diminishing forest cover and responding to climate change by Read More ……
National Action Plan on Climate Change
National Action Plan on Climate Change Released in 2008 to addressing climate mitigation and adaptation. The plan identifies eight core “national missions” Emphasising the overriding priority of maintaining high economic growth rates to raise living standards, the plan “identifies measures Read More ……
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS)
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) Nagoya Protocol or Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Read More ……