NATIONAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN The National Clean Air Program is comprised of the following components: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change launched it in 2019. It was not reported to the Environmental Protection Agency or any other government agency. It is envisioned […]
QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY About the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES): The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) is a component of the All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AIQEES) (AQEES). It applies to businesses in the organized sector that employ ten or more people in nine different industries. […]
KRISHNA WATER DISPUTE Context: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have complained to the Supreme Court that Karnataka has not provided any information on how much Krishna river water it has diverted in the last 14 years. Karnataka, on the other hand, contended that a lot […]
On the occasion of Guru Parv, the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh ji, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi made a major statement on Sunday, January 9, 2022. From this year onwards, he stated, ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ would be observed on the 26th of December […]
What exactly is AIIB: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an international development bank tasked with improving social and economic results in Asia and beyond. The Bank’s Membership is made up of the parties to the agreement (57 founding members). Beijing is the bank’s […]
About The Harmonized Guidelines And Standards For Universal Accessibility In India 2021: The new universal accessibility rules recently drafted by the Centre include different areas of the built environment, from the design concept to execution. In December 2021, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) made […]
Background: The Centre recently assured Karnataka that construction on the Mekedatu dam project on the Cauvery river will not begin until the Cauvery Water Management Authority approves the project’s Detailed Project Report (DPR) (CWMA). There are also disagreements between the states of Karnataka and Tamil […]
Context: The Union government told the Supreme Court recently that the caste-based data from the 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) was “unusable,” but the Registrar-General and Census Commissioner of India told the Standing Committee on Rural Development in 2016 that 98.87 percent of the data […]
About NTAGI: In 2001, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) issued an order establishing it. The NTAGI, as India’s top immunization advisory council, advises the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on vaccination and immunization services for the country’s successful control of vaccine-preventable […]
