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 […]
Background: The biennial “India State of Forest Report (ISFR)” was released by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The Forest Survey of India (FSI), which has been tasked with assessing the country’s forest and tree resources, including wall-to-wall forest cover mapping on a […]
About the FCRA Act: The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) of 2010 is a federal law that regulates foreign contributions. Foreign funding of volunteer groups in India is governed by the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), which is enforced by the Ministry of Home Affairs. […]
About: The government has merged the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), the Computer Centre, and the Central Statistical Office to form the National Sample Survey Office (NSO) (CSO). The Rangarajan Commission envisioned the NSO to implement and maintain statistical standards and coordinate statistical activities of […]
Prelims Specific Topic About: On the campus of the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitender Singh inaugurated the first open rock museum on Thursday, displaying various types of rocks gathered from various states with ages ranging from […]
