Bullet train gets green light via flamingo haven, national park The Mumbai-Ahmadabad high speed train corridor has been granted wildlife clearance, by a committee headed by the Union Environment Minister The Bullet Train Project, an India-Japan Joint venture, was inaugurated in 2017 and is scheduled for its first run in 2022. With a track-length of… Continue reading Bullet train gets green light via flamingo haven, national park
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Safe City Project
Empowered Committee of Officers for Nirbhaya funds scheme has approved pilot Safe City projects in eight selected metropolitan cities. These eight cities are Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow. The Empowered Committee of Officers is an inter-ministerial committee. It appraises and recommends various proposals/projects proposed by different Ministries/Departments/States. The Nirbhaya fund scheme… Continue reading Safe City Project
A series of unfortunate missteps
In the aftermath of Kerala floods, the Kerala government was prohibited by central government from accessing relief funds from foreign governments directly. To project itself as a global leader and worthy of permanent membership of UN Security Council India in 2004 decided to discourage inflow of donations from foreign countries and rather increase Indian assistance… Continue reading A series of unfortunate missteps
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana had been introduced by The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2017. It is scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category. The beneficiaries under the scheme are identified through Assessment Camps organised in collaboration with the respective State Government/District Administration. The devices are… Continue reading Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – February 6, 2019
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Spending on Government subsidy on rise
Expenditure on subsidies is expected to be at 9.83% of total expenditure in 2019-20, up from the 9.65% in 2018-19. Spending on subsidy has been falling consistently from 18.2% in 2012-13 to 8.15% in 2017-18. However, the reason for reversal this year accounts to sharp rise in food and petroleum subsidies due to hike in… Continue reading Spending on Government subsidy on rise
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 5, 2019
Archives Q.1) Teen age girls in India face some peculiar social and development related problems in India. Suggest some policy related measures for development of teen age girls in India. Answer: Teen Age Girls (TAG) Report 2018, was released by ‘Nanhi Kali’, a project by the Naandi Foundation, which works with adolescent girls. As per… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 5, 2019
Download : Indian Forest Service Final Results 2018! ForumIAS Students Secure Rank 1 and 2
Dear Friends, UPSC has just released the final results of IFoS 2018. Here is the complete list ForumIAS Academy Students have secured both Rank 1 and Rank 2. S.NO. ROLL NO NAME 1 0840585 MANDADI NAVEEN REDDY 2 0227939 ARUSHI MISHRA 3 0103444 JIVANI KARTIK NAGJIBHAI 4 1223427 N JEYKUMARAN 5 0411299 ARIHANT KOCHAR 6… Continue reading Download : Indian Forest Service Final Results 2018! ForumIAS Students Secure Rank 1 and 2
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 Report and its findings
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 Report produced annually by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the five UN regional commissions on global economic trend. The global economy will continue to grow at a steady pace of around 3 per cent in 2019… Continue reading World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 Report and its findings
China-Japan frontline sees a ‘cold peace’
Senkaku is an Okinawa chain of 150 islands in East China Sea contested by China and Japan. Senkaku are small but strategically significant and are guarded and controlled by Japanese government. According to Japan, it was Japanese nationals who pioneered a settlement in these islands in late 19th century and China started to claim these… Continue reading China-Japan frontline sees a ‘cold peace’
