Category: Factly: Bills and Acts

This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the bills and Acts in news. You can find all relevant bills and acts on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.

SATARK

News:Odisha State Disaster Management Authority(OSDMA) has won the IT Excellence Award,2019 for its innovative mobile application called SATARK. Facts: SATARK: SATARK stands for System for Assessing, Tracking and Alerting Disaster Risk Information based on Dynamic Risk Knowledge. SATARK is a web/smartphone based app for Early Warning Communication system(EWCS). The app has been developed by Odisha… Continue reading SATARK

Kaushal Acharya Awards

News:Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has organized the Kaushal Acharya awards. Facts: About Kaushal Acharya awards: The awards aims to facilitate trainers from different sectors for exceptional contribution towards creating a future-ready and skilled workforce. This will motivate and incentivize more trainers to join the Skill India Mission. Skill India mission National Skill… Continue reading Kaushal Acharya Awards

Govt working on setting up nationwide ‘AYUSH Grid’

News:The AYUSH Ministry is in the process of setting up a nationwide ‘AYUSH Grid’. Facts: AYUSH Grid: AYUSH Grid aims to connect all hospitals and research labs to record case histories so that a huge amount of evidence can be generated through data analytics about the efficacy of traditional medicine including Ayurveda. About AYUSH: AYUSH… Continue reading Govt working on setting up nationwide ‘AYUSH Grid’

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme

News:Union Minister of Women and Child Development and Textiles will felicitate districts and states which have successfully implemented the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme. Facts: Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao(BBBP) scheme was launched in January, 2015.The scheme is aimed at promoting gender equality and the significance of educating girls. The… Continue reading Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme

Institution of Eminence

News: The Ministry of Human Resource and Development has awarded the status of Institute of Eminence to five public institutions Facts: Institutions awarded with status of Institute of Eminence: IIT-Madras, IIT-Kharagpur, Delhi University, Benares Hindu University University of Hyderabad About Institution of Eminence (IoE) Scheme First announced in 2016 Budget speech, the Institution of Eminence… Continue reading Institution of Eminence

Gates Foundation to honor PM Modi for Swachh Bharat

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive an award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a cleanliness campaign initiated by Govt. of India in 2014. It seeks to achieve a Clean India by 2019, as a tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.… Continue reading Gates Foundation to honor PM Modi for Swachh Bharat

Centre hikes procurement prices of ethanol for blending with petrol

Central Government has increased the prices of different grades of ethanol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol(EBP) Programme for the forthcoming 2019-20 sugar season. Ethanol Blended Petrol programme was launched in 2003.It aims at blending ethanol with petrol thereby bringing it under the category of biofuels and saving millions of dollars by cutting fuel imports. This… Continue reading Centre hikes procurement prices of ethanol for blending with petrol

Four more States join ration card portability

The government has extended the inter-state portability of ration cards between Kerala-Karnataka and Rajasthan-Haryana to implement ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’. These two new clusters will join the existing State pairs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as Maharashtra and Gujarat. One nation one ration card scheme is all about inter-state portability of ration… Continue reading Four more States join ration card portability

KVIC Launches ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Varanasi to Re-use wasted pottery

Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) has launched a ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Sewapuri in Varanasi. This terracotta Grinder will grind the wasted and broken pottery items for re-using in pottery-making. Earlier,the wasted pottery items were grinded in normal mortar and pestle and it’s fine powder was mixed with the normal clay.Mixing this powder in stipulated ratio… Continue reading KVIC Launches ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Varanasi to Re-use wasted pottery

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