The Draft national Education Policy, 2019 has recommended that there should be common (all-India) entrance examinations for admissions to undergraduate courses in all government-funded universities and colleges, w.e.f. 2020. Further, private universities should also be encouraged to make use of the common admission tests. It has suggested that the National Testing Agency (NTA) should conduct… Continue reading Draft National Education Policy moots all-India entrance tests for UG courses in public colleges
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.
Scholarship for wards of defence personnel hiked
The Indian Prime Minister has approved major changes in the Prime Minister’s scholarship scheme under the National Defence Fund. Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS)’ seeks to to encourage technical and post-graduate education for the widows and wards of the deceased/ex-service personnel of Armed Forces and Para Military Forces and Railway Protection Force The rates of… Continue reading Scholarship for wards of defence personnel hiked
I&B advisory to TV channels; asked to comply with respective undertakings of carrying news or non-news content
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory regarding carrying of news and current affairs content on TV channels. The advisory states that in accordance with the Policy Guidelines for Uplinking of Television Channels From India,2011,I&B Ministry will give permission for uplinking of TV channels under two categories: Non-News & Current Affairs Channel: A… Continue reading I&B advisory to TV channels; asked to comply with respective undertakings of carrying news or non-news content
Driving change: Govt may let you be part-time cabbie
The government has decided to frame a policy for vehicle pooling in its bid to reduce private vehicles on roads. This will allow private vehicles to ferry passengers but the policy will limit it to just 3-4 such trips in a day. Further,private vehicles will be linked to aggregators accredited by the state transport departments… Continue reading Driving change: Govt may let you be part-time cabbie
Reservation for the poor from this academic year
A high-power committee on quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) appointed by the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to roll out reservations for EWS in educational institutions. The reservations would come into force from next academic year. The committee has decided to extend 5% reservation to Kapus and 5% reservation to other communities in… Continue reading Reservation for the poor from this academic year
Victims of mob lynching, human trafficking in Maharashtra to get compensation
Maharashtra Government has formulated a policy on cases of mob lynching.This policy came after Supreme Court had pulled up States across the country for not formulating such a policy. The new policy has pegged the amount of compensation between ₹2 lakh and ₹3 lakh which could be increased to ₹10 lakh in special cases. Further,human… Continue reading Victims of mob lynching, human trafficking in Maharashtra to get compensation
Discom debt to return to pre-UDAY levels
According to the credit ratings agency Crisil,the debt of state-owned electricity distribution companies(discoms) is set to increase to pre-Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana(UDAY) levels of ₹2.6 lakh crore by the end of 2019-20. The Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana(Uday) was launched in 2015.It envisaged state governments taking over 75% of the utilities debts,thus reducing the interest burden… Continue reading Discom debt to return to pre-UDAY levels
Only 10 of 100 Ganga sewage projects completed
According to a report on the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) website, only 10 of the 100 sewage infrastructure projects commissioned after 2015 under the Namami Gange mission have been finished. The report has noted that the majority of the projects completed were those commissioned before the Namami Gange. The projects were under programmes… Continue reading Only 10 of 100 Ganga sewage projects completed
Commercial flights yet to take off at Hindon
Commercial flights under the UDAN scheme are yet to take off at the civil terminal at Indian Air Force’s Hindon airbase in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad. In March 2019, Indian Prime minister had inaugurated the civil enclave terminal built by Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Hindon airbase. The civil enclave terminal at Hindon airbase has… Continue reading Commercial flights yet to take off at Hindon
ICAT – A World Class Automotive Testing Centre
The International Centre for Automotive Technology(ICAT),Haryana, is a leading world-class automotive testing,certification and R&D service provider under the aegis of National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project(NATRiP). ICAT is an important element of the automotive sector with its world-class infrastructure and domain expertise providing services in development,testing,validation and homologation.Further,ICAT also intends to eventually transform Centers… Continue reading ICAT – A World Class Automotive Testing Centre
