Centre notifies protocols to make flying easy for disabled

Source: The post is based on the article “Centre notifies protocols to make flying easy for disabled” published in TOI on 12th January 2023 What is the News? The Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the ‘Accessibility Standards and Guidelines for Civil Aviation’. What are Accessibility Standards and Guidelines for Civil Aviation? These are standards… Continue reading Centre notifies protocols to make flying easy for disabled

Godavari estuary has become prime habitat for Indian skimmer: expert

Source: The post is based on the article “Godavari estuary has become prime habitat for Indian skimmer: expert” published in The Hindu on 12th January 2023 Contents1 What is the News?2 What is an Indian Skimmer?3 What is Great Knot?4 What are Caspian Terns?5 What is Godavari Estuary? What is the News? The Godavari estuary… Continue reading Godavari estuary has become prime habitat for Indian skimmer: expert

Centre earmarks ₹2,600 crore as incentive for banks to promote digital payments

Source: The post is based on the article “Centre earmarks ₹2,600 crore as incentive for banks to promote digital payments” published in The Hindu on 12th January 2023 Contents1 What is the News?2 How will the scheme promote payments using RuPay cards and the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)?3 What is Unified Payments Interface(UPI)?4 What are… Continue reading Centre earmarks ₹2,600 crore as incentive for banks to promote digital payments

RBI’s revised guidelines for locker management

Source: The post is based on the article “RBI’s revised guidelines for locker management” published in The Hindu on 11th January 2023 What is the News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released revised bank locker rules. The rules will take effect from January 1, 2023. Why were these revised bank locker rules released… Continue reading RBI’s revised guidelines for locker management

SC demonetisation verdict: What is delegated legislation

Source: The post is based on the article “SC demonetisation verdict: What is delegated legislation” published in Indian Express on 11th January 2023 Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Delegated Legislation?3 What was the delegation of power in the demonetisation case?4 What was the Supreme Court verdict on demonetization?5 Why is excessive delegation power… Continue reading SC demonetisation verdict: What is delegated legislation

World’s longest river cruise ‘Ganga Vilas’ to unlock River Cruise tourism in India: Union Minister for Ports

Source: The post is based on the article “World’s longest river cruise ‘Ganga Vilas’ to unlock River Cruise tourism in India: Union Minister for Ports” published in PIB on 7th January 2023 What is the News? The MV Ganga Vilas will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi. What is MV Ganga… Continue reading World’s longest river cruise ‘Ganga Vilas’ to unlock River Cruise tourism in India: Union Minister for Ports

Remote work helped in saving jobs during COVID: ILO report

Source: The post is based on the article “Remote work helped in saving jobs during COVID: ILO report” published in The Hindu on 7th January 2023 What is the News? The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released a report titled ‘Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World’. What are the key findings of the… Continue reading Remote work helped in saving jobs during COVID: ILO report

Department of Telecommunications formulates the Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules 2022

Source: The post is based on the article “Department of Telecommunications formulates the Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules 2022” published in PIB on 6th January 2023 Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the purpose of these rules?3 What are the salient features of the portal?4 What are the benefits of these rules? What is… Continue reading Department of Telecommunications formulates the Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules 2022

To boost ‘Make in India’, Centre flags unfair tender norms

Source: The post is based on the article “To boost ‘Make in India’, Centre flags unfair tender norms” published in The Hindu on 6th January 2023 What is the News? The Union government has flagged over a dozen restrictive and discriminatory conditions which prevented local suppliers from participating in bidding processes initiated by its various… Continue reading To boost ‘Make in India’, Centre flags unfair tender norms

RBI launches Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025

Source: The post is based on the article “RBI launches Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025” published in Moneycontrol on 4th January 2023 What is the News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched Utkarsh 2.0. What is Utkarsh? Utkarsh is a three-year roadmap of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to improve regulation and… Continue reading RBI launches Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025

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