Contents1 What is the news?2 About the Study3 What are the key findings of the study?4 What are the barriers in assessing Institutional Deliveries? 5 What are the recommendations given by the study? 6 What is the significance of this study? What is the news? According to a study, poverty, education, and exposure to a community health… Continue reading Poverty key factor in determining institutional delivery: study
INS KHUKRI decommisoned after 32 years of glorious service to the nation
What is the news? INS Khukri has been decommissioned after 32 years of glorious service. What is INS Khukri? INS Khukri is India’s first indigenously built Missile Corvettes(high-speed ships that have considerable firepower). It was built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and commissioned in 1989. It had the distinction of being part of both the… Continue reading INS KHUKRI decommisoned after 32 years of glorious service to the nation
Year end Review: Ministry of Ayush
What is the news? The Ministry of Ayush has launched several initiatives to revive and promote the traditional Indian medicine system. What are the initiatives launched by the Ministry of Ayush? AYUSH-64 mYoga fitness app: It was developed jointly by the Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organisation with the aim to bring assisted… Continue reading Year end Review: Ministry of Ayush
India gives food aid, defence equipments to Mozambique
What is the news? India has sent food and defence equipment to Mozambique (central African nation). India sent food aid through INS Kesari (landing ship tank) to Mozambique under the eight edition of Mission Sagar. It was delivered at Port Maputo of Mozambique. Why aid is being sent? Mozambique is facing a lot of challenges… Continue reading India gives food aid, defence equipments to Mozambique
All you need to know about the new labour codes
Contents1 What is the news? 2 What is the need for these codes? 3 What are the various provisions of the codes? 4 What is causing delay in the implementation? What is the news? Ministry of Labour and Employment introduced four Bills on labour codes to consolidate 29 central laws in 2019 which were then replaced with new… Continue reading All you need to know about the new labour codes
All you need to know about the new labour codes
Contents1 What is the news? 2 What is the need for these codes? 3 What are the various provisions of the codes? 4 What is causing delay in the implementation? What is the news? Ministry of Labour and Employment introduced four Bills on labour codes to consolidate 29 central laws in 2019 which were then replaced with new… Continue reading All you need to know about the new labour codes
Sunderbans plantation: Shield against cyclones but obstruction for animals?
Contents1 What is the news?2 Why an emphasis on development of Mangroves?3 What are the challenges?4 What is the way forward?5 About Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary What is the news? West Bengal’s move to develop mangroves in the Sunderbans is obstructing animal movement in the forest. Background: South 24 Parganas district administration had earlier this year… Continue reading Sunderbans plantation: Shield against cyclones but obstruction for animals?
Agriculture needs a booster dose
News: The cure for the farm sector’s ills lies primarily in making agriculture remunerative. Why are farmers discontented and uneasy? Income from crop farming has become insufficient for the livelihood of an average farm family: The “Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households” survey, carried out by the National Sample Survey Organisation in 2018-19, clearly indicates that… Continue reading Agriculture needs a booster dose
Goodbye shadow banking
News: Recently RBI passed a string of new norms to strengthen the regulations for NBFC sector Contents1 What is a shadow bank?2 What is the significance of NBFCs?3 Why there is a need to strengthen the regulations for NBFC sector?4 What are the new rules for NBFCs?5 What is scale-based regulation?6 How the PCA framework… Continue reading Goodbye shadow banking
Avoid policy adventurism
News: Goods and services tax (GST), one of the biggest reforms in recent decades, will complete five years in July next year. It was expected that after some initial implementation difficulties, the system would stabilise and boost revenue collection along with output. But that doesn’t seem to be happening. While revenue collection has improved, partly… Continue reading Avoid policy adventurism
