What is the News? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has informed about the new schemes to support the marginalised. SMILE Scheme The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated an umbrella scheme “SMILE – Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise”. Read here: SMILE – Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood… Continue reading Drugs-Free India Campaign and SMILE scheme: New scheme to support the marginalised
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On FCRA & NGOs: Killing the license
News: After 2020 amendment to the FCRA act 2010, NGOs are required to renew their FCRA (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act) license in order to be able to receive foreign funding. Ministry of home affairs (MHA), which looks into these renewals recently denied Missionaries of Charity group (an NGO founded by Mother Teresa) renewal of its… Continue reading On FCRA & NGOs: Killing the license
Positive Indigenisation list: More defence systems to be locally manufactured
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is a Positive Indigenisation list?3 What does the third Positive Indigenisation list contain?4 What are the other measures undertaken to boost Domestic Defense manufacturing? What is the News? The Ministry of Defence has notified a third positive indigenisation list that will be substituted in the next three years. What… Continue reading Positive Indigenisation list: More defence systems to be locally manufactured
Plea seeks GI tag for Arunachal Apatani textile product
What is the news? An application seeking Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the Arunachal Pradesh Apatani textile product has been filed by a firm, Zeet Zeero Producer Company Limited. Getting a GI tag for a product indicates that it originates from a particular territory in India and has unique characteristics or quality. About Apatani tribe… Continue reading Plea seeks GI tag for Arunachal Apatani textile product
Maximising the boost-on mixing the COVID vaccines
News: India currently has three available vaccines and recently two more along with a drug have been approved for emergency use authorization. Despite this wide range of vaccine availability, India has been extremely dependent on just one vaccine COVISHEID. This may become a cause of concern specially with the directives that focus on precaution doses(/booster… Continue reading Maximising the boost-on mixing the COVID vaccines
The efficiency myth of Aadhaar linking
News: Recently, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021. One of the key provisions of the Bill is linking Aadhaar with the electoral rolls. Cash transfers in many welfare programmes, such as payment of MGNREGA wages, are done using the Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS). Read more: Linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls… Continue reading The efficiency myth of Aadhaar linking
A whiff of trouble in the Nord Stream pipeline
News: The Ukrainian authority has called the Nord Stream 2 project a ‘dangerous geopolitical weapon’. There is also strong opposition from the United States and most of the European countries (except for Austria, Germany, Hungary, and the Netherlands). What was meant to be an ordinary energy project has transformed itself into a powerful geopolitical tool,… Continue reading A whiff of trouble in the Nord Stream pipeline
‘Indianising’ the legal system and SC’s views
What is the News? Two Supreme Court judges in the past few months have openly expressed the need to “Indianise” the legal system. What did the Supreme Court judges say on ‘Indianising’ the legal system? Chief Justice of India N V Ramana: Indianisation of the country’s legal system is the need of the hour. Here,… Continue reading ‘Indianising’ the legal system and SC’s views
Sri Lanka to sign Trincomalee oil tank farm deal with India in a month, says Minister
What is the news? India and Sri Lanka are going to sign the long pending deal to jointly develop the Trincomalee oil tank farms. Trincomalee Oil Tank Farms: The Trincomalee Oil Tank Farms is located in ‘China Bay’ in proximity to the internationally coveted deep water natural harbour of Trincomalee. The Oil Tank was built… Continue reading Sri Lanka to sign Trincomalee oil tank farm deal with India in a month, says Minister
In Tamil Nadu, a lack of political will to end the Palk Bay conflict
News: Palk Bay (an important marine zone between south-eastern India and northern Sri Lanka) has been a source of dispute for long. It has come under news once again due to arrest of 68 Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan authorities. More on this arrest here. What has been the history of the issue? … Continue reading In Tamil Nadu, a lack of political will to end the Palk Bay conflict
