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Kala Namak Paddy

In Context With a massive push to the production and branding of Siddhartha Nagars famous Kala Namak rice, the area under the rice cultivation has gone up from 2,805 hectare in 2019 to 5,000 hectare in 2020. About Kala Namak Paddy Kalanamak is traditionally grown using no fertiliser, herbicide and pesticide, which makes it suitable […]

Bucharest Nine

In News Recently, the envoys rejected the Russian claim (which has been amplified by the Chinese) about the eastward “expansion” of NATO & and mentioned the unjustified Russian aggression in Ukraine”. Bucharest Nine The “Bucharest Nine” is a group of nine NATO countries in Eastern Europe that became part of the US-led military alliance after […]

Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)

In News  The Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), to promote entrepreneurship at a local level amongst the rural youth under SVEP. About SVEP  It is implemented by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana –National […]

Project Unnati

In News  Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj felicitated 75 trained candidates of Project UNNATI under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA . About Project ‘UNNATI’ It is a skilling project intended to upgrade the skill base of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries, and thereby improving their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current […]

Nano-Fertilisers

In News Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) has provisionally notified Nano Urea as Nano Nitrogen Fertilisers in Fertilizer Control Order, 1985. Nano-Fertilisers Meaning: Nano-formulations or nano-sized fertilisers are made from ammonium humate, ammonia, urea, peat, plant wastes, and other synthetic fertilisers. An example of nano-formulation is nano-sized nitrogen (N) fertiliser which is prepared […]

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

In News  Recently, the Calcutta High Court  ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the killings in Bogtui village of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, where eight persons were burnt alive, hours after the murder of a Trinamool Congress panchayat leader. The court directed the state government “to extend full cooperation to CBI in […]

Sagarmala Program

In News  The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways organised an event to commemorate the successful seven years of Sagarmala program.  Objectives and Need for Port-Led Development in India To  address infrastructural and operational challenges India is one of the fastest growing large economies in the world with a GDP growth rate of 7.3% in […]

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is Dysfunctional

In News The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has been dysfunctional for the last four years and has not delivered a single report to Parliament, a parliamentary committee has said in a recent report. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) Introduction: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) was established by amending Article 338 and […]

Crypto Currencies

In News The Lok Sabha approved the Finance Bill, 2022. The approval completes the budgetary process for the next financial year. It has proposed to levy a flat 30% tax on capital gains from crypto currencies/assets, non-fungible tokens (NFT) etc. with effect from April 1, 2022. What is a Cryptocurrency? It is a digital currency […]

National Cooperation Policy

In News A parliamentary standing committee has advised the newly created Cooperation Ministry to exercise utmost prudence in chalking out activities and programmes at the national level so that federal features of the country are not impinged upon. Proposed Actions ‘Cooperative Societies’ is a State subject in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. The ministry […]

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