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Anamaya: Tribal Health Collaborative

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched Tribal Health Collaborative (THC) 'Anamaya' through a video conference. In...

08 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Food Wastage Issue

This article is based on “India has a food wastage problem. Here’s how individuals can make a difference” which was published in...

07 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Integrated Health Information Platform

Why in News The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has launched the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP), that is the next generation...

07 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Direct Payment of Minimum Support Price

Why in News After the recent orders from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the farm unions warned that the Centre’s insistence on direct...

07 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Challenges with National Security Act, 1980

Why in News In some cases it has been found that the National Security Act-1980 (NSA) was invoked to prevent the person from being released from...

06 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

National Maritime Day 2021

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways celebrated the 58th National Maritime Day (5th April). Maritime India...

06 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Sankalp Se Siddhi: TRIFED

Why in News The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, has launched...

06 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Decentralizing Climate Assistance

This article is based on “The role of MGNREGA in the climate crisis” which was published in The Hindustan Times on 03/04/2021. It talks...

05 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Maoist Attack in Sukma

Why in News A team of security forces was attacked by a People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) unit in the Tarrem area near the...

05 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

National Rare Disease Policy 2021

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved the National Rare Disease Policy 2021. Earlier, the Delhi High Court...

05 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

PLI Scheme for Food Processing Industry

Why in News Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the Central Sector Scheme - "Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry...

05 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

This article is based on “Would cats bell themselves? The wait for the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights” which was...

03 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Increased Maternal Deaths Due to Covid: Lancet Report

Why in News According to a study published in The Lancet Global Health Journal, the failure of the health system to cope with Covid-19 pandemic...

03 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

PM-KUSUM

Why in News Recently, the first farm-based solar power plant under the Prime Minister’s Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM)...

03 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Expansion of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme

Why in News Recently, the government has extended the Rs. 3-lakh-crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) until 30th June 2021, and also...

03 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Unique Land Parcel Identification Number

Why in News The Centre plans to issue a 14-digit identification number to every plot of land in the country within a year’s time. The...

02 Apr 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin

Why in News Due to adverse impact of Covid-19, only 5.4% of the sanctioned houses under the central government's flagship rural housing scheme,...

31 Mar 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Shifting Health to the Concurrent List

Why in News Fifteenth Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh said that health should be shifted to the Concurrent list under the Constitution....

30 Mar 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

NPNT Compliance: Drone Operations

Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted permits to "No-Permission-No-Takeoff' (NPNT) compliant drone operations at 34...

27 Mar 2021 Government Policies & Interventions

Ad-hoc Judges in High Court

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court pushed for the appointment of retired judges to battle the pendency of cases in High Courts. Key...

27 Mar 2021 Government Policies & Interventions