Labour Codes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uchMpyv2H_E Parliament has passed 3 labour code bills aimed at labour welfare reforms covering more than 50 crores organized and unorganized workers in the country. This also includes gig, platform and also opens up the doors for social security to those in the self-employment sector. These three Bills are (i) Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (ii) … Continue reading Labour Codes

Labour Codes

The government recently passed 3 bills which in the Lok Sabha namely (i) Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (ii) Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 & (iii) Social Security Code, 2020. These bills have been introduced to give equal importance to ‘Shramev Jayate’ and ‘Satyamev Jayate’. By means of these bills, 29 labour … Continue reading Labour Codes

Space: A New Era & Emerging Opportunities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ohhjclfes Private sector will be given a level playing field in building satellites, launches and other space based services as the government decided to open up the space sector. Private sector firms are also expected to play a big role in future projects for planetary exploration and outer space travel. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said … Continue reading Space: A New Era & Emerging Opportunities

eNAM-National Agriculture Market

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twl4u002du002dEiYSM The NAM Portal provides a single window service for all APMC related information and services. This includes commodity arrivals & prices, buy & sell trade offers, provision to respond to trade offers, among other services. While material flow (agriculture produce) continue to happen through mandis, an online market reduces transaction costs and information asymmetry.

e NAM

What is eNAM? National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. Important for Prelims - Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is the lead agency for implementing eNAM under the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government … Continue reading e NAM

Rule for no confidence motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yy4XLPPV50 According to the Constitution, a government is eligible to remain in power only if it has the required numbers for a majority in Lok Sabha. Article 75(3) of India’s Constitution lays the down provision that Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to Lok Sabha.

No Confidence motion

What is a 'no-confidence' motion: According to rule 198 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of the Lok Sabha, a no-confidence motion is “a motion expressing want of confidence in the Council of Ministers.” According to the Constitution, a government is eligible to remain in power only if it has the required numbers for … Continue reading No Confidence motion

India-UAE Deepening Relationship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwBY-XmivTY India sought investments from the United Arab Emirates in key sectors like infrastructure, highways, ports, airports, renewable energy and defence . The two sides also discussed a joint strategy to offset the economic and social impact of the pandemic on both countries.

National Mission on Quantum Technologies

The government in its budget 2020 has announced a National Mission on Quantum Technologies & Applications (NM-QTA) with a total budget outlay of Rs 8000 Crore for a period of five years to be implemented by the Department of Science & Technology (DST). Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2020 speech said that … Continue reading National Mission on Quantum Technologies

I-LAB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzO6VZzdoW0 To promote last mile access of testing to rural India, DBT under the Covid-Command strategy has supported building of mobile testing labs through AMTZ known as I-LAB . Watch this video for a discussion and analysis of the features and benefits of this mobile diagnostic lab.