Project Tiger was started in 1973. In 49 years, it has met with huge success. However there are many challenges too. Managing the tiger population, giving them safe habitat, avoiding human-tiger conflicts […]
The Government has taken several policy initiatives in the past few years and brought in reforms to encourage indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country and to minimize […]
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment, 2021 seeks to strengthen protection of children — including the ones who require protection under the law as well as those who are […]
India now holds the place for the third largest number of unicorns in the world followed by USA and China. Recently, India replaced the United Kingdom to acquire the third spot. In […]
Humans rely on wildlife and biodiversity-based resources to meet all our needs from food to fuel, medicines, housing, and clothing. Millions of people are also dependent on nature as the source of […]
Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India – 2030. The Plan is to create a ‘future ready’ Railway system by 2030. The NRP is aimed to formulate strategies […]
Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has released the guidelines for the scheme “Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry (SPI)”, with a total financial outlay of Rs.500 Cr for the period from FY 21-22 […]
The Government, in order to bring women on an equal footing with men, has decided to raise the age of marriage of women to 21 from 18 years. This move is aimed […]
Free trade agreements are arrangements between two or more countries or between a country and a trading bloc to abolish or reduce tariffs, quotas, and preferences on goods and services traded. Countries […]
The Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies that focus on higher incomes for the farmers. All these policies & programmes are being supported by higher budgetary allocations, non-budgetary […]
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