The United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) was a UN campaign unit that was set up in response to the Millennium Declaration signed by 189 member states. Established in October, 2002, the UNMC aimed to increase support to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and seek a coalition of partners for action. The Millennium Campaign targets intergovernmental, government, civil society organizations and media at both global and regional levels. Source: Wikipedia

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), launched in 2013 aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions. The central funding (in the ratio of 60:40 for general category States, 90:10 for special category states and 100% for union territories) would be norm based and outcome dependent. The … Continue reading Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan

An initiative of Minister of Communications, Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana aims to increase the reach of Philately (the hobby of collection and study of Postage stamps). Under the scheme of SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby), it is proposed to award annual scholarships to children of Standard VI to IX having good academic record and also pursuing Philately … Continue reading Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana

Ministry of Power, Government of India notified “Integrated Power Development Scheme" (IPDS) on 3rd December’14 with following components: 1. Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network in the urban areas; 2. Metering of distribution transformers /feeders / consumers in the urban areas. 3. IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network. The scheme will help in … Continue reading Integrated Power Development Scheme

The Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme was started initially in December 1974 to improve the irrigation potential utilization and optimize the agricultural production and productivity through integrated and coordinated approach of efficient water management. Subsequently, the scope of the programme was expanded by incorporating new activities under the programme. The Ministry of … Continue reading Command Area Development and Water Management

The Union Government launched the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) in 1996-97 for providing financial assistance, to expedite completion of ongoing Major/Medium Irrigation (MMI) including Extension, Renovation and Modernization (ERM) of irrigation projects and Surface Minor Irrigation schemes, as well asLift Irrigation Schemes(LIS). The Surface Minor Irrigation Schemes of North-Eastern States, Hilly States of Sikkim, … Continue reading Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme 

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), located at Hyderabad is one of the centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), striving to realise the Indian Space Vision, as a key player in Earth Observation Programme and Disaster Management Support programme. NRSC is responsible for acquisition, processing, supply of aerial and satellite remote sensing data and continuously exploring the practical uses … Continue reading National Remote Sensing Centre

Source: The Hindu What is the ‘nine-dash’ line? The ‘nine-dash line’ stretches hundreds of kilometers south and east of its southerly Hainan Island, covering the strategic Paracel and Spratly island chains. China lays its claims on these islands by citing 2,000 years of history when the two island chains were regarded as its integral parts. … Continue reading The Nine-dash Line

Author: TCA Sharad Raghavan Source: The Hindu The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then French President Francois Hollande at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris on November 30, 2015. The idea was to form a coalition of solar resource-rich countries to collaborate on addressing the identified gaps … Continue reading What is International Solar Alliance?