https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQT3McyMqHU&list=PLVOgwA_DiGzrOZ062PskBVE83abtupy3z&index=4 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 are some of the issues that the project has faced. Having said that, less than three thousand populations still puts these majestic … Continue reading Project Tiger: Success and the Challenges Ahead
Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy
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 defence import by the Defence Public Sector Undertakings, thereby ensuring delivery of indigenous modern defence hardware to Indian Armed Forces. These initiatives, … Continue reading Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzCecB_cf8&list=PLVOgwA_DiGzqJCVHOZDwcTLwrojuPtgBe&index=2 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 in conflict with the law and also streamline the process of adoption in the country.
Increasing footprint of Unicorns in India
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 2021, India saw 42 start-ups turning into unicorns which is a significant rise from 2019-2020. For the past 2-3 years, on an average … Continue reading Increasing footprint of Unicorns in India
No Wild, No Life – Need for Sustainable Co-Existence with Nature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT8re5N-B4g 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 their livelihoods and economic opportunities. According to data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, … Continue reading No Wild, No Life – Need for Sustainable Co-Existence with Nature
National Rail Plan Vision for India-2030
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 based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%. The objective of … Continue reading National Rail Plan Vision for India-2030
Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry in India
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 to FY 25-26. The scheme will address the rising demand in terms of support required to existing Pharma clusters and MSMEs across the … Continue reading Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry in India
Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWmAj7EAzQ 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 at increasing the legal age of marriage will empower girls and will help in building their careers. Watch this video for a … Continue reading Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Bio-Terrorism and the Need for Appropriate Law
Why in news?The formation of appropriate laws to combat bioterrorism has been advocated by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health (Nov 2020) Introduction:* The intentional release or threat of release of biological agents (i.e. viruses, bacteria, fungi, ortheir toxins) in order to cause disease or death among human population or food crops andlivestock to terrorize … Continue reading Bio-Terrorism and the Need for Appropriate Law
Free Trade Agreements – Opportunities and Challenges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPzI3JII90Y 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 often agree to FTAs if their economic structures are complementary, not competitive. India currently has 11 Free Trade Agreements or Regional Trade … Continue reading Free Trade Agreements – Opportunities and Challenges
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