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13 Jun, 2020
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National Adaptation fund for climate change The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) is a Central Sector Scheme setup in 2015-16. The overall aim of NAFCC is to support concrete adaptation activities which mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. National Bank for Agricul
Digital Gender Atlas Digital Gender Atlas has been developed to identify the low-performing geographic pockets for girls, on specific gender-related education indicators. The Pockets are particularly from marginalized groups such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and Muslim minorities. The
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the ‘RashtriyaVayoshri Yojana (RVY)'. Its objective is to provide senior citizens belonging to the BPL category, who suffer from age-related disabilities, with physical aids and assisted living de
Pradhan Mantri VayaVandhanaYojana This scheme deals with a senior citizen insurance scheme which promises the assured annual return of 8% for 10 years. The insurance is sold by Life Insurance of India for the citizens. The Minimum age of entry is 60 years of age with no maximum limit. Rec
Tiger Census India’s tiger census has been commissioned by the union environment ministry’s National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). The census will see coordination with Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh in estimating the territorial spread of the animal in the subcontinent
A convergence of crises Part of: GS-III- Climate change (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Policy ideas should marry employment and industrial priorities with green outcomes There is a growing debate about what the scarcity and privation wrought by the COVID-19 crisis will mean for our respon
Needed, a transfusion for public health care Dr. Raj B. Singh is a pulmonologist in Chennai. The views expressed are personal Part of: GS-III- Health (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Health services cannot be left to private medicine in a developing country, or indeed, in any country Co
An unravelling of the Group of Seven Jayant Prasad, a former diplomat, served as Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses GS-PAPER-II International organisation With the world in disorder, a new mechanism will have value only if it focuses on key global issues C
Vadnagar Gujarat and the Centre are jointly developing the historical and ancient town of Vadnagar as a major tourist hub. The projects cover Vadnagar’s famous Kirti Toran, Sharmishtha lake, Hatkeshwar Temple and archaeological sites. The town full is of sites that are related to Hinduis
Udhyagiri Caves The Udayagiri caves, in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, contain some of the oldest Hindu temples and iconography, related to Vaishnavism, Shaivism and Shaktism. They were built during the Gupta period (350-550 CE). Though it is present north of the Tropic of Cancer, it is believed that h
The critical role of decentralised responses GS-PAPER-2 Governance M.A. Oommen is an Honorary Fellow, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram Strategies in tackling the COVID-19 crisis must include local governments being equipped and fiscally empowered Context The n
The anatomy of anti-black racism Part of: GS-I- Social issue (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Rajeev Bhargava is Professor, at CSDS, Delhi Only a peaceful and sustained movement can break the back of this evil, which is institutionalised and hidden Context Racism has raised its ugly
Crossing the line: On Delhi’s decision to limit health services Part of: GS-II- Governance (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Delhi should not hide failures by limiting health-care access to just its residents The decision announced by Chief Minister to restrict COVID-
Flattening the climate curve R. Sukumar is professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences and Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Part of: GS-III- Climate Change (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Leaders should act on the climate crisis with the same alacrit
Pincer provocations? India-China-Pakistan GS- PAPER-II India and China India should not conflate the various threats to its security in the Kashmir-Ladakh region Although the latest news on the Ladakh front suggests that Chinese and Indian forces have begun to disengage in select area
Gross Value Added GS-Paper-III Economics In 2015, India opted to make major changes to its compilation of national accounts and decided to bring the whole process into conformity with the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA) of 2008. The SNA is the internationally agreed sta
World University Rankings 2021 Part of: GS-III- Education (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Recently, QS World University Rankings 2021 shows a decline in the rankings of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Only t
River water dispute Part of: GS-II- Governance (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Recently, the Union government has decided to take the stock of water utilisation from the Krishna and Godavari rivers following the filing of complaints against each other by Telangana an
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