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Progress under National Health Mission (NHM) in 2019-20

Progress under National Health Mission (NHM) in 2019-20 The Cabinet noted that NHM has envisaged new Initiatives in 2019-20 as: Social Awareness and Actions to…

Government concessions to promote Wind Energy Projects

Government concessions to promote Wind Energy Projects Present Status Of Wind Energy Projects More than 70 per cent of the equipment is manufactured in India. About…

Indirect Taxes

Indirect Taxes Indirect taxes are consumption-based taxes that are applied to goods or services when they are bought and sold. The government receives indirect tax…

NARS Research on Agriculture production

NARS Research on Agriculture Research findings : India is a major producer of paddy, wheat and pulses. In production, India ranks 2nd in paddy &…

Foreign exchange reserves position as on 27 Jul2021

Foreign exchange reserves position as on 27 Jul 2021 India’s foreign exchange reserves position is comfortable in terms of import cover of more than 18…

Infant Mortality due to Pneumonia and SAANS Initiative

Infant Mortality due to Pneumonia and SAANS Initiative As per Sample Registration System Report (2010-13) of Registrar General of India, Pneumonia contributes 16.9% of infant…

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) - Unemployment rate for women

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) The unemployment rate for women Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)- conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and…

NTPC Group achieves over 100 Billion Units of cumulative generation in 2020-21 financial year

NTPC Group achieves over 100 Billion Units of cumulative generation in the 2020-21 financial year NTPC Group companies under the Ministry of Power have achieved…

Power Generation from non-fossil fuel sources

Power Generation from non-fossil fuel sources Renewable Energy Targets The government of India had set a target of 1,75,000 MW installed capacity from renewable sources…

National Fish Farmers Day

National Fish Farmers Day The National Fisheries Development Board celebrated the National Fish Farmers Day virtually. The National Fish Farmers day is observed every year…

Household spending on health

Household spending on health The World Health Organization (WHO) provides data on the percentage of the total population where the household expenditure on health was…

India’s export of organic food products and National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)

India’s export of organic food products India’s export of organic food products rose by more than 51% to Rs 7078 crore ($ 1040 million) during…

Fatalities of medical practitioners due to COVID19

Fatalities of Medical Practitioners due to COVID19 Bihar recorded the highest number of doctors — 69 —who died of COVID19 in the second wave so…

Rising Unemployment and Need for Domestic Demand

Rising Unemployment and Need for Domestic Demand Unemployment Rising unemployment, including among the salaried class, and shrinking real incomes have led to a lack of…

Rare diseases and their occurrence in India

Rare diseases and their occurrence in India The common denominator of rare diseases is the infrequency of their occurrence in the human population. Often debilitating…

Disruptions in Economy caused by the upsurge in COVID-19

Disruptions in the Economy caused by the upsurge in COVID-19 The latest official data on retail prices and industrial production released in April 2021 provide…

Defence Spending in India

Defence Spending in India Despite the huge countries due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, global military spending in 2020 was the highest in at least…

Dynamics of Second Wave of COVID-19

Dynamics of Second Wave of COVID-19 The coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) is now a global concern because of its higher transmission capacity and associated adverse consequences including…

2021 Norton Cyber-Safety Insights Report

Norton Report on cybercrime in India in 2020-21 The NortonLifelock recently released a report titled "2021 Norton cyber-Safety Insights Report" Key Findings of the report:…

Inflation Trends in India

Inflation Trends in India Official data on retail food and fuel costs remain the main driver. Inflation continues to accelerate and output at the country’s…

Status of Indian Agriculture

Status of Indian Agriculture Growth: The Agriculture and Allied activities clocked a growth of 3.4%. As per the Provisional Estimates of National Income released by Central Statistical Organization in May,…

Fisheries Sector

Fisheries Sector Fishing is one of the oldest occupations of man. Fish provides protein-rich food and is also a big source of vitamins A, B…

G-SAP 1.0

G-SAP 1.0 RBI in its April 2021 monetary policy continues with the accommodative stance as long as necessary to sustain growth on a durable basis…

Forex Reserves of India

Forex Reserves of India Why in News? The country's foreign exchange reserves declined from USD 4.255 billion to USD 580.299 billion, the fall in reserves…

Investments in India

Investments in India Why in News India has attracted a total FDI inflow of US$ 72.12 billion during April to January 2021. It is the…

Major Committees – Indian Banking system

Major Committees – Indian Banking system Committee Purpose Banking and Financial Sector Reforms Basel Committee Banking Supervision Bimal Jalan For New Bank Licenses Raghuram…

India’s Banking Sector a brief Timeline – UPSC PRELIMS

India’s Banking Sector a brief Timeline – UPSC PRELIMS GS Paper-3 Banking system – Prelims and Personality test Banking is considered to be the “Backbone…

Indian Banking system & Related Terms - UPSC

Indian Banking system & Related Terms - UPSC GS-PAPER-3 Economics-Banking and associated terms Rates Base Rate – This is the minimum rate at which a…

Water borne Diseases

Waterborne Diseases Waterborne diseases are conditions caused by pathogenic micro-organisms that are transmitted in water. These diseases can be spread while bathing, washing, drinking water,…

Renewable Energy in India – Facts and Future prospect

Renewable Energy in India – Facts and Future prospect GS-Paper-3 Renewable Energy – Infrastructure development- Prelims & UPSC Interview Context: Renewable energy is the most…

Solar Power Park in India- UPSC FACTS

Solar Power Park in India- UPSC FACTS GS-Paper-3 Renewable Energy – Infrastructure development- Prelims & UPSC Interview Context: Renewable energy mainly solar energy is the…

Wind Energy in India- Renewable Energy

Wind Energy in India- Renewable Energy GS-Paper-3 Renewable Energy – Infrastructure development- Prelims & UPSC Interview Context: Renewable energy mainly Wind energy is the most…

India Energy Outlook Report, 2021

India Energy Outlook Report, 2021 GS-Paper-3 Energy security – Infrastructure development- Prelims & UPSC Interview Context: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently released the…

Environment Related Important Dates

Environment Related Important Dates GS-Paper-ENVIRONMENT DATES- Prelims Context: Environmentally important dates are highly important for PRELIMS in the UPSC examination and also a student can…

Sacred groves of India

Sacred groves of India GS-Paper-Forest conservation- Prelims & UPSC Interview Context: Forest conservation with the help of the LOCAL Community is very important for sustainable…

Ramsar sites- Wetlands in India – Quick facts

Ramsar sites- Wetlands in India – Quick facts GS-Paper-Forest and Biodiversity conservation- Prelims & UPSC Interview Context: A wetland is a place where the land…

Biosphere Reserves and their significance- UPSC Exam

Biosphere Reserves and Significance- UPSC Exam This topic helps you to cover: Biosphere reserves (BSR) in detail. Understand the UPSC pattern of the Questionnaire. Get a…

Animals of India - UPSC

Animals of India India has some of the world's most Biodiverse regions, encompassing a wide range of biomes–desert, high mountains, highlands, tropical and temperate forests,…

Revival in Lockdown-caused-contraction in GDP

Revival in Lockdown-caused-contraction in GDP Advance Estimates of National Income project 8% Contraction in GDP. For the fiscal year 2020-21, GDP contraction is estimated at…

Core infrastructure Sector

Core infrastructure Sector Year on the Year Growth rate of 8 Core Industries vis-à-vis COVID. Core industries have been adversely affected by the Covid-19…

Progress Under National Health Mission (NHM) in 2019-20

Progress Under National Health Mission (NHM) in 2019-20 The Cabinet noted that NHM has envisaged new Initiatives in 2019-20 as: Social Awareness and Actions to…

Data on Indian Defence

Brahmos is the first supersonic cruise missile to enter service.Capable of attaining a speed ofMach 2.8 (almost three times thespeed of sound), it has a…

Data on Artificial Intelligence

Data on Artificial Intelligence AI has helped increase crop yields, raised business productivity, improved access to credit and made cancer detection faster and more precise. It could contribute more than $15 trillion to the world economy by 2030,adding14%to global GDP. Google has identified…

World Air Quality Report: Delhi is the most polluted city in the World

World Air Quality Report: Delhi is the most polluted city in the World World Air Quality Report is given by IQAir Visual and Greenpeace. The…

Data on Indian Defence

Data on Indian Defence Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) Report India’s arms imports fell 33 % between 2011-15 and 2016-20, the country has taken…

Data on Employment

Data On Employment Employment during COVID-19 According to ILO, of the 535M labour force in 2019, 398 M will have poor-quality jobs. National Rural Employment…

Data on CPI

Data on Inflation Feb-2021 Retail inflation, measured by the CPI, accelerated to a three-month high of 5.03% in February, data released by the National Statistical…

Data on Climate Change

Data on Climate Vulnerability Ranking by various organizations of India’s Climate Vulnerability Status: HSBC ranking(2018) Placed India at the TOP among 67 nations in Climate vulnerability.…

Data on Diabetes

Data on Diabetes India has second highest number of diabetes patients aged 20-79 yrs as of 2019- WHO. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated the…

Data on Special Economic Zones

Data on Special Economic Zones(SEZ) The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) policy was launched in April 2000. The Special Economic Zones Act was enacted in 2005.…

External Sector

External Trade COVID-19 pandemic led to a sharp decline in global trade, lower commodity prices and tighter external financing conditions with implications for current account…

Data on Cyber Crime

Data on Cyber Crime The data according to National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, since its inception in Aug 2019,a total of 3,17,439 cybercrime incidents and…

Data on UAPA Cases

Data on UAPA Cases from 2015 to 2020 There is a 72% increase in the number of persons arrested under the UAPA (Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act…

Space Related Facts and Data

Space Related Facts and Data Indian Space Program Started in 2ndFive Year Plan. Vikram Sarabhai is the architect of the INDIAN SPACE PROGRAM. Space program…

Contraction in GDP due to Lockdown

Contraction in GDP due to Lockdown Advance Estimates of National Income project an 8% Contraction in GDP. NSO revised the 1stquarter GDP shrinkage to 24.4% from 23.9%…

Data on Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit in 2020-21

Data on Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit in 2020-21 Year-on-Year Growth of outstanding bank loans is on decelerating pace. It slowed down to lowest in…

BUDGET DATA

BUDGET 2021-22 DATA Prominent Themes of Budget 2020-21 Budget 2020-21 is woven around three prominent themes: Aspirational India in which all sections of the society seek…

Data on petrol cess and other cesses.

Data on petrol cess and other cesses. Cesses are collected for a specific purpose, and they need not be shared with the States, as they…

Data on COVID19 Impact on Health Services.

Data on COVID19 Impact on Health Services. The novel coronavirus pandemic, health-care providers have been reassigned from other specialties to COVID-19, restricting high quality care…

Low Emission Technologies

Low-Emissions Technologies Widespread global deployment of technologies like hydrogen, carbon capture use and storage, soil carbon, energy storage to backup renewables and decarbonise transport, and…

Health Care Data

Health Care Annual health care expenditure 2000-2015 Annual health care expenditure of the country is 4% of GDP Of which, 0.9 –1.07% is Govt Expenditure and 3.0-3.6% is…

Economic Data

The Hindu Data 09 to 11 Feb Digital Exclusion Digitally excluded Indian stand at greater than 50% among which 40% are phones with no internet…

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