• Under ICAR’s “Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav” initiative, Cleanliness activities are administered in Ibrampur, Veling and Parra villages in Goa. The drive “Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav” was launched in 2015. This is the flagship programme of the Prime Minister of…
• Indian Railway has started the New Year by achieving a landmark achievement by drastically enhancing the maximum speed to 130 kmph for 1,280 km length out of 1,612 Km in Golden Quadrilateral – Golden Diagonal (GQ-GD) route. About: •…
• The Reserve Bank of India introduced the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) for Large Value Transactions in Centralised Payment Systems. About: • The LEI is a 20-digit number used to uniquely identify parties to financial transactions worldwide. • It was…
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up an academic advisory council with former deputy governor N S Vishwanathan as the chairperson to advise the full-time director of the central bank’s College of Supervisors (CoS). About: • As…
• RBI has issued Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) Framework for Strengthening Governance arrangements of banks. About: • To bring uniformity in approach followed by the banks, as also to align the expectations on Internal Audit Function with the best…
• With the start of LiDAR (Aerial Ground) Survey, High Speed Rail work gathered momentum for Delhi – Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor. About: • The LiDAR survey for Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor started from Greater NOIDA where a…
• Arunachal Pradesh is likely to become India’s prime producer of vanadium. About: • Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition metal. • The elemental metal is…
• The Committee will be headed by the Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy and will include elected representatives from Ladakh, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, central government, and the Ladakh administration. About: • Formation of the committee…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Small and marginal farmers Mains level: Issues in agriculture sector Context: • The farmers are agitating on Delhi’s border against three laws passed by Parliament in September 2020 but Government has been explaining the…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline Mains level: Infrastructure Context: • Prime Minister inaugrated the Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline of the Gail Authority of India Limited (GAIL). The key infrastructure project has come about after overcoming…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: K-shaped recovery Mains level: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Investment models. Context: • India’s faster-than-expected rebound is very encouraging. But given labour…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Lithium Mains level: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Investment models. Context: • The progression to electric vehicles is important for India because…
