• Making a case for doing away with inflation targeting by the RBI, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Surjit Bhalla recently said it has made zero impact on prices. • Under the new policy framework, the…
• The Environment Ministry’s apex forest body has shot down a joint proposal by the Coal, Petroleum and Mining ministries to fully exempt themselves from Forest department permissions to scale up the density of exploratory boreholes, used to prospect for…
• The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have issued a new 10-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services, which provide the immediate health system platform…
• To equip the children with the information regarding the possible modes of protection/complaints, the National Council Of Educational Research And Training (NCERT) has published the information regarding Childline (1098) 24×7 Helpline for children and POCSO e-box on the back…
• Work on the 1,000 km-long India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) Trilateral Highway officially started with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signing an agreement with a joint-venture (JV) between Punj Lloyd and Varaha Infra to upgrade the Yagyi-Kalewa section of the…
• The union govt. has constituted a task force under the chairmanship of Minister of State Civil-Aviation Jayant Sinha for fast-tracking the roll-out of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology. • It will consist of representatives from the government, Public Sector…
• In line with the Government initiative of ease of doing business, the Union Cabinet has given its approval for delegating the powers to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Finance Minister to award the Blocks/Contract Areas to successful…
• The Indian government is planning to set up a new fund for small and medium defence enterprises. • It will be a dedicated Defence and Aerospace SME fund. => About Fund • The fund will be registered with SEBI…
• The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for entering into Headquarters (Host country) Agreement between India and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and authorizing the Ministry of External Affairs for signing the Headquarter Agreement. => Significance of…
• Sebi has amended REITs and InvITs regulations to facilitate the growth of such trusts. • As per the amendments, REITs and InvITs will now have to provide a mechanism for resolution of disputes with their shareholders and partners in…
• Digital transformation will add an estimated $154 billion to India’s GDP by 2021 and increase the growth rate by 1% every year, according to a joint study by Microsoft and IDC Asia Pacific. • In 2017, about 4% of…
• NITI NE Forum discusses measures forsocio-economic development of the region => Major proposals • Providing air connectivity between various State capitals of the North-Eastern States. • Inclusion of Bangladesh in India’s ‘Act East’ policy. • Imparting education and job…
