Dilution of Offset Policy The government diluted the “offset” policy in defence procurement, reportedly in response to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India’s report tabled in Parliament last month. The move is a setback for augmenting domestic capabilities…
Nyay Kaushal India’s first-ever e-resource centre and virtual court for traffic and transport to enable speedy justice for litigants, called ‘Nyay Kaushal’, at Nagpur. The e-resource Centre at Nagpur is meant to be a step at mitigating various inequalities, being connected…
India’s Neighbourhood Diplomacy India’s policy of ‘Neighbourhood First’ focuses on creating mutually beneficial, people-oriented, regional frameworks for stability and prosperity. Government is committed to developing friendly and mutually beneficial relations with all its neighbours. Policy Initiatives: India is an active…
QUAD and India The democratic nations of the world can use the Quad as an instrument to check China’s ambitions be it in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. It is of the opinion that China’s rise cannot be halted but…
Star campaigner Persons who are nominated by parties to campaign in a given set of Constituencies. These persons are, in almost all cases, prominent and popular faces within the Party. However, there are no specific definitions according to law or the…
CSIRs Indigen Project It was implemented by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. This has enabled benchmarking the scalability of genome sequencing and computational analysis at population scale…
Ground Water Extraction Norms India is the largest user of ground water in the world, extracting ground water to the tune of 253 bcm per year, which is about 25% of the global ground water extraction. Groundwater utilisation in India:…
Green Delhi App Due to deterioration of air quality in the National Capital Region with the onset of winter, the government has released a seven-point action plan to fight air pollution. The mobile application is part of the government’s action…
National Securities Depository Limited(NSDL) NSDL, one of the largest Depositories in the World. India had a vibrant capital market which is more than a century old, the paper-based settlement of trades caused substantial problems like bad delivery and delayed transfer…
Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) Government introduces Bill to amend the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 through Finance Act, 2018. The Amendments aim at further enhancing the effectiveness of the Act, widen its scope and take care of certain…