What is Strategic disinvestment? Simply, strategic disinvestment is transferring the ownership and control of a public sector entity to some other entity (mostly to a private sector entity). Unlike the simple disinvestment, strategic sale implies some sort of privatisation. The…
National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB) NCRB was set-up in 1986 to function as a repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators based on the recommendations of the Tandon…
Self-help group Self Help Groups (SHGs) are small groups of poor people. The members of an SHG face similar problems. They help each other, to solve their problems. SHGs promote small savings among their members. The savings are kept with…
Green Crackers and Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation Introduction Apart from human activities like mining, construction, transportation, industry, etc. and natural phenomena like volcanic eruptions, wildfires etc., Firecrackers during festivities add to the air pollution which is one of the…
Biomining Biomining can be defined as the extraction of minerals from ores by using microorganisms. The microorganisms actually facilitate the extraction of metals from sulfide or iron-containing ores. Metals solubilization process is involved in biomining and it is a combination…
Secularism in India Secularism refers to Separation of Religion from the state. The Indian Constitution allows individuals the freedom to live by their religious beliefs and practices. With the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, the…
Terrorism Financing For the last few decades, terrorism financing has been a prevalent financial crime on which authorities are desperate to the crackdown. A multitude of laws and regulations have been enacted to reign in the financing of terrorist activity,…
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Recently in news Centre releases Rs.47,436 crores for afforestation to various states from CAMPA funds What is CAMPA? Supreme Court of India ordered for establishment of Compensatory Afforestation Fund and Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and…
Aadhaar Aadhaar is once again in the news, with the Parliament passing an amendment bill as well the controversy on the government requiring people to link their social media accounts with Aadhaar. Aadhaar Act, 2016 The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of…