Page-23 of Current Affairs - February, 2019
Conservation and Promotion of Medicinal Plants
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) under the Ministry of AYUSH is implementing following schemes to encourage farming/cultivation, conservation, processing and promotion of medicinal plants throughout the country: National AYUSH Mission (NAM) The large scale farming/cultivation of medicinal plants is ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Madras High Court Rules against Negative Marking in Competitive Exams
The Madras High Court has ruled against negative marking in competitive examinations saying they are bad in law. Observations of the Madras High Court The Madras High Court while hearing a petition filed by an IIT JEE aspirant who failed ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
UK Home Secretary approves extradition of Vijay Mallya to India
The UK home secretary has ordered the extradition of Vijay Mallya over allegations of £1bn fraud. The UK home secretary noted that Vijay Mallya, the first to be declared Fugitive Economic Offender is accused in India of conspiracy to defraud, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has stated that the Central Government expects a 20 per cent decline in road accidents from the current five lakh a year and Parliament’s nod to pending legislation Motor Vehicles (Amendment) ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Fiscal Deficit for April-December
The data shows that the fiscal deficit touched 112.4 per cent of the full-year budget target of Rs 6.24 lakh crore at the end of December. The important data highlights related to the fiscal deficit are: The gap between Government’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Foreign Direct Investment to India
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has released the data related to the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows during April-September 2018-19. The important aspects from this data: The Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India was declined by 11 per cent ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
National Testing Agency takes measures to Acquaint Aspirants
The National Testing Agency (NTA) which is vested with the responsibility of the conduction of competitive exams has taken the following measures to acquaint aspirants with the computer-based examinations: A mobile application has been launched through which students can practice or take ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Road Safety Week 2019
The Road Safety Week was initiated by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways with an aim to raise public awareness about traffic rules and ultimately reduce casualties due to road accidents. Charitable Organizations, Non-Government Organizations and Private firms across ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Tourism Sector in India
Union Minister for Tourism K J Alphons delivering the inaugural speech at the 2nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit highlighted the contribution of the of the tourism sector to the GDP as below: India’s tourism sector generated USD 234 billion revenue in 2018 and the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Judicial Complex Inaugurated at Amaravati
The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the judicial complex in Amaravati. The judicial complex will house the interim High Court for Andhra Pradesh. The Chief Justice of India also laid the foundation stone for the construction of a permanent High Court to be built ..