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MoU for sale of FASTag
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IMHCL) and leading Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) like BPCL, HPCL and IOCL for sale of FASTags through their petrol pumps. FASTag FASTag is an electronic toll collection system ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
National Policy for Domestic Workers
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft National Policy on Domestic Workers. The policy aims to provide social security benefits to an estimated 39 lakh people employed as domestic workers by private households, of which 26 lakhs ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Rashtriya Gokul Mission
The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing the scheme of Rashtriya Gokul Mission to conserve and develop indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner. The scheme comprises of two components namely National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB) ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Lok Sabha passes Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2018
The Lok Sabha has passed the Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The bill moved by Minister of State for Law PP Chaudhary seeks to remove leprosy as a ground for divorce in five personal laws – Hindu Marriage Act, Dissolution of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
CSO releases advance estimates of National Income for 2018-19
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the first advance estimates of National Income for 2018-19. Highlights of the Estimate The Estimate makes the following observations: The Indian economy is expected to ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
The Impact of Crude Price Shock on CAD, Inflation and Fiscal Deficit
The RBI has released a paper titled ‘The Impact of Crude Price Shock on CAD, Inflation and Fiscal Deficit’. The paper outlines how the crude price shock will have an adverse impact on current account deficit (CAD), Inflation and Fiscal ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Impact of increase in salinity on Gangetic Dolphins
A five-year study by researchers Sangita Mitra (National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai) and Mahua Roy Chowdhury, (a marine biologist from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal) has been published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The research has found that raising ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
'Benefits of the Aadhaar – where it stands today'
The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has released a Facebook post titled ‘Benefits of the Aadhaar – where it stands today’ highlighting how the efficient use of the Aadhaar based identification has aided in improving the governance and in efficient delivery ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections
The government has announced a decision to provide ten per cent reservation in jobs and higher education for those belonging to the economically backward sections of the general category. The government aims to provide the aid of reservation to economically backward poor ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
China passes law to make Islam compatible with socialism
The Peoples Republic of China has passed a new law to regulate Islam and make it more compatible with socialism by “Sinicizing Islam”. Why the new law? The new Chinese law aims to “Sinicise” Islam. The indifference of China towards ..