MGNREGA

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is the world’s largest work guarantee programme that guarantees 100 days of wage employment per annum for rural households. The 2021-22 Union Budget allocation for the initiative is Rs.73,000. This is 34.52 per ..

National Language Translation Mission

National Language Translation Mission (NTLM) was announced by the Finance Minister during her budget speech recently. It comes in response to the increased demands for online services in local Indian languages. Currently, most online contents are only available in English ..

National Research Foundation

The establishment of National Research Foundation (NRF) was announced in 2019 by the central government for financing, coordinating and promoting research in the country. It would ensure integration of research grants provided by different ministries independently of each other and ..

Article 417 of Myanmar Constitution

Article 417 of Myanmar Constitution allows the military to take control over the Asian nation in times of emergency. This clause is deemed by the experts as “coup mechanism in waiting”. The Myanmar Constitution in infamous for allowing military to ..

Recycling of Ships Act, 2019

Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 was enacted for the regulation of ship recycling and accession to the Hong Kong International Convention for Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009. Since its enactment, around 90 ship-recycling yards at Alang in ..

Apprenticeship Act, 1961

The Apprenticeship Act, 1961 seeks to regulate training programmes of apprentices in the industries for ensuring on-the-job training. It is administered by the skill development ministry. The Finance Minister announced the amendment of this law and realignment of the National ..

Securities Market Code

Security Market Code was proposed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the 2021-22 Union Budget. It seeks to streamline all security market laws under one code. The provisions of the SEBI Act, Depositories Act, Security Contracts (Regulation) Act and Government ..

Stardust 1.0

On 31st January 2021, Stardust 1.0 was launched from Loring Commerce Centre, former military base in Maine, US. This launch vehicle is the first commercial space launch to be powered by a biofuel, which is cheaper and less polluting when ..

PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Yojana

During the 2021-22 Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Rs.64,180 crore PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Yojana. The scheme seeks to enhance the primary, secondary and tertiary health systems’ capacity, strengthen existing institutions and create new institutions for detecting and ..

India’s health budget

The 2021-22 Union Budget allocated an outlay of Rs.2,23,846 crore for the health sector. This is a 137% increase when compared to the last year’s budget. Funding for public health infrastructure has been raised significantly in this budget. Rs.64,180 crore ..