Subhash Chandra Garg committee constituted by Union Government to study issues in Fintech space

The Union government has set up a steering committee to consider various issues relating to the development of Fintech space in India with a view to make Fintech related regulations more flexible and generate enhanced entrepreneurship. The move is a ..

Umang App wins best Best M-Govt Service Award at 2018 World Government Summit 2018

India’s Umang App has won the Best M-Government Service award in the Accessible Government category while Aadhaar won the best emerging technology award at the recently concluded 6th edition of the World Government Summit 2018 in Dubai, where India had ..

Maharashtra government launched Aadhaar-authenticated Direct Benefit Transfer portal “MahaDBT”

The Maharashtra Government has launched two online portals MahaDBT and MahaVASTU to streamline the process of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and to bring in more transparency in construction sector. With this, Maharashtra has become the first state in India to ..

Indian Army developed Humraaz app for soldiers to track promotions and postings

The Indian Army has developed a mobile application ‘Humraaz’ through which serving soldiers can track details like postings and promotions. Through the ‘Humraaz’ app, soldiers can also view their monthly salary slips and the Form 16 and also download them. ..

RBI extends deadline for Aadhaar-enabled PoS terminals by 6 months

Reserve Bank of India has suspended the compulsory implementation of Aadhaar-enabled Point of Sale terminals by a period of 6 months till June 2017 due to lack of proper capacity for the production of such machines in adequate numbers. There ..

Government launches Revamped Aadhaar Toll-Free Helpline No. 1947

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a revamped version of its Toll-free helpline number: 1947, in the wake of growing usage of Aadhaar number in the services like Banking, government welfare schemes etc. Key facts The service will ..

Home Ministry to assist UIDAI in bio-metric data-collection

As per the Union Cabinet, the Home Ministry and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will together collect biometric data of 1.2 billion Indians. What was the issue? Home Ministry and the UIDAI were debating over the issue of ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Current Affairs : January 27-28, 2012

IGNOU bags best teaching practices award The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has received an award for the best teaching practices at the India Today Aspire Education Summit 2012. India, Canada take vow to fasttrack CEPA On the sidelines ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2012

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs