Budget of the United Nations

The General Assembly also approves the budget of the United Nations, and decides how much money each member state must pay to run the organization. Please note that there are two sources of funds for the United Nations and its ..

United Nations General Assembly

United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the UN and is composed of the representatives of all member states.  UNGA is the only principal organ of UN system in which all member nations have equal representation.  Its ..

United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a principal organ of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. UN Security Council Chamber in New York is also known as the Norwegian Room. Powers of ..

United Nations

The term “United Nations” was first officially used on 1 January 1942, representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together {via Atlantic Charter and Declaration by United Nations} to defeat the Axis powers and to obtain a ..

Proposed Centre-State Investment Agreement

As proposed in this year’s union budget, the finance ministry has started to prepare a model Centre-State Investment Agreement (CSIA). This agreement will be signed between the Centre and various states for the effective implementation of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT), ..

Maharashtra’s New Social Boycott Law

Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act 2016 was enacted by the Maharashtra Assembly to end the menace social boycott practiced by extra-judicial institutions like caste and community panchayats. With this Maharashtra became first state in the ..

Issues around Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) Drugs

Fixed-drug combinations (FDCs) refer to the combinations of two or more active drugs {called APIs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients} in a single dosage form. Such combination of drugs is used for treatment of wide range of ailments including HIV/AIDS, Malaria, ..

National Education Mission

All schemes related to literacy / education improvement have been put under the umbrella of National Education Mission by Narendra Modi Government. The National Education Mission itself is made of four umbrella schemes as follows: National Education Mission – Sakshar ..

ASHA, ANM and Anganwadi Workers

One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission / NHM is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist called ASHA or Accredited Social Health Activist. Selected from the village itself ..

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) is a proposed not-for-profit agency with initial capital base of Rs. 1000 Crore. It was announced in Union Budget 2016-17. Organization The HEFA will be set up with joint participation by the government and philanthropic ..