SWAYATT Government e-Marketplace (GeM) commemorates the success of “SWAYATT”. ✅It is an initiative to promote “Start-ups, Women and Youth Advantage Through eTransactions” (SWAYATT) on GeM. ✅It was first launched in February 2019 Aim: ✅To promote the inclusiveness of various ...

Unified Licensing Portal The Central Bureau of Narcotics has launched a unified portal aimed at streamlining the licensing and authorization process for the pharma and chemical industry in India. ✅ The portal has been developed with the goal of instilling efficiency, transparency, and ...

Virtual Digital Assets ✓The government in the  union budget fro 2022-23 new provisions aimed at taxing and tracking Virtual Digital Assets. Along with the framework for taxation, the Budget for the first time defined virtual digital assets. ✓It has defined virtual digital assets in the ...

CAUSES OF INFLATION. ✓ Demand-Pull Inflation :- This type of inflation is caused due to an increase in aggregate demand in the economy. ✓Cost-Push Inflation This type of inflation is caused due to various reasons such as: • Increase in price of inputs • Hoarding and Speculation ...

Smart Cities Mission ✓It is an initiative of the MoHUA launched as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on June 25, 2015. ✓To promote cities that provide core infrastructure, and a clean and sustainable environment, 100 cities (to be developed as Smart Cities) have been selected through a two-stage ...

Swachhata Pakwada Key Facts about the scheme : - As a part of behavioral change communication, hoardings and posters of ‘Asli Tarakki’ campaign, prioritizing construction of toilets over other needs like owning a scooter or a TV set, are to be prominently and widely displayed during the ...

System for Pension Administration (Raksha): ✓Recently, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) introduced a portal, System for Pension Administration (Raksha) (SPARSH), to directly transfer pension to the pensioners. ✓SPARSH is implemented for meeting the pension sanction and disbursement requirements ...

RIGHT TO EQUALITY 1. Equality before law and equal protection of laws (Article 14). 2. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth (Article 15). 3. Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment (Article 16). 4.  Abolition of ...

New India Literacy Programme The Government has launched the Centrally Sponsored Scheme New India Literacy Programme ( NILP )for implementation during five years from the FYs 2022-23 to 2026-27 with financial outlay of Rs.1037.90 crore. ✅Aim: The scheme aims to cover a target of 5.00 ...

FEATURES OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 1. Their scope of operation is limited by Article 31A (saving of laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc.), Article 31B (validation of certain acts and regulations included in the 9th Schedule) and Article 31C (saving of laws giving effect to certain ...

Captive Employment The Ministry of Rural Development has launched a new initiative called “Captive Employment” under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) program. Who are captive employers? ✅Any Employer or Industry that provides employment to candidates in their ...

FEATURES OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.  1. They are justiciable, allowing persons to move the courts for their enforcement, if and when they are violated. 2. They are defended and guaranteed by the Supreme Court. 3. They are not sacrosanct or permanent. The Parliament can curtail or repeal ...