RCEP and India’s Current Concerns ✓India currently faces a demand to eliminate duties on 92% of its products and perhaps keep very low duties on another 7%, covering a total of 99% of all its agricultural and industrial products.  ✓What is troubling the government is the fact that other ...

Why Direct Seeding of Rice Matters- ✓The Punjab government recently announced a Rs 1,500 incentive per acre for farmers opting for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR), which is known for saving water. ✓Last year, 18% (5.62 lakh hectares) of the total rice area in the state was under DSR against the ...

Demand of NSCN (IM)? A “Greater Nagalim” comprising “all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas”, along with Nagaland. That included several districts of Assam, Arunachal and Manipur, as also a large tract of Myanmar. The Nagaland Assembly has endorsed the ‘Greater Nagalim’ demand — “Integration of ...

PM MITRA SCHEME ✓PM MITRA (Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel) scheme was first announced in Union Budget for 2021-22. ✓It is inspired by the 5F vision: Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign ✓This integrated vision will help furthering the growth of textile sector in the ...

The absence of rain and Reason it is so hot almost everywhere in India- ✓Severe heat conditions have been consistently reported over large parts of India since the beginning of the summer season in March this year. ✓Maximum temperatures in west Rajasthan and Vidarbha in Maharashtra have ...

∆WESTERN DECCAN COINS ✓There was a greater demand for silver currency in the western Deccan, perhaps due to commercial reasons. ✓The Kshatarapa ruler Nahapana introduced a silver currency in the Nashik area. ✓Roman gold coins also flowed into peninsular India in large quantities in the ...

SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARK OF INDIA. It is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. □ ABOUT :- ◇ Established in 1991. ◇ Objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting the export of software from India. ◇ The STPI’s Governing Council’s ...

NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA. ◇ The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) announced that it will offer a free IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) in any of their preferred 22 official Indian language. ◇  It will be available along with every IN domain booked by the ...

UNINSCRIBED CAST COINS. ✓Uninscribed cast coins made of copper or alloys of copper appeared soon after the punch-marked coins. ✓They have been found in most parts of the subcontinent except the far south.  ✓These coins were made by melting metal and pouring it into clay or metal ...

PUNCHED MARKED COINS ✓The oldest coins found in the subcontinent are punch-marked coins, made mostly of silver, some of copper. ✓Usually rectangular, sometimes square or round. These coins are often irregular in shape. ✓Blanks for making these coins were generally cut from a metal sheet. ...