Fact Box: Teesta River Issue

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed his hopes for the earliest solution to Teesta Water Dispute to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. But, Mamata Banerjee is the sole hurdle to the Teesta river water treaty for the past six years. ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017

UJALA Scheme

Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme is a part of the Government of India’s efforts to spread the message of energy efficiency in the country. The ordinary bulbs are extremely energy inefficient and are able to convert ..

Income Tax Department launches Operation Clean Money-II

The Income Tax department has launched the second phase of the ‘Operation Clean Money’ to investigate over 60,000 individuals with an aim to detect black money generation post demonetisation. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana crosses loan targets

Loans disbursed under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) have crossed its target of Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the financial year 2016-17. Loans extended currently stands at Rs 1.80,087 crore. Of this, a majority of the loans were awarded ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017

National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project

The government is running National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project with World Bank Assistance to minimize the vulnerability in the cyclone hazard prone coastal states. There are several components of the scheme such as Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS, Cyclone Risk ..

National Emergency Response System (NERS)

Under this system, it is proposed to set up Emergency Response Centres in all States/UTs with support in the form of hardware/ software including software solutions and training. The NERS system was proposed in the aftermath of the 2012 Nirbhaya ..