National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Malaria Elimination (2017-22)

Malaria has been a major public health problem in India. At the time of independence, there were 75 million cases of malaria reported every year. To tackle the problem, government took first major step and launched the National Malaria Control ..

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: July 30-31, 2017

GKToday’s Daily Quiz July 30-31, 2017 with questions and answers on Current Affairs and Important National and International events for SSC, Bank Clerical, Bank PO, State PSC, CLAT, Railway etc. Competitive Examinations.

Drug Price Control Orders (DPCO)

Under the Essential Commodities Act, a Drug Price Control is issued to ensure that the cost of essential medicines which are required in bulk amounts are fixed in such a way that they are affordable for everyone. The order has ..

CBDT inks 9 Advance Pricing Agreements

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 9 Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPAs) with Indian taxpayers in July, 2017. With this, total number of APAs signed till date stands at 171 (Bilateral-12 and Unilateral-159). The nine APAs ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2017

National Mission for Clean Ganga approves 7 projects

The Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in its 4th meeting has approved seven projects in the sector of sewage infrastructure, ghat development and research. Three projects each were approved in sewage sector in Uttar Pradesh and ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2017

Drought Year

Drought is a deficiency in rainfall/precipitation over an extended period of time, usually a season or more. As per the India Metrological Department (IMD), a drought year is a year when overall rainfall deficiency is greater than 10% of Long average Value (LPA) ..