CAG report: Irregularities in Defence Purchases

On September 23, 2020, the Comptroller and Auditor General submitted its report on Defence Ministry to both the houses of the Parliament. Key findings of the Report The modernisation of Mi-17 medium lift helicopters that ..

Category: Defence Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Comptroller and Auditor General • Dassault Aviation • DRDO • Indian Air Force • Indian Navy • Rafael Advanced Defense Systems • UAV

CAG Report: 40% of toilets in Government schools unused

On September 23, 2020, the Comptroller and Audit General submitted its report to both the houses. The report was titled “Construction of Toilets in Schools by the CPSEs”. CPSEs are Central Public Sector Enterprises. The ..

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) • Coal India • NHPC Limited • NTPC • Oil and Natural Gas Corporation • Right to Education Act • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan • Toilet • Toilets

CAG report on Railways

On September 23, 2020, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India submitted its report on Indian Railways in the Parliament. The report was tabled in both the houses of the Parliament. The report was titled ..

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: 100% electrification • Comptroller and Auditor General • Diesel engines • Diesel locomotive • Indian Railways • LHB

Sero Survey results communicated to the states

The Indian Council of Medical Research recently announced that the results of sero survey conducted in ten cities have been communicated with the states. The survey that was conducted earlier this month indicated that around ..

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: COVID-19 • COVID-19 testing • Hotspot • ICMR • sero survey

Global Smart City Index: Indian cities slip; Singapore tops

On September 17, 2020, the Institute for Management Development along with Singapore University released the Smart City index for the year 2020. The report says that the Indian cities declined in their technological updates. Key ..

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Air pollution • Bengaluru • COVID 19 pandemic • COVID-19 • Singapore • Smart city • smart city index

World Bank’s Human Capital Index 2020: India Ranks 116th

The World Bank has released the annual Human Capital Index on September 17, 2020. In the index, India has ranked 116th position with its  score of 0.49. In 2018, India  had scored 0.44.  Key findings In ..

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Human capital • human capital index • World Bank • world development report