In an effort to streamline the borrowings of the government and achieve better cash management, the Finance Ministry in 2016 established the Public Debt Management Cell which is...
123456789101. India is located on north of equator between which of the following latitudes? Between 8°4\' and 37°6\'Between 7°4\' to 39°6\'Between 8°7\' to 36°6\'Between 7°4\' to 40°6\'2. With...
The Economic Survey for 2017-18 pointed out that the local bodies in India appear to not to be collecting the revenues from taxes to the extent they can....
Recently, scientists found that Henderson Island, one of the remotest islands discovered so far, was covered with an estimated 38 million pieces of trash at its coast. The...
India will host Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) 2017, the world’s largest conference on cyber space and related issues in New Delhi in November 2017. This is...
1. Which new pension scheme has been launched by the Union Government for the senior citizens? [A] Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)[B] Pradhan Mantri Vaya Varun Yojana...
According to study conducted by researchers from University of Hyderabad, Castor bean plants can prove useful in fighting soil pollution. It was found that these plants can absorb...
The Union Ministry of Rural Development will launch Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY), a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). AGEY aims to...
The Lok Sabha has passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The Bill amends the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory...
The Union Finance Ministry has launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens aged 60 years and above. Under this scheme, senior...
