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Centre to invest Rs 324 crore to expand lab testing infrastructure
42 virology research and diagnostic laboratories will be set up by the Central government. This will be set up under a central scheme during the period of 2021-22 to 2025-26. This project will cost Rs324 crore. Highlights The scheme falls under the Department of Health Research (DHR) of the Indian Council of Medical Research ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Central government • Department of Health Research (DHR) • Expenditure Finance Committee • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) • virology research and diagnostic laboratories
Is ‘Disaster Management Act’ related to Extension of Loan Moratorium?
The Supreme Court of India asked the central government to clarify its position on the issue of interest being charged on the installment of loan repayments amid the lockdown. Earlier, by mentioning the power of the center under the Disaster Management Act, the apex court had asked the same to review the issue of charging ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Central government • Government of India • RBI • Reserve Bank of India • Shaktikant Das • Supreme Court of India
RBI approves Dividend of Rs 57,000 crore to Government
The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India has approved the transfer of Rs 57128 crores as the dividend to the Central government for the accounting year 2019-20 while maintaining the contingency risk buffer at 5.5 per cent. What happened at the meeting? The meeting, chaired by the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, focused on ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Central government • Dividend • Government of India • RBI • Reserve Bank of India
Supreme Court’s suo motu cognisance of Migrant Workers’ plight
On May 26, 2020, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of migrant workers issue and noted that there have been “inadequacies and certain lapses” on the part of the Central and State governments in dealing with the migrant workers crisis during the lockdown. What is suo moto cognisance? Suo motu ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Central government • CLAT • COVID-19 • Lockdown • Supreme court
SC orders government to grant permanent commission to women army officers
The Delhi High Court in 2010 had ordered the Indian government to provide permanent commission to women officers of the Indian Army. After the Central government challenged the Delhi high court’s ruling in the Supreme Court, the apex court recently directed the government to grant permanent commission to women officers who have already worked as ..
Topics: Central government • Delhi High Court • Indian Army • Indian Women • Short Service Commission • Supreme court