DBT Current Affairs, GK & News
India Post Payment Bank achieves 3.6 crore customers
The India Post Payment Bank, even amid COVID-19 pandemic, has attained 3.6 crores of customers. Till September 15, 2020, the bank had completed 38,500 crores of financial transactions. Highlights In August 2019, it had crossed the milestone of one crore customers. This has been achieved by the bank in just two years of launch. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: aadhaar card • AEPS • DBT • Doorstep banking • Financial inclusion • India Post Payments Bank • Mobile banking • payment bank • Post Office Ltd
Assam to launch Arunodoi, its largest direct benefit transfer scheme
The Assam Government is set to roll out the Arunodoi Scheme from October 02, 2020, to provide financial assistance to around 17 lakh families in the state. This is the largest direct benefit transfer scheme till date in the state. Details of the Scheme Under this scheme, an amount of Rs 830 will be provided ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Arunodoi Scheme • Assam Government • DBT • direct benefit transfer
India plans on ayurvedic Trials for COVID-19; Task Force Constituted
Several states in India such as Kerala, Goa and Haryana have started to use ayurvedic medicines to save asymptomatic patients. In order to achieve this, the Ayush Ministry has sought suggestions from homeopathy and Ayurvedic practitioners in the country. Highlights The experts that were sought for suggestions have submitted more than 2000 proposals. A task ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Ayurveda • Ayush • China • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) • DBT • hydroxychloroquine • ICMR
Union Government launches Manav human atlas initiative for holistic understanding of human body
The new human atlas initiative – named Manav – has been launched by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Persistent Systems for holistic understanding of human body. The aim of the initiative is to create a unified database of molecular network of all the tissues in the human body and to derive a holistic picture ..
Topics: Biotechnology • Biotechnology in India • DBT • Department of Biotechnology • Maharashtra • Ministry of Science and Technology • Paschim Maharashtra • Pune • States and union territories of India
Cabinet approves 5 year extension of Biomedical Research Career Programme
The Union Cabinet approved the extension of the Biomedical Research Career Programme and Wellcome Trust (WT)/DBT India Alliance beyond its initial 10-year term to a new five year phase. The extension is carried for its new 5 year phase from 2019-20 to 2023-24 with the Department of Biotechnology increasing its commitment to two times that ..
Topics: Biotechnology in India • DBT • Department of Biotechnology • direct benefit transfer • Economies • Economy of India • Medical research • Wellcome Trust