extension of lock down
ENAM succeeds touching milestone of 1000 Mandis
The ENAM initiative is spread across 18 states and three union territories currently. The Government of India recently added 38 Mandi to the initiative and has reached its set target of 1000 Mandis. Highlights Recently, the Government of India linked ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
PM Modi announces Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
On May 12, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new scheme called “Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan”. Under the new scheme, 20 lakh crore of package has been announced. Features of the scheme Under the scheme, the government of India ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
GoI announces Lock Down 4.0 with economic package of Rs 20 lakh crores
On May 12, 2020, PM Modi announced Lock Down 4.0 with new rules. He also announced an economic package of Rs 20 lakh crores to ease lives of people during fourth lock down. Highlights As lock down 3.0, comes to ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Smart City Programme: Control rooms in 50 cities for Lock Down 3.0
On May 4, 2020, the Government of India implemented phase III of COVID-9 lock down. With the third lock down relaxing restrictions all over the country, major cities are still vulnerable to the spread of the virus. Hence, to fight ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
GoI: India accounts to 40% drop in COVID-19
On April 17, 2020 India announced that the growth in COVID-19 cases has decreased by 40%. The Government also says that before lock down, the number of cases doubled in 3 days. However, now it takes 6.2 days for the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
GoI launches “Krishi Rath” application for hassle free agri transportation
On April 17, 2020 the Government of India launched the “Krishi Rath” application to help farmers to transport their agriculture produce to the mandis. Key Features of the application The farmer has to post the quantity of agricultural produce he ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
RBI cuts Reverse Repo rate to 3.75%, Rs 50,000 crores for LTRO 2.0
On April 17, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India announced a slew of measures after GoI extended the lock down till May 3, 3030. The Apex bank cut the reverse repo rate to 3.75%. It cut the repo rate to ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Environmental Impact Assessment amended by Environment Ministry
The Ministry of Environment has recategorized all the bulk drugs manufacturers under category ‘A’ to category ‘B2’. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006 was amended in order to achieve this. Highlights The projects that are falling under Category A ..