Inner Line Permit

Inner Line Permit is an official travel document issued by the Government of India to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected/restricted area for a limited period. Despite the fact that the ILP was originally created by ..

India’s economy to grow 7.3% in 2018-19 and 7.6% in 2019-20: ADB Outlook

The Asian Development Outlook 2018 released by Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India’s economic growth to 7.3% in 2018-19 fiscal and further to 7.6% in 2019-20 fiscal. The ADB’s growth projection is in line with that of rating agency ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018

Difference between Aadhaar and SSN

Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number issued to Indian citizens by the Central government. It is issued and managed by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The United States enacted the landmark Social Security Act in 1935, giving birth ..

Article 35-A

Article 35A is a provision incorporated in the Constitution giving the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature a carte blanche to decide who all are ‘permanent residents’ of the State and confer on them special rights and privileges in public sector jobs, acquisition of ..

Public Affairs Index

Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Bengaluru had come up with a Public Affairs Index (PAI) to rank governance inter-state by using data available in the public domain in key areas of governance. Public Affairs Centre (PAC) is a not for profit think ..

Ameenpur Lake

Ameenpur Lake has the distinction of being the first water body in the country to be declared a Biodiversity Heritage Site. It was declared a ‘Biodiversity Heritage Site’ (BHS) by Telangana in Nov 2016, under the Biological Diversity Act 2002. ..

Composite District Infrastructure Index

It is an index prepared by Ministry of DoNER to aid in better targeting of schemes and projects within the North Eastern region (NER) for reducing intra-regional disparity. The index is prepared based on 7 indicators, namely, transport facilities, energy, ..

Muntra

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has rolled out Muntra, India’s first unmanned, remotely operated tank at its Chennai lab. It has been launched in three variants Muntra-S, Muntra-M and Muntra-N for surveillance, mine detection and reconnaissance in areas with nuclear and ..

Nuakhai Juhar

Nuakhai or Nuankhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season. Farmers offer the first produce from their lands to goddess Samaleswari, to whom the festival is dedicated.  According to ..

Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS)

Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) is India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility. It was inaugurated near Hyderabad, capital of Telangana.  It is 51:49 joint ventures between India’s Kalyani Group and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems. KRAS aims to ..