Ministry of Defence Current Affairs, GK & News
Republic Day Parade 2021 Awards
The Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju, has presented the Republic Day Awards for 2021 Parade Tableaux. Key Facts In the parade of 72nd Republic Day, 32 tableaux participated. Those Tableaux were selected from the 17 States and Union Territories (UTs). 6 of the Tableaux were from the Defence Ministry while 9 were from other ministries, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • Events Current Affairs
Topics: 72nd Republic Day • Ministry of Defence • Parade Tableaux • Republic Day Parade • Republic Day Parade 2021 Awards • Uttar Pradesh tableau
Defence Minister launches Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO)
The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched the Naval Innovation and Indigenization Organization (NIIO) through an online webinar in order to inculcate the virtues of research and development in defence manufacturing in the Indian Navy. What is NIIO? It is a three-tiered organization and the Naval Technology Acceleration Council (N-TAC) will bring together the twin ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Defence Innovation Organization • DIO • i-DEX • Ministry of Defence • National Innovation and Indigenization Organization • NIIO
Defence Ministry signs MoU with IIT Kanpur and DARPG for analysis of public grievances
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Ministry of Defence and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct and develop the explanatory analysis of the grievances received in the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS). Details of the Project The project ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: CPGRAMS • DARPG • Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances • IIT Kanpur • Ministry of Defence
Second draft of Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 placed in public domain for suggestions
The second draft of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), titled as ‘Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020’ has been uploaded by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, for inviting suggestions and comments from the various stakeholders and general public. Background The first draft of the DPP was published in April 2020 and then the deadline for ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Defence Acquisition Procedure • Defence Procurement Procedure • DPP 2020 • Ministry of Defence
Invalid Pension to Armed Forces Personnel even with Service of Less than 10 years Approved by Govt.
The government has taken the decision that invalid pension for the armed forces will now be extended to the army personnel with less than 10 years of service also. Earlier, any army personnel would be eligible for this only after completing 10 years of service. This will be applicable to all the eligible people who ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Army • Ministry of Defence • Pension