UPSC Important Topics

Performance of PM-JAY Scheme • Most states joined hands with the centre – More than 90% states have joined the PM-JAY scheme enabling wider coverage and standardised model of healthcare insurance across the country. ✅• More than 17 crore beneficiaries have received the Ayushman Bharat Card ✅• More than 2 crore treatments have been provided

AYURSWASTHYA Yojana Ayush Ministry is currently running a Central Sector Scheme titled AYURSWASTHYA Yojana. It has two components: ✅AYUSH and Public Health: To promote AYUSH intervention for community health care. ✅Up-gradation of facilities to Centre of Excellence: To support establishment of advanced/ specialized AYUSH medical health units in reputed AYUSH and Allopathic institutions both in

BIOPROSPECTING and BIOPIRACY ◇ Bioprospecting as a term refers to the exploration of biodiversity for commercially valuable genetic resources and biochemicals. ◇ Bioprospecting as an activity refers to deriving products of economic importance by nations endowed with rich biodiversity by exploring their molecular, genetic, and species-level diversity. ◇ Some in the west pass off biopiracy

Bank Deposit Insurance Programme •Guaranteed Time-bound Deposit Insurance Payment up to ₹5 Lakh’. •The bank savings are insured under the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Act providing full coverage to around 98 per cent of bank accounts. •Earlier, account holders had to wait for years till the liquidation or restructuring of a distressed

ALFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE •Real founder of the Portuguese power in the East.  •His Policy was of dominating entire oriental commerce by setting up forts in strategic places in Asia and Africa supplemented by a strong navy. • Introduced permit system for other ships and control over ship building areas. •Albuquerque acquired Goa from the Sultan

Dhara Initiative The unique and flagship initiative “Dhara: Ode to Indian Knowledge Systems”, taken up under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by the Ministry of Culture has completed one year in February 2023. ✅The Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Division of the Ministry of Education located at AICTE, New Delhi is the key execution

KOLLERU LAKE. ◇ Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of Andhra Pradesh and forms the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia, ◇ Kolleru spans into two districts Krishna and West Godavari. ◇The lake is fed directly by water from the seasonal Budameru and Tammileru streams, and is

ROOPKUND LAKE ◇ Roopkund (locally known as Mystery Lake or Skeletons Lake) is a high altitude glacial lake in the Uttarakhand state of India. ◇ It lies in the lap of Trishul massif. ◇ Located in the Himalayas, the area around the lake is uninhabited and is roughly at an altitude of 16,470 feet (5,020

PUSHKAR LAKE ◇ Pushkar Lake or Pushkar Sarovar is located in the town of Pushkar in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan state of western India. ◇ Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. ◇ The Hindu scriptures describe it as “Tirtha-Guru” – the perceptor of pilgrimage sites related to a water-body and relate

SWARAN SINGH COMMITTEE. 1. In 1976, Congress Party set up the Sardar Swaran Singh Committee to make recommendations about fundamental duties, the need felt during the operation of the internal emergency (1975–1977). 2. The committee recommended the inclusion of a separate chapter on fundamental duties in the Constitution. 3. It stressed that the citizens should