UPSC Important Topics

NAMASTE scheme The Government has formulated a National Action Plan for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem- NAMASTE scheme for cleaning of sewers and septic tank. NAMASTE Scheme ✓The scheme is a joint venture of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. ✓It aims to […]

Vidyanjali portal ✅- portal to facilitate private donors, corporate social responsibility contribution and volunteering activities ✅The Vidyanjali portal will enable community/volunteers to contribute by connecting directly with the government and government-aided schools of their choice. Acording to education ministry, any person who is a citizen of India/NRI/PIO OR any organisation/institution/company/group registered in India can volunteer

Government Initiatives for Controlling Anaemia ✓Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS): This Programme is being implemented to meet the challenge of high prevalence and incidence of anaemia amongst adolescent girls and boys. The intervention under WIFS includes supervised weekly ingestion of Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablets. To control worm infestation, biannual deworming with Albendazole

Surety Bond ✓A surety bond can be defined in its simplest form as a written agreement to guarantee compliance, payment, or performance of an act. ✓Surety is a unique type of insurance because it involves a three-party agreement. The three parties in a surety agreement are: ✓Principal – the party that purchases the bond and

Benefits of Labour Codes ∆Code of Wage Act 2019: ✓It is expected to reduce litigation as it streamlines the definition of wages. ✓It will substantially reduce the number of minimum wages in the country from the existing more than 2000 rates of minimum wages. ✓This would ensure that every worker gets a minimum wage which

Chinese Involvement in Myanmar ✓Large Chinese infrastructure and mining projects in Myanmar have come up since the early 1990s, with scant regard for environmental degradation and displacement. ✓China has increased its economic profile in the country in recent times pushing for a special economic zone at Kyauk Phyu among other projects. The special economic zone,

National Sports Development Fund’ (NSDF): ✓DoS has also developed a dedicated interactive website nsdf.yas.gov.in for ‘National Sports Development Fund’ (NSDF). ✓This Fund is based on Corporate Social Responsibility contributions from Central & State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), private companies, and individuals etc. for promotion and development of sports in the country. ✓Individual, institution and

SAATHI for power loom ✓Ministries of Power and Textiles have now joined hands under a new initiative SAATHI (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries). Coverage  ✓The SAATHI initiative of the Government will be jointly implemented by EESL and the office of the Textile Commissioner on a pan-India basis. ✓Implementation

■ Four new corals recorded from Indian waters- ✓Scientists have recorded four species of corals for the first time from Indian waters. ✓These new species of azooxanthellate corals were found from the waters off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ●  What are Azooxanthellate Corals? ✓The azooxanthellate corals are a group of corals that do not