UPSC Important Topics

SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN (STEP) ✅Aims to increase the self-reliance and autonomy of women by enhancing their productivity and enabling them to take up income generation activities. It provides training for skill upgradation to women in the traditional sector viz. agriculture, animal husbandry, dairying, fisheries, handlooms, handicrafts, khadi and village industries […]

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

TELUGU LITERATURE. ✓ Place names in inscriptions from the 2nd century CE suggest the antiquity of Telugu, while epigraphs of the 5th–6th centuries CE reflect the shaping of the classical form of the language. ✓The earliest surviving work of Telugu literature is Nannaya’s 11th century rendering of the first two-and-a-half books of the Mahabharata in

■ KANNADA LITERATURE. ◇ Earliest Kannada inscriptions date from the 5th/6th century onwards, but the oldest surviving piece of literature in this language is the Kavirajamarga (The Royal Road of the Poets), a 9th century work on poetics.  ◇ The best known poets of the 10th century were Pampa, Ponna, and Ranna, all of whom

✓The earliest literature of South India is represented by group of texts in old Tamil, often collectively referred to as Sangam literature. ✓A tradition recorded in post-7th century texts speaks of three Sangams or literary gatherings in ancient times. ✓The first is supposed to held in Madurai for 4,440 years, the second at Kapatapuram for

National Monsoon Mission ✓It was launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences in 2012. ✓Aim: To improve the forecasting skills by setting up a state-of-the-art dynamic prediction system for monsoon rainfall different time scales. ✓NMM builds a working partnership between the academic and research and development (R&D) organisations, both national and international. ✓Its augmentation with

SVANidhi se Samriddhi Program ✅The Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi Scheme is aimed at benefiting over 50 lakh vendors who had their businesses operational on or before March 24 2020. ✅It is a Central Sector Scheme. ✅The scheme was announced by Finance Minister as a part of the economic package for those affected by

∆ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) ✓The twenty-seven-member multilateral grouping was developed to facilitate cooperation on political and security issues to contribute to regional confidence-building and preventive diplomacy. ✓ First meeting Held at Bangkok, Thailand, in 1994.  ✓ It includes ASEAN and 10 dialogue partners i.e Australia, Canada, China, the European  Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia,

Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) ✅The RGSA, a centrally sponsored scheme, was first approved by the Union Cabinet in 2018 for implementation from 2018-19 to 2021-22. ✅It is a unique scheme proposed to develop and strengthen the Panchayati Raj System across India in rural areas. ✅The objective of the campaign is to promote social harmony,

■ FSSAI GUIDELINES ON GMO CROPS. FSSAI issued an order setting the permissible limit for genetically modified organisms (GMO) in imported food crops at 1%. □ GMO REGULATION IN INDIA. ◇ The task of regulating GMO levels in imported consumables was initially with the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) under the Union environment ministry. ◇