UPSC Important Topics

Mission DefSpace ✅It is an ambitious effort to develop innovative solutions for the three Services ( Indian airforce, Navy and Army) in the space domain through the Indian industry and start-ups. ✅75 challenges are being opened to get innovative solutions, based on the defence requirements in the space domain. ✅Startups, innovators and the private sector […]

DHEBHAR LAKE. ◇ Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is India’s first and world’s second oldest historical and largest artificial sweet water lake. ◇  It is located in the Udaipur District of Rajasthan State in western India. ◇  It is about 45.0 km from the district headquarters of Udaipur. When first built, it was

Scheme for Providing Education to Madrasas/Minorities (SPEMM). ✅SPEMM seeks to provide financial assistance to madrasas and minority institutes. ✅Implementing Agency: The Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education. Sub-Schemes: ✅Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM): It seeks to bring about qualitative improvement in Madrasas to enable Muslim children attain

METHANE ALERT and RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS) ◇ Context: The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) was launched at the COP27 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. □ About MARS: ◇ MARS is a part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling global warming gas. ◇ The

System for Pension Administration (Raksha): ✅Recently, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) introduced a portal, System for Pension Administration (Raksha) (SPARSH), to directly transfer pension to the pensioners. ✅ SPARSH is implemented for meeting the pension sanction and disbursement requirements for Armed Forces viz. Army, Navy, Air Force and Defence Civilians. ✅ This web-based system processes

Performance of National Clean Air Programme: Positive ✅• Monitoring station: Out of the targeted 1500 manual monitoring stations to be installed across the country, 818 have been installed. ✅• Region-specific programme: city-specific action plan has been developed for all the major cities of India. For instance, Delhi, Mumbai etc. ✅◦ 131 cities of the country

GHAR – GO Home and Re-Unite (Portal for Restoration and Repatriation of Child) ✓National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has developed and launched a portal namely GHAR – GO Home and Re-Unite (Portal for Restoration and Repatriation of Child). ✓The GHAR portal has been developed to digitally monitor and track the restoration and

SAKSHAM The Union Health Ministry has introduced the SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management), a Learning Management Information System (LMIS) of the  Ministry of Health and Family welfare . ✓SAKSHAM serves as a comprehensive  digital learning platform for offering online training and medical education to all healthcare professionals across the country. ✓Developed By:

Arth Ganga Project ‘Arth Ganga’ implies a sustainable development model with a focus on economic activities related to Ganga. •Prime Minister of India first introduced the concept during the first National Ganga Council meeting in Kanpur in 2019, where he urged for a shift from  Namami gange to the model of Arth Ganga. •Under Arth

DISHA Scheme ✅It was launched in order to provide a comprehensive, holistic, integrated and systemic solution on access to justice at pan India level ✅◦ It aims to secure “Justice” to the people of India as enunciated in the Preamble and under article 39A , 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. ✅It aims