Spurred by the exodus of 10 million migrants (as per government estimates) from big cities during the Covid-19 lockdown, NITI Aayog, along with a working subgroup of officials and members of civil society, has prepared a draft national migrant labour policy. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The draft describes two approaches to policy design: one […]
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired the sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog on 20th February 2021 via video conferencing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The agenda of the meeting includes deliberations on agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing, human resource development, service delivery at grassroots level and health & nutrition. The Governing Council presents
NITI Aayog has released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India. To make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive to enhance preparedness for action at all levels. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Citizen-friendly public health surveillance system will ensure individual privacy and confidentiality, enabled with a client feedback
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In order to address societal challenges through digital innovation, NITI Aayog announced the establishment of a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre, CIC with Amazon Web Services, AWS. It is the first of its kind in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This CIC is part of the AWS CIC Global Programme which provides an
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Maharashtra’s ‘Buldhana Pattern’ of water conservation’ has won national recognition and the NITI Aayog is in the process of formulating National Policy on water conversation based on it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Synchronisation of national highway construction and water conservation was achieved for the first time in Buldhana district, by using soil from
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NITI Aayog, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and Invest India, is organizing a global virtual symposium ‘India PV EDGE 2020’, on 6 October 2020, from 5 pm to facilitate cutting-edge PV manufacturing in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India has become the third-largest solar capacity country in the world and set an
Against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, International Energy Agency (IEA), in collaboration with NITI Aayog, presented a ‘Special Report on Sustainable Recovery’ on 18 September 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Part of IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook series, the report proposes a number of actions that could be taken over the
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NITI Aayog is at an advanced stage for preparation of a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) parameter dashboard to rank states and Union Territories, along with a State Reform Action Plan (SRAP). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Aayog, which is the nodal agency for leveraging the monitoring mechanism of the Global MPI to drive
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NITI Aayog in partnership with the Institute of Competitiveness released the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2020. The first report to examine export preparedness and performance of Indian states, EPI intends to identify challenges and opportunities; enhance the effectiveness of government policies; and encourage a facilitative regulatory framework. Key-Points The structure of the EPI includes 4
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Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog in collaboration with NASSCOM launched the ‘ATL AI Step Up Module’ for students on the eve of India’s Independence Day in order to drive AI education and innovation to the next level in schools across the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-points Aim of this initiative is to drive
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