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Supreme Court of India launched a public access portal of the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) for district courts to demystify the judicial process for the ordinary citizen. National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) is a part of the on-going e-Courts Integrated Mission Mode Project. The public access portal will disseminate national, state, district and … Read more
According to economic survey, In a year where temperatures are 1 degree Celsius higher farmer incomes would fall by 6.2 percent during the kharif season and 6 percent during rabi in unirrigated districts. Similarly, in a year when rainfall levels were 100 millimetres less than average, farmer incomes would fall by 15 percent during kharif … Read more
Gender budgeting entails the dissection of government budget to establish its gender differential impacts and to ensure that gender commitments are translated in to budgetary commitments. Gender Budgeting is a powerful tool for achieving gender mainstreaming so as to ensure that benefits of development reach women as much as men. It was adopted in 2005. … Read more
KARNATAKA Centre pulls up Karnataka for not setting up Smart City forum Pulling up the state government for dragging its feet over setting up the Smart City Advisory Forum for Bengaluru, the union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) termed it a violation of the guiding principle of the Centre’s Smart Cities Mission. Under … Read more
KARNATAKA Metro to Whitefield in 2021 and Electronics City in 2022 says BMRCL With the deadline for completion of the entire second phase of Metro pushed back to 2023, work on various reaches will be affected. It will be at least another three years before people working in the tech corridor of … Read more
KARNATAKA · Karnataka State to introduce biometric attendance system in govt. colleges ð Karnataka State is to introduce biometric attendance system in government colleges. The Biometric system of attendance will also be introduced in the colleges under Public Private Partnership(PPP) mode. The teachers and staff of the colleges running in shifts will have to perform the duty for minimum … Read more
Steps taken by RBI: Establishment of private Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) Many ARCs have been created, but they have solved only a small portion of the problem, buying up only about 5 percent of total NPAs. Strategic debt restructuring scheme: under this creditors could take over firms that were unable to pay and … Read more
It was the first step taken by the British Government to control and regulate the affairs of the EIC in India. First time, British government recognized the political and administrative functions of the EIC. British government laid the foundations of central administration in India. The Act designated the Governor of Bengal as the ‘Governor-General of … Read more
It is a deflecting force experienced due to rotation of earth. Because of Coriolis the air appears to turn towards its right in the northern hemisphere and towards its left in the southern hemisphere. The coriolis always acts in the perpendicular direction of the motion of air. It is zero at the equator and increases … Read more
Significance for India: Today, 95% of India’s trade by volume and 68% of trade by value come via the Indian Ocean. Additionally, 80% of India’s crude oil requirement—is imported by sea via the Indian Ocean. Today 40% of world trade passes through the Strait of Malacca and 40 percent of all traded crude oil passes … Read more