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Vidya Samiksha Kendra:The Command and Control Centre, or Vidya Samiksha Kendra are set up by the Gujarat Education Department in Gandhinagar.It tracks enrolment, attendance, learning outcomes, drop-outs, school accreditation and monitors schools, teachers and block and cluster resource centreco-ordinators.This state of the art data driven centre is based on the National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR)Read more

Oil Bonds: An oil bond is a promissory note issued by the government to the oil marketing companies (OMCS), in lieu of cash that government owes them.N When fuel prices are high for consumers, government directs oil marketing companies (OMCS) to charge consumers less prices and the balance is to be paid by the government.Read more

National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP): In India, the idea of asset monetisation was first suggested by the Vijay Kelkar committee(2012) on the roadmap for fiscal consolidation. The Central Government announced the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) in August, 2021. The project has been developed by NITI Aayog. Objective: To serve as a roadmap for the asset monetisationRead more

Ujama: Ujamaa ideology focused heavily upon the practices of communal living and brotherhood. Even though it was necessary that Tanzania became an independent economy, the local practices of Ujamaa promoted reliance upon communities. The most important part of society according to Ujamaa ideology was the community. Former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere propagated the Ujama ideology.Read more

SVANIDHI SE SAMRIDDHI: .SVANidhi se Samriddhi, additional program of PM SVANidhi (Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi), launched in January 2021 in 125 cities in Phase 1, covering approximately 35 Lakh Street vendors and their families. Later, post success of phase 1, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the program expansion with anRead more

Microplastic: Microplastics refers to plastic products that are less than 5mm in size and include microfibres (most abundant), fragments, pellets, flakes, sheets or foams. They enter water bodies through different pathways, including atmospheric deposition, run-off from contaminated land or through municipal wastewater. Micro-swimmers: Recent research is aiming at moving microbots/micro-swimmers into the bloodstream to deliverRead more

Standing Deposit Facility: In 2018, the amended Section 17 of the RBI Act empowered the Reserve Bank to introduce the SDF – an additional tool for absorbing liquidity without any collateral. By removing the binding collateral constraint on the RBI, the SDF strengthens the operating framework of monetary policy. The SDF is also a financialRead more

Baijayant Panda Committee: It is a committee constituted by the Ministry of Defence constituted a High Level Expert Committee for a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps (NCC). Objectives of the Committee: Committee is to suggest measures to empower NCC cadets to contribute more effectively towards nation building. To propose ways for gainful engagement ofRead more

UNHRC: The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. The Council was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006. It replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights. The Office of the High CommissionerRead more

Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM): India is hosting the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) senior officials meetings to discuss on topics such as energy transition, Clean Power, Green Steel, and Hydrogen held as part of meeting. CEM is a high-level global forum of 29 member countries to promote policies and programs that advance clean energy technology throughRead more