100 days ago
Parliamentary Committee recently recommended extending guaranteed days of labor from 100 to 150 under the Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
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This was recommended after observing that MGNREGA may be the last fallback option for several people in rural areas.
The Committee gave recommendations when the job ....
128 days ago
The Chhattisgarh government will launch the Rojgar Mission to create jobs.
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The mission aims to create 15 lakh job opportunities in the state in five years. Experts from IITs, IIITs, and IIMs would be involved in the expedition. The state's Chief Minister will chair it.
The mission's chief secretary and principal secretary ....
139 days ago
The Punjab government established a high-level team to probe Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security lapse on 6 January.
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The Punjab government constituted the Mehtab Singh Gill Committee in response to the security lapse.
Mr. Gill has served as a judge in the past. Punjab's Home Secretary is also a member of the committee. ....
141 days ago
Sushmita Dev is part of a 31-member panel that will look into a bill that would raise the legal age of marriage.
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A total of 31 members make up the parliamentary standing committee tasked with studying "The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021," with only one woman among them.
TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the ....
142 days ago
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas established the Energy Transition Advisory Committee. Tarun Kapoor, the former Secretary of the Petroleum Ministry, is in charge.
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It will concentrate on increasing the proportion of clean energy sources in the country's energy mix, such as hydrogen, biofuel, nuclear, geothermal, and ....
148 days ago
After a ten-year absence, India will take over as chair of the UN Security Council's counter-terrorism committee in 2022 January.
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The Counter-Terrorism Committee is more important for India because it has been advocating for relevant measures to combat terrorism on a global scale.
The committee was last chaired by India in ....
149 days ago
In the aftermath of the killing of six civilians in an Army ambush on December 4, 2021, the Union Government formed a high-level committee to look into the withdrawal of AFSPA from Nagaland on December 26, 2021.
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A Secretary-level officer chairs the five-member committee. Vivek Joshi, India's Registrar General, and Census Commissioner ....
175 days ago
A committee has been appointed by the Centre to review the criteria for identifying EWS.
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Following the explanation requirements to Article 15 of the Constitution, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted a three-member committee to evaluate the grounds for reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) ....
185 days ago
In order to become a worldwide fintech powerhouse, the Tamil Nadu government established a FinTech Governing Council.
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♦ Under the chairmanship of Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu, the FinTech Governing Council was formed.
♦ Vice Chairman of the Governing Council will be Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu.
Pooja Kulkarni, ....
208 days ago
Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the prime minister was reconstituted by Govt. of India on 27 October.
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♦ EAC-PM is an independent body, which advises the government on economic and policy-related matters.
♦ The Central Government of India has reconstituted the seven-member Economic Advisory Council to the PM (EAC-PM).
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209 days ago
A Private Non profit company will be set up by Government Of India to implement the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) initiative.
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♦ The Department will execute an open Network for Digital Commerce Initiative to promote Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT).
♦ The initiative is also expected to give a start-up mindset, ....
211 days ago
The central government has planned to set up a National Employment Policy (NEP) committee, which aims to improve job opportunities in India.
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♦ The committee will comprise representatives from the Ministry of labour and other ministries.
♦ It will also include prominent people from the industry with the high-powered committee, ....
219 days ago
One Health Consortium was launched virtually on 14 October by Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology.
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♦ It aims to conduct surveillance of significant viral, bacterial, & parasitic infections of zoonotic and transboundary pathogens in India.
♦ It will also look into the use of existing characteristic ....
219 days ago
A Working Group is set up to launch the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana from the 2022 Kharif Season.
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♦ The Working group has Officials from the Centre, top executives of public sector insurance companies and vital crop-producing states.
♦ The Working group will suggest "sustainable, financial and operational models."
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235 days ago
IFSCA has made a committee to recommend ways for the expansion of Sustainable Finance Hub.
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♦ The committee is headed by C.K. Mishra, Former Secretary of “Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change” with 10-members, who will recommend ways to develop a sustainable financial hub.
♦ The committee has members ....
245 days ago
The Education Ministry forms a 12 member committee chaired by former ISRO chairman K. Kasturirangan to develop a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
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♦Dr. Kasturirangan chaired the drafting committee for the National Education Policy, 2020, which recommended developing a new NCF.
♦The committee has been given a tenure ....
245 days ago
The Education Ministry forms a 12 member committee chaired by former ISRO chairman K. Kasturirangan to develop a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
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♦ Dr. Kasturirangan chaired the drafting committee for the National Education Policy, 2020, which recommended developing a new NCF.
♦ The committee has been given a tenure ....
355 days ago
World Environment Day is determined globally on fifth June each and every year. This day is discovered to focus on defending the environment and reminding people not to take nature for granted.
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♦ The day presents a possibility to develop the “basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by using individuals, ....
581 days ago
Election Commission has formed a committee which includes Sh. Harish Kumar, Sh. Umesh Sinha, Secretary-General and DG (Expenditure) Ex. IRS and DG (Investigation), to examine the issues concerning expenditure limit for a candidate given an increase in the number of electors and the rise in Cost Inflation Index and other factors.
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761 days ago
The Fifteenth Finance Commission (XVFC) had online meetings with its Advisory Council on 23-24 April 2020. The meeting was chaired by N. K. Singh, Chairman XVFC, and was attended by all members and senior officials of the Commission.
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♦ The Members of the Advisory Council discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national ....
775 days ago
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) under the Ministry of AYUSH organized an international webinar on 10 April 2020 on the occasion of World Homoeopathy Day. Over 1000 participants attended the webinar on a digital platform which was also live-streamed. The webinar was addressed by Union Minister of State (I/C) AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik.
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988 days ago
The UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in its 22nd Session took up India’s initial Country Report for consideration at UNHRC in Geneva.
India is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). In Novermber 2015, India submitted its First Country Report on Status ....
1232 days ago
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a high-level committee headed by former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani to set up a robust digital payments ecosystem in India.
Role of the five-member panel - To review the existing status of digitization of payments, identify gaps in the ecosystem and suggest ....
1239 days ago
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) set up a committee under former SEBI Chairman UK Sinha to address issues regarding the sustainability of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
This comes after RBI allowed one-time restructuring of MSME loans of up to ₹25 crore.
1437 days ago
Thimpu-based SAARC Development Fund (SDF) will soon be launching a Social Enterprise Development Programme (SEDP) to fund 80 entities annually across the 8-member states including India.
SDF was established by the Heads of the eight SAARC member states in April 2010 and its Governing Council comprises finance ministers of these eight countries.
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