Is e-NAM portal capable of supporting farmers?

Context The union government has launched new features in electronic agriculture market platform (e-NAM), to decongest wholesale markets amid coronavirus… Continue reading

Third mass bleaching of Great Barrier Reef

A survey has found record sea temperatures had caused the third mass bleaching of the 2,300-kilometre Great Barrier Reef system… Continue reading

[pib] Biofortified Carrot ‘Madhuban Gajar’

Madhuban Gajar It is a biofortified carrot variety with high β-carotene and iron content developed by Shri Vallabhhai Vasrambhai… Continue reading

A niggardliness that is economically unwarranted

Context The Centre can afford to step up its COVID-19 assistance to a higher scale; fiscal deficit is no worry.… Continue reading

Restarting the economy after lockdown

(This newscard is the excerpt from an article published in the TOI, authored by former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.… Continue reading

Comparing current crisis with Great Depression, 1929

With the novel coronavirus pandemic severely affecting the global economy, some experts have begun comparing the current crisis with… Continue reading

Tropical Butterfly Conservatory

The Tropical Butterfly Conservatory Tiruchirappalli (TBCT) has been developed in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli to create awareness among the public about… Continue reading

Pull out all the stops

Context Though there is coherence in India’s response to the Covid-19, still there is more that needs to be done.… Continue reading

Ways and Means Advances (WMA)

The RBI has raised the Ways and Means Advances, or WMA, limit by 30% for all States and UTs… Continue reading

PM-CARES Fund

Context In the midst of all of this, our Prime Minister announced the creation of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance… Continue reading

The sudden return of quantity planning in the wake of covid-19

Context We could take a leaf out of a booklet by Keynes in our effort to tackle some of the… Continue reading

Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 extended for one year

The Union Commerce and Industry Ministry has announced changes in India’s Foreign Trade Policy (FTP). The Govt. has decided to… Continue reading

Covid-19 Quarantine Alert System (CQAS)

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has shared a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) with all telecom service providers regarding the application… Continue reading

[pib] National Teleconsultation Centre (CoNTeC)

The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has launched the National Teleconsultation Centre (CoNTeC). About CoNTeC The CoNTeC is… Continue reading

Schedule H1 drugs

Hydroxychloroquine is now a schedule H1 drug and can be sold on prescription only. What are Schedule H1 drugs? The… Continue reading

Serological test for COVID-19

The ICMR invited bids for an estimated 10 lakh antibody kits (for serological tests) for the diagnosis of COVID-19. What… Continue reading

[pib] Virtual Summit of G20 Leaders

A Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit was recently convened yesterday to discuss the challenges posed by the outbreak of the COVID-19… Continue reading

Let’s use follower’s advantage

Context How this coronavirus pandemic threat will pan out no one knows but what we do know is that the… Continue reading

Mind your own economic health

Context The fragility of the global economy has been exposed twice within the last two decades. In 2008, the collapse… Continue reading

PM Gareeb Kalyan Scheme

Union Finance Minister has announced the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Scheme, under which the government would provide a relief package… Continue reading

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