National Calamity Contingency Fund
The National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) is a dedicated fund maintained by the Government of India for supplementing the disaster relief efforts of various state governments and is operated under…
Strategies for E-Governance in India-GS-2
Following are the Strategies for E-Governance in India: 1. To build technical infrastructure/framework across India India lacks a full fledged ICT framework for implementation of e-governance. Complete implementation of E-governance…
Stages of E-Governance-GS-2
United Nations E-Readiness Survey contemplates the following stages of E-governance as to the online presence of Governments worldwide: 1. Emerging Presence – The Stage I i.e. Emerging presence considers online…
Objectives of E-Governance-GS-2
Following are the objectives/aims of E-Governance:1. To build an informed society – An informed society is an empowered society. Only informed people can make a Government responsible. So providing access…
Advantages of E-Governance-GS-2
Following are the advantages of E-Governance 1. Speed – Technology makes communication speedier. Internet, Phones, Cell Phones have reduced the time taken in normal communication. Cost Reduction – Most of…
Back to Basics-Day 04 & 05
Jan Aushadhi SchemeThe Jan Aushadhi Scheme (Public Medicine Scheme) is a direct market intervention scheme launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India, to…
Back to Basics-Day-03
Covers Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, DPSP & PreambleFundamental RightsFundamental RightsThese are enshrined in Part III of the Indian Constitution under Articles 12 to 35. These were borrowed from the US constitution…
Back to Basics-Day-02
Banking Correspondent (BC)Banking Correspondents (BCs) are individuals/entities engaged by a bank in India (commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Local Area Banks (LABs)) for providing banking services in unbanked / under-banked…
Back to Basics-Day-01
Core inflationAlso known as underlying inflationA measure of inflation which excludes items that face volatile price movement, notably food and energy. It is nothing but Headline Inflation minus inflation that is contributed…
