Ministry of AYUSH:
The Ministry of AYUSH was formed on 9th November' 2014. Earlier it was known as the Department of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy (ISM&H) which was created in March 1995 and renamed as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in November 2003, with a view to provide focused attention for the development of Education and Research in Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy.
A:Ayurveda
Y:Yoga and Naturopathy
U:Unani
S:Siddha
H:Homoeopathy
Source: The Ministry of AYUSH
The Union Budget presented by the Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, for FY 2015-16, announced the formation of MUDRA Bank. Accordingly MUDRA was registered as a Company in March 2015 under the Companies Act 2013 and as a Non Banking Finance Institution with the RBI on 07 April 2015. MUDRA was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 08 April 2015 at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA) was set up by the Government of India (GoI). MUDRA has been initially formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Small Industries Development bank of India (SIDBI) with 100% capital being contributed by it. Presently, the authorized capital of MUDRA is 1000 crores and paid up capital is 750 crore, fully subscribed by SIDBI. More capital is expected to enhance the functioning of MUDRA.
This Agency would be responsible for developing and refinancing all Micro-enterprises sector by supporting the finance Institutions which are in the business of lending to micro / small business entities engaged in manufacturing, trading and service activities. MUDRA would partner with Banks, MFIs and other lending institutions at state level / regional level to provide micro finance support to the micro enterprise sector in the country.
Micro Finance is an economic development tool whose objective is to provide income generating opportunities to the people at the bottom of the pyramid. It covers a range of services which include, in addition to the provision of credit, many other credit plus services , financial literacy and other social support services.
MUDRA has been formed with primary objective of developing the micro enterprise sector in the country by extending various support including financial support in the form of refinance, so as to achieve the goal of “funding the unfunded”.
Contents from the site mudra.org.in
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner. (contents from the government site at pmjdy.gov.in)
The Civil Aviation Ministry has launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme on October 21, 2016. It is one of the objective of the National Civil Aviation Policy (NACP) 2016.
External Source:
PIB (Kindly note, after sometime the links to PIB becomes non functional.
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Vidyanjali - (School Volunteer Programme) is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy to enhance community and private sector involvement in Government run elementary schools across the country under the overall aegis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
External Source:
Vidyanjali
Full form of PAVA Shells: Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA)
The Riot Control device and munition has been developed by Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratory in Lucknow.
It has come into news when the Government of India adopted it as an alternative to the pallet guns which were used in Kashmir Valley.
Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide is also called Pelargonic Acid Nonivamide is an organic compound found in natural chilli pepper. It is also used in self-protection sprays. It is biosafe. It temporarily incapacitates the target. It has a projected range of 4 to 5 meters.
The PAVA Shell are manufactured by Tear Smoke Unit (TSU) of BSF Gwalior. This unit was established in 1976. Presently it is producing 75 varieties of munitions.
Other Alternatives of Riot Control management are:
Tear Gas
Pellet Guns
Dye Marker Grenade with irritant
Tear Smoke Gas with Soft Nose (that melts after busting so that they can not be picked and thrown back)
Stun Grenade
Added and Supporting links:
The Hindu and
The Hindu (some additional points):
Indiatimes:
GAAR stands for General Anti-Avoidance Rules. It is aimed at checking the tax avoidance by companies. The Economic Times article
HERE discusses the different dimensions and actual thought behind it. It is good for reading and making relevant notes.
Surface Transportation and Urban Habitation Management are crucial issues. The questions can be expected even at Mains Level.
It is important to note that Progressive Movement in America during the first decade of Twentieth Century included the transportation issue as one of their problem areas.
Mark the report
HERE and makes note.
The hitched report is based on the press conference given the Home Minister P. Chidambaram. The report contains the issues on which the Home Ministry is working. This report is valid for 2011 prelims as well as the interview in 2011.
Hitched Report:
Chidambaram Press Conference Report by The Hindu
A P Singh IPS of Jharkhan Cadre will be the new CBI Chief. The earlier chief was Ashwani Kumar IPS of Himanchal Pardesh Cadre. Consult the appended report
Hitched Report
AP Singh CBI Chief
How can the increasing corruption in the government offices be curbed?
What role can the elected legislators and Executive perform?
Such questions are generally asked in the interview and expect some original ideas and ability to do coherent thinking. The Bihar government is going to come up with a legislation on the accountability of the bureaucracy. It is definitely going to become the issue of debate for a long time. All the issues of corruption which are in news will never be asked directly in written question papers. They can be asked in the interview. Therefore, the aspirants must develop a mature and balanced answer to such queries.
Make a note of the Report "
Nitish Kumar's move to curb corruption, red-tapism".
According to the PTI news, the new website of RTI as well as a Logo of RTI has been released by The Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Shri Prithviraj Chavan.
The government act is aimed to make the RTI more popular. After the five years in force by now, the government has observed that RTI is not popular in rural area. The logo has been granted to help the people identify it with their right which empowers them with infromation.
The Centre of Good Governance (CGG)Hyderabad will look after the activities on the portal.
For reference check:
PTI Press release
(Disclaimer: PTI releases gradually become unaccessable. No surity of continuity of link to be alive.)
Times of India Report
General Information
UPSC has taken initiative to display Last Year Question Papers of CS, CDS, NDA, CMS, Engineering Service on its site. Check them out at www.upsc.gov.in. The files are PDF.
go to www.upsc.gov.in and check what is new.
