Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
(EAC-PM) constituted a Logistics Development Committee under the Chairmanship
of Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman EAC-PM. The committee was tasked to assess key
challenges in logistics development and associated commerce and suggest policy
reforms for ease of doing trade in India.
Dec 26, 2018
[CA] Samagra Shiksha
An Integrated Scheme for School Education has been
launched throughout the country as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with effect
from the year 2018-19. This programme subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally
Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). It is an overarching programme for
the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to
ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school
education.
[CA] Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award
The Chief Minister of West Bengal has been awarded
the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award for the year 2017.The award was
given to Mamta Banerjee recognising her contribution in the overall development
of West Bengal as West Bengal emerged as the best-performing state.
[CA] Korolev Crater
Korolev Crater:
It is an icy- crater on Mars found recently. It
was captured by European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express mission
[CA/Econ] Y M Deosthalee Committee
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had formed a
high-level task force on public credit registry (PCR) for India. The task force
was chaired by Y M Deosthalee.
The task force has suggested the registry should
capture all loan information and borrowers be able to access their own history.
Data is to be made available to stakeholders such as banks, on a need-to-know
basis. Data privacy will be protected
[CA] Akademik Lomonosov
Akademik Lomonosov is the world’s first “floating”
nuclear power plant (FNPP). It is coming up in Russia
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