Fortified Rice:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Issues relating to poverty and hunger.   Fortified Rice: Context: The Union Cabinet has approved a scheme to distribute fortified rice under government programmes.   Efforts by Government in this regard: Food Corporation of India and state agencies have already procured 88.65 LMT (lakh tonnes) of fortified rice for supply …

Coal gasification:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Infrastructure- Energy.   Context: Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) has plans of setting up a coal gasification plant — the second in the country — at its Raigarh plant in Chhattisgarh.   Significance: India is committed to cut consumption of coal, a primary pollutant, in power plants to half …

UN peacekeepers:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: Canada and allies are planning to work togather to support among United Nations General Assembly members, including China, for a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.   Need of the hour: Countries opposing Russia’s invasion should seek a recommendation from the …

UN Reforms:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International Institutions.   Context: The long-simmering debate over UN reform — and particularly over the role of the Security Council, which does not represent today’s world and which failed to prevent Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — has suddenly become acute. Recently Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a blistering call …

Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Schemes for the welfare of vulnerable sections of the society.   Context: The youth, owing to their educational backwardness, are finding difficulties to obtain employment with good compensation after undergoing short-term skilling courses. In this background, the government has highlighted the need for and significance of this scheme.   About …

Guru Nabha Dass:

GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian Art and Culture.   Context: The Punjab government has announced a gazetted holiday on the birth anniversary of Guru Nabha Dass, a 16th century saint.   About Guru Nabha Dass: Born on: April 8, 1537. Born at village Bhadrachalam on the bank of Godavari river in Khammam district, which …