India’s higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China. India’s focus on expanding the higher education sector to provide access has led to a situation where research and scholarship have been neglected. Challenges faced by Indian Higher Education Funding issues: The Central government’s slant toward premier […]
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Social Security Schemes for Farmers: NREGA 2005: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 was initiated with the objective of “enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work”. In 2009 an amendment
Lok Adalat The term ‘Lok Adalat’ means ‘People’s Court’ and is based on Gandhian principles. As per the Supreme Court, it is an old form of adjudicating system prevailed in ancient India and its validity has not been taken away even in the modern days too. It is one of the components of the Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR) system and delivers informal, cheap and expeditious
Budget Budget is a statement of estimated receipts both revenue / income and expenditure of government in respect to a financial year. Performance budget: Performance budget act as Output oriented budget with long-range perspective so that resources can be allocated effectively or efficiently. It presents the budget in the form of functions, programs, activities, and
NGO NGOs are voluntary organizations, that work toward a social cause and social justice. They have assumed a significant space in civil society. NGOs with the support given by the government has been accelerating its development activities by taking up specific issues like poverty alleviation, casteism and discrimination, women rights, child labour, rural development, environmental
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The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) The Indian government introduced the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the year 1964. The commission was set up on the recommendation of K. Santhanam Committee on Prevention of Corruption. It is an agency constituted to curb corruption in offices of the Indian government. CVC is called the apex vigilance institution.
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Production Linked Incentive or PLI scheme Production Linked Incentive or PLI scheme is a scheme that aims to give companies incentives on incremental sales from products manufactured in domestic units. The scheme invites foreign companies to set up units in India, however, it also aims to encourage local companies to set up or expand existing
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KAPILA Kalam Campaign KAPILA is an acronym for Kalam Program for IP (Intellectual Property) Literacy and Awareness. The KAPILA programme was launched virtually on 15th October 2020 by the Union Education Ministers, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’. Through the KAPILA Kalam Program, Government of India will spread the awareness and importance of patenting and inventions Under
The different types of vaccines There are three main approaches to designing a vaccine. Their differences lie in whether they use a whole virus or bacterium; just the parts of the germ that triggers the immune system; or just the genetic material that provides the instructions for making specific proteins and not the whole virus.
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Cloning Cloning is a technique scientists use to make exact genetic copies of living things. Genes, cells, tissues, and even whole animals can all be cloned. Types: Therapeutic: In therapeutic cloning, the aim is to clone cells that make particular organs or types of tissue Reproductive: In this we actually reproduce not organ but entire being(donor) from
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