21/03/2010 : 1020 MW Tala (India Bhutan cooperation project) is well-known for Hydroelectric project
21/03/2010 : Scorpene Project:
(1). The Scorpene Submarine deal was signed between India and France in 2005.
(2). The Mumbai based Mazagon Docks limited is to built six Scorpene Submarine under this project.
(3). DCNS is the French firm,which has developed the Scorpene Submarine
21/03/2010 : Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas Scheme:
(1). Under this scheme,750 residential schools are being setup in difficult areas with boarding facilities at elementary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC,ST,OBC and minorities.
(2). The scheme would be applicable only in those identified Educationally Backward Block (EBBs) where,as per census data 2001,the rural female literacy is below the national average and gender gap in the literacy is more than the national average.
(3). Among these blocks, schools may be set up in areas with concentration of tribal population,with low female literacy and or a large of girls out of school
21/03/2010 : Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP)
Sasan UMPP - Madhya Pradesh
Mundra UMPP - Gujarat
Girye UMPP - Maharashtra
Tadri UMPP - Karnataka
21/03/2010 : Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP)
Sasan UMPP - Madhya Pradesh
Mundra UMPP - Gujarat
Girye UMPP - Maharashtra
Tadri UMPP - Karnataka
20/03/2010 : The Second Five Year Plan sought for the development which would ultimately lead to the establishment of socialistic pattern of the society in India.
20/03/2010 : The Third Plan aimed at securing a marked advance towards self sustaining growth.
20/03/2010 : The Ninth Plan was launched in the fiftieth year of India's Independence.
20/03/2010 : Ram Baran Yadav was elected as the first president of Nepal.
20/03/2010 : In 2008,Daiichi Sankyo a Japan's company announced the acquisition of the majority stake of more than 50 percent in domestic major Ranbaxy.
19/03/2010 : Opposition to Nuclear Liability Bill because it included limiting liability, transferring the liability from the supplier to the operator (in this case, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, and the government, and, eventually, to the tax-payer), keeping the suppliers (the American companies) outside the jurisdiction of the Indian courts), and 10-year time-limit on the cases to be adjudicated by the claims commissions.
19/03/2010 : National defence accounts for 13% of the central government expenditure and if military- and security-related components of other ministries or departments like the ministry of home affairs, department of atomic energy and department of space are taken into consideration, the larger national security considerations actually consume more than 20% of the total expenditure.
Indian defence expenditure accounts for less than 2% of its GDP but 13% of its total expenditure.
19/03/2010 : The Ministry of Power envisages establishment of an integrated National Power Grid in the Country by 2012
19/03/2010 : Power Finance Corporation of India
(1). It was incorporated in 1986.
(2). Not a Financial Institution.
(3). The Company has been a dominant player in funding the projects of the State Power Utilities.
(4). The Company has recently been identified as the nodal agency for the present development of seven Ultra Mega country through tariff based competitive bidding.
19/03/2010 : Center for Ecological Science - Bangaluru
Center for Mining Environment - Dhanbad
Center for Environment Management of Degraded Eco-system - New Delhi
Center for Environmental Education - Ahemadabad (HQ)
18/03/2010 : Indian Military Academy - Dehradun
National Defence Academy - Khadakwasla
Army War College - Mhow
High Altitude Warfare School - Gulmarg, J&K
18/03/2010 : The National Sample Survey was setup in 1950.
18/03/2010 : The airborne warning and control system (AWACS) are being procured from Israel.
18/03/2010 : Education Guarantee Scheme and Alternative and Innovative Education
(1). It is an important component of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
(2). The scheme envisages that child wise planning is undertaken for each out of school children.
(3). EGS addresses the inaccessible habitation where there is no formal school within the radius of one km and at least 15-25 children of 6-14 age group who are not going to school are available.
(4). In exceptional cases remote habitation in hilly areas even for 10 children as EGS school can be opened.
17/03/2010 : India and Russia firmed up the 10-year lease of the K-152 Nerpa submarine
17/03/2010 : Rain Fed Farming System
(1). In 2006 the Union Cabinet approved the setting up of the National Rain Fed Area Authority Scheme.
(2). The NRAA is a Policy making and advisory body.
(3). The Union Agriculture Minister chairs the Government Board in the NRAA.
17/03/2010 : Livestock Insurance Scheme
(1). Implemented during the 10th plan.
(2). It was launched as a pilot basis over 100 districts.
(3). It has the objective to provide Protection Mechanism to the farmers and Cattle breeders for any loss of their animals.
(4). 50 per cent insurance to be provided for cross breed and high yielding cattle and buffaloes.
16/03/2010 : Plantation crops : Cashew , Cocoa , Areca nut and Oil Palm
16/03/2010 : National Food Mission
(1). A Central sponsored scheme launched to enhance the production of rice, wheat and pules by the end of 11th Plan
(2). The Mission is to cover 311 districts on 17 states and become operational since rabi 2007-08.
(3). The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana has been envisaged as the comprehensive intervention based on local agroclimatic condition to enhance investment to achieve 4 percent agriculture target in 11th five year plan.
16/03/2010 : From 1950 to 1989 Election Commission worked as a single member body. The CEC shall not be removed from his office except in the like manner and in the like ground as a judge of a Supreme Court. The other ECs cannot be removed from office except on recommendation of the CEC.
16/03/2010 : Press Council of India:
(1). It is an autonomous body with equal quasi-judicial authority over the authorities and the press person.
(2). There are 28 members in the Council comprising 20 members from the newspaper world, five are Member of Parliament (three are nominated by the Speaker and two by the Vice-President)and remaining three are nominated by the Sahitya Akademi, the Bar Council of India and the University Grant Commission.
(3). The Chairman heading convention should be a sitting or retired judge of Supreme Court of India.
16/03/2010 : India is by far the largest groundwater user in the world, with more than 60% of irrigated farming and 85% drinking water supplies dependent on the resource.
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