National Central Sector Scheme “SMILE” ⇒ The Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar launched the Central Sector scheme “SMILE: Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise” in New Delhi on 12 February 2022. This umbrella scheme, under the aegis of Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, is designed to provide […]

National 5th National Award for Innovations and Good Practices in Educational Administration ⇒ Minister for State for Education Dr Subhas Sarkar presented 5th National Award for Innovations and Good Practices in Educational Administration. The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) has instituted National Award for Innovations and Good Practices in Educational Administration for

National Powerthon-2022 ⇒ Union Minister for Power and MNRE Shri R K Singh virtually launched Powerthon-2022 for Enabling Advanced Technology in Power Distribution on 07 February 2022. Powerthon, a hackathon competition under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) to find technology driven solutions to solve the complex problems in power distribution and to ensure quality and

National NITI Aayog’s Fintech Open Summit ⇒ Union Minister for Railways, Communications, and Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated NITI Aayog’s Fintech Open Summit on 07 February 2022. Organized by: NITI Aayog, in collaboration with PhonePe, AWS (Amazon Web Services) and EY organized a three-week-long virtual summit, ‘Fintech Open’, from February 7–28, 2022. Participants: A

National Statue of Equality ⇒ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited Hyderabad on 5th February 2022. During the visit, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad. The Statue of Equality is located in the premises of the Chinna Jeeyar Trust at Muchintal, Hyderabad. The 216-feet tall Statue

National Introduction of Digital Rupee ⇒ The Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman announced the introduction of Digital Rupee while presenting the Union Budget 2022-23 in the Parliament on 01 February 2022. About: Digital Rupee to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India starting 2022-23. The Digital Currency will use block

National 10-minute Drone Show at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi ⇒ Indian StartUp “Botlabs”, funded by Technology Development Board (TDB) under Union Ministry of Science & Technology and led by IIT Delhi alumni, flew 1000 Drones in “Beating Retreat” ceremony. The event was held on 29 January 2022 at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. The

National India’s nomination for consideration as World Heritage for the year 2022-2023 ⇒ The Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnathapura in Karnataka have been finalised as India’s nomination for consideration as World Heritage for the year 2022-2023. The ‘Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala’ are on UNESCO’s Tentative list since 15th April, 2014. About: The