National Initiatives launched under Bhasha Sangam ⇒ Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Bhasha Sangam Initiative for schools, Bhasha Sangam Mobile App and Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Quiz App, to commemorate Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is celebrated every year on October 31 to mark the birth anniversary of […]

National Chairperson of NaBFID ⇒ India’s Finance Ministry announced that veteran banker K V Kamath has been appointed as chairperson of the newly-constituted National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), a newly set up DFI in India. About: » In March this year, the Parliament had cleared the bill for setting up the Rs

National ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi’ (Education at Doorstep) scheme ⇒ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin launched the ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi’ (Education at Doorstep) scheme at a function held in Villupuram district on 27 October 2021. Objective: The main objective of the ‘Illam Thedi Kalvi’ scheme was to address the learning gap that had arisen

National ‘ALIMCO MITRA’ Mobile Application ⇒ Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar, visited ALIMCO to review the functioning and performance of the corporation. On the occasion of his visit Union minister launched android based ‘ALIMCO MITRA’ Mobile Application developed to facilitate the service for Grievance Redressal and New Registration for the Divyangjan

National First ‘One District, One Product’ ‘Dilli Bakes’ ⇒ The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in association with the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) launched the first ‘One District, One Product’ ‘Dilli Bakes’. The product was launched in the bakery products category of the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises

National ‘Future Skills PRIME’ programme ⇒ The Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and IT, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar launched the ‘Future Skills PRIME’ programme. It is a joint initiative by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and NASSCOM. Aim: Conceived as a first-of-its-kind initiative, Future

National Report on ‘Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle’ ⇒ NITI Aayog on October 2021 released a comprehensive report titled ‘Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle’, which brings out the gaps in the health insurance coverage across the Indian population and offers solutions to address the situation. The report highlights the need for designing a

National DRDO’s Long-Range Bomb (LRB) ⇒ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) team jointly flight tested indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB) successfully from an aerial platform on October 29, 2021. The flight of the bomb and the performance was monitored by a number of range sensors including Electro Optical Tracking