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  As India celebrates the 75th anniversary of her independence in August 2022, it is time to look at India’s role in creating the structures of global governance that emerged more than a century ago, with a view to assessing her interests in strengthening the principle of international cooperation that underpins the functioning of these institutions, and their impact on the transformation of India. Although a British colony, India was a founder-member, on par with the four British Dominions, of the League of Nations after the First World War. The League was created by the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 on the foundations of the military victories by the allied powers, including 1.2 million Indian volunteer soldiers fighting as part of the British Indian army across Europe, Asia and Africa. The failure of the League to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War led to initiatives to strengthen structures of international cooperation to "secure” and "sustain” the peace aft...

 Who is a  Gig Worker? A gig worker is a person who engages in income-earning activities outside of a traditional employer-employee relationship, as well as in the informal sector (Ministry of Labour and Employment, 2020a). When gig workers use platforms – i.e., websites or apps like Ola, Uber, Dunzo, Zomato, Swiggy or Urban Company – to connect with customers, they are called platform workers. The gig economy engages millions of gig workers The rise of the gig economy in India is changing the face of its workforce. The current estimation for gig economy jobs in India is at 8 to 18 million, which is projected to increase to over 90 million jobs in the non-farm sector in the next eight to ten years . Therefore, by next decade the gig economy in India can see USD 250 billion transactions at 1.25% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product. It is estimated that in 2020-21, 77 lakh (7.7 million) workers were engaged in the gig economy. They constituted 2.6% of the nonagricultural wor...

  What is GAGAN? GAGAN is an acronym for  G PS  A ided  G EO  A ugmented  N avigation. It is a Space Based Augmentation  System ( SBAS ) jointly developed by  ISRO  and  AAI  to provide the best possible navigational services over Indian FIR (Flight Information Region) with the capability of expanding to neighbouring FIRs. GAGAN is a system of satellites and ground stations that provide GPS signal corrections, giving you better position accuracy. GPS alone does not meet the ICAOs navigational requirements for accuracy, integrity and availability. GAGAN corrects for GPS signal errors caused by Ionospheric disturbances, timing and satellite orbit errors and also it provides vital information regarding the health of each satellite. Services Offered Aviation, Forest management, Railways signalling, Scientific Research for Atmospheric Studies, Natural Resource and Land Management, Location based services, Mobile, Tourism. For more d...

Introductions:   India’s Targeted Public Distribution System, under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) is the largest public food-security program in the world. This system manages the food security requirements of around 80 crore beneficiaries across India, through the country wide network of more than 5.33 lakh fair price shops. The food security response of the Government through Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) combined with One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) during COVID-19 pandemic served as a lifeline for the people and is being hailed globally as a shining example for its efficiency and sensitivity towards poor and vulnerable sections of the society.   Major Reforms in Public Distribution System (PDS): Aadhaar Seeding in PDS : To weed out duplicate/in-eligible/bogus ration cards and to enable rightful targeting  83.41% i.e. about 19.41 crore ration cards (as on 29 th  May, 2018)  have been Aadhaar seeded. Under Section-7 of the A...

  The concept of buffer stock was first introduced during the 4 th  Five Year Plan (1969-74). Buffer stock of food grains in the Central Pool is maintained by the Government of India (GOI) / Central Government for meeting the prescribed minimum buffer stock norms for food security, monthly release of food grains for supply through Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Other Welfare Schemes (OWS), meeting emergency situations arising out of unexpected crop failure, natural disasters, etc., and Price stabilisation or market intervention to augment supply so as to help moderate the open market prices. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs fixes the minimum buffer norms on quarterly basis: i.e. as on 1st April, 1st July, 1st October and 1st January of every financial year. On 15 December 2015, it was decided by the Government to create a buffer stock of pulses of 1.5 lakh tonnes to control fluctuation of prices of pulses. Government has engaged National Agricultural C...

  Agriculture being a State subject, the State Governments undertake implementation of programs/schemes for the development of the sector. Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments through various schemes/ programs. These schemes/ programs of the Government of India are meant for the welfare of farmers by increasing production, remunerative returns and income support to farmers.  There have been several reforms to tap the potential for income enhancement which have been able to augment of income of farmers directly or indirectly. These include: (i) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture), (ii) Special attention for creation of infrastructure through Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore, (iii) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN, (iv) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), (v) Better access to irrigation under Prad...