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Nano Urea Liquid: IFFCO Recently, the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) introduced the world’s first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world. Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited About: It is one of India’s biggest cooperative societies which is wholly owned by Indian Founded in 1967 with just 57 cooperatives, today it is an […]

Defence Acquisition Council  The Defence Acquisition Council is the highest decision-making body in the Defence Ministry for deciding on new policies and capital acquisitions for the three services (Army, Navy and Air Force) and the Indian Coast The Minister of Defence is the Chairman of the council.  It was formed, after the Group of Ministers

Project-75 What is Project-75? The Project 75I-class submarine is a follow-on of the Project 75 Kalvari-class submarine for the Indian navy.  In the late 1990s, around the time of Kargil war, a three-decade plan took shape for indigenous construction of submarines.  It was known to have two separate series of submarine building lines – codenamed

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Six mammal, bird and fish species are facing the spectre of extinction in Russia according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF). These include the Saiga antelope, the gyrfalcon, the Persian leopard, the spoon-billed sandpiper, the Sakhalin sturgeon and the kaluga, also a type of sturgeon. About WWF: It is an international non-governmental organization

Mega Food Park Zoram Mega food park launched in Mizoram, to benefit 25,000 farmers and create 5,000 jobs. This is the first Mega Food Park operationalized in the state of Mizoram.  About Mega Food Parks scheme: Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme in the country since 2008. It aims at

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights [NCPCR]  The NCPCR is a body that works towards achieving a child rights- centric approach in all the laws, programmes, policies and administrative mechanisms in India. It functions under the Ministry of Women & Child Development of the central government. It strives to ensure that all laws and

Model Tenancy Act   The Union Cabinet has approved the Model Tenancy Act to be sent to the States and Union Territories to enact legislation or amend laws on rental properties. The draft Act had been published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in 2019.  Key Points Some Provisions: o Written Agreement is

‘One Nation One Standard’ Mission Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal has stressed on the need for ‘One Nation One Standard’ to bring uniformity and said labs testing in India should be of global standards. The minister said this while reviewing the work of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). What is it? The ‘One

TRIFED  The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) came into existence in 1987. It is a national-level apex organization functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Tribal affairs.  TRIFED has its Head Office located in New Delhi and has a network of 13 Regional Offices located at various places in the country. 

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) About  NHRC of India is an independent statutory body established on 12 October, 1993 as per provisions of Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, later amended in 2006.  NHRC has celebrated its Silver Jubilee (25 years) on October 12, 2018. Its headquarter is located in New delhi.  It is the