UMANG App The UMANG mobile app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age  Governance) is a Government of India all-in-one single, unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app. It provides access to high impact services of various organizations of Centre and States. Presently it has 2000+ services. The aim of UMANG is to fast-track mobile governance in

Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) Background: The source of the concept of Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) is the Spanish Constitution from which it came in the Irish Constitution. The concept of DPSP emerged from Article 45 of the Irish Constitution. Constitutional Provisions: Part IV of the Constitution of India (Article 36–51)  contains

Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)  BEPS is a term used to describe tax planning strategies that exploit  mismatches and gaps that exist between the tax rules of different jurisdictions.  It is done to minimize the corporation tax that is payable overall, by either making tax profits ‘disappear’ or shift profits to low tax jurisdictions

OPEC + According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Organisation of the  Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) plus might face sharp demand fall due to a recent surge in crude oil production from the countries like USA, Norway, and Guyana. The non-OPEC countries which export crude oil are termed as OPEC plus countries. OPEC plus

Anti-Methanogenic Feed Supplement: Harit Dhara   Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed an anti methanogenic feed supplement ‘Harit Dhara’ (HD), which can cut down cattle methane emissions by 17-20% and can also result in higher milk production. Key Points About: HD decreases the population of protozoa microbes in the rumen, responsible for hydrogen