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Syllabus: GS-III Subject: Economy Topic: Poverty Issue: MPI Context: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that 25 crore Indians were lifted out of poverty over the past decade, based on a discussion paper by NITI Aayog. Summary: Multidimensional poverty in India decreased from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23. Health metrics rely on National Family […]

Lakhpati Didi scheme Aim: To train women self help groups (SHGs) to earn a sustainable income of at least ₹1 lakh per annum by setting up microenterprises within their villages. Provide training to women in various skills such as plumbing, LED bulb making, drone operation and repair, tailoring, and weaving. Target increased from the existing

National Family Health Survey(NFHS)-5 for 2019-21: Total Fertility Rate(TFR) declined from 2(2015-16) to 2 at the national level which is below Replacement Level Fertility(RLF). Total Fertility Rate: It is an average number of children that a woman would bear over her lifetime. Replacement Level Fertility: is the total fertility rate at which a population exactly

The budgetary allocation for the regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) has been slashed by 60%. Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN To provide connectivity to un-served and under-served airports in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports. Implemented by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The government

Centre will implement three major economic corridor programmes Energy Economic Corridor – energy, mineral, and cement sectors Port connectivity corridor aka Rail Sagar; and high traffic density corridors, aka Amrit Chaturbhuj. 434 projects with an investment of ₹11 lakh crore will be rolled out under these programmes.

The government would launch a scheme to help “deserving sections of the middle class living in rented houses or slums or chawls and unauthorised colonies” buy or build houses. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) The PMAY is a credit linked subsidy scheme to facilitate access to affordable housing for low and moderate income groups. It

Health cover under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will be extended to all Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and anganwadi workers and helpers. The U-WIN platform will be rolled out, which captures vaccination status and maintains an electronic registry of routine immunisations. It will digitise India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). Universal Immunization

Investment in Research and Development: Countries R&D expenditure to GDP ratio(%) India’s 0.7 United States 3.5 Japan 3.2 South Korea 4.6 World average 1.8 Share of govt. and private: Country Governments share in R&D Expenditure Private sector’s share in R&D Expenditure India ~60% ~40% Other major economies ~30% ~70% National Research Foundation(NRF) Act, 2023 Provide

Syllabus: GS-II Subject: International Relations (I) Topic: International institutions, agencies and for a Issue: Sudan Refugees Context: UN High Commissioner for Refugees called for urgent and additional support to meet the needs of Sudan refugees. Sudan war – conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted in mid-April last year. Places in

Syllabus: GS-III Subject: Science & Technology Topic: Bio-Technology Issue: Brain computer interface Context: Embedment of computer chip in the human brain. Neuralink, co-founded by Elon Musk, is working on linking the nervous system to computers. The brain computer interface is about the size of a large coin and is designed to be implanted in the