Tag: Governance

In News  Government introduces bill to Empower Tri-Services Commanders. About The Indian government has recently introduced the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill in the Lok Sabha. The bill aims to empower the central government to constitute Inter-services Organisations formed of personnel from multiple military services or branches of defence. Currently, service personnel of […]

In News Recently, NSSO carried out a survey to measure the number of people capable of writing computer programs in the country . About The National Sample Survey Office, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  conducted the “multiple indicator survey” from January 2020 to August 2021. The survey report was released earlier this […]

In Context Over the last decade, regulators and corporations have embraced environmental impact, commitment to social issues and the soundness of their corporate governance and protection of shareholder rights as part of their business model. About Companies have a realization that environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations need to be included by investors in a […]

In News Government of Maharashtra has decided to launch the second phase of Jalyukt Shivar project. About It is a scheme that targets drought-prone areas by Undertaking water conservation measures.  The scheme attempts  to arrest maximum run-off water during the monsoon months, in village areas known to receive less rainfall.. Under the scheme, decentralised water […]

In News Recently, the Government accepted a Task force report to modernise India’s transmission system. About The Power Ministry set up a taskforce under the chairmanship of CMD, POWERGRID to suggest ways for modernization of the Transmission Sector and making it smart & future ready. The Task force report has recommended the following solutions  to […]

In News Recently the Government of India and World Bank signed two complimentary loans worth $1 billion to support and enhance India’s healthcare infrastructure. About The World Bank is lending two complementary loans of $500 million to help India with preparedness for future pandemics as well as to strengthen its health infrastructure. The $500-million Public […]

In News The Supreme Court recently formed a five-member expert committee to investigate the possibility of  regulatory failure in the Hindenburg Adani saga. About The supreme-Court formed a committee headed by former apex court judge, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre to assess  the regulatory framework. The scope of the committee is to provide an overall assessment […]

In News Recently, Two Australian public universities have come forward to set up campuses in GIFT City, Gujarat. About The government had in 1995 drafted the Foreign Education Bill which had to be shelved. An attempt was made in 2006, but the draft law could not cross the Cabinet approval stage. In 2010, the UPA-2 […]