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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has successfully entered its seventh year of implementation with the upcoming Kharif 2022 season, completing six years of its implementation since its announcement on 18 February 2016.Meri Policy Mere Hath

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The government has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility  (EPR) on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The guidelines will come into effect from 1st July 2022.Overview of the new guidelin

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released its latest annual Frontiers report.This is the fourth edition of the Frontiers Report, which was first published in 2016 with an alert to the growing risk of zoonotic

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Feb 2022

Reference News:-The central government has approved the implementation of Phase II of the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) project by the Ministry of Home Affairs.It has been approved at a total cost of Rs 3,375 crore during the period

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Feb 2022

Reference News:- The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has recommended a revamp of the higher education scene in India to make education more student-centric and multi-disciplinary.A new initiative stemming from this desire is an ‘Academic Bank of Cr

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Feb 2022

Reference News:-India and the United Arab Emirates have signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).What is CEPA and how is it different from FTA?It is a kind of free trade pact which covers negotiation on the trade in services and inve

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 21, Feb 2022

Why in  News?Recently, the Ministry of Power notified the first part of the National Hydrogen Mission policy on green hydrogen and green ammoniaMajor Highlights of the policy Green Hydrogen / Ammonia manufacturers may purchase renewable pow

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 21, Feb 2022

Why in News? Tamil Nadu has conveyed to the Supreme Court that it does not want the Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) to be set up in a sensitive ecological zone in the Western Ghats.Indian Neutrino Observatory ProjectAbout:The setting up of an INO was app

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Feb 2022

Reference NewsThe NHRC recently held a discussion on “protection of the basic human rights of refugees and asylum seekers in India”.During the meet, the participants expressed concern over the issue of India not having a specific law for refugees and a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Details of the conviction of cases involving human trafficking were recently shared in Parliament.Key findings:The conviction rate in human trafficking cases has been declining over the past four years. It has dropped from 27.8% in 2016 to 10.6% in 2020.