From UNIFOCUS ACADEMY for General Knowledge and Current Affairs for UPSC IAS ( Prelims & Mains ), SSC - CGL - CHSL, IBPS - PO, RRB, Insurance and Other Competitive Exams.
From UNIFOCUS ACADEMY for General Knowledge and Current Affairs for UPSC IAS ( Prelims & Mains ), SSC – CGL – CHSL, IBPS – PO, RRB, Insurance and Other Competitive Exams.
The Union Government has released ₹260.20 crores to Rural Local Bodies in Kerala as XV Finance Commission grants for the Financial Year 2025- 26. The amount represents the first instalment of Untied Grants and covers all 14 District Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats and 9,414 Gram Panchayats in the State. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation) recommend the release of XV FC Grants for RLBs/PRIs, which is subsequently released by the Ministry of Finance in two installments during a financial year. Untied Grants are meant to be utilized by Rural Local Bodies/PRIs for location-specific felt needs under the 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, except for salaries and other establishment expenditures. Tied Grants, on the other hand, are earmarked for basic services relating to (a) sanitation and maintenance of ODF status including management and treatment of household waste, human excreta and fec...
Relevance: Russia revokes ratification of nuclear test ban treaty (CTBT) - ICAN But it affirmed that it will retain its cooperation with the treaty’s verification system and implementing organisation. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which opened for signature in 1996, was intended to prohibit all nuclear weapon test explosions. Over 2,000 nuclear tests occurred between 1945 and 1996: the United States (1,000+), the Soviet Union (700+), France (200+), the United Kingdom and China (45 each). As at January 2013, 183 countries had signed the Treaty, of which 158 have also ratified it, including three of the nuclear weapon states (France, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom). However, 44 specific nuclear technology holder countries must sign and ratify before the CTBT can enter into force. Of these, eight are still missing: China, Egypt, India , Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and the US. India , North Korea and Pakista...
Social Security for Unorganised Workers ICG commissions GSL’s new-generation Fast Patrol Vessel ‘Amulya’ WHO launches its first Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
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