Current Affairs

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DISPOSAL OF RTI REQUESTS As per the Annual Reports of the Central Information Commission (CIC), the overall trend

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: LATERAL ENTRY So far 63 appointments have been made at the level of Joint Secretary/ Director/ Deputy Secretary

DELISTING OF MONUMENTS FROM PROTECTED LIST Recently, the Centre Government has delisted 18 monuments from the list of Protected Monuments

G20 CULTURAL HERITAGE AND GLOBAL CULTURAL DIPLOMACY The Government of India has undertaken several initiatives to develop and showcase the

ARTISTS’ COMMUNITY WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY SUPPORT Apart from the various social security schemes operated by various Ministries of Government

CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS IN J&K There are 56 Centrally Protected Monuments under care and maintenance of Archaeological Survey

HERITAGE RESTORATION PROJECTS BY ASI AND INDIAN NATIONAL TRUST FOR ART AND CULTURAL HERITAGE (INTACH) There are 3686 Centrally Protected

PREVENTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF ANTIQUITIES Six theft cases have been reported from the Monuments of National Importance. Recovery have

KALA SANSKRITI VIKAS YOJANA (KSVY) FOR THE PROMOTION OF ART AND CULTURE IN INDIA The Ministry of Culture is implementing

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: Performance of early warning systems Following the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the Government of India established Indian

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: INSTALLATION OF WEATHER STATIONS During last one year, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has installed 3 Doppler Weather Radars

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: IMPROVING WEATHER FORECASTING CAPABILITIES To improve India’s weather forecasting capabilities, the Government has fully organized an institutional mechanism

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ACCURACY OF WEATHER FORECASTING SYSTEMS The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been following a seamless forecasting strategy for

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: STRENGTHEING RADAR INFRASTRUCTURE IN KERALA Currently, 48 Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) are in operation across India, including one

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: MONSOON FORECAST ACCURACY AND IMPROVEMENTS The performance of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) seasonal monsoon   forecast during the