Women Wizards Rule Tech’ programme

  In news It is a programme for women techies unveiled by NASSCOM. It aims to increase the number of women in senior levels in the Information Technology (IT) industry.   Background: The Women Wizards Rule Tech was announced in March at the Nasscom Diversity and Inclusion Summit in Chennai as a joint initiative by the...

Hard-line “Tax Extraction” Policy

Issue: The NDA government’s tax collection drive has been highly coercive in the backdrop of a high and extractive tax rates. In this context, the Finance Ministry’s proposal to raise the Tax-to-GDP ratio by another 1.5% has created dismay among the masses.   Tax Statistics : India’s direct tax mop-ups have expanded at 13% per...

Transfer of Tiger

In news: Tigers are being translocated from one state to another for the first time in the country. The process is initiated to transfer from Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh to Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha. Wildlife Wing of the State Government will have to work with Wildlife Institute of India (WII) for...