NCERT to introduce electoral literacy content in textbooks
- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have announced to introduce and update textbooks to include content on electoral literacy.
- NCERT will also advise the State Education Boards and other Boards to follow the same.
- The measures are part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the Election Commission of India (EC) and the Education Ministry.
- It is aimed at extending the EC’s flagship Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) in schools and colleges.
World Food India 2023
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- The second edition of the ‘World Food India 2023’ was inaugurated at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi by Narendra Modi.
- The primary objective of the event is to present India as the “food basket of the world’ and commemorate 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
- In the past nine years, the Food Processing Sector which is often referred to as the ‘sunrise sector’ has attracted foreign direct investments exceeding Rs 50,000 crores.
