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Under the PM Kisan Yojana, income support of Rs 6000 per annum is provided to all eligible farmer families across the country.

Under the PM Kisan Yojana, income support of Rs 6000 per annum is provided to all eligible farmer families across the country in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each every four months. The scheme defines family as husband, wife and minor children. The fund of Rs 2,000 is directly transferred to the bank accounts of the farmers/farmer’s family.

Who is eligible for PM Kisan scheme?
Landholding farmers’ families with cultivable landholding in their names can apply under this scheme
Farmers from both the urban and rural areas
Small and marginal farmers families

Who is not eligible for PM Kisan scheme?
Institutional landholders
Present or retired officers and employees of state/central government as well as PSUs and government autonomous bodies.
Beneficiaries with higher economic status are not eligible.
Those who pay income tax
Farmer families holding constitutional posts
Professionals like doctors, engineers and lawyers
Retired pensioners with a monthly pension of over Rs 10,000

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Currently, the Panchayati Raj system exists in all states except Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, and in all Union Territories except Delhi.

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The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is the Central Drug Authority for discharging functions assigned to the Central Government under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. CDSCO has six zonal offices, four sub-zonal offices, 13 port offices and seven laboratories under its control.

Major functions of CDSCO:
Regulatory control over the import of drugs, approval of new drugs and clinical trials, meetings of Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) and Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), approval of certain licenses as Central License Approving Authority is exercised by the CDSCO headquarters.

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Harvest festival in different parts of the country
Baisakhi in Punjab,
Poila Baisakh in Bengal,
Puthandu in Tamil Nadu
Vishu in Kerala.

Bihu is the main festival of Assam. It is celebrated three times a year.
Rongali or Bohag Bihu is observed in April. Kongali or Kati Bihu observed in October and Bhogali or Magh Bihu observed in January.
Rongali or Bohag Bihu is the Assamese new year and spring festival. The Rongali Bihu coincides with Sikh New Year- Baisakhi.
The Bohag Bihu dates are April 13 to April 21. It is a harvest or sowing festival. It marks the first day of the Hindu solar calendar and is also observed in Bengal, Manipur, Mithila, Nepal, Orissa, Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Festive food – pitha (rice cake) and larus (traditional food made of rice, coconut) are prepared.

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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established with the signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka on 8 December 1985.

The idea of regional cooperation in South Asia was first raised in November 1980. After consultations, the foreign secretaries of the seven founding countries—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—met for the first time in Colombo in April 1981.
Afghanistan became the newest member of SAARC at the 13th annual summit in 2005.
The Headquarters and Secretariat of the Association are at Kathmandu, Nepal.

Principles
Cooperation within the framework of the SAARC shall be based on:
Respect for the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, political independence, non-interference in the internal affairs of other States and mutual benefit.
Such cooperation shall not be a substitute for bilateral and multilateral cooperation but shall complement them.
Such cooperation shall not be inconsistent with bilateral and multilateral obligations.