CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -e-Governance Services India ties up with IIT-Kanpur to upscale Unnat Bharat Abhiyan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The vision of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to work with the rural people and identify the challenges they face and come up with solutions for their sustainable development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mission: The Mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The program was formally launched by the Ministry of Education (MoE) (formerly Ministry Human Resource Development (MHRD)) in presence of The President of India on 11th November, 2014.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main task of the coordinating institute will be to facilitate mutual interaction, consultation, responsibility allocation and an active liaison among the mentoring institutions, the subject expert groups as well as the Ministry of Education (MoE).