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JANUARY(Vision)

International solar alliance

• Launched by India
• Located in Gurgaon
• Objectives- to promote solar technology
• Will Help India to meet its INDC
• Sunshine countries – countries which are located between tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn

India's INDC -

• 100 GW using solar energy by 2022,
• 40% of energy requirement from non-fossil sources by 2030 - with help of technology transfer, cheap international finance.
• reduction in emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030 from 2205 levels
• addition of carbon sinks (2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent) - in the form of forest cover
• healthy ans sustainable ways of living based on traditional ways
• Enhancing investments in sectors that are vulnerable to climate change - Agriculture, Himalayas, water resources, coastal regions, health and disaster management
• to build capacities and framework for early diffusion of cutting edge technology in climate technology from developed nations and striving for collaborative RnD in India.

BS – VI

• India has decided to move directly to BS 6 skipping BS 5
• By 2020
• By switching to BS 6. India will be following same international norms as those of EU, US, Japan, etc.

Odd-even policy

• Mass awareness – people were made aware of the problem and they associated themselves to work towards a solution
• Decongestion of roads
• Target other sources also – industrial pollution, fuel standards, etc.

Stranded carbon

• Refers to the fossil fuels that will remain un-utilised if the world is to adhere to a carbon budget
• To achieve the target of controlling temperature rise under 2 deg C, only a certain amount of carbon can be released thus whatever is left is called stranded carbon

Bharat innovation fund

• To support innovation and innovative startups
• Public-Private-Academia by IIM Ahmedabad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaurav4291 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

SAMAR

• System of aerosol monitoring and research
• Launched by IMD
• Aerosols – they are colloids of gaseous and solid particles(in this case harmful gases and dust particles)

Green ports initiative

• Assessing environmental damage, monitoring pollution
• Proper waste disposal at ports
• Projects for renewable energy generation at ports

Namami Gange Programme

• For rejuvenating Ganga
• Proper treatment of sewage (in villages situated on the banks of Ganga)
• Ganga task force - jawans to see that river is not being polluted by civilians and industries

Hydrogen bombs

• It is fusion of atoms (in nuclear bombs nuclear fission is seen)
• Much more powerful than a nuclear bomb
• In a fusion bomb – first a small fission trigger is required which then starts the fusion reaction

National family health survey

• By ministry of health and family welfare
• Infant mortality is reduced
• Fertility rates dropping
• Institutional deliveries increased

Jallikattu

• It is a bull-taming sport practiced in Tamilnadu

In favour of ban

• Cruelty on animal – bulls beaten up, kept hungry for long times
• Injuries to both humans and bull
• By virtue of it being an old tradition it cannot right, we used practice sati and untouchability (wrong practices)
• Constitution provides it as a fundamental duty of every citizen to protect wildlife and to have compassion for all living beings

Against ban

• It is a very old tradition
• There are rules in jallikattu community not to harm bulls but some people are following bad practices – because of some people it should not be banned
• Because of ban many bulls were sent to slaughter house since owner didn’t have money to maintain them
• Before every fight a team of doctor inspects the bull before allowing it to fight

Human development report

• By UNDP (UN development programme)

Kerala-100% literacy

• Kerala achieved 100% literacy in primary education

World economic forum

• Theme of 2016– 4th industrial revolution
• To be Achieved by digital revolution

Stand up India scheme

• To promote entrepreneurship among SC/ST and women

Jan – PD

INS Kochi

• Stealth destroyer
• Under Project 15
• Others are Kolkata ( already commissioned) and Chennai (commissioning in 2016)

India-Australia

• Finalised civil nuclear deal

Thiruvalluvar

• Tamil poet and philosopher
• wrote Thirukkural - Tamil Sangam literature
• Thirukkural - written about guide to human morals and betterment in life.
• 2 - 3rd century

ASEAN

• ASEAN economic community formed
• Larger than EU
• Free trade agreements, removal of visa restrictions

Indira Gandhi peace prize

• 2015 - UNHCR -UN high commissioner for refugees
• 2014 - ISRO

Transportation

• Bharatmala – road linking project
• Sethbharatam – removing train crossings from highways
• Sagarmala – port modernisation, port led development, inland waterways

REDD+

• Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
• Objective is to reduce GHGs emissions through proper forest management in developing nations
• A United Nation programme
• A mechanism under UNFCCC

Insights

Sangita Kalanidhi award

• Carnatic music award by Madras music academy
• Sanjay Subramaniam won in 2015

Central banker of the year

• For year 2016 – Raghuram Rajan
• By financial times group

SBI exclusif

• SBI started wealth management services for high net worth individuals
• It is the first public bank to do so

RBI governors

• RBI has 4 deputy governors
• 2 outsiders ( a commercial banker and an economist
• 2 raised from inside

Jallikattu

• Bull taming sport
• In Tamilnadu

AMRUT

• Atal mission for rejuvenation and urban transformation
• It replaced JNNURM
• Focuses on basic facilities – sewers, drinking water, transportation, green spaces
• States will get 10% of budget as incentive based on last years performance
• States will submit a broad plan to centre for approval of funds

NFHS-4

• Institutional deliveries increased,
• Women’s literacy has increased
• Most states saw fall in sex ratio
• Obesity increased
• Hypertension has increased in rural areas (more than urban areas)

NDC

• To be scrapped
• Setup in 1952 under an executive order
• Initially it comprised of PM, CM’s of all states and members of planning commission
• It is the highest decision making body after parliament

Forest rights act

• Title rights – ownership to the land that is being cultivated upto a maximum of 4 hectares
• Use rights – to minor forest produce, to grazing areas
• Rehabilitation relief rights
• Forest management rights – forest and wildlife protection

Defence procurement procedure

• Defence acquisition council – chaired by defence minister
• New category – IDDM (Indigenously designed, developed and manufactured)
• IDDM will be given highest priority
• IDDM has two sub categories – one with 40% localization in which design is local and the other with 60% localization in which design is not local
• Offset requirement – needs 30% of project value to be invested back in India. Now project value threshold is raised from 300 to 2000 Crore

Ebola

• Originated in Liberia
• Now ended from everywhere

Neeranchal national watershed project

• Will support PM krishi sinchai yojana
• Will improve watershed management practices, rainfed irrigation management
• A project with World bank

International development association

• Lending arm of world bank

BIOFIN

• This is run by UNDP
• To generate funds to meet biodiversity targets

Bharat innovation fund

• Is a public-private-academia fund
• Fund will be managed and coordinated by CIIE (centre for innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship) at IIM A
• Will support initiatives and startups in the field of life sciences, healthcare, sustainability and digital technologies.
• DBT (dept. of biotechnology) and BIRAC (Biotechnology industry research assistance council) is participating in Bharat innovation fund

NFHS-4

• India accounts for 1/3rd of world’s stunted children
• Stunting has marginally reduced, underweight children has also reduced - but in both cases numbers are still high
• Wasting (weight for height) – has also reduced
• States like MP, Bihar have shown poor performance

Human development report

• By UNDP

President’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh

• A174 – according to which there should not be a gap of more than 6 months between the last sitting of the last session and the first sitting of the new session.

IMF quota reforms

• Will double the IMF’s quota resources from $329 billion to $659 billion
• 6% of the quota will shift from US and European nations to emerging and developing nations
• IMF quota ranking – US, Japan, China.
• India, Brazil and Russia will also be in top 10
• Now executive board of IMF will consists entirely of elected executive directors. Previously, members with five largest quotas appointed executive director

Zika

• It takes its name from zika forest in Uganda, where it was detected for the first time.
• Spreads through mosquito – Aedes Aegypti and Aedes albopictus

DDUGJY

• Deen dayal upadhaya gram jyoti yojana
• Launched by ministry of power
• It subsumes Rajiv Gandhi Gramin vidyutikaran yojana (RGGVY) as its rural electrification component.
• Aim: is to augment power supply to rural areas and strengthen sub-transmission and distribution lines
• 1. To separate agricultural and non-agricultural feeders
• 2. Strengthening and augmenting sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure in rural areas
• 3. Metering

P28

• Anti-submarine warfare corvettes
• INS Kadmatt – 2nd ship in P28

IMD

• New nomenclatures recommended by committee
• New criteria classify all india rainfall into 5 categories
• 1. Normal (plus or minus 10% of long term average)
• 2. Below normal (rainfall less than 10%)
• 3. Above normal (rainfall more than 10%)
• 4. Deficient year (rainfall less than 10% to 20% and 40% of area of India)
• 5. Large deficient year (rainfall deficit more than 10% and across more than 40% of area of India)
• IMD will not use the word drought – will use deficient or large deficient year

EPFO

• Won national award on e-governance for launch of UAN (universal account number)
• EPFO is a statutory body established under Ministry of labour and employment

Digital dividends

• Report by world bank

RSBY

• Rashtriya swasthya bima yojana
• To provide health insurance to BPL famiies
• Hospitalization coverage upto 30000 Rs.

IRNSS

• Applications:
• 1. Terrestrial, aerial and marine navigation
• 2. Disaster management
• 3. Vehicle tracking and fleet management
• 4. Integration with mobile phones
• 5. Precise timing

Gold monetization scheme

• Replaces gold deposit scheme
• Deposit limit : under this scheme the minimum limit is 30 gm of 995 fineness and no upper limit.
• Time period : short term (1-3 yrs), medium term (5-7 yrs) and long term (15-17 yrs)
• All scheduled commercial banks are allowed to implement this scheme and are free to keep interest rates
• Deposits can be prematurely withdrawn subject to minimum lock-in and fine will be imposed