हेल्थ इंडेक्स 2019
स्वास्थ्य और चिकित्सा सेवाओं के मोर्चे पर पिछड़े बिहार, उत्तर प्रदेश, उत्तराखंड और ओडिशा पहले से अधिक फिसड्डी साबित हुए हैं। इसके उलट हरियाणा, राजस्थान और झारखंड में हालात सुधरे हैं।वहीं, चिकित्सा सेवा के मामले में केरल पहले नंबर पर है। पिछली बार के मुकाबले सुधार के मामले में 21 बड़े राज्यों की लिस्ट में बिहार 21वें स्थान के साथ सबसे नीचे है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक साल 2015-16 की तुलना में 2017-18 में स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र में बिहार का संपूर्ण प्रदर्शन सूचकांक 6.35 अंक गिरा है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20685-2019-35
#HealthIndex2019 #Odisha #Kerala #UnionTerritories #Haryana #Mizoram

मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति की रिपोर्ट
प्रधानमंत्री की आर्थिक सलाहकार परिषद के तहत गठित मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति (बीडीसी) ने अपनी रिपोर्ट जारी की है। इस समिति का गठन प्रो. देबरॉय की अध्‍यक्षता में किया गया है। बीडीसी का गठन भारत में मधुमक्खी पालन को बढ़ावा देने के नए तौर तरीकों की पहचान करने के उद्देश्य से किया गया है ताकि इसके जरिए कृषि उत्पादकता, रोजगार सृजन और पोषण सुरक्षा बढ़ाने तथा जैव विविधता को संक्षित रखने में मदद मिल सके।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20684-2019-06-27-06-47-57
#Beekeeping #BDC #Agricultural #FAO #honeybees #horticulture #India

पेमेंट संबंधित सभी डेटा भारत में करना होगा स्टोर
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने 26 जून 2019 को कहा कि भुगतान से संबंधित सभी डेटा केवल भारत में संग्रहीत किए जाने चाहिए और विदेशों में संसाधित किए गए डेटा को 24 घंटे के भीतर देश में वापस लाना होगा।
आरबीआइ ने भुगतान प्रणाली ऑपरेटरों (पीएसओ) द्वारा उठाए गए कुछ कार्यान्वयन मुद्दों पर कहा, 'पूरे भुगतान डेटा को केवल भारत में स्थित सिस्टम में स्टोर किया जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20683-2019-06-27-06-47-25
#IndiaStore #RBI #PSOs #domestic #ReserveBankofIndia

Team for water harvesting
With nearly 29% of total blocks in the country remaining water-stressed, the Centre has decided to step up various water harvesting and conservation efforts from July 1. It has appointed 255 dedicated officers of very senior rank and set up 550 teams for the exercise during monsoon and post-monsoon phases in next five months.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20691-team-for-water-harvesting
#harvesting #water #JalShaktiAbhiyan #MPLADfunds #MOSPI #monsoon

Construction permit for Polavaram project
The Centre on 26 June 2019 gave a two-year extension to the permission for construction work issued for the Polavaram Multipurpose project in Andhra Pradesh. The Polavaram project is very important to the people of Andhra Pradesh as it will irrigate nearly 3 lakh hectares of land, generate hydel power with an installed capacity of 960 MW.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20690-construction-permit-for-polavaram-project
#Polavaram #AndhraPradesh #NDA #SabariRiver #Rajamahendravaram

Storage of Payment System Data
The Reserve Bank 26 June 2019 said all data related to payments must be stored only in India and data processed abroad will have to be brought back to the country within 24 hours.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20689-storage-of-payment-system-data
#ReserveBank #India #RBI #PiyushGoyal #PaymentSystemData

IOC approves exclusion of AIBA
The International Olympic Committee on 26 June 2019 officially took over the boxing qualification and competition for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics and suspended international boxing federation AIBA following a vote at its session.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20688-ioc-approves-exclusion-of-aiba
#IOC #AIBA #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #NenadLalovic #InternationalOlympicCommittee

Curiosity rover detects methane
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found the largest amount of methane ever measured during its mission on the Red Planet — about 21 parts per billion units by volume (ppbv), the US space agency said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/ne

India’s rising role in Indo-Pacific region
In a significant indication of India’s rising profile, the 10-nation ASEAN on 3 November 2019 clearly appreciated New Delhi’s growing role in the Indo-Pacific region as the two sides, with a combined GDP of USD 5 trillion, vowed to further broadbase strategic ties and deal with major challenges like of terrorism collectively.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21879-india-s-rising-role-in-indo-pacific-region.html
#IndoPacificregion #nationASEAN #ASEANOutlook #NarendraModi

India, Uzbekistan sign three defence MoUs
India and Uzbekistan on November 3 signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in military medicine and military education during the ongoing visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21878-india-uzbekistan-sign-three-defence-mous.html
#Uzbekistansign #MoUs #RajnathSingh #BNKurbanov

IMF research for South Asia
Led by India, South Asia is moving towards becoming center of global growth and could contribute about one-third of the world's growth by 2040, according to a latest research by the International Monetary Fund.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21877-imf-research-for-south-asia.html
#IMFresearch #SouthAsia #FDI #globalgrowth #IMF


New map of J&K
Following the official bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into the two Union Territories (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Survey of India has come out with new maps of India and Jammu and Kashmir region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21876-new-map-of-j-k.html
#Newmap #UT #UnionTerritories #RemovalofDifficulties

Watch: KSG DYK - The concept of Union Territories was introduced to the Indian Constitution by? #SHORTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnAviSPJGRA

Watch: KSG DYK - The “State Energy and Climate Index list” recently released by? #SHORTS #UPSC #IAS
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fglhe0M1HWY

Today's Headlines - 17 August 2023
'PM-eBus Sewa' approved
GS Paper - 2 (Infrastructure)

The Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister approved the Rs 57,613 crore PM-eBus Sewa initiatives to augment the use of electric buses in 169 cities. The scheme will augment city bus operations, under which priority will be given to cities having no organised bus service.

More about the Initiatives

These include all the capital cities of Union Territories (UTs), north eastern and hill states. The e-buses will be provided under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode for 10 years.
The scheme will cover cities of 3 lakh and above population and priority will be given to cities not having organised bus services.
Ten thousand e-buses will be deployed on public-private partnership (PPP) model in 169 cities.
Infrastructure will be upgraded in 181 cities under the Green Urban Mobility Initiatives.
The Scheme has two segments

Segment A – Augmenting the City bus services (169 cities)

The approved bus scheme will augment city bus operations with 10,000 e-buses on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
Associated Infrastructure will provide support for Development/ up-gradation of depot infrastructure; and Creation of behind-the-meter power infrastructure (substation, etc.) for e-buses.
Segment B– Green Urban Mobility Initiatives (GUMI): (181 cities)

The scheme envisages green initiatives like bus priority, infrastructure, multimodal interchange facilities, NCMC-based Automated Fare Collection Systems, Charging infrastructure, etc.
Support for Operation: Under the scheme, States/Cities shall be responsible for running the bus services and making payments to the bus operators.
The Central Government will support these bus operations by providing subsidies to the extent specified in the proposed scheme.
Boost to E-Mobility:

The scheme will promote e-mobility and provide full support for behind-the-meter power infrastructure.
Cities will also be supported for development of charging infrastructure under Green Urban Mobility Initiatives.
The support to bus priority infrastructure shall not only accelerate the proliferation of state-of-the-art, energy efficient electric buses but also foster the innovation in the e-mobility sector as well as development of resilient supply chain for electric vehicles.
This scheme shall also bring in economies of scale for procurement of electric buses through aggregation for e-buses.
Adoption to Electric mobility will reduce noise and air pollution and curb carbon emission.
Modal shift due to increased share of bus-based public transportation will lead to GHG reduction.

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