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Union Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister gave information on this scheme in written format in Lok Sabha.

Highlights:

Scheme for Reclamation of Problem Soils by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is a

centrally sponsored scheme.

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing Scheme for Reclamation of Problem Soils as a sub-scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas

Yojana since 2016-17 for the development of problem soils (Alkalinity, Salinity and Acidity).

The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana is implemented on a pilot basis in 15 States in order to bring such land under cultivation. For the various pilot projects under Reclamation of Problem Soils in the last 3 years, an amount of Rs. 24.60 crore was released to the States.

Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of analysis and Innovation through knowledge Exchange) pointers was discharged by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology. Further,

a website of the Indian Biological knowledge Centre (IBDC) was additionally launched.

Highlights:

These pointers concede to bridge alternative existing biological datasets/data centres with the IBDC, which is able to be known as Bio-Grid. This Bio-Grid is a National Repository for biological data, data and knowledge.

Also, Bio-Grid is liable for sanctioning its exchange, developing measures for safety, standards and quality for knowledge sets and establishing elaborated modalities for accessing data.

India has emphasised implementing the recently-signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh over Disaster Management, resilience and mitigation on a precedence basis.

Highlights:

Bangladesh has been given the invitation to join

the Coalition for Disaster Resilient (CDRI). Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure is a coalition of national governments, UN agencies, multilateral Development Banks and the private sector which aims to promote resilience of new and present infrastructure to Climate and disaster risks.

Bangladesh was advised to

put in force the lately concluded MoU in disaster management, resilience and mitigation on a precedence basis. The hope that these mechanisms will assist the two nations to stay higher organised to face such challenges in the future.

The independent expert group on strengthening multilateral (MDBs) has proposed the launch of a process to ramp up new Equity of all these agencies by $100 billion as part of the overall strategy to triple annual commitments by 2030.

The panel co-chaired by former US treasury secretaryLarry Summersand 15th Finance Commission chairman N K Singh will share its report at the meeting of G20 finance ministers inGandhinagarnext week.
The first set of the

recommendations in its report focuses on “The Triple Agenda” of trebling financing by 2030, setting up a triple funding mechanism through a fund and setting a triple mandate for MDBs that includes eliminating POVERTY, boosting shared prosperity, and contributing to Global Public goods, especially Climate-change”>Climate Change.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Tuesday passed a budget of Rs 134 crore — an increase of nearly 50 crore from last year — for 2023-24 during its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru.
The AIFF budget for 2022-23 was Rs 87 crore, which its general secretaryShaji Prabhakaranhad termed “meagre” for a big country like India.

The AGM also approved the appointment of a statutory auditor to audit the accounts of the

federation and the financial statements and audit reports of 2022-23.

Chandigarh made a comeback to join Punjab, which retained its top position, to be among the best performing states in the latest Performance Grading Index (PGI) report for school Education. Last years’ top

performing states – Kerala and Maharashtra-are among the second best performing states/ UTs in the grading.

But none of the states/UTs could achieve the top five grades in the overall category, based on various domains like access, Learning outcomes, , Equity, teachers’ training and Governance processes. The education ministry on Friday released PGI-2021-22, an index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of the school education system in India. PGI, revamped in 2021-22 in the wake of National Education Policy, has classified states/UTs into ten grades. The highest achievable grade is Daksh, which is for states/UT scoring more than 940 out of 1000 points. The subsequent grades areUtkarsh(881-940), Atti-Uttam (821-880),Uttam(761-820),Prachesta1 (701-760), Prachesta 2 (641-700), Prachesta 3 (581-640), Akanshi 1 (521-580), Akanshi 2 (461-520) and Akanshi 3 (401-460).

The two domains – access and equity- are the only ones where any state (Delhi) managed the top grade (Daksh). For learning outcomes, one of the key indicators of good performance, the top performers are Punjab, Chandigarh and Rajasthan while no states/ UTs could achieve the top grade for teacher education and training.

In 2019-20, Punjab, Chandigarh,Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerala topped

the index, while the index during theCovidperiod (2020-21) recorded Kerala, Maharashtra and Punjab as the best performing states.

According to the education ministry, many of the indicators in the index had become redundant and hence were aligned with the new initiatives of NEP-2020 to include those relating to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The six domains in PGI 2.0 have 73 indicators relating to educational attainment of states/ UTs.

TheNISAR satellitehas reached a significant milestone as its two major components have been integrated to form a single spacecraft in Bengaluru, the US space agencyNASAhas said in a release.

According to NASA, In June, engineers successfully united the spacecraft bus and radar instrument payload of the NISAR satellite in a clean room at theISROfacility in Bengaluru. The payload had been transported from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California earlier in March, while the spacecraft bus was constructed at the ISRO facility.
The satellites cylindrical radar instrument payload contains two radar systems and is about the size of an SUV and partially wrapped in gold-coloured thermal blanketing.

The S-band radar is particularly useful for monitoring crop structure and the roughness of land and ice surfaces, while the L-band instrument can penetrate denser forest canopies to study the woody trunks of trees, among other observables, the release added.

The wavelengths of the S-band and L-band signals are about 4 inches (10 centimetres) and 10 inches (25 centimetres), respectively, and both sensors have the potential to see through clouds and collect data day and night.

NISAR, a collaborative project between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar. This advanced satellite is designed to track the movements of Earth’s land and ice sur

The Aspirational Districts Programme was lauded in a UNDP report.

Highlights:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) lauded India’s Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) in the report, saying it should serve as a model for several other countries where regional disparities in development status persist for a variety of reasons.

According to the report, previously neglected districts, including those in remote locations and those affected by Left Wing Extremism, have

experienced more Growth and development in the last three years than ever before as a result of concerted efforts under the ADP.

The Supreme Court has issued the Draft Model Rules for Court proceeding’s Live-Streaming and Recording. The Rules are part of the National Policy and Action Plan for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Implementation in the Judiciary.In Swapnil Tripathi v Supreme Court of India (2018), the Supreme Court ruled in favour of live-streaming the proceedings at the apex court. It determined that live streaming proceedings are part of the right to access guaranteed by Article 21.

Except for cases involving matrimonial disputes, gender-based violence, or minors, all proceedings in high courts can be televised.

Aerosol particles smaller than 3 nanometers can reach a size with Climate influence and are often formed in urban areas of India.

Highlights:

Scientists tracked the concentration, size and evolution of aerosol particles smaller than 3 nanometers in a city in India, and found that sub-3 nanometer aerosol particles are often formed in the .

This is critical because a significant proportion

of these newly formed particles can reach the sizes of cloud condensation nuclei, where they have climatic consequences.

Aerosol nucleation refers to the formation of small molecular clusters of less than 3nm in size, and atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) refers to the subsequent Growth of these newly formed clusters to larger sizes.

The IREDA has requested bids for a Rs. 4500 crore Solar PLI scheme.

Highlights:

The Indian Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has been designated as the scheme’s implementing agency by the Ministry of New

& Renewable Energy (MNRE).

The applicants must establish either a brownfield or a greenfield manufacturing facility for the entire capacity allotted under the scheme. Under the scheme, applicants are not permitted to build a facility that is both brownfield and greenfield.

As the domestic Industry has limited operational capacities of solar PV cells and modules, solar capacity addition currently relies heavily on imported solar PV cells and modules.