| No. | Acronyms | Agency | Headquarters | Head | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISA | International Seabed Authority | Kingston, Jamaica | Michael W Lodge | 1994 |
| 2 | CTBTO | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization | Vienna, Austria | Lassina Zerbo | 1997 (preparatory commission) |
| 3 | OPCW | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | The Hague, Netherlands | Fernando Arias | 1997 |
food- italy, rome
fund paisa- washington US
Technical work- Vienna Austria
most — Geneva Switzerland
Eenvironment
- 1972- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
- 1992/1993- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)(Legally Binding)
TRIBAL
- 1920– Visa Manual Conditions/Passport Act 1920
- 1927– Indian Forest Act, 1927
- 1956– A &N Islands (PAT) Regulation 1956
- 1972– Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
Aise hi
- 1860- Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.
- 1951- IDRA= Industries (Development and Regulation) Act rms Act, 1959.
- 1959- Arms Act, 1959.
- 1970- Indian Patent Act, 1970
- 2013/2016- DPP= Defense Procurement Procedure.
Medical
- 1955- Essential Commodities Act, 1955
- 1955- DPCO= Drugs Prices Control Order
- 1997- NPPA= National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
DPCO-1995 is an order issued by the GOI under Sec. 3 of ECA-1955 to regulate the prices of drugs. later NPPA-1997 was formed to give DPCO
- 1997- National Gas Hydrate Programme
MoPNG–> DGH–> NGHP
law
- 1982- KDPD= Karnataka Devadasi (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1982 a
MoEFCC- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- CRZ IV
- Forest Plus 2.0
- POP– chemicals can be used/ sold / impoted after its approval
- Ecotourism policy 2018
OPEC & IEA
IEA said OPEC+ might face sharp demand fall due to a recent surge in crude oil production from the countries like USA, Norway, and Guyana.
OPEC+ countries include Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan and Sudan.
- permanent, intergovernmental organization, created at the Baghdad Conference in 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
- manage supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil in the world market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both producing and purchasing countries.
- It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
- OPEC membership is open to any country that is a substantial exporter of oil and which shares the ideals of the organization.
- Gabon terminated its membership in January 1995. However, it rejoined the Organization in July 2016.
- As of 2019, OPEC has a total of 14 Member
Qatar left OPEC (1.5share)
largest producer of LNG
Indonesia= suspended member
Nigeria= most populous Agrican city = Militia grp called Bpko Haram
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous organisation which works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy.
4Es
- Energy security,
- Economic development,
- Environmental awareness and
- Engagement worldwide.
India is Associate member since 2017.
Mexico = 30th member country in Feb 2018.
‘Mission Indradhanush’ has been selected as one of the 12 best practices globally and has been featured in a special issue of the British Medical Journal titled ‘Improving vaccination coverage in India: lessons from Intensified Mission Indradhanush, a cross-sectoral systems strengthening strategy’.
Goal= attaining 90% national immunization coverage.
Vaccines for measles, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, Hepatitis B, tuberculosis (Tb), meningitis and poliomyelitis. In selected areas, vaccines for Japanese encephalitis (JE) and Hemophilus influenza will also be provided. IMI would also ensure that the children under 2 years of age and pregnant women are immunized against 8 vaccine-preventable diseases.
PM-SYM
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has launched the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan- dhan Yojana (PM-SYM), a mega pension scheme for unorganised sector.
The scheme was announced in the Interim Budget 2019.
The unorganised sector workers, with an income of less than Rs 15,000 per month and who belong to the age group of 18-40 years, will be eligible for the scheme.
FATF (39 countries)- Financial Action Task Force may keep PAK in grey list
❥ Friends with
❥ China + Malaysia
❥ Money laundering
❥ Terror financing
Inter-governmental body established in 1989 on the initiative of the G7.
HQ- Paris
ISRO +CSIR +BHEl — Li ion battery
RISE CREEK microprocessor by IIT madras in Oregon under Project Shakti
SO2 emission
India
China
USA
Mobile application
China
India
Vietnam
IDAI cyclone= Malawi, mozibique, Zimbawe
Ramon Magsaysay Award
- It is Asia’s premier prize and highest honour. It is often regarded as region’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
- It was established in 1957 by trustees of New York City (NYC) based Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Philippine government.
1958 = Vinobha Bhave
2006 = Arvind Kejriwal
2019= Ravish Kumar
HVJ an abbreviation for Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur is India’s 1st cross state gas pipeline. The project was started in 1986 after the incorporation of GAIL (India)
URJA GANGA PROJECT
GAIL has completed awards for all major contracts for the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga natural gas pipeline project in May 2019 that transverse from Jagdishpur to Haldia and Bokaro (Jharkhand) and Dhamra in Odisha.
Jagdishpur (Uttar Pradesh) -Haldia (West Bengal)
Bokaro – Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL).
PM launched in 2015 from VARANASi to supply PNG +CNG
MAHARATNA Companies- 8 members
BPCL is latest in 2019
Nuclear fuel to be Reused
UJJWALA scheme- safeguard the health of women by providing them with a clean cooking fuel – LPG.
LPG 4 BPL (below poverty line)
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
by Min of Women & Child Development
UJALA scheme- Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All by Electricity Distribution Company and Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
Worlds largest non subsidized LED distribtuion.
UDAY –
SAUBHAGYA– Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (PM Saubhagya) started in 2017. completed in April 2019 by electrifying Leisang, Manipur. Village is deemed electrified when 10% of households, and shared facilities like the school, health centre and community hall, are connected to the grid.
Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY): The rural electrification scheme provides for
(a) separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders;
(b) strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission and distribution infrastructure in rural areas including metering at distribution transformers, feeders and consumers end.
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS): The scheme provides for
(a) strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution networks in urban areas;
(b) metering of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers in urban areas; and
(c) IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network.
Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY): The scheme has been launched for operational and financial turnaround of Discoms.
GARV (Grameen Vidyutikaran) App: To monitor transparency in implementation of the electrification schemes, Grameen Vidyut Abhiyantas (GVAs) have been appointed by the government to report progress through GARV app
Rotovac ingeniously available in India.
To fight rotavirus in children.
Project sunrise– against HIV AIDS in NE region. > 2 lakhs patient covered.
Polio virus 3 (WPV3)have been eradicated said WHO
•Smallpox & WPV2 pehle eradicate ho chuke hai
Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyeletis Eradication declared that Polio virus 3 have been eradicated•
2015- polio virus 2 was eradicated •
Polio 1 is still there in Pak +Afghanistan
Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) initiative. –
by NITI Ayog to tranform Health + education sector
7th April – world health day
11th April – world Population day
24 Oct – World Polio day
Kishan Ganga Hydroproject-
Prakul dul Hydroproject on
Kalia
KALIA or “Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation”
was launched by the Odisha Government for farmer’s welfare
a viable alternative to farm loan waivers.
•Under the scheme, around Rs 10,180 crores will be spent over three years until 2020-21 in providing financial assistance to cultivators and landless agricultural laborers.
Provision of the Scheme
- For Cultivators: All farmers will be provided Rs 10,000 per family as assistance for cultivation. Each family will get Rs 5,000 separately in the Kharif and Rabi, seasons, for five cropping seasons between 2018-19 and 2021-22. Crop loans up to Rs 50,000 are interest-free.
- For Landless Agricultural Households: Financial Assistance of Rs.12500will be provided to each landless Agricultural Household for Agricultural allied activities like for small goat rearing unit, mini-layer unit, duckery units, fishery kits for fisherman, mushroom cultivation and bee-keeping, etc.
- For Elderly: The elderly, sick and differently-abled population who are unable to take up cultivation, will be provided Rs 10,000 per household per year.
- Insurance for cultivators and landless agricultural household: The KALIA scheme also includes a life insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh and additional personal accident coverage of the same amount for 57 lakh households.
Advantages of KALIA scheme
- KALIA targets a whole bunch of rural activities.
- KALIA scheme support farmers farming on a small scale, sharecropping, fishing, animal herding, which are not covered under bank loans, but are caught in debt traps set up by local moneylenders.
- KALIA is considered as a better alternative to farm loan waiver as loan waivers penalize honest farmers who repay on time and can discourage them from doing so.
Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY)
The flagship scheme of the Central Government for employment generation has crossed the milestone of one crore beneficiaries as on January 14, 2019.
Government incentivizes employers for generation of new employment.
GOvt pays the full employer’s contribution of 12% (towards Employees’ Provident Fund and Employees’ Pension Scheme), for the new employment generated with salary up to Rs. 15,000 per month.
PMRPY was announced on August 07, 2016 and is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Employment through the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).
Global Aviation Summit 2019
•The Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has organized first of its kind Global Aviation Summit in Mumbai.
•The theme of Global Aviation Summit is “Flying for all – especially the next 6 Billion”.
•The Summit aims to provide a platform for the stakeholders to brainstorm over the future of the aviation industry and identify the growth areas.
•It also gives the opportunity to highlight the latest concepts like drones, air taxis, new jets, and ultra-light aerial electric vehicles etc.
•Vision 2040 for the aviation sector was also launched during the summit.
PM- KISAN
The government launched the new Central Sector Scheme, namely, “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)” in the current financial year.
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, announced in the Interim Budget, is one of the biggest scheme launched by the Government of India till date for providing structured support to small and marginal farmers.
- Under the scheme, ₹6,000 per year will be provided to farmers holding cultivable land of up to two hectares.
- The scheme will be implemented with an estimated expenditure of ₹1 lakh crore till 2019-20, benefiting 12.50 crore small and marginal farmer families.
Objective
- The PM-KISAN scheme aims to supplement the financial needs of the SMFs in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income at the end of each crop cycle.
- This would also protect them from falling in the clutches of moneylenders for meeting such expenses and ensure their continuance in the farming activities.
PM- KISAN SCHEME TO COVER FEWER FARMERS
The Centre has revised the farmer income support scheme’s beneficiary target down to just under 12 crore from 14 crore.
Empirical evidence suggests that saturation level will reach around 10 crore families. So far, almost 8.5 crore farmers have benefited. The scheme, which gives land-owning farmer families an annual sum of ₹6,000, was launched in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election, and new registrations have slowed after the election.
https://www.iasexpress.net/pm-kisan-pros-cons-universal-basic-income-ubi-upsc/
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan– PM- SYM
PM- SYM– announced in the Interim Budget-2019 will be implemented from February 15, 2019 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- PM-SYM is a Central Sector Scheme administered by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and implemented through LIC of India and Community Service Centers (CSCs). LIC will be the Pension Fund Manager and responsible for Pension pay out.
- This scheme seeks to benefit around 42 crore workers from the unorganized sector of the country.
Eligibility
- The unorganised workers (home based workers, street vendors, mid-day meal workers, head loaders, landless labourers and similar other occupations) whose monthly income is Rs 15,000/ per month or less.
- The Subscriber should belong to the entry age group of 18-40 years.
- The subscriber will be required to have a mobile phone, savings bank account and Aadhaar number.
- They should not be covered under New Pension Scheme (NPS), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme or Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
- He/She should not be an income tax payer.
Each subscriber shall receive minimum assured pension of Rs 3000/- per month after attaining the age of 60 years.
Family Pension: During the receipt of pension, if the subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be entitled to receive 50% of the pension
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
PM launched the PM-KMY & National Pension Scheme for the Traders and the Self-Employed, at an event in Ranchi.
- The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) aims to secure the lives of 5 crore small and marginal farmers by providing them a minimum pension of ₹3000 per month, who attains the age of 60 years.
- Eligibility: All small and marginal farmers (who own cultivable land up to 2 hectares) as per the land records of the concerned State/UT and are between 18 and 40 years of age are eligible under this scheme..
- Contributions: Under PM-KMY, monthly contributions by a farmer can be made from the instalments of Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) or through Common Service Centres (CSCs).
Common Service Centres (CSCs)
- The CSC is a strategic cornerstone of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), approved by the Government of India in May 2006, as part of its commitment in the National Common Minimum Programme to introduce e-governance on a massive scale.
- The objective of CSCs is to provide high quality and cost-effective video, voice and data content and services, in the areas of e-governance, education, health, telemedicine, entertainment as well as other private services.
- A highlight of the CSCs is that it offers web-enabled e-governance services in rural areas, including application forms, certificates, and utility payments such as electricity, telephone and water bills.
- The National Pension Scheme for the Traders and the Self-Employed aims at providing a minimum assured pension of ₹ 3000 per month, to small traders and self-employed individuals after they attain the age of 60 years.
- Around 3 crore small traders would be benefitted from this scheme.
- Traders and self-employed persons in the age group of 18-40 years are eligible to join the scheme.
- The monthly contribution under the scheme is of ₹ 55 to ₹ 200, depending on the age of the applicant.
- The self-employed shop owners, retail owners and other traders having an annual turnover of less than ₹ 1.5 crores will only be able to join the scheme.
- Any person making a contribution to Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), National Pension System (NPS), Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), and/or paying income tax is not eligible for the scheme.
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
- It is a government organization that manages the provident fund and pension accounts of member employees and implements the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
- The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 provides for the institution of provident funds for employees in factories and other establishments.
- It is administered by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India.
- It is one of the World’s largest Social Security Organisations in terms of its customer base and the volume of financial transactions undertaken.
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
- It is a government organization formed under the provisions of Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.
- It looks at providing social security benefits to the workers registered under the Employee State Insurance Scheme.
- It is administered by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India.
- The Prime Minister also launched 462 Ekalavya model residential schools across the country in tribal-dominated areas.
- The schools would focus to provide quality upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level education to Scheduled Tribe students in these areas.
Cattle cow
RASHTRIYA KAMDHENU AAYOG (RKA)
Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog for Conservation protection and development of cows and their progeny in pursuance of the announcement in the Union Budget 201920.
• It will lead to conservation, protection, and development of the cattle population in the country including the development and conservation of indigenous breeds.
RKA + Veterinary, Animal Sciences / Agriculture University / departments or organizations of the Central/State Government
- SUTRA PIC = Scientific Utilization Through Research Augmentation-Prime Products from Indigenous Cows.
- Implementing agencies:
- The department of the Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development (SEED) under the Ministry of Science and Technology is in charge of the programme.
- The Department of Biotechnology, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Ministry for AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy) and the Indian Council of Medical Research are partners.
- Objectives of SUTRA PIC:
- Scientific research on the complete characterization of milk and milk products derived from Indian indigenous cows.
- Scientific research on nutritional and therapeutic properties of curd and ghee prepared from indigenous breeds of cows by traditional methods.
- Development of standards for traditionally processed dairy products of Indian-origin cows.
- Themes of SUTRA PIC:
- Uniqueness of Indigenous Cows,
- Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Medicine & Health,
- Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Agricultural Applications,
- Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Food & Nutrition and
- Prime-products from indigenous cows-based utility items.
RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION
https://myrantbox.school.blog/june_19/
Govt Sanctioned funds for Rashtriya Gokul Mission for setting up of 21 Gokul Grams as Integrated Cattle Development Centres.
Till now- 4 Gokul grams (Varanasi, Mathura, Patiala, and Phora)
2 components–
1. National program for bovine breeding
2. National mission for bovine productivity
Development and conservation of indigenous breeds
Indigenous breed improvement program
Enhance milk production and productivity.
Distribute disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural service
Rashtriya Gokul Mission will be implemented through the “State Implementing Agency (SIA viz Livestock Development Boards).
Initiatives under Rashtriya Gokul Mission–
Gopal Ratna Award-individual farmers
Kamdhenu Ratna- Award- Society, NGO,
Gokul Gram
National Kamdhenu Breeding Centre: (NKBC)
“E-Pashu Haat”- Nakul Prajnan Bazaar
Pashu Sanjivni
Advanced Reproductive Technology:
National Bovine Genomic Center
Arogya
Ayushman Bharat
Ayushman Bharat is a flagship initiative that attempts to move away from the sectoral and segmented approach of service delivery to a comprehensive need-based health care service.
Aim— to move towards a provision of universal healthcare in the country.
2 -pronged approach:
- the creation of health and wellness centres to bring health care closer to homes.
- the formulation of a Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) to protect poor and vulnerable families against financial risk arising out of catastrophic health episodes.
Wellness centres will provide CPHC = Comprehensive Primary Health Care– covering both maternal and child health services and non-communicable diseases.
The health and wellness centres can play a valuable role to reduce the pressure on secondary and tertiary hospitals for expensive treatments by investing in preventive and primary care facilities.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)
PMJAY offers a sum insured of Rs 5 lakh per family for 2ndary care (which doesn’t involve a super specialist) as well as tertiary care (which does). For the beneficiaries, this is a free scheme.
Ensures SDG 3
It is an entitlement-based scheme that targets the beneficiaries
Financial protection (Swastha Suraksha)to 10.74 crore (40% of bottom poor + vulnerable) rural + deprived families + identified occupational categories of urban worker’s family as identified by latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data (50 crore benefeciaries)
Insurance cost is shared by the centre and the state mostly in the ratio of 60:40.
National Health Agency (NHA) has been constituted as an autonomous entity under the Society Registration Act, 1860 for effective implementation of PMJAY in alliance with state governments.
JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA
JSY = safe motherhood intervention under NHM. 100% centrally sponsored– cash assistance with delivery + post delivery.
Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. especially with weak socio-economic status i.e. women from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and BPL households
LPS=Low Performing States– UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir.
Performance-based incentives to women health volunteers known as ASHA for promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women.
JSY= Janani Suraksh a Yojana; April 2005
NHM= National Health Mission; 2013 – march 2020
ASHA= Accredited Social Health Activist
NHM
- The main programmatic components include Health System Strengthening in rural and urban areas for – Reproductive-Maternal- Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A), and Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases. The NHM envisages achievement of universal access to equitable, affordable & quality health care services that are accountable and responsive to people’s needs.
- The National Health Mission seeks to ensure the achievement of the following indicators:
- Reduce Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to 1/1000 live births
- Reduce Infant Mortality rate (IMR) to 25/1000 live births
- Reduce Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to 2.1
- Prevention and reduction of anaemia in women aged 15–49 years
- Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non- communicable; injuries and emerging diseases
- Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure
- Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half
- Reduce the prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts
- Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
- Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts
- Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks
Tackling Anaemia in women
Under the National Health Mission (NHM), the steps taken to tackle anaemia are:
- Anaemia Mukt Bharat(AMB): It has been launched in the year 2018 as part of Intensified National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI) Program for accelerating the annual rate of decline of anaemia from 1-3% points.
- The target groups for AMB are Children 6-59 months, 5-9 years, Adolescent Girls & Boys of 10-19 years, Women of Reproductive Age (15-49 years), Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers.
- Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS): This Programme is being implemented to meet the challenge of high prevalence and incidence of anaemia amongst adolescent girls and boys.
- The intervention under WIFS includes supervised weekly ingestion of Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablet.
- To control worm infestation biannual deworming with Albendazole is provided.
- Health management information system & Mother Child tracking system is being implemented for reporting and tracking the cases of anaemic and severely anaemic pregnant women.
- Universal screening of pregnant women for anaemia is a part of ante-natal care and all pregnant women are provided iron and folic acid tablets during their ante-natal visits through the existing network of sub-centres and primary health centres and other health facilities as well as through outreach activities at Village Health & Nutrition Days (VHNDs).
- Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA): It has been launched to focus on conducting special ANC check up on 9th of every month with the help of Medical officers/ OBGYN to detect and treat cases of anaemia.
- Operationalization of Blood Bank: in District Hospitals and Blood Storage Unit in subdistrict facilities such as Sub-Divisional Hospital/ Community Health Centers is being taken to tackle complications due to severe anaemia.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4)
- The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India.
- All National Family Health Surveys have been conducted under the stewardship of the MoHFW= Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, with the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, serving as the nodal agency.
- ICF International (formerly Macro International), Maryland, USA, provided technical assistance for all 4 surveys conducted as on date.
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