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International solar alliance
India's INDC -
 * 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
 * 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
Against 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
 * 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

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

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