CurrentTap - APFC - September 2024 PDF

[**\ **] **Contents** {#contents.TOCHeading} ============ [1. GA IN NEWS 6](#ga-in-news) [FIRST IN NEWS 6](#_Toc113960731) [GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES 9](#_Toc179364465) [1.1 Vishanu Yuddh Abhyas 12](#_Toc179364466) [1.2 National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) 12](#_Toc179364467) [1.3...

[**\ **] **Contents** {#contents.TOCHeading} ============ [1. GA IN NEWS 6](#ga-in-news) [FIRST IN NEWS 6](#_Toc113960731) [GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES 9](#_Toc179364465) [1.1 Vishanu Yuddh Abhyas 12](#_Toc179364466) [1.2 National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) 12](#_Toc179364467) [1.3 National Exit Test (NExT) for Ayush 13](#_Toc179364468) [1.4 Desh Ka Prakriti Parikshan Abhiyan 13](#_Toc179364469) [1.5 Swachhata Hi Seva campaign-2024 13](#_Toc177661351) [1.6 Tobacco-Free Educational Institutions (ToFEI) Campaign 14](#_Toc178944489) [1.7 National Medical Commission 14](#_Toc178944491) [1.8 Interactive TB Vaccines Dialogue 15](#_Toc178944492) [1.9 Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2024 15](#_Toc178944493) [1.10 Employees\' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) 16](#_Toc178944508) [1.11 Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA) 16](#_Toc178944511) [1.12 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) 17](#_Toc178944512) [1.13 SARTHIE 1.0 18](#_Toc178944513) [1.14 23rd Law Commission 18](#_Toc179364479) [1.15 Parliamentary Committee on Official Language 19](#_Toc178159552) [1.16 PM\'s Visit to Gujarat 19](#_Toc178159557) [1.17 Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa 20](#_Toc178944518) [1.18 Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA) 20](#_Toc178944522) [1.19 Digi Yatra 21](#_Toc178944523) [1.20 Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas Abhiyan 21](#_Toc178944526) [1.21 Cruise Bharat Mission 22](#_Toc178944527) [1.22 Trade Connect e-Platform 23](#_Toc178159567) [1.23 Dak Ghar Niryat Kendra (DNK) 23](#_Toc178159568) [1.24 ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) 23](#_Toc178944560) [1.25 Paridhi 24x25 24](#_Toc178944561) [1.26 Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024 24](#_Toc178159578) [SUMMITS AND CONFERENCES 25](#_Toc179364492) [1.27 27th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 28](#_Toc179364493) [1.28 National Workshop on Localization of SDGs in Gram Panchayats 29](#_Toc177661365) [1.29 U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) 30](#_Toc178944532) [1.30 UNESCO Anti-Doping Convention 30](#_Toc178159563) [1.31 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 30](#_Toc177661369) [1.32 Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) 31](#_Toc178159559) [1.33 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) 32](#_Toc178159562) [1.34 Quad Principles for Development and Deployment of Digital Public Infrastructure 34](#_Toc178944530) [1.35 India-US Relations 35](#_Toc178944531) [1.36 Summit of the Future 36](#_Toc178944535) [1.37 Finance Minister\'s Visit to Uzbekistan 37](#_Toc178944536) [1.38 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) 37](#_Toc178944539) [1.39 BRICS New Development Bank 38](#_Toc177661381) [1.40 Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GloBE Network) 38](#_Toc178944540) [1.41 L.69 and C-10 Groupings 39](#_Toc178944541) [MOUs AND AGREEMENTS 40](#_Toc179364508) [BANKING AND FINANCE 42](#_Toc179364509) [1.42 Enhanced Monetary Limit for Filing Appeals 43](#_Toc178944567) [1.43 Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) 43](#_Toc179364511) [1.44 Government's Borrowing Plan for the Second Half of FY 2024-25 44](#_Toc178944582) [1.45 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) 45](#_Toc178944587) [1.46 MSCI Emerging Market (EM) Investable Market Index (IMI) 45](#_Toc158156206) [1.47 MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index (ACWI IMI) 45](#_Toc178944590) [1.48 New Asset Class Introduced by SEBI 46](#_Toc178944594) [1.49 National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) 46](#_Toc178159584) [1.50 Daava Soochak for Depositors 47](#_Toc177661394) [1.51 OCI Cardholders 48](#_Toc178159586) [1.52 UPI Lite 48](#_Toc177661389) [1.53 Increase in UPI Transaction Limit 49](#_Toc177661390) [1.54 Payment Aggregator 49](#_Toc178159588) [1.55 FCRA (Foreign Contribution Registration Act) 50](#_Toc178944597) [DEFENCE EXERCISES/ INITIATIVES/ TECHNOLOGY 50](#_Toc179364524) [ENVIRONMENT 53](#_Toc179364525) [1.56 First International Solar Festival 53](#_Toc179364526) [1.57 Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari' Initiative 53](#_Toc179364527) [1.58 BHASKAR 54](#_Toc177661353) [1.59 Mission Mausam 55](#_Toc177661355) [1.60 Maritime State Development Council (MSDC) 55](#_Toc177661356) [1.61 Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari' Initiative 56](#_Toc177661357) [1.62 8th India Water Week 56](#_Toc178159550) [1.63 SCOMET (Special Chemicals Organisms Materials Equipment and Technologies) list 57](#_Toc178833265) [1.64 International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) 58](#_Toc178944497) [1.65 Asian Development Bank (ADB) 58](#_Toc178944500) [1.66 National Workshop on Multi-level Action for Climate Resilient Cities 59](#_Toc178944501) [1.67 Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) 59](#_Toc178944502) [1.68 Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) 60](#_Toc178944503) [1.69 Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) 61](#_Toc177661377) [1.70 Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage 61](#_Toc178944572) [1.71 International Solar Alliance 62](#_Toc177661376) [1.72 EC Guidelines for Battery Waste Management 63](#_Toc178944573) [SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 63](#_Toc179364543) [1.73 National Blockchain Framework (NBF) 66](#_Toc179364544) [1.74 Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR) 67](#_Toc177661373) [1.75 Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) 67](#_Toc177661374) [SPORTS 68](#_Toc179364547) [AWARDS 71](#_Toc179364548) [APPOINTMENT 73](#_Toc179364549) [PERSONS IN NEWS 75](#_Toc179364550) [BOOKS AND AUTHORS 76](#_Toc179364551) [FAIRS AND FESTIVALS 76](#_Toc156516516) [PLACES IN NEWS 77](#_Toc156516517) [DAYS IN NEWS 79](#_Toc179364554) [1.76 World Ozone Day 81](#_Toc177661354) [MISCELLANEOUS 81](#_Toc179364556) [1.77 100 Days Initiatives by the Department of Health Research 83](#_Toc120724039) [1.78 Union Health Ministry in the First 100 Days of the New Government 83](#_Toc178159547) [1.79 100 Days Programme of Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms) 84](#_Toc178944506) [1.80 'Create in India' Challenges 85](#_Toc178944507) [1.81 100 Days Action Plan of Department of Consumer Affairs 86](#_Toc178944516) [1.82 100 Day Programme of Textiles Ministry 86](#_Toc178944517) [1.83 Department of Posts in the 100 Days 87](#_Toc178944520) [1.84 Department of Telecommunications in the 100 Days 87](#_Toc178944521) [1.85 100 Days Achievements of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 88](#_Toc178944524) [1.86 Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways - 100 Days Review 89](#_Toc178944564) GA IN NEWS {#ga-in-news.Style1} ========== []{#_Toc113960731.anchor}FIRST IN NEWS +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **S.No** | **News** | **Key Facts** | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | 1. | **First Indian | - **Company Name:** | | | company to exceed Rs | Reliance | | | 10 lakh crore in | Industries | | | annual revenue** | Limited (RIL). | | | | | | | | - Recorded a | | | | **consolidated | | | | turnover of Rs | | | | 10,00,122 crore** | | | | for the | | | | **financial year | | | | 2023-24.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2. | **India's first | - Developed by | | | space-borne precision | **ISRO\'s Space | | | receiver** | Applications | | | | Centre.** | | | | | | | | - Launched aboard | | | | the **EOS-08 | | | | satellite.** | | | | | | | | - A **small-sized, | | | | lightweight, | | | | low-power Global | | | | Navigation | | | | Satellite System | | | | -Reflectometry | | | | (GNSS-R) | | | | instrument.** | | | | | | | | - **Captures | | | | reflected | | | | signals** to | | | | **study soil | | | | moisture, surface | | | | inundation, and | | | | ocean wind/wave | | | | measurements from | | | | 475 km above | | | | Earth.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 3. | **First Indian life | - **Name:** | | | insurer to commence | IndiaFirst Life | | | operations in Gujarat | Insurance Company | | | International Finance | Ltd. | | | Tec City (GIFT | | | | City)** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 4. | **The world\'s first | - **Treaty Name**: | | | legally binding | The Council of | | | international treaty | Europe Framework | | | on artificial | Convention on AI | | | intelligence (AI)** | and Human Rights, | | | | Democracy, and | | | | the Rule of | | | | Law** ** | | | | | | | | - **Signatories:** | | | | 57 countries, | | | | including major | | | | AI developers | | | | like the US, UK, | | | | and EU, alongside | | | | countries such as | | | | Japan, Canada, | | | | and Israel**.** | | | | | | | | - **Objective:** to | | | | balance AI | | | | innovation with | | | | the protection of | | | | human rights and | | | | democracy, | | | | ensuring | | | | accountability | | | | for harmful AI | | | | outcomes while | | | | promoting | | | | responsible | | | | global | | | | cooperation**.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 5. | **Arab world\'s first | - **Name:** Barakah | | | nuclear power plant** | Nuclear Energy | | | | Plant. | | | | | | | | - **Location:** Al | | | | Dhafra, UAE. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 6. | **First International | - **Location:** Abu | | | Campus of IIT Delhi** | Dhabi. | | | | | | | | - **Partner | | | | Institutions** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - **Mohamed bin | | | | Zayed University | | | | of Artificial | | | | Intelligence:** | | | | To host | | | | internships, | | | | conduct joint | | | | research, and | | | | provide seed | | | | grants for | | | | projects. | | | | | | | | - **Khalifa | | | | University:** | | | | Focus on research | | | | collaborations | | | | and academic | | | | exchanges. | | | | | | | | - **Sorbonne | | | | University Abu | | | | Dhabi and Zayed | | | | University:** To | | | | facilitate joint | | | | research | | | | projects, student | | | | exchanges, and | | | | scholarly | | | | projects. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 7. | **First Indian | - **Name:** Sharath | | | ambassador of the | Kamal. | | | International Table | | | | Tennis Federation | | | | (ITTF) Foundation** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 8. | | **Additional | | | | Information** | | | | | | | | - Sharath Kamal | | | | holds the | | | | **record for the | | | | most medals ever | | | | won in table | | | | tennis at the | | | | Commonwealth | | | | Games, with a | | | | total of 13 | | | | medals.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 9. | **India\'s First | - **Name:** YEB | | | Multi-Brand | BANK POP-CLUB | | | Co-Branded Credit | RuPay credit card | | | Card** | | | | | - Launched **by | | | | POP, in | | | | collaboration | | | | with RuPay and | | | | Yes Bank.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 10. | | - **Additional | | | | Information** | | | | | | | | - POP, a **fintech | | | | platform for | | | | direct-to-consume | | | | r | | | | brands**, founded | | | | by **former | | | | Flipkart | | | | employees.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 11. | **India\'s first | - **Name:** Special | | | insurance policy in | Care Gold | | | Braille** | Insurance Policy. | | | | | | | | - Launched by | | | | **Star Health and | | | | Allied Insurance | | | | Co. Ltd.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 12. | **India\'s first | - **Name:** FWD | | | combat unmanned | 200B. | | | aircraft** | | | | | - **Launched by:** | | | | Flying Wedge | | | | Defence and | | | | Aerospace (FWDA), | | | | Bengaluru-based | | | | UAV manufacturer. | | | | | | | | - A Medium | | | | Altitude, Long | | | | Endurance (MALE) | | | | Unmanned Combat | | | | Aerial Vehicle | | | | (UCAV)l | | | | **Range:** 800 | | | | km. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 13. | **First Non-Banking | - **Name:** HDB | | | Financial Company | Financial | | | (NBFC) to launch | Services (HDBFS). | | | NPCI\'s e-KYC Setu | | | | System** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 14. | | **About e-KYC Setu | | | | System** | | | | | | | | - **Developed in | | | | collaboration** | | | | with **National | | | | Payments | | | | Corporation of | | | | India (NPCI)** | | | | and **Unique | | | | Identification | | | | Authority of | | | | India (UIDAI).** | | | | | | | | - Simplifies and | | | | accelerates | | | | customer | | | | onboarding by | | | | providing a fully | | | | digital, | | | | OTP-based e-KYC | | | | process, | | | | eliminating the | | | | need for physical | | | | document | | | | submissions or | | | | branch visits. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 15. | **India\'s first 500 | - **Launched by:** | | | Momentum 50 Index | Motilal Oswal | | | Fund** | Mutual Fund | | | | (MOMF). | | | | | | | | - **Fund Name:** | | | | Motilal Oswal | | | | Nifty 500 | | | | Momentum 50 Index | | | | Fund. | | | | | | | | - **Objective:** To | | | | track the | | | | performance of | | | | high-momentum | | | | stocks within the | | | | Nifty 500 index, | | | | providing | | | | exposure to | | | | stocks that show | | | | strong price | | | | performance over | | | | 6 months to 1 | | | | year. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 16. | | **Additional | | | | Information** | | | | | | | | - The Nifty 500 | | | | Momentum 50 index | | | | includes stocks | | | | from all three | | | | market | | | | capitalization | | | | segments: | | | | large-cap, | | | | mid-cap, and | | | | small-cap. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 17. | **India\'s first | - **Name:** Jatayu | | | vulture breeding and | Conservation and | | | conservation center | Breeding Centre. | | | for Asian King | | | | Vultures** | - **Location:** | | | | Gorakhpur, Uttar | | | | Pradesh. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 18. | **First country in | - **Country Name:** | | | the world to allow | Mexico. | | | the popular election | | | | of judges at all | - Around 1,600 | | | levels** | judges, including | | | | Supreme Court | | | | judges, will | | | | stand for | | | | election in 2025 | | | | or 2027. | | | | | | | | - The reform was | | | | pushed by the | | | | Outgoing | | | | President Andres | | | | Manuel Lopez | | | | Obrador. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 19. | **India\'s first | - Launched by | | | Android-based Cash | **Hitachi Payment | | | Recycling Machine | Services**. | | | (CRM) ATM** | | | | | - Developed in | | | | collaboration | | | | with the | | | | **National | | | | Payments | | | | Corporation of | | | | India (NPCI).** | | | | | | | | - **It functions as | | | | a digital banking | | | | unit (DBU).** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 20. | **The first woman | - **Name:** | | | the elite 18 \'Flying | Squadron Leader | | | Bullets\' squadron** | Mohana Singh. | | | | | | | | - She operating the | | | | indigenously | | | | \'Made in India\' | | | | **LCA Tejas | | | | fighter jet** | | | | during the | | | | historic | | | | **\'Tarang | | | | Shakti\' | | | | exercise** in | | | | Jodhpur, | | | | **alongside the | | | | Vice Chiefs of | | | | the three Indian | | | | armed forces.** | | | | | | | | - She is from | | | | **Jhunjhunu | | | | district of | | | | Rajasthan.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 21. | **India\'s First | - To be set up by | | | Multi-Sensor, | **Nibe Space Pvt. | | | All-Weather, | Ltd. (NSPL),** a | | | High-Revisit Earth | subsidiary of | | | Observation Satellite | Nibe Limited. | | | Constellation** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 22. | **First individual to | - **Name:** | | | reach one billion | Cristiano Ronaldo | | | followers across | (Portuguest | | | social media | Footballer). | | | platforms** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 23. | | **Additional | | | | Information** | | | | | | | | - **Cristiano | | | | Ronaldo** also | | | | **became** the | | | | **first football | | | | player** to score | | | | **900 career | | | | goals.** | | | | | | | | - Milestone | | | | achieved during a | | | | **UEFA Nations | | | | League** match | | | | against | | | | **Croatia** in | | | | Lisbon. | | | | | | | | - His closest | | | | rival, **Lionel | | | | Messi,** has | | | | scored **838 | | | | goals**. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 24. | **First Open Water | - **Expedition | | | Swimming Expedition | Name:** | | | to 21 islands of the | 'Expedition Param | | | Andaman & Nicobar | Vir'. | | | archipelago,** | | | | **named after Param | - **Objective:** To | | | Vir Chakra awardees** | commemorate the | | | | first anniversary | | | | of renaming the | | | | islands after the | | | | awardees. | | | | | | | | - Flagged-off on | | | | **March 22, 2024 | | | | (World Water | | | | Day)** from | | | | **Shri | | | | Vijayapuram.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 25. | **India\'s first | - **Location:** | | | Silicon Carbide | Odisha, at EMC | | | manufacturing | Park, Infovalley, | | | facility** | Bhubaneswar. | | | | | | | | - To be developed | | | | by **RIR Power | | | | Electronics | | | | Limited.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 26. | **First Pakistani | - **Name of the | | | woman nominated to | Person:** Saleema | | | the ICC International | Imtiaz. | | | Panel of Development | | | | Umpires** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 27. | **Nigeria\'s First | - **Name of the | | | Floating Liquefied | Initiative:** UTM | | | Natural Gas (LNG) | Offshore Ltd. | | | Facility** | | | | | - **Location:** | | | | Offshore Akwa | | | | Ibom state. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 28. | **India's first Vande | - Renamed to **Namo | | | Metro service** | Bharat Rapid | | | | Rail.** | | | | | | | | - **Route:** | | | | Ahmedabad to | | | | Bhuj; **Maximum | | | | Speed:** 110 | | | | km/h. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 29. | | **Additional | | | | Information** | | | | | | | | - **The first | | | | 20-coach Vande | | | | Bharat train from | | | | Varanasi to Delhi | | | | was also recently | | | | inaugurated.** | | | | | | | | -  Manufactured at | | | | **Chennai's | | | | Integral Coach | | | | Factory (ICF).** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 30. | **International | - It will begin | | | Cricket Council (ICC) | with the | | | has announced equal | **Women's T20 | | | prize money for men's | World Cup in the | | | and women's World Cup | UAE in 2024.** | | | events for the first | | | | time** | - **Winners:** | | | | Women's T20 World | | | | Cup winners will | | | | receive **\$2.34 | | | | million.** | | | | | | | | - **Runners-Up**: | | | | Will get **\$1.17 | | | | million**. | | | | | | | | - The **total prize | | | | fund for the | | | | Women's T20 World | | | | Cup** is **\$7.96 | | | | million.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 31. | **World's first trade | - Laucnhed in | | | licence issued | **Sharjah, UAE** | | | entirely through | during the | | | artificial | **Sharjah | | | intelligence (AI)** | Investment Forum | | | | (SIF 2024.** | | | | | | | | - Allows | | | | entrepreneurs and | | | | investors to | | | | complete the | | | | licensing process | | | | in **less than | | | | five minutes**. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 32. | **First Overseas | - **Location:** | | | Office of Invest | Singapore. | | | India** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 33. | | **About Invest | | | | India** | | | | | | | | - The **National | | | | Investment | | | | Promotion and | | | | Facilitation | | | | Agency.** | | | | | | | | - ** **Formed | | | | in** 2009 **under | | | | **Section 25** of | | | | the **Companies | | | | Act.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 34. | **First-ever (ANSI | - **Name:** | | | National | Certified | | | Accreditation Board) | Security | | | ANAB-accredited AI | Professional for | | | security | Artificial | | | certification** | Intelligence | | | | (CSPAI) program. | | | | | | | | - Launched by | | | | **Indian Computer | | | | Emergency | | | | Response Team | | | | (CERT-In) & SISA | | | | through a | | | | Public-Private | | | | Partnership | | | | (PPP).** | | | | | | | | - Designed to | | | | **equip | | | | cybersecurity | | | | professionals** | | | | with the skills | | | | to **integrate AI | | | | into business | | | | applications** | | | | securely and to | | | | address the | | | | evolving AI | | | | threat landscape. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 35. | **India's first | - **Developed** by | | | Oxygen Bird Park | the **National | | | (Amrit Mahotsav | Highways | | | Park)** | Authority of | | | | India (NHAI)**. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Located near | | | | **Jamtha,** | | | | **Nagpur** along | | | | the | | | | **Nagpur-Hyderaba | | | | d | | | | National | | | | Highway-44 in | | | | Maharashtra.**  | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 36. | **First Southeast | - **Name of the | | | Asian country to | country:** | | | legalize same-sex | Thailand. | | | marriage** | | | | | - **Thailand joins | | | | Taiwan and Nepal | | | | as the third | | | | Asian country to | | | | legalize same-sex | | | | marriage.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 37. | **First Indian male | - **Name of the | | | wrestler to win an | Winner:** Sangram | | | MMA (Mixed Martial | Singh. | | | Arts)** | | | | | - The fight was won | | | | in one minute and | | | | thirty seconds, | | | | marking the | | | | **fastest win | | | | ever recorded by | | | | an Indian | | | | fighter** in the | | | | **93 kg | | | | division**. | | | | | | | | - **Runner-up:** | | | | Ali Raza Nasir | | | | (Pakistan). | | | | | | | | - Milestone | | | | achieved during | | | | **Gama | | | | International | | | | Fighting | | | | Championship in | | | | Tbilisi, | | | | Georgia.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 38. | **India\'s first | - Being established | | | CO2-to-methanol pilot | **in Pune, | | | plant** | Maharashtra.** | | | | | | | | - **A collaboration | | | | between IIT-Delhi | | | | and Thermax | | | | Limited under a | | | | Public-Private | | | | Partnership | | | | (PPP).** | | | | | | | | - Supported by the | | | | **Department of | | | | Science and | | | | Technology | | | | (DST).** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ []{#_Toc179364465.anchor}GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **S.No** | **Initiative** | **Key Facts** | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | 1. | **India Graphene | - **India\'s first | | | Engineering and | section | | | Innovation Centre | 8 not-for-profit | | | (IGEIC)** | company** **to | | | | lead the | | | | commercialization | | | | of graphene | | | | technology.** | | | | | | | | - Focus on | | | | applications | | | | across | | | | **electronics, | | | | energy storage, | | | | healthcare, | | | | material coating, | | | | and sustainable | | | | material | | | | development**. | | | | | | | | - Set up by | | | | **Ministry of | | | | Electronics and | | | | Information | | | | Technology | | | | (MeitY).** | | | | | | | | - **R&D Setup**: | | | | Located in | | | | Trivandrum, | | | | Kerala. | | | | | | | | - **Business Hub**: | | | | Bangalore, | | | | Karnataka. | | | | | | | | - **Manufacturing | | | | Unit**: Supported | | | | by the Kerala | | | | government, | | | | situated in | | | | Palakkad, Kerala. | | | | | | | | - The initiative is | | | | part of the | | | | broader **Viksit | | | | Bharat\@2047 | | | | vision.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2. | **New Rail Line | - Approved by the | | | Project Between | **Cabinet | | | Mumbai and Indore** | Committee on | | | | Economic Affairs | | | | (CCEA).** | | | | | | | | - **Cost**: Rs | | | | 18,036 crore. | | | | | | | | - The **shortest | | | | rail route** | | | | between these two | | | | cities (309 km). | | | | | | | | - Supports **PM | | | | Gati Shakti | | | | National Master | | | | Plan** for | | | | multi-modal | | | | connectivity and | | | | **Atmanirbhar | | | | Bharat** vision. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 3. | **Global Navigation | - Developed **by | | | Satellite System |  Indian Highways | | | (GNSS)-based | Management | | | Electronic Toll | Company Limited | | | Collection (ETC) | (IHMCL)**, a | | | system** | company promoted | | | | by **NHAI.** | | | | | | | | - To be installed | | | | at **100 toll | | | | plazas** across | | | | India in the | | | | initial phase | | | | based on | | | | **congestion | | | | reports received | | | | through the | | | | National Highway | | | | helpline | | | | (1033).** | | | | | | | | - **Objective:** To | | | | ensure seamless | | | | movement of | | | | traffic and | | | | reduce congestion | | | | at toll plazas. | | | | | | | | - **Initially** be | | | | implemented | | | | alongside the | | | | **existing FASTag | | | | system in a | | | | hybrid model** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 4. | **Khel Utsav 2024 | - **Organizer:** | | | (First edition)** | Ministry of | | | | Information and | | | | Broadcasting. | | | | | | | | - **Duration:** | | | | August 27 to | | | | August 30, 2024. | | | | | | | | - **Venues:** Major | | | | Dhyan Chand | | | | Stadium and | | | | Jawaharlal Nehru | | | | Stadium in New | | | | Delhi. | | | | | | | | - Launched as a | | | | part of | | | | celebrations for | | | | the **National | | | | Sports Day 2024, | | | | honoring the | | | | birth anniversary | | | | of hockey legend | | | | Major Dhyan | | | | Chand.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 5. | **Telecommunications | - **First set of | | | (Administration of | rules** under the | | | Digital Bharat Nidhi) | **Telecommunicati | | | Rules, 2024** | ons | | | | Act, 2023 (the | | | | Act).** | | | | | | | | - **Aim:** Enhance | | | | management and | | | | implementation of | | | | the Digital | | | | Bharat Nidhi, | | | | established under | | | | section 24(1) of | | | | the Act. | | | | | | | | - **Key Facts** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - **Digital Bharat | | | | Nidhi** replaces | | | | the **Universal | | | | Service | | | | Obligation Fund** | | | | **(USOF)** | | | | created under the | | | | **Indian | | | | Telegraph | | | | Act, 1885.** | | | | | | | | - **Funds | | | | Allocation:** | | | | Target | | | | underserved areas | | | | and groups (e.g., | | | | women, persons | | | | with | | | | disabilities, | | | | economically | | | | weaker sections). | | | | | | | | - **Eligibility/Cri | | | | teria | | | | for projects | | | | funded under | | | | Digital Bharat | | | | Nidhi** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Telecommunication | | | | services in | | | | underserved | | | | areas. | | | | | | | | - Promote | | | | innovation, R&D, | | | | and indigenous | | | | technology. | | | | | | | | - Next-generation | | | | telecom | | | | technologies in | | | | rural, remote, | | | | and urban areas. | | | | | | | | - Support green and | | | | sustainable | | | | technologies. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - **Implementer | | | | Responsibility:** | | | | Any funded | | | | implementer must | | | | share network | | | | services on an | | | | open, | | | | non-discriminator | | | | y | | | | basis. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Aligned with | | | | **Government of | | | | India's | | | | principles** of | | | | **Inclusion | | | | (Samavesh), | | | | Security | | | | (Suraksha), | | | | Growth | | | | (Vriddhi),** and | | | | **Responsiveness | | | | (Tvarit),** | | | | aiming for Viksit | | | | Bharat @ 2047. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 6. | **Dekho Apna Desh, | - **The first-ever | | | People\'s Choice | nation-wide IP | | | 2024** | (Intellectual | | | | Property) in | | | | Tourism sector.** | | | | | | | | - **Ministry:** | | | | Ministry of | | | | Tourism; **Launch | | | | Place:** | | | | Srinagar. | | | | | | | | - **Aim:** Engage | | | | citizens to | | | | identify | | | | preferred tourist | | | | attractions | | | | across five | | | | categories: | | | | **Spiritual, | | | | Cultural & | | | | Heritage, Nature | | | | & Wildlife, | | | | Adventure, and | | | | Others.** | | | | | | | | - Will also help | | | | **identify | | | | unexplored | | | | tourism | | | | destinations** | | | | such as **Vibrant | | | | Border Villages, | | | | Wellness Tourism, | | | | and Wedding | | | | Tourism.** | | | | | | | | - **Outcome:** | | | | Prioritize the | | | | development of | | | | top tourist | | | | attractions into | | | | world-class | | | | destinations, | | | | supported by | | | | substantial | | | | investments. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 7. | **Promotion of | - Agricultural and | | | Alcoholic Beverage | Processed Food | | | Exports under 'Make | Export | | | in India' | Development | | | Initiative** | Authority | | | | **(APEDA)** plans | | | | to **boost the | | | | export of Indian | | | | alcoholic and | | | | non-alcoholic | | | | beverages | | | | globally.** | | | | | | | | - **Target:** to | | | | reach \$1 billion | | | | in export | | | | revenues in the | | | | coming years**.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 8. | | **Additional | | | | Information** | | | | | | | | - **India** | | | | currently **ranks | | | | 40th in alcoholic | | | | beverage | | | | exports**. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 9. | **33% Reservation for | - Initiative of | | | Women in State Police | **Government of | | | Force** | Rajasthan**. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 10. | | **Additional | | | | Information** | | | | | | | | - The **Rajasthan | | | | Cabinet** also | | | | approved a **5% | | | | additional | | | | allowance for | | | | pensioners aged | | | | 70 to 75.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 11. | **Indian Cybercrime | - First Foundation | | | Coordination Centre | Day program of | | | (I4C)** | the I4C held in | | | | Delhi. | | | | | | | | **Initiative of | | | | launched during the | | | | event** | | | | | | | | - **Samanvay | | | | Platform (Joint | | | | Cybercrime | | | | Investigation | | | | Facilitation | | | | System):** a | | | | web-based module; | | | | a one stop portal | | | | for data | | | | repository of | | | | cybercrime, data | | | | sharing, crime | | | | mapping, data | | | | analytics, | | | | cooperation and | | | | coordination | | | | platform for LEAs | | | | across India. | | | | | | | | - **\'Cyber | | | | Commandos\' | | | | Program** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - A special wing of | | | | trained \'Cyber | | | | Commandos\' in | | | | States/UTs and | | | | Central Police | | | | Organizations | | | | (CPOs) to counter | | | | threats of cyber | | | | security | | | | landscape in the | | | | country. | | | | | | | | - Aims to train | | | | **5,000 cyber | | | | commandos** over | | | | the **next 5 | | | | years** to secure | | | | the digital | | | | landscape. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - **Suspect | | | | Registry:** A | | | | national-level | | | | cyber suspect | | | | registry to | | | | prevent | | | | cybercrimes, | | | | connecting states | | | | and financial | | | | institutions for | | | | fraud risk | | | | management. | | | | | | | | - **Cyber Fraud | | | | Mitigation Centre | | | | (CFMC)** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - ** **Established | | | | at **14C in New | | | | Delhi.** | | | | | | | | - **Objective:** to | | | | bring together | | | | banks, financial | | | | institutions, | | | | telecom | | | | providers, and | | | | law enforcement | | | | agencies to | | | | combat online | | | | financial crimes. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 12. | | **About I4C** | | | | | | | | - Initiative of | | | | **Ministry of | | | | Home | | | | Affairs.Establish | | | | ed | | | | in New Delhi.** | | | | | | | | - **Objective**: | | | |  to provide a | | | | framework and | | | | eco-system for | | | | Law Enforcement | | | | Agencies (LEAs) | | | | for dealing with | | | | Cybercrime in a | | | | coordinated and | | | | comprehensive | | | | manner. | | | | | | | | - Act as a **nodal | | | | point to curb | | | | cybercrime in | | | | India.** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 13. | **National Initiative | - **8 new Inclusive | | | for Developing and | Technology | | | Harnessing | Business | | | Innovations | Incubators | | | (NIDHI) ** | (i-TBIs)** | | | | inaugurated at | | | | institutions | | | | across India | | | | under the | | | | program. | | | | | | | | - **i-TBIs | | | | (Inclusive | | | | Technology | | | | Business | | | | Incubators)** is | | | | a **three-year | | | | initiative.** | | | | | | | | - **Aim:** | | | | promoting | | | | innovation and | | | | fostering an | | | | entrepreneurial | | | | culture within | | | | educational | | | | institutions, | | | | benefiting | | | | students, | | | | faculty, | | | | entrepreneurs, | | | | and surrounding | | | | communities. | | | | | | | | - A **new website** | | | | of **DST-NIDHI** | | | | was also launched | | | | to **commemorate | | | | 8 years of the | | | | launch of NIDHI | | | | program.** | | | | | | | | - **DST-GDC IIT | | | | Madras INCUBATE | | | | Program for Deep | | | | Tech Startups** | | | | was also | | | | launched. | | | | | | | | - All the | | | | initiatives were | | | | designed to | | | | **support to | | | | innovators | | | | largely from Tier | | | | II & Tier III | | | | cities** and | | | | provide targeted | | | | assistance to | | | | Start-ups at | | | | critical stages | | | | of growth. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 14. | | **About NIDHI** | | | | | | | | - **Launch Year:** | | | | 2016**.** | | | | | | | | - **Nodal | | | | Department:** | | | | Dept. of Science | | | | and Technology | | | | (DST). | | | | | | | | - **Objective**: | | | | Nurture ideas and | | | | innovations, | | | | turning them into | | | | successful | | | | startups by | | | | fostering a | | | | robust | | | | innovation-driven | | | | entrepreneurial | | | | ecosystem. | | | | | | | | - Implemented | | | | through | | | | **Technology | | | | Business | | | | Incubators | | | | (TBIs).** | | | | | | | | - **Funding | | | | Agency:** | | | | National Science | | | | & Technology | | | | Entrepreneurship | | | | Development Board | | | | (NSTEDB). | | | | | | | | - **Key | | | | Components** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - NIDHI PRAYAS: | | | | Promotion and | | | | Acceleration of | | | | Young and | | | | Aspiring | | | | technology | | | | entrepreneurs | | | | | | | | - NIDHI EIR: | | | | Entrepreneur In | | | | Residence | | | | | | | | - NIDHI TBI: | | | | Technology | | | | Business | | | | Incubator | | | | | | | | - NIDHI iTBI: | | | | Inclusive | | | | Technology | | | | Business | | | | Incubator | | | | | | | | - NIDHI | | | | Accelerator: | | | | Startup | | | | Acceleration | | | | Programme | | | | | | | | - NIDHI SSS: Seed | | | | Support System | | | | | | | | - NIDHI COE: | | | | Centres of | | | | Excellence. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 15. | **Swachh Sagar, | - **A flagship | | | Surakshit Sagar 3.0** | initiative** of | | | | the **Ministry of | | | | Earth Sciences | | | | (MoES).** | | | | | | | | - Aligned with | | | | **Swachhata Hi | | | | Seva initiative | | | | under the Swachh | | | | Bharat Mission.** | | | | | | | | - **Aim:** Raising | | | | awareness about | | | | marine pollution, | | | | conserving | | | | coastal areas, | | | | and promoting | | | | cleanliness and | | | | sustainable | | | | practices to | | | | protect oceans | | | | and preserve | | | | marine | | | | ecosystems. | | | | | | | | - **First | | | | Edition:** 2022. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 16. | **Women in Space | - Launched by | | | Leadership Programme' | **Department of | | | (WiSLP)** | Science and | | | | Technology (DST) | | | | in partnership** | | | | with the | | | | **British | | | | Council.** | | | | | | | | - **Aim:** to | | | | promote | | | | gender-inclusive | | | | practices and | | | | foster women\'s | | | | leadership in | | | | space sciences | | | | through a | | | | strategic | | | | leadership | | | | framework. | | | | | | | | - **Target:** to | | | | build the | | | | leadership | | | | capacity of 250 | | | | early career | | | | researchers, | | | | equipping them | | | | with the tools to | | | | navigate gender | | | | biases and build | | | | a sustainable | | | | support network.  | | | | | | | | - **Delivery | | | |