Table Of Contents TIGRAY REGION PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME MYOPIA GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST AIM–SIRIUS INNOVATION PROGRAMME 3.0 SANKALP SCHEME ASEEM PORTAL PHASED MANUFACTURING PROGRAMME 1. TIGRAY REGION Subject : Geography Context : Ethiopia is on the brink of a civil war after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that he had ordered […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Concept : Phased Manufacturing Programme The PLI follows the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) which was launched in 2016-17. The PMP aimed to increase the share of locally-procured components in the manufacturing of mobile phones leading to the setting up of a “robust indigenous mobile manufacturing ecosystem in India.” The PMP incentivised the […]
Subject : Govt Schemes Concept : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched ‘Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities. The Portal(AI based) is expected to improve the information flow and bridge the demand-supply gap in the skilled workforce market. It is developed by National […]
Subject : Govt Schemes Concept : Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Scheme Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood (SANKALP) is an outcome-oriented programme of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) with a special focus on decentralised planning and quality improvement. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which is collaborated with the […]
Subject : Govt Schemes Context :Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Sirius, Russia launched ‘AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0’– a 14-day virtual programme for Indian and Russian schoolchildren Concept : The first Indo-Russian bilateral youth innovation initiative, the AIM–Sirius programme seeks to develop technological solutions (both web- and mobile-based) for the two countries. Over a two-week programme, […]
Subject : Geography Context : A glacial lake outburst flood hit the village of Gya in Ladakh, destroying houses, fields and bridges. Using remote sensing data, researchers from Germany have mapped the evolution of Gya glacial lake and note the cause of the flood. Concept : Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) refers to the glacier […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Myopia or shortsightedness is turning out to be an epidemic across India, and indeed even more in Southeast Asia. If this rate continues , by 2050 , 64 million children in Urban India may have Myopia. Concept : Myopia occurs because of the potential role of myopic genes […]
Subject : Govt Schemes Context : The government aims to expand the ambit of the PLI scheme to include as many as ten more sectors such as food processing and textiles other than the already included mobile phones, allied equipment, pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices. Concept : In order to boost domestic manufacturing and cut […]
Subject : Geography Context : Ethiopia is on the brink of a civil war after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that he had ordered troops to counter an allegedly violent attack by armed forces in the country’s northern Tigray region. Concept : Background : In early November 2020, the region and the Ethiopian federal […]