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#GS3 #MinorIrrigationSchemes
💧The census was conducted under the centrally sponsored scheme “Irrigation Census”.
💧For the first time, the information about gender of the owner of MI scheme was also collected in case of individual ownership.
🅾️ Out of all the individually owned schemes, 18.1% are owned by women. Around 60.2% schemes have single source of finance whereas 39.8% schemes have more than one source of finance
🔵Significance :
👉This report will be useful for planners, policy makers, researcher scholars, agricultural and ground water scientists, administrators & all concerned with development of irrigation and agricultural economy of the country.✅️
🅾️Full article 👇👇
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1952480
💧The census was conducted under the centrally sponsored scheme “Irrigation Census”.
💧For the first time, the information about gender of the owner of MI scheme was also collected in case of individual ownership.
🅾️ Out of all the individually owned schemes, 18.1% are owned by women. Around 60.2% schemes have single source of finance whereas 39.8% schemes have more than one source of finance
🔵Significance :
👉This report will be useful for planners, policy makers, researcher scholars, agricultural and ground water scientists, administrators & all concerned with development of irrigation and agricultural economy of the country.✅️
🅾️Full article 👇👇
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1952480
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#SVAMITVA Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj provides ownership to property owners in village-inhabited area by using latest drone and GIS technology.
👉The Property Cards facilitate monetization of rural residential assets for bank loan and other financial benefits and help in the settlement of land-related disputes through the preparation of 5cm accuracy maps.
🅾️The Scheme is implemented with the collaborative efforts of Survey of India being the technology implementation partner, State Revenue and Panchayati Raj Departments, and NIC–GIS.
👉The Property Cards facilitate monetization of rural residential assets for bank loan and other financial benefits and help in the settlement of land-related disputes through the preparation of 5cm accuracy maps.
🅾️The Scheme is implemented with the collaborative efforts of Survey of India being the technology implementation partner, State Revenue and Panchayati Raj Departments, and NIC–GIS.
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#Spaceintelligence
#Ancientknowledge
🅾️ Arya Bhatta, Varahamihira and Bhaskaracharya had made discoveries about the round shape of Earth and that it is flowing in space on an axis.
🔵Our ancestors had predicted the dates of the eclipse and prepared Panchangs for years ahead.
#Ancientknowledge
🅾️ Arya Bhatta, Varahamihira and Bhaskaracharya had made discoveries about the round shape of Earth and that it is flowing in space on an axis.
🔵Our ancestors had predicted the dates of the eclipse and prepared Panchangs for years ahead.
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Q.1854) With reference to the State of India’s Birds, 2023 report, consider the following statements:
1. Peafowl is one of the most rapidly increasing species in the country.
2. The number of Glossy Ibis and Black-headed Ibis has decreased.
3. Ducks are rapidly increasing in India.
4. White-rumped vultures have suffered the maximum long-term declines.
🦆🦆Credit of Question: #IndianExpress
1. Peafowl is one of the most rapidly increasing species in the country.
2. The number of Glossy Ibis and Black-headed Ibis has decreased.
3. Ducks are rapidly increasing in India.
4. White-rumped vultures have suffered the maximum long-term declines.
🦆🦆Credit of Question: #IndianExpress
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Anonymous Quiz
12%
Only one
39%
Only two
30%
Only three
20%
All four
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#Prelims
5⃣ Five Zonal Councils were established in the year 1957 under Section 15-22 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956.
✅️ Union cb Home Minister is the Chairman of these five Zonal Councils, while the Chief Ministers of the States included in the respective Zonal Council and the Administrator/Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territories are its members.
🔵Two more ministers from each state are nominated by the Governor as members of the council.
🅾️ Each Zonal Council has also constituted a Standing Committee at the level of Chief Secretaries.
5⃣ Five Zonal Councils were established in the year 1957 under Section 15-22 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956.
✅️ Union cb Home Minister is the Chairman of these five Zonal Councils, while the Chief Ministers of the States included in the respective Zonal Council and the Administrator/Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territories are its members.
🔵Two more ministers from each state are nominated by the Governor as members of the council.
🅾️ Each Zonal Council has also constituted a Standing Committee at the level of Chief Secretaries.
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#ZonalCouncils
🟥SIGNIFICANCE ✅️
👉In the spirit that strong States make strong nations, Zonal Councils provide a platform to enhance cooperation through a systematic mechanism for regular dialogue and discussion on issues affecting two or more states or the Center and the States.
🟩The Zonal Councils hold discussions on a wide range of issues including infrastructure, mining, water supply, environment and forests and state-restructuring, as well as direct benefit transfer (DBT), wider expansion of telecommunications/internet and issues of general regional interests
🟥SIGNIFICANCE ✅️
👉In the spirit that strong States make strong nations, Zonal Councils provide a platform to enhance cooperation through a systematic mechanism for regular dialogue and discussion on issues affecting two or more states or the Center and the States.
🟩The Zonal Councils hold discussions on a wide range of issues including infrastructure, mining, water supply, environment and forests and state-restructuring, as well as direct benefit transfer (DBT), wider expansion of telecommunications/internet and issues of general regional interests
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Sri Lanka: Annual Kandy Esala Perahara is being celebrated at Temple of Sacred Tooth Relic
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Sri Lanka: Annual Kandy Esala Perahara is being celebrated at Temple of Sacred Tooth Relic
In Sri Lanka, the annual Kandy Esala Perahara is being celebrated with deep devotion at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy.
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Medieval Indian engineers in the 7th century built robots. Powered by water and clockwork
https://theprint.in/opinion/medieval-indian-engineers-in-the-7th-century-built-robots-inspired-future-inventions/1592229/
https://theprint.in/opinion/medieval-indian-engineers-in-the-7th-century-built-robots-inspired-future-inventions/1592229/
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Medieval Indian engineers in the 7th century built robots. Powered by water and clockwork
Using hydraulics and clockwork, engineers could make wondrous devices that are now lost. These were more credible than claims about pre-modern Indian technology such as UFOs and genetic engineering.
Our strategic sectors are:
👉Electronics and capital goods
👉Chemicals
👉Textiles
👉Autocomponents (electric vehicles)
👉Solar module batteries
👉Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
🅾️Read above article about India's well position to leverage Global Value Chains(GVC) for higher economic growth and job creation.
🔵In labour - intensive sectors like textiles and apparel, India is well integrated into GVCs, though there is scope for greater expansion✅️
🇮🇳In some of the capital -intensive sectors too, like electronics, India has good GVC linkages✅️
👉Electronics and capital goods
👉Chemicals
👉Textiles
👉Autocomponents (electric vehicles)
👉Solar module batteries
👉Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
🅾️Read above article about India's well position to leverage Global Value Chains(GVC) for higher economic growth and job creation.
🔵In labour - intensive sectors like textiles and apparel, India is well integrated into GVCs, though there is scope for greater expansion✅️
🇮🇳In some of the capital -intensive sectors too, like electronics, India has good GVC linkages✅️