Today’s Important Articles for Geography (28-09-2021)
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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS (SEPTEMBER 28, 2021)
INDIAN POLITY, GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
1. AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION
THE CONTEXT: Prime Minister of India launched countrywide Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
ABOUT AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION
- Prime Minister announced the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission from the ramparts of Red Fort on August 15 last year. The mission is currently being implemented in the pilot phase in six Union Territories.
- The mission will include a health ID for every citizen that will also be used as their health account. Personal health records can be linked to this account and viewed with the help of a mobile application.
- This health account will contain details of every test, every disease, the doctors visited for check-ups, the medicines taken and the diagnosis.
- A Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR) will act as a repository of all healthcare providers across both modern and traditional systems of medicine.
- This will ensure ease of doing business for doctors and hospitals and healthcare service providers.
SOURCE: PIB
2. CONVERGENCE BETWEEN DAY-NULM AND PMFME
THE CONTEXT: Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has organised the launch event of the Convergence between PM Formalisation of Micro-food processing Enterprises (PMFME)&Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) scheme.
ANALYSIS:
- Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) launched the PMFME scheme as a part of “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” to enhance the competitiveness of individual micro-enterprises in the unorganized segment & promote formalization of this sector.
- Financial assistance in the form of Seed Capital, Credit linked subsidy for Capital investment and creation of Common Infrastructure are available to the micro-food processing industries, including those run by SHGs.
- MoHUA is implementing a flagship Scheme named DAY-NULM, which has mobilised over 61 lakhs urban poor women into SHGs and their federations. Out of these, approximately 32,000 SHGs have been identified by States/ UTs to be involved in Food Processing activities.
- Both the Schemes have been converged to benefit members from these SHGs.
- Guidelines have already been issued by MoHUA to States/ UTs.The online IT module developed on DAY-NULM MIS has also been launched today to help in the effective implementation of this convergence.
- This module uses verification and authentication features like Aadhaar Authentication and e-KYC, Mobile Number Validation through OTP and on-spot photography of beneficiaries.
- It ensures a seamless workflow from ULB to the State Nodal Agency (SNA) of PMFME and also enables online approval of eligible applications.
- This module sends SMS on the registered mobile of the beneficiary to update the application status.
SOURCE: PIB
ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURE
3. SUNDARBANS IS EVALUATED AS ENDANGERED
THE CONTEXT: The Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem in India is evaluated as ‘endangered’ by a global team of researchers using the IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems framework.
ANALYSIS:
- A global team of researchers has evaluated the Indian Sundarbans ecosystem to be endangered driven by historical clearing of mangroves and diminishing fish populations.
- The analysis uses the Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) framework developed by the IUCN. It is analogous to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- The assessment calls for ‘cautious optimism because of the slowdown in historically high rates of mangrove clearing, and recently stabilising tiger populations.
- However, ongoing threats such as reduced freshwater and sediment supply must be effectively monitored and managed.
SOURCE: MONGABAY
INDIAN ECONOMY
4. INDIA EMERGES AS DUBAI’S SECOND-BIGGEST TRADE PARTNER
THE CONTEXT: India has emerged as Dubai’s second-biggest trading partner.
ANALYSIS:
- Dubai had a trading volume of 86.7 billion dirhams with China in H1 (first half) of 2021. It is followed by India and the U.S.
- Trade with India has increased by 74.5% year-on-year to 67.1 billion dirhams in 2021 from 38.5 billion dirhams in H1 of the year 2020.
- China recorded a growth of 30.7% growth year-on-year. It is having a total trade of 66.3 billion dirhams with Dubai in H1 2021.
- In H1 2021, the US traded 32 billion dirhams with Dubai. This amount has increased by 1% year-on-year from 31.7 billion dirhams in 2020.
- Saudi Arabia was placed at fourth position with a trade value of 30.5 billion dirhams. It has increased by 26% as compared to the H1 quarter of 2020.
SOURCE: TOI
INDIAN SECURITY
5. AKASH PRIME MISSILE
THE CONTEXT: A new version of the Akash Missile – ‘Akash Prime’ has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur.
ANALYSIS:
- The missile intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target mimicking enemy aircraft, in its maiden flight test after improvements.
- In comparison to the existing Akash System, Akash Prime is equipped with an indigenous active Radio Frequency (RF) seeker for improved accuracy.
- Other improvements also ensure more reliable performance under low-temperature environments at higher altitudes.
- A modified ground system of the existing Akash weapon system has been used for the current flight test.
- The range stations of ITR comprising Radars, Electro-Optical Tracking System (EOTS) and Telemetry stations monitored the missile trajectory and flight parameters.
SOURCE: PIB
PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Q. Consider the following statements about Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
- A health ID for every citizen will be used as their health account.
- A Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR) will act as a repository of all healthcare providers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS (REFER TO RELEVANT ARTICLE)
Answer: C
Explanation:
- Statement 1 is incorrect: CDM is a market mechanism developed under Kyoto Protocol.
- Statement 2 is correct: It helps developed countries to compensate for excess emission of Greenhouse gases by acquiring carbon credits generated by green projects in developing countries like India.
- Statement 3 is correct: It is an example of carbon offsetting as overall carbon emissions are not reduced rather they are offset to other locations.
WSDP Bulletin (28-09-2021)
(Newspapers, PIB and other important sources)
Prelim and Main
- PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission READ MORE
- Launch of convergence between DAY-NULM and PMFME to support Micro Food Processing Units of Urban SHGs READ MORE
- India emerges as Dubai’s second-biggest trade partner READ MORE
- An institution’s right to govt. aid is not a fundamental right: SC READ MORE
- Sundarbans endangered as per IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems framework, cautious optimism advised READ MORE
- Explained: What is dark energy, and have scientists finally detected it? READ MORE
Main Exam
GS Paper- 1
- Inhumane: Dalits in India live in a sorry state, whether it is spoken about or not READ MORE
GS Paper- 2
POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
- India’s Parliament must overcome its dysfunctional ways READ MORE
- ‘Indianisation’ of the Justice Delivery System READ MORE
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
- Women’s turn: Is reservation the only way to a fair deal in India? Economic growth delivers justice, too READ MORE
- Why Poshan 2.0 needs more power after Covid READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
- The Quad could end up running out of steam: It has too many items on its agenda, and with the announcement of AUKUS, faces the danger of becoming a talk shop READ MORE
- The growing strategic importance of outer space READ MORE
GS Paper- 3
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Cryptocurrency — the time to act is now READ MORE
- India will need more than green hydrogen READ MORE
- Banks’ bailout — Make it transparent READ MORE
- US corp pledge elusive; the bad bank is expensive READ MORE
- Caste census is the way forward for equitable growth READ MORE
- Global inequalities don’t have easy solutions. But altering trade policy can be a start READ MORE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
- Net-zero is not enough: Global climate agreement must be about the allocation of available carbon space READ MORE
- Pollution: Has North India had any success in controlling stubble burning? RAED MORE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- High water: India must create a social safety net to manage the fallout of cyclonic storms READ MORE
GS Paper- 4
ETHICS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDY
Questions for the MAIN exam
- Discuss the strategic and geopolitical significance of the Indo-Pacific region for India.
- Do you think that the AUKUS security agreement will overshadow the Quad alliance? Justify your view.
QUOTATIONS AND CAPTIONS
- The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.
- QUAD has too many items on its agenda, and with the announcement of AUKUS, faces the danger of becoming a talk shop.
- The project of Indianisation is not so much about changing the present system into one drawn from what the historians and anthropologists may recognize as Indian tradition or culture, but simply about making a broader base of Indians a part of the system.
- With China’s emergence as a major space power, there is a new urgency for democratic powers to come together to secure their national interests as well as promote sustainable order in the skies above.
- Unless political economy issues around discoms are addressed, India’s renewable energy plans will fail.
- A new vision for the global trading system must encompass equitable access to the benefits of trade for all of society.
- Poshan Abhiyan, which vowed to make India free of malnutrition by 2022, repositioned nutrition as central to development.
- A key driver of Quad is balancing China’s influence on global security and economy, and the future of technology sits at the heart of both.
50- WORD TALK
- MEA denying permission to Mamata Banerjee to travel to Rome for a peace conference is churlish. The practice of a chief minister having to seek the approval of the central government for foreign trips is itself anachronistic. Modi government comes across as petty and mean resorting to such juvenile politics.
- The growing strategic salience of outer space demands substantive national policy action in India. Delhi has undertaken some reforms in recent years like letting the private sector participate in space activity. It has also taken tentative steps to cope with the unfolding military challenges in outer space. It has also initiated space security dialogue with close partners like the US, Japan, and France.
Things to Remember:
- For prelims-related news try to understand the context of the news and relate with its concepts so that it will be easier for you to answer (or eliminate) from given options.
- Whenever any international place will be in news, you should do map work (marking those areas in maps and also exploring other geographical locations nearby including mountains, rivers, etc. same applies to the national places.)
- For economy-related news (banking, agriculture, etc.) you should focus on terms and how these are related to various economic aspects, for example, if inflation has been mentioned, try to relate with prevailing price rises, shortage of essential supplies, banking rates, etc.
- For main exam-related topics, you should focus on the various dimensions of the given topic, the most important topics which occur frequently and are important from the mains point of view will be covered in ED.
- Try to use the given content in your answer. Regular use of this content will bring more enrichment to your writing.
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