INTERNATIONAL NEWS
NEWS :- UNITED NATIONS THIRD BRIEF OF THE GRCG ON FOOD,ENERGY AND FINANCE RELEASED |
Date of Event :- 03 Aug 2022 | RELEVANCE :- India ranks among top leaders as per the released report |
Reports are released by UN Secretary General and UNCTAD Secretary General |
UN Secretary General :- Antonio Guterres | UNCTAD Secretary General :- Rebeca Grynspan |
TOP LEADERS OF INVESTMENT AS PER THE RELEASED REPORT |
CHINA , INDIA , JAPAN , USA , EUROPE |
KEY POINTS OF THIS REPORT |
1. Annual global energy related investment was approximate 2-2.5 trillion dollars since 2017. 2. Approximately 345 million people across 82 countries will be possibly acutely food insecure in 2022 according to WFP because of the Covid pandemic and Russia-Ukraine crisis. 3. By 2019, the number of undernourished people was approximately 150 million. 4. By 2021, the number of undernourished people was approximately 828 million. |
CALLS (ASKS/DEMANDS/ESSENTIALITIES) OF THIS REPORT |
1. Urgent need to double the resources of energy to tackle down this severe situation and poverty. 2. Government to invest in large scale deployment of renewable energy technologies. |
UNCTAD – UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPENT |
Formation – 30 December 1964 Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland Head – Rebeca Grynspan Parent Organization – United Nations General Assembly |
NWFP – WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME |
Formation – 19 December 1961 Headquarters – Rome, Italy Head – David Beasley Parent Organization – United Nations General Assembly |
NATIONAL NEWS
NEWS :– KANDWA DISTRICT OF MADHYA PRADESH WILL GET WORLD’S LARGEST FLOATING SOLAR POWER PLANT |
DATE OF EVENT :– 03 AUGUST 2022 |RELEVANCE :- Increase in power generation capacity across Madhya Pradesh |
Floating Solar Power Plant is to be built on Omkareshwar Dam in Narmada River |
Expected Power Generation by this project :– 600 Mega Watt by 2022-23 |
Estimated Cost Of This Project |
Rs. 3000 crores |
KEY POINTS OF THIS PROJECT |
Khandwa will be this MP’s first district to have 4000MW power and having thermal, hydel and solar power stations. |
MADHYA PRADESH |
Formation – 01 November 1956 Chief Minister – Shivraj Singh Chauhan Governor – Mangubhai C Patel Capital – Bhopal Largest City – Indore High Court – Jabalpur Area wise rank – Second Population wise rank – Fifth |
INDIA’S LARGEST FLOATING SOLAR PLANT |
MW Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project at Ramagundam in Telangana. |
NEWS :– SIGNING OF MOU BETWEEN MOMSME , NSIC AND MINISTRY OF TOURISM |
DATE OF EVENT :– 02 AUGUST 2022 | RELEVANCE :- Sharing of UDYAM PORTAL DATA |
KEY POINTS OF UDYAM PORTAL |
1. Launched on 01 Jul 22. 2. Fully Online. 3. No Documentation Required. 4. Linked to the databases of GSTN and CBDT. |
MOMSME – MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES |
Formation – October 1999 Headquarters – Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi Head – Narayan Rane (Cabinet Minister) , Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma (Minister Of State) Parent Organization – Republic Of India |
MINISTRY OF TOURISM |
Formation – 1967 Headquarters – New Delhi Head – G Kishan Reddy (Cabinet Minister) , Shripad Naik (Minister Of State) Parent Organization – Republic Of India |
NSIC – NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION |
Formation – 1955 Headquarters –Okha, New Delhi Head -P Udayakumar (Chairman and MD) Parent Organization – Ministry Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises |
NEWS :– TOTAL NUMBER OF RAMSAR SITES IN INDIA RISES TO 64 AFTER ADDING 10 MORE WETLANDS |
DATE OF EVENT :– 04 AUGUST 2022 |
10 NEWLY RAMSAR SITES IN INDIA |
1. Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary – Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) 2. Nanda Lake – Goa 3. Satkosia Gorge – Mahanadi River (Orissa) 4. Gulf Of Mannar Biosphere Reserve – Rameshwaram To Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) 5. Vembannur Wetland Complex – Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) 6. Vellode Bird Sanctuary – Erode (Tamil Nadu) 7. Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary – Chengalpattu (Tamil Nadu) 8. Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary – Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu) 9. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary – Mandya (Karnataka) 10. Sirpur Wetland – Indore (Madhya Pradesh) |
RAMSAR SITES |
1. Wetland site 2. Holds international importance as per RANSAR CONVENTION |
RAMSAR CONVENTION |
Signed on – 02 Feb 1971 Effective From – 21 December 1975 Total Signing Parties – 171 Signed At – Ramsar (IRAN) International Treaty Also known as Convention On Wetlands Organizations/Nations who signed this convention meets every three years in CONFERENCE OF CONTRACTING PARTIES |
MINISTRY OF ENVIORNMENT , FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
Formation – 1985 Headquarters – Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jorbagh, New Delhi Head – Bhupendra Yadav (Cabinet Minister) And Ashwini Kumar Chaubey (Minister Of State) Parent Organization – Republic Of India |
NEWS :– UNION CABINET GAVE ITS APPROVAL TO UPDATED NDC TO UNFCC AND FRP OF SUGARCANE FOR SESSION 2022 – 2023 |
DATE OF EVENT :– 03 AUGUST 2022 |
Approval is given by Union Cabinet chaired by Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi |
APPROVALS GIVEN BY UNION CABINET |
1. For the session 2022-2023 , FRP of sugarcane will be Rs. 305 per quintal for a basic recovery rate of 10.25%. 2. India’s updated NDC to be communicated to UNFCC. |
UNFCC – UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE |
Type – Agreement Signed On – 4-14 Jun 1992 and 20 Jun 1992 – 19 Jun 1993 Headquarters – Bonn , Germany |
NDC – NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION |
A climate action plan to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts. |
NEWS :– SIGNING OF MEMMORENDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN IOCL AND BANGLADESH ROADS AND HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT |
DATE OF EVENT :– 03 AUGUST 2022 | RELEVANCE :- Emergency supply on petroleum goods |
PURPOSE OF SIGNING MOU |
1. For emergency ferrying of petroleum products to the north eastern states of India through Bangladesh’s territory. |
IOCL – INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED |
Formation – 30 Jun 1959 Headquarters – New Delhi Chairman – Shrikant Madhav Vaidya |