SATAT Initiative
- It is an initiative by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
- It is aimed at providing a Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)
- It will promote the use of Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make available CBG in the market for use in automotive fuels.
- It will be launched in association with PSU oil marketing companies, which invites potential entrepreneurs to set up CBG plants.
Bio-Gas
- Bio-gas is produced naturally through a process of anaerobic decomposition from waste / bio-mass sources.
- Bio-mass sources include agriculture residue, cattle dung, sugarcane press mud, municipal solid waste, sewage treatment plant waste, etc.
- After purification, it is compressed and called Compressed Bio-Gas , which has pure methane content of over 95%.
- CBG is exactly similar to the commercially available natural gas in its composition and energy potential.
- CBG's calorific value (~52,000 KJ/kg) and other properties are similar to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
- CBG can be used as an alternative, renewable automotive fuel.
- Benefits of production of CBG on a commercial scale includes,
- Responsible waste management, reduction in carbon emissions and pollution
- Additional revenue source for farmers
- Boost to entrepreneurship, rural economy and employment
- Support to national commitments in achieving climate change goals
- Reduction in import of natural gas and crude oil
- Buffer against crude oil/gas price fluctuations
PRAGATI
- PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) is a multi-purpose and multi-modal platform existing in the Prime Minister’s Office.
- It was launched in 2015 and is not a public web platform.
- It is used exclusively by the Prime Minister to give suitable directions for redressal of grievance.
- It also monitors and reviews compliance on the projects and programmes of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.
- It brings on one stage the Secretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States.
- It deploys three technologies - Digital data management, video-conferencing and geo-spatial technology.
- Recently, PM chaired the 29th interaction with PRAGATI and reviewed the progress made in the working of the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana.
Japan's Investment in India
- Two loan agreements were recently signed between Ministry of Finance and Japan International Cooperation Agency.
- The projects are Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project and Kolkata East-West Metro Project.
Embryo Transfer Technology
- Government has undertaken a Mass Embryo Transfer programme in Indigenous Breeds under National Mission on Bovine Productivity.
- Embryo transfer refers to a step in the process of assisted reproduction in which embryos are placed into the uterus of a female with the intent to establish a pregnancy.
- It is implemented with the objective of conservation and development of indigenous breeds under RashtriyaGokul Mission.
- Under this programme, embryos of higher genetic merit indigenous bovines are being transferred in to surrogate cows.
- Embryos of Indigenous breeds such as Sahiwal, Gir, Red Sindhi, Ongole, Deoni and Vechur have been proposed to be transferred under this programme.
- Twenty Embryo Transfer Technology Centres are being established in the country.
Source: PIB
