Cyber Surakshit Bharat
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), announced the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative.
- It aims to spread awareness about cybercrime and building capacity for safety measures for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and frontline IT staff across all government departments.
- Cyber Surakshit Bharat is the first public-private partnership of its kind and will leverage the expertise of the IT industry in cybersecurity.
- Cyber Surakshit Bharat aims to conduct a series of training programs for departments in State and Union governments,Public Sector Banks, and technical arms of the Air Force, Army and Navy.
Australia Group
- Recently the Australia Group decided to admit India as its 43rd participant.
- India’s entry would contribute to international security and non-proliferation objectives.
- The Australia Group (AG) is an informal forum of countries which, seeks to ensure export controls over development of chemical or biological weapons.
- By this AG nations would fulfil their obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention to the fullest extent possible.
- The other grouping like Australia group are MTCR, Wassenaar arrangement and NSG.
MTCR
- It is a multilateral, consensus based grouping of 35 member countries who are voluntarily committed to the non-proliferation of missiles capable of carrying chemical, biological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
- It controls the export of the technologies and materials involved in ballistic missile systems and unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
- This is a non–treaty association which has a rule-based regulation mechanism to limit the transfer of such critical technologies of these missile systems.
- India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in 2016.
Wassenaar Arrangement (WA)
- The Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) has been established in order to contribute to regional and international security and stability.
- It promotes transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies, thus preventing destabilising accumulations.
- The aim is also to prevent the acquisition of these items by terrorists.
- Participating States ensure that transfers of these items do not contribute to the development or enhancement of military capabilities.
- India became a member of WA in 2017.
NSG
- Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a multinational body concerned with reducing nuclear proliferation by controlling the export and re-transfer of materials that may be applicable to nuclear weapon development.
- NSG was set up in 1974 as a reaction to India’s nuclear tests.
Highway Nest
- Union government has planned to install food kiosks in toll plazas run by NHAI.
- These kiosks will sell drinking water, tea/coffee, and packaged food for the convenience of highways users.
- These kiosks are termed as Highway Nest (Mini) and are under construction on both up-side and down-side at all 372 NH run toll plazas.
UN Environment Management Group (EMG)
- The EMG is a UN system-wide coordination body on environment and human settlements.
- Its members include the secretariats of the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and other specialized agencies, programmes and organs of the UN.
- Representatives of intergovernmental bodies, civil society and international non-governmental organizations can be invited to contribute.
- The EMG works through technical meetings, Issue Management Groups and task forces.
Source: PIB, the Hindu, Business standard, Economic times
