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Prelim Bits 25-08-2018

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August 25, 2018

Fame India Scheme

  • FAME India Scheme [Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India] was launched in 2015.
  • Its objective is to support hybrid/electric vehicles market development and Manufacturing eco-system.
  • The FAME India Scheme is aimed at incentivising all vehicle segments i.e. 2 Wheeler, 3 Wheeler Auto, Passenger 4 Wheeler Vehicle, Light Commercial Vehicles and Buses.
  • It has 4 focus areas i.e. Technology development, Demand Creation, Pilot Projects and Charging Infrastructure.
  • The phase I of FAME expires on March 31, 2018.
  • In phase II, the government is targeting a fully (100%) electric fleet for public transport, including buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws.
  • An inter-ministerial panel has recently finalised the roadmap for the II phase spanning over five years and subsidy support for all types of electric vehicles.
  • At present, the incentive is being offered on purchase of strong hybrid and electric cars, two-wheelers and three-wheelers.
  • The panel decided to offer subsidy to all categories of electric vehicles, including two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers.

National Mission for Manuscripts

  • National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) is developing an app to make 3 lakhs manuscripts online accessible.
  • NMM was set up in 2003 by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture to identify, document, conserve, digitise and publish Indian manuscripts.
  • A manuscript is a handwritten composition on paper, bark, cloth, metal, palm leaf or any other material dating back at least seventy-five years that has significant scientific, historical or aesthetic value.
  • NMM is working towards fulfilling its motto, ‘conserving the past for the future’.
  • India possesses an estimate of 10 million manuscripts, probably the largest collection in the world, which covers a variety of themes, textures and aesthetics, scripts, languages, calligraphies, illuminations and illustrations.

Biodiversity Heritage Sites

  • The Tamil Nadu State Biodiversity Board has initiated steps to identify and declare Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS).
  • BHS are well defined areas that are unique, ecologically fragile ecosystems.
  • Under Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (BDA), the State Government in consultation with local bodies may notify in the official gazette, areas of biodiversity importance as Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS).
  • The State Government in consultation with the Central Government may frame rules for the management and conservation of BHS.
  • The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) issues the guidelines for selection and management of the BHS.
  • It covers terrestrial, coastal and inland waters and, marine ecosystems  having rich biodiversity.
  • Ameenpur lake in Telangana is the first waterbody in the country to be declared as a BHS.

QUAD Grouping

  • Indo-Pacific Quadrilateral is a closed group consisting of India, Australia, Japan & USA.
  • Japan pioneered the initiative about a decade ago as a coalition of maritime democracies.
  • Securing a rules-based global order, liberal trading system and freedom of navigation are believed to the guiding principles.
  • It aims to contain a rising China and its “predatory” economic and trade policies.
  • The purpose is also to provide alternative debt financing for countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • Report on stability was recently launched by four think tanks from the Quad countries at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).
  • The report was published by Quadripartite Commission on Indian Ocean Regional Security, which put out a series of 20 policy recommendations for stability in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
  • It recommended that the four countries should work to oppose the establishment of permanent Chinese military bases in the IOR.

3D Printed Reef

  • World's largest 3D-printed reef was installed in Maldives to help save corals.
  • The artificial reef was developed using computer modelling and a 3D printer at a lab in Melbourne, Australia,.
  • It was designed to resemble reef structures typically found in the Maldives.
  • It aims to help coral reefs survive the ravages of climate change and warming waters.
  • 3D printing technology offers a new way of saving the corals to fight with global warming, bleaching and environmental pollution.

 

Source: Indian Express, PIB

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Hermoine 6 years

This is the first terrestial BHS ..

Nallur Tamarind GroveBengaluruDevanahalli54 acresIt is popularly believed to be a relic of the Chola Dynasty that ruled nearly 800 years ago, is spectacle of awesome wonder and a freakish site. This BHS spread over 54 acres comprising a population of nearly 300 trees, is a picture of dynamic pattern of plant diversity. The significant component of this popular structure is a group of old plants standing like ageless sentinels, firmly rooted to the ground with their gigantic trunks, along with large picturesque crowns spread very high and aloft like open wings.

Vv 6 years

SIR You are the

INVISIBLE GOD To us.

Really great

I CAN'T SAY MORE THAN THAT 

Because I DIDN'T KNOW THE WORD more than that..

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