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Prelim Bits 27-07-2019

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July 29, 2019

Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY)

  • It focuses on integrated development of handicrafts clusters with participation of craftpersons.
  • The selected artisans in these clusters are supported for sustainable development through NGO partners.
  • The package of support under AHVY can be clubbed under,
  1. Social Interventions
  2. Technological interventions
  3. Marketing interventions
  4. Financial interventions
  5. Cluster specific infrastructure related interventions
  • The salient features are,
  1. Base Line Survey & Mobilization of Artisans
  2. Design & Technology Upgradation
  3. Human Resource Development
  4. Direct Benefit to Artisans
  5. Infrastructure and Technology Support
  6. Research and Development
  7. Marketing Support & Services
  • Under this scheme 90 clusters across the country are identified.
  • It also cover aspirational districts, women clusters, weaker section and export potential clusters.
  • The objective is to transform these clusters by ensuring self-sustainment of the Self Help Groups/artisans of these clusters.
  • ‘Hastkala Sahyog Shivirs’ was organized all over the country for providing Aadhaar linked Pahchan card, marketing facilities, to artisans through Mudra loan.

Improving Milking Capacity of Cows

  • Dairy activities form an essential part of the rural Indian economy, serving as an important source of employment and income.
  • India also has the largest bovine population in the world.
  • However, the milk production per animal is significantly low as compared to the other major dairy producers.
  • So, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying has been implementing following schemes to improve the Milking capacity,
  1. Rashtriya Gokul Mission - for conservation of bovine population thereby enhancing their productivity.
  2. National Dairy Plan-I - implemented in 18 major dairy states for enhancing milk production and productivity.
  3. Breed Improvement Institutes – It provide breeding inputs in the form of High Genetic merit bulls for Artificial Insemination and semen doses of bulls with high genetic potential.
  • Unproductive animals with intact reproductive efficiency can be used as surrogate mothers under Embryo Transfer Technology (ETT) and IVF.
  • In Uttar Pradesh projects for establishment of two ETT labs with IVF facility have been sanctioned.
  • These initiatives are a part of doubling dairy farmers’ income.

Cambodia - China secret agreement

  • It gives the Chinese military exclusive rights to use part of a Ream naval base of Cambodia, in the Gulf of Thailand.
  • This would include posting military personnel, storing weapons and berthing warships.
  • But both China and Cambodia have denied for such a base are in work.
  • The Gulf of Thailand also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the western part of the South China Sea.
  • It is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
  • The northern tip of the Gulf of Thailand is referred to as the Bay of Bangkok.
  • The Gulf of Thailand is becoming popular for whale watching and known for its coral reefs.
  • The Thai Canal also known as Kra Canal or Kra Isthmus Canal is a proposed canal that would connect the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea.
  • China could fund the proposed ‘Kra Canal’ project.
  • It is envisaged that the canal would improve transportation in the region.

Himalayan knotweed

  • Himalayan knotweed (Persicaria wallichii) is a plant species in the knotweed family.
  • It is a native to the Himalayas and it was originally introduced as an ornamental garden plant.
  • It grows on stream sides, hedge banks, woodland edges, roadsides, railway banks and waste ground.
  • Once established this plant grows into extremely dense stands that out-compete all native vegetation.
  • It can grow to about 6 feet in height, alter natural ecosystems and are difficult to eradicate.
  • It is among 27 different species of invasive flora identified by Keystone Foundation.
  • It became the latest threat to ‘Nilgiris ecosystem’ and the rate at which they spreads becomes a serious cause for concern.
  • It threatens the biodiversity along streams and rivers and the wetlands in the Nilgiris.

 

Source: PIB, The Indian Express

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