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Prelims Bits 24-01-2018

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January 24, 2018

Bharat Parv

  • The ‘Bharat Parv’ is an event organized annually at Red Fort, Delhi from 26th to 31st January to commemorate Republic day
  • The prime objective   of organizing the event  is  to  generate  a  patriotic  mood,  promote  the  rich  cultural  diversity  of the country and  to  ensure  wider  participation  of the  general  public.
  • The Ministry of Tourism has been designated as the nodal ministry for this event.

PMKSY

  • Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana is the scheme under ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare.
  • The major objective of the scheme is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation, expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, and improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water.
  • PMKSY has been conceived amalgamating ongoing schemes viz.
  1. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development &Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR).
  2. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources (DoLR).
  3. On Farm Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC).

Funaria hygrometrica

  • Scientists have identified a type of moss that can efficiently absorb a large amount of lead, providing a green alternative for decontaminating polluted water and soil.
  • Funaria hygrometrica is the moss whichuses phytoremediation,it is known to grow well in sites contaminated with metals like copper, zinc, and lead.
  • Phytoremediation is a method that uses photosynthesising organisms to clean up soil or water contamination.
  • The Moss cells can absorbed lead up to 74 per cent of their dry weight.

Online auction for Scraps

  • Indian Railways have been selling its internally generated scrap entirely through online e-auction. 
  • Majority of the scrap material comprises of worn-out rails and track fittings released from track renewal/gauge conversion, steel scrap generated in course of overhaul /repairs of rolling stocks, other non-ferrous and miscellaneous  scrap.
  • The e-auction module is part of the IREPS (Indian Railways E-Procurement System) which is a single portal of Indian Railways handling all procurements tenders and e-auctions digitally.

INSPIRE

  • Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) issponsored and managed by Ministry of Science & Technology.
  • The basic objective of INSPIRE is to attract young talents to the study of science and  build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening R & D base.
  • The programme does not conduct any competitive exams for identification of talent at any level.
  • It relies on the existing educational structure for identification of talent.
  • The programme has three components:
  1. Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent- (SEATS)
  2. Scholarship for Higher Education- (SHE)
  3. Assured Opportunity for Research Careers - (AORC)

Urban heat islands

  • Rapid urbanisation combined with changes in land use pattern leads warming of urban spaces compared with surrounding non-urban areas this is called the urban heat island effect.
  • Urban migration, concrete jungles, decrease in dense vegetation and cultivable land area, encroachments in water bodies will influence urban heat islands.
  • For instance, Delhi is 4-12°C warmer due to the urban heat island effect.

 

 

Source: PIB, the Hindu, Indian Express

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