CPCB
to strengthen monitoring system in Ganga and its tributaries.
Government has directed the Central Pollution
Control Board to strengthen the monitoring system in Ganga and it’s major
tributaries.It also asked the Board to carry out inspection of Grossly
Polluting Industries on regular basis.
The directions were given in an inter-ministerial
meeting which was held in the presence of Environment Minister and Minister of
Jal Shakti in New Delhi today.
Close monitoring of water quality in coordination
with National Mission on Clean Ganga was also emphasised and it was agreed upon
that suitable mechanism will be developed.
Indian Ministry of culture to reprint 108 volumes of
Mongolian Kanjur.
The Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of reprinting of 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur under the National Mission for Manus, NMM.
The first set of five volumes of Mongolian Kanjur
published under the NMM was presented to the President Ram NathKovind on the
occasion of Guru Purnima, also known as Dharma Chakra Day, on 4th July.
The National Mission for Manus was launched in February
2003 by the Government of India with the mandate of documenting, conserving and
disseminating the knowledge preserved in the manus.
One of the objectives of the mission is to publish
rare and unpublished manus so that the knowledge enshrined in them is spread to
researchers, scholars and general public at large.
India-EU
summit to be held on 15 July through video conference.
The Fifteenth summit between India and the European
Union (EU) will be held via video conference on 15 July 2020. The summit is
aimed to deliver concrete benefits for the people in the EU and India.
Highlights:
·
The summit will
provide a platform to strengthen the EU-India strategic partnership based on
shared principles and values of democracy, freedom, and rule of law.
·
Indian P M Modi
is expected to hold extensive talks with the President of the European Council
Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on
a range of issues in the summit.
·
The
leaders will reaffirm to promote effective multilateralism and a rules-based
multilateral order, with the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) at its core.
·
The summit
is aimed to deliver concrete benefits for the people in the EU and India.
·
The
leaders will discuss ways to boost cooperation in areas of security, climate,
environment, trade, and investment, digital economy, and connectivity.
Australia
suspends extradition treaty with Hongkong.
Australia said on Thursday it was suspending its
extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to a new security law imposed there
and announced measures to attract businesses from the Asian financial hub,
provoking an angry response from Beijing.
PM Scott Morrison said Hong Kong students, graduates
and workers in Australia on temporary visas will have the opportunity to stay
and work for an extra five years and apply for permanent residency after that
time.
Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Zhao Lijian said Mr. Morrison’s government should stop interfering in
Chinese affairs, warning that China, the biggest customer for Australian
exports, reserved the right to take retaliatory action.
India-UAE gives permission for airlines to transport authorized people.
Civil Aviation Ministry today said, India and the
UAE have allowed their airlines to carry people authorised to travel between
the two countries.
According to the arrangement, charter flights
operated by UAE carriers to bring Indian citizens from UAE will be allowed to
carry ICA approved UAE residents on their return leg.
Indian carriers operating repatriation flights to bring Indian citizens from
UAE to India will be allowed to carry the ICA approved UAE residents on the
outward journey from India to UAE.
On the India to UAE journey, these flights will carry only those passengers who
are destined for the UAE.ICA is UAE's Federal Authority for Identity and
Citizenship.The Civil Aviation authorities of both the countries have agreed to
operationalise the arrangement from 12th July.
India
observed Fish Farmers Day 2020.
India celebrates 10th July every year as the
"National Fish Farmers Day" to honor the fish farmers,
aquapreneurs& fisher folks in recognition of their accomplishments in the
field and their contribution in the growth of the fisheries sector in the
country. This year it was 63rd National Fish Farmer's Day.
On July 10th, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry
of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in association with the National
Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) hosted a webinar on the occasion of National
Fish Farmers Day.
Background History:
Every year, on 10 July, the National Fish Farmer's
Day is celebrated in memory of scientists Dr. K. H. Alikunhi and Dr. H.L.
Chaudhury who successfully demonstrated induced breeding (Hypophysation)
technology in Indian Major Carps on 10 July 1957 at the former CIFRI Pond
Culture Division in Cuttack, Odisha. (presently Central Institute of Freshwater
Aquaculture, CIFA, Bhubaneswar). The event aims to draw attention to changing
the way the country manages fisheries resources to ensure sustainable stocks
and healthy ecosystems.
The event is celebrated every year by congratulating
outstanding farmers, aquapreneurs, and farmers in appreciation of their
accomplishments in the field and their contribution to the development of the
country's fisheries sector. Apart from officials, scientists, professionals,
entrepreneurs, and stakeholders, fishermen, and fish farmers from across the
nation will participate in the event.
About NFBD
Webinar:
On July 10th the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying in association with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) hosted a webinar on the occasion of National Fish Farmers Day. Shri Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri P. C. Sarangi, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Dr. Rajeev Ranjan, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Government of India and senior officials from the Department of Fisheries graced the occasion.
Interacting with fishermen, officials, scientists, entrepreneurs at various
locations across the country, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
and Dairying, observed that to consolidate the achievements of the Blue
Revolution and pave the way from NeeliKranti to ArthKranti, under the leadership
of Prime Minister PM Modi The "Pradhan MantriMatsyaSampadaYojana"
(PMMSY) has been launched with the highest investment ever of Rs. 20,050 crore
over the next five years in order to realize its goal of doubling the farmer 's
income. This scheme would tackle critical gaps in fish production and
sustainability, efficiency, technology, post-harvest infrastructure and
management, improving and enhancing the value chain, traceability, creating a
comprehensive system for fisheries management and welfare for fishermen.
Fisheries Minister said that providing ‘Quality Seed’ of fish is very important
in enhancing production and productivity in the country. On the occasion
of 'National Fish Farmers Day,' he announced that the NFDB, in collaboration
with the NBFGR, will undertake the work of developing 'Fish Cryobanks' in
various parts of the world, which will promote the availability of 'fish
sperms' of desired species to fishermen at all times. This will be the first
time in the world when "Fish Cryobank" will be created, which can
bring a revolutionary change in the country's fisheries sector to boost fish
production and productivity, thereby enhancing prosperity among the fishermen.
The
Tiger Census of India sets a New Guinness Record.
The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation
2018, results of which were declared to the nation on Global Tiger Day last
year by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has entered the Guinness World
Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey.
world’s largest camera trap wildlife
survey Terming this achievement a great moment, Indian Environment
Minister, in a tweet message said that this is a shining example of Atma
nirbhar Bharat which in the Prime Minister’s own words, was attained through Sankalp
se siddhi.
The Environment Minister also said India, under the
leadership of Prime Minister Modi, has fulfilled its commitment to double the
number of tigers four years before the deadline. The country now has an
estimated 2967 tigers according to the most recent census. With this
number, India is home to nearly 75 per cent of the global tiger population and
has already fulfilled its determination to double tiger numbers, made in St.
Petersburg in 2010, well before the 2022 target year.
The citation at the Guinness World Record website
reads- “The fourth iteration of the survey – conducted in 2018-19 - was the
most comprehensive to date, in terms of both resource and data amassed. Camera
traps (outdoor photographic devices fitted with motion sensors that start
recording when an animal passes by) were placed in 26,838 locations across 141
different sites and surveyed an effective area of 121,337 square kilometres
(46,848 square miles). In total, the camera traps captured 34,858,623
photographs of wildlife (76,651 of which were tigers and 51,777 were leopards;
the remainder were other native fauna). From these photographs, 2,461
individual tigers (excluding cubs) were identified using
stripe-pattern-recognition software.
About Project
Tiger
As well as unprecedented camera trap usage, the 2018
“Status of Tigers in India” assessment also conducted extensive foot surveys
that covered 522,996 km (324,975 mi) of trails and sampled 317,958 habitat
plots for vegetation and prey dung. It’s estimated that the total area of
forest studied was 381,200 km2 (147,181 sq mi) and cumulatively the collection
and review of data equated to some 620,795 labour-days.”
The quadrennial All India Tiger Estimate is managed
by the National Tiger Conservation Authority with technical backstop from India
's Wildlife Institute and implemented by departments and partners from State
Forest. The latest 2018 findings showed that India now has an estimated
2967 tigers out of which photographed 2461
individual tigers, a whopping 83 percent of the tiger population, reflecting
the detailed nature of the survey.
There is hardly any equivalent of such a based
species-oriented program as Project Tiger in the world, which began with 9
Tiger Reserves, currently with 50 tiger reserves. India has now firmly
established a leading role in the conservation of tigers, with its benchmarking
practices viewed as a gold standard worldwide.
Indian
space agency is going to launch Brazilian satellite next month.
The first earth observation satellite to be entirely
developed by Brazil will be launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO).The satellite is known by the name ‘Amazonia-1’.
On 25th January 2004, an agreement was signed for cooperation in the field of
outer space between India and Brazil. As a part of the framework agreement ISRO
will be launching a micro-satellite of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). This
microsatellite will be for atmospheric studies as per the agreement.
Operations of Amazonia-1 will be joint with the
China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Program (CBERS). Under the CBERS
program between China and Brazil, 6 satellites have been launched to date (The
first satellite CBERS-1 was launched back in October 1999).
India's
GDP to contract by 3 percent in FY21 says BofA.
BofA Securities, a foreign brokerage, stated that
India's GDP will contract by 3% in FY21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic,
assuming the economy is opened up fully from next. The Indian GDP will contract
this fiscal, with some estimates ranging up to 7% negative growth.
Highlights:
· It also stated
that RBI will monetize the fiscal deficit through the purchase of government
bonds of up to $95 billion through open market operations (OMO), and its
revaluation reserves of $127 billion will be used to recapitalize state-run
banks.
· BofA
Securities has an estimated 3% contraction with the assumption of the economy
opening up fully from mid-August. It is expected that this might rise up to 5%
if the COVID-19 crisis prolongs.
· It should be
noted that India's GDP growth decelerated to 4.2% in 2019-20, the weakest in
over a decade. The growth potential is over 7%.
· Repo rate points
cut down by 135 points amid covid Crysis.
· From February
2019 till COVID-19 began, the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) has cut the repo
rate by 135 basis points. That was shared by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das while
delivering his keynote address on July 11, 2020 at the 7th SBI Banking &
Economics Conclave.
Covid - 19's Adverse
Effect on REPO Points
The RBI Governor said repo rate has been cut overall
since February 2019 by 250 basis points to alleviate liquidity stress and
provide financial stability in the economy. The main aim behind the move was to
tackle the economic growth slowdown. Das stated that during the Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) meeting, they had extensively
touched on economic growth issues. The MPC has agreed to slash the policy repo
rate by 115 base points cumulatively.
Worst Health & Economic Crisis in 100 years Says
RBI Governor
The RBI Governor claimed that this is the worst
health and economic crisis of the last 100 years with unparalleled negative
impacts on employment, production, and well-being. Das said the existing world order, global value chains,
labor, and capital movements across the globe have been dented.
RBI Governor further claimed that the coronavirus pandemic has represented our
economic and financial system 's largest test of resilience and robustness. The
new RBI initiatives seek to accelerate a cyclical turnaround in economic
activity at a time when COVID-19 has struck the world along with other
calamities, causing poverty and endangering thousands of people's lives and
livelihoods. According to Shaktikanta Das, COVID may result in higher
non-performing assets (NPAs) and capital erosion of banks.
Indian
Consumer affairs ministry makes country of origin rag mandatory for e-commerce
portals.
·
Amid the clamour
to ban China-made goods, the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs has sent out a
reminder to all e-commerce portals to ensure that the “country of origin” of
the products being sold by them should be mentioned as part of mandatory
declarations.
·
The Ministry’s
reminder to e-commerce portals is part of a concerted effort by the government
to have ‘country of origin’ declarations on these websites. The Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Wednesday held a second
meeting on the matter after the initial consultation two weeks ago, attended by
close to 30 e-commerce players.
·
These rules make
it mandatory for all manufacturers to declare the package name and address of
the manufacturer, common and generic name of commodity, net quantity, month and
year of manufacturing, MRP and consumer care details.
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