17 Dec 2022: PIB Summary for UPSC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Second “Sushasan Saptah” (Good Governance Week)
2. “One Week, One Lab” campaign
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1. Second “Sushasan Saptah” (Good Governance Week)

Syllabus: GS 2, Governance.

Mains: Important aspects of governance.

Prelims: Sushasan Saptah(Good Governance Week).

Context: Second “Sushasan Saptah” (Good Governance Week) will be observed from December 19-25, 2022.

Details:

  • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has extended best wishes for the success of Good Governance week. He appreciated the inclusion of the ‘Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore’ campaign during the week-long campaign.
  • The campaign would focus on improving service delivery and redressal of public grievances across all the Districts of the country. The progress will be reported by the District Collectors on a dedicated portal.
  • An Exhibition on Good Governance Practices will also be launched.
  • The focus areas of the campaign are:
    • Redressal of pending public grievances in CPGRAMS and state portals
    • Addition of services for online service delivery
    • Disposal of Service Delivery applications
    • Collation of Good Governance practices and their dissemination
    • Sharing of one success story per district on the resolution of public grievances

For more information on Good Governance, read here: Indian Polity Notes on Good Governance [UPSC GS-II]

Prashasan Gaon ki Ore:

  • It is a Nationwide campaign for the Redressal of Public Grievances and Improving Service Delivery across all Districts, States/Union Territories of India.
  • The vision of the ‘Prashasan Gaon ki Ore’ campaign is to bring citizens across all Districts of India closer to the administration.
  • District Collectors will organize special camps/events at Tehsil/ Panchayat Samitis Headquarters etc. in this direction during the Sushasan Saptah.
  • A special feature of the campaign in 2022 is the organization of a workshop on “Good Governance Practices/Initiatives” on 23rd December 2022.
  • The aim of this initiative is to provide a platform to encourage and document good governance practices at the grass-root level. It will further help in outlining a Vision document for District@100. 
  • It will create a National Movement for good governance in promoting a citizen-centric approach to governance.

2. “One Week, One Lab” campaign

Syllabus: GS 3, Science and Technology

Mains: Science and Technology development.

Prelims: “One Week, One Lab” campaign.

Context: CSIR’s “One Week, One Lab” countrywide campaign will be launched from 6th January 2023.

Details:

  • The “One Week, One Lab” campaign of CSIR will be launched from 6th January 2023.
  • Under this campaign each of the 37 premier Institutes/Laboratories of CSIR spread across India will display their exclusive innovations and technological breakthroughs every successive week.
  • It is a theme-based campaign that is expected to ignite the minds of young students, innovators, academia, start-ups, and industry to navigate the opportunities through deep tech ventures.
  • A Special Call for Research Grant Proposals for Women Scientists was announced during the 200th Governing meeting of CSIR.
  • The new tagline, “CSIR-The Innovation Engine of India” was also released to align with the present-day transformation.
  • The implementation of a paperless E-office across all labs (with effect 01 April 2023) and an E-performance appraisal system for the staff for Reporting Year 2022-2023 were also approved.

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR):

  • It was established on 26 September 1942 and was registered as a CSIR Society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. 
  • The first meeting of the Governing Body was held on 09 March 1942.

For more information on CSIR, read here: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [CSIR]: History, Objectives & Achievements
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