18 Feb 2021: PIB Summary & Analysis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Delimitation Commission
2. Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Indian Army
3. India Tourism Mart
4. Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge

1. Delimitation Commission

Context:

Delimitation Commission holds meeting to seek views on the delimitation process of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.

Read all about the Delimitation Commission in the linked article.

2. Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Indian Army

Context:

Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Indian Army under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan.

Background:

• Communication is vital and critical to all military operations.
• The Combat Net Radio (CNR) is the mainstay of communications for the Indian Army in the battlefield.
• The contemporary CNR equipment in the Indian Army supports voice communication only and has limited or no data transmission capability.

What’s in News?

• To arm the soldiers with advantages offered by technology and equip them to fight a war in the net–centric battle space, the existing radios are to be replaced soon by indigenously developed Software Defined Radio (SDR).
• SDR have enhanced data transmission capability, enhanced voice clarity and data transmission accuracy in spectrally noisy environments, support multiple waveforms, greater system security and better communication survivability in clear and secure mode to meet the operational requirements of the Indian Army.
• The Indian Army is in the process of revamping its communication systems by procuring Very/Ultra High Frequency (V/UHF) Manpack SDRs under Make-II category.

3. India Tourism Mart

Context:

India Tourism Mart 2021, the third edition of the event, is being held in online mode.

About India Tourism Mart:

• Conducted by the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH), the event is supported by the Ministry of Tourism, GOI.
• It is a buyer-seller event and the first such event was held in 2015, although it was named Tourism Mart in 2018.
• The event has seen active attendance from over 250 buyers from 65 countries having B2B interactions from hundreds of tourism exhibitors from India, including most of the state governments, hotel companies, tour operators, travel agents and tourist transporters.

4. Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge

Context:

Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge cohort announced.

Details:

• The Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, announced twenty-five shortlisted cities for the ‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’ cohort, in collaboration with the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) and technical partner WRI India.
• The cohort will receive technical assistance, capacity building and scale-up support to experiment, and implement trials and pilots over the next six months to demonstrate early wins, solicit citizen participation, and build consensus around their proposals.

Read more on the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge in PIB dated Nov 4, 2020.

Read previous PIB here.

February 18th, 2021, PIB:- Download PDF Here