05 June 2024: PIB Summary for UPSC

05 June 2024 PIB
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. World Environment Day
2. WSIS 2024 PRIZE “Champion” Award
3. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
4. Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
5. Tele-MANAS
6. Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project

1. World Environment Day

Syllabus: GS-3, Environment and Ecology

Prelims: World Environment Day

Mains: Government programmes and initiatives launched on World Environment Day

Context:

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June every year to raise awareness about deteriorating environmental situations and inspire people worldwide to take good environmental activities.

Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam Campaign:

• The Prime Minister launched the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign on this occasion.
• The PM planted a Peepal tree at Buddha Jayanti Park in Delhi and urged everyone to plant trees in the coming days as a tribute to their mothers.
• Plantation of trees is central to the theme of World Environment Day 2024 namely halting and reversing Land Degradation, building Drought Resilience and Preventing Desertification.
• The plantation of 80 crore trees by September and 140 crores by March 2025 has been planned following a “Whole of Government” and “Whole of Society Approach”. 
• The trees would be planted nationwide by individuals, entities, community-based organisations, Central and State Government Departments and local bodies.  

Air Quality Monitoring System and Air-Pravah App

• The MeITY Secretary inaugurated the Indigenous Air Quality Monitoring System (AQ-AIMS) and launched the Air-Pravah App on World Environment Day.
• These are developed under MeitY-supported technologies and are cost-effective.
• The developed system will help in providing the various environmental clearances.
• Air Quality Monitoring System (AQ-AIMS):
  • The outdoor air quality monitoring system was developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata in collaboration with TeXMIN (ISM, Dhanbad) and industry partner J M Envirolab Pvt Ltd, under the ‘National programme on Electronics and ICT applications in Agriculture and Environment (AgriEnIcs).
  • The system monitors environmental pollutants including parameters like PM 1.0, PM 2.5, PM 10, SO2, NO2, O3, CO, CO2, Temperature, Humidity, etc, for continuous air quality monitoring.
  • The system is being commercialised after field trials and testing.
• Air-Pravah:
  • The AQ-AIMS comes with a mobile application named “Air-Pravah” for real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) monitoring. 
  • It offers quick setup, real-time data visualisation, unit conversions, AQI comparison, multi-device support, data analysis tools, remote monitoring and automatic updates. 
  • It will be available on Android Play stores, and the app is being activated by registering with the unique device ID of the AQ-AIMS device.

 

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