TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying 2. Swachh Survekshan 2023 3. eSewa Kendras 4. CHAMPIONS 2.0 Portal 5. Sagar Samajik Sahayog CSR Guidelines 6. Helen Keller’s Day
1. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Syllabus: GS-3, Agriculture, Animal Rearing
Prelims: Schemes related to the dairy and animal husbandry sector
Mains: Importance of dairy, livestock and animal husbandry sector for the economy
Context:
9 Years’ Key achievements and initiatives of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Livestock Sector
- The sector grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.93 per cent during 2014-15 to 2020-21 (at constant prices).
- There are about 303.76 million bovines (cattle, buffalo, Mithun and yak), 74.26 million sheep, 148.88 million goats, 9.06 million pigs and about 851.81 million poultry as per the 20th Livestock Census in the country.
Dairy Sector
- Dairy is the single largest agricultural commodity contributing 5 per cent of the national economy and employing more than 8 crore farmers directly.
- India is ranked 1st in milk production contributing 23 percent of global milk production.
- Milk production is growing at an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1% over the past 8 years whereas world milk production is growing at 1.2% per annum.
- The per capita availability of milk is 444 grams per day in 2021-22 as against the world average of 394 grams per day during 2021.
Egg and Meat Production
- India ranks 3rd in egg production and 8th in meat production in the world.
Schemes of the government in this sector
- Rashtriya Gokul Mission – Read more here.
- National Programme for Dairy Development – Aims to create and strengthen infrastructure for quality milk including cold chain infrastructure linking the farmer to the consumer.
- Supporting dairy cooperatives and FPOs in the dairy sector – providing soft working capital loans to tide over crises on account of severely adverse market conditions or natural calamities.
- Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF): Aims to create/modernize the milk processing, chilling and value addition infrastructure towards components milk processing, chilling and value-added products facilities, etc.
- National Livestock Mission – Read more here.
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) – Read more here.
- Livestock Health And Disease Control Programme – For prevention, control and containment of animal diseases of economic and zoonotic importance by vaccination.
Syllabus: GS-2, Government Schemes
Prelims: Swachh Survekshan, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Context:
Swachh Survekshan 2023 to begin from 1st July 2023.
Swachh Survekshan:
- It is the 8th edition of the world’s largest urban swachhata survey.
- Rolled out on 24 May 2022, Swachh Survekshan 2023 champions “Waste to Wealth” and is curated towards the processing and scientific management of waste.
- The assessors will study the performances of 4500+ cities across 46 indicators and it is expected to be completed within a month.
- Swachh Survekshan was introduced under the aegis of MoHUA in 2016, with the objective of sanitation, helping cities to achieve the goal of sustainable sanitation and waste management in a fast-track competitive manner.
- Swachh Survekshan 2023 indicators focus on parameters pertaining to segregated door-to-door waste collection, zero waste events, Divyang-friendly toilets, improved plastic waste management and cleaning back lanes.
- New indicators included this time are Waste to Wonder Parks, Swachh TULIP and Red Spots (spitting in commercial/residential areas).
Read more about Swachh Survekshan in the linked article.
Syllabus: GS-2, Judiciary
Prelims: eSewa Kendras
Context:
815 eSewa Kendras have been made under 25 High Courts.
What are eSewa Kendras?
- eSewa Kendras have been rolled out to bridge the digital divide by providing e-filing services to lawyers and litigants.
- Covering all High Courts and one District Court as a pilot project, it is being expanded to cover all court complexes.
- The eSewa Kendras are being set up at the entry point of the court complexes with the intention of facilitating the lawyer or litigant who needs any kind of assistance ranging from information to facilitation and e-filing.
- Services offered by eSewa Kendras for litigants and lawyers:
- Handling inquiries about case status, next date of hearing and other details.
- Facilitate online Applications for certified copies.
- Facilitate e-Filing of petitions right from the scanning of hard copy petitions, appending eSignatures, uploading them onto CIS and generation of filing numbers.
- To assist in online purchase of e-Stamp papers/ePayments.
- To help in applying and obtaining an Aadhaar-based digital signature.
- Publicise and assist in downloading the Mobile App of eCourts for Android and IOS.
- Facilitate in the booking of eMulakat appointments for meeting relatives in jail.
- Handling queries about Judges on leave.
- Guide people on how to avail of free legal services from the District Legal Service Authority, High Court Legal Service Committee and Supreme Court Legal Service Committee.
- Facilitate disposal of traffic challans in virtual Courts as also online compounding of traffic challans and other petty offences.
- Explaining the method of arranging and holding a video conference court hearing.
- Provide soft copies of judicial orders/judgments via email, WhatsApp or any other available mode.
Syllabus: GS-2, Govt Schemes, GS-3, Economy, MSME Sector
Prelims: Champions Portal
Context:
MSME Minister launched the Champions 2.0 portal to strengthen the SME grievance redressal mechanism.
Details:
- 27 June was celebrated as ‘World MSME Day’.
- The minister launched the revamped Champions portal with new elements of technology, localisation and feedback.
- The new Champions 2.0 portal employs chatbot technology for automated grievance redressal in order to reduce the turnaround time using artificial intelligence.
- The revamped portal will be available in 11 languages (earlier it was seven).
- It also has a real-time feedback mechanism for its analysis.
- The portal was launched in June 2020 as a single-window grievance redressal portal for MSMEs.
- The portal operates a Central Control Room and 69 State Control Rooms in a hub-and-spoke model to facilitate MSMEs through grievance redressal and handholding.
- It routes queries as per the nature of the complaint to respective branch/bureau/office heads in the MSME Ministry to attend to them within three days.
- The portal has an almost 100% grievance redressal rate.
- A Mobile App for Geo-tagging of Cluster Projects and Technology Centers was also launched at the event.
5. Sagar Samajik Sahayog CSR Guidelines
Syllabus: GS-2, Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors.
Prelims: Sagar Samajik Sahayyog Guidelines
Mains: Corporate social responsibility and related laws
Context:
Union Minister launched ‘Sagar Samajik Sahayyog’ – the new guidelines of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways.
Details:
- The new CSR guidelines unveiled will impact projects and programmes relating to activities specified in Section 70 of the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021.
- For the purpose of planning and implementing CSR projects, a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee shall be constituted in each major port.
- The Committee shall be headed by the Dy. Chairperson of the Major Port and shall have 2 other Members.
- Each major port shall prepare a Corporate Social Responsibility Plan for every financial year, and integrate its CSR in Business Plan with the social and environmental concerns related to the business of the entity.
Syllabus: Miscellaneous
Prelims: Helen Keller
Context:
Helen Keller’s Day is celebrated on the 27th of June.
About Helen Keller:
- Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) was an American author and disabled rights champion.
- Although born deaf and blind, she became a successful author.
- She became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
- She continues to be an inspiration for disabled people worldwide.
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