13 Nov 2020: PIB Summary & Analysis

November 13th, 2020 PIB:- Download PDF Here

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Ayurveda Day
2. QRSAM Missile System
3. PM-KUSUM

1. Ayurveda Day

Context:

PM dedicates two future-ready Ayurveda institutions to the nation on the 5^th Ayurveda Day.

To know more about Ayurveda Day, check PIB dated Oct 15, 2020.

2. QRSAM Missile System

Context:

QRSAM Missile system achieves a major milestone.

Details:

• Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) System has achieved a major milestone by a direct hit on to a Banshee Pilotless target aircraft at the medium range & medium altitude.
• The missile launch took place from ITR Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
• The system is capable of detecting and tracking targets on the move and engaging target with short halts. The system is designed to give air defence coverage against strike columns of the Indian Army.
• The missile system was fully indigenous with active radio frequency seekers, electro-mechanical actuation systems sourced from various industries.

About QSRAM:

• The QRSAM, like many modern missiles, is a canister-based system, which means that it is stored and operated from specially designed compartments.
• In the canister, the inside environment is controlled, thus along with making its transport and storage easier, the shelf life of weapons also improves significantly.
• The QRSAM is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, primarily designed and developed by DRDO to provide a protective shield to moving armoured columns of the Army from enemy aerial attacks.
• The entire weapon system has been configured on a mobile and manoeuvrable platform and is capable of providing air defence on the move. It has been designed for induction into the Army and has a range of 25 to 30 km.
• The QRSAM weapon ensemble, which functions on the move, consists of a fully automated command and control system, two radars — Active Array Battery Surveillance Radar, Active Array Battery Multifunction Radar — and one launcher.
• Both radars have a 360-degree coverage with “search on move” and “track on move” capabilities.
• The system is compact, uses a single-stage solid propelled missile and has a mid-course inertial navigation system with two-way data link and terminal active seeker developed indigenously by DRDO.
• The weapon system would be ready for induction by 2021.

3. PM-KUSUM

Context:

MNRE expands the scope of PM-KUSUM Scheme to enable greater solar energy generation in the farm sector.

Details:

• The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has expanded the implementation guidelines of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme based on the learnings from the implementation of the scheme during the first year.
• Now, solar power plants can be installed on pastureland and marshy land of farmers besides barren, fallow and agricultural land.
• The size of the solar plant has been reduced to enable the participation of small farmers.

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November 13th, 2020, PIB:- Download PDF Here