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Langtang Microhydro Electricity Project

In Context The Langtang Microhydro Electricity Project was built three years after the 2015 earthquake-avalanche with help from the Hong Kong-based Kadoorie Charitable Foundation.  About Langtang Microhydro Project. It costs $530,000 and has a weir and spillway at the moraine, and the water is taken through a fibre glass-insulated penstock pipe to a powerhouse that […]

Pochampally Village

In News  Recently, the Pochampally Village in Telangana State has been selected as one of the best Tourism Villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).  The prestigious award will be given on the occasion of the 24th session of the UNWTO General Assembly on 2nd December 2021 in Madrid, Spain. About Best Tourism […]

Technical Textiles

In News Recently, the Textile minister said the government will support production-linked incentives (PLIs) for the textile sector in states supporting the development and offering affordable infrastructure for textile manufacturing like cheap land and power. About A technical textile is a textile product manufactured for non-aesthetic purposes, where function is the primary criterion.  Technical textiles […]

“Dairy Sahakar” Scheme

In News  Union Minister of Home Affairs and Corporation launched the “Dairy Sahakar” scheme at Anand, Gujarat, during the function organised by Amul for the celebration of the 75th Foundation Year of Amul.  Objectives and Need  The livestock sector has a unique combination of being the backbone of rural livelihood.  The growth would have been […]

Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS)

In News  Recently, the Union Minister of Textiles reviewed the Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS) at the 5th Inter-Ministerial Steering  Committee  (IMSC) meeting organized by the Ministry of Textiles.  Objectives behind the move  The scheme was reviewed to boost the Indian Textile Industry by enabling ease of doing business, bolstering exports & fuelling employment.  […]

Strategic Petroleum Reserves

In News  Recently, India has started selling crude oil from its strategic reserves to state refiners with a view to soften the blow from surging global crude prices. About   Strategic petroleum reserves are essentially huge stockpiles of crude oil to keep the wheels of the country running in crunch situations. The petroleum reserves are strategic […]

BharatNet PPP

In News The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to soon come out with a revised tender for the public-private partnership (PPP) implementation of BharatNet. BharatNet  BharatNet project originally aimed to provide broadband services at 100 Mbps to around 2.5 lakh gram panchayats of the country. Aim: To provide on-demand, affordable broadband connectivity of 2 […]

Zojila Tunnel

In Context The government is pushing to complete the massive Zojila tunnel before Republic Day, 2024. About  The Zojila tunnel will be India’s longest road tunnel and Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel.  The first part involves the development and expansion of the 18.475-km highway between Z-Morh to Zojila.  A 3-km stretch will be expanded; the rest […]

First Herbicide-tolerant & Non-GM rice varieties

In News  Recently, the Prime Minister of India officially released new varieties of rice named ‘Pusa Basmati 1979 ‘and ‘Pusa Basmati 1985’. About  The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) developed the country’s first-ever non-GM (genetically modified) herbicide-tolerant rice varieties. The varieties contain a mutated acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene making it possible for farmers to spray […]

Bharatmala Pariyojana

In News  Recently, the Shiromani Akali Dal demanded at least a 100% hike in compensation to the farmers for the land being acquired under the “Bharat Mala” project for different highways in the State. It is said that Punjab farmers have been put at a loss of over ?25,000 crores by the State government’s “devious […]