CURRENT AFFAIRS 02 MARCH 2021

About:

• Aim of the fellowship to recognize students, community workers/self-help groups, and municipal/sanitary workers who are engaged in tackling the enormous challenge of waste management, scientifically and sustainably.
  
  
• The Waste to Wealth Mission is one of the nine national missions of the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC).
  
  
• The three categories of awards under the fellowships are as below:
  • Category-A – Open to School students from 9th to 12th standards engaged in waste management community work
    
    
  • Category-B – Open to College students (UG, PG, Research students) engaged in waste management community work
    
    
  • Category-C – Open to Citizens working in the community and through SHGs, municipal or sanitary workers working beyond specifications of their job requirement/descriptions
• The last date for applying to the fellowship is March 19th, 2021. Up to 500 fellows will be recognised under the fellowship.
  
  

About:

• The NFSA provides a legal right to persons belonging to “eligible households” to receive food grains at subsidised price– rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs 2/kg and coarse grain at Rs 1/kg — under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
  
  
• These are called central issue prices (CIPs).
  
  
• Under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Act, the term “eligible households” comprises two categories — “priority households”, and families covered by the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY).
  • Priority households are entitled to receive 5 kg of food grains per person per month.
    
    
  • AAY households are entitled to 35 kg per month at the same prices.