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23 MARCH 2022 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS | UPSC CDS CAPF AFCAT NDA SSB

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23 MARCH 2022 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS | UPSC CDS CAPF AFCAT NDA SSB
1. MEDICINAL PLANTS
Till date, the Ministry of Ayush has supported 59,350 farmers in the cultivation 84 medicinal plants species out of the 140 prioritised medicinal plants, and covered 56,305 hectare area throughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

About:

  • This information was submitted by Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Rajya Sabha in the ongoing Parliament session.

  • The Minister added that under the medicinal plants component of the Centrally sponsored scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), the Ministry had provided financial assistance in form of subsidy to encourage the farmers for cultivation of medicinal plants throughout the country from the 2015-16 to 2020-21.

  • Under the scheme, 140 medicinal plants species have been prioritised for supporting cultivation for which the subsidy was provided to farmers at — 30%, 50% and 75% of cost of cultivation.

  • During the last five years, the Ministry has provided assistance of ₹11,773.830 lakh for cultivation of 84 medicinal plants throughout the country, noted the reply.
Source : The Hindu
 
2. DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022
The Union Cabinet cleared a Bill that proposes to unify the three civic bodies in Delhi. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, is expected to be tabled in Parliament this week.

About:

  • The amendment proposes a unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi by subsuming the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation. The corporation was trifurcated in 2012.

  • According to Government of India, The division of the corporation was uneven in terms of territorial divisions and revenue generation. As a result, there is a huge gap in the resources available to the three corporations, vis-à-vis their obligation.

  • The gap has widened over time, increasing the financial difficulties of the civic bodies.

  • At the moment the precise contours of the unified civic body are yet to emerge — especially in terms of the composition of its legislature and the executive. 
Source : The Hindu

3. CLEAN GANGA
The water quality of the Ganga was clean enough for bathing and capable of supporting the river ecosystem for almost the entire stretch of the river, Ministry of Jal Shakti informed the Rajya Sabha.

About:

  • Dissolved oxygen (DO), which is an indicator of river health was within “acceptable limits” of “bathing water quality criteria”.

  • A report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2018, pointed out four polluted stretches on the main stem of river Ganga. There are five categories ranked 1 to 5, with 1 the most polluted and 5 the least.

  • An updated 2021 report noted that none of the stretches of the Ganga were now in Priority Category I to IV and only two stretches are in Priority Category V with bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD), a parameter different from DO, ranging between 3-6 microgram/litre as per CPCB categorisation of polluted stretch.

  • The NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches on 34 rivers in 77 towns spread over 16 States with a sanctioned cost of ₹5,961.75 crore. The Namami Gange programme has funded 364 projects, including 160 for sewage treatment.

What is dissolved oxygen?

  • Dissolved oxygen (DO) is the amount of oxygen that is present in water.

  • Water bodies receive oxygen from the atmosphere and from aquatic plants.

  • Running water, such as that of a swift moving stream, dissolves more oxygen than the still water of a pond or lake. 
Source : The Hindu
 
4. RECYCLING HEAT OF DATACENTRES
Microsoft has partnered with Fortum, a Finnish energy company to heat homes, services and businesses in Finland with sustainable waste heat from a new datacentre region that Microsoft has planned to build in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland.

About:

  • The software giant claims the waste heat recycling concept from the datacentre region to be the world’s largest scheme to recycle waste heat from data centres. The joint project takes place at the intersection of two megatrends: digitalisation and energy transition.

  • How will this work? Fortum will capture the excess heat generated by the new datacentre region and transfer the clean heat from the server cooling process to homes, services and business premises that are connected to the district heating system.

What is a datacentre?

  • A datacentre is a physical facility that organisations use to store their critical applications and data, process data and disseminate them to users.

  • The temperatures recorded in the hot aisles of a datacentre hover between 80 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit. 
Source : The Hindu

5. NATIONAL LAND MONETISATION CORPORATION
The Union Cabinet approved the creation of the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC), the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in the Union Budget 2021-22, to carry out monetisation of government and surplus land holdings of public sector undertakings (PSU).

About:

  • The National Land Monetisation Corporation will be a firm, fully owned by the government, to carry out the monetisation of government and public sector assets in the form of surplus, unused or underused land assets.

  • It will fall under the administrative jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance and will be set up with an initial authorised share capital of ₹5,000 crore and a paid-up capital of ₹150 crore.

  • Apart from monetising underutilised or unused land parcels of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs), the Corporation will also facilitate the monetisation of assets belonging to PSUs that have ceased operations or are in line for a strategic disinvestment, with the aim of unlocking the value of these land holdings.

  • The surplus land and building assets of such enterprises are expected to be transferred to the NLMC, which will then hold, manage and monetise them.

  • Besides managing and monetising, the NLMC will act as an advisory body and support other government entities and CPSEs in identifying their surplus non-core assets and monetising them in an efficient and professional manner, maximising the scope of value realisation.
Source : The Hindu
 
6. HARYANA PREVENTION OF UNLAWFUL CONVERSION OF RELIGION BILL, 2022
The Haryana Assembly passed the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022, even as Congress lawmakers opposed the Bill and staged a walkout from the House.

About:

  • The government says the Bill is aimed at preventing religious conversions “through force, undue influence or allurement” while former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said such a law would lead to an increase in the domestic disputes in the cases of inter-religion marriages.

  • According to the Bill, the onus of proof lies with the accused.

  • If conversion is done by allurement, use of force, fraudulent means of coercion, then there is a provision of imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of not less than Rs 1 lakh.

  • Similar Bills in the recent past have been passed in BJP-ruled states including Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. 
Source : Indian Express

7. GENOCIDE AGAINST ROHINGYA
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the Myanmar military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the country’s minority Rohingya community.

About:

  • The formal declaration was made at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum by Antony Blinken who called the attacks against the Rohingya by the military ‘widespread and systematic’.

  • He said that the evidence pointed out a clear intent to destroy the mainly Muslim minority.

  • The US recognition has come after earlier two efforts by the US state department over the last four years about the atrocities which was earlier referred to as ‘ethnic cleansing'.

Background

  • More than 7.30 lakh Rohingya people fled Myanmar to Bangladesh after the military crackdown started in the Rakhine state in 2017.

  • Currently, over a million Rohingya people live in refugee camps of Bangladesh waiting for repatriation to their homeland in the Rakhine province of Myanmar.

Do you know?

  • It is the eighth time US has issued a formal designation of ‘genocide’ anywhere in the world.

  • Earlier, massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Iraq, and Darfur, Islamic State’s attacks on Yazidis and other minorities, and China’s treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority has been declared as genocide by the US.
Source : All India Radio

8. WORLD AIR QUALITY REPORT
Bangladesh was the most polluted country in the world in 2021, says the World Air Quality Report prepared by the Swiss-based air quality technology company IQAir in its latest report released.

About:

  • In terms of particulate matter in the air, Bangladesh recorded an average PM2.5 level of 76.9 micrograms per cubic metre in 2021 against the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended maximum permissible level of 5 micrograms per cubic metre.

  • Earlier, in 2018, 2019 and 2020 also Bangladesh was found to be the most polluted country in the world. However, the PM2.5 level has shown a decline in Bangladesh from 77.1 micrograms per cubic metre in 2020 which was even higher at 83.3 in 2019 and 97.1 in 2018.

  • The data reveals that not a single country in the world managed to meet the WHO’s air quality standard in 2021. All over the world, 93 cities reported PM 2.5 levels at 10 times the recommended level.

  • Among the cities, Dhaka was the second most polluted city in the world with a PM 2.5 level of 78.1 just below New Delhi which had a PM 2.5 level of 85.1 in 2021.

  • IQAir analysed data from 6475 cities across 117 countries for air quality in 2021 to arrive at the conclusion. Countries and regions in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia suffered from the highest annual average PM2.5 concentration weighted by population.
Source : All India Radio
 
9. BIPLOBI BHARAT GALLERY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata today on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas (March 23).

About:

  • The Gallery displays the contribution of the Revolutionaries in the freedom struggle and their armed resistance to British colonial rule.

  • The purpose of this new gallery is to provide a holistic view of the events that led up to 1947 and highlight the important role played by the Revolutionaries. Biplobi Bharat Gallery depicts the political and intellectual backdrop that triggered the Revolutionary movement.

  • It showcases the birth of the revolutionary movement, formation of significant associations by revolutionary leaders, spread of the movement, formation of Indian National Army, contribution of Naval Mutiny, among others.
Source : All India Radio
 
10. AHIRS
Members of the Ahir community have been sitting on an indefinite protest near Kherki Daula toll plaza in Gurgaon since February 4, demanding the formation of an Ahir regiment in the Indian Army.

About:

  • The protests are being organised under the banner of ‘Sanyukt Ahir Regiment Morcha’, a group comprising Ahir community leaders from south Haryana.

  • The protesters contend that the Indian Army had several caste-based regiments (for Sikhs, Gorkhas, Jaats, Garhwals, Rajputs).

  • Since Ahirs had a large representation in the army, they want a separate regiment for Ahirs along similar lines.

  • In the battle of Rezang La in 1962, out of 120 casualties, 114 were Ahirs. It is unfortunate that Ahirs have not got the recognition like other communities. The recruitment to President’s Bodyguard (PBG) is open only for Rajputs, Jats and Sikh regiments.

Ahirs

  • Ahir or Aheer is a community in India, most members of which identify as being of the Indian Yadav community because they consider the two terms to be synonymous.

  • The Ahirs are variously described as a caste, a clan, a community, a race and a tribe.

  • The traditional occupations of Ahirs are cattle-herding and agriculture.

  • They are found throughout India but are particularly concentrated in the northern area. 
Source : Indian Express

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