12-10-21 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

Punjabchief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday announced a scheme Mera Ghar Mere Naam to grant proprietary rights to the people living in houses within the Lal Lakir of villages and cities. The entire exercise in this regard will be completed within two months, he said.

Channi told media persons after the cabinet meeting, that earlier this scheme was launched only for the residents of villages, which is now being extended to the eligible residents of the cities within the Lal Lakir. He said the revenue department has been mandated to undertake drone surveys of such residential properties both in rural and urban areas for digital mapping. Subsequently, all the eligible residents after proper identification and verification would be given the property cards to confer proprietary rights upon them.

The scheme was brought in earlier for villages, but it did not work out as planned. Now we will extend it to urban areas too. The revenue department will use drones for this exercise to make maps. Objections can be submitted in a period of 15 days, said Channi.

India is set to join the second Phase of the Multilateral Maritime Exercise with Japan, Australia and the United States.

Highlights:

The Quadrilateral exercise begins on 12 October in the Bay Of Bengal and ends on 15 October.

The exercise will build synergic coordination between the nations and enhance interoperability.

The Exercise focuses on advanced surface and anti-submarine warfare exercises, seamanship evolutions, and weapon firings.

What started as an annual bilateral naval exercise between India and the US in 1992, Malabar comprises a series of exercises with increasing scope and complexity over the years.

The thermal Plants in India face a shortage of coal stocks which might lead to a power crisis.

Highlights

There are 135 thermal power plants used to generate power using coal. One hundred six of them have a minimal to a critical number of stocks which might last for 6 to 7 days.

Three in Punjab, Thirteen in Mumbai and four in Kerala are shut down due to coal shortage.
The Coal Ministry and Union Power Minister have assured that low inventory doesnt mean power generation would stop because coal stock is continuously replenished.

Prime Minister Modi On 13 October will launch the ‘Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakthi’ Masterplan.

Highlights:

Gati Shakti scheme was announced by PM Modi on Independence Day, 2021.

This Masterplan will bring together 16 Ministries and seven core sectors on a single platform to Combine project planning across stakeholder ministries for avoiding duplication, plug gaps and facilitate clearances at the right time.

Gati Shakti Platform

Gati Shakti platform was launched to provide data immediately. It will provide for greater coordination between ministries.

India and Croatia signed an MoU to research and developed Indian traditional medicine systems and promote Ayurveda in Europe.

Highlights:

The Croatian government is aiming to package Ayurveda and from India, alongside its tourism.

One of the goals of MoU is to connect European members for a more extensive offer of Health and tourism products.

The Ministry of Ayush has signed an agreement with the Croatia Heal Ministry for educational collaboration within the Indian traditional medicine system to implement the plan.

MoU was signed between the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Croatias Kvarner Health Tourism Cluster.

Under the agreement, both the countries would commence academic activities in Ayurveda in correlation with the identified institutions.

In a Unanimous vote, United Nations Human Rights Council declared a clean, healthy & sustainable Environment as a universal right On 8 October.

Highlights:

The right would be first recognized 70 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 by the UN General Assembly.

The Right was first started in the 1972 Stockholm Declaration.

The resolution was followed by a campaign led by 13000 civil Society organizations & indigenous peoples groups, 90,000 children, private sector stakeholders and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions.

UN resolution

This resolution highlights the Rights to life, and security of human rights defenders working in environmental matters. They are referred to as environmental human rights defenders.

The resolution also called on nations to expand their facilities to improve the environment.

The right was passed by 43-0. Four member states, i.e. India, China, Japan and Russia, were refused.