News In Short 3-12-2025

Jiyo Parsi Scheme

Syllabus: GS1/ Society, GS2/ Social Justice

Context

• The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA), organised a comprehensive Advocacy and Outreach Workshop in Mumbai to promote and amplify the Jiyo Parsi Scheme.

Parsi Community in India

• According to the 2011 Census of India, the Parsi population in the country was 57,264. 
• This represented a significant decrease of approximately 22% from the 2001 census figure of 69,601.

About the scheme

• The Jiyo Parsi scheme was launched in 2013-14 with the objective to reverse the declining trend of Parsi population by adopting a scientific protocol and structured interventions, stabilize their population and to increase the population of Parsis in India. 
• The scheme has three components:
  • Medical Assistance: Provides financial aid for infertility treatments such as IVF, ICSI, surrogacy, and post-conception care.
  • Advocacy: Provides for counselling of couples with fertility issues and publicity including workshops; and
  • Health of the Community: Offers monthly financial support to Parsi couples with children as well as to dependent elderly members.

Source: PIB

Global Indices for Reforms and Growth (GIRG) Framework

Syllabus: GS2/ Governance, GS3/ Economy

Context

• The Government of India has undertaken the Global Indices for Reforms and Growth (GIRG) initiative to benchmark national performance against international indices and guide evidence-based policy reforms.

About

• The Global Indices for Reforms and Growth (GIRG) is an inter-ministerial mechanism for monitoring progress across 26 global indices published by 16 international agencies.
  • These Indices are spanning four broad themes: economy, development, governance, and industry.
• Each index has been assigned to a specific nodal ministry, responsible for reviewing methodologies, engaging with publishing organisations and ensuring that India’s latest official data is used in the computations.
• The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) at NITI Aayog will serve as the central coordinating body for this exercise.

Why Is GIRG Needed?

• India’s national indicators such as GDP, CPI, and IIP already follow internationally aligned methodologies and undergo base-year revisions to reflect economic changes.
• However, global ranking ecosystems often suffer from opaque methodologies, inconsistent data use, and lack of country-specific contextualisation. Hence the GIRG aims to,
  • Ensure use of accurate and updated government data in global indices.
  • Enhance India’s global competitiveness and credibility.

Source: PIB

U.P. reported maximum complaints over Jal Jeevan Mission projects

Syllabus:GS2/Governance

In News

• Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of complaints and constituted about 84% of the total complaints received over financial irregularities and poor quality of work under the  Jal Jeevan Mission.

About Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)

• Launch Year: 2019
• Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
• Nodal Ministry: Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti
• Background: The National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) was restructured and subsumed into JJM.
• Objective: Ensure Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household with 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) of potable water.
• Funding Pattern: 90:10 (Himalayan States (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh) & North-Eastern States)
• 100%  (Union Territories) & 50:50 (other states)
• Progress: Tap water access in rural India has expanded rapidly, rising from 3.23 crore households (16.7%) to an additional 12.48 crore households connected since then.

Source :TH

Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)

Syllabus: GS3/ Economy

In News

• RBI’s 2025 list confirms that State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank continue as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D‑SIBs).

About D-SIBs

• D-SIBs are banks considered “too big to fail.”
• Their collapse can trigger system-wide financial instability, so they are placed under special regulation and higher supervision.
• Concept introduced globally after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
• Based on Basel-III guidelines, RBI released the D-SIB framework in 2014, it identifies banks based on: Size (Total exposures), interconnectedness, substitutability (difficulty of replacing services) & complexity.
• Banks are placed in different buckets (0 to 4) depending on systemic importance.
• Higher the bucket means higher additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET-1) capital requirement. 

Source: TH

DRDO Conducts High Speed Test of Indigenous Fighter Escape System

Syllabus: GS3/ Defence

Context

• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted a high-speed test of a fighter aircraft escape system, validating a critical safety capability for combat pilots.

About

• The rocket-sled trial achieved a precisely controlled velocity of 800 km/h at DRDO’s Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) in Chandigarh.
• The test was conducted in collaboration with Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). 
• The test validated three key elements of the emergency escape chain: canopy severance, ejection sequencing and complete aircrew recovery.
• This complex dynamic test places India in an elite club of nations with advanced in-house escape system testing capability.
  • Dynamic ejection tests are more complex than static tests (e.g., Net Test, Zero-Zero Test) because they replicate real-flight conditions.

Source: PIB

Navy’s new category in Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025

Syllabus: GS3/Defence

In News

• The Indian Navy’s Maritime Doctrine 2025, released by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh Tripathi.

Indian Maritime Doctrine

• It  is the Navy’s apex guidance document, laying down the principles that govern its strategy, roles and employment across the full spectrum of conflict. 
• It was First released in 2004, revised in 2009 and amended in 2015.

Features of 2025 edition

• It  reflects major shifts in India’s maritime environment and strategic outlook over the past decade.
• It  formally recognises “no-war, no-peace” as a distinct operational category for the first time, reflecting modern grey-zone maritime challenges like coercion and hybrid tactics. 
• It prioritises jointmanship by aligning with tri-service joint doctrines towards ensuring interoperability across the armed forces.

Relevance 

• The updated doctrine incorporates major shifts in India’s maritime environment since 2015 .
• It aligns with national visions such as Viksit Bharat 2047, Sagarmala, PM Gati Shakti, Maritime India Vision 2030, Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 and MAHASAGAR.

Source :IE