{"id":12494,"date":"2021-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/14-08-2021\/facts-in-news-44\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:00:00","slug":"facts-in-news-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/14-08-2021\/facts-in-news-44","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Facts in News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u2018Karez\u2019 system of irrigation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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  • Karez is constructed as a series of <\/span><\/span><\/span>well-like vertical shafts<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is connected by <\/span><\/span><\/span>sloping tunnels,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> which tap into subterranean water in a manner that <\/span><\/span><\/span>efficiently delivers large quantities of water to the surface by gravit<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>y, without the need for pumping.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is built from an upland aquifer to ground level.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Its water to be transported over long distances in hot dry climates without loss of much of the water to evaporation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Distribution:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Some historians and archaeologists have attributed people in the southeast <\/span><\/span><\/span>Arabian Peninsula as the first developers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Others, however, ascribe it to the a<\/span><\/span><\/span>ncient Persians.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Thousands of miles away from West Asia, the ancient peoples of Peru\u2019s Pacific coastal desert also independently developed a similar system called <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018puquios\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • It covers eight per cent of irrigated land in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • They are the only source of water in the majority of rural communities in the southern and southwestern regions of Afghanistan<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • It came to the Indian Subcontinent during the<\/span><\/span><\/span> 800-year-old Islamic Period.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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            • The system was brought in the Indian Subcontinent during the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bahamani Sultanate, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>founded by<\/span><\/span><\/span> Alaudin Bahman Shah<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • Advantage\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>being resistant<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to natural disasters such as <\/span><\/span><\/span>earthquakes and floods<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, and to deliberate<\/span><\/span><\/span> destruction in war.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                • It is almost <\/span><\/span><\/span>insensitive<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to the levels of precipitation, delivering a flow with only gradual variations from wet to dry years.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                • It is environmentally sustainable as it has no additional energy requirement and, thus, has low life cycle operation and maintenance costs<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Under the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>approximately 20.32 lakh COVID-19 tests and 7.08 lakh treatments were authorised from April 2020 to July 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Key Points\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • AB PM-JAY <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>is a flagship scheme of the Government of India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It was launched in September 2018 as recommended by the<\/span><\/span><\/span> National Health Policy 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, to achieve the vision of<\/span><\/span><\/span> Universal Health Coverage (UHC).<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It is a <\/span><\/span><\/span>Centrally Sponsored Scheme<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> having a central sector component under Ayushman Bharat Mission<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>world\u2019s largest health <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>insurance\/ assurance scheme fully financed by the government providing a <\/span><\/span><\/span>cover of Rs. 5 lakhs pe<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>r <\/span><\/span><\/span>family <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>per year for <\/span><\/span><\/span>secondary and tertiary care<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> hospitalization.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The cover under the scheme includes all expenses incurred on the following components of the treatment.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Medical examination, treatment and consultation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Pre-hospitalization<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Medicine and medical consumables<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Non-intensive and intensive care services<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Diagnostic and laboratory investigations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Medical implantation services (where necessary)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Accommodation benefits.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Food services<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Complications arising during treatment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Post-hospitalization follow-up care up to 15 days<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Aims and Objectives:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • To accelerate health system preparedness for immediate responsiveness for early prevention, detection and management, with a focus on health infrastructure development including for <\/span><\/span><\/span>Paediatric Care <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>and with <\/span><\/span><\/span>measurable outcomes.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Benefits:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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              • It provides <\/span><\/span><\/span>cashless access<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to health care services for the beneficiary at the point of service.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
              • It envisions to help <\/span><\/span><\/span>mitigate catastrophic expenditure<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> on medical treatment which pushes nearly 6 crore Indians into poverty each year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
              • There is<\/span><\/span><\/span> no restriction on the family size, age or gender<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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RoSCTL Scheme<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Ministry of Textiles has notified the continuation of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> scheme for the export of garments and made-ups and issued guidelines for its implementation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    About the Scheme<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • The scheme will continue till March 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Notified by:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Ministry of Textiles in 2019<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Revised guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Textiles in consultation with the Department of Revenue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Duty Credit Scrip<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Issued to exporters for the value of embedded taxes and levies contained in the exported product.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Exporters can use this scrip to pay basic customs duty for the import of equipment, machinery or any other input.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • These scrips are tradeable.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Benefits:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • It will enhance the competitiveness of the labour-intensive textiles sector.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Garment exporters will continue to get a rebate on Central and State taxes on their outward shipments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • It will help boost exports and job creation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • The sectors covered will not get benefits under the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Greater Adjutant Storks<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • In a first, Bihar has decided to t<\/span><\/span><\/span>ag greater adjutant storks (Leptoptilos dubius)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> with <\/span><\/span><\/span>GPS trackers to monitor<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> their movement as a part of efforts to conserve them.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Kadwa Diara floodplains area of Bihar is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>third-most-popular breeding centre<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for the greater adjutant stork in the world <\/span><\/span><\/span>after Assam and Cambodia.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Once found across South and Southeast Asia, the Greater Adjutant is <\/span><\/span><\/span>one of the most threatened stork species<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in the world<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Locally known as <\/span><\/span><\/span>Garuda in Bihar, Adjutant Stork<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> helps farmers by killing rats and other farm pests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • IUCN Status:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Endangered<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Listed under <\/span><\/span><\/span>Schedule IV of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Only three known breeding grounds are there.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • One in Cambodia\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Two in India\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Assam\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Kadwa Diara, Bihar.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • The English name of the stork, which has a <\/span><\/span><\/span>large wedge-shaped bill<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and a <\/span><\/span><\/span>prominent neck pouch<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, is derived from its <\/span><\/span><\/span>stiff soldier-like gait<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • The estimated Global Population of Greater Adjutant Storks (around 800- 1,200) has fallen over the years largely due to the <\/span><\/span><\/span>ingestion of plastic<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Image Courtesy: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ebird<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>National Mineral Development Corporation ( NMDC)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> has produced 8.91 million tonnes of iron best-ever Q1 produce since its inception.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    About:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • It was incorporated in 1958 as a Government of India fully owned public enterprise, NMDC is under the <\/span><\/span><\/span>administrative control of the Ministry of Steel<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Government of India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Categorized by the Department of Public Enterprises as <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Navratna” Public Sector Enterprise <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>in 2008.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Function:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Involved in the exploration of a wide range of minerals including iron ore, copper, rock phosphate, limestone, dolomite, gypsum, bentonite, magnesite, diamond, tin, tungsten, graphite, beach sands etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It is India’s single largest iron ore producer, presently producing about 35 million tonnes of iron ore.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SonChiraiya<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Recently, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> launched <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018SonChiraiya\u2019 (A brand and logo)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for marketing urban <\/span><\/span><\/span>Self-Help Group (SHG) products<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    About<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Many of these SHGs are <\/span><\/span><\/span>engaged in livelihood activities<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, producing goods such as handicrafts, textiles, toys, eatables and so on.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Earlier, these were being sold primarily in local neighbourhood markets and often faced barriers in achieving visibility and wide market access but after this launch, they can have on <\/span><\/span><\/span>e-Commerce Portals viz. Amazon and Flipkart<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Innovative methods of <\/span><\/span><\/span>online training for SHGs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> have been ensured to enable them to smoothly operate on <\/span><\/span><\/span>e-portals.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • DAY-NULM under the aegis of MoHUA would aim at universal coverage of the urban poor, including the urban homeless for skill development and credit facilities.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Socio-economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011 is done to identify the poor.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • The mission has also focussed on e<\/span><\/span><\/span>quipping the urban poor women with adequate skills and opportunities <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>and enabling them to promote sustainable micro-enterprises.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • It mobilises women from urban poor households into SHGs and their federations to create a support system for these women.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Facts in News \u2018Karez\u2019 system of irrigation \u00a0 Karez is constructed as a series of well-like vertical shafts It is connected by sloping tunnels, which tap into subterranean water in a manner that efficiently delivers large quantities of water to the surface by gravity, without the need for pumping. It is built from an upland […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-12494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-gs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/64964406640775NEXT_IAS_logo.JPG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}