Tripura
Current Affairs - November 2020
Govt Provide 50% Subsidy
for Air Transportation of Fruits, Vegetables from NE, Himalayan states
As a part
of “Operation Green Scheme TOP to TOTAL”,
the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has announced a 50% air
transportation subsidy for 41 notified fruits and vegetables from North East
and Himalayan states to any place in the country.
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In this regard, Airlines will provide the transport subsidy
directly to the supplier/ consignor/ consignee/ agent by charging only 50% of the freight
charges and will claim
the balance 50% from MoFPI as subsidy.
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Apart from above relaxation, all consignment of notified fruits
and vegetables irrespective of quantity and price would be eligible for 50%
freight subsidy for air transportation from eligible airports.
List of notified 21 fruits and 20 vegetables
eligible for air transportation subsidy:
Fruits: Mango, Banana, Guava, Kiwi, Litchi, Mousambi,
Orange, Kinnow, Lime, Lemon, Papaya, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Jackfruit, Apple,
Almond, Aonla, Passion fruit, Pear, Sweet Potato and Chikoo
Vegetables: French beans, Bitter Gourd, Brinjal,
Capsicum, Carrot, Cauliflower, Chillies (Green), Okra, Cucumber, Peas, Garlic,
Onion, Potato, Tomato, Large Cardamom, Pumpkin, Ginger, Cabbage, Squash and
Turmeric (dry) are also eligible.
Airports under air transportation subsidy:
The air
transportation of above mentioned commodities is allowed from all the airports
in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim
(Bagdogra), and Tripura from North-East, and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and
Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh among the hilly states.
Earlier,
the transportation subsidy was extended under Operation Greens Scheme for Kisan
Rail Scheme with effect from October 12, 2020.
Recent Related News:
i.
In order to encourage the use of electric vehicles to
prevent air pollution Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced subsidy schemes for
electric two-wheelers and e-rickshaws during a virtual programme on climate
change to commemorate the founding day of the state climate change department.
ii.
On October 15, 2020 Indian Bank signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Housing andUrban Affairs (MoHUA),
Government of India and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) at
New Delhi, to pay subsidy to street vendors under the Prime Minister Street
Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme.
About Ministry of Food
Processing Industries (MoFPI):
Union Minister– Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of State (MoS)– Rameswar Teli
About Operation Green Scheme TOP to TOTAL:
Ministry of
Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has recently extended the Operation Greens Scheme from Tomato,
Onion and Potato (TOP) to all fruits
& vegetables (TOTAL) for a
period of six months on pilot basis as part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
Operation
Green- Operation Greens was
announced in the budget 2018-19 on the line of “Operation Flood”. It has an
outlay of Rs.500 crore and it aims to promote Farmer Producers Organizations
(FPOs), agri-logistics, processing facilities and professional management.
Govt of Tripura Launched
“Mukhyamantri Unnoto Godhan Prakalp” to Make Tripura Self Sufficient in Milk
Production
The
Government of Tripura contemplated a 3-year plan to introduce sex-sorted
artificial insemination of cattle under the Mukhyamantri Unnoto(Unnat) Godhan
Prakalpa(MUGP) scheme to make
Tripura self-sufficient in milk
production by ensuring that more cows are born through selective chromosome
selection.
The MUGP
scheme was launched by the Animal Resources Development Department, Government
of Tripura, in October 2020 at Pragna Bhavan, Agartala.
Aim of MUGP:
To
introduce sexed semen technology for artificial insemination in cattles of
Tripura.
About Mukhyamantri Unnoto(Unnat) Godhan Prakalpa:
i.
Under this scheme, the sex sorted artificial insemination
of the livestocks will be adopted till 2023.
ii.
With this system, it is estimated to achieve 90% cow births, while the current
conventional artificial insemination method has a varying mix of cow and bull
births.
iii.
The scheme targets to artificially inseminate around 1.57
lakh cattle in next 3 years (till 2023) which includes 78000 cows in 2020-2021,
46800 in 2021-2022 and 31200 in 2022-2023 fiscal years.
Cost:
Under this
scheme, the government of Tripura will spend around Rs.519 for every semen.
Budget:
i.
The Govt of Tripura has set an estimated cost of Rs.13.10
crore which will be shared by the Central and State government as 90:10.
ii.
The state has received Rs.4.25 crore from the central government.
Note:
Earlier to
Tirpura, Kerala, Haryana, Odisha and Maharashtra have adopted the sex sorted
artificial inseminaiton of livestocks.
About Tripura:
Wildlife Sanctuary– Sepahijala WLS,
Trishna WLS, Gomati WLS, Rowa WLS
National Parks– Clouded Leopard
National Park, Bison National Park
Kerala, Goa, Chandigarh emerge as Best Governed
States and Union Territory : PAI 2020
Kerala emerged as the Best Governed State in the Large
States Category, Goa emerged as
the Best Governed State in Small States Category, Chandigarh emerged as the Best Governed Union Territory based
on Governance in the 5th edition of Public Affairs Index 2020 (PAI 2020) released
by Public Affairs Centre (PAC) on October 30, 2020.
Overall PAI 2020 Index – Scores and Rankings i.Large States:
|
Rank |
Large States |
PAI 2020 Index |
|
1 |
Kerala |
1.388 |
|
2 |
Tamil Nadu |
0.912 |
|
3 |
Andhra Pradesh |
1 |
ii. Small States:
|
Rank |
Small States |
PAI 2020 Index |
|
1 |
Goa |
1.745 |
|
2 |
Meghalaya |
0.797 |
|
3 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
1 |
iii.
Union Territory:
|
Rank |
Union Territory |
PAI 2020 Index |
|
1 |
Chandigarh |
1.057 |
|
2 |
Puducherry |
0.52 |
|
3 |
Lakshadweep |
0 |
Parameters:
i.
The rankings are based on a Composite Index.
ii.
The performance is analysed in context of sustainable
development defined by 3 pillars – Equity, Growth and Sustainability, 5
Themes, 13 Sustainable Development Goals, and 50 Indicators.
Least Performers:
i.
Uttar Pradesh (-1.461), Odisha (-1.201) and Bihar (-1.158)
finished at the bottom of the ranking of Large
States.
ii.
Manipur (-0.363), Delhi (-0.289) and Uttarakhand (-0.277)
finished at the bottom of the ranking of Small
States.
iii.
Dadar and Nagar
Haveli (-0.69), Jammu and Kashmir
(-0.50) and Andaman
& Nicobar (-0.30)
were the least performers in the Union Territory Category.
Delta Analysis:
i.The report included Delta Analysis in which the
results on state performance and ranking measured as the Delta value over the
last five years from 2015- 16 to 2019-20
was covered by PAI 2020.
It is based
on Equity, Growth and Sustainability.
Equity:
i.
In the Large States Category, in terms of Equity, Bihar
followed by West Bengal, Odisha are the top performers, while Kerala, Punjab
and Maharashtra feature at the bottom.
ii.
In the Small states, Mizoram is the top performer, Goa is
placed at the Bottom.
Growth:
i.
Among Large states Bihar, Assam
and Odisha showed
the highest improvement, while Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu feature at the bottom.
ii.
Among small states, Mizoram, Meghalaya have the highest
growth with Manipur at the bottom. Himachal ranks 2nd, but has least
improvement in Delta value.
Sustainability:
i.
In terms of Sustainability, Odisha and Haryana show the
highest improvement.
ii.
Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Assam are placed at the
bottom among the Large States.
iii.
Among small states, Goa is the top performer followed by
Delhi and Tripura, while Meghalaya and Mizoram feature at the bottom.
Key Findings:
i.
Female Worker population ratio has a negative relationship
with growth, meaning that Gender Disparities are increasing in high performing states.
ii.
Agriculture distress is persistent in both high performing
states and poor performing states.
iii.
Rural indebtedness is increasing with a positive
correlation between rural indebtedness and farmer suicides. iv. Female labour force participation is
a driving force in the case of high and middle performing states but not in the
case of low performing states.
Recent Related News:
i.
On January 29, 2020, As per the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) India, India’s youngest state Telangana has emerged as Number
1 state in the ‘Decent work and economic growth’ category with the score of 82
on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India index in 2019.
ii.
On January 22, 2020, According to the ‘SKOCH State of
Governance 2019’ report, Gujarat gained the top spot on the back of better
performance in Health, Education, Power and e-Governance segments.
About Public Affairs
Centre (PAC):
Chairman – K Kasturirangan
Location – Bengaluru, Karnataka
Arunachal Pradesh Records
Best Sex Ratio in India: Annual Report from Office of Registrar General &
Census Commissioner
According
to Annual Report on ‘Vital Statistics on
India based on Civil Registration System 2018’, Arunachal Pradesh recorded the Highest Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in
the country with 1,084 females born per thousand males. It was followed by
Nagaland (965) & Mizoram (964), Kerala (963), and Karnataka (957).
The report
was released by the Office of the Registrar
General & Census Commissioner of India, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India.
States with High SRB:
|
State |
Sex Ratio at Birth
(SRB) |
|
Arunachal
Pradesh |
1,084 |
|
Nagaland |
965 |
|
Mizoram |
964 |
States with Low SRB:
|
State |
Sex Ratio at Birth
(SRB) |
|
Manipur |
757 |
|
Lakshadweep |
839 |
|
Daman &
Diu |
877 |
The sex
ratio was determined based on the reports provided by Chief Registrar of Births
and Death of respective States/Union Territories for the year 2018.
Key Points:
i.
Manipur (757), Lakshadweep (839), Daman & Diu (877)
recorded the Lowest SRB in the country.
ii.
The level of registration of births has increased to 89.3% in 2018 from 81.3% in 2009
iii.13 states/Union Territory (UTs) namely Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Tripura,
Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Chandigarh, Delhi and Puducherry recorded 100 % registration of births in 2018.
iv.Out of the total registered births, the share
of male and female are 52.0% and 47.9% respectively.
v.13 States/UTs namely which have recorded cent
percent registration of births in 2018.
India & Sex Ratio:
i. According to 2011 Census conducted by
Government of India the sex ratio of
India was 940, which is on the lower side. Biologically normal sex ratio at
birth is 1, 050 males to 1, 000 females or 950 females to 1,000 males. ii.According to the Sample Registration
System (SRS) Report 2018, India recorded a decline in SRB from 906 in 2011 to
899 in 2018.
Risks of Low SRB:
i.
Low SRBs may lead to more violence against both men and women.
ii.
It will also lead to an increase in human-trafficking. Government Initiatives to increase Sex Ratio:
i.Government of India has introduced schemes like
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao to address
the issues of declining Child Sex Ratio image (CSR). It is an initiative run by
the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare and Ministry of Education.Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao launched in 2015.
iii.In 1994, Pre-conception & Pre-natal
Diagnostic Techniques (PC & PNDT)
Act, 1994 was enacted to bring a balance in sex ratio.
Recent Related News:
i.
On August 20, 2020 In New Delhi, India, M Venkaiah Naidu,
Vice president of India released 2 research reports of IAPPD namely, ‘Status of
Sex Ratio at Birth in India’.
About Registrar General
& Census Commissioner of India:
Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India comes under the
Ministry of Home Affairs
Registrar General & Census Commissioner – Vivek Joshi
Headquarters – New Delhi
VP M. Venkaiah Naidu Virtually Presented the 2nd
National Water Awards
On 11th
November 2020, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice
President(VP) of India virtually
presented the 2nd National Water Awards
for 2019. The awards were presented at an award ceremony on 11th and 12th
November 2020 organised by the Department of Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti over a virtual
platform.
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Tamil Nadu won the first prize for the Best State Award under
Normal Category followed by Maharsashtra
and Rajasthan in 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively.
·
Mizoram won the Best State
Award under special category. Key People:
Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of
State for Jal Shakti, U.P. Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Rajiv
Ranjan Mishra, Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga along with
Padma Bhushan awardee Anil Joshi and noted environmentalists participated in
the virtual event.
Best District Awards at the 2nd National Water Awards for 2019:
i.
The best District Awards were divided into 6 zones (North,
South, West, East, Northeast and Aspirational). The awards were presented for
two sub categories – Revival of Rivers and Water Conservation.
ii.
Under the Revival of
Rivers and Water Conservation category,
for the North Zone, Ayodhya of Uttar
Pradesh and Almora of Uttarakhand
won the best district award, for the South
Zone, Vellore of Tamil Nadu and YSR
Kadapa of Andhra Pradesh, for the West
Zone, Sangli of Maharashtra and Kachchh
of Gujarat, for the Northeast Zone
West Tripura (WC) of Tripura and for the Aspirational district category , Khandwa of
Madhya Pradesh and Vizianagaram of
Andhra Pradesh wins the prize respectively.
Other Awards:
For the 2nd
consecutive year, Maharashtra Water Regulatory Authority (MWRA) won the first prize under
the water regulatory authority category.
Click here
to more about the 2nd National Water Awards
