08-01-22 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

Gujarat’s Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Education Minister Jitu Vaghani announced the launch of the “Student Start-up and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0” on 5 January.

Highlights:

At the International Conference of Academic Institutions, SSIP 2.0 was introduced to help school students pursue innovation (ICAI-2022) financially.

ICAI 2022 is a pre-vibrant summit on 5 January 2022 in Science City.

Any person under the age of 35 who is a school student, a vocational, certificate, undergraduate, postgraduate, or doctorate student, an alumna, alumnus, or any dropout from an institute, university, or school can benefit from the SSIP 2.0 guidelines.

The intends to construct operational innovation and incubating centers at all of its institutions as part of it.

SSIP 2.0 is being developed to achieve Aatmanirbhar Gujarat through Sustainable Development and equitable Growth.

Because school kids do so many inventions, SSIP 2.0 is significant. They do not, however, have a platform to display their talents.

The new program would provide financial support for such ideas and assist in getting them from “mind to market.”

Under the PMFME Scheme, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has introduced six one-district product (ODOP) brands.

Highlights:PMFME is the acronym for Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises.

Amrit Phal: It’s amla juice for Haryana’s Gurugram. It’s natural with lemon juice added. Amrit Phal is priced at Rs 120 for 500 ml.

Cori Gold: Coriander powder was created for the Rajasthani city of Kota. Because of its flavor, the product is one-of-a-kind. Cori gold prices 34 rupees per gram.

Kashmiri Mantra: Kashmiri red chiles are used to make this product. It was created for the Jammu and Kashmir district of Kulgam. Seventy-five rupees buy 100 grams of the Kashmiri mantra.

Madhu Mantra: It’s a honey-like substance created for the Uttar Pradesh district of Saharanpur. It’s a honey with a variety of . Madhu mantra honey is gathered from bees that are allowed to fly freely. Five hundred grams of Madhu mantra will set you back 185 rupees.

The Government of India approved Green Energy Corridor Phase II. The estimated outlay of the phase is Rs 12,031 crores. Under this phase, 10,750 kilometres of transmission lines are to be constructed and 27,500 MVA sub stations are to be added. MVA is Mega Volt Ampere. These additions are of the generated in different parts of the country. The project is to be implemented in seven states. They are Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

The Green Energy Corridor Phase II will be implemented between 2021-22 and 2025-26.

33% of the project cost is to be provided by the central government. That is, Rs 3,970 crores. The Central Governments assistance will reduce the intra state transmission costs. And will ultimately reduce the cost of the power supplied.

It will help India achieve its target of 450 GW of renewable energy by 2030.

It will generate direct and indirect EMPLOYMENT opportunities.

The project will boost Energy Security of the country.

It is being implemented in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. It aims to generate 24 GW of renewable power. It is to be completed by 2022. It will add 22,600 MVA of substations and 9,700 km of transmission lines. This is being implemented at a cost of Rs 10,141 crores. Here the central government has contributed Rs 4.056 crores, that is, 33% of the cost.

The Sri Lankan Government signed an agreement with the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC). According to the agreement, Sri Lanka will lease oil tanks to IOC.

Sri Lanka has leased 14 tanks to LIOC for fifty years. Another 24 tanks have been leased to CPC. CPC is joint venture of LIOC and Trinco Petroleum Private Limited. CPC is Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. The CPC is to develop 61 oil farms in the country.

Under the agreement signed in 2003, Sri Lanka agreed to lease all of its 99 tank oil farms to India. This has now been nullified by the new agreement. The new agreement brings in new Governance structure.

Sri Lanka is under huge financial pressure. The country has to repay 4.5 billion USD in 2022 alone. Its Foreign Exchange reserves are decreasing largely.

To strengthen the effectiveness of PM POSHAN, the United Nations World Food Program, UN WFP, has struck a deal with a Bengaluru-based NGO (Non-Governmental Organization).

Highlights:

Pradhan Mantri POshan SHakti Nirman is the acronym for Pradhan Mantri POshan SHakti Nirman. Previously, the program was known as the Mid-Day Meal Program.

The Akshara Patra Foundation and the Akshara Patra Foundation inked the agreement.

PM POSHAN Shakti Nirman has received financial help from the World Food Programme. It will help schools improve their mid-day feeding programs.

The NGO will form a steering group. The committee will include officials from the World Food Programme, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations.