GUJARAT
Gujarat: Leopards in Gir to be radio-collared
After radio-collaring Asiatic lions, the Gujarat forest department is now planning to radio-
collar five leopards in the Gir sanctuary area. The initiative is meant to monitor leopards and
reduce the animal-human conflicts in the area.
According to the last census of leopards carried out in 2016, their population was 1,395
across Gujarat of which about 450 were in Junagadh and Gir-Somnath.
Gujarat is the only state in India where lions and leopards have coexisted.
The latest study in Gir found that there was no significant temporal partitioning between
lions and leopards as they both were nocturnal animals. But lions were mostly found in
open, dense habitats. Leopards preferred dense habitats and closed riverine tracks.
INTERNATIONAL
China gears up for strategic period
China’s ruling party- CPC (Communist Party of China) – sets long-term targets for boosting
the economy and military power.
It announced 3 goals to be achieved by 2025, 2027 and 2035. They are:
Boosting domestic consumption and innovation.
A national security and defence modernization plan ahead of the People’s Liberation Army
(PLA) centennial in 2027.
A ‘Vision 2035’ longer-term economic blueprint that calls for “big leaps” in economic
strength and technological prowess.
China’s national security plans and goals are to establish the PLA as a modern force by 2027.
NATIONAL
National Jal Jeevan Mission organizes Conference for Rural Water Supply
National Jal Jeevan Mission is organizing a virtual conference with ministers in-charge of the
rural water supply of all States/UTs on 3rd November, 2020 through video conference.
The planning & implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in States/ Union Territories (UTs) will
be discussed with special focus on a 100-day campaign launched to provide piped water
supply in Anganwadi centres, ashrams and schools in rural areas.
The National Mission is constantly reviewing the progress of implementation of Jal Jeevan
Mission in States and UTs to realize the goals of the mission.
The goals of Jal Jeevan Mission are to ensure that each and every household have assured
drinking water supply inadequate quantity of good quality on long-term basis at affordable
service.
The prime focus is to ensure water supply to every home, functionality of taps on long-term
basis, water testing facilities for general public, decentralized operation & management.
Gk bit: Jal Jeevan Mission
Jal Jeevan Mission focuses to bring reforms in the drinking water sector.
The flagship programme of the Central Government being implemented in partnership with
States, which not only aims to provide FHTC – functional household tap connection to all
homes of rural areas by 2024 but at the same time aims at service delivery, so that rural
household will get continuous water supply in their houses.
The Mission also focuses on the sustainability of drinking water sources through water
conservation measures, greywater treatment & reuse as well as operation & maintenance.
The launch of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – ‘HarGhar Jal' is to provide assured potable piped
water supply to each and every rural home is in full swing.
The objective of the mission is universal coverage i.e. each and every family in every village
is to get tap water connection.
The goal of the mission, have finalized the saturation plan as below: Functional Household
Tap Connection (FHTCs)
– 100% FHTCs – 2020: Goa (Target achieved)
– 100% FHTCs – 2021: A&N Islands, Bihar, Puducherry, Telangana
– 100% FHTCs – 2022: Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
– 100% FHTCs – 2023: Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Tripura
– 100% FHTCs – 2024: Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan,
West Bengal.
VAIBHAV Summit – A Unique Confluence of Resident and Overseas Indian
Scientists/Academicians concludes successfully
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik
(VAIBHAV) Summit, a global virtual summit of overseas & resident Indian researchers &
Academicians on Gandhi Jayanti,
VAIBHAV has paved the way in establishing research capability as an important avenue
towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
It has also paved the way for aligning contemporary research in the country towards a
shared purpose in each area. Resident & overseas Indians have given an integrated
perspective of research and academic capabilities to seamlessly contribute to India's
Science and technology capability for global good.
The Summit has created an interactive and facile mechanism in the Cyberspace, and has
promoted collaboration and the development of leadership.
VAIBHAV is a grand initiative in the area of science and research not just for academic
institutes but also for public-funded R&D organizations and Industry that utilizes the
outcome of the research.
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