GUJARAT
Mission ‘aadhaar’ for bovines gets momentum in Gujarat
After initial delays, the central government is finally pushing for implementation of its much-
touted animal unique identification (UID) – Pashu Aadhar – project in Gujarat.
Under world’s biggest project of its kind, the centre has plans to tag every bovine in the
country. The ear tags will have a bar coded UID containing information such as artificial
insemination, vaccination and diseases that will help owners of the animals to avail
compensation in the event of loss of their livestock.
This ear tag will help the government in detecting diseases like foot-and-mouth disease
(FMD) and brucellosis prevalent among bovine. The government aims for complete
eradication of FMD by 2025.
A total of 21 districts of Gujarat have been covered under NADCP which the centre wants to
roll out in 600 districts of the country.
In the first phase, 20,000 animals of Amreli district will be ear-tagged. The state animal
husbandry department has appealed farmers for their co-operation in the ear tagging drive.
INTERNATIONAL
The U.S formally exits Paris pact on curbing climate change
Some 189 countries remain committed to the 2015 Paris accord.
Paris Agreement is a historic international accord that brings almost 200 countries together
in setting a common target to reduce global greenhouse emissions to fight climate change.
The pact seeks to keep global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius from pre-
industrial levels, and to try and limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees
Celsius.
To this end, each country has pledged to implement targeted action plans that will limit
their greenhouse gas emissions.
The Agreement asks rich and developed countries to provide financial and technological
support to the developing world in its quest to fight and adapt to climate change.
NATIONAL
Three initiatives of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
The minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
launched three initiatives: the Nurturing Neighborhoods Challenge, the Data Maturity
Assessment Framework, and an online training programme for City Data Officers (CDOs)
during an event.
The Nurturing Neighborhoods Challenge:
It is a 3-year initiative that will support cities developing, pilot, and scale solutions that
enhance the quality of life of young children, their caregivers, and families in the public
realm. The challenge is conducted with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation,
Netherlands, with the technical backing from WRI India. Through the challenge, selected
cities will receive technical assistance and capacity- building to reimagine parks and open
spaces; improve access to early childhood facilities; adapt public spaces with early
childhood-oriented amenities; The challenge will be open to all Smart Cities, other cities
with more than five lakh population, and capitals of States and UTs.
The Data Maturity Assessment Framework (DMAF):
DMAF cycle-2 will support cities in creating a 'culture of data' under the Data-Smart Cities
initiative of the smart cities Mission. This framework's core objective is to enable cities to
assess their data maturity concerning a standardized framework covering aspects of
enabling policies, governance structures, data management, capacity building, and
stakeholder engagement at the city level. This is expected to play an enabling role in
democratizing the data culture for open- innovation, collaboration, co-creation, and
academic research. The assessment for this cycle has been expanded to include cities other
than Smart Cities.
The CDO Training Programme:
MoHUA has partnered with Tata Trusts to launch a six-week guided e-learning course called
'Enabling Data-Driven Decision Making in Urban Local Bodies.' Specially designed for City
Data Officers (CDOs) appointed in the 100 Smart Cities, this practice-based digital course will
expose CDOs to basic and advanced data collection tools, analysis, and visualization. CDOs
will also understand practical data-driven governance principles and show how to create
actionable data policy frameworks using a use-case approach to enable practical learning
and application.
Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive – PRASHAD
Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture inaugurated the "Tourist Facilitation Centre"
facility on November 04, 2020, at Guruvayur, Kerala, constructed under PRASHAD Scheme.
The 'National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation
Drive' (PRASHAD) was launched by the Tourism Ministry in 2014-15 to develop integrated
development of identified pilgrimage and heritage destinations.
To rejuvenate important national/ global pilgrimage destinations and to Enhance tourism
attractiveness of identified pilgrimage destinations and heritage cities.
To follow community-based development through the 'Pro-Poor' tourism concept and
'responsible tourism’ concepts. Assurance of active involvement of local communities
through employment generation
To create awareness among the local communities about the importance of tourism and
increase income sources, improved living standards, and overall development of the area.
Promote heritage in heritage structures, especially under integrated tourism development
of heritage city, local arts, culture, handicrafts, cuisine, etc., to generate livelihood in the
identified places.
Strengthen the mechanism for bridging the infrastructural gaps at identified pilgrimage
destinations and throughout heritage cities.
Swadesh Darshan is one of the Ministry of Tourism's flagship schemes for the development
of thematic circuits in the country in a planned and prioritized manner.
The Scheme is 100% centrally funded, and efforts are made to achieve convergence with
other Central and State Governments schemes and leverage the voluntary funding available
for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Central Public Sector Undertakings
and Corporate Sector.
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