GUJARAT
Tractors demand rises in Gujarat after lockdown
The shortage of migrant labourers and rising wages have prompted the farmers in the state
to go in for collaboration and buying tractors and harvesters. The sale of tractors and
harvesters in the state has increased, especially after the lockdown.
The sale of tractors in three months from July has picked up. Around 71% of the sale of
tractors in 2020 took place during these three months. Of the 41,700 tractors sold in 2020,
the sale in three months was 30,000. Not just tractors but the sale of harvesters also
increased during the same period — about 80 harvesters have been bought by the farmers
in just three months.
Usually about 500 harvesters used to come to Gujarat during the harvesting season for sale.
However this year, these harvesters could not make it to the state. Hence, the farmers felt
their urgent need. A group of farmers got together and invested Rs 21 to 24 lakh. Also a
subsidy of Rs 8 lakh was given by the government.
INTERNATIONAL
Democrat Joe Biden beat Donald Trump to become 46th US President; Kamala Harris to be
first woman Vice President
Democrat Joe Biden beat Republican Donald Trump to become the 46th President of the
United States.
The winning moment was decided when the Democrats made a stamping lead in the state
of Pennsylvania sealing their victory in one of the most crucial swing states.
Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris has also secured her position as the first woman
to be the Vice President of the USA.
Ms. Harris, is also credited to be the first woman of Indian-American and African-American
origin to be a member of the United States Senate.
Amidst the ongoing electoral process, Republican Candidate Donald Trump has challenged
the lengthy process of counting mail ballots across many key states.
AIM-Sirius Innovation’ programme launched for Indian & Russian school children
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Sirius, Russia, launched ‘AIM-Sirius Innovation
Programme’ for Indian and Russian school children.
The AIM-Sirius programme seeks to develop technological solutions for the two countries.
Over a two-week programme, from 7th to 21st of November, 48 students and 16 educators
and mentors will create 8 virtual products and mobile applications addressing global
challenges across a range of areas like applied cognitive science, health and well-being, and
artificial intelligence.
NATIONAL
India successfully launches Earth Observation Satellite EOS-01, nine other satellites
India’s workhorse rocket PSLV-C49 has successfully launched India’s latest Earth
Observation Satellite EOS-01 and placed into its intended orbit.
In a copybook style mission, the launch vehicle also put nine other customer satellites into
space.
In just under 15-and-a-half minutes of the ignition of the rocket, the primary satellite EOS-
01 was ed in its 575-kilometer Low Earth Orbit.
The successful PSLV mission has resulted in increased capacity for the user agencies of the
nation in viewing the surface of the earth seamlessly for agriculture, forestry and disaster
management applications.
PM announces change of name of Shipping Ministry to Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
Waterways
Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed the Ministry of Shipping as the Ministry of Ports,
Shipping, and Waterways.
He made the announcement during a launch event of Ropax ferry service between Ghogha
(Bhavnagar) and Hazira (near Surat) in Gujarat, via video-conferencing.
The decision to change the name of the Shipping Ministry is part of Modi government's
efforts to revamp the ports and create world-class Inland Water Transport.
This is not the first time the Centre has changed the name of a ministry. The name of the
Ministry of Human Resource and Development, in July this year, was changed to the
Ministry of education under the New Education Policy 2020.
Mission Karmayogi Initiative By Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Mission Karmayogi is a nationwide initiative to lay the foundation for capacity building of
civil servants.
Mission Karmayogi will assist the officials in finding out about the accepted procedures over
the world. Authoritatively called the "National Programme for Civil Services Capacity
Building (NPCSCB)", the mission intends to change human asset the executives in the
nation.
The basic focal point of the change is the formation of a ‘citizen-centric civil service’
equipped for making and conveying administrations helpful for financial development and
public government assistance.
Mission Karmayogi shifts the concentration from "Rule-based preparing to Role based
preparing". More noteworthy push has been laid on conduct change.
Mission Karmayogi program will be conveyed by setting up a computerized stage called
iGOTKarmayogi.
NPCSCB will be represented by the Prime Minister's Human Resource Council, which will
likewise incorporate state Chief Ministers, Union Cabinet priests and specialists. This board
will endorse and audit common help limit building programs.
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha takes oath as Chief Information Commissioner
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha took oath as the Chief Information Commissioner, CIC.
President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to Mr Sinha at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
A former diplomat, Mr Sinha has been serving as Information Commissioner since January
last year. He will have a tenure of three years as CIC.
At 66%, Andhra’s literacy rate worst, Delhi’s 2nd best at 89%
Andhra Pradesh’s rate of 66.4% is the worst among all states in India and significantly lower
than Bihar’s 70.9%. Similarly, Telangana’s 72.8% is well below the national average of 77.7%
while Assam is well above it at 85.9% and Karnataka’s 77.2% pales in comparison to
Uttarakhand’s 87.6%, which is bettered only by Kerala and Delhi among the major states
and UTs.
The data is for 2017-18 and is for all aged 7 or more. Not all preconceptions are wrong
though. Kerala remains by some distance, the best among the major states with a literacy
rate of 96.2%. More impressively, the gap between male and female literacy is the smallest
in Kerala at just 2.2 percentage points. To put that in context, the gap at the all-India level is
14.4 percentage points with male literacy at 84.7% and female literacy at 70.3%.
(91.7% versus 53.7%). Male urban literacy is under 90% in only four major states and below
85% in none of them.
In contrast, rural female literacy is above 80% only in Kerala and below 70% in 13 of the 22
major states. In four of these, it is below 60%.
- GPSC Mains 2024 Tests and Notes Program
- GPSC Prelims Exam 2024- Test Series and Notes Program
- GPSC Prelims and Mains 2024 Tests Series and Notes Program
- GPSC Detailed Complete Prelims Notes