01-02.07.23 Daily [Uttarakhand] UKPSC Current Affairs

The will encourage the use of alternative fertilisers and balanced use of chemical fertilisers under the PM PRANAM Yojana. The central government has done a commendable job by introducing the PM PRANAM (PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment, and Amelioration of Mother Earth) Yojana and increasing the minimum support price of sugarcanes for farmers. This was stated by the state president of Kisan Morcha, Jogendra Singh Pundir, in a Press conference here on Friday. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party is thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for these decisions that will immensely help the farmers. He said that the government has also made a budget provision of Rs 1,451 crore in the Market Development Assistance Scheme for which cow dung, straw and organic manure will be used to enrich the Soil and keep the Environment safe and clean. The existing urea subsidy scheme has also been extended till March 2025.

He said that considering the interests of the sugarcane farmers in the sugar season 2023-24, the government has fixed the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane at Rs 315 per quintal for a basic recovery rate of 10.25 per cent. It has also approved providing a premium of Rs 3.07 per quintal for every 0.1 per cent increase in recovery above 10.25 per cent. Apart from this, the government has also decided that there will be no deduction in cases of sugar mills where the recovery is less than 9.5 per cent in order to protect the interests of sugarcane farmers. He said that farmers will get Rs 291.975 per quintal for sugarcane in the coming sugar season- October 2023 to September 2024 instead of Rs 282.125 per quintal in the current season. Pundir also thanked the union president of Kisan Morcha, Rajkumar Chahar for increasing the minimum support price of Moong, Arhar, Paddy, Maize, and Urad Dal to improve the economy of the farmers.

India is quickly moving to take its success in the area of drones to the next logical steps like using air taxis for urban mobility. Aviation authorities are tying up with international agencies to make the framework of rules to safely implement them same by devising air traffic management solutions; develop certification standards and putting in place the required infra.

TheDirectorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) has signed aMoUwith theEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency(EASA) for cooperation in unmanned aircraft systems and innovative air mobility. This comes on heels of the two civil aviation authorities signing a letter of intent (LoI) on these two issues during the EU-India Aviation Summit held in New Delhi this April.

The MoU will also ensure regular information sharing between the two authorities on the technological developments and research in this area and also their respective strategies for outreach to relevant stakeholders. Further, the MoU will result in collaboration in conducting conferences, workshops, training programmers by DGCA and EASA in this area. The signing of this MoU is expected to result in harmonised standards and accelerated Growth of Indian unmanned aviation sector.

In a major milestone,Isro said it has integrated the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with the launch vehicle GSLV-Mk3or LVM3.

The space agency is looking at a mid-July launch (between July 12 and 19) window for India’s third lunar mission, and a second attempt at soft-landing equipment on Moon.

While the mission will carry a lander (Vikram) and rover (Pragna), it won’t carry an orbiter, which has been replaced by a propulsion module.
After its failed landing attempt in September 2019, Isro has carried out several changes on the lander.

Gujarat is among the top 10 states in India in deposits per capita, according to data from theReserve Bank Of India.

The states deposits per capita is Rs 97,000, ninth highest among the major states of India as of March 31, 2023. While the per capita deposits of several smaller states and Union territories are higher, among the major states, Gujarat stands ninth.

Gujarat is behind Delhi (Rs 3.94 lakh), Goa (Rs 3.92 lakh), Haryana (Rs 1.64 lakh),Punjab(Rs 1.51 lakh), Karnataka (Rs 1.26 lakh), Uttarakhand (Rs 1.24 lakh), Maharashtra (Rs 1.24 lakh) andKerala(Rs 1.02 lakh) on this parameter.

According to the latest report from the Gujarat state-level bankers committee (SLBC), aggregate deposits at banks in the state including scheduled , cooperative and small finance banks, stood at Rs 10.76 lakh crore.

India is poised to surpass the US as the second largest E-Commerce market by 2034, says a study by Shiprocket.

The global retail e-commerce stood at $3.35 trillion in 2019 and is expected to grow to $7.38 trillion by 2025. China e-commerce market was valued at $2779 billion in 2021. The US e-commerce market was the second largest market with $843 billion, followed by the UK, Japan, South Korea, Germany and France. India stood eighth with $67.53 billion.

According to the study, India may surpass the US by 2034 and be the second largest e-commerce market. India has the highest Growth in e-commerce followed by China. Countries like the US and the UK have been growing much slower.

India is also ranked 9th in cross-border e-commerce. Cross-border accounts for 20 per cent of global e-commerce. Indian products like fashion jewellery, textiles, ethnic wear and womens clothing have the potential to grow cross-border e-commerce.