1. Which of the following is the first edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter?
a. Matsya Saksham
b. Matsya Şampada
c. Matsya Shashan
d. Matsya Mridul
S-b
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• Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Giriraj Singh launched the first edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter “MATSYA SAMPADA” published by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India and the Operational Guidelines of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
• The Newsletter “MATSYA SAMPADA” is an outcome of the endeavours of the Department of Fisheries to reach out to the stakeholders especially fishers and fish farmers through various means of communication, and to inform and educate them about the latest developments in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
• The Government of India in May, 2020 launched a new Flagship Scheme i.e. the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector at an investment of Rs. 20050 crore.
2. Which of the following launched ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ (AV) to provide a single platform for research internships, capacity building programs, and workshops across the country?
a. SERB
b. IMCR
c. CDIR
d. NIV
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• SERB has launched a new scheme called ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ (AV) to provide a single platform for research internships, capacity building programs, and workshops across the country.
• The primary objective of this inter-ministerial scheme is to give more thrust on encouraging high-end scientific research and preparing scientific manpower, which can lead to research careers and knowledge-based economy.
• It has two components: High-End Workshops (‘KARYASHALA’) and Research Internships (‘VRITIKA’). This is especially important for those researchers who have limited opportunities to access such learning capacities / facilities / infrastructure
3. Where is India’s first Lichen park situated?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Uttar Pradesh
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• Uttarakhand forest department has claimed to have developed country’s first lichen park in Kumaon’s Munsiyari area, spread over 1.5 acres with over 80 species of lichens collected from across the Himalayan state.
• Lichens are most significant bio-indicator of ecosystem fluctuations as they are more sensitive towards habitat and climate changes.
• They need pure air to grow. If pollution levels increase in a certain area, the lichen species decline there. So it serves as a natural indicator of pollution levels in an area. And they are important to study in the Himalayas, given various threats to Himalayan environment and ecology.
4. Which of the following country will start Kohala hydroelectric power project?
a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
c. Sri Lanka
d. Nepal
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• China will set up a 1,124-megawatt Kohakla Hydroelectric power project on Jhelum river in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir despite India’s objection to it.
• It will be a 1,124 megawatt project and a tripartite agreement has been finalised among China’s Three Gorges Corporation, the authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the PPIB under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework.
• It will be located near the villages of Siran and Barsala in Muzaffarabad district of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and the project aims at annually providing more than five billion units of clean and low-cost electricity for consumers in Pakistan.
5. Who among the following will head the working group to look into and make recommendations for insurance of drones?
a. Anjan Dey
b. Rohan Mishra
c. Anjana Mehta
d. Akshay Mehta
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• India’s insurance regulator, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority formed a working group to look into and make recommendations for insurance of drones.
• The group consists of members from the regulator, as well as from public and private sector insurance and reinsurance companies such as SBI General Insurance and Tata AIG.
• The group is being headed by Anjan Dey, general manager of the New India Assurance, a public sector insurance company.
