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NATIONAL WATER MISSION AWARDS, 2019

• NWM,Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has initiated the ‘National Water Mission Awards’.
• The Soil and Water Conservation Department Punjab bagged National Water Mission Award for efficient utilization of treated waste water for irrigation purposes from Sewerage Treatment Plant, Phagwara in Kapurthala district.

Aim:
• To recognize excellence in water conservation, efficient water use and sustainable water management practices.

Why awards?
• One of the strategies of NWM is to incentivize the organization/ companies through awards for water conservation and efficient use of water.
• Hence, the NWM has initiated the ‘National Water Mission Awards’ to recognize excellence in water conservation, efficient water use and sustainable water management practices.

Categories:
The awards are given in ten categories defined under five goals of NWM. The categories are as follow:
- Comprehensive Water Data Base in Public Domain.
- Assessment of the impact of Climate Change on Water Resources.
- Promotion of citizen and state action for water conservation, augmentation
- Focused attention to vulnerable areas including over-exploited area.
- Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Local Individuals/Farmers/Citizens)
- Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Water Users Associations/ Self Help Groups/ Resident Welfare Associations).
- Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Public Agencies –ULBs/Cities, Govt Organisations).
- Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Industries/Corporate).
- Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Small and Medium Enterprises).
- Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management
*The 23rd edition of the Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR, is scheduled between the navies of India, Japan and USA from 26th September to 4th October 2019 off the coast of Sasebo, Japan.*

MALABAR 2019 would endeavour to further strengthen India - Japan - US Naval cooperation.

The Exercise would encompass conduct of operations in the surface, sub-surface and air domains, and focus on Anti-Submarine Warfare, Anti-Air and Anti-Surface Firings, Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) including tactical scenario based Exercise at Sea.

Background: Malabar exercise began in 1992 as a bilateral naval exercise between india and the U.S. With the inclusion of japan in 2015, it was expanded into a trilateral format. 
Q) What type of forest found in countries with heavy rainfallduring winter and low rainfall during summer?
a)Deciduous
b)Evergreen
c)Sclerophyllous
d)None of above
(Geography; Environment )