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▪️The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the largest channel for development cooperation in the UN. Hence statement 1 is correct.

▪️The overall mission of the UNDP is to assist the programme countries through capacity development in Sustainable Human Development (SHD) with priority on poverty alleviation, gender equity, women empowerment and environmental protection.

▪️All assistance provided by the UNDP is grant assistance. Hence statement 2 is correct.

▪️The UNDP derives its funds from voluntary contributions from various donor countries. India’s annual contribution to the UNDP has been to the extent of USD 4.5 million, which is one of the largest from developing countries. Hence statement 3 is correct.

▪️Over and above its annual contribution, India also pays partly for the expenditure of the local office.

▪️The country-specific allocation of UNDP resources is made every five years under the Country Cooperation Framework (CCF) which usually synchronises with India’s five year plans.

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Q. With reference to the Good Governance Index (GGI), consider the following statements:

1. NITI Aayog has developed Good Governance Index (GGI) for ten key sectors across 50 indicators.
2. First edition of GGI was released on December 25, 2020 on the occasion of Good Governance Day.

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▪️DARPG has developed Good Governance Index (GGI) for ten key sectors across 50 indicators. Hence statement 1 is not correct.
▪️These indicators can be used to assess the status of governance and impact of various interventions taken up by the state governments and the union territories for improving governance.
▪️First edition of GGI was released by DARPG on December 25, 2020 on the occasion of Good Governance Day. Hence statement 2 is correct.
▪️The objective behind developing GGI is to create a tool which can be used uniformly across the states to assess the status of governance and impact of various interventions taken up by central and state governments including UTs.
▪️Based on the GGI Framework, the Index provides a comparative picture among the states while developing competitive spirit for improvement.

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▪️The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has received the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) satellite from the U.S. space agency. NISAR is a Low Earth Orbit observatory jointly developed by NASA and ISRO.

▪️According to ISRO, NISAR will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide spatially and temporally consistent data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems, ice mass, vegetation biomass, sea level rise, groundwater and natural hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.

▪️NISAR carries L and S dual-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which operates with the Sweep SAR technique to achieve large swaths with high-resolution data. The SAR payloads mounted on Integrated Radar Instrument Structure (IRIS) and the spacecraft bus are together called an observatory.

▪️Last month, NASA said since early 2021, engineers and technicians at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California have been integrating and testing NISAR’s two radar systems — the L-band SAR provided by JPL and the S-band SAR built by ISRO.

▪️The final integration of the satellite will be carried out at the U.R. Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, and ISRO is looking to launch the satellite in 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

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Mission Vatsalya:

◾️It is an umbrella scheme for child protection services in the country.
◾️Earlier there were three schemes for child protection. In 2010, these schemes were merged into a single scheme as Integrated Child Protection Scheme.
◾️Later in 2017, it was renamed as Child Protection Services Scheme. In 2022 it was again renamed as Mission Vatsalya.
◾️It is under the purview of Women and Child Development.
◾️Components/objectives of the scheme are:
- To secure a healthy and happy childhood for each and every child in the country.
- Improving the functioning of statutory bodies.
- Strengthening the service delivery structure.
- Upscaling the institutional care and services.
- Encouraging non-institutional community-based care.
- Providing emergency outreach services
Providing training and capacity building
Delivering the mandate of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
◾️It is a centrally sponsored scheme.

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Q. Consider the following statements:

1. India is elected as a member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) committee for the period 2022-2026.
2. For the first time, India is going to be a member of the ICH committee.

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India got elected to the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).

▪️Statement 1 is correct. India has been elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2022-2026 cycle.
▪️The elections for the Intergovernmental Committee took place during the 9th General Assembly of the 2003 Convention held at UNESCO headquarters, Paris, from 5th to 7th July 2022.
▪️ Against the four seats falling vacant within the Asia-Pacific group, six countries, namely, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand had presented their candidature. India received 110 votes from the 155 State Parties that were present and voting.
▪️The Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 Convention consists of 24 members and is elected in the General Assembly of the Convention according to the principles of equitable geographical representation and rotation. States Members to the Committee are elected for a term of four years.
▪️The Committee also examines requests submitted by States Parties for the inscription of intangible heritage on the Lists as well as proposals for programmes and projects.

▪️Statement 2 is incorrect. In the past, India has served two terms as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee of this Convention. One from 2006 to 2010 and the other from 2014 to 2018.

▪️For its 2022-2026 term, India has formulated a clear vision for the protection and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
▪️Some of the priority areas that India will focus upon include fostering community participation, strengthening international cooperation through intangible heritage, promoting academic research on intangible cultural heritage, and aligning the work of the Convention with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

▪️India ratified the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in September 2005. As one of the earliest State Parties to ratify the Convention, India has shown great commitment towards matters related to intangible heritage and has actively encouraged other State Parties to ratify it.

▪️With 14 inscriptions on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, India also ranks high in the listing of intangible cultural heritage. After the inscription of Durga Puja in 2021, India submitted the nomination for Garba of Gujarat to be discussed in 2023.

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▪️Going Online as Leaders (GOAL) Program was launched by Meta (Facebook) in partnership with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) on 15th May 2020 to digitally skill and empower 5000 youth from tribal communities over the next five years.
▪️The project aims to identify and mobilise 2500 renowned people from the industry which include policymakers and influencers, teachers, artists, entrepreneurs and social workers known for their achievements in their respective domains, to personally mentor tribal youth across India.
▪️The nine-month program includes seven months of mentorship in areas such as digital literacy, life skills, leadership & entrepreneurship and sector-specific skills followed by a two-month internship for the mentees to gain on-ground experience.
▪️Recently, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Meta (Facebook) launched GOAL 2.0, the second phase of GOAL.
▪️In GOAL 2.0, a platform will be created for self-help groups and families associated with the Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) to take their products global.
▪️The programme will include 'Facebook Live' sessions in nine languages on topics like anti-scamming education, staying safe online and how to combat misinformation.

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Q. Which of the following benefits are associated with Masala Bonds?

1. Internationalization of Indian Rupee.
2. Tapping of a larger number of investors.
3. Reduction in borrowing cost for Indian companies.