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Fourth Industrial Revolution
(Part 02/02)

Challenges:

Economic
- High economic costs
- Business model adaptation
- Unclear economic benefits/excessive investment

Social
- It could yield greater inequality
- disrupt labor markets
- Cause Social tension
- Can increase middle classes dissatisfaction and unfairness. 
- Privacy concerns
- Surveillance and distrust

Political
- Lack of regulation, standards and forms of certifications
- Unclear legal issues and data security

Conclusion
It can take India to new heights of development, and improve the quality of life of its citizens, and bring a significant social transformation.
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Seaplane Service

- India’s first seaplane service in Gujarat is set to begin

- It will connect Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad to the Statue of Unity in Kevadia.

- The service will be operated by Spicejet Airlines.
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INS Kavaratti

- It is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship to be commissioned into the Indian Navy.

- It has up to 90% indigenous content.

- It is the last of four indigenously-built ASW under ‘Project 28’ or Kamorta-class corvettes of the Navy.

- ‘Project 28’ was approved in 2003. The other three warships under this project are INS Kamorta (commissioned in 2014), INS Kadmatt (2016) and INS Kiltan (2017).
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Asteroid Bennu

- discovered by a team from the NASA-funded Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team in 1999.

- Scientists believe that it was formed in the first 10 million years of the solar system’s formation.

Because of Bennu’s age, it is likely to contain material that contains molecules that were present when life first formed on Earth, where life forms are based on carbon atom chains.

It classified as a Near Earth Object (NEO), might strike the Earth in the next century, between the years 2175 and 2199.
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Production Linked incentive scheme 2020
(Part 01/02)

- Introduced in April 2020
- It is a part of National Policy on Electronics
- It proposes a financial incentive to boost domestic manufacturing and attract large investments in the electronics value chain including mobile phones, electronic components etc.

Features:
- incentive of 4% to 6% on incremental sales for companies
- 2019-20 as the base year for calculation of incentives.
- Applicable to target segments namely mobile phones and specified electronic components.
- Applications for a period of 4 months initially which may be extended.
- Nodal Agency which shall act as a Project Management Agency (PMA) 
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Production Linked incentive scheme 2020
(Part 02/02)


Merits:

- Rise in faster production of mobile phones in domestic economy.
- India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM)
- Generate employment
- Will strengthen the infrastructure, -increases skill development and provide domestic supply chain.
- Create an enabling environment for the industry to compete globally.

Conclusion:
This scheme will help in strengthening the Make in India project of Indian government.
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CPI-IW base year revised to 2016

- The Labour and Employment Ministry has revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) from 2001 to 2016.
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Life in Miniature project

It is a collaborative project between the National Museum, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, and Google Arts & Culture.

Several hundred miniature paintings from the National Museum, New Delhi can be viewed online on Google Arts & Culture by people around the world under this project.

The project uses technologies like machine learning, augmented reality and digitization with high-definition robotic cameras, to showcase these special works of art in a magical new way.
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NAG - Anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)

DRDO recently carried out the final user trial of the third generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), Nag, at the Pokhran.

- Developed indigenously by DRDO,
- the Nag ATGM can be launched from both- land as well as air-based platforms.

- range of 4-7 km
- The missile is fitted with home-developed infrared seeker and avionics, the capabilities possessed by only a few nations in the world.
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INCOIS

- established in 1999
- an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

- It is the nodal agency to provide tsunami advisories to India through Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC)

- It conducts IOWave Tsunami mock exercises biannually to strengthen the readiness to handle the emergency situations with stakeholders.

- INCOIS also identifies the Potential Fishing Zones (PFZ) for the fishermen community.
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Circular Economy
It is an economy where products are designed for durability, reuse and recyclability.

Efficient Use of Resources: 
It includes 3 R’s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), Refurbishment, Recover, and Repairing of materials.
Hello friends,

This is Sudhir R Kekan, IPS. Belated Congratulations to all those who have cleared the prelims and qualified for writing the Mains this year.

Those who couldn’t qualify don’t get disheartened. Again Work hard, do some analysis— what went wrong, what can be done to improve score etc etc. But for next 4-5 months give focus completely on Mains preparation. Do tell urself Sabka time ata hain, apna bhi ayega. Time is the only solution. Hold on the ground, keep working hard, don’t give up. Best wishes.

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Indus Valley civilization - Dairy Production

- For the first time it’s been proved scientifically that dairy production was in place in the Indus Valley civilization in 2500 BCE.
- It is the earliest known evidence of dairy production.

- The results were based on molecular chemical analysis of residue in shards of pottery found at the archaeological site of Kotada Bhadli located in Gujarat
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Kisan Suryodaya Yojana

- Launched by PM Modi recently in Gujarat.

- Aimed at providing day-time electricity to farmers in the State for irrigation and farming.

- for providing solar power to farmers for irrigation during daytime
- aims to provide 16 hours
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India-USA 2+2 dialogues

News: Recently 3rd India-USA 2+2 dialogue held in New Delhi.

The first two rounds of these dialogues were held in 2018 and 2019.

Key points

- The USA to support to India in ongoing standoff between India-China. 
- Signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA)
- BECA will enable the exchange of geospatial data and information between the two countries

- Main focuses on Asia-Pacific region 
- Emphasized on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea 
- Expand joint capacity building activities in the Indo-Pacific region.

- Technical Cooperation in Earth Observations and Earth Science
- Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership.
- Agreement on the electronic exchange of customs data.
- Letter of intent regarding cooperation in traditional Indian medicines.
- Discussions on the status of Afghanistan and support for its peace process.