In News: The Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE) has developed the Ocean Eyes mobile application to align with the Indian Ocean Biodiversity Information System (IndOBIS).

IndOBIS

➕ What is IndOBIS: The Indian node of the global Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), managed by CMLRE under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

➕ Purpose: IndOBIS collects taxonomically resolved marine species occurrence data from the Indian Ocean.

➕ Data Types: Includes species occurrence, abundance records, and genomic profiles.

About OBIS

➕ What is OBIS: A global repository for marine species data, supporting marine science and conservation.

➕ Origin: Emerged from the Census of Marine Life (2000-2010).

➕ Agencies: Established by the IOC of UNESCO and part of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE).

➕ Global Data: Provides species distribution, habitat, and environmental information across oceans.

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National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)

➕ What is NTCA: A statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC), estd. in 2006 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

➕ Objectives:
- Provides statutory authority to Project Tiger, making compliance with its directives legally binding.
- Ensures accountability between the Center and States in managing Tiger Reserves through a federal structure.

➕ Members:
- Chairperson: Minister in charge of MoEFCC.
- Vice-Chairperson: Minister of State in MoEFCC.
- Other members include 3 members of Parliament, Secretary (MoEFCC), additional members.

Project Tiger

➕ A Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) under MoEFCC launched on 1st April 1973 for the in-situ conservation of tigers.

➕ Purpose: Provides funding support to tiger range States for the conservation of tigers in designated reserves.

➕ Supervision: NTCA is the supervising agency for Project Tiger

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PM E-DRIVE Scheme

➕ Launch: Approved by the Union Cabinet with an outlay of ₹10,900 crore for two years to promote electric mobility in India.

➕ Ministry: Implemented by the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI).

➕ Key Features:

-Subsidies: Incentives for electric two-wheelers (e-2Ws), three-wheelers (e-3Ws), e-ambulances, and e-trucks.
Support for 24.79 lakh e-2Ws, 3.16 lakh e-3Ws, and 14,028 e-buses.

-E-Vouchers: Introduction of Aadhaar-authenticated e-vouchers to streamline EV purchases.

-E-Ambulances: Deployment of e-ambulances to promote greener healthcare solutions.

-E-Buses: Procurement of 14,028 e-buses in cities with populations over 40 lakh.

-E-Trucks: Incentives for e-truck purchases, with additional support for scrapping old trucks.

-Charging Infrastructure: Setting up public charging stations, including 22,100 fast chargers for e-4Ws and 48,400 for e-2Ws/e-3Ws.

-Testing Infrastructure: Enhancing vehicle testing facilities for modern and emerging EV technologies.

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