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🔆Post-independence poverty estimates:

📍Planning Commission

Planning Commission Expert Group (1962), constituted by the Planning Commission formulated the separate poverty lines for rural and urban areas (Rs.20 and Rs.25 per capita per year respectively).

📍Y. K. Alagh Committee (1979)
By 1979, it was decided that poverty should be measured precisely based on starvation. Committee was constituted which gave its recommendation as the people consuming less than 2,100 calories in the urban areas or less than 2,400 calories in the rural areas are poor.

📍Lakdawala Committee (1993)
In 1993, an expert group constituted to review methodology for poverty estimation, chaired by D.T.

Lakdawala, made the following suggestions:
🔰Consumption expenditure should be calculated based on calorie consumption as earlier;
🔰State specific poverty lines should be constructed and these should be updated using the Consumer Price Index of Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) in urban areas and Consumer Price Index of Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL) in rural areas; and
🔰Discontinuation of ‘scaling’ of poverty estimates based on National Accounts Statistics. This assumes that the basket of goods and services used to calculate CPI-IW and CPI-AL reflect the consumption patterns of the poor.
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🔆Mission Amrit Sarovar

Recently, the Prime Minister of India said that over 60,000 Amrit Sarovars were constructed across villages leaving behind a legacy for future generations.

📍Mission Amrit Sarovar:

It was launched on 24th April, 2022with the resolve to build 75 Amrit Sarovars during the 75th year of independence as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
It helps to overcome the water crisis in rural areas of the country.
Every Amrit Sarovar will have a pondage area of at least 1 acre with a water holding capacity of about 10,000 cubic metre.
It focuses on water conservation, people’s participation and proper utilization of soil excavated from the water bodies to boost infrastructure projects.
There is no separate financial allocation for Mission Amrit Sarovar.
Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Application and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) has been engaged as Technical partner for the Mission.
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📌 Articles Related to Governor

Article No.   Subject-matter   
           
🪴 153  Governor of States
                                        
🪴 154  Executive power of state    
                           
🪴 155  Appointment of Governor
                            
🪴 156  Term of office of Governor
                           
🪴 157  Qualifications for appointment as Governor

🪴 158  Conditions of Governor’s office    
  
🪴 159  Oath or affirmation by the Governor    

🪴 160  Discharge of the functions of the Governor in certain contingencies

🪴 161  Power of the Governor to grant pardons and others 

🪴 162  Extent of executive power of state 
                           
🪴 163  Council of ministers to aid and advise the Governor

🪴 164  Other provisions as to ministers like appointments, term, salaries, and others 
  
🪴 165  Advocate-General for the State

🪴 166  Conduct of business of the Government of a State

🪴 167  Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor etc.

🪴 174  Sessions of the state legislature, prorogation and dissolution

🪴 175  Right of the Governor to address and send messages to the house or houses of state legislature

🪴 176  Special  address by the Governor

🪴 200  Assent to bills (i.e. assent of the Governor to the bills passed by the state legislature)

🪴 201  Bills reserved by the Governor for consideration of the President

🪴 213  Power of Governor to promulgate ordinances.

🪴 217  Governor being consulted by the President in the matter of the appointments of the judges of the High Courts

🪴 233  Appointment of disctrict judges by the Governor

🪴 234  Appointments of persons (other than district judges) to the judicial service of the state by the Governor
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Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY):

Launch and Aim:
• It was launched by the government in 2015 for providing loans up to Rs. 10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro-enterprises.

Funding Provision:
MUDRA, which stands for Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd., is a financial institution set up by the Government.
• It provides funding to the non-corporate small business sector through various last-mile financial institutions like Banks, NBFC and Micro Finance Institutions.
•MUDRA does not lend directly to micro-entrepreneurs/individuals.
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📖 Important Current Affairs for All Upcoming Exams



1) Defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a new Sainik School under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
▪️ Rajasthan:-
Governor - Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade
➭Amber Palace
➭Hawa Mahal
➭Ranthambore National Park
➭City Palace
➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park
➭Sariska National Park.
➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort

2) Azerbaijan, the host of this year's climate change conference, COP29, has proposed to launch a new climate fund for developing countries.
➨ The fund can be financed through “voluntary” contributions from fossil-fuel producing countries and companies.

3) According to the Asian Power Index Report 2024, released recently by the Australian think tank Lowy Institute, India is ranked third most powerful country in Asia after the United States of America and China.

4) The Maharashtra government has approved a proposal to rename Pune airport as Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Airport, a decision made during a cabinet meeting.
▪️ Maharashtra :-
➨ Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
➨ Tadoba National Park
➨Nawegaon National Park
➨Gugamal National Park
➨Chandoli National Park

5) Kumar Tuhin has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

6) According to the latest government report under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the majority of atrocities against Scheduled Tribes (STs) were also concentrated in 13 states, which reported 98.91% of all cases in 2022.
➨ 97.7% of cases of atrocities against SCs were reported from 13 states.
➨ Uttar Pradesh had the highest percentage with 12,287 cases with 23.78%, followed by Rajasthan with 8,651 cases (16.75%) and Madhya Pradesh with 7,732 cases (14.97%).

7) Megastar K Chiranjeevi was honoured by the Guinness World Records, which recognised him as the most prolific star in the Indian film industry in the actor/dancer category.

8) The prestigious 25th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards will be held in Jaipur, Rajasthan, at the JECC Sitapura from March 7–9, 2025.

9) Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman represented India at the 9th Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Board of Governors meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
➨The theme of the 9th AIIB Board of Governors meeting was "Building Resilient Infrastructure for All".

10) India has officially joined an international deal aimed at protecting marine life in the high seas.
➨ External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar signed the agreement, known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).

11) The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation three PARAM Rudra Supercomputers.
➨ Developed indigenously under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), these supercomputers have been deployed in Pune, Delhi and Kolkata to facilitate pioneering scientific research.
➨The Prime Minister also inaugurated a High-Performance Computing (HPC) system tailored for weather and climate research.

12) Rising swimming star Pratyaksha Ray has been selected for the Ekalavya Puraskar 2024 due to her impressive achievements.
➨ At the Khelo India University Games in Guwahati this February, Ray won a total of six medals: four gold, one silver, and one bronze.

13) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India assumed chairmanship of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) for 2024-2027.

14) Air Marshal Ajay Kumar Arora assumed the appointment of Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance, Indian Air Force, at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan).
➨ Air Marshal Arora was commissioned in the Aeronautical Engineering stream of IAF in Aug 1986.

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Some of the important places in the news

Israel - Tel Aviv, Haifa port

Iran - Tabriz, Jolfa

Lebanon - Dahieh, Beirut

UAE - Fujairah, Rass Al Khat, Jebel Ali, and Ghuwaifat

Saudi Arabia - Dammam port and Haradh

Ukraine - Donbas, Donetsk,Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

Ethiopia - Tigray, Amhara

DRC - North Kivu and Ituri

Uganda -Bidibidi refugee complex

Kenya - Dadaab refugee complex

Myanmar - Kachin

Turkey - Anatolia

Mozambique - Cabo Delgado

Spain - Catalonia

Levant - Region along the eastern Mediterranean shores, roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Jordan,Lebanon, Syria, and certain adjacent areas.

Azerbaijan -Nagorno-Karabakh ( Disputed between Azerbaijan and Armenia )

Senkaku Islands dispute - Japan and China.

The Suwałki Gap - is a barely 100 kilometre-long stretch of land between Russia’s ally Belarus and Kaliningrad(Russia).

Lake Titicaca - Peru and Bolivia

Raffah crossing - It's the southernmost post of exit from Gaza and borders Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.It is under control of Egypt.

Sinai Peninsula - Sovereign territory of Egypt.

Liptako-Gourma region - At the tri junction of the  Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

Galapagos Island - Island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively a province of Ecuador.
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KOPPEN'S Classification of India's CLIMATE

- wladimir koeppen divided India's climate into Five main Zones. He also further broke these zones into smaller sub-types
- 5 main Climate zones in koeppen's classification:
1) Tropical climate
2) Dry Climate
3) warm Temperate climate
4) Cold Temperate climate
5) Ice climate

☘️ (E): Polar Type
- This Climate covers Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh
- Precipitation occurs in the form of Snow
- Temperature: 0 - 10° c

☘️ (Et): Tundra type
- This Climate covers Mountain Area of Uttarakhand
- Rainfall varies from year to year
- Temperature: 0 - 10° c

☘️ (Dfc): Cold, Humid winter with short summer
- This Climate covers Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Assam
- Rainfall: 200 cm

☘️ (Cwg): Monsoon with Dry winter
- This Climate covers Most parts of the Ganga Plain (Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar & West Bengal), Assam, Most of North East India, & in Malwa Plateau (Eastern Rajasthan, Northern Madhya Pradesh)
- Rainfall: 100 - 200 cm

☘️ (BShw): Semi-Arid Steppe type Climate
- This Climate covers Some Rain shadow areas of Western ghats, Large part of Rajasthan, Punjab & Contiguous areas of Haryana & North Western Gujarat
- Rainfall: 12 - 25 cm

☘️ (BWhw): Hot Desert type Climate
- This Climate covers Most of Western Rajasthan
- Rainfall: less than 12 cm

☘️ (Aw): Tropical Savanna type
- This Climate covers most of the Peninsular Plateau barring coromandal and Malabar coastal strips
- Including the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh
-  Rainfall: 75 cm

☘️ (As): Monsoon type with a dry season in the summer season
- This Climate covers Coromandal coast (Coastal Tamilnadu) and adjoining areas of Andhra Pradesh
- Rainfall: 75 - 100 cm

☘️ (Amw): Monsoon type with the short dry winter season
- This Climate covers Western coastal region, South of Mumbai, South of Goa, including the Malabar coast (Kerala & Karnataka) & parts of the Konkan coast (Maharashtra, Goa & Karnataka)
- Rainfall: over 300 cm
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ICTP Galathea Bay

The mega international container transshipment port (ICTP) at Galathea Bay has been notified as the 13th major port.

It is located in the Great Nicobar island in the Bay of Bengal.
Great Nicobar Island is a part of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar islands, is 40 nautical miles from Malacca Strait.
Malacca Strait is the international shipping channel catering to about 35 percent of the annual global sea trade.
The port will be strategically located on the East-West international trade and shipping route in proximity to transshipment terminals like Singapore, Klang and Colombo.
It is also a part of the rapidly evolving Indo-Pacific geopolitical region.
As a gateway to the region, it will capture transshipment cargo from Indian east coast ports, as also Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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Recent Cyclones in News🌪



Cyclone Dana
▪️Named by - Qatar
▪️Meaning - Perfectly sized, valuable & beautiful pearl
▪️Location - Bay of Bengal

Cyclone Yagi
▪️Named by - Japan
▪️Meaning - Goat
▪️Location - South East Asia

Cyclone Remal
▪️Named by - Oman
▪️Meaning - Sand
▪️Location - Bay of Bengal
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🔆Prithvi Vigyan Scheme

Consolidation of Programs: The Prithvi scheme unifies five existing sub- schemes:

1. Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS),
2. Ocean Services, Modelling Application, Resources and Technology (O- SMART),
3. Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER),
4. Seismology and Geosciences (SAGE),
5. Research, Education, Training and Outreach (REACHOUT).

Aim: This integration is designed to enhance our understanding of Earth’s systems and apply scientific knowledge for societal, environmental, and economic benefits.
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