WHO declares that India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem in 2024
India becomes the third country in the South-East Asia Region to achieve this milestone
India becomes the third country in the South-East Asia Region to achieve this milestone
🔆Chagos Islands
✅Britain has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a group of over 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.
✅This deal ensures the future of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island, with its status now undisputed and legally secure for the first time in over 50 years.
✅The Chagos Archipelago is located in the central Indian Ocean, about 500 kilometers south of the Maldives and roughly 1,600 kilometers southwest of India.
The Chagos archipelago comprises of 58 islands, with Diego Garcia being the largest and most significant.
📍Significance of Chagos
✅Geostrategic Location: The archipelago's location in the central Indian Ocean makes it strategically valuable for monitoring major shipping lanes, ensuring security in the region, and projecting military power across a wide area.
✅UK-US Military Base: Diego Garcia, the largest island, hosts a major UK-US military base, which is crucial for operations in the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions.
✅Britain has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a group of over 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.
✅This deal ensures the future of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island, with its status now undisputed and legally secure for the first time in over 50 years.
✅The Chagos Archipelago is located in the central Indian Ocean, about 500 kilometers south of the Maldives and roughly 1,600 kilometers southwest of India.
The Chagos archipelago comprises of 58 islands, with Diego Garcia being the largest and most significant.
📍Significance of Chagos
✅Geostrategic Location: The archipelago's location in the central Indian Ocean makes it strategically valuable for monitoring major shipping lanes, ensuring security in the region, and projecting military power across a wide area.
✅UK-US Military Base: Diego Garcia, the largest island, hosts a major UK-US military base, which is crucial for operations in the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions.
🔘Greater One Horned Rhino
▪️One Horned Rhino also known as Indian Rhino is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.
▪️The Habitat of this species is restricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and northern West Bengal and Assam.
▪️IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
▪️CITES: Appendix I
▪️Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I
▪️New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019: Under the declaration, India will collaborate with Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, and Malaysia for conservation and protection of three Asian rhino species-
▪️Greater one-horned rhinoceros,
▪️Javan rhinoceros( listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List) and
▪️Sumatran rhinoceros (listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List).
▪️One Horned Rhino also known as Indian Rhino is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.
▪️The Habitat of this species is restricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and northern West Bengal and Assam.
▪️IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
▪️CITES: Appendix I
▪️Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I
▪️New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019: Under the declaration, India will collaborate with Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, and Malaysia for conservation and protection of three Asian rhino species-
▪️Greater one-horned rhinoceros,
▪️Javan rhinoceros( listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List) and
▪️Sumatran rhinoceros (listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List).
Government Schemes UPSC:
नीली क्रांति: प्रधानमंत्री मत्स्य संपदा योजना
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
✅The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), launched on February 2, 2019, has become a transformative force for India's agricultural sector.
✅Under this scheme, every eligible farming family receives an annual benefit of ₹6,000, distributed in three equal installments of ₹2,000 every four months.
✅ This amount is directly transferred to the beneficiaries' bank accounts through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism, making it one of the largest and most transparent DBT schemes globally.
#prelims
#mains
#agriculture
#essay
नीली क्रांति: प्रधानमंत्री मत्स्य संपदा योजना
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
✅The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), launched on February 2, 2019, has become a transformative force for India's agricultural sector.
✅Under this scheme, every eligible farming family receives an annual benefit of ₹6,000, distributed in three equal installments of ₹2,000 every four months.
✅ This amount is directly transferred to the beneficiaries' bank accounts through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism, making it one of the largest and most transparent DBT schemes globally.
#prelims
#mains
#agriculture
#essay