18.02.22 Daily [Madhya Pradesh] MPPSC Current Affairs

Indore city has continuously raised its flag in the field of sanitation by getting the award as the cleanest city in the country. This city is now going to make a new achievement. On Saturday, February 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate Asia’s largest Bio-CNG plant to be built at the trenching ground of Indore city. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also attend the programme. The preparations for the launch-programme are being finalised.

Wet waste which was once a problem for everyone has become an achievement for Indore today due to which the state has got this boon in the form of Bio-CNG plant.

The whole country will see this success of Indore, which is considered to be the largest city and commercial capital of the state. Mission directors of Swachch Bharat Mission from about 20 states of the country will also participate in the dedication programme of Bio-CNG Plant. Apart from this, other senior officials of the central government and states will also be present in this programme. All these officers will also visit those places of Indore city where special work is being done in the field of cleanliness.

Necessary arrangements are being made to ensure that there is no inconvenience to the guests. Efforts are also being made to include Women of Self-Help Groups, who have played a significant role in the field of cleanliness in habitations and remote areas. Social organisations, business organisations and other dignitaries, with whose cooperation Indore has made a special place in the country in cleanliness, will participate in this programme.

The specialty of this Bio-CNG plant is that methane gas has been found with 96 percent purity in the gas generated from it. This will not only improve the calorific value but also increase the effectiveness of Bio CNG. This plant is built on PPP mode, from which Indore will get revenue of 2.5 crores per annum.

This Bio CNG plant will be operated from 100% wet waste. This achievement has been made due to the guidance and determination of the State Government, the activity of the local administration and the passion of the citizens of Indore to do something good. In the survey of the company by which this Bio-CNG plant is being set up, it was found that more than 99 percent segregation purity has been found in the sample of the waste received from Indore, which was not found in the sample taken from any other state of the country. About 400 buses can be run daily with the 18 thousand KG gas generated from the Bio-CNG plant, which will not only help in environmental protection but will also make relative improvement in the air quality.

Madhya Pradesh is making a distinct identity by presenting examples of excellent works in new areas. The trenching ground of Bhanpur in Bhopal has also taken a new shape. Last year, Chief Minister Chouhan had seen a site developed instead of a garbage dump in Bhanpur area.

The Government of India approved the New India Literacy Programme scheme for the fiscal years 2022-2027 that will cover all areas of adult Education and match with the national education policy 2020.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced the New India Literacy Programme for the next five years, to cover all aspects of adult education. The ministry has decided to use the term Education for All instead of Adult Education, because the previous term didnt represent all non-literates who are in the age group of 15 years and above.

This programme is expected to cost Rs 1037.90 crore between 2022 and 2027, with the central government providing Rs 700 crore and the states providing Rs 337.90 crore, respectively.

Central government has proposed a law to empowers it to fix maximum selling price of Fertilizers and control its quality and distribution.

Department of Fertilizers has asked comments on the draft Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill, 2022, from all the stakeholders.

It is convenient in public interest that central government should take under its control on distribution, price and quality of standards of fertilizers.

The bill seeks to establish an Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Authority of India.

It is aimed at promoting development and sustainable use of balanced fertilizers, including , nano-fertilizers, bio-stimulates, and organic fertilizers.

It seeks to simplify the process for manufacturing production, distribution and price management of fertilizers across India. This will help in improving the Ease of Doing Business.

While Indias solar power capacity is increasing, the country does not have a proper policy on managing the waste that is being generated from solar panels and its manufacturing process.

Currently, India considers solar waste as a part of its generated electronic waste and thus doesnt account for it independently. Also, the nation doesnt have any commercially operated raw material solar E-Waste recovering facility.

In Gummidipoondi, Nadu, a facility has been set up for the purpose of recovering solar e-waste recycling and recovery albeit it is a private firm.

In India, solar waste is sold as scrap and it can lead to the increase of solar e-waste if proper recycling is not done. The government should divert its focus towards drafting a set of rules that will look into dealing with solar e-waste.

The life cycle of a solar panel is 20 to 25 years, so the problem we are facing is yet to come, but when it will eventually catch up the nation will be dealing with a huge problem with most of the landfills being filled with solar waste. Hence, drafting a policy dealing with this is a must.

The first country to adopt Indias UPI system will be Nepal which will be critical in modernising the neighbouring countrys digital economy.

To deliver the Services in Nepal, NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), NPCIs international arm, has partnered with Manam Infotech and Gateway Payments Service (GPS). In Nepal, GPS is the authorized payment system operator, and Manam Infotech will implement the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) there.

Purpose of the collaboration

According to NPCI, the collaboration will benefit Nepals greater digital public good by strengthening interoperable real-time person-to-merchant (P2M) and person-to-person (P2P) transactions in the neighbouring country. This collaboration will allow the citizens of Nepals last-mile consumers to benefit from an interoperable, open payment system that enables real-time financial transfers between merchant payments and bank accounts.

India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to firm up a Comprehensive Economic PARTNERSHIP Agreement (CEPA), during a virtual summit.

Virtual Summit will be held between Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Both leaders are likely to lay out their vision of the historic and friendly bilateral relations, at a time when UAE is marking 50^thanniversary of its foundation and India is celebrating 75 years of its independence.

Both the leaders will discuss bilateral cooperation and exchange views on International And Regional issues of mutual interest.

At the summit, both the leaders will sign the CEPA, on which negotiations were launched in September 2021 and now stands completed. This agreement would take economic and commercial engagement of both the countries to next level.