Madhya Pradesh Affairs
The State has a strong tradition of cooperative movement. There is documentary evidence of this from the year 1900. In India, cooperative banks were first formed in 1904 in Sehora district, Jabalpur and Vadodara. Madhya Pradesh has been a leader in the formation of cooperative banks. The Co-operative Department and more than 50,000 cooperative societies affiliated to it, despite all their limitations, have provided a strong base to the economy of the state through business promotion and welfare schemes.
Agricultural credit institutions and in the State have always been ready to serve farmers. Consequently, the state got the highest position in the field of agricultural production.
There are more than four thousand five hundred primary agricultural credit cooperative institutions in the state.
They are mainly engaged in important tasks like short term agricultural loan distribution, supply of agricultural inputs, procurement of agricultural products and Public Distribution System.
Madhya Pradesh has made new achievements in the field of Women Empowerment through self-help groups and cooperatives. Lakhs of women from poor and deprived sections of rural areas are becoming self-dependent by organizing themselves in the form of self-help groups.
National and International Affairs
INS Tabar Exercises was Held
The INS Tabar exercise was held with the Italian Navy near Naples, Italy, as part of a continuous deployment to the Mediterranean
Highlights:
The exercise covered a broad range of naval operations, such as air DEFENCE procedures and Communication drills.
The exercise benefited both parties by improving interoperability and consolidating combined operations against maritime threats.
Major Indian Maritime Exercises:
SLINEX – Sri Lanka
Bongosagar and IN-BN CORPAT Bangladesh
JIMEX – Japan
Naseem-Al-Bahr – Oman
Indra – Russia
Zair-Al-Bahr – Qatar
Samudra Shakti – Indonesia
Indo-Thai CORPAT – Thailand
IMCOR – Malaysia
SIMBEX – Singapore
AUSINDEX – Australia
Malabar Exercise – Japan, and the USA
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund – Central Sector Scheme
has approved changes to the Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under the <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Infrastructure Fund’.
Highlights:
State Agencies/APMCs, National and State Federations of Cooperatives, Federations of Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs), and Federations of Self-Help Groups are now eligible (SHGs).
Currently, the scheme allows for interest subventions on loans of up to Rs. 2 crore in a single location.
If an eligible entity other than a private sector entity (i.e., state agencies, national and state federations of cooperatives, federations of FPOs, and federations of SHGs) establishes projects in multiple locations, all such projects will now be eligible for interest subsidies of up to Rs. 2 crore.
However, a private sector entity will be limited to a maximum of 25 such projects.
For APMCs, an interest subvention of up to Rs. 2 crore will be provided for each project of different infrastructure types, such as cold storage, sorting, grading, and assaying units, silos, and so on, within the same market yard.
India Industrial Land Bank IILB
The Industrial Land Bank Of India is a GIS-based portal that contains all information related to industrial , such as connectivity, infrastructure, <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/natural-Resources“>Natural Resources and topography, plot-level information about open spaces, activity lines, and contact information.
It serves as a one-stop shop for all industrial infrastructure-related data.
It acts as a decision-support system for investors scouting land remotely.
It is currently integrated with Industry-based GIS systems from 17 states, allowing details on the portal to be updated in real time.
The IILB has planned about 4,000 industrial parks on 550,000 hectares of land and is expected to achieve pan-Indian integration by December 2021.
It is administered by the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
India-UK Financial Markets Dialogue
The Financial Market Dialogue between India and the United Kingdom was conducted virtually.
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