ETEN Enlightens-Daily Current Capsules (Prelims Prep. Prominence) 26th June 2018

FOCUS A report on - Village Electrification

Centre’s role/responsibility

The Centre’s responsibility to connect households and villages to the

power grid or provide them alternative sources of electricity, it cannot

guarantee the supply of electricity to them

Role of power distribution companies of each states

The actual supply is the responsibility of the power distribution

companies in each State

Central government announcement

The Centre has claimed 100% electrification of all villages and 83% of all

households across the country.

It has said that all households will be electrified by the year-end.

What’s the actual statistics

There has been several discrepancies between the actual and the on-paper

status of electrification.

In some cases, the electrification infrastructure such as cables and

transformers were stolen days after they were installed, leaving the target

village unelectrified in reality but connected on paper.

In other cases, electricity was supplied for just a few hours a day.

What’s the issue

Discoms not so efficient

Almost every State in the country reels under power cuts, especially

during peak summer.

Discoms are still very inefficient, with the costs they incur in the

transmission far outweighing revenue.

Government data show discoms across the country, on an average, lose

₹0.22 a unit of electricity supplied.

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NATIONAL Discovery of hydrocarbons in KG Basin by OIL India

Oil India Limited (OIL), one of India’s largest public sector oil

exploration and production companies, has made its second hydrocarbon

discovery in the onland KG Basin

The well Thanelanka-1 is the first high pressure-high temperature (HP-

HT) well drilled by OIL

The size of the discovery can only be ascertained after further testing of

the wells

OIL is the operator of the the block with 90% participating interest while

the balance 10% is held by Geo Global Resources.

Earlier, the company made a gas discovery at Dangeru-l well in the block.

Besides having a pan-India presence, OIL has participating interest in

blocks in more than nine countries overseas — Libya, Gabon, Nigeria,

Yemen, Venezuela, USA, Mozambique, Russia and Bangladesh.

Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises UN MSME Day to be celebrated on 27th June 2018

UdyamSangam

The Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), will

organize National Conclave (UdyamSangam) on 27th June 2018 on the

occasion of UN MSME Day.

The purpose of the Conclave is to encourage dialogue and partnership

among various stakeholders of the MSME ecosystem and for promoting

innovation and knowledge sharing on MSME related issues.

On this occasion the Solar Charkha Mission of the Ministry will be

launched by the President.

Enlighten about Solar Charkha Mission

The Mission will cover 50 clusters and every cluster will employ 400 to

2000 artisans.

The Mission has been approved by the Government of India for which

the MSME Ministry will disburse subsidy of Rs. 550 crores to the

artisans.

A Website of the Ministry will also be launched which will act as a

bridge between the talent pool and those enterprises seeking trained man

power.

UdyamSangam

The need for convergences of all government initiatives relating to

MSME sector has always been emphasized.

UdyamSangam is a step forward towards consolidating that process.

UdyamSangam will be followed by a fortnightlong MSME Pakhwada

called Udyam Lehar.

MSME Day

The UN General Assembly in its 74th Plenary held on the 6th April, 2017

declared 27thJune as Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day,

recognizing the importance of Micro, Small and Medium-sized

Enterprises in achieving sustainable development goals and in promoting

innovation, creativity and sustainable work for all.

Environment Enlighten about Plastic Menace

India generates an estimated 32 million metric tonnes of packaging waste

each year, of which plastic waste constitutes 16%. But only 60% of the

collected plastic waste is recycled.

Only few states taking care of waste plastic management

Kerala and Sikkim are the States with the most creditable plastic waste

management policies. “Sikkim has a system of buying back plastic from

consumers.

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United Nations/Awards

United Nations Medal for selfless service

7 Garhwal Rifles Infantry Battalion Group

7 Garhwal Rifles Infantry Battalion Group of Indian Army was awarded

United Nations Medal for “selfess service”.

The contingent is part of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan

(UNMISS) in South Sudan.

It has been complimented for carrying out numerous operational tasks

with utmost professionalism and dedication to the UN mandate.

Enlighten about South Sudan

It got independence from Sudan in 2011and it is the youngest nation in

the world.

Enlighten about UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

It is the newest UN Peacekeeping Mission.

India is the highest contributor in terms of troops to UNMISS.

In addition to India, 53 nations from around the world have contributed

troops to the peacekeeping mission.

India and UN Peacekeeping

The Indian Army is the largest contributor to United Nations

Peacekeeping Missions mandated to maintain stability and negotiate

peace settlement in turbulent regions of the world.

So far India has provided almost 200,000 troops in nearly 50 of the 71

UN peacekeeping missions over the past six decades, including 14 of the

current 16 missions. Last year, 7,606 Indian peacekeepers were deployed

in UN missions.

Infrastructure Development

The Ratnagiri Refinery project in Maharashtra

Saudi Aramco and ADNOC signed an MoU today to jointly develop and

build an integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex at Ratnagiri in

Maharashtra.

The project will be implemented by Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals

Ltd. (RRPCL). Earlier, Saudi Aramco had joined the project by signing an MoU with the

Indian consortium on 11th April 2018 on the sidelines of the16

International Energy Forum Ministerial.

Enlighten about RRPCL

RRPCL which is promoted by a consortium of India PSUs consisting of

IOCL, BPCL and HPCLwill now have Saudi Aramco & ADNOC as

overseas strategic partners.

The project will be set up as a 50:50 joint partnership (50:50) between the

consortium from India and Saudi Aramco and ADNOC.

This will be single largest overseas investment in the Indian refining

sector.

Enlighten about the refinery

The mega refinery will be capable of processing 1.2 million barrels of

crude oil per day (60 million metric tonnes per annum).

It will produce a range of refined petroleum products, including petrol

and diesel meeting BS-VI fuel efficiency norms.

The Refinery will also provide feedstock for the integrated

petrochemicals complex, which will have the capacity of producing

approx. 18 million tonnes per annum of petrochemical products. RRPCL will rank among the world’s largest refining & petrochemicals

projects and will be designed to meet India’s fast-growing fuels and

petrochemicals demand.

Enlighten about the Background on Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals

Ltd.(RRPCL):

Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (RRPCL), a JVC, was formed

on 22ndSeptember,2017 between IOCL,BPCL& HPCL with equity

participation of 50:25:25 respectively.

Report Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Report on the current state of armaments, disarmament and

international security – 2018

Russia, the US, the UK, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North

Korea – Nuclear Warhead Countries

Enlighten about SIPRI

SIPRI estb. In 1966 is an independent international institute dedicated to

research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament.

SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open

sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public.

Based in Stockholm, SIPRI also has a presence in Beijing, and is

regularly ranked among the most respected think tanks worldwide.

Bilateral Relations India and Seychelles

Both countries have signed six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)

India has announced US $100-million credit to Seychelles for

augmenting its defence capabilities.

It also announced to hand over second Dornier aircraft to Seychelles as

promised by PM Modi during his visit there in 2015.

The aircraft will reach Seychelles before its National Day on June 29,

2018.

Enlighten about the MoU

Regarding Indian Grant Assistance for implementation of small

development projects through local bodies, educational and vocational

institutions.

Twinning Agreement on Establishment of Friendship and Cooperation

between Panaji (Municipal Corporation), Goa (India) and Victoria City

of Seychelles

MoU in the area of Cyber Security: It was signed between Indian

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) and Seychelles’

Department of Information Communications Technology.

Cultural Exchange Programme between India and Seychelles for the

years 2018-2022

Technical Agreement on Sharing White Shipping Information between

Indian Navy and National Information Sharing and Coordination Center

of Seychelles: It will enable the two countries to exchange data regarding

identity and movement of non-military commercial vessels

MoU between Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of Ministry of External

Affairs of India and Department of Foreign Affairs of Seychelles

Sources – PIB, The Hindu, Livemint