PIB -1-3 Nov

PIB -1-3 Nov

1. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)

2. four wheel motor vehicles sold on or after 1st December 2017 will have FASTags amendments have been made to the relevant sections of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

3. POWERGRID completes Govt.’s prestigious project extending Grid connectivity to Leh-Ladakh region in J&K First-time ever in India that any 220kV voltage level substation is built at a high altitude of over 11,500 ft.

4. International Energy Forum (IEF). India is the current Chair of the IEF which is the largest inter-governmental organisation in the field of oil and gas comprising 72 member countries, accounting for 90% of global supply and demand of oil and gas. Members include developing, developed, OPEC, Non-OPEC and G20 countries. 18 of the G20 countries are members of IEF.

5. The International Solar Alliance is an initiative jointly launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the President of France on 30th November 2015 at Paris, in the presence of the Secretary General of the UN, on the side lines of COP21 UN Climate Change Conference. The main objective of ISA is to undertake joint efforts required to reduce the cost of finance and the cost of technology, mobilize more than US $ 1000 billion of investments needed by 2030 for massive deployment of solar energy, and pave the way for future technologies adapted to the needs of 121 countries lying fully or partially between the Tropics.

6. Challenges in Construction of Highway Tunnels in Himalayan Region

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7. Integrated Quarter Master Package (IQMP) software application was formally released to the Indian Army by the Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Sarath Chand in an event organised at South Block on 02 Nov 2017. IQMP is web based software developed by Army Software Development Centre in association with M/s TCS Ltd. The application automates various logistics related functions of an Army Unit. The application will replace numerous legacy applications such as ‘Vastra’ and ‘Quarter Master Package’.

8. A fourteen day joint training exercise “PRABAL DOSTYK – 2017” between the Indian Army and the Kazakhstan Army commenced today with the Opening Ceremony at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh

9. Various schemes and programs initiated by the Government to achieve the target of Doubling of Farmers’ Income