Government Schemes/GSII
Dairy Sahakar scheme

What's the NEWS

• Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooporation launched the "Dairy Sahakar" scheme at Anand, Gujarat
• The Dairy Sahakar with a total investment of Rs 5000 crore will be implemented by NCDC under Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India to realize the vision, "from cooperation to prosperity".

• Under Dairy Sahakar, financial support will be extended by NCDC to eligible cooperatives for activities such as bovine development, milk procurement, processing, quality assurance, value addition,branding,packaging,marketing,transportation and storage of milk and milk products, exports of dairy products within the overall objectives of "Doubling the farmers income" and "Atmanirbhar Bharat.
• There will also be a convergence with various schemes of Government of India and / or of State Government/UT Administration/ Development agencies/ bilateral/multilateral assistance/ CSR mechanism is encouraged
• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is also implementing various schemes for development of the Animal Husbandry and dairy sector.
• This Dairy Sahakar will supplement the existing efforts for strengthening the dairy sector in the country.

• It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1963 as a statutory Corporation under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

• Planning, promoting and financing programmes for production, processing, marketing, storage, export and import of agricultural produce, food stuffs, certain other notified commodities e.g. fertilisers, insecticides, agricultural machinery, lac, soap, kerosene oil, textile, rubber etc.,
• Supply of consumer goods and collection, processing, marketing, storage and export of minor forest produce through cooperatives, besides income generating stream of activities such as poultry, dairy, fishery, sericulture, handloom etc.
• NCDC Act has been further amended which will broad base the area of operation of the Corporation to assist different types of cooperatives and to expand its financial base.
• NCDC will now be able to finance projects in the rural industrial cooperative sectors and for certain notified services in rural areas like water conservation, irrigation and micro irrigation, agri-insurance, agro-credit, rural sanitation, animal health, etc.
• Loans and grants are advanced to State Governments for financing primary and secondary level cooperative societies and direct to the national level and other societies having objects extending beyond one State.
• Now, the Corporation can also go in for direct funding of projects under its various schemes of assistance on fulfillment of stipulated conditions.

• The website "Climate Equity Monitor" on global climate policy has been launched
• Climate Equity Monitor, that focuses on equity and climate action from a data and evidence-based perspective will encourage a vigorous discussion on this crucial issue and engage experts from all countries.

• The Climate Equity Monitor provides an online dashboard for assessing, at the international level, equity in climate action, inequalities in emissions, energy and resource consumption across the world, and ongoing climate policies of several countries.
• The URL to access the website is https://climateequitymonitor.in.
• The website has been conceptualized and developed by independent researchers from India -- the Climate Change Group at the M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering department at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) Bengaluru, with other independent researchers.
• The Climate Equity Monitor is aimed at monitoring the performance of Annex-I Parties under the UNFCCC (developed countries) based on the foundational principles of the Climate Convention, namely equity and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC).
• The performance and policies of the Non Annex-I Parties (developing countries) will be also provided for comparison.
• In keeping with the latest scientific results of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that have underlined the importance of cumulative emissions and carbon budgets, the analysis will be anchored in these two concepts.
• The equitable sharing of the global carbon budget is the fundamental equity principle that will underpin the assessments that will progressively appear on the website.
• Existing "tracking" websites on climate policies are based in the global North and routinely do not address the crucial aspects of equity and differentiation.
• The developers of this dashboard have taken this initiative to build awareness, especially among the public of the global South, that climate action is a global collective action problem.
• The website is intended to debunk the narrative provided by many developed countries, and global non-government organizations that focus attention continually on what developing countries must do, constantly demanding greater commitment and action from them.
• The website is expected to be a valuable tool for policy makers, public institutions, researchers, academics, students, and the general public from developing countries to keep equity and climate justice considerations clearly in view in their perspective.
• The website will also undergo constant upgradation with additional new material, including the addition of new areas such as climate finance, technology transfer and adaptation.

• Y 12704 (Visakhapatnam), the lead ship of Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyers being built at Mazgaon Docks Limited (MDL), was delivered to the Indian Navy

• The contract for four ships of Project 15B, as the Visakhapatnam class ships are known, was signed on 28 January 2011.
• This project is a follow-on of the Kolkata class (Project 15A) destroyers commissioned in the last decade.
• Designed by Directorate of Naval Design, Indian Navy's in-house design organisation; and built by M/s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, Mumbai; the four ships are christened after major cities from all four corners of the country viz. Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat.
• The keel of Visakhapatnam was laid in October 2013 and the ship was launched in April 2015. T
• he design has largely maintained the hull form, propulsion machinery, many platform equipment and major weapons & sensors as the Kolkata class to benefit from series production.
• The 163 metres long warship has a full load displacement of 7400 tonnes and maximum speed of 30 knots.
• The overall indigenous content of the project is approx. 75%.

• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is organising a week-long Deep Dive Online Training program for Chief Information Security officers (CISO)
• The training program is a part of a series of workshops organised by National e-Governance Division at MeitY under the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative.

• It will help the CISOs and other participants to equip themselves with better understanding of the changing dynamics of the cyber world, so that they are able to translate the benefits of a secure cyber space to individual organisations and citizens at large.
• The role of CISOs is to do a gap analysis of the cyber security in an organisation and come out with a plan and strategy to bridge the gap and take corrective actions.
• The Chief Information Security Officers across various Ministries, Departments, PSUs, Banks are not only trained but can also become India's Cyber Security Ambassadors spreading the need to be cyber secure.
• India's improving global cyber security index from 47th in 2018 to 10th in 2021
• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had launched the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative in January 2018.
• It is the first public-private partnership of its kind, leveraging the expertise of the IT industry in cybersecurity.
• The knowledge partners of this training program include CDAC, CERT-In, NIC, STQC.

What's the NEWS

• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare launched the nationwide expansion of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• The Union Minister also released communication and awareness packages on PCV to create widespread mass awareness.
• These communication packages will be shared with all States/UTs for further adaptation and utilization.
• It is for the first time in the country that PCV will be available for universal use.
• Pneumonia is a leading cause of death among children under-5 years old, globally and in India.
• Pneumonia caused by pneumococcus is the most common cause of severe pneumonia in children.
• In India around 16 percent of deaths in Children occur due to pneumonia.
• The nationwide rollout of PCV will reduce child mortality by around 60 percent

• Under UIP, immunization is being provided free of cost against 12 vaccine preventable diseases:
• Nationally against 10 diseases - Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, severe form of Childhood Tuberculosis, Rotavirus diarrhea, Hepatitis B and Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by Haemophilus Influenzae type B
• Sub-nationally against 2 diseases - Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Japanese Encephalitis; of which Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine is nationally expanded, while JE vaccine is provided only in endemic districts.

• The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs inaugurated the two day 22ndAll India Conference of Directors of Fingerprint Bureaux
• The Union Minister released the Fingerprint in India - 2020, the 24th annual publication on use of fingerprint science in crime investigation.

CENTRAL FINGER PRINT BUREAU (CFPB)

• The first ever Finger Print Bureau in the world was established at Writer's Building at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the year 1897.
• The Central Finger Print Bureau better known by acronym, CFPB came into being in 1955 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) under the administrative control of the Intelligence Bureau.
• In 1973 the administrative control was transferred to CBI and it was in July, 1986 that the CFPB was finally placed under the administrative control of the newly formed National Crime Records Bureau
• The main functions of the CFPB have been mainly to maintain a database of fingerprint of criminals, National & International, and to disseminate the information.

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