Daily Current Capsules
29th and 30th December 2022

Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM)

 

What's the NEWS

 

• Election Commission of India is ready to pilot remote voting for domestic migrants
• The migrant voter would thus need not travel back to his/her home district to exercise his/her franchise of voting.

 

Know! about RVM

 

• ECI develops prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM)
• Prototype RVM can handle multiple constituencies from a single remote polling booth
• Inability to vote due to internal migration (domestic migrants) is one of the prominent reasons to be addressed to improve voter turnout and ensure participative elections.

 

Know! the challenges

Administrative Challenges 

 

Legal Challenges 

 

Technological Challenges 

 

Know! more about remote voting method

• The Commission is now ready to pilot a Multi Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM) for facilitating participation of domestic migrants from their remote locations itself i.e., the places of their current residence for purposes of education/employment, etc., for voting for their home constituencies.
• This modified form of EVM can handle up to 72 multiple constituencies from a single remote polling booth.

 

Know! the working of RVM

 

• RVM is essentially a modified version of the existing EVM system.
• RVM contains: remote control unit, remote ballot unit, remote voter verified paper audit trail, constituency card reader, public display control unit, and remote symbol loading unit.
• The ‘remote control unit' records the total votes for each candidate in each constituency, as well as displays the total votes for each constituency, one by one, in sequential order of candidates.

• The results will be shared with the appropriate home returning officers (RO).
• The RVM allows migrated voters to exercise their franchise in their home constituency from their current place of residence on the same day of polling.
• The remote voter has to pre-register for the facility by applying online/offline to their home constituency RO, within a pre-notified time before the elections.
• Voter details will be verified at the home constituency and the request for remote voting will be approved after successful verification by marking them as remote voters.
• Special multi-constituency remote voting polling stations will be set up in places of current residence.
• It is a standalone, non-networked system having the same security features as the existing Indian EVMs and provides the same voting experience to the voter as an EVM.
• The ECI has been working with two public sector units, who are manufacturing the existing EVMs - Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) - to develop a robust, failproof and efficient standalone system for remote voting based on the existing EVMs, under the guidance of the technical expert committee.
• The ECIL, under the department of atomic energy, has developed a prototype of multi-constituency remote EVM (RVM).

 

What's NEXT

 

• The ECI has invited all eight recognised national parties and 57 state political parties on January 16, 2023, to demonstrate the functioning of the multi-constituency prototype RVM.
• Based on feedback received from various stakeholders and demonstration of the prototype, the ECI will carry forward the process of implementing the remote voting method.

 

 

BRAHMOS

 

What's the NEWS

• Indian Air Force today successfully fired the Extended Range Version of Brahmos Air Launched missile against a Ship Target from a SU-30MKI aircraft.
• The missile achieved the desired mission objectives in the Bay of Bengal region.
• With this, IAF has achieved a significant capability boost to carry out precision strikes from SU-30MKI aircraft against land/ sea targets over very long ranges.
• Currently, around 40 Su-30MKI fighter aircraft are equipped with BrahMos missiles, which are deployed both against China and Pakistan.
• The Indian Army and the Indian Navy have also deployed BrahMos missiles on land and on ships.
• The extended range of the BrahMos missile is believed to have the ability to take out targets in sea 400 km away

Know! about the supersonic cruise missile

• The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has a two-stage solid propellant booster engine as its first stage which takes it to supersonic speed.
• The second stage is the liquid ramjet engine which takes it closer to Mach 3 (3 times the speed of sound) speed in the cruise phase.
• The BrahMos missile is universal for multiple platforms and can be launched from air, land, and sea platforms.
• The missile works on the 'Fire and Forget principle' and maintains a high supersonic throughout the flight.
• The missile is said to have a low radar signature.

 

Indian Army inaugurated its first 3-D Printed House

 

 

What's the NEWS

• The Indian Army inaugurated its first 3-D Printed House Dwelling Unit for soldiers at Ahmedabad Cantt on 28 December 2022.
• The dwelling unit has been constructed by the Military Engineering Services (MES) in collaboration with MiCoB Pvt Ltd incorporating the latest 3D Rapid Construction Technology.
• Construction work was completed in just 12 weeks by utilising the 3D printed foundation, walls and slabs.
• The disaster-resilient structures comply with Zone-3 earthquake specifications and green building norms.

Know! about 3-D printed houses

• The 3-D printed houses are symbolic of the modern-day rapid construction efforts to cater for growing accommodation requirements of the Armed Forces personnel.
• The technique utilises a concrete 3D printer that accepts a computerised three-dimensional design and fabricates a 3-D structure in a layer-by-layer manner by extruding a specialised type of concrete specifically designed for the purpose.

 

Border Security Force (BSF) mobile app ‘Prahari' launched

 

What's the NEWS

• Union Home Minister launched the Mobile App ‘Prahari' and Manual of Border Security Force (BSF)

 

Know! about Prahari app

• It is a great example of Proactive Governance.
• Now jawans can get personal information and information related to accommodation, Ayushmann-CAPF and leaves on their mobiles.
• Be it GPF, Bio Data or grievance redressal on "Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System" (CP-GRAMS) or information on various welfare schemes, now Jawans can get all this information through the app
• This app will also connect them with the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

 

Stay Safe Online Campaign and G20 Digital Innovation Alliance launched

 

What's the NEWS

• As part of India's G20 presidency, the Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Communications has launched the "Stay Safe Online" campaign and the "G20 Digital Innovation Alliance" (G20-DIA)

Know! the role of MeitY

• MeitY, the Nodal Ministry for the G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG), has represented India in numerous working groups and Ministerial sessions during previous presidencies.
• During India's G20 presidency, MeitY will focus on three priority areas, namely Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), Cyber Security, and Digital Skill Development, together with the Stay Safe Online campaign and DIA programme under the DEWG.
• MeitY aims to carry forward the vision of the digital transformation of the global digital economy for public service delivery through innovation and a future-ready digitally skilled workforce in a secure cyber environment.

 

Know! about Stay Safe Online Campaign

• The objective of the ‘Stay Safe Online Campaign' is to raise awareness among citizens to stay safe in the online world due to the widespread use of social media platforms and the rapid adoption of digital payments.
• This campaign will make citizens of all age groups, especially children, students, women, senior citizens, specially-abled, teachers, faculty, officials of Central/State Governments, etc. aware of the cyber risk and ways to deal with it.

Know! about G20 Digital Innovation Alliance (G20-DIA)

• The objective of the G20 Digital Innovation Alliance (G20-DIA) is to identify, recognize, and enable the adoption of innovative and impactful digital technologies developed by startups, from G20 nations as well as the invited non-member nations, which can address the needs of humanity in the critically important sectors of Agri-tech, Health-tech, Ed-tech, Fin-tech, Secured Digital Infrastructure, and Circular Economy.
• The G20 Digital Innovation Alliance (G20-DIA) summit which will be held in Bangalore on the sidelines of the Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) meeting will be a multi-day program where top nominated startups from each of the theme areas from all of the G20 countries and the non-member invited countries will showcase their solutions to the global community of investors, mentors, corporates, and other government stakeholders.
• The engagement of innovators, entrepreneurs, startups, corporations, investors, mentors, and other ecosystem stakeholders will lead to the speedy acceptance of the platform that India plans to offer through the G20 Digital Innovation Alliance (G20-DIA).

 

 

WAPCOS

What's the NEWS

 

• In a major breakthrough for WAPCOS, a Government of India Enterprise under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its report released on Annual Procurement, ranked WAPCOS as Top amongst Consulting Services Firm in Water and other Infrastructure Sectors, with highest sanctioned financed amount.
• WAPCOS also figured amongst the Top 3 Consultants from India involved in Consulting Services Contracts under ADB Loan, Grant and Technical Assistance Projects in Energy, Transport and Water & other Urban Infrastructure Sectors.
• WAPCOS is the only Indian Public Sector featuring in the above categories.
• WAPCOS is a leading technology driven Consultancy and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) organization in the fields of Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Development.
• Apart from India, the Company has successfully completed/on-going consultancy assignments in more than 51 Countries covering Asia, Africa, CIS, Pacific Islands and South America.

 

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