Kerala Affairs
10,000 acres of Kerala govt land leased out over years
As much as 10,645.82 acre of government land in the state have been given on lease to various organisations, institutions and individuals by the government. As per the figures, the largest extents of land have been leased inKasaragod(4,007.73 acre) and Idukki (2,859.36 acre).
However, 75% of the revenue from the leased land for the government comes from Thiruvananthapuram where only 262.74 acre has been leased out.
The lease rules are governed by theKeralaland assignment rules and assignment of land within municipal and corporation areas rules, 1995. While the former rule deals with the land in panchayat areas, the latter deals with the land in municipal corporations. There has been an exponential rise in lease rent ever since market prices of land witnessed a steep increase in the last one-and-half decade as the government fixes lease rules as a Percentage of the market value of land.
National and International Affairs
The technology of old treatment facilities will be replaced and modernised. Industries that dump rubbish into the Yamuna will be closed down.
Tribal Affairs Ministry and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) jointly launched online certificate course on Experiential Learning. This programme will be deployed for 350 educators across 6 states.
Experiential learning seeks to help teachers establish tribal students connect with their real-life experiences and own contexts.
Though, the tribal students studying in EMRS are first generation learners. But creativity is inherent amongst them.
Creativity, risk-taking and enterprise are some of the attributes which naturally get unleashed in their life-cycle.
The programme will be of great service for the development of tribal education, which is having exponential impact on the way EMRS schools emerge as model schools in near future.
Ministry of coal has constituted a Cell, in line with the commitment of clean energy.
The Sustainable Development Cell was constituted in the backdrop of Prime Ministers announcement on new Climate targets at COP26 under Panchamrit Strategy.
Ministry emphasised on to put major thrust on Sustainable Development in coal mining, by taking care of the environmental and social impact of the mining.
Ministry of coal has established a full-fledged Sustainable Development Cell (SDC) to mentor, advice, and plan action of minimising adverse impact of mining.
It will also formulate future policy framework for environmental mitigation in Coal sector as well as Lignite sector in India.
Coal India Ltd. (CIL) and its subsidiaries along with NLC India Ltd., & Singareni Coal Company Ltd. (SCCL) has already started the extensive work.
He also pledged that by 2025, the Yamuna River will be safe to drink and bathe in.
The Delhi government has also begun de-silting and repair of the sewage system.
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Delhi has committed to cleaning up the Yamuna by 2025.
Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister, recently committed to entirely clean the Yamuna River by 2025.
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IPF Survey On Citizens Perception
The Indian Police Foundation (IPF) performed a civilian impression study. The Delhi Police was placed eighth among Indian states and union territories in the report.
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New Satellite Launched By China – Gaofen-11 03
China launched a new satellite titled “Gaofen-11 03” from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on 20 November.
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The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre is in Shanxi’s northern region.
A Long March-4B rocket was used to launch the satellite.
It successfully entered the intended orbit.
The satellite was launched on the 397th launch of the Long March series carrier rockets.
Gaofen
Gaofen is a Chinese series of high-resolution Earth imaging satellites that are utilised for the government-sponsored China High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS).
Gaofen 1, the first satellite of the Gaofen series, was launched in 2013. Gaofen-11 03 is a Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) Earth observation satellite.
It was successfully separated in the Sun-synchronous orbit.