25-02-22 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

An expert appraisal committee of the Union ministry of Environment and <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has recommended grant of environment clearance (EC) for JSW Utkal Steel Ltds proposed steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. The committee that had deferred granting environment clearance to the company seeking more information, has set a series of conditions while giving its nod.

TheSajjan Jindal-ledgroup has planned a 13.2 MTPA crude steel plant along with 900 MW captive power and 10 MTPA cement grinding unit. It also plans to set up a captive jetty near the plant. While the State Government is in the process of handing over of land for the project, the project has been facing stiff resistance from some locals. At least three petitions relating to the project have also been pending in theOrissaHigh Court.

The expert appraisal committee, while recommending clearance for the project, has said that its proponent (JSW) should abide by all orders and judicial pronouncements, made from time to time by the Orissa high court.

The committee has also set a condition that the project proponent shall not construct any steel plant facility on north-eastern portion of high tide line and sand dunes in the vicinity of the project site. The company has also laid the condition that no filling and raising of land beyond 2950.10 acres (constituting 973.533 acres of green belt) shall be permitted to the project proponent.

As an area of 209.34 acres (84.72 hectares) of the forest land is located in between the proposed integrated steel plant and jetty, the MoEF&CC said the forest area will remain untouched and separated from the plant and jetty. It has asked the company to conserve the area in consultation with the divisional forest officer (DFO) of the state forest department.

The Government of India has approved the Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) scheme’s continuation for 5 years till 31 March 31, 2026, with Rs 1,364.88 crore financial outlay.

Highlights

This scheme looks to optimize and interlink functions associated with visa issuance, immigration, registration of foreigners, and tracking their movements within the country.

The scheme’s continuation demonstrates the government’s commitment to the IVFRT’s fundamental goal of upgrading and modernizing visa and immigration Services.

IVFRT features a global reach and aims to optimize and connect functions that are associated with visa issuance, immigration, foreigner registration, and movement tracking in India by involving 192 Indian missions around the world, 12 Foreigners Regional Registration Officers and offices, 108 Immigration Check Posts in India, and over 700 Foreigners Registration Officers, Deputy Commissioners of Police and Superintendents of Police across the country.

The Ministry of Education has launched the Bhasha Certificate Selfie campaign.

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Its aims to promote multilingualism and inspire cultural diversity so on foster the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat spirit.

This initiative aims to market the Bhasha Sangam mobile app, which has been developed by MyGov India and, therefore, the Ministry of Education.

People often learn 100+ daily use sentences in around 22 scheduled Indian languages using this app.

This initiative ensures that the country’s people acquire basic conversational skills in several Indian languages.

Seventy-five lakh people Learning basic conversational skills are set as a target to realize the target of this initiative.

Minister of Education and Skill development Shri Dharmendra Pradhan had launched the Bhasha Sangam mobile app.

Jammu & Kashmir’s lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha has approved a Foreign direct (FDI) policy for the union territory with a Foreign stake of a minimum of 51 percent.

L-G Manoj Sinha approved the Policy for Promotion of Foreign Investment within the Industrial Sector in J&K during the Administrative Council (AC) gathering.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the Reserve Bank Of India‘s (RBI) guiding framework on FDI has supported this new policy.

This policy is going to be effective for the subsequent ten years.

The FDI Policy in J&K aims for foreign investments worth quite Rs 100 crore with a minimum foreign stake of 51 percent.

Consumers will soon be ready to tell whether their food packaging is harmful or healthy and nutritious.

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According to the (Fssai), packaged food goods will soon display a ‘Health star’ part of the new system.

This system will be almost like the one that’s getting used by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency to assess the energy efficiency in electrical devices.

The packaged foods will have several stars displayed on them to indicate whether the item is healthy or unhealthy.

The number of fats, sugar and salt within the food item determines the rating.

IIM Ahmedabad, regarding the methodology, conducted a study to display the health ratings of the food items.

The display of star ratings was recommended during this study because it would be easier for the customer to know.

It has been decided that the ratings will be placed ahead of the packets as studies show that this method is far more straightforward towards affecting the buyer’s selection.

According to an NOAA-led report, The united states will probably experience the maximum amount of water level rise by the year 2050 because it witnessed in the last hundred years.

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NOAA released the report in PARTNERSHIP with other federal agencies. The report is titled “Sea Level Rise Technical Report.”

The report provides up-to-date water level rise projections for the US by decade for the next 100 years and beyond.

It’s supported by a mixture of satellite observations and tide gauges.

All the model ensembles from the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on global <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (IPCC).

IPCC, an intergovernmental body under United Nations, is answerable for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change.

IPCC was launched in 1988 by World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It’s headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It comprises 195 member states.