Chhattisgarh Affairs
Cabinet approves new tree plantation scheme
The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Friday approved the commencement of the Mukhyamantri Vriksha Sampada Yojana.
<a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey said a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel decided that the objective of the new scheme of commercial treeplantation is to improve Environment and boost the income of farmers.
Choubey said a target has been set up to plant 15 crore saplings of clonal Eucalyptus, Tissue Culture teak and bamboo as well as the saplings of other economically beneficial species on nearly 1,80,000 acres over five years.
He said government, semi-government and autonomous institutions of the government, private educational institutions, private trusts, non-government institutions, panchayats and lease land holders who want to do plantation can take advantage of the scheme.
He added that to attract investors in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, development fee has been revised. The Infrastructure Development fee will be brought down from Rs.500 per square metre to Rs.100 per square metre for a plot area of more than 50 acres.
Under a special scheme to renovate school buildings, Rs 780 crore will be spent, he said.
National and International Affairs
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TheAutonomous Weaponised Boatswere developed in collaboration with Sagar Defence Engineering, a private start-up.
The vessel is capable of relying on the video feed to theground control stationand can be very useful for surveillance and patrolling.
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ISRO Shukrayaan I mission to planet Venus reportedly shifted to 2031
In the budget year 20222023, ISRO was given an allocation of 13,700 crores, a small increase from the previous year. Gaganyaan, the human spaceflight mission, received the majority of it. Various groups have created a wishlist ahead of the upcoming budget announcement and in response to recent reforms in the private spaceflight sector, which include increases in local manufacturing and procurement.
TheVERITAS and EnVision missionsof the American and European space agencies, respectively, both have Venus missions scheduled for 2031, but China might go anytime: 2026, 2027, whenever they want to go.
The pandemic was mentioned by ISRO as the reason for delaying Shukrayaan Is launch from mid-2023 to December 2024. Delays in manufacturing and obligations to commercial launch Services have also had an impact on other ISRO projects, such as Aditya L1 and Chandrayaan III.
Shukrayaan-I will be a mission for an orbiter. A high-resolution synthetic aperture radar and a ground-penetrating radar are two of its current scientific payloads. From an elliptical orbit, the mission will likely research Venuss geological and volcanic activities, emissions on the surface, wind speed, cloud cover, and other planetary features.
Scientists said the recovery is gradual and will take many years. If current policies remain in place, the ozone layer is expected torecover to 1980 levels before the appearance of the ozone hole by 2040, the report said, and will return to normal in theArctic by 2045. Additionally,Antarcticacould experiencenormal levels by 2066.
Scientists and environmental groups have long lauded the global ban of ozone-depleting chemicals as one of the most critical environmental achievements to date, and it could set a precedent for broader regulation of Climate-warming emissions.