Notes from The Hindu- 25 May 2022

 

25 May

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Announced at Quad Summit in Tokyo

1. IPMDA- Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) - to build a maritime picture of near real-time activities in partners' waters, tracking 'dark shipping' and other tactical - level activities.

2. Quad Satellite Data portal

3. Quad Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Package (Q-CHAMP)- green shipping  & 'shared green corridor.

4. HADR- Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief - to increase humanitarian footprint in Indo Pacific region

Prevention of Corruption Act 

Section 7:

Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act: punishable with imprisonment - 6 months(minimum) to 5 years (maximum) and shall also be liable to fine.

Section 8:

Taking gratification by corrupt or illegal means to influence public servant: punishable with imprisonment - 6 months(minimum) to 5 years (maximum) and shall also be liable to fine.

Section 13(1)(a to e): Criminal misconduct by a public servant

Section 13(1)(e)-possession of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to known sources of income

Section 13(2): Punishment for criminal misconduct- imprisonment for 1 year(minimum) to 7 years and shall also be liable to fine.

Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure- Rejection of Plaint.

Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991

Ancient Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act of 1958

Moving away from the traditional 'puddling' practice to direct seeding of rice (DSR) technology - Punjab and Haryana

Puddling- sowing paddy by flooding

Irrigation water requirement -

Puddling: 140 cm

DSR- 110 cm ( water saved- 20%, 12 lakh litres per acre or 30 lakh litres per hectares)

GTA- Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA)

- set up in 2011

- under tripartite agreement between:

a) Union Government

b) State Government (WB)

c) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)

Dowry death

Section 304 (B) IPC for dowry death 

Section 306 - abetment to suicide 

Section 498(A) - matrimonial cruelty for dowry

Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act

Registration of births and deaths  

1. Governed by the Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969

2. State governments responsible for the establishment and management of the registration system

3. Registrar General of India (RGI)- appointed by the Central Government - coordinates and unifies the activities of registration.

Registering a birth or death reported after a year:

Order of a First Class Magistrate issued after verification of facts about the birth or death is required

2020 data-

Female deaths - just 39.8% of the total registered deaths

Lowest female death registration- Nagaland (26.7%)

Highest female death registration- Kerala (44.9%)

Reasons for low registration of female and children deaths- families may not require the death certificates for settling inheritance, insurance claims etc.

Swachh Survekshan 2023 

8th edition of the national survey of cleanliness in cities

Under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0

Theme- Waste to Wealth

E-waste recycling

Targets for companies in draft notification by the Environment Ministry:

a) 2023- 60% collection and recycling

b) 2024- 70% collection and recycling

c) 2025- 80% collection and recycling

Extended producer responsibilities (EPR) certificates : certify that the quantity of e-waste collected and recycled in a particular year by a company and an organization may sell surplus quantities to another company to help meet its obligations

Global E Waste Monitor:

By:

1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

2. The Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) programme co-hosted by the United Nations University (UNU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

3. The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)

Observations in 2017:

India produces 2 million tonnes of e-waste

India ranks 5th in e waste producing countries (after the U.S., China, Japan, Germany)

Revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) app

Announced by National Health Authority (NHA) under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)

Earlier the ABHA app was known as the NDHM Health Records app

Features:

1. People can access their health records anytime and anywhere

2. Can create an ABHA address (usename@abdm) that can be linked/unlinked with 14 digit randomly generated ABHA number

3. Self uploading of physical health records in the ABDM- complaint health lockers

4. Share the diagnostic reports, prescriptions, CoWIN vaccination certificate after consent of an individual