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Current Affairs - 06 Jan
Current Affairs - 06 Jan
Current Affairs - 06 Jan
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Infrastructure Development
Charging Stations under Fame II scheme
What’s the NEWS
The Department of Heavy Industries has sanctioned 2,636 charging stations
under the FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles
in India) scheme phase II.
These stations are spread over 62 cities across 24 States and Union Territories
Of these 2,636 charging stations, 1,633 Charging Stations will be Fast Charging
Stations and 1,003 will be slow charging stations.
Know! more about it
In all, 317 EV charging stations have been allotted in Maharashtra, 266 in
Andhra Pradesh, 256 in Tamil Nadu, 228 in Gujarat, and 205 in Rajasthan.
Another 207 have been sanctioned in Uttar Pradesh, 172 in Karnataka, 159 in
Madhya Pradesh, and 141 in West Bengal.
In future at least one charging station will be available in most of the selected
cities in a grid of 4 km X 4 km.
It will boost the confidence of users of Electric Vehicles and also encourage the
OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to launch the new electric vehicle
models.
Charging Technologies India has planned to use three charging technologies.
It includes CHAdeMO, Indian Bharat Standard and Combined Charging System
India will deploy both CHAdeMO and Combined Charging System (CCS) fast-
charging technologies, besides the existing Bharat Standard, at its public electric
vehicle charging stations.
CHAdeMO is a quick charging method that delivers up to 62.5 KW by 500 volt
and 125 ampere DC (Direct Current).
The CCS involves both DC and AC charging
Bharat Standard is a low voltage charging technology (72 volts – 200 volts)
The CCS and CHAdeMO chargers are high voltage chargers (200 volt and
above)
Know! about FAME Indian
FAME India is Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric
Vehicles.
The objective of the scheme is to increase the use of electric and hybrid vehicles
by offering incentives.
The phase I of the scheme was launched on April 1, 2015 with an allocated
budget of Rs 895 crores.
The phase I of the scheme was launched on April 1, 2015 with an allocated
budget of Rs 895 crores.
The phase II was launched on April 1, 2019 with an allocated budget of Rs
10,000 crores.
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Polity
ECI launches PPRTMS to track party registration applications
What’s the NEWS
The Election Commission of India (ECI) launched the Political Parties
Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS) to help the applicants
keep a track of their applications for the party registration from this year
onwards.
Know! the salient feature of PPRTMS
The applicant, who is applying for party registration from January 1, 2020, will
be able to track the progress of his or her application and will get the status
update through SMS and e-mail
The Commission has amended the guidelines regarding registration of political
party
The new guidelines are effective from January 1, 2020
The registration of political parties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A
of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
An association seeking registration under the said Section has to submit an
application to the Commission within a period of 30 days following the date of
its formation, as per the guidelines prescribed by the Commission in exercise of
the powers conferred by Article 324 of the Constitution of India and Section 29A
of the Representation of the People Act, 1951
Environment Conservation
Assam state zoo first to breed endangered Hargila
AIR Pics
What’s the NEWS
The Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden and Aaranyak NGO has jointly
attained a landmark achievement by successfully hatching a pair of Greater
Adjutant chicks in an artificial platform within the zoo enclosure, in the
first ever experiment of its kind.
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This is the first ever such experiment on breeding Greater Adjutant stork
inside a Zoo and success of this project shows that captive breeding of this
species is possible in the near future.
Know! about Endangered Greater Adjutant stork (Leptoptilosdubius)
The Endangered Greater Adjutant stork (Leptoptilosdubius) is one of the
rarest species of Storks out of twenty species of Storks in the world.
In India, eight species of residential storks are found, out of which Greater
Adjutant is one of them.
Once abundantly distributed in Southeast Asia, this stork is now restricted
to a few isolated pockets in Assam and Bihar in India and PrekToal in
Cambodia.
Economic Development
Nirmala Sitharaman unveils 102 lakh crore national
infrastructure plan
What’s the NEWS
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled a ₹102 lakh crore national
infrastructure pipeline, in accordance with the government's vision to make India
a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.
The finance ministry had set up a task force headed by Economic Affairs
Secretary to prepare a road map for the "national infrastructure pipeline" from
2019-20 to 2024-25 under the ₹100 lakh crore infra plan.
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