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Challenges
• Risk of Moral Hazard: Shifting of NPAs without accountability risks moral hazard of reckless lending which
can further amplify the problem
• Lack of Urgency: For restructuring and turning around of bad loans, NARCL need separate Asset
Management Company (proposed as India Debt Management Agency or IDMA. But no steps are taken for
its establishment yet.
• Qualified Professionals: India lacks adequately trained manpower.
• Mere Shift of Bad Asset: With PSBs as stakeholders and at top positions, NARCL risks the mere shift of bad
loans from government owned banks book to government backed NARCL
Activity Status • Activity status of a • Usual Status: When the activity status is determined on the basis of
person is the reference period of last 365 days preceding the date of survey.
determined on the • Current Weekly Status (CWS): When the activity status is
basis of the determined on the basis of a reference period of last 7 days
activities pursued preceding the date of survey.
by the person • Principal activity status: The activity status on which a person spent
during the relatively long time (major time criterion) during 365 days preceding
specified the date of survey.
reference period. • Subsidiary economic activity status- The activity status in which a
person in addition to his/her usual principal status, performs some
economic activity for 30 days or more for the reference period of
365 days preceding the date of survey.
• The species is a reliable indicator of the health of the entire river ecosystem.
• It is one of four freshwater dolphin species in the world. The other three are:
o 'Baiji' in Yangtze River in China (Functionally extinct since 2006)
o 'Boto' in Amazon River
o 'Bhulan' in Indus River in Pakistan
• The Gangetic Dolphin is endemic to the Indian sub-continent and has a fairly extensive distribution range. It
is found in the Ganga -Brahmaputra - Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of India and
Bangladesh, while a few individuals survive in the Karnali, and the Sapta Kosi Rivers in Nepal.
• It is blind and finds its way and prey
in river waters through echolocation.
They are usually found in turbulent
waters, where there are enough fish
for them to feed on.
o Echolocation is a technique used
by bats, dolphins and other
animals to determine the
location of objects using
reflected sound.
• They live in a zone where there is
little or no current, helping them
save energy. If they sense danger,
they can dive into deep waters. They
swim from the no-current zone to
the edges to hunt for fish and
return.
• Being a mammal, the Ganges River
dolphin cannot breathe in water and
must surface every 30-120 seconds.
Because of the sound it produces
when breathing, the animal is
popularly referred to as
‘Souns/Susu/Sushuk/Seho’.
• Generally, Females are larger than males and give birth once every two to three years to only one calf.
Conservation efforts for Gangetic Dolphin
• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) implemented Ganges River Dolphin Conservation Action Plan 2010-2020.
• Project Dolphin
o Announced in 2020 has been envisaged along lines of ‘Project Tiger’ to enhance dolphin population.
o It will be implemented by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
o It involves conservation of dolphins and aquatic habitat through use of modern technology especially in anti-
poaching activities.
o It will engage fishermen and other river/ ocean dependent population and will strive for improving the
livelihood of the local communities.
Conclusion
Since migration has cross-cutting sectoral impacts, multiple and complementary interventions by different
ministries and departments are needed, to facilitate migration and ensure integration of migrants into the
economic, social, political and cultural life of the country.
Focus of the • Providing access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling;
Mission • Teacher capacity building;
• Development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher Resources/Learning Materials;
and
• Tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes.
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Implementat • A five-tier Implementation mechanism will be set up at National-State-District-Block-School level.
ion • Department of School Education and Literacy, MoE will be the implementing agency at the national
level and will be headed by a Mission Director.
• Role of States/UTs
o Creating multi-year Action plans to achieve their respective FLN targets.
o Contextualise the National Mission by preparing state specific Stage-wise Action Plan.
o Ensure availability of adequate number of Teachers in each school at each grade from pre-
primary to grade 3 and extensive capacity building of teachers for implementing FLN in mission
mode.
o Mapping of database of each child enrolled in foundational grades.
o Identify a pool of mentors to render academic support to teachers.
o Ensuring delivery of textbooks and uniforms to students before the start of academic session.
o School/public libraries will be made integral part of teaching learning process.
Progress • Learning outcomes have been divided into 3 three developmental goals: Goal 1-HW (Health and
Tracking Wellbeing), Goal 2-EC (Effective Communicators), Goal 3-IL (Involved Learners).
Mechanism • Goals are set in the form of Lakshya Soochi or Targets for FLN (Refer infographic).
Outcomes
envisaged
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National • A centrally sponsored scheme launched in 1993-94 to • Improve digital capabilities and give
Mission for augment state resources and develop infrastructural facilities impetus to the digitization initiation.
Justice for subordinate judiciary such as, Court buildings, Digital • Improve the overall functioning and
Delivery and Computer Rooms etc. performance of the Judiciary.
Legal ○ The upgraded “Nyaya Vikas-2.0” web portal and mobile • Continued assistance to the Gram
Reforms application is used for monitoring physical and financial Nyayalayas will give impetus to
(Extended till progress of the scheme. providing speedy, substantial and
March 2026) • Cabinet also approved Rs 50 crore for Gram Nyayalayas affordable justice to the common
infrastructure, established under the Gram Nyayalayas Act, man at his door step.
2008 for speedy and easy access to the justice system in the
rural areas of India.
Rebate of
● Rebate of State Levies (ROSL) was launched in 2016 under which • Ensure stable and predictable policy
State and exporters of apparel, garment and made-ups were refunded regime for next 3 years
Central taxes embedded taxes and levies. • Increased export competitiveness
and ● In 2019, new scheme named RoSCTL was brought whereby against LDC nations or FTAs between
Levies(RoSCT exporters are issued a Duty Credit Scrip for the value of embedded nations
L- Extended taxes and levies contained in the exported product. • promotion of startups and
till March ○ Exporters can use this scrip to pay basic Customs duty for entrepreneurship
2024) import of equipment, machinery or any other input. • Help in Job Creation
National A centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2014 to- • Better access to AYUSH healthcare
AYUSH • Promote AYUSH medical systems through cost effective services
Mission AYUSH services, • Improvement in AYUSH education.
(Extended till • Strengthen institutional capacities of educational systems, • To focus on reducing
March 2026) pharmacies, laboratories etc. communicable/non-communicable
• Facilitate the enforcement of quality control and sustainable diseases using AYUSH systems of
availability of ASU & H raw-materials and drugs. healthcare.
Inland Vessels • It will replace the Inland Vessels Act, 1917 to provide for a uniform regulatory framework for Inland
Bill, 2021 vessel navigation across the country.
o With only 0.5% modal share of Inland waterways transportation in India as compared to 42% in
Netherlands, 8.7% in China, the new bill strengthens procedures governing the inland vessels.
• Major Provisions
o The Govt will prescribe classification, standards of design, construction and crew accommodation,
and type and periodicity of surveys, for mechanically propelled inland vessels.
o A mandatory certificate of survey, registration and insurance policy for vessels before operation.
o It will ensure safe carriage of goods and passengers through
✓ Navigation safety standards.
✓ Pollution standards on discharge.
✓ Fix manning requirements with inquiry into all accidents.
o Central Government will maintain electronic database on Inland Vessels.
o A Development Fund for emergency preparedness, containment of pollution and boosting Inland
navigation.
Airport • It seeks to amend the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008, which established
Economic the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).
Regulatory o AERA regulates tariffs and other charges for aeronautical services rendered at major airports in
Authority of India.
India • Major provisions
(Amendment) o Extend the definition of “major airports''.
Bill, 2021 ✓ The government may designate any airport as a major airport by a notification.
▪ The 2008 Act designates an airport as a major airport if it has annual passenger traffic of
at least 35 lakh.
o Grouping of airports and notify the group as a major airport.
✓ With this, the Bill seeks to group profitable airports with non-profitable ones, which could be
offered in public-private partnership(PPP) mode as a package to the prospective bidders.
Factoring • The Bill seeks to amend the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 to widen the scope of entities which
Regulation can engage in factoring business.
(Amendment) Bill, o Factoring is a transaction where a business entity sells its receivables from a customer to a
2020 third party which is a "factor" for immediate realisation of funds either in part or in full.
o The Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 was enacted to provide for regulating the assignment of
receivables to factors, registration of factors carrying on factoring business and the rights and
obligations of parties to the contract for assignment of receivables.
• Key provisions -
o Amends the definition of "receivables", "assignment", and "factoring business" to bring them
at par with international definitions.
o Widen the scope of entities which can engage in factoring business.
o Empowers the Reserve Bank of India to make regulations with respect to factoring business.
• The amendments are expected to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
significantly by providing added avenues for getting credit facility, especially through Trade
Receivables Discounting System.
o This may result in bringing down the cost of funds and enable greater access to the credit-
starved small businesses, ensuring timely payments against their receivables.
• It will empower the Reserve Bank of India to make regulations with respect to factoring business.
National Institutes • Bill declares National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management
of Food Technology, (NIFTEM)Kundali (Haryana) and Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) Thanjabur
Entrepreneurship (Tamil Nadu) under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries became Institutions of National
and Management Importance (INI).
Bill, 2021 o INI is defined as one which serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel
within the specified region of the country/state.
o For an institute to be declared as an INI, a special Act must be passed in the parliament that
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provides the institute with this status.
✓ There are also certain criteria that the institutes must meet.
• These institutes will have curricular provision related to food processing areas e.g. cold chain
technology, food bio nanotechnology which can help in filling the technological gap.
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