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Daily Current Affairs + PIB Summary (9 Feb 2024)
Daily Current Affairs + PIB Summary (9 Feb 2024)
DAILY
CURRENT
AFFAIRS + PIB
SUMMARY
9 FEBRUARY 2024
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PARLIAMENTARY PANEL REPORT
• Parliamentary Panel Report on the Cotton Sector 2 ON THE COTTON SECTOR
Content for Mains Enrichment (CME) Context: The Parliamentary Panel on Labour, Textiles, and
• Safe City project 4 Skill Development advised the government to devise um-
brella policies for the cotton sector and closed jute mills.
Facts for Prelims (FFP)
• Kokborok5 About Cotton:
• Deepastambham (Lamp Post) 5 Cotton is one of the most important commercial crops culti-
• Lokpal 5 vated in India and India accounts for around 25% of the total
• Payment aggregators 5 global cotton production. Due to its economic importance
• Hypervelocity expansion tunnel test facility 6 in India, it is also termed as “White-Gold”. In India, around
• Red dwarf star TOI-715 6 67% of India’s cotton is grown in rain-fed areas and 33% in
irrigated areas.
Mapping
Status of India:
• Dachigam National Park 6
1. India has the largest area under cotton cultivation
2. India is the second largest producer (after China)
and second largest consumer of cotton
3. Majorly, cotton is produced in 11 states with Gu-
jarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana having a major
share.
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ting-edge technology.
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Parliamentary committee’s Recommendations: Conclusion
The government should implement an umbrella policy ap- Implementing these initiatives requires collaboration
proach for the cotton sector, integrating activities across among farmers, local communities, government agencies,
all areas. This would involve overhauling the cropping sys- and the private sector. These interventions aim to foster
tem, strengthening market linkages, enhancing research sustainability, resilience, and economic empowerment with-
and development for new cotton varieties, and improving in the cotton farming ecosystem.
pest management practices. Additionally, the Government
should focus on expanding irrigation to increase cotton Insta Links:
cultivation productivity and address issues farmers face in • Textile industry seeks govt support to stay compet-
obtaining genetically modified seeds, possibly through price itive
caps and government-led seed development initiatives. • Sustainable Cotton Textiles
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Facts for Prelims (FFP)
KOKBOROK
Context: After protests and dialogue, the Tripura Board of
Secondary Education (TBSE) has announced that both Ro-
man and Bengali scripts will be allowed for Kokborok exams
LOKPAL
Context: A committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has selected Supreme Court judge Ajay Manikrao Khan-
wilkar as the new chairperson of Lokpal, and Aeratu S. Ra-
jeev, managing director of Bank of Maharashtra, as the Vigi-
lance Commissioner
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HYPERVELOCITY EXPANSION Mapping
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