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Thematic Current Affairs - Niti Aayog

1. Aspirational blocks of Bihar will also be developed on the lines of aspirational

districts.

• Thinking camps will be organized at the Panchayat level for the blocks where
development is to take place. It started from Teghra block of Begusarai district.
• The responsibility of implementing the Aspirational Block Program has been given to
the Planning Development Department.

2. NITI Aayog released ‘Compendium of Best Practices in Water Management – 3.0’.

• Neeru-Chettu Program, initiated by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2015,

was implemented to improve water conservation and management in the State with
peoples’ participation to make the state drought proof
• Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan is a water conservation scheme launched by

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• Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan (MJSA) is a water conservation and
management scheme launched by the Government of Rajasthan in 2016.
• DRINK FROM TAP MISSION is launched by the Odisha government in 2020 to
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provide safe and continuous drinking water to urban residents.

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• Kapildhara Yojana is a scheme by Madhya Pradesh to provide irrigation facilities to

small and marginal farmers through MGNREGA.
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• Narayanpur Left Bank Canal System system (Karnataka) irrigates a vast area of
about 4.5 lakh hectares from the Narayanpur dam on the Krishna river.
• Jala Samvardhane Yojana Sangha (JSYS), a registered society under the
Societies Act of Karnataka, has been implementing Jal Samvardhan Yojana since
2002.
o Traditional tank systems, known as "kere," have been integral to water
harvesting traditions in Karnataka for centuries.
• Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (JSA) is a flagship program of the Maharashtra
government launched in 2015-16 to make the state drought-free by 2019.

[NITI Aayog also released the 'Best Practices in Social Sector: A Compendium, 2023'
which is a compilation of 75 initiatives of the Centre and the states/ Union Territories
(UTS) in the social sector]

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3. NITI Aayog has released a report titled- Export Preparedness Index 2022.

• Tamil Nadu has topped in EPI 2022, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.
• Uttarakhand secured the top position among hilly/Himalayan states in the EPI 2022.
It is followed by Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, Nagaland, Meghalaya,
Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram.
• Haryana topped the chart among the landlocked regions, indicating its preparedness
for exports.

4. Delta Ranking

• Rajnandgaon district (Chattisgarh) got the third place in the country in the delta
ranking released by NITI Aayog for the field of agriculture and water resources
under the aspirational district.
• The district has been appreciated by NITI Aayog as a 'Champion of Change' for

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5. NITI Aayog unveiled the latest version of the India Energy Security Scenarios
(IESS) 2047 V3.0, an open-source tool designed to evaluate the integrated impact of
various green energy policies of the Government of India.
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• The baseline for the tool has been set at 2020 and is continually calibrated up to
2022, ensuring the accuracy of its predictions.
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• NITI Aayog also released the India Climate Energy Dashboard (ICED) 3.0.
o ICED is the country's one-stop platform for near real-time data on the
energy sector, climate, and related economic datasets based on government
published sources.

6.NITI Aayog has introduced the Techno-Commercial Readiness and Market Maturity
Matrix (TCRM Matrix) framework,

• An innovative assessment tool aimed at transforming technology evaluation,

encouraging innovation, and nurturing entrepreneurship in India.
o Technology Readiness Level (TRL) was designed to give a framework for
assessing a technology’s readiness and communicate more effectively about
the risks and opportunities associated with a given technology by utilizing
standard language to express the maturity of a technology.

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o The Commercialization Readiness Level (CRL) will assess various indicators

which influence the commercial and market conditions beyond the technology
maturity.
o Market Readiness Level (MRL) is a methodology used to evaluate how close
to the market the project outputs.

7.NITI Aayog released the ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress

Review 2023’.

• India has registered a decline in the number of multidimensionally poor from

24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021.
• NITI Aayog is the nodal agency for the National MPI, ranking States and UTs
based on their performance.

8.NITI Aayog released the “Towards Decarbonising Transport 2023″ report to support

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global discussions on sustainable transport during India’s G20 presidency.
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9.NITI AAYOG releases Report “’HARNESSING GREEN HYDROGEN –
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEP DECARBONISATION IN INDIA”
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10. NITI Aayog and World Food Program today launched a report titled ‘Take Home
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Ration-Good Practices across the State/Union Territories’.

• The report presents a set of good and innovative practices adopted in the
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implementation of the Take Home Ration value chain by the States and UTs.

11.Health Index is released by Niti Aayog

12.A state level institution on the lines of NITI Aayog will be established in Maharashtra.

13.NITI AAYOG’S STATE ENERGY AND CLIMATE INDEX

• First index that aims to track the efforts made by States and UTs in the climate
and energy sector.

14. NITI Aayog, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Intel have come together to establish
a new experience studio at the NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation
Center (CIC).

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• Located in NITI Aayog’s New Delhi premises, the studio will be a hub for
collaboration and experimentation to enable problem solving and innovation between
government stakeholders, startups, enterprises, and industry domain experts.

15. Government think tank Niti Aayog recently released a draft battery swapping policy
under which all metropolitan cities with a population above 40 lakh will be prioritised for
development of battery swapping network under the first phase.

16. State Support Mission

• It is an umbrella initiative by NITI Aayog aimed at fostering structured and

institutionalized engagement with States and Union Territories.
• Its primary objective is to assist them in achieving their socioeconomic goals by
2047.
• The mission has been strategically designed to support States/UTs in developing a

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roadmap aligned with national priorities and their core strengths.
• The mission has been approved with a total outlay of Rs. 237.5 crore for the period
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2022-23 to 2024-25.
• Under the State Support Mission, NITI Aayog will extend its support to interested
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states in establishing State Institutions for Transformation (SITs) which will serve
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as a multidisciplinary resource unit, driving development strategies in the

respective States/UT
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17. Cooperative federalism

• This initiative is a close collaboration of NITI Aayog with the state governments
and renowned subject experts.
• It endeavours to forge a robust economic growth strategy for city-regions across
India and prepare a roadmap for achieving the same
• Vizag has been identified as one of the pilot cities of Niti Aayog

18. NITI Aayog and the United Nations in India sign the Government of India -
United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (GoI-UNSDCF 2023-
2027)

• GoI-UNSDCF is the collective commitment of the UN Development System in India,

in support of the India’s achievement of Agenda 2030, and the principle of Sabka
Saath, Sabka Vikas.

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19. Growth Hub Program

• This initiative is a close collaboration of NITI Aayog with the State Governments
and renowned subject experts.
• It endeavors to forge a robust economic growth strategy for city-regions across
India and prepare a roadmap for achieving the same.
• NITI Aayog would also constitute a National Advisory Committee of renowned
experts under this initiative.

20. National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), the central think tank
responsible for monitoring India’s progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a significant
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at expediting India’s journey towards
achieving its SDGs.

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• This collaboration underscores the commitment to drive sustainable and inclusive
development in the country.
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21. NITI Aayog Launches Unified Portal- 'UPAg ' for Agricultural Statistics to
Revolutionize Data Management
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22. NITI Aayog organized a G20 Conference on Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda
for the Global Economy
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23.Sikkim's Soreng district ranks first in NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts

Programme (July 2023)

24. NITI Aayog and the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), have jointly
prepared a report "Assessment of Lead Impact on Human and India's Response", in
July 2022, which found that India bears the world's highest health and economic burden
due to lead poisoning.

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