IASbhai DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS(THE HINDU+LIVEMINT+PIB)
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ROPAX Service
HEADLINES:
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya visits ROPAX Service & terminal at Bhaucha Dhakka in Maharashtra
WHY IN NEWS:
ROPAX Service from Bhaucha Dhakka to Mandwa commences today
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 3:Transport
LEARNING:
For PRELIMS location and the rivers across these places are very important other than the concept of ROPAX.
For MAINS
ISSUE:
ROPAX
AIM
ROPAX service is a ‘Water Transport Service Project’, under Eastern Waterfront Development.
OBJECTIVE
The benefits of this service include reduction in the travel time, vehicular emission and traffic on the road.
Mumbai Port Trust has developed ROPAX jetty and terminal facilities at Bhaucha Dhakka (Ferry Wharf) at the cost of Rs 31 Crores.
BACKGROUND
ROPAX Vessel M2M -1 was built in Greece in September 2019.
This Vessel is highly manoeuvrable and has a speed of 14knots.
FEATURES:
The features of this Vessel is that it can carry 200 cars and 1000 passengers at a time and has a ramp on both sides, hence cars can move in and out of the vessel easily and reduce the turn- around time.
Thus, people can now travel in their cars directly on to ROPAX vessel.
Vessel is capable of operating even in Monsoon season, which is a big boon to commuters from Alibag area.
ROPAX service will help in reducing road traffic , as travellers will certainly prefer a peaceful, novel and time saving journey.
IASbhai WINDUP:
The road distance from Mumbai to Mandwa is about 110 kilometres, and gruelling road journey takes three to four hours, whereas by waterway it is about 18 kilometre and journey of just an hour.
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Chaitra Jatra festival
HEADLINES:
COVID-19: Odisha cancels annual Chaitra Jatra festival
WHY IN NEWS:
Tara Tarini Development Board has decided not to allow any gathering or mass feast at the foothill
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 1:Festivals
LEARNING:
For PRELIMS understand the importance of this festival and its relation with INSV TARINI.
ISSUE:
DIETY:
Tara Tarini hill shrine, located at Kumari hill on banks of the Rushikulya river, is a major centre of Shakti worship in Odisha.
VISITORS:
More than 1.5 lakh visitors were to arrive for the festival.
Of these, around 50,000 were expected to reach the hill top to offer prayers to the deity, while the rest would have enjoyed the festival at the foothill.
‘KEEP SAFE DISTANCE’
The devotees will be advised to keep a safe distance from among each other and their hands will be sanitised.
Persons with cold and cough will not be allowed to enter the temple premises.
INSV TARINI
Besides, circumnavigating the globe, the crew also collected and updated meteorological, ocean and wave data on regular basis for accurate weather for IMD.
It also reported marine pollution on high seas.
IASbhai WINDUP:
Tara Tarini hill shrine, located at Kumari hill on banks of the Rushikulya river, is a major centre of Shakti worship in Odisha.
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Uneven spread of spending
HEADLINES:
Labour Ministry yet to spend ₹2,053.59 cr. of 2019-20 Budget
WHY IN NEWS:
MPs’ panel also worried over uneven spread of spending
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 1:3:Employment
LEARNING:
For PRELIMS we have mentioned NCS portal in this context where the article mentions drawbacks of under utilisation of funds.
ISSUE:
OBSERVATIONS:
The committee, chaired by Bhartuhari Mahtab, wrote in its report on the demand for grants by the Ministry for 2020-21 that it was concerned about the unutilised funds.
The report said the Ministry had utilised 81.64% of the ₹11,184.09 crore allocated to it in the revised estimate.
“The committee is concerned to note that underutilised funds amounting to ₹2,053.59 crore still remain for the fiscal 2019-20.
Utilisation of funds for the National Career Service (NCS) project of the Ministry, which facilitates job-seekers, was the worst compared to other schemes.
NCS
AIM:
National Career Service is a Five Year Mission Mode Project launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 20th July, 2015.
The project is being implemented by the Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour & Employment.
OBJECTIVE
National Career Service (NCS) is a one-stop solution that provides a wide array of employment and career related services to the citizens of India.
It works towards bridging the gap between jobseekers and employers, candidates seeking training and career guidance, agencies providing training and career counselling.
FEATURES
The NCS project reaches out to the people of this country through its three essential pillars:
- ICT based portal
- Country wide set up of Model Career Centers
- Interlinkage with all the states through employment exchanges.
IASbhai WINDUP:
The committee said that while the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana, which gives employers incentives to generate new employment, recorded 100% utilisation, compared with the revised estimate, in “most other schemes, utilisation percentage has been to the extent of 70% and above, while the NCS recorded a low of 60.88%”
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Let us ‘Discuss’
IASbhai WINDUP:
Let us know what you think about this in the comment section.
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