1 www.journalsofindia.com February 2021 2 www.journalsofindia.com February 2021 Content AGRICULTURE ______________________________________________________________________________________ 7 NATIONAL INNOVATIONS IN CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE (NICRA) _______________________________________________ 7 PARTICIPATORY GUARANTEE SYSTEM (PGS) __________________________________________________________________ 7 DOMESTIC SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS _________________________________________________________________ 8 GRAPENET SYSTEM __________________________________________________________________________________ 8 SAHI FASAL CAMPAIGN ________________________________________________________________________________ 9 DISASTER MANAGEMENT ____________________________________________________________________________ 9 COVID-19 PERFORMANCE INDEX _________________________________________________________________________ 9 ARTIFICIAL LAKE IN CHAMOLI ____________________________________________________________________________ 9 AIR AMBULANCE ___________________________________________________________________________________10 ECONOMY ________________________________________________________________________________________10 SINGLE SECURITIES CODE FOR FINANCIAL SECTOR _____________________________________________________________10 SCHEME TO AUGMENT CITY BUSES & URBAN GREEN MOBILITY ____________________________________________________11 SCHEME FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT FOR APPAREL MANUFACTURING UNITS UNDER SCHEME FOR INTEGRATED TEXTILE PARK (SITP) _______11 INTEGRATED PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IPDS) _______________________________________________________11 ASOM MALA _____________________________________________________________________________________12 RETAIL DIRECT ____________________________________________________________________________________12 E-ADJUDICATION OF COMPANY LAW BREACHES _______________________________________________________________12 MONETARY POLICY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2021 ____________________________________________________________13 BULK DRUG AND MEDICAL DEVICE PARKS __________________________________________________________________13 NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS __________________________________________________________________________14 SPECIALITY STEEL ___________________________________________________________________________________14 NATIONAL COAL INDEX (NCI) __________________________________________________________________________15 BIS CARE _______________________________________________________________________________________15 ATAL INNOVATION MISSION LAUNCHES 'AIM-ICREST' _________________________________________________________16 MEGA INVESTMENT TEXTILES PARKS (MITRA) _______________________________________________________________16 AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ROZGAR YOJNA (ABRY)_____________________________________________________________16 INTEREST EQUALISATION SCHEME (IES) ____________________________________________________________________17 ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION SCHEME ______________________________________________________________________17 COMPANIES FRESH START SCHEME (CFSS) _________________________________________________________________17 NATIONAL ASSET MONETIZATION PIPELINE _________________________________________________________________18 PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT:_______________________________________________________________________18 ADVAIT (ADVANCED ANALYTICS IN INDIRECT TAXATION) ________________________________________________________19 K-SHAPED ECONOMIC RECOVERY ________________________________________________________________________19 NEW UMBRELLA ENTITY FOR PAYMENTS ____________________________________________________________________20 INVERTED DUTY STRUCTURE (IDS)________________________________________________________________________20 FEEDER SEPARATION ________________________________________________________________________________20 NURTURING NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTEST ___________________________________________________________________21 ENVIRONMENT ____________________________________________________________________________________21 SOLAR BIODIESEL MINIGRID SYSTEM______________________________________________________________________21 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT FOR RURAL AREAS (TARA) _____________________________________________________21 RED EARED TURTLE _________________________________________________________________________________22 GREEN VERDICT____________________________________________________________________________________22 GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT 2020______________________________________________________________23 AHIMSA SILK ______________________________________________________________________________________23 CENTRE FOR WETLAND CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (CWCM)_______________________________________________23 WATER QUALITY IN RIVER YAMUNA ______________________________________________________________________23 GROSSLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES (GPIS) ___________________________________________________________________24 PRADHAN MANTRI URJA GANGA PROJECT __________________________________________________________________24 NATIONAL HYDROGEN ENERGY MISSION ___________________________________________________________________25 HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATING INDIAN RIVERS _____________________________________________________________25 ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE ECOLOGY _______________________________________________________________________26 MANDARIN DUCK __________________________________________________________________________________27 MUKURTHI NATIONAL PARK ___________________________________________________________________________27 3 www.journalsofindia.com February 2021 INDIAN STAR TORTOISES ______________________________________________________________________________27 NAGI- NAKTI BIRD SANCTUARIES _________________________________________________________________________28 BANANA GRIT _____________________________________________________________________________________28 SRIVILLIPUTHUR MEGAMALAI TIGER RESERVE ________________________________________________________________28 BLENDING HYDROGEN INTO NATURAL GAS PIPELINES ___________________________________________________________29 RAVI CHOPRA HIGH-POWERED COMMITTEE _________________________________________________________________29 HAMBURG ACTION PLAN _____________________________________________________________________________30 INDIA ENERGY OUTLOOK 2021 _________________________________________________________________________30 WORLD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT 2021 __________________________________________________________30 FOREIGN AFFAIRS __________________________________________________________________________________31 WHITE SHIPPING INFORMATION _________________________________________________________________________31 NIRAV MODI EXTRADITION: ____________________________________________________________________________31 INDIA PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT ____________________________________________________________________31 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (GPAI) ______________________________________________________32 TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (TBT) WTO ________________________________________________________________32 HENLEY PASSPORT INDEX 2021 _________________________________________________________________________33 SOLIDARITY AND STABILITY DEAL ________________________________________________________________________33 PANGONG TSO AND ITS FINGERS _________________________________________________________________________33 INDIA-MAURITIUS CECPA ____________________________________________________________________________34 GEOGRAPHY ______________________________________________________________________________________34 HEAT DOME (CONCEPT AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN DEATH VALLEY) ______________________________________________34 SATURN'S TILTING AXIS _______________________________________________________________________________34 SEMERU VOLCANO OF INDONESIA ________________________________________________________________________35 MUKUNDPURA METEORITE ____________________________________________________________________________35 SOIL AMELIORANTS _________________________________________________________________________________35 GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________________________36 DIGITAL INDIA LAND RECORDS MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME (DILRMP) ____________________________________________36 BUDGET 2021 ____________________________________________________________________________________36 MAHADAYI PROJECT: ________________________________________________________________________________37 STREETS FOR PEOPLE CHALLENGE ________________________________________________________________________38 INDIA URBAN DATA EXCHANGE (IUDX) ____________________________________________________________________39 NATIONAL URBAN DIGITAL MISSION (NUDM) _______________________________________________________________39 PROTEST TOOLKIT __________________________________________________________________________________40 MEGHRAJ: GI CLOUD ________________________________________________________________________________40 HISTORY _________________________________________________________________________________________41 CHAURI CHAURA CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS ________________________________________________________________41 GRAND ANICUT CANAL SYSTEM _________________________________________________________________________41 SHRI RAM CHANDRA MISSION __________________________________________________________________________41