75 years of Independence Flashcards
NEWS.
75th Anniversary of Indian Independence or Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an ongoing event, in which the 75th Anniversary of the Independence of India is being celebrated in India and abroad.
Begins 12 March 2021
Ends 15 August 2023
Date 15 August 2022
Frequency Annual
Initiatives on 75th Independence Day
Commemorating the 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister announced a slew of measures/initiatives and called for making the next 25 years a glorious one for India.
A day before Independence day, the Prime minister also declared 14th August would now be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
Gati Shakti Master Plan
It is a Rs.100 lakh-crore project for developing ‘holistic infrastructure’.
It will help raise the global profile of local manufacturers and help them compete with their counterparts worldwide. It also raises possibilities of new future economic zones.
It will be a source of employment opportunities for the youth in future.
National Hydrogen Mission
The National Hydrogen Mission and the green hydrogen sector will give India a quantum jump in meeting its climate targets.
Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using an electrolyzer powered by electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
It will also help India to become energy independent. Today India spends over Rs 12 lakh crore on importing energy.
Rice Fortification Plan
The rice distributed under various government schemes will be fortified by 2024. It includes the Public Distribution System (PDS), Mid-Day Meals in schools and Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).
It is a significant initiative as the country has high levels of malnutrition among women and children.
According to theMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, every second woman in the country is anaemic and every third child is stunted.
India ranks 94 out of 107 countries and is in the ‘serious hunger’ category on the Global Hunger Index (GHI).
Six states, including Maharashtra and Gujarat, have started distributing fortified rice as part of the pilot scheme.
Food fortification or enrichment is the process of adding micronutrients to food.
Vande Bharat Trains
75 Vande Bharat’ trains will connect different parts of the country in 75 weeks to mark the ongoing ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
Vande Bharat, the indigenous semi-high speed train set, is being given a boost, with the Railways gearing to roll out at least 10 of them, linking around 40 cities, by August 2022 to commemorate 75 years of Independence
Sainik Schools for Girls
All Sainik Schools in the country will now be open for girls also. At present, 33 Sainik schools are operating in the country.
Sainik schools are run by the Sainik Schools Society which is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence.
The aim of establishing Sainik schools was to prepare the students from an early age for their entry into the Indian armed forces.
E-commerce platform for Self-Help Groups
This digital platform will connect the products of women Self-Help Groups with people in far flung areas of the country as well as abroad and it will have far-reaching consequences.
The government will create an e-commerce platform to ensure a huge market in the country and abroad for their products.
More than eight crore women in the villages are associated with Self-Help Groups and they design top-end products.
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
14th August would now be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
This day will remind Indians of the need to remove the poison of social divisions, disharmony and further strengthen the spirit of oneness, social harmony and human empowerment.
other points of GATISHAKTI.
Aim: To ensure integrated planning and implementation of infrastructure projects in the next four years, with focus on expediting works on the ground, saving costs and creating jobs.
The Gati Shakti scheme will subsume the Rs 110 lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline that was launched in 2019.
Besides cutting logistics costs, the scheme is also aimed at increasing cargo handling capacity and reducing the turnaround time at ports to boost trade.
It also aims to have 11 industrial corridors and two new defence corridors - one in Tamil Nadu and other in Uttar Pradesh. Extending 4G connectivity to all villages is another aim. Adding 17,000 kms to the gas pipeline network is being planned.
It will help in fulfilling the ambitious targets set by the government for 2024-25, including expanding the length of the national highway network to 2 lakh kms, creation of more than 200 new airports, heliports and water aerodromes.
Integrated Approach
It intends to bring together 16 infrastructure related Ministries.
This will help in removing long-standing issues such as disjointed planning, lack of standardisation, problems with clearances, and timely creation and utilisation of infrastructure capacities.
Gati Shakti Digital Platform: It involves the creation of a common umbrella platform through which infrastructure projects can be planned and implemented in an efficacious manner by way of coordination between various ministries/departments on a real-time basis.
Expected Outcomes
the scheme will help mapping the existing and proposed connectivity projects.
Also, there will be immense clarity on how different regions and industrial hubs in the country are linked, particularly for last mile connectivity.
A holistic and integrated transport connectivity strategy will greatly support Make in India and integrate different modes of transport.
It will help India become the business capital of the world.
Associated Concerns
Low Credit Off-take: Although the government had taken up ‘strong’ banking sector reforms and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code had yielded about Rs. 2.4 lakh crore of recoveries on bad loans, there are concerns about declining credit offtake trends.
Banks give credit off-takes to help businesses acquire financing for future projects through the promise of future income and proof of an existing market.
Lack of Demand: In the post-Covid-19 scenario,there is a lack of private demand and investment demand.
Structural Problems: Due to land acquisition delays and litigation issues, the rate of implementation of projects is very slow on global standards
National infrastructural pipeline is under?
NIP is completely under P.M. gatishakti from 2019.
Utilizing BiSAG-N app, Steel Ministry interfaces with GatiShakti portal.
The Ministry of Steel said that it has joined the PM Gati Shakti Portal and uploaded the geo coordinates of important projects in an effort to detect and address connection gaps in the infrastructure. According to a press release, the ministry registered itself on the National Master Plan portal with the help of the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BiSAG-N) app.
