drishti part 1 Flashcards
ngt created under ngt act, —. With the establishment of the NGT, India became
the third country in the world to set up a specialised
environmental tribunal, only after —- and —-, and the first developing country
to do so.
ngt act covers how many laws?
2010, australia, n zealand
7 laws. The Water Act, The Water Cess Act,
The Forest Conservation Act, Air Act, Environment
Protection Act, Public Liability Insurance Act and
the Biological Diversity Act.
NGT is mandated to make disposal of applications
or appeals finally within —– of filing the
same. its decisions are binding, but can be challened in the SC within — days.
The NGT has — places of sittings, —- is
the Principal place of sitting and Bhopal, Pune,
Kolkata and Chennai are the other four.
z The NGT Act specifies that the compensation
amount as ordered by the tribunal should be
remitted to the authority of the Environmental
Relief Fund within a period of – from the
date of order.
6 months, 90 days
5, New Delhi
30 days
The Tribunal is headed by the Chairperson (currently: —-) who sits in the Principal Bench and has ten- 20
judicial members and ten - twenty expert
members.
tennure of these members?
chair is appt by?
members are appt by?
adarsh kumar goel
the 1st chair was: lokeshwar singh panta
tenure if 5 yrs no reapptment
chair is appt by central govt CJI
member is appt by selection committee by cnetral govt
pm launched the Indian
Space Association (ISpA) via video conferencing. ISpA
will act as a single-window and independent agency on
matters related to space technology ie based on 4 PILLARS.
IN-SPACE: Indian National Space Promotion and
Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) was approved
in —— to provide a level playing field for private
companies to use Indian space infrastructure. hq in ???
NSIL: In the 2019 Budget (incorporated in march 2019) the government had
announced the setting up of a New Space India Limited (NSIL), a public sector company that would
serve as a marketing arm of —–. NSIL is under companies act 2013, in the department of —. earlier in place of nsil, there was —-.
2020, ahmedabad
ISRO (Indian Space
Research Organisation).
department of space (DOS)
antrix corp
The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB)
has recently approved the ‘Draft Regional Plan —– (yr)’
according to which the National Capital Region (NCR) is
likely to reduce in size. ncrpb and NCR was set up in 1985.
new boundary: within – km radius. Beyond that radius and up to the existing
NCR boundary, all notified cities/ towns along
with a corridor of one km on either side of
connecting expressways/ national highways/
state highways/ Regional Rapid Transit System
will be included.
also, The name of natural conservation zones, as
introduced in the Regional Plan-2021 will be
changed to “——” in the upcoming
Regional Plan-2041.
currently, ncr has 24 distts and is ariund 150 -175 km
2041
100 km radius is the core area
natural zones
29th anniversary of NHRC observed on —–. it was set up under under Protectionof Human Rights Act (PHRA),
—–. act amended in 2006 and 2019.
It was established in conformity with the —
Principles, adopted for the promotion and
protection of human rights in Paris (October,
—-) and endorsed by the General Assembly of
the United Nations in December, 1993.
its reccs are NOT binding, it has powers of civil coirt ( limited role wrt violation of human rights by armed forces, r when human rights violations through private parties take place),.
It can look into a matter only within —– (time period) of its occurrence
12 oct 2022.
1993.
Paris, 1991. these lay down 6 criteria for NHRIs
1 yar only
nhrc has a Chairperson (former CJI OR SC JUDGE) , —- full-time Members and seven deemed Members. current chair is —–. tenure is — or till age of 70 years.
The chairman and members are appointed by
the President on the recommendations of a
six-member committee consisting of the — as its head, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, leaders of the Opposition in both the Houses and the Union Home Minister. they can be removed by prez.
five
arun kumar mishra
3 yrs or 70 years of age
Pm
pil has borrowed from — country. The concept of PIL is suited to the Principles
enshrined in Article — of the Constitution of
India to protect and de
usa
article 39 A
the palk bay scheme or , “Diversification Of Trawl Fishing
Boats From Palk Straits Into Deep Sea Fishing
Boats”, was launched in —-as a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme, as part of the umbrella Blue
Revolution Scheme.
it is specific to which state? to
providing 2,000 vessels in three years to fishermen
of the State to abandon
bottom trawling
2017
tn
UNCLOS, —. india ratified in which yr? tas per it, he sea and resources in the water and
the seabed are classified into three zones - the
Internal Waters (IW), the Territorial Sea (TS) (to —-nautical miles) and
the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (to 200 nautical miles)
which country has largest eez and which smallest??
india has 18TH LARGEST – 2 million km sq
1982 , 1995
12 nautical miles
france has highest – 11.7 mn km2
he UN International Court of Justice decided that Snake Island has no EEZ beyond 12 nautical miles of its own land.
govt released cyber sec guidelines for power sector for 1st time. CEA or central clectricity auth ( under which ministry??) has framed the guidelines under the Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) (Amendment) Regulations,—.
these appt a CISO (full form), and an an Information Security Division headed by him.
The entities will also be required to incorporate
a procedure for identifying and reporting any
disturbances suspected or confirmed to be
caused by sabotage and submit the report to
the sectoral CERT and Computer Emergency
Response Team -India (CERT-In) within ——
min of power
2019, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
24 hrs
jal skahti mi lauched heli borne syrvey in rajasthan.devlp by CSIR-NGRI
National Aquifer Mapping Project (NAQUIM)— A part of the Ground Water Management and Regulation Scheme to characterize the aquifers for ground water
management in yr —-(think: mom’s bday 1 day later), under min of __
2012
jal skahti min
citizenship is which articles in part 2 of constituion.
there is the 1955 act (5 ways of acquiring) and alsocitizenship rules of 2009
it is in whic list. citizenship was adopted onn 26 nov —, rather than in 26 jan 1950. single citizenship taken from which country
art 5-11. union. 1949. british
CAA 2019 amended the law to fast-track citizenship
for religious minorities, specifically Hindus,
Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians,
from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan
who entered India prior to —-
The requirement for them to stay in India for
at least 11 years before applying for Indian
citizenship has been reduced to —- (by
naturalisation).
1. check out ways to renounce of citizenship in india. - 2yrs of prison time, or if citizen has been living outside india for 7 yrs continuously. 2. article 5-11 eavh article
dec 2014
5yrs
jal jeevan mission jjm launched in —–, to give 55l / per person per day by the year —-. yr diff is 5.
is undrr which min.??
To complement the Jal Jeevan Mission (Rural), Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) was
in the Budget 2021-22.
100% certified 1ST har ghar jal state andUT ??
2019, 2024
jal shakti
goa and daradra and nagara and daman and diu
- Recently, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests
and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has proposed an amendment to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. z 2. The Supreme Court in TN Godavarman
Thirumulpad versus Union of India and Others of
—- , have defined forest as, all areas which
are recorded as ‘forest’ in any government
record, irrespective of ownership, recognition
and classification.
Through the —-nd Amendment Act, 1976, Forests
and Protection of Wild Animals and Birds were
transferred from State to —– List
along with Education, Weights & Measures and
Administration of Justice.
environemtn related const prov: article 51A (g) and Art 48 A, fund duty and dpsp resp
(1996)
42nd amenmdnet, Concurrent list
UDHR, —-. was drafted by the Commission on Human Rights; created by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in May 1946 – and was adopted by the UNGA in December —-. india is a signatory.
udhr has – rights
1948
z The Supreme Court in Paschim Bangal Khet
Mazdoor Samity case (1996) held that in
a welfare state, the primary duty of the
government is to secure the welfare of the
people and moreover it is the obligation of
the government to provide adequate medical
facilities for its people.
z In Parmanand Katara Vs Union Of India (1989)
judgement, the Supreme Court had ruled that
every doctor whether at a government hospital
or otherwise has the professional obligation
to extend his services with due expertise for
protecting life.
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