Social Issues

Question 1

SAMPANN Project

Answer 1

System for Accounting and Management of Pension Projects
seamless online pension processing and payment system for pensioners of Deptt of Telecommunications
by Ministry of Communications

Question 2

SMILE

Answer 2

Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise
by ministry of Social justice and empowerment
includes a sub-scheme: Compresensive Rehabilitation of Persons engaged in the act of begging

Question 3

Bhasha Sangam Initiative

Answer 3

It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, to teach basic sentences of everyday usage in 22 Indian languages (Eighth Schedule languages).
• It is developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)

Question 4

STARS (Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program)

Answer 4

World Bank aided project
Implemented as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
• Aim ➔ It is a project to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states.
• Six states are ➔ Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.

Question 5

HomoSep

Answer 5

HomoSEP stands for “homogenizer of septic tanks”.
• It is a portable robot that has a shaft attached to blades that can open like an inverted umbrella when introduced into a septic tank. This is helpful as the openings of the septic tanks are small, and the tank interiors are bigger.
• Moreover, the sludge inside a septic tank contains faecal matter that has thickened like hard clay and settled at the bottom.
• Hence, this needs to be shredded and homogenized so that it can be sucked out and the septic tank cleaned. The whirring blades of the robot achieve precisely this.