23-24.12.22 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

While the year 2022 will be remembered for many important decisions taken by the government one after the other in the fields of Health, , law and order, Education, and EMPLOYMENT, the year 2023 will see the implementation of development plans in various sectors under the Leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The Yogi governments special focus will be on the Health sector, law and order, tourism, education and Infrastructure Development this year. The government wants to ensure that the people of the state get better health facilities as well as technology-based education. The government also plans to strengthen the infrastructure of the rural areas of the state.

On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, emphasis will be laid on making the state’s education system smarter with the help of the latest technologies in the new year. Children will be given education through smart classes at basic, junior, and secondary levels whereas two tablets each will be given to each school. Besides, from the new year attendance will be marked through the face reading of the children.

In addition, 77 textbooks will be available on QR code while pocket charts of the syllabus will be provided to the teachers. Efficient assessment tests will be conducted for the children of all the primary and upper primary schools of the state through a simple app. Along with this, the Skilled India Monitoring Centre will be established at the state level. On the other hand, to make the high school and intermediate board examinations more transparent, the vehicle carrying the question paper will be equipped with GPS and its route will also be decided.

e-NAM,a flagship initiative of the Ministry of <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has won thePlatinum Awardin theDigital Empowerment of Citizens Category in Digital India Awards 2022held in New Delhi. The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, as Chief Guest of the event, has conferred the Digital India Awards, 2022.

e-NAM is a digital platform integrating 1260 APMC mandis across 22 States and 3 UTs to facilitate online trading of 203 agriculture and commodities to enable farmers to realize better remunerative prices for their produce. e-NAM is catalysing the digital transformation of mandi operations and e- trading of agricultural commodities. As on 31.12.2022, more than 1.74 Crore farmers & 2.39 Lakh traders have been registered on e-NAM portal. A total trade consisting of 69 million metric tonnes of worth Rs. 2.42 lakh crore has been recorded on e-NAM platform.

Union Minister of Roads Transport and HighwaysNitin Gadkarihas inaugurated the countrys second longest cable-stayed eight-laneZuari BridgeinGoa.Right-hand side (4-lane corridor) across the Zuari River and approaches from Bambolim to Verna were thrown open for vehicular traffic. Gadkari also launched the PWD Goa App for integrated operations management. Through the Insurance scheme of the Government of Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has given Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the workers who died during the construction of the bridge.

The Zuari Bridge is a bridge between North Goa and South Goa, India. It carries the NH 66 over the tidal part of the Zuari River, between the villages of Agaaim and Cortalim. It is a few metres downstream of the Konkan RAILWAY Bridge. The 640-metre-long bridge and the 13.20 km roads on both sides have been built in 3 phases. The Zuari Bridge work began in June 2016.

India will deploy a platoon of Women peacekeepers toUNMission in Sudan. This will be Indiaslargest single unit of women Peacekeepersin a UN Mission since it deployed thefirst-ever all-women contingent in Liberia in 2007. The Indian contingent, comprising two officers and 25 Other Ranks, will form part of an Engagement platoon and specialize in Community outreach, though they will be performing extensive security-related tasks as well. The deployment inAbyeiwill also heraldIndias intent of increasing significantly the number of Indian women in Peacekeeping contingents. The operation has been tasked with monitoring the flashpoint border between north and south and facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid and is authorized to use force in protecting civilians and humanitarian workers inAbyei.