28.11.22 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

In his ongoing attempt to ensure EMPLOYMENT to the youth of Uttar Pradesh in industrial units being set up in different sectors in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced conditional subsidies for the investors.

The government has divided the into four categories, keeping in view the increase in industrial activities in UP, and has told the investors that they would get subsidies on various items if they provided employment to the youth as per their merits and the industry standards.

The Yogi government has recently brought a new Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy 2022 to provide new opportunities for investment and employment in the state. Under the new policy, the industry has been divided into four categories namely, large, mega, super mega and ultra mega, to increase investment in the state.

Under this, a large industry will have to give employment to at least 300 youths of UP every year whereas mega industry will have to provide job opportunities to at least 600 youths every year. Similarly, super mega and ultra mega industries will have to provide employment to at least 1,500 youths each every year.

The chief minister said that if an industry provided employment to 75 per cent Women in its staff in addition to meeting the minimum requirement of providing jobs, it would get a booster subsidy under different heads according to different categories of the industry.

Under the scheme, mega, super mega, and ultra mega industries will get booster subsidies of 2 per cent and 4 per cent each on provision of employment to 75 per cent women along with ensuring minimum employment as well as more than double and three times of the minimum employment, respectively.

After implementing the new policy, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed the higher officials to give the benefit of subsidy to the investors in due time so that industries could be set up on a large scale in the state at the earliest.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully launched nine satellites aboard its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C54 (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, located in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh.This was the 56th PSLV flight of ISRO and the last one for the year.

The launch of the satellites aboard PSLV comes nearly a week after the entry of the private sector into the space .

Under ‘Mission Prarambh’, Vikram-S, a small-lift launch vehicle, named in honour of Vikram Sarabhai, the pioneer of India’s space programme, was launched into orbit by Skyroot Aerospace, a private space company.

The government is likely to announce another 300-400Vande Bharat(VB) trains in the nextBudget. The railways is also targetting to manufacture the first “standard gauge” (SG) version of this semi-high-speed train in the next one year, which will pave way for its export to markets in Europe, South America and east Asia by 2025-26.

The announcement of the new VB trains will be in addition to the already announced plan to making 475 such semi high-speed trains operational in the next 3-4 years. Sources said the ultimate aim is to sanction 300-400 such trains annually to meet the growing demand and to provide better riding experience to passengers.

On the plan to improve upon the design of these trains to increase their speed on existing tracks, a RAILWAY ministry official said India will get its first set of trains with tilting technology by 2025-26. Nearly 100 VB trains out of the already sanctioned 475 will use this technology, which enables trains to maneuver curves at higher speeds.

India – Malaysia joint military Exercise Harimau Shakti -2022 commenced at Pulai, Kluang, Malaysia on 28^thNovember and will culminate on 12th December 22. Exercise HARIMAU SHAKTI is an annual training event between the Indian and Malaysian Army which is being conducted since 2012.

Joint field training exercises, joint combat discussions and joint demonstrations will culminate with a two-day validation exercise, where special emphasis will be on enhancing tactical skills and enhancing inter-operability between the forces and to promote Army to Army relations.

Exercise HARIMAU SHAKTI will enhance the level of DEFENCE co-operation between Indian Army and the Malaysian Army, which in turn will further foster the bilateral relations between the two nations.

In a major hurdle to Africas rhino conservation efforts, COP19 has recently accepted the proposal to downgrade the status of southern white rhinos from Appendix I to Appendix II. The southern white rhino is one of the two subspecies of white rhinos, with the other being the northern white rhino. It is one of the largest and heaviest animals in the world.

A proposal by Namibia and Botswana to transfer the southern white rhinos from Appendix I to Appendix II allows the trade of live animals for conservation purposes and hunting trophies only.

Animals in Appendix II may not necessarily be on the brink of extinction but the trade of such species is regulated to protect their existence.

This amendment is restricted to the downgrading of live animals only for in situ conservation purposes.