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NSO First revised FY21 GDP estimates
The National Statistical Office recently released the first revised GDP estimates for the fiscal year 2021. According to the estimates, the GDP contracted by 6.6%. Earlier, the GDP had contracted by 7.3%. The contraction is mainly due to COVID pandemic and the lockdown imposed. What do the estimates say? The real GDP for 2020-21 is ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Advanced estimates • Agriculture • Economic growth • Fiscal Year • Fishing • Forestry • GDP • gross asset value (GVA) • GVA • manufacturing sector • Mining • mining and quarrying sector • National Statistical Office (NSO) • Nominal GDP • NSO • oil and natural gas • Primary Sector • Real GDP • Secondary Sector • Water supply
Arunachal Pradesh to provide 100% tap water connections to all its households by 2023
The Government of North Eastern state Arunachal Pradesh has set a target to provide tap water connections to each and every household in the State by 2023 under Union Government’s flagship program Jal Jeevan Mission. What is Jal Jeevan Mission? Jal Jeevan Mission is a scheme under the Ministry of Jal Shakti which aims at ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Arunachal Pradesh • Jal Jeevan mission • Jal Shakti Ministry • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation • Water supply
Rs 2130 Crores Worth of Water Supply Projects Sanctioned in Punjab
The Punjab Government has sanctioned two water supply projects in the state for $285 million or approximately Rs 2130 crores. The project, being aided by World Bank, is aimed for the supply of water in Amritsar and Ludhiana in the state. The meeting of the cabinet approving the decision was chaired by the Chief Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Cabinet • Punjab Government • Water supply • World Bank
1000 Springs Initiative
The union ministry of tribal affairs launched the ‘1000 Springs Initiative’ to ensure water supply for tribal people, at a program in Odisha. Springs: Spring is a component of the hydrosphere. It is a natural source of water used mainly in the mountainous regions. A spring is an outlet from aquifer (groundwater source) to the ..
Topics: Ministry of Tribal Affairs • Odisha • Spring Atlas • Springs • Water supply
‘Suranga Bawadi’ enters World Monument Watch list
Suranga Bawadi, an integral part of the ancient Karez system of supplying water through subterranean tunnels built during Adil Shahi era in Vijayapura, is now set to get funding for restoration. A New York-based non-governmental organisation has included it in the World Monument Watch list for 2020 along with 24 other monuments from across the ..
Topics: Adil Shahi dynasty • Bijapur • Construction • Deccan Plateau • Irrigation • Monument • Qanat • Tourism in Karnataka • Tunnel • Water • Water supply • Water wells
Jal Jeevan Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his independence day speech announced that more than Rs 3.5 lakh crore will be spent in the coming years under the Jal Jeevan Mission to bring piped water to households. Access to Clean and Safe Water Over the years, the central and state governments have been making efforts to increase ..
Topics: Drinking water • Greywater • Groundwater • Hydrology • Irrigation • Piped water to households • Rainwater harvesting • sanitation • Water • Water conservation • Water resource management • Water resources • Water supply