[CA/GK/Econ] Top 10 with maximum NHs

TOP 10 STATES WITH MAXIMUM LENGTH OF NHs
#	State	Total length Kms
1	Maharashtra	17757
2	UP	11737
3	Rajasthan	10342
4	Madhya Pradesh	8772
5	Karnataka	7335
6	Andhra Pradesh	6912
7	Tamil Nadu	6742
8	Gujarat	6635
9	Odisha	5762
10	Bihar	5358

[CA] Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in collaboration with Governments of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is organizing a two-day Conference on ‘Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat’ with focus on Jal Shakti and Disaster Management on November 30-December 1, 2019 at Jammu.

On the occasion, Government will release the Special issue of e-Magazine, ‘Minimum Government Maximum Governance’ based on Successful Innovations in Governance in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and also the integration of CPGRAMS Public Grievance Portal of Government of India and Awaaz-e-Awam Portal of Jammu & Kashmir. The ‘Sahyog Sankalp’ Resolution will be adopted in the Valedictory Session.

[CA/Econ/Geog] Generation of Solar Power

The Government of India has set a national target of installing 1,00,000 MW grid connected solar power capacity in the country by December, 2022. As on 31.10.2019, a total grid connected solar power generation capacity of 31,696 MW has been set up in the Country.  

TOP 5 STATES SOLAR POWER GENERATION IN CURRENT YEAR
#	State	2019-20 (till Sep 2019)
01	Karnataka	4504.35
02	Rajasthan	3390.78
03	Telangana	3111.23
04	Andhra Pradesh	2938.39
05	Tamil Nadu	2334.66

TOP 5 STATES IN SOLAR POWER GENERATION IN PREVIOUS YEAR
#	State	2018-19
01	Karnataka	7575.83
02	Telangana	6297.53
03	Rajasthan	4633.95
04	Andhra Pradesh	4545.40
05	Tamil Nadu	3554.50

[CA] IFFI 2019 - Awards

Award Name	Winner (Film / Actors)	Direction	Prize
Golden Peacock Award (Best Film)	Particle (French)	Blaise Harrison	Rs 40 lakhs to be shared equally between the Director and the Producer, Trophy and the citation
‘Particles’ is an “ambitious yet modest film about the mysteries of being a teenager,”
Silver Peacock Award (Best Director)	Jallikattu (Malayalam)	Lijo Jose Pellissery	A citation and a cash prize of Rs 15 lakhs
Film is the portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence. In a story that starts as man versus wild, it doesn't take that long before man becomes the wild.
Silver Peacock Trophy (Best Actor (Male) Award )	Marighella (Brazilian)	Seu Jorge	Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs
For “ the powerful and charismatic portrayal of a revolutionary, very relevant in our increasingly authoritarian times”
Silver Peacock Trophy (Best Actor (Female) Award )	Mai Ghatt: Crime No. 103/2005 (Marathi)	Usha Jadhav	Certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs
For her “understated and powerful performance of a mother defending her child’s honour against the injustice of a corrupt system”
Silver Peacock Award (Special Jury Award)	Balloon	Pema Tseden	A citation and a cash prize of Rs 15 lakhs
For “the beauty of the film language and the authenticity of the actors”.
ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal	Rwanda (Italian)	Riccardo Salvetti
Bahattar Hoorain, the Indian (Hindi) movie directed by Sanjay P. Singh Chauhan earned the special mention under ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi medal category.

Related Links:-

IFFI 2019: Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI Award 

IFFI 2019: Lifetime Achievement Award 

[CA] CBIC extends to Kochi - Coimbatore

National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) in its meeting held on Aug 30, 2019 has accorded approval for extension of Chennai - Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) to Kochi and Coimbatore and inclusion of Integrated Manufacturing Clusters (IMCs) identified in the States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.  As per approved financial and institutional structure for Industrial Corridors by Government of India, the responsibility of making land available for the project is with the concerned State Government.

The activities relating to selection of consultant for detailed master planning and preliminary engineering of these IMCs are in progress.  Completion timelines varies from 4-5 years from the date of initiations of project development activities. Since, the project is presently under development stage, completion date of the project cannot be fixed.

[CA] PSLV C47

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 49th flight (PSLV-C47), successfully launched Cartosat-3 along with 13 Nanosatellites of USA from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota on Nov 27, 2019.

After 17 minutes and 38 seconds, Cartosat-3 was successfully injected into a sun synchronous orbit of 509 km. Subsequently, the 13 nanosatellites were injected into their intended orbits. After separation, solar arrays of Cartosat-3 were deployed automatically and the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network at Bengaluru assumed control of the satellite. In the coming days, the satellite will be brought to its final operational configuration.

ISRO Chairman Dr. Sivan said that, Cartosat-3 is the most complex and advanced earth observation satellite built by ISRO. He further added that it was a third generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability.

The mission life of the Cartosat-3 is 5 years. Cartosat-3 will address the increased user’s demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover, etc.

PSLV-C47 was the 21st flight of PSLV in 'XL' configuration (with 6 solid strap-on motors). This was the 74th launch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota and 9th satellite of Cartosat series.

[CA] Chhattisgarh: Disabled quotas for panchayat election

Chhattisgarh Cabinet has approved an amendment to the State Panchayati Raj Act, 1993, which makes mandatory the presence of a person with disabilities in all panchayats across the state.

This will make it the only State to have such members in all panchayats.

·       Every panchayat will now have differently abled members, either elected or nominated.

·       If differently abled members are not elected through the electoral process, then one member, either male or female, would be nominated as a panch.

·       And as for janpads and zilla panchayats, the State government would nominate two such members, one male and one female, to them.

[CA] Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to be merged

Two Union Territories — Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli — will be merged into one and a bill in this effect will be tabled in Parliament.

 The merger of the two UTs, located along the western coast near Gujarat, will be done for better administration and check duplications of various work.

At present, the country currently has nine UTs after the creation of the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. However, with the merger of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the number of UTs will come down to eight.

[CA] Golden rice

It is a genetically-engineered rice that contains beta-carotene. Here, the traditional rice is changed by inserting bacteria and daffodil and maize genes into it. It is called golden rice because of the golden colour of its grains.

It was claimed to be able to fight Vitamin A deficiency, which is the leading cause of blindness among children and can also lead to death due to infectious diseases such as measles.

[CA] National Wildlife Action Plan

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has formulated the 3rd ‘National Wildlife Action Plan’ for a period of 2017 to 2031 to save wild animals in the country. The Plan focuses landscape approach in conservation of all wildlife irrespective of where they occur.  It also gives special emphasis to recovery of threatened species of wildlife while conserving their habitats which includes terrestrial, inland aquatic, coastal and marine ecosystems.

Ministry is providing financial assistance to State /UT Governments for the recovery programme of critically endangered species under the component- Recovery programme for  saving of critically endangered species and habitats   of  the Centrally sponsored scheme ‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’. Presently 21 critically endangered species have been identified under this programme.

[CA] Constitution Day 2019

President of India, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind, attended the commemoration of 70th anniversary of adoption of the Constitution of India, being organized by the Indian Parliamentary Group, in the Central Hall of Parliament House (November 26, 2019).

Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the Constitution of India lies at the foundation of the world's largest democracy. This is the supreme law in the country’s democratic framework and it continuously guides us in our endeavours. The Constitution is also the fountainhead of our democratic system of governance and our guiding light.

The President said that our democracy finds its resonance in our Constitution. To ensure that the Constitution remains relevant over time, the makers of the Constitution also incorporated provisions allowing future generations to make necessary amendments as may be deemed necessary. Today is a great opportunity to convey our gratitude to the makers of our Constitution who gave us a system to bring about revolutionary changes peacefully by way of constitutional amendments.

The President said that the people of our country deserve to be complimented for the value and respect that the Indian Constitution has earned over the last 70 years. Likewise, the three organs of the Union and State Governments, i.e., the legislature, the executive and the judiciary deserve to be complimented for the same. Strengthening the relationship and synergy between the Union and States, our journey towards 'Co-operative Federalism' is a living example of the dynamism of our Constitution.