20-21-02-22 Daily-Tamilnadu-TNPSC Current Affairs

Polling in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities and 489 town panchayats in Naduremained by and large peaceful on Saturday, barring a few incidents of malfunctioning of EVMs, complaints of campaigning near polling booths halting the polling process for a while and protests by people demanding that voters be allowed to cast votes after 5pm. The state Election Commission said the Average turnout was 60.7%.

It was business as usual in Chennai with arterial roads witnessing traffic, government buses remaining packed and shopping hubs getting huge footfalls. The state capital recorded just 43.6% polling, lower than 51.6% recorded in 2011. Tension prevailed at Royapuram afterAIADMKandDMKmembers clashed over allegations of Booth Capturing during polling.

The government has announced a replacement doorstep crop Insurance distribution policy called ”Meri Policy Mere Hath”.

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The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is entering the seventh year of implementation within the upcoming Kharif season.

The ”Meri Policy Mere Hath’Hath’ doorstep campaign has been launched to ensure that each farmer is well informed about their land records, policies, and therefore the PMFBY’sPMFBY’s claim and grievance redressal process.

In the upcoming Kharif season, which can be beginning in June, the doorstep campaign will be launched altogether, implementing states.

Under “Operation Nanhe Farishte,” the RAILWAY Protection Force (RPF) has rescued quite 1,000 kids from Railway stations across India within January 2022.

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The RPF is entrusted with providing safety to passengers. It saved 1,045 children found alone or abandoned at the railway stations. Out of all, 701 were boys, and 344 were girls.

According to the RPF, many children are kidnapped from railway stations per annum. They’re later exploited and trafficked.

Child Help Desks are currently functional across 132 railway stations within the country.

diversified energy significant Indian Oil announced that It’d installed 1,000 electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) in India.

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Indian Oil has achieved the primary of the many milestones in enabling the E.V. revolution in India, with the successful deployment of quite 1,000 EV charging points.

Indian Oil is ready to supply E.V. charging facilities at 10,000 fuel stations in the upcoming three years.

This will provide confidence to customers for an uninterrupted drive and to automobile manufacturers in enhancing the production of electric vehicles.

National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage was launched to promote clean, shared, connected, sustainable, and holistic mobility initiatives. It is valid for five years, until 2024.

The Mission coordinates with critical stakeholders in Ministries or Departments and states for integrating several initiatives in transforming mobility in India.

Indias new green hydrogen policy was unveiled, promising cheaper , a 25-year fee waiver for inter-state power transmission for projects completed before June 2025, land in renewable energy parks, and mega manufacturing zones to help local industries move away from fossil fuels.

The policy aims to boost green hydrogen and ammonia, also making it easier for green power producers to bank their surplus renewable energy with an electrical distribution business for up to 30 days. It also proposes the construction of bunkers near Ports for the storage of green ammonia for export.

The race for green energy takes is very important as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis has pushed up energy prices around the world, particularly in India, which imports 85 percent of its oil and 53 percent of its natural gas. A transformation to large-scale hydrogen fuel use could assist Indias geopolitical influence as well as its Energy Security. Indias strategy is to use its vast landmass and low solar and wind tariffs to manufacture low-cost green hydrogen and ammonia for export.

Karnataka will receive USD 60 million, Odisha will receive USD 49 million while the remaining USD 6 million will be utilized by the Indian governments Department of Land Resources.

To improve water and land conservations as well as preventing run-off, harvesting rainwater, regenerating natural vegetation, and replenishing the groundwater table.

The project also aims to improve the capacities of the state and the central institutions so that they can develop and deliver better Watershed Management and development programs.

Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) is a project which is being implemented in three-four Indian states. It is planned as a six-year project and is one of the largest water management programs around the world.