India’s initiatives to tackle e-waste: ✅Extended Producer Responsibility; Design for Environment; (3Rs) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle technology platform for linking the market facilitating the circular economy aim to encourage consumers to correctly dispose of the e-waste. ✅E-Waste ( Management ) ...

Initiatives for Tackling Ozone Layer Depletion ✅Vienna Convention: The 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was an international agreement in which United Nations members recognized the fundamental importance of preventing damage to the stratospheric ozone layer. ...

Contribution of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM): ✅While there has been a decline in the past year, a huge improvement has been recorded as compared to 2005, when the government launched the NRHM (now subsumed under NHM). For example, the number of allopathic doctors at PHCs has ...

Startup SETU ✅SETU or Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling is an Indian government initiative under Ministry of Commerce & Industry. ✅The initiative would connect start-ups in India to US-based investors and start-up ecosystem leaders with mentorship and assistance ...

India’s Initiatives to Reduce Suicides ✅Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: aims to provide mental healthcare services for persons with mental illness. ✅KIRAN: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched a 24/7 toll-free helpline  KIRAN to provide support to people facing ...

India’s Export Promotion Schemes ✅Merchandise Exports from India Scheme: MEIS was introduced in the  Foreigners Trade Policy 2015-20, under MEIS, the government provides duty benefits depending on product and country. Rewards under the scheme are payable as percentage of realised ...

Initiatives by Tribal Ministry: related to Sickle cell anemia ✅Tribal Affairs Ministry established the National Council on Sickle Cell Disease and Tribal Health Cell ✅The Tribal Affairs Ministry,  through the development of the Sickle Cell Support Corner, has instituted a mechanism for ...

Launch of ‘EV-Yatra portal’ and Mobile App: ✅The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has developed a mobile application titled “EV Yatra” that has been designed and developed to facilitate in-vehicle navigation to the nearest public EV charger and a web-portal to enable Charging Point Operators (CPOs) ...

SURFACE WAVES ( L-WAVES) Topic -- Interior of Earth ✓ The body waves interact with the surface rocks and generate new set of waves called surface waves (long or L-waves). These waves move only along the surface. ✓ Surface Waves are also called long period waves because of their long ...

Amarkantak Mountain Range ▪️ The Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and is the meeting point of the Vindhya and the Satpura Ranges, with the Maikal Hills being the fulcrum. ▪️ Location : District Anuppur, State Madhya Pradesh ▪️ This is where the Narmada River, the Son ...

eSanjeevani ✅It is a national doctor to doctor telemedicine service that strives to provide an alternative to the conventional physical consultations via digital platform. ✅e-Sanjeevani is a cohesive part of Ayushman Bharat digital Health mission ( ABDHM) and more than 45,000 ABHA IDs have ...

Performance of National Clean Air Programme: Positive ✅• Monitoring station: Out of the targeted 1500 manual monitoring stations to be installed across the country, 818 have been installed. ✅• Region-specific programme: city-specific action plan has been developed for all the major cities ...