UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 04-02-2025

One Liners 04-02-2025

Polity & Governance

Samudrayaan Project

• Launched in – 2021.
• Umbrella scheme – Deep Ocean Mission.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
• It is the 1^st manned ocean mission of India.
• Aim – To develop a self-propelled manned submersible to carry 3 human beings to a water depth of 6000 meters in the ocean.
• It is a suite of scientific sensors and tools for deep ocean exploration.
• MATSYA 6000 – Manned submersible vehicle used for this mission.

Mission Mausam

• Launched in – 2024.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
• Aim – To make India Weather Ready and Climate Smart.
• Objective – To mitigate the impact of climate change and extreme weather events and strengthen the resilience of the communities.
• Timeline – 2 years (2024-26).

Chintan Shivir 2.0

• Launched in – 2025.
• Launched by – Ministry of Coal.
• Concept – A platform to foster innovation, sustainability, and collaboration in defining the future roadmap for the coal sector.

National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM)

• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Culture.
• Aim – To protect and share India's cultural heritage.
• Run by – Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
• Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar (MGMD) portal - Launched in June 2023, aims to document the cultural assets of 6. 5 lakh villages.  

Adopt a Heritage Scheme

• Launched by – Ministry of Tourism in 2017.
• Revamped in – 2023 as “Adopt A Heritage 2.0” by Ministry of Culture.
• Aim – To collaborate with private and public sectors to enhance visitor experience at Protected Monuments.
• 4 broad categories of amenities – Hygiene, Accessibility, Safety and Knowledge.
• The program is open for all protected monuments.

Economy

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

• BIS – National Standards Body of India.
• Established by – Department of Consumer affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
• BIS organized a high-level discussion to enhance collaboration in standardization with countries from Africa and Latin America.
• The organization has conducted capacity-building programs, benefiting 30 African and 10 Latin American countries through the ITEC initiative.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Signed for Financial Literacy Program

• MOU – Signed by Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority with Strategic Educational Professionals Pvt. Ltd, part of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
• Aim - To create a digital program focused on experiential learning.
• The main goal is to enhance financial literacy among school children.
• The program will be introduced in selected schools, including rural areas, through a pilot project.
• Training for school teachers will facilitate the delivery of this program.

Agriculture

National Policy on Biofuels

• National Policy on Biofuels-2018 - Updated in 2022, outlines the various materials that can be used to produce biofuels.
• Aim - Identified feed stocks for biofuels include heavy molasses, sugarcane juice, biomass (like rice straw and bagasse), sugar beets, sweet sorghum, corn, and agro waste.
• Also included are damaged food grains, industrial waste, algae, non-edible oilseeds, used cooking oil, animal tallow, and municipal solid waste.

Makhana Board

Union Budget 2025, announced that a 'Makhana Board' will be set up in Bihar.

• Makhana – It is the dried edible seed of the prickly water lily or gorgon plant (Euryale ferox).
• It is referred to as the ‘Black Diamond.’
• Mithila Makhana – It was conferred a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2022.
• Makhana Board – To provide training to farmers,
  • Making them export-oriented,
  • Create an ecosystem that brings investments in the food processing sector,
  • Help create required export infrastructure.
• Bihar – It accounts for approximately 90% of India’s makhana production.

Environment

International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)

• Launched in – 2023.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
• Headquarters – Delhi.
• Aim – To strengthen global cooperation and efforts for conservation of 7 big cat species and their habitats.
  • 7 big cat species – Tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar and puma.
• 5 Member countries – Nicaragua, Eswatini, India, Somalia and Liberia.
  • As of now, 27 countries have consented to join IBCA.