UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 13-08-2025

One Liners 13-08-2025

Polity & Governance

Kartavyam

It is a nationwide lecture series undertaken in collaboration with 21 universities and institutions.
Launched by – Ministry of Law and Justice.
Aim – To promote a duty-centric approach and develop duty jurisprudence within the framework of constitutional and legislative discourse.

Economy

Export Promotion Mission

Announced in – Union Budget 2025-26.
Jointly launched by –
- Ministries of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- Ministry of Finance.
Objectives – To facilitate improved access to export credit, enabling cross-border factoring, and assisting MSMEs in addressing non-tariff barriers in global markets.
2 components
- NIRYAT PROTSAHAN – Providing Trade Finance Support.
- NIRYAT DISHA – International Holistic Market Access.

NIRYAT DISHA

Aim – To provide support to exporters to help them navigate compliance requirements and deal with regulatory issues.
Umbrella scheme – Export Promotion Mission (EPM)
6 programmes –
- Technical Regulations and Compliance Enablement (TRACE) Focussed Market Access Initiative (FMAI)
- Facilitating Export Logistics and Overseas Warehousing
- Global Outreach for Branding Exports (GLOBE)
- Export Planning and Development for Districts and Clusters
- R&D Support Sub-Scheme for India Centre for Lab Grown Diamond (InCent-LGD) at IIT Madras, Chennai.

Niryat Rin Vikas (NIRVIK)

It is a proposal for a separate credit facilitation scheme for new exporters and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Nodal ministry – Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.

Objective – To establish a dynamic and responsive interest equalisation support framework that enables MSMEs to access rupee export credit at globally competitive rates.

Automotive Mission Plan 2047

It is an industry-led initiative, a strategic roadmap backed by targets for sector growth, exports, and industry advancement.
Launched by – Ministry of Heavy Industries & Steel.
Aim – To make the Indian automotive industry globally competitive.
To integrate the collective vision of stakeholders.
To address challenges like technological advancements and charging infrastructure.

Security

INS Sandhayak

It is a 1^st indigenous Survey Vessel Large (SVL) with state-of-the-art hydrography capability.
Commissioned in – 2024, by Ministry of Defence.
Built by – Indian Navy's Hydrographic Department framework.
Features – It has full‑scale coastal and deep‑water surveying capacity and is capable of search & rescue/humanitarian operations with onboard helicopter and hospital functions.

Science

Adult Vaccination Centre

Adult Vaccination Centre – It is a facility for providing vaccinations to adults to protect them from preventable infectious diseases.
Established in – 2025, by Ministry of Defence.
Aim – To provide comprehensive immunisation services to all eligible adults, offering vaccines for Influenza, Pneumococcus, Hepatitis, and other preventable diseases.

Bronchoscopy Suite

Bronchoscopy suite – It is designed for performing bronchoscopy procedures.
Established in – 2025, by Ministry of Defence.
Aim – To enhance preventive healthcare and advanced diagnostic capabilities for patients.

Maha Abhiyan

The Department of Fertilizers, in collaboration with leading fertilizer companies, has launched a nationwide ‘Maha Abhiyan’.

Launched by – Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Objectives – To boost agricultural productivity while reducing the environmental footprint of conventional fertilizers.
To promote the adoption of Nano DAP across all 15 agro-climatic zones of the country.
Significance – To commit sustainable agriculture and technological innovation in farming practices.
Its intentions to enhance soil health, reduce input costs, and increase farmers’ income.

Vigyan Dhara scheme

It is a central sector scheme.
Nodal ministry – Ministry of Science and Technology.
Aim – To promote capacity building, research, innovation and technology development towards strengthening the science & technology ecosystem in the country.
Merger of 3 Umbrella schemes –
- Science and Technology Institutional and Human Capacity Building.
- Research and Development and Innovation.
- Technology Development and Deployment of the Department of Science and Technology.