UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 18-02-2025

One Liners 18-02-2025

Polity & Governance

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)

India is the world’s 2^nd largest fish producer, with around 8% share across the world.

• Launched in – 2020.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
• Objective – To help the fisheries sector achieve new heights while ensuring socio-economic welfare of fishers, fish farmers and other stakeholders.
• Duration –5 years (2020-2025).

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PMMKSSY)

• Launched in – 2023.
• Umbrella scheme – PMMKSSY is a component under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
• Objectives – To address the inherent weaknesses of the sector through identified financial and technological intervention for bringing in institutional reforms.
• Duration – 4 years (2023-2027).

Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs)

• Objective – To provide financial assistance to economically empower the fishers and fish farmers and enhance their bargaining power.
• Umbrella scheme – Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA)

• About – It is a pilot program, having technical partnership with Survey of India.
• Aim – To create and update land records in urban areas to ensure accurate and reliable documentation of land ownership.
• Initiative of – Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development.
• It will empower citizens, improve ease of living, enhance urban planning, and reduce land-related disputes.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare.
• Coverage – 152 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across 26 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs).

Bilateral Relations

India-Qatar Joint Business Forum

• Organized by – Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
• Vision – For long-term economic cooperation, reinforcing the countries commitment to fostering trade, investment, and innovation across key sectors.
• Objective – To convene top business leaders, policymakers, and industry stakeholders to explore investment opportunities, technological collaboration, and economic partnerships.

Economy

Electricity Generation Capacity in India

• Out of the total electricity generation capacity from thermal power plants, private sector power plants have a capacity of 36.20%, the State sector has 32.03% and the central sector has the capacity of 31.77%.
• NITI Aayog data show that India accounts for 20,794.36 kg of carbon emission from electricity generation.

Electricity is a Concurrent subject (Entry 38 of List III of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution), which allows both the central and State governments to legislate on electricity matters.

• According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Maharashtra had the highest non-renewable electricity generation capacity, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in 2022-23.
• Rajasthan had the highest renewable electricity generation capacity in India.

Science & Technology

Bacterial Cellulose

• Bacterial cellulose – It is a biodegradable, natural polymer produced by certain bacteria.
• Usage – Human medicines, paper restoration, food, cosmetics textiles, construction materials, electronics and blood vessel regeneration.
• Potential Applications – Agriculture, such as facilitating grafting, preserving cut plant material and serving as a growth medium in laboratories.
• It is also known as microbial cellulose.

Matsya-6000

• It is the 4^th Generation deep-ocean human scientific submersible.
• Part of – Samudrayan Project.
• Capacity – To accommodate 3 humans within its compact 2.1-meter diameter spherical hull.
• Design and developed by – National Institute of Ocean Technology of Ministry of Earth Sciences.
• Array of components:
  • A main ballast system for diving
  • Thrusters for movement in all three directions
  • A battery bank for power supply
  • Syntactic foam for buoyancy.

Miscellaneous

Forward Faster Sustainability Awards 2025

• Organized by – UN Global Compact Network India (UN GCNI).
• Awarded to – National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd, India’s largest integrated power utility.
• Category – Water Resilience.
• Awarded for – Organizations in India that have made significant strides in advancing sustainability and corporate responsibility, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Eligibility:
  • Business of any size and sector.
  • Enterprises with less than 10 employees up to multinational corporate with more than 10,000 employees.

ANARNET

• About – ANARNET is India's traceability system, ensuring transparency and building consumer confidence in international markets.
• Developed by – Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).
• Enhance consumer trust – It can ensure that Indian agricultural products meet the highest global standards, enhancing consumer trust worldwide.