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One Liners 23-08-2025
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History, Art and Culture
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Financial Assistance for Promotion of Guru-Shishya Parampara
- Launched by – Ministry of Culture.
- Aim – To provide financial assistance to dramatic groups, theatre groups, music ensembles, children's theatre, and all genres of performing arts activities.
- Physical verification – By officers to grant funds.
- Financial assistance
- For guru/ director - Rs.15,000 per month
- For shisya/ artists - under 4 categories
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Polity & Governance
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Adjournment Sine Die
Monsoon Session of Parliament adjourns sine die.
- It means terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period.
- In other words, when the House is adjourned without naming a day for reassembly, it is called adjournment sine die.
- Issuing power – Presiding officer of the House.
- He can also call a sitting of the House before and after the House has been adjourned sine die.
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Economy
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Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)
- Launched in – 2021, by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
- Objectives – To provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market-entry, and commercialization.
- To raise investments from angel investors or venture capitalists or seek loans from commercial banks or financial institutions.
- Experts Advisory Committee (EAC) – Constituted by DPIIT, responsible for the execution and monitoring of the SISFS.
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Angel Investors vs Venture Capitalists
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Angel investor
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Venture Capitalist
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It is a high-net-worth individual who invests personal funds into a start-up or early-stage business in exchange for an equity stake in the company.
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It is an institutional investor employed by a risk capital firm that invests its funds into start-up or early-stage businesses in exchange for equity stakes in the companies.
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It may help kick-start the companies.
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It might offer at a later stage.
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North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)
- It is a Central Sector Scheme.
- Launched in – 2017-18, by Ministry of Development of North-East Region.
- Aim – To ensure focused development by providing financial assistance to 8 North Eastern States for creation of infrastructure.
- Restructured in – 2022-2023 into 2 components
- NESIDS (Roads)
- NESIDS (Other than roads infrastructure)
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Poorvottar Vikas Setu (PVS) Portal
- Launched by – Ministry of Development of North-East Region.
- Aim – To streamline the process of project approval and monitoring in an efficient and transparent manner.
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Science
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Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR)
- PFBR – It uses fast neutrons for energy generation and employs liquid sodium as a coolant instead of water.
- Purpose – To breed more fuel than it consumes.
- To convert fertile materials like Uranium-238 into fissile materials like Plutonium-239.
- Development – 500 MWe sodium-cooled reactor located in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.
- Developed by – Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI).
- Powered by – Plutonium and uranium-based mixed oxide fuel (MOX), which ensures high efficiency in power generation.
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Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI)
- It is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
- Established in – 2003, as Public Limited Company under Companies Act, 1956.
- Objective – To construct, commission, operate and maintain the 1st 500 MWe Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) under the Atomic Energy Act,1962.
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DEUTERIUM
Recently, the Ministry of Earth Science planned to extract Deuterium from Godavari River water.
- It is a stable isotope of hydrogen and heavy water (D2O), contains 2 atoms of Deuterium (D) and 1 atom of oxygen, also known as Deuterium Oxide.
- Mass – Double the mass of hydrogen due to presence of an extra neutron in its nucleus.
- Present in – Hydrogen and hydrogen bearing compounds like water, hydrocarbons, etc.
- Technology for extraction – H2S-H2O Bi-Thermal chemical exchange technology.
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Godavari River
- Often called the Dakshina Ganga or Southern Ganges.
- It is the 2nd longest river in India, stretching about 1,465 kilometres.
- Origin – Western Ghats at Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra.
- Flow – Eastward across the Deccan Plateau and empties into the Bay of Bengal.
- Passing through – Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, with smaller sections in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Union territory of Puducherry.
- Right bank tributaries – Pravara, Manjra, Manair, etc
- Left-bank tributaries – Dharna, Penganga, Wainganga, Wardha, Pranahita (combined waters of Penganga, Wardha, and Wainganga), Pench, Kanhan, Sabari, Indravati, etc.
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