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according to an analysis of LinkedIn data, at least 85% of the workforce comprises men in transportation, construction and manufacturing; in hi-tech, this proportion is around 72%.Every industry sector in India employs more men than women. Moreover, the gender gap among Indian professionals is worse than the global average in every sector.
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According to the Indian
Bureau of Mines (2018 database), the total estimated reserves of vanadium ore is 24.63 million tonnes. Out of these, Karnataka (79%) has highest reserves followed by Odisha (19%) and Maharashtra (2%).
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According to a report published by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), 12 critical minerals could play an important role in the success of ‘Make in India’ programme.
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The single biggest reason for a sub-optimal civil service is a completely outdated and warped performance measurement structure, which incentivises the status-quo. A civil servant is never rewarded for making a big positive change. They are, however, penalised if things go wrong.
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According to the draft policy, India could be particularly impacted as changes in the Arctic have an effect on water security and sustainability, weather conditions and monsoon patterns, coastal erosion and glacial melting, economic security and critical aspects of national Development
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✅According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, India’s poultry sector is worth ₹80,000 crore. Poultry product exports from India, mainly focused on West Asia, neighbouring countries and East Asia, were valued at ₹532in crore in 2017.
✅According to the National Action Plan for Egg and Poultry 2022, India has a base of over 729 million poultry birds.
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✅"Focus of IMI 3.0 will be the children and pregnant women who have missed their vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic. They will be identified and vaccinated during the two rounds of IMI 3.0.
✅Mission Indradhanush, that was launched in December 2014,has increased India’s immunisation coverage significantly to 87% from 67% in 2014.
✅Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 aims to achieve at least 90% pan-India immunisation coverage by 2022.
#women
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India has, according to the just-released World Bank-commissioned report, Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities, 1% of the world’s vehicles but 11% of all road accident deaths; the Union Transport Ministry put the number of dead in 2019 at 1,51,113, and injured at 4,51,361.
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According to the World Health Organization, vaccine hesitancy is defined as a reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccine services.
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According to 2019 National Sample Survey data, only 20% of urban women in the age group of 15-59 years spend time in “employment and related activities” on an average day.
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India’s rank in the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Index for 2019 has moved upwards to the 63rd position in 2020 from 77th in 2018 as per the Doing Business Report (DBR)
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Indian Sunderbans, which is part of the largest mangrove forest in the world, is home to 428 species of birds, a recent publication of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) States.
The publication, “Birds of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve”, released earlier this month by the ZSI.
#environment
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According to the National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS-4),
✅ 58.4% of children aged 6–59 months,
✅53% of all women aged 15–49 years,
✅ 22.7% of men aged 15–49 years,
✅54% of adolescent girls and
✅29% of adolescent boys were anaemic in India
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According to Oxfam if India stops inequality from rising further, it could end extreme poverty for 90 million people by 2019. If it goes further and
reduces inequality by 36%, it could virtually eliminate extreme poverty. But as Economic Survey suggests, there is a clear convergence on growth and inequality in India and hence must focus on
wealth creation.
#inequality
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11-year-old girl from Hyderabad has collected Rs. 6.2 lakh to buy food for the less fortunate during the lockdown.
Moved by a video of a hungry person breaking down on being given food, Ms. Ridhi dug into her savings and also put across a request to relatives and friends seeking donations.
She drew up a plan to supply kits worth Rs. 650 containing six items — 5 kg rice, 1 kg salt, 1 litre cooking oil and two soap bars. The project was titled ‘Care-Ona’. She used crowdfunding website, Milaap, and floated an online appeal to help daily wage workers who have lost their jobs during the lockdown and do not have money to buy essentials. Responding to her appeal, donations worth Rs. 6.2 lakh were raised. The money was used to buy more food supplies for the less privileged.
Volunteers from an NGO helped pack the kits.
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According to Coffee Board’s post-monsoon estimates, during the crop year 2020-2021, India was expecting an arabica production of 1.02 lakh metric tons against 87,000 metric tons a year ago and robusta production of 2.4 lakh metric tons against 2.11 lakh metric tons.
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As the PM said, times have changed. Civil servants have to not just administer, but also enable progress. That’s why, it is probably better if we change the IAS to IES. From Indian Administrative Services
to INDIAN ENABLING SERVICES, not just in name, but also in spirit.
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PM Modi commented on what the IAS, or even the entire civil services community, could do better. Specifically, he mentioned four things —
a) a need to change the negative attitudes of disdain, suspicion and cynicism towards the private sector and profit-making entities,
b) questioned why babus need to run everything (from fertiliser plants to airlines,
c) emphasised the private sector as a necessary and equal stakeholder in the country’s progress,
d) asked where will India reach if the entire country is handed over in the hands of babus?
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According to the WEO, the global economy is projected to grow at 5.5 % in 2021 and 4.2 % in 2022. The 2021 forecast is revised up by 0.3 percentage point from the previous forecast in October.
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Interactions between Climate Change, Land Use and Biodiversity
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The Supreme Court dismissed today the plea seeking for an extra chance for #UPSC candidates who had exhausted their last attempt in October 2020. The extra opportunity was sought on account of difficulties faced by the candidates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Around 74% of outpatient care and 65% of hospitalisation care is provided through the private sector in urban India. India ranks 145th out of 180 countries in terms of on quality and access of healthcare. Hospitalisation rates of 3-4%, reflecting lower access and utilisation.
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विश्व बैंक की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार ,सड़क दुर्घटनाओं के कारण विश्व भर में होने वाली कुल मौतों में से 11% मौतें भारत में होती हैं, जो कि विश्व में सर्वाधिक है।
प्रतिवर्ष लगभग 4.5 लाख सड़क दुर्घटनाएँ होती हैं, जिसमें 1.5 लाख लोगों की मृत्यु हो जाती है।
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✅The former Punjab cadre IPS officer, who took voluntary retirement in 2014, was disturbed by the poor education standards in government schools and started teaching children at his home. On the request of a student from a nearby village, Oraon started an evening school at Uchari village on the outskirts of Ranchi. Now, a total of 27 such evening schools are being run successfully under the guidance of Oroan in the villages of Ranchi, Gumla and Lohardaga at their respective community centres.
More than 2,000 students are taught by over 200 volunteers, including some retired teachers, without any fee being charged from them. Classes are conducted from 6 to 8.30 in the evening. Local volunteers trained by Oraon not just teach what’s in the syllabus but also impart ‘extra knowledge’ to the students.
#ethics
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According to the FRA 2020 ,The top 10 countries that have recorded the maximum average annual net gains in forest area
during 2010-2020 are China, Australia, India, Chile, Vietnam, Turkey, the United States, France, Italy and Romania.
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According to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts, the fiscal deficit at the end of December in the previous financial year was 132.4% of the BE of FY20.
For the current fiscal, the Centre had pegged the fiscal deficit at ₹7.96 lakh crore or 3.5% of the GDP.
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according to unemployment data released by the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE),The urban unemployment in India crept up to 9.83% in August.The rural unemplyment rate in August increased to 7.65%. Also the work hazard is higher.
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The Government’s principal policy ideation arm, Niti Aayog and non-profit organisation, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) have projected a saving of about $60 billion through the rapid adoption of electric vehicles.
Aayog projects that India can save 64 per cent of anticipated passenger road-based mobility-related energy demand and 37 per cent of carbon emissions in 2030.
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