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      Memorize Current Affairs for UPSC 21 november 2020

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      National Seismic Programme

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      • The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel has launched a Seismic Survey campaign of Oil India Limited in the Mahanadi basin of Odisha.
      • Mahanadi basin was chosen as the first location to roll out the National Seismic Programme.

      National Seismic Programme

      • The National Seismic Programme was launched in 2016.
      • To trace hydrocarbon resources such as oil and natural gas.
      • The program aims to undertake a fresh appraisal of the sedimentary basins in the country.
      • The National Seismic Programme will conduct a high-resolution seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation survey.

      Seismic Survey

      • A seismic survey is a low impact method that gathers information about the location and characteristics of geological structures.
      • During the survey, acoustic sound signals are transmitted to the earth’s surface.
      • Different geographical layers reflect the sound differently.
      • Based on the returning sound waves received and recorded by microphones, the availability of oil and gas is determined.

      Mahanadi Basin

      • Mahanadi is the eighth largest basin in the country.
      • Mahanadi river flows through Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.
      • Hirakud dam has been constructed across river Mahanadi.
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      Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)

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      • IRNSS has been accepted as a component of the World-Wide Radio Navigation System by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for its operation in the Indian Ocean Region.
      • This will enable the vessels to use IRNSS to obtain position information similar to GLONASS and GPS.

      What it means

      • The navigation system up to 1,500 km in the Indian Ocean waters can now replace GPS.
      • This means that the ships in the Indian Ocean can obtain information from IRNSS for their position at sea.
      • The IMO is an organization of the United Nations.
      • With the recognition, India has become the fourth country after the US, Russia, and China to have its own navigation systems.
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      Sustainable alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT initiative)

      NEWS :

      • India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with leading oil and gas marketing companies to establish Compressed Bio-Gas Plants all over India under the SATAT initiative.
      • These plants are to generate biogas from crop wastes.
      • The biogas produced from the plants can be used to power automobiles.

      • These fuels can be used to reduce the import by Rs 1 lakh crores.

      National Digital Health Mission

      NEWS :

      • The Government is preparing for the nationwide launch of the National Digital Health Mission.
      • The mission of the new digital health program is to provide affordable medical health facilities to the citizens.
      • Earlier the scheme was rolled out through a pilot launch in the Union Territories (Except for Delhi, J&k, and Ladakh).

       

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      Private sector banks reforms

      NEWS :

      • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had constituted an Internal Working Group (IWG).
      • To review the extent ownership guidelines and corporate structure for private sector banks in India.
      • It was headed by Prasanna Kumar Mohanty.

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