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INDIAN AFFAIRS
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban Launches Smart Star-Rating for Garbage
Free Cities
On January 20, 2018, Minister
of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri along
with the Chief
Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar launched the ‘Protocol for Star Rating of
Garbage-Free Cities’ in Goa.
Information about Protocol for Star Rating of Garbage-Free Cities:
i. This seven star-rating system has
been developed
by the Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban.
ii. Under
this system, cities will be assessed on multiple cleanliness indicators for
solid waste management . Some of the indicators are door to door collection,
source segregation, bulk generator compliance, sweeping, scientific processing
of waste, scientific land filling, plastic waste management and dump
remediation.
iii. Based
on the assessment, cities can be rated as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 star in
accordance with the protocol conditions specified for each of the rating.
iv. This
is a SMART rating (Single
metric, Measurable, Achievable, Rigorous
verification, Targeted
towards outcomes) system that provides stakeholders with a single metric to
rate a city’s cleanliness.
President
Ram Nath Kovind approves disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for Holding Office of
Profit
On 21st January 2018, President Ram Nath Kovind approved
disqualification of 20 MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for holding offices of
profit.
Disqualification
of 20 AAP MLAs:
i. Accepting
recommendations of the Election Commission (EC) President Ram Nath Kovind has
disqualified 20 members of the Delhi legislative assembly.
ii. The
AAP MLAs were appointed as parliamentary secretaries. The Election Commission
has stated that, being parliamentary secretaries, they held office of profit
and they should be disqualified as MLAs of the Delhi Assembly.
iii. The
members who have been disqualified are: Praveen Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Adarsh
Shastri, Madan Lal, Charan Goel, Sarita Singh, Naresh Yadav, Jarnail Singh,
Rajesh Gupta, Alka Lamba, Nitin Tyagi, Sanjeev Jha, Kailash Gehlot, Vijendera
Garg, Rajesh Rishi, Anil Kumar Vajpayee, Somdutt, Sukhvir Singh, Avtar Singh
Kalka and Manoj Kumar.
About Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP):
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Headquarters –
New Delhi
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Leader –
Arvind Kejriwal
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Founded –
2012
India’s
automated ocean pollution system to begin operation from April
S S C Shenoi,
Director of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has
stated that India will soon have its own automated ocean pollution observation
system.
Details
about India’s automated ocean pollution system:
i. This new ocean data acquisition
system (called automated moorings), which is expected to be
functional in April 2018 will not only help in tracking ocean pollution levels
but will also offer insights on how the marine system is changing.
ii. Estimated
cost for setting up this system is Rs 100 crore.
iii. After
being fully operational, this system will do away with the present practice of
collecting water samples from sea and studying their pollution levels
thereafter.
Quick Facts
about INCOIS:
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Established in –
1999
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Located in –
Hyderabad, Telangana
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Functions under – Union Ministry of Earth Sciences
