UPSC EXAM QUIZ 10.069.2024

Explanation:

• Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the procurement of 240 aero-engines (AL-31FP) for Su-30MKI aircraft of Indian Air Force from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. It will cost more than Rs 26,000 crore.
• The Defense Ministry said that these engines will be procured from HAL under the "Buy (Indian)" category. It will be procured from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under the Buy (Indian) category.

It will be procured under Buy (Indian) category from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The ‘Buy (Indian)’ category involves procuring products from Indian vendors that either:

• Are indigenously designed, developed, and manufactured with at least 50% Indigenous Content (IC) of the total contract value.
• Have at least 60% IC of the total contract value, even if not indigenously designed or developed.
• The engines will have indigenous content over 54%.

Explanation:

• Pew Research Center published a report titled The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants based on data from the United Nations and 270 censuses and surveys.
• More than 280 million people, or 3.6% of the world’s population, were living as international migrants in 2020.
• Religion plays a significant role in migration patterns, influencing both the departure from the homeland and the reception in the destination country.

Key Findings of the Report

• Trend among Hindu Migrants: In 2020, India emerged as the top country both for Hindu emigrants (out-migrants) and immigrants (in-migrants). 7.6 million Hindus born in India were living abroad. About 3 million Hindus born in other countries were residing in India.

Explanation:

• Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) granted acceptance of necessity (AoN) for 10 defence acquisition proposals worth Rs. 1,44,716 crores.
• Indigenous sources will account for 99% of the total value of the projects cleared by DAC under the Buy (Indian) and Buy (Indian-IDDM) categories.
• An AoN means the government has accepted the need for the equipment and is the first step towards initiation of the procurement process. However, grant of an AoN does not necessarily lead to a final order.
• The Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM)) category is the most important category of acquisition for indigenisation under the defence procurement policy.

Explanation:

• In the Union Environment Ministry's Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024, Surat city achieved first place.
• Union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav named it the nation's "National Clean Air City" in Jaipur.
• The award comes with a cheaque of Rs 1.5 crore. Mayor Daxesh Mawani and Surat Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agrawal received it.
• Surat came in at number thirteen in Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2023, with Indore at the top.
• Last year, Surat city topped the list of the nation's cleanest cities.
• Cities under "category 1" of the Swachh Vayu Survekshan survey have a population of above ten lakh people.
• Surat topped the list this year with 194 points out of 200, followed by Jabalpur and Agra.
• Similarly, Ferozabad topped the list of category 2 cities (those with a population of three to ten lakh), followed by Amravati and Jhansi.
• Rae Bareli, Nalgonda, and Nalagarh took the top three spots among Category 3 cities (population less than 3 lakh).

Explanation:

• Odisha will be the site of the first silicon carbide manufacturing facility in India.
• The establishment of the facility will require Rs. 620 crore expenditure over a three-year period.
• Mohan Charan Majhi, the chief minister of Odisha, graced the facility's groundbreaking ceremony.
• The facility at Bhubaneswar's EMC Park, Infovalley, will be developed by RIR Power Electronics Limited.
• The construction of RIR Power Electronics Limited's facility, according to CM Majhi, is another important milestone in our continuous effort to build Odisha as a premier semiconductor hub in India.
• Across all levels, this facility will generate roughly 500 new jobs.