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Prelim Bits 18-07-2018

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July 18, 2018

Sagarmala initiative

  • Government has recently inaugurated Hi-tech labs in centre of excellence in Maritime & Ship Building (CEMS), Vishakapatnam.
  • The prime objective of the sagarmala project is to promote port-led development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.
  • It intends to enhance the capacity of major and non-major ports.
  • It also strives to ensure sustainable development of the population living in the coastal economic zones.
  • Community Development Fund will be created for projects and activities which strive to bring development for coastal communities.

National Database of Arms Licenses System

  • Union Home Ministry is planning to create National Database of Arms Licenses System.
  • It is to create vigilance on authorised private gun holders and eliminate possibilities of issuing arms license to bogus persons.
  • Ministry will amend the Arms Act to create the database.

Global Compact for Migration

  • United Nations has created Global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration for the first time.
  • It is the first intergovernmental negotiated agreement under the auspices of UN to cover all dimensions of migration.
  • The agreement was signed by adopting a non-binding political declaration "New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants" in 2016.
  • Its objective is to address the challenges fo migration, strengthen migrant rights.
  • Under the agenda, member States committed to cooperate internationally to safe facilitate migration.

Bansagar Canal Project

  • Bansagar canal project was recently inaugurated in Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
  • The project is a joint venture between Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
  • It is a multipurpose river valley project on Son River.
  • It aims to bring boost to irrigation in the region.

Son River

  • Son River originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh.
  • It is one of the tributary of Ganges from Central India.
  • It is the second largest of the southern tributaries of Ganga. Yamuna is the largest tributary.

                               

 

Source: The Hindu, PIB

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