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Prelim Bits 10-04-2019

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April 11, 2019

Questionnaire for Census 2021

  • For the first time in the 140 year long Census exercise in India, data is proposed to be collected through a mobile app.
  • According to Registrar General of India users will finalize the strategy and questionnaire for the Census 2021.
  • To serve this purpose data user’s conference, the first formal interaction of the census organization with various stakeholders was held in Delhi.
  • The reference date for data collection is 1st October 2020 for Jammu & Kashmir and snow bound areas of Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand while for the rest of country the reference date is 1st March 2021.

Decennial Census of India

  • Census is not just an exercise of head count but also provides invaluable socio-economic data which forms credible basis for informed policy formulation and allocation of resources.
  • In India national census is being conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • National Census is conducted once in every ten year so the decennial Census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011.
  • All the censuses since 1951 were conducted under the 1948 Census of India Act.

First Training Squadron

  • Indian ships that participated in First Training Squadron (1TS) held in Seychelles includes the following
  • INS Tarangini – Training Ship of Indian Navy.
  • INS Sujata - Patrol vessel of Indian Navy.
  • INS Shardul - Amphibious warfare vessel of the Indian Navy.
  • ICGS Sarathi– Patrol Vessel of Indian Coast Guard.

Astro Ecology

  • Recently the concept which is used to study the luminosity of stars, was used to carry out detailed monitoring of orangutan populations in Borneo.
  • Orangutans, like all great apes, build a sleeping nest in trees, traditionally orangutan numbers are estimated by counting these nests from the ground.
  • However, this method is costly and time consuming due to the large areas that need to be surveyed.
  • Astro ecology has combined drone technology with thermal-imaging cameras, which are mostly used by astronomers.
  • This tech helps to spot and classify the animals by using their heat signatures.
  • This innovative technology could potentially be used to understand and monitor population numbers of Orangutans or other endangered primate species.

Pathalgadi Movement

  • The Pathalgadi movement was started by tribal groups to resist the plundering of tribal rights by the state and union governments.
  • Pathalgadiparticipants plant a stone order in the tribal villages of Jharkhand, which dismiss the authority of the central or the state governments on their villages.
  • Pathalgadis have their presence in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and parts of West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
  • The Pathalgadis call themselves the followers of Sati Pati cult of Gujarat, Sati refers to mother and Pati to father.
  • The cult claims that the tribals were given rights over rivers, forest land and forest produce by Queen Victoria.

 

Source: PIB, Down to Earth

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Sahil T George 5 years

Hi

Would be great if you could provide daily "Map of the day" just like last year.

Thanks!

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