PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-02/11/17

1.Indian Pitcher Plant--Nepenthes khasiana---use CO2 to lure prey

2.Energy Efficiency Service Limited(EESL)---under Ministry of Power

3.Creating and sustaining market for energy efficiency project with partnership btw GEF(Global Environment Facility) and EESL

4.Energy Efficiency revolving fund(EERF)---proppses by EESL for sustaining funding mechanism for energy efficiency project in the country

5.EESL partnered with UN's environment district energy cities initiative. Suppprted by GEF 

6.GEF--Global Environment Facility---

Member-183, international institutions, civil society organisation, private players

Address-global environment issue

7.Goa Maritime Conclave of Navy Chiefs of Indian Ocean littoral states 

--Intended to be held every year

Aim-bring together like minded countries to evolve collective reaponse to challenges in the maritime domain

8.INS Ghariyal----2nd landing ship tank of Indian Navy

-indigenously build and commissioNed in 1997

-The ship can carry troops and vehicles and hence is ideally suited for amphibious operations.  Due to the above it is closely associated with the Mechanised Infantry where both compliment each other evenly.

9.Food regulatory portal---by ministry of food processing and FSSAI

What?--single interface for food business to cater to domestic and food import

10.Newton Bhabha programme---India-UK partnership in science, technology and innovation

-based on principle of co-funding, co-development, co-creation

11.NPS-National Pension Scheme--

Age-max age increase from 60 to 65 and continue upto age of 70 year.(subsrviber joining after 60 will have same choice of Pension fund and investment choice as person joining before age of 60

-In case of death entire corpus will be paid to nominee

12.Transfet pricibg documentation and country by country reporting---under OECD base erosion and profit sharing project

13.CPI-Industrial Worker---released by labour Bureau

14.

Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme was launched by the Government in 2003 which has been extended to the Notified 21 States and 4 Union Territories to promote the use of alternative and environment friendly fuels. This intervention also sought to reduce import dependency for energy requirements.

However, since 2006, OMCs were not able to receive offers for the required quantity of ethanol against the tenders floated by them due to various constraints like State Specific issues, Supplier related issues including Pricing issues of ethanol.

In order to augment the supply of ethanol, the Government in December, 2014, decided to administer the price of ethanol under EBP Programme.

15.Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair---headed by PM

16.The NCTE Act(  National Council for Teacher Education )  1993 came into force on 1st July, 1995 and is applicable throughout the country, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

objective----is to provide for the establishment of a NCTE to achieve planned and coordinated development of the teacher education system, regulation and ensure proper maintenance of norms and standards in the said system. In order to achieve the objectives of the Act, separate provisions have been, made in the Act, for recognising Teacher Education courses and to lay down guidelines for compliance by recognized Institutions/Universities.

17.Clubfoot is one of the most common orthopaedic birth defects.Ponseti method – has been developed to treat and correct clubfoot without surgery