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i. Also a concession agreement was signed between U.P. Jal Nigam, NMCG and Prayagraj Water Pvt.
Ltd., for Namami Gange projects for the city of Prayagraj, under Hybrid Annuity Mode and One City One
Operator Concept.
Under Renukaji Dam Multipurpose Project:
i. 3 storage projects are proposed to be constructed on the river Yamuna and two of its tributaries – Tons and
Giri in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh of Upper Yamuna Basin. These include:
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v. Rs 2,545.40 crore have been allocated for medical health, family welfare and medical
education while Rs 1,073 crore for the education sector.
vi. Rs 100 crore have been allocated through the cooperative sector in the budget in order to reduce
migration by generating employment in rural areas and doubling the income of farmers by 2022.
i. The Observatory is established in the SRT campus Badshithaul,in Tehri and is in testing period.
ii. This is the second observatory in the country to monitor cloud activities by the
Indian Science and Technology Department and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur that can
function in high-altitudes.
Loan Agreement worth USD 96 Million signed between India and World Bank for Additional Financing
for Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project
A loan agreement worth $96 Million was signed between the World Bank, Government of
India and Government of Uttarakhand.
i. It was signed by Mr. Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the Government of India; Mr. Amit Negi, Secretary, Finance and Disaster
Management, Government of Uttarakhand and Program Director, Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery
Project on behalf of the Govt. of Uttarakhand; and Mr. Hisham Abdo, Acting Country Director, World Bank
India, on behalf of the World Bank.
Key Points:
i. The agreement aims to provide financial support to Uttarakhand for adopting post-disaster recovery plans
and disaster management techniques such as reconstruction of bridges, road and river bank protection works,
and in the construction of a training facility for the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).
ii. The loan amounting to $96 Million, from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD) has a 5-year grace period and a final maturity of 15 years.
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NMCG, HCL Foundation and INTACH inked MoU for Rudraksh Plantation in Uttarakhand
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), HCL Foundation and Indian National Trust for Art and Culture
Heritage (INTACH) signed tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Plantation of Rudraksh
Trees in Uttarakhand under the ‘Namami Gange’ Programme. The objective is to create a greener ecosystem
in the Ganga Basin along the stretch of 97 towns and 4,465 villages.
Key Highlights
i. Under the project, the aim is to plant 10,000 Rudraksh trees in the catchment area of Ganga River in
Uttarakhand.
ii. This project will also help to generate income for people residing in those areas.
Naik Narayan Singh, a member of Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition team to Mt Makalu that
spotted ‘Yeti’ footprint passed away
Naik Narayan Singh, one among the 18 members of Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition team to Mt
Makalu (8485m) passed away recently. He died while descending from the summit point to Camp IV (first
camp during the descent). He hailed from Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand.
Key points:
i. He had earlier took part in mountaineering expeditions. Last year he had successfully summited Mt Kamet.
ii. He had joined the Army in 2002 and hailed from Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
iii. The Expedition team has earlier spotted mysterious footprints of mythical creature ‘Yeti’.
Mount Makalu:
♦ It is one amongst the most dangerous and challenging peaks to summit.
♦ Location – Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km southeast of Mount Everest.
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World Bank commits $31.58 mn loan for Uttarakhand Public Financial Management Strengthening
Project
On June 26, 2019, The Government of India, the State Government of Uttarakhand and the World Bank signed a
tripartite Loan Agreement of$31.58 million (about Rs 221 crore) for Uttarakhand Public Financial
Management Strengthening Project. This will help improve the State’s ability to manage its Financial Systems
and lead to Better Utilization of Development Resources.
Key points:
i. The loan agreement was signed by Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic
Affairs, Ministry of Finance on behalf of the central government, Savin Bansal I.A.S, Additional Secretary,
Finance of Uttarakhand on behalf of the Govt of Uttarakhand and Shanker Lal, Acting Country Director, World
Bank India.
ii. The Project will benefit the citizens of Uttarakhand by enhancing accountability in public finances including
administration of tax and non-tax revenues.
iii. It will also help the people of Uttarakhand to access a better quality of public services in the areas of cash
and debt management, planning and budgeting, appraisal and monitoring of high-value projects and public
audit.
iv. The $31.58 Million Loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has a
5year grace period, and a final maturity of 11 years.
Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj, a renowned seer, passed away at Dehradun in Uttarakhand
On June 25, 2019, A renowned seer, Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj (Swami Satyamitranand), aged
87, passed away at Dehradun in Uttarakhand after a prolonged illness.
i. He was born on September 19, 1932 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh as Ambika Prasad.
ii. He was the head of Bharat Mata Janhit Trust. He established Bharat Mata Mandir in Haridwar and
Samanvaya Seva Foundation to serve poor people from tribal and hilly areas by providing free education and
medical facilities.
iii. He was the recipient of Padma Bhushan in 2015
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Uttarakhand was named among best performing states in ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme
Uttarakhand has been adjudged as one of the country’s five best performing states under the National
Programme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme aimed at addressing declining child sex ratio and
issues of women empowerment.
Key Points:
i. As per the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, the State received this recognition for its
consistent performance in respect of sex ratio at birth.
ii. In addition to Uttarakhand, Haryana has bagged three awards, including one state-level and two district-
level awards, for consistent performance in respect of the sex ratio at birth (SRB).
iii. The two districts of Haryana which won the award are Bhiwani and Mahendragarh.
About Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme:
♦ BBBP scheme was launched on 22 January 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
♦ It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Uttarakhand launches One-time settlement scheme for recovering NPAs of cooperative banks
On July 1, 2019, The State Government of Uttarakhand implemented a one-time settlement’ scheme for debt
trapped state cooperative banks which had the NPA (Non Performing Assets) of Rs 391.50 crore which have
piled up over the last 25 years.
Key points:
i. Relief: In this scheme, some relief will be given to the account holders, who have taken loans up to Rs. 60
lakhs from cooperative banks. The account holders who have died and already repaid the capital amount will
get total interest waiver.
ii. Common category: Those who have already paid interest equal to the principal loan amount will be
required to repay only the principal amount.
iii. Dubious accounts: For the ‘suspected’ loans, the banks will give a discount of 30 percent on interests of the
loans.
iv. Recovery: Loan repayments worth Rs 21 crore were collected in a one month.
v. Duration: The 100-day scheme is effective from July 1, 2019, and continues till 7th October 2019.
Six Sigma Healthcare proposed to set up Rs 750 crore project in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand
The proposal for setting up the High Altitude Institute of mountain medicine, training and research center,
given by the medical director of Six Sigma Healthcare, Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj was accepted by the Chief
Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat. Six Sigma healthcare, a company which operates hospitals in
Kedarnath, Tungnath and Madmaheshwar, will set up Rs 750 crore project in Rudraprayag
district of Uttarakhand.
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Key Points:
i. Objective: To develop research in Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Yoga concerning High
Altitude Mountains and to educate professionals in mountain medicines.
ii. Service: The institute will train armed forces and paramilitary personnel in Mountain Medicines, offer
courses in mountains medicines and high altitude rescue, train local people, schools, colleges in high altitude
rescue and disaster, help in checking migration and provide employment opportunities for locals.
iii. Honours: CM felicitated Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj, Dr Arvind Kumar, Dr Parvej Ahmed, Dr Anita Bhardwaj,
Bhim Bahadur and Debjit Nayak.
Key points:
i. Members: The court also ordered Union Environment and Forest Ministry to form the fresh high-powered
committee by August 22, 2019 with additional representatives from Physical Research Laboratory, Wildlife
Institute of India and Defence Ministry.
ii.Rights: As per the order, the committee shall hold quarterly meetings to ensure compliance and may suggest
any further measure after each review meeting & should consider whether revision of the full Chardham
project should at all take place with a view to reducing the major impact on the environment.
iii.Time-limit: The committee has given 4 months to submit the report.
iv.Suggestion: It will also suggest the places in which afforestation should be taken and the kind of saplings to
be planted. Further plantation should be taken place, in case of non-survival of any sapling, and compensatory
afforestation should be 10 times the number of trees cut.
v. Background: The NGT had constituted a committee headed by Justice UC Dhyani , former Uttarakhand High
Court Judge to oversee the project.
vi. Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna: It proposes to provide all-weather connectivity to four holy towns
of Uttarakhand.
National forest martyrs day observed on September 11, 2019 at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
To commemorate foresters who had laid their lives to protect nature and wildlife in the remote corners of the
country, National Forest Martyrs’ Day was observed on September 11, 2019, at Forester Memorial in the
Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Key points:
i. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Director Dr. SC Gairola and senior forest officials,
scientists and employees of ICFRE (Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education) and FRI were present
on the occasion to paid tributes to all men & women who have given the ultimate sacrifice for forests and
wildlife in India.
ii. A total of 1,400 forest personnel have been martyred while protecting the country’s forest wealth and
wildlife.
iii. On September 11, 1730, more than 360 people of the Bishnoi tribe were killed in Khejarli (now in
Rajasthan) because they had disagreed to felling of Khejri trees by the king of Jodhpur.
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Key points:
i. The CM also directed to strengthen UPCL (Uttarakhand Power Corporation) Vigilance Cell to ensure effective
action on power theft.
ii. Uttarakhand is second only to Gujarat in preventing line loss and power theft. After the formation of the
state, distribution losses have been brought down from 29.52 percent to 14.32 %.
4th edition of KAZIND-2019, a joint military exercise between India & Kazakhstan begins at Pithoragarh
, Uttarakhand
4th edition of KAZIND-2019, the joint military exercise between India and Kazakhstan commenced
in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand on October 2, 2019, which will continue till October 15, 2019, with the
involvement of 100 soldiers from both the armies. It aims to carry out counter-terrorism operations in hilly
areas.
Key points:
i. During this time the soldiers of the two countries will share experiences of various military operations and
counter-terrorism retaliation.
ii. Various aspects of the emerging trends of global terrorism and hybrid warfare during military exercises have
been included due to contemporary influences in current times as well as global scenarios.
iii. This joint military exercise will enhance mutual defense cooperation between the two countries. At the
same time it will prove to be helpful in strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries.
iv. About KAZIND: It is an annual event organized in turn in both countries.
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