Agriculture & GK

🔆 e-NAM

✅Launched: 2016
✅Implementing agency: Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
✅Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
✅Objective: integrating the existing Mandis into a “One Nation One Market” for agricultural commodities in India.

▪️Salient Features:

✅e-NAM 2.0 will be an advanced version of existing e-NAM.
✅The eNAM platform is an online trading platform for agricultural commodities in India.
✅It is a pan-India electronic trade portal linking agricultural produce market committees (APMCs) across all states.
✅It facilitates farmers, traders, and buyers with online trading in commodities.
✅It provides for contactless remote bidding.
✅It provides for mobile-based anytime payment for which traders do not need to either visit mandis or banks for the same.

▪️Benefits:

e-NAM has been able to bring competence in APMC mandi operations via technology interventions like:-

✅accuracy in weighing via digital weighbridge and weighing scale.
✅accuracy in assaying via advanced assaying equipment.
real-time online information on commodity prices.
✅access to more buyers/sellers and transparency in trade.
✅transparency in payment via multiple online payment modes.
better efficiency in overall mandi operations via digitalization.

❇️ 7 December

🇭🇷 Armed Forces Flag Day
     सशस्त्र सेना झंडा दिवस

🔸It is an annual day that is observed to honour the martyrs and the men in uniform who serve our country.

🔹On August 28, 1949, a committee was set up.

🔸The primary idea behind the Indian Armed Forces Flag Day was to distribute small flags to the civilians & collect donations for the soldiers in return

🟢NEWS
🔶 Dimension Length to Height 3:2.

🔷World's largest Khadi flag displayed in Jaisalmer

🔶The National Flag of India was designed by Pingali Venkayya

🟢SIGNIFIES
White - Truth and Peace (of truce or surrender)
Saffron - Courage and Sacrifice
Green - Faith and Chivalry
Chakra - 24 spokes
Ashoka Chakra - Ancient Culture and Peaceful Change

🟢HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
CDS: Lt General Anil Chauhan
Air Chief: Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Army Chief: Manoj Pandey
Naval Chief: Admiral R. Hari Kumar
DRDO Chief: Samir V. Kamat
ITBP Head: Shri Anish Dayal Singh
CISF DG: Shri Sheel Vardhan Singh

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❇️5 December

🎍World Soil Day
      विश्व मृदा दिवस

T-:24 “Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage.” 

🌳To focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources.

🌲The first World Soil Day was celebrated on 5 December, 2014.

🟢NEWS
🔶Gujarat Government Inked An Agreement With Isha Outreach To Conserve Soil

🔶ICAR Wins 2020 King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award

🔶Karnataka Government Launches Krishi Sanjeevani Vans To Test Soil, Water

🟢SSC PYQs
🔸Chemozem group does the black cotton soil of India belong.

🔸Alluvial Soil is the largest and most important soil-group in India.

🔸Black Soil Best for cotton cultivation

🔸Study of Soil: Pedology

🏢Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
▪️Bhupender Yadav

Note : 19February:Soil Health Card Day.

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🔆National Mission for Edible Oils - Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)

✅Launched by the Government of India in August 2021, NMEO-OP targets a substantial increase in oil palm cultivation and crude palm oil production.
✅It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a special focus on the Northeast region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with a focus on increasing the area and productivity of oilseeds and Oil Palm. 
✅Scheme Outlay: A financial outlay of Rs. 11,040 crores have been made for the scheme, out of which Rs. 8,844 crore is the Government of India share and Rs. 2,196 crore is the State share, and this includes the viability gap funding also.

📍Targets:
✅To increase the area of oil palm to 10 lakh hectares from 3.5 lakh ha during 2019-20 by 2025-26 (an additional 6.50 lakh ha). 
✅To increase the Crude Palm Oil production from 0.27 lakh tonnes during 2019-20 to 11.20 lakh tonnes by 2025-26.
✅Increase consumer awareness to maintain a consumption level of 19.00 kg/person/annum till 2025-26.

✅Features: The salient features of NMEO-OP include assistance for planting material, inputs for intercropping up to a gestation period of 4 years and for maintenance, the establishment of seed gardens, nurseries, micro irrigation, bore well/pump set/water harvesting structure, vermicompost units, solar pumps, harvesting tools, custom hiring centre cum harvester Groups, farmers and officers training, and for replanting of old oil palm gardens, etc.

❇️4 December

🛳 Indian Navy Day
      भारतीय नौसेना दिवस

Theme24: "Strength and Power through Innovation and Indigenisation" 

🛥To recognize the achievements and role of the Indian Navy to the country.

🛳 The Maratha Emperor, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhosle of the 17th century is considered as “Father of the Indian Navy”.

🛳December was chosen as on that day in 1971, during Operation Trident, the Indian Navy sank four Pakistani vessels including PNS Khaibar, killing hundreds of Pakistani Navy personnel.

🛳On this day, those who martyred in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 are also remembered.

🛳The Indian Navy is a maritime part of the Indian Army, which was established in 1612.

🟢HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
CDS: Lt General Anil Chauhan
Air Chief: Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Army Chief: Manoj Pandey
Naval Chief: Admiral R. Hari Kumar
DRDO Chief: Samir V. Kamat
ITBP Head: Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen