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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Why in news?NTPC Limited announced that India’s first Green Hydrogen Microgrid Projects will be set up at Simhadri near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.The projects will be a precursor to large-scale hydrogen energy storage projects and would be useful for studying an

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 10, Dec 2021

Reference News:The Union Cabinet has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project at a cost of ₹44,605 crore at the 2020-21 price level.The Centre would fund ₹39,317 crore for the project, with ₹36,290 crore as a grant and â

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Dec 2021

Reference News:-The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) has so far disbursed ₹48,606 crore to 32 States.Chhattisgarh and Odisha have had the maximum amount transferred to them, or close to ₹5,700 croreeach followed by Jharkh

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 07, Dec 2021

Reference News-‘Cooperation has failed, but cooperation must succeed,’ wrote the All India Rural Credit Survey Committee in 1954. This verdict came five decades after the first cooperative legislation of 1904. The Governor of the Madras Presidency

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Dec 2021

Reference News:The deadline for completing projects under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) has been extended for all 100 participating cities to June 2023 due to the delays caused by COVID-19 and based on a NITI Aayog recommendation in August.Smart Cities mission:GoI launch

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 27, Nov 2021

Why in News?India’s move to release 5 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves as part of a coordinated challenge led by the US against the OPEC+ producers’ cartel’s move to curb output, is the first time that New Delhi would be dipping into its reserves

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Nov 2021

Reference News:India will release 5 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency stockpile in tandem with the U.S., China, Japan, and other major economies to cool oil prices.This is the first time ever that India, which stores 5.33 million tonne or about 38 million barrels o

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Nov 2021

Topics Covered: Infrastructure- energy.Context:The Narendra Modi government’s National Hydrogen Mission is kick-starting with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) floating a global tender to set up green hydrogen generation units at two of its big refin

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Nov 2021

Reference News:Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of enhanced targets for climate action by India, particularly for achieving net-zero emissions by 2070, has highlighted the importance of long-term planning for decarbonising the economy. What precautions needs

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 19, Nov 2021

Reference News Recently, the Ministry of Rural Developmentinaugurated ‘Bhumi Samvaad’ – National Workshop on Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP).The Ministry also launched the National Generic Document Registration Sys