For the fiscal year 2020-2021, the central allocation for the Jal Jeevan mission in Orissa has been enhanced to Rs 3,323.42 crore. With a four-fold increase in budget, the Centre is aiding Odisha in achieving a "Har Ghar Jal" state by March 2024.

 

♦ By 2024, all rural Indian families are expected to have access to safe and sufficient drinking water via individual household tap connections.

♦ By 2024, it seeks to offer 55 litres of water per person per day through Functional Household Tap Connections to every rural household (FHTC).

♦ A functioning tap connection to schools, Anganwadi centres, health centres, wellness centres, GP offices, and community buildings is also included.

♦ The programme will also include mandated source sustainability measures such as grey water management for recharge and reuse, water conservation, and rainwater collection.

♦ JJM focuses on integrated demand-side and supply-side water management at the local level.

♦ The Mission`s approach to water is based on a community-based strategy. It plans to develop a water jan andolan, making water a primary priority for everyone.

♦ It encourages and ensures local community voluntary ownership through monetary, in-kind, and/or labour contributions, as well as volunteer labour.

Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, Ministry of Jal Shakti

The Centre and states split funds 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern states, 50:50 for other states, and 100 percent for Union Territories.

♦ Implementation and supervision of a four-tiered structure at the national, state, district, and village levels.

Enforcement Contract Portal" was unveild by the Department of Justice.

 

♦ The website (https://doj.gov.in/eodb/) is meant to be a complete source of information about legislative and policy developments affecting the “Enforcing Contracts” parameters.

♦ It offers the most up-to-date information on the operation and resolution of commercial matters in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Kolkata`s Dedicated Commercial Courts.

♦ The portal also provides online updates from all high courts on the commercial court-affiliated mediation and arbitration centre, which supervises and promotes institutional mediation and arbitration through commercial cases pre-institutional mediation and settlement (PIMS).

 

 

The Army has received the first manufacturing lot of 12 Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10m, which were conceived and produced by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with the manufacturing agency Larsen & Toubro Limited. The SSBS-10m is critical in bridging gaps up to 9.5m as a single span sup porting a 4m wide, totally covered roadway, allowing troops to move more quickly.

 

♦ Two prototypes of 5m SSBS on Tatra 66 chassis and two prototypes of 10m SSBS on Tatra 88 re-engineered chassis were developed as part of the enterprise.

♦ The bridging system is compatible with the Sarvatra bridging machine (75 m) in situations when the closing span is less than 9.5 m.

♦ The DRDO has already constructed and deployed a number of bridges for the Army.

 

 

A flex fuel vehicle (FFV) is a modified version of a vehicle that can run on both gasoline and blended gasoline containing various amounts of ethanol.

 

♦ In Brazil, these are currently being successfully deployed to give consumers the option of switching fuel sources.

♦ The use of biofuels in vehicle operating is made easier with these flexible fuel cars.

♦ Previously, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways released a Draft notification for mass emission requirements for E 12 and E 15 fuels, easing their use as vehicle fuels.