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PAPER I It also facilitates the sexual
exploitation of children through the
ISSUES RELATED TO WOMEN AND
production and dissemination of child
CHILDREN
sexual abuse materials and by
The Ministry of Women and Child facilitating the sexual exploitation and
Development to setup National trafficking of children.
Alliance against online Child sexual
Even though India has a
abuse and exploitation
comprehensive legal framew
framework for
The Ministry of Women & Child protection of child rights in the form of
Development, Government of India is Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
to form a National Alliance against Children) Act 2015, POCSO Act, 2012
Online Child Sexual Abuse
Abu and along with RTE Act 2009 and recently
Exploitation. amended Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Amendment Act, 2106,
With the aim of developing a
there is limited awareness
reness of online
comprehensive outreach system to
risks for children, both among parents
engage parents, schools, communities,
and guardian and children themselves,
NGO partners and local governments
(PRIs and ULBs) as well as police and Tthe National Alliance on Child Sexual
lawyers to ensure better Abuse and Exploitation has the
implementation of the legal framework.
framew following broad objectives:
Child sexual abuse is a multi-

multi I. Bring a common definition of
layered problem which negatively child pornography including
impacts childrens safety, health and amendment
mendment of acts (Information
well being. technology Act, POCSO Act).
Research from world

world-wide II. Set up a multi
multi-member
indicates that childrens exposure to secretariat based in MWCD with a
violence and abuse is associated with portal inclusive of a hotline for
long-term
term physical, psychological,
psychologica and reporting and strengthening existing
emotional harm. service delivery systems.
Child abuse is finding new forms III. Provide a platform for

and channels through mobile and Government/ NGOsGOs and other child
digital technologies. rights activists for networking and
information sharing.
Online child abuse and
exploitation amplifies existing forms of IV. Document and showcases
offline bullying, stalking and success stories and best practices in
harassment.
terms of prevention of online abuse Saksham 2017 is aimed to create
and exploitation of children. awareness amongst masses towards
judicious utilization and conservation
V. Inform and educate member
of petroleum products along with use of
organisations, parents,
arents, teachers, front
energy efficient appliances and
line service providers and children on
switching to cleaner fuels.
the rights of the children and various
issues related to online child abuse and Saksham is aimed to show path
exploitation. of fuel conservation through activities
like Quiz Show, Saksham Asian Cycling
VI. Provide a forum for advocacy for
Championship, Walkathons & concerts
child rights and policy inputs based on
across the country.
research and studies.
PAPER 2
GOVERNANCE
POLITY
Draft fuel efficiency norms for heavy

duty vehicles to be released on 1st Ministry of HUPA rules out any
April, 2017 says Petroleum Minister amendments to RERA
Real Estate Act is one of the most

consumer friendly laws passed by the
Shri Pradhan urges everyone to
Parliament and States have no power to
turn off vehicle engine at traffic signal;
dilute its provisions.
could save 2% of fuel translating to Rs
14000 cr. This law, which was widely
welcomed and appreciated bene benefits
He added there are more than
both the buyers and sellers of real
15 Cr two wheelers and more than 3 Cr
estate properties besides enhancing the
three wheelers currently on roads in
credibility of the sector.
India.
Minimum plot size of 500 sq.mt
By turning off vehicle engine at
proposed in the Act for registration of
red light stops of traffic signal, about 2
projects with Regulatory Authorities
% of fuel can be saved which translates
was arrived at after several rounds oof
to Rs 14000 Cr of saving for the
discussions by the Parliamentary
country.
Committees and in the Parliament and
Shri Pradhan inaugurated the it cant be altered now.
month long awareness drive on fuel
Real Estate Rules have so far
conservation called Saksham 2017
been notified for Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, iii) Appropriation Acts including
Delhi, Chandigarh, Andaman & Appropriation (Railways) Acts;
Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nager
iv) The Repealing and Amending
Haveli, Daman & Diu and
Act, 2016 (23 of 2016) repealing 294
Lakshadweep.
Acts.
Out of the aforesaid 1824 Acts,

Cabinet approves the repealing of 227 Acts (including Appropriation Acts
the obsolete and redundant laws enacted by Parliament for the States
under President's Rule) are identified to
The Union Cabinet chaired by the
be repealed by State Governments have
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has
been requested to take necessary
given its approval for introduction of
action to repeal them.
the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2017
20
to repeal 105 Acts. A list of remaining 422 Central
Acts was circulated among all the
Background:
Ministries/ Departments for their
The two Member Committee comments on repeal of Acts pertaining
constituted by the PMO, the Law to their respective
Commission of India and the Ministries/Departments.
Legislative Department identified 1824
Cabinet gives approval to the
redundant and obsolete Central Acts
package for supporting Micro and
for repeal.
Small Enterprises (MSEs)
After careful examination and
The Union Cabinet chaired by
consultation with various
the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
Ministries/Departments in the
has given ex-post
post facto approval to the
Government of India, four Acts have
package for supporting Micro and
been enacted to repeal 1175 Central
Small Enterprises (MSEs)
Acts (during the period May, 2014 to
Augmentation of the Corpus of Credit
August, 2016) by Parliament which are
Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro and
Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

i) The Repealing and Amending
The proposal entails the
Act, 2015 (17 of 2015) repealing 35
following:
Acts; The Repealing and Amending
(Second) Act, 2015 (19 of 2015)
repealing 90 Acts;
(i) Augmentation of the corpus of
ii) The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) the Trust from Rs. 2,500 crore to
Act, 2016 (22 of 2016) repealing 756;
Rs.7,500 crore, to be fully funded by thereby promote equity and
the GoI; inclusiveness.
As the scheme provides credit

without collateral and third
third-party
(ii) To increase coverage of the loans
guarantee, the start--ups would be
covered under the credit guarantee
encouraged to set up enterprises based
scheme from Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 2 crore;
on innovation and new ideas.
(iii) To increase coverage of the credit

Cabinet approves amendment in
guarantee scheme for loans being
Modified Special Incentive Package
extended to micro and small
Scheme
enterprises by NBFCs also. This would
enable the Trust to enhance the
quantum
has given its approval for amendment
The measures would result in the
in the Modified Special Incentive
following benefits:
Package Scheme (M-SIPS)
SIPS) to further
incentivize investments in Electronic
Sector and moving towards the goal of
a. Lowering the level of leverage;
Nett Zero imports in electronics by
b. Improving sustainability of the 2020.
Fund;
Besides expediting investments
c. Enable the Trust to enhance the into the Electronics System Design and
quantum of credit guarantee to larger Manufacturing (ESDM) sector in India,
number of MSEs; the amendments in M M-SIPS are
expected to create employment
d. Improving financial management;
opportunities and reduce dependence
and
on imports.
e. Limit the unfunded contingent
The projects already received
liabilities.
under the scheme have the potential to
generate employment to the extent of
upto one million persons (direct and
Augmentation of the corpus
indirect).
would facilitate larger flow of credit to
MSEs. This in turn, would lead to The Policy covers all States and
increased output and employment and Districts and provides them an
opportunity to attract investments
investmen in
electronics manufacturing
Cabinet approves Listing of
The salient features of the Government owned General
amendment are: Insurance Companies at the stock
exchanges
a) The applications will be received
under the scheme upto 31st December The Cabinet Committee on
2018 or till such time that an incentive Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime
commitment of Rs 10,000 crore is Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given
reached, whichever is earlier. In case its in principle approval for listing the
the incentive commitment of Rs 10,000 following five Government owned
crore is reached, a review will be held General Insurance e Companies in the
to decide further financial stock exchanges. These are:
commitments.
a. The New India Assurance

b) For new approvals, the incentive Company Ltd.
under the scheme will be available from
b. United India Insurance Company
thee date of approval of a project and
Ltd.,
not from the date of receipt of
application. c. Oriental Insurance Company
Ltd.,
d. National Insurance Company

c) The incentives will be available for
Ltd. and
investments made within 5 years from
the date of approval of the project. e. General Insurance Corporation of
India.
d) Approvals will normally be

accorded to eligible applications
ications within The shareholding
areholding of these Public
120 days of submission of the complete Sector General Insurance Companies
application. (PSGICs) will be divested from 100
percent to 75 percent in one or more
tranches over a period of time.
e) A unit receiving incentives under
Listing of (PSGICs) is likely to
the scheme, will provide an
yield the following benefits:
undertaking to remain in commercial
production for a period of at least 3
years.
a. Listing on the Stockk Exchange The Minister added that the
necessitates compliance with a number PMBJP is a step in this direction which
of disclosures and accounting would, on one hand, drastically reduce
requirements of SEBI, which acts as an the out of pocket health expenditure for
additional oversight mechanism. The the common man and give an impetus
disclosures bring about transparency to the Make in India mi mission in the
and equity in the companies pharma sector.
functioning.
There is an active financial
b. Listing is expected to lead to support extended by the government to
improved corporate governance and the extent of Rs. 2.5 lakh in the form of
risk management practices leading to financial assistance to the kendras
improved efficiency. A greater focus on setup in Government hospitals and
growth and earnings can also be incentives to individuals, with special
expected. and softer
fter terms to SC, ST and
differently-abled
abled persons
c. Listing will open the way for the
companies to raise resources from the
capital market to meet their fund
Procedure for Refund/Cancellation
requirements to expand their
of PRS and UTS tickets Booked
businesses, instead of being dependent
through PoS Machine
on the Government for capital infusion.
With a view to facilitate
convenient booking of reserved and
Government envisions to establish unreserved tickets by passengers
JanaushadhiKendras in every Block through cashless modes of payment
and Gram Panchayat viz. Credit/Debit cards even at the
ticket booking counters, it has been
Pradhan
decided to install 10,000 POS (Point of
MantriBhartiyaJanaushadhiPariyojana
Pariyojana
Sale) (Swpie) machines at the PRS
(PMBJP), an initiative of the
(Passenger Reservation System) and
Department of Pharmaceuticals,
UTS counters (including Suburban
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,
stations).
Government of India, is a mission to
make quality medicines accessible to Following procedure
ure is proposed
all citizens of the country at affordable with regard to cancellation of the
prices. tickets booked through POS machines.
The BPPI is the no

nodal 1. Cancellation cum refund procedure
implementation agency for the PMBJP for UTS/PRS tickets booked using SBI
Scheme. POS for payment:
Refund of PRS/UTS tickets shall be
done using the offline process as
3. Cancellation cum refund procedure
detailed below:
for PRS tickets issued from POS of
i) The offline process of refund shall be other banks.
followed in case of tickets booked using
There are around 75 POS ma machines
SBI POS for payment which means that
which were operational at different
the refund amount shall be credited to
locations of Indian Railways prior to
the account of card holder without any
awarding contract for installing 10,000
need to swipe his card at the time of
POS machines to SBI. The refund is
cancellation at the counter.
processed through online method in
ii) The customer can approach to any this POS machines, wherein, the
counter anywhere for cancellation of customer needs to swipe his
ticket booked from SBI POS.. Needless credit/debit
it/debit card at the POS machine
to mention that PRS ticket can be at the time of cancellation of the ticket
cancelled only at any PRS/PRS cum and the due refund amount as fed by
UTS counter and UTS ticket shall be the booking/reservation clerk is
cancelled only at any UTS/PRS
S/PRS cum credited to the account of the card
UTS counter. holder. However, this process of refund
is possible only at locations having POS
iii) The print of cancelled PRS ticket
machines. At non POS locations, the
would have a message indicating that
Ticket Deposit Receipt (TDR) is issued
Electronic Refund for the information
to affect the refund. This procedure
of the customer. The customer may
shall continue till further advice.
also be informed verbally or through
However, the refund of the ticket issued
information board that the refund shall
using SBI POS shall not be processed
be credited
dited to the account of card
by swiping the card on non SBI POS.
holder within 7 days.
While cancelling the ticket, the system
2. IRCTC customer care dealing with shall prompt the booking clerk about
the refund issues of e-tickets
tickets is the POS (SBI or other bank) which was
entrusted with the responsibility to used at the time of booking and advise
address refund related complaints of the booking clerk not to swipe the card.
tickets issued using POS.. IRCTC shall
coordinate with SBI, CRIS CR and
concerned Zonal Railways to monitor
the processing of refunds on daily basis
and to resolve the issues/complaints in
expeditious manner.

INETRNATIONAL REALATIONS Ability to fulfil their respective
roles and activities under this
Cabinet apprised of the MoU between
Memorandum and its relevant separate
the Indian Space Research
Implementation Arrangement
gement is subject
Organisation (ISRO) and the
to their respective funding procedures,
Japanese Aerospace Exploration
the availability of appropriated funds
Agency (JAXA)
and their respective national laws.
Framework MoU would lead to
joint activity in the field of application
has been apprised of the Memorandum
of space technologies for the benefit of
of Understanding g (MoU) signed on
humanity. Thus all sections and
November 11, 2016 at Tokyo, Japan
regions of the country will get
between the Indian Space Research
benefited.
Organisation (ISRO) and the Japanese
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
for cooperation in the field of outer
Background:
space.
The purpose of this MoU is to

pursue future cooperative
ative activities in India and Japan pursue space
the exploration and use of outer space cooperation for more than 5 decades
exclusively for peaceful purposes in and carried out studies in the field of
accordance with the laws and atmospheric study, observation of
regulations applicable in each country universe and scientific investigati
investigation in
and their international obligations. remote sensing.
This MoU provides scope for With the formation of JAXA in

pursuing cooperation in various
arious areas 2003, an "arrangement concerning the
of space science technology and considerations of potential future
applications including: eearth cooperation in the field of outer space"
observation, satellite communication was signed in October 2005 between
and navigation; exploration and space ISRO/ Department of Space (DOS) and
sciences; Research and development JAXA.
(space systems and space technology);
Subsequently
ntly both agencies have
and Space industry promotion.
signed cooperative documents
ISRO and JAXA will bear the addressing lunar exploration, satellite
costs of their respective activities under navigation, X-ray
ray astronomy and Asia
this Memorandum,, unless they decide Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum
otherwise in writing. (APRSAF).
During the ISRO-JAXA
JAXA bilateral infrastructuredevelopment
development and
meeting held at New Delhi on April 05, enhance logistics efficiency.
2016, both
th sides stressed the need for
This will help in promoting safe,
updating the contents of '2005
economical, efficien
efficient and
Arrangement' with enhanced scope of
environmentally sound road transport
cooperation.
in the country and will further help
Accordingly, both sides have both the countries in creating an
arrived at the draft of new institutional mechanism for
'Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) cooperation in the field.
between ISRO and JAXA concerning
Salient features of the MoU
cooperation in the field of outer space
are:
and got it signed on November 11,
2016 at Tokyo during the visit of Prime b. Exchange and sharing of
Minister of India to Japan. knowledge and cooperation in the area
of transportation technologies and
transport policies, for passenger and
Cabinet approves MoU between India freight movement by roads;
and the United Arab Emirates on
Bilateral Cooperation in the Road
Transport and Highways sector b. Planning, administration and
management of road infrastructure,
technology and standards for
roads/highways construction and
has approved the Memorandum of
maintenance;
Understanding (MoU) between een India
and the United Arab Emirates on
Bilateral Cooperation in the Road
c. Sharing of information and best
Transport and Highways Sector to be
practices for developing road safety
signed between the Ministry of Road
plans and road safety intervention
Transport and Highways, India and the
strategies, and outreach activities
Federal Transport Authority Land and
aimed at reducing deaths and injuries
Maritime, U.A.E.
resulting from road accidents through:
The proposed MoU envisages
increased cooperation, exchange and
collaboration between India and the d. Sharing of knowledge and best
UAE, and will contribute to increased practices in user-free
free (toll)
(toll)-related
investment in issues; including modern systems,
technologies and methods of levying of
user-free
free and collection including increasingpopulation
population of the nation, it
Electronic Toll Collection System; becomes necessary to utilize every drop
of available water efficiently and to
produce more crops from the same
f. Sharing of information areas of available water and land, for providing
improved technologies and materials in Food security to growing population.
road
ad and bridge construction, including
It is a big challenge and
joint research; and
responsibility on Agriculture sector to
provide quality and quantity of food to
the population with a scarce resource.
f. Sharing of information and
cooperation for mobilizing investments Currently India and other
for setting up of Logistics Parks, freight countries faced major issues related to
logistics, transportation warehousing sustainable management of water and
and value added services (VAS) as an the issues
sues are over exploitation of
enabler and d as a catalyst of economic ground water resources; lack of proper
growth and seamless freight movement. crop alignment; low water use
efficiency (WUE); lack of awareness
among farmers; improper recycling and
reuse of water, and problems related to
industries.
PAPER 3
To overcome such challenges
AGRICULTURE
Government
overnment of India have been
Union minister of agriculture and launched various plans/schemes for
farmers welfare recommends various sustainable use of Water:
measures for efficient Water
(a) Pradhan
Management
MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY)
In India, about 86% percent is (Prime Minister Agricultural Irrigation
used for agriculture, 6 percent
rcent for Project)has been formulated on 1st
industries and 8 percent for domestic July, 2015 with the vision of extending
uses. the
he coverage of irrigation
HarKhetkopani (that means water to
It was 5,177 cubic meter in 1951
every farm) and improving water use
and will reach to 1,341 and 1,140
efficiency More crop per drop' in a
cubic meter in 2025 and 2050 i.e. near
focused manner with end to end
to water scarcity line, respectively.
solution on source creation,
Due to continuous fall in per distribution, management, field
capita water availability
ty and application and extension ac activities.
The scheme is expected to ensure mannerin parts of the plant where it is
access to efficient delivery and most efficiently absorbed.
application of water at every farm
The concept of multiple use of
thereby enhancing agricultural
water must be popularized. Multiple
production and productivity.
use of water approach generates more
(b) National Mission for Sustainable income benefits, decreases
Agriculture (NMSA) has objective of vulnerability by allowing more
making agriculture
riculture more productive, diversified livelihood strategies and
sustainable, and remunerative and increases sustainability of ecosystem.
climate resilient by promoting location
Emphasis should be given on
specific integrated/composite farming
water resources conservations through
systems; soil and moisture
watershed development in suitable
conservation measures; comprehensive
areas and development of micro
micro-water
soil health management; efficient water
structures for rainwater harvesting.
management practices
actices and
mainstreaming rainfed technologies. Specialized solution must be
found and adopted for chronically
(c) National Water Mission has
water stressed areas where the normal
objective of conservation of water,
measures may not be effective.
minimizing wastage and ensuring its
Connecting highly water stressed areas
more equitable distribution both across
with perennial source of water through
and within states through integrated
linking of rivers or water grids is one
water resources development
developmen and
such option.
management.
Cultivation of coarse cere cereals
Some Suggestions:
particularly millets, which are
Greater efficiency in irrigation be pronounced as nutri-cereals,
cereals, low water
pursued vigorously. This can be requiring and climate resilient crops
achieved through proper designing of may be supported to meet the growing
irrigation system for reducing water demand of safe and nutritious food
conveyance loss. worldwide.
Adoption of water saving Water is certainly the most

technologies such as sprinkler and drip critical resource for agricul
agriculture, gaining
irrigation system have proven primacy even on other important
extremely effective in not just water inputs like soil.
conservation but also leading to higher
The competing use of water for
yields with better quality of produce by
agriculture and non
non-agricultural
delivering water in a controlled
purposes, inefficient irrigation
practices, injudicious use of pesticides, technological as well as social
poor conservation infrastructure, and interventions.
lack of governance
rnance have lead to
It is estimated that with 10 p per
increasing water scarcity and pollution
cent increase in the present level of
worldwide.
efficiency in irrigation projects, an
Distribution of water resources additional 14 million hectare area can
across the vast expanse of the country be irrigated from the existing irrigation
is uneven, therefore, as incomes rise capacities which would involve a very
the need for water also raises.. modest investment compared to what is
required for creatin
creating equivalent
As per the international norms, a
potential through new schemes.
country
ry is classified as Water Stressed
and Water Scarce, if per capita / year Therefore, there is need to adopt
water availability goes below 1700 m3 an integrated approach with emphasis
and 1000 m3, respectively. on greater conservation and enhanced
water use efficiency.
With 1544 m3 per capita / year
water availability, India is already a Though India is among the
water-stressed
stressed country and moving leading producers of foodgrains in the
towards turning water scarce. world but Indias
dias productivity vis
vis--vis
world average and highest yield (kg/ha)
Use of irrigation water requires
for major crops cereals, pulses
pulses,
that water be applied to growing crops
oilseeds, sugarcane and vegetables
at appropriate times and in adequate
remains short of the highest levels
amounts and the main task will be to
achieved elsewhere in the world, except
(i) produce more from less water by
castor an industrial oil crop.
efficient use of utilizable water
resources in irrigated
gated areas, (ii) India hasas highest courage,
enhance productivity of challenged production and productivity of castor in
ecosystems, i.e., rainfed and water the world mainly because of hybrid
logged areas, and (iii) utilize a part of technologies and water use efficiency in
grey water for agriculture production in castor.
a sustainable manner.
Similarly, in livestock sector also,
Most of the irrigation projects are despite India being the top producer of
operating at levels beloww the achievable milk, bovine productivity is ononly 1538
efficiency of more than 50 per cent and kg per year as compared to the world
there is enormous scope to improve the average of 2238 kg per year
year.
productivity and efficiency of irrigation
systems which can be achieved both by
The low productivity levels also than 66030 km, making it the worlds
indicate existence of enormous third largest rail network and the
untapped potential. fourth largest rail freight carrier.
Efficiency-mediated
mediated improvement The Railways runs 12,000 trains
in productivity is the most viable option connecting
necting more than 8000 stations
to raise production. and carrying 23 million passengers,
and over 7000 freight trains, carrying 3
Development of new crop
million tonnes of freight every day.
varieties with more efficient
Indian Railways transports 90% of the
photosynthesis and shorter duration
total coal moved in the country,
would be of immense help in increasing
supplying 50% of the power in India.
cropping intensity.
Indian Railways have undertaken
Adoption of Resource Conserving
various initiatives to provide impetus to
Technologies (RCTs) lead to an
the Make in India program and also
improvement in productivity compared
encourage investment in railway
to traditional hand transplanting at
infrastructure through investor
investor-friendly
different locations.
policies.
The prevailing farming situation
Some of the recent key
in India calls for an integrated effort to
achievements are:
address the emerging issues /
problems. First semi-high
high spe
speed train, The
Gatimaan Express between Delhis
However, these integrated
HazratNizamuddin station and Agra
farming systems are required to be
Cantonment, was launched on April 5,
location specific
ic and designed in such a
2016. This is the fastest train in India,
manner that they lead to substantial
running at up to 160 km/h to give a
improvement in energy efficiencies at
journey time of 1 hour 40 min on the
the farm and help in maximum
188 km route.
exploitation of synergies through
adoption of close cycles. Mumbai-Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad high speed
rail project has been sanctioned at a
PAPER 3
total cost INR 97,636 crore.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Biggest Make in India initiative
Railways Sector with JV agreements worth INR 40,000
crores signed between Ministry of
Indian Railways is the backbone
Railways and M/S Alstom
of long distance passenger transport in
Manufacturing India for setting up an
India with a network that spans more
Electric locomotive factory at
Madhepura, and with GE Global
Sourcing India Pvt. Ltd for setting up a
v. Railway Electrification,
Diesel locomotive factory in Marhowra
for rolling stock manufacturing
(November 2015).
vi. Signaling systems,
1,098 RKM Optical Fibre Cables
(OFC) have been laid in FY15-16.
FY15 The
total OFC network commissioned by vii. Freight terminals,
Indian Railways is 48,818 RKM OFC
enabling high speed communication
network over Indian Railways. viii. Passenger terminals,
Policy Initiatives & Investments FDI

Policy
ix. Infrastructure in industrial park
pertaining to railway line/sidings
including electrified railway lines and
100 % FDI is permitted through
connectivity to main railway line
automatic route for construction,
operation and maintenance railway
infrastructure since November 2014.
x. Mass Rapid Transport Systems.
Some of the key areas open for
investments are:
Infrastructure Development
I. Suburban corridor projects

through PPP,
High Speed Rail Project:
II. High speed train projects,

India and Japan are collaborating on
the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed
Rail Project using Shinkansen
III. Dedicated freight lines,
technology covering a total of 508 km.
A new entity named National High
Speed Rail Corporation Ltd was set up
iv. Rolling stock including train sets,
set
in February 2016 to implement the
and locomotives/coaches
project. Japan
an International
manufacturing and maintenance
Cooperation Agency (JICA) has also
facilities,
appointed a General Consultant (GC).
Rail Wheel Plant at Bela near Chhapra
has been commissioned and regular
Dedicated Freight Corridors
production of cast wheels for rolling
stock has commenced.
Two Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC), PPP in Railways

one on the Western route (Jawaharlal
Nehru Port to Dadri) and another on
the Eastern route (Ludhiana
(Ludhia to Indian Railways generated an
Dankuni), have been fast-tracked.
tracked. INR investment of INR
25,320 crore worth of contracts have
been awarded in the last two years for
the implementation of DFCs. 15,000 through PPP projects during
2015-16,
16, which is highest till date. In
order to give momentum to the PPP
The first ever section on DFC of 56 km projects, partnership with State
between Durgawati-Sasaram
Sasaram has been Governments and industry is being
commissioned. encouraged to undertake coal and
mining .
Some of the major PPP initiative in the

New freight corridors
ors which have been
sector are as below:
identified are
Rail connectivity to Tuna Port at

East-West
West Corridor (2328 km)
a cost of INR 142 crore has been
(Kolkata-Mumbai)
implemented
emented and was commissioned in
July 2015.
North-South
South Corridor (2343 km)
(Delhi-Chennai)
Approvals under Joint Venture
model have been granted to build rail
connectivity to the ports of Jaigarh at a
East Coast Corridor (1114 km)
cost of INR 771 crore, Rewas at a cost
(Kharagpur-Vijaywada)
of INR 349 crore, and Dighi at a cost of
INR 724 crore. The implementation of
rail connectivity to these ports is in
Rail Wheel Plant
progress.

Research and Development initiatives to enable ease of doing
business are as follows:
Technology Mission on Indian

Railways (TMIR) for Implemented 100% e
e-
development/research/innovation in procurement solution for all kinds of
Railway Technologies in association contracts goods, works and services.
with Department of Science &
Technology,
gy, MoHRD and
representatives of industry has been Discontinued dual freight policy
set up. for Iron Ore, making domestic and
export rate the same. (May 10, 2016)
MoUs with Countries:: Ministry of

Railways have signed MoUs/Protocols Withdrawal of 10% port
during the last two years for technical congestion charge levied on cargo
cooperation in the rail sector with (i) moving to inland distribution points
Sweden, (ii) France , (iii) Japan, (iv) (April 13, 2016)
Russiaia (v) United Kingdom (vi) Slovak
Republic, (vii) Kazakhstan (viii) Canada,
(ix) South Korea, Rationalization of freight rates for
Coal traffic
(x) China, (xi) Czech Republic and (xii)
Germany. The MoUs enable technical
visits, exchange of technical experts,
Automatic freight rebate scheme
reports and documents, training
in traditional empty flow direction
programme, feasibility
sibility studies/pilot
traffic introduced on June 25, 2015
projects.
with a view to convert empty running of
rakes into loaded one.
Four Centres of Railways

Research have been set up in premier
Roll on Roll off scheme
educational institutions.
launched on Digha Rail Bridge over
Ease of Doing Business River Ganges near Patna. Under this
scheme loaded trucks would be moved
on the flat wagons to avoid congested
Indian Railways has undertaken a slew roads across Ganges.
of initiatives for improving efficiency
and transparency. Some of the key
Skill Development Indian Railways have started using
social media such as SMS & Twitter for
public grievances. Use of social m
media
Indian Railways is the worlds 8th has helped Indian Railways to gather
largest employer in the world with a 1.4 feedback and proactively ensure the
million work force. safety and wellbeing of passengers.
The Ministry of Railways , under

unde Skill Minister of Railways Unveils Mission
India initiative has been setting up 41k
training centres. Out of 53 locations
identified for setting up training
centers, 12 have started training Minister of Railways Shri Suresh
through training partners. PrabhakarPrabhu unveiled Mission 41k
during the Roundtable Discussion with
Customer Initiatives
External Stakeholders on Energy
Initiatives of Indian Railways.
Nomination of Key Customer Ministry of Railways has come up

Managers with an aim to provide an with Mission 41k to save Rs. 41000
appropriate mechanism to the major crore in the next decade in Railways
freight customers/ stakeholders to energy costs.
redress their day-to-day
day problems/
All electrification
ectrification works done in
grievance.
the last decade would be doubled and
this would change the energy mix of
Indian Railways.
A process of structured dialogue
called SAMVAD between customers Indian Railways has set a target
and top Railway authorities has been of 1000 MW of solar power and 200
initiated under which continuous MW of wind energy.
feedback from
By procuring electricity through
open access, the
he cost of electricity
procurement comes down drastically
customers will be sought. The
which contributes 25% of the working
SAMVAD at all India level will be
expenses.
quarterly. At Zonal level, it will be bi-
bi
monthly. Railways have about 50 % tracks
electrified as of now which greatly

contributes in keeping the energy bill growing demand for freight transport
low & reducing the carbon footprint. and induce a modal shift of freight
traffic from road to rail.
Ministry
inistry of Railways want to take
electrification to 90% in next few years Since both corridors are to have
through Mission Electrification with an more energy efficient locos powered by
aim to reduce dependence on imported electric traction, the completion of
fuel, change energy mix, and Dedicated Freight Corridor project
rationalize the cost of energy for would lead to higher operational
Railways. efficiency, resulting in substantial
energy saving and significant reduction
Background:
of GHG emissions.
Indias economy has seen
Energy is a vital input for
unprecedented growth during the last
production and growth.
decade with average growth of 78%
7
per annum in last few years. Considering universal
niversal energy
access and energy security as one of
With economic growth, the
the fundamental development goals for
passenger and freight traffic on the
the country, Government of India (GoI)
Indian Railways is expected to grow
has undertaken a two pronged
from 3,635 billion passenger kilometres
approach energy efficiency and
and 961 billion tonnekilometres
Reduction in cost of energy.
respectively in 2005 to 19,427 billion
passenger kilometres and 6,677 billion India has a definite plan for
tonnekilometres respectively by 2030 progressing
ogressing more towards use of
i.e., an increase of more than 6 folds. cleaner energy and factor in energy
efficiency in its usage.
Rail as a mode of transport needs
to enhance its capacity. Railways are taking number of
steps to reduce energy consumption by
The saturation
ation of capacity of the
using various energy
energy-efficient
Indian Railways on the Golden
technologies.
Quadrilateral has weighed heavily on
the mind of Indian policymakers while Although, rail as a mode of
taking the decision to construct transport has less s specific energy
dedicated freight corridors (Dedicated consumption than road for passenger
Freight Corridor). and freight movement, the share of the
road sector in Indian transport has
The construction of these
witnessed a steady rise at the cost of
Dedicated
ted Freight Corridors would
the rail sector.
enable the Indian Railways to meet the
Speed of railway traffic has been SCIENCE AND TECH
increasing gradually, however for
Ministry of Earth Sciences
ensuring
ring sustained efforts in the
Commissions Higher Resolution
direction of substantial increase in the
Weather Prediction Model
speed of freight and passenger traffic,
and time bound delivery, Ministry of The Ministry of Earth Sciences
Railways have launched Mission (MoES)) has commissioned a very high
Raftaar. resolution (12 km) global deterministic
weather prediction model for generating
To achieve the objectives of
operational weather forecasts.
higher speed under Mission Raftaar,
Ministry of Railways are also It has shown significant
manufacturing energy efficient high improvements in skill of daily weather
horsepower electric locomotives and forecasts. This model has been made
Electric Multiple Units at our plants in operational from January 16, 2017.
Madhepura, Kancharapara and Diesel
The present model replaces the
locomotives factory at Marhaura.
earlier version which had a horizontal
These locomotives shall be resolution of 25 km.
manufactured in India under the Make
SIt was very helpful, especially in
in India program of the government.
predicting the track and the intensity of
Railway has plans to change its the recent Very Severe
vere Cyclonic Storm
energy mix and shall be using Green Vardah and the cold wave over the
Energy. Railway is going to install solar northern parts of India.
and wind plants for using green energy
MoESs operational Ensemble
on its system.
Prediction System (EPS) will also be
To change energy mix towards
towar upgraded to 12 km.
Green energy in a phased manner,
SFor this the High Performance
Ministry of Railways plan to set up
Computing (HPC) system resources
1000 MW solar and about 200 MW
available with MoES is tto be
wind plants.
augmented to 10 Peta Flops from the
Development of new technologies current 1.2 Peta Flops.
shall provide opportunities for new
The operational EPS currently
innovations by entrepreneurs and local
has a horizontal resolution of about 25
industries shall support the
km.
governments
vernments Stand up India program.

The EPS also help generate Now the SEZ Developers & Units
probabilistic forecasts and quantify the can file all their transactions digitally
uncertainties. through SEZ Online system and trac track
the status on the go through the SEZ
In general, during the last five
India mobile app.
years, the skill of weather and climate
forecasts in India has improved.
The improvement is noted

especially in general public weather
forecasts, monsoon forecasts, heavy
rainfall warnings and tropical cyclone
warnings and alerts.
The successes in predicting the

Tropical Cyclones Phailin/Hudhud,
heavy rainfall event in Chennai during
December 2015, deficient rainfall
during monsoon season of 2015 are the
best examples for the improvement in
prediction capability during the recent
years.
ECONOMY
App named 'SEZ India' launched by

Commerce Ministry
A Mobile app named SEZ India

has been launched by the SEZ
Division, Department of Commerce
under its broader e-Governance
Governance
initiative i.e. SEZ Online System, has
developed mobile app for Special
Economic Zones (SEZs).
The App would help the SEZ

Units and Developers to find
information easily and track their
transactions on SEZ Online System.
System


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