02 June 2025 - Daily Current Affairs Updates
- Avijeet Kumar
- Jun 2
- 3 min read
GS 2 – Governance, Policy & Administration
Third-Party Evaluation of Central Schemes Subject: Public Finance, Accountability & Performance-Based Governance
Ahead of the 16th Finance Commission cycle (2026–2031), 54 CSSs and 260 CSs are under mandatory outcome-based evaluation.
Evaluated by DMEO (under NITI Aayog) for CSSs, and independent third-party agencies for CSs.
The mechanism identifies redundancies, merges overlapping schemes, and ensures fiscal discipline through rationalization and sunset clauses.
Value Add: Use as a model for scheme rationalization, efficiency audits, and public fund accountability in governance questions.
Know Your DIGIPIN & Know Your PIN Code Subject: Digital Governance & Geospatial Infrastructure
DIGIPIN: Open-source, geo-coded digital address system by India Post + IIT-H + ISRO–NRSC.
Enables Address-as-a-Service (AaaS), emergency response, accurate e-commerce deliveries, and real-time GIS integration.
PIN Code geofencing project geo-tags all postal jurisdictions; integrated with Open Government Data (OGD) portal.
Value Add: Exemplifies India Stack innovation beyond ID – toward address identity; useful in logistics, emergency services, urban governance.
Quality Council of India (QCI) Subject: Standardization & Regulatory Reform
QCI (est. 1997) under DPIIT promotes ISO-aligned quality standards across healthcare (NABH), labs (NABL), education (NABET), and certification bodies (NABCB).
Joint initiative with industry bodies (CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM); first chairman – Ratan Tata.
Supports India's Ease of Doing Business through independent third-party accreditation.
Value Add: Model for institutionalizing quality control in Make in India, MSME capacity building, and public service delivery.
Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan Subject: Agriculture Outreach & Lab-to-Land Model
Targets 1.5 crore farmers across 700 districts via agri-scientists, progressive farmers, and government outreach teams.
Promotes practical knowledge of tech adoption, fisheries health (e.g., new vaccine: Argu VAX–I), and productivity enhancement.
Value Add: Good example for agricultural extension reforms, technology transfer, and community-based dissemination.
🧭 GS 3 – Infrastructure, Environment, Economy & Defence
City Gas Distribution Network (CGD) Subject: Energy Transition & Urban Infrastructure
West Bengal CGD project under Urja Ganga pushes toward 15% natural gas target in India’s energy mix by 2030.
Over 550 districts now connected (up from 66 in 2014), regulated by PNGRB under “One Nation One Gas Grid.”
CGD delivers CNG (vehicles) and PNG (residential, industrial).
Value Add: Integrate into energy diversification strategies, decarbonization planning, and clean fuel transition.
WHO’s MPOWER Framework & FCTC Subject: Global Public Health & NCD Prevention
MPOWER = Monitor, Protect, Offer, Warn, Enforce, Raise (taxes) – supports WHO FCTCimplementation.
India’s tobacco affordability, weak tax policy, and rising youth use undermine framework effectiveness.
FCTC is a legally binding international treaty (2005) ratified by 180 nations.
Value Add: Quote in Mains answers on preventive health strategy, NCD burden, Ayushman Bharat policy design.
Tral Wildlife Sanctuary – ESZ Notification Subject: Biodiversity Conservation & Forest Corridors
ESZ designated to protect critically endangered Hangul (Kashmir stag) outside Dachigam NP.
Tral functions as a corridor for Hangul, Kashmir musk deer, and gray langur across moist temperate to alpine ecosystems.
IUCN: Critically Endangered | CITES: Appendix I.
Value Add: Supports wildlife corridor debate, species recovery programs, and Himalaya-specific conservation models.
ISSAR 2024 – ISRO’s Annual Space Safety Report Subject: Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
India now chairs UN SSA working group and IADC; released “Debris Free Space Mission” pledge (target: 2030).
136 spacecraft launched; 10 collision avoidance manoeuvres executed; Cartosat-2 re-entered.
PSLV’s POEM modules successfully deorbited to reduce debris.
Value Add: Showcase India’s responsible space behavior, global norm-shaping, and orbital deconfliction leadership.
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