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E-Samiksha launched
The Indian Railways recently launched E-Samiksha, an online monitoring mechanism.
Why?
To monitor implementation of various ongoing projects including Rail Budget proposals.
Benefits:
This portal would help to keep an eye on the implementation of budget commitments. This portal will mainly focus on Budget
Review, Board Meetings, Zonal Railway Review, Infrastructure Targets and Project Implementation Review.
Details:
E-Samiksha is a real time, on-line system for monitoring of follow-up action on the decisions taken during the
presentations made by different Ministries/Departments to the Prime Minister.
The follow-up action in respect of each decision is to be updated by the concerned Ministry/Department/Agency as
and when the status changes or at least every month.
The software is designed by NIC.
The software is currently being used by Cabinet Secretariat, PMO and other Ministries for monitoring progress
implementation of various programmes and follow-up of meetings.
Sources: PIB.
Three new havens for tigers

The Centre has planned to form three new tiger reserves.
Their locations:
In-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for creation of reserves in:
1. Ratapani in Madhya Pradesh.
2. Sunabeda in Odisha.
3. Guru Ghasidas in Chhattisgarh.
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Other decisions taken by the NTCA:

The NTCA has accorded final approval to a proposal to declare Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka and Rajaji
National Park in Uttarakhand as tiger reserves.
Seeking to provide more protected spaces for the endangered species, State governments have been asked to send
conservation proposals for the following areas: Suhelwa in Uttar Pradesh, Mhadei in Goa, Srivilliputtur Grizzled
Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary/ Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary/ Varushanadu Valley in Tamil Nadu, Dibang in Arunachal
Pradesh and Cauvery-MM Hills in Karnataka.
Punishments for violation of tiger reserve rules and hunting or altering the boundaries of tiger reserves have been
enhanced. As per the Ministrys country-level assessment, India hosted an estimated 2226 tigers in 2014.
NTCA:
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 was amended in 2006 keeping in view the needs of the Project Tiger for providing
enabling provisions for constitution of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Tiger and Other Endangered
Species Crime Control Bureau.
The functions of NTCA are as follows:
Ensuring normative standards in tiger reserve management
Preparation of reserve specific tiger conservation plan
Laying down annual/ audit report before Parliament
Instituting State level Steering Committees under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister and establishment of Tiger
Conservation Foundation.
According approval for declaring new Tiger Reserves.
Sources: The Hindu, PIB, Wiki.
Green tribunals thumbs up for waste-to-energy projects

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has permitted the States, including Karnataka, to use incinerator technology for
producing Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), commonly known as waste-to-energy. This is being seen as a setback to those
opposing burning of municipal solid wastes (MSW).
What else has the Tribunal said?
The Tribunal has said that no waste could be directly put into the incinerators or for power generation, except the
specifically permitted. Only those wastes that are found unrecyclable after segregation should be put into the
incinerators.
Also, the tribunal emphasised that it was not putting any absolute restriction on Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) being
used as power generation fuel, but first effort should be made for composting of wet waste. The States are free to use
RDF for generating fuel with due care and caution by framing necessary guidelines.
The NGT has also directed dividing the State into clusters for locating sufficient number of incinerator plants.
Authorities are asked to provide maximum space for plants to have large storage and processing area for wastes;
ensure green belt of higher density around plants, and adopt new technologies.
The Central Pollution Control Board and the Ministry of Environment and Forests were directed to prescribe specific
guidelines for emissions from incinerators.
Background:
The directions were issued on a case between MSW expert Almitra H. Patel vs. Union of India that was referred to the
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NGT by the Supreme Court, which since 1996 had issued several directions on management of MSW across the
country.
Based on this case, the Centre had formulated the MSW (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000.
Refuse-derived fuel (RDF):
Also called as Solid recovered fuel/ specified recovered fuel (SRF) is a fuel produced by shredding and dehydrating solid
waste (MSW) with a Waste converter technology.
RDF consists largely of combustible components of municipal waste such as plastics and biodegradable waste.
RDF is extracted from municipal solid waste using a mix of mechanical and/or biological treatment methods.
The production of RDF may involve the following steps:
Bag splitting/Shredding
Size screening
Magnetic separation
Coarse shredding
Refining separation
Uses of the Fuel:
RDF can be used in a variety of ways to produce electricity.
It can be used alongside traditional sources of fuel in coal power plants.
RDF can be fed into plasma arc gasification modules, pyrolysis plants and where the RDF is capable of being
combusted cleanly or in compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, RDF can provide a funding source where unused carbon
credits are sold on the open market via a carbon exchange.
However, the use of municipal waste contracts and the bankability of these solutions is still a relatively new concept, thus
RDFs financial advantage may be debatable.
Incinerator technology:
It is a waste treatment technology, which includes the combustion of waste for recovering energy.
Incineration coupled with high temperature waste treatments are recognized as thermal treatments.
During the process of incineration, the waste material that is treated is converted in to IBM, gases, particles and heat.
These products are later used for generation of electricity. The gases, flue gases are first treated for eradication of
pollutants before going in to atmosphere.
Incineration reduces the mass of the waste from 95 to 96%. This reduction depends upon the recovery degree and
composition of materials. This means that incineration however, does not replace the need for landfilling but it reduced
the amount to be thrown in it.
For further reference: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221036/pb13889incineration-municipal-waste.pdf.
Sources: The Hindu, Wiki, MoEF.
Indira, Rajiv names dropped from two Hindi awards

The government has dropped the names of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from two awards for
propagating Hindi.
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The two awards have been discontinued by the Union Home Ministry, which instead launched two new schemes for
doing outstanding work for promoting the progressive use of official language.
The Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar and Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar,
launched more than two decades ago, have given way for Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar and Rajbhasha Gaurav
Puraskar
Sources: The Hindu.
Maglev train rockets into record books

Japans state-of-the-art maglev train recently clocked a new world speed record in a test run near Mount Fuji, breaking the
600-kmph mark. Japan has planned to sell the technology abroad.
The seven-car maglev (short for magnetic levitation) train hit a top speed of 603 kmph, and managed nearly 11
seconds at over 600 kmp.
The new record came less than a week after the company recorded a top speed of 590 kmph, breaking its own 2003
record of 581 kmph.
Sources: The Hindu.
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2. Review
1. Question 1 of 5
1. Question
The Red Data Book released by the IUCN classifies species into 9 categories. Below are given three such categories.
Which of them are correctly matched with their definitions?
1. Critically endangered (CR) High risk of endangerment in the wild.
2. Endangered (EN) High risk of extinction in the wild.
3. Vulnerable (VU) Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
Choose the correct answer using the codes below:
Correct
Answer: b
Explanation:
The nine groups are:
1. Extinct (EX)
2. Extinct in the wild (EW)
3. Critically endangered (CR)
4. Endangered (EN)
5. Vulnerable (VU)
6. Near threatened (NT)
7. Least concern (LC)
8. Data deficient (DD)
9. Not evaluated (NE)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List#Categories
Incorrect
Answer: b
Explanation:
The nine groups are:
1. Extinct (EX)
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2. Extinct in the wild (EW)

3. Critically endangered (CR)
4. Endangered (EN)
5. Vulnerable (VU)
6. Near threatened (NT)
7. Least concern (LC)
8. Data deficient (DD)
9. Not evaluated (NE)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List#Categories
2. Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Which of the following Tiger Reserves are correctly matched with respect to their location?
1. Manas: Assam
2. Ranthambore: Rajasthan
3. Similipal: Jharkhand
4. Panna: Madhya Pradesh
Correct
Answer: c.
Explanation: Similipal is located in Odisha.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_reserves_of_India.
Incorrect
Answer: c.
Explanation: Similipal is located in Odisha.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_reserves_of_India.
3. Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Which of the following are the functions of National Tiger Conservation Authority?
1. Ensuring normative standards in tiger reserve management
2. Preparation of reserve specific tiger conservation plan
3. Laying down annual/ audit report before Parliament
4. According approval for declaring new Tiger Reserves
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Correct
Answer: d
Incorrect
Answer: d
4. Question 4 of 5
4. Question
With reference to Maglev trains, consider the following statements:
1. Magnetic force is used to counteract the effects of the gravitational and any other accelerations.
2. Servomechanism helps Maglev trains to run stably
Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?
Correct
Answer: d
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_levitation#Servomechanisms
Incorrect
Answer: d
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_levitation#Servomechanisms
5. Question 5 of 5
5. Question
The number of Judges in the Supreme Court can be increased by:
Correct
Answer: d
Explanation: Originally, Constitution of India envisaged a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and seven Judges;
leaving it to Parliament to increase this number.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India.
Incorrect
Answer: d
Explanation: Originally, Constitution of India envisaged a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and seven Judges;
leaving it to Parliament to increase this number.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India.
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