PM-AJAY Scheme: Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM- AJAY) is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme. It is a merged scheme of three Centrally Sponsored Schemes, namely Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY), Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCA to SCSP), and Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana (BJRCY).The main objective of the scheme is to increase the income of the target population by way of various income generating schemes, skill development and infrastructure development. It is to reduce the poverty among the target population and bring them above the poverty lines. The Scheduled Castes persons living below the poverty lines are eligible for getting benefits under this scheme. In case of Infrastructure Development, the villages having 50% or more SC population are eligible for grants under the scheme.
Central Industrial Security Force: It was established after the recommendation of the Justice Mukherjee Commission. It was set up by an Act of Parliament on March 10, 1969. It is one of seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) under the Ministry of Home Affairs — the other six being the Border Security Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the Sashastra Seema Bal, the Assam Rifles, the National Security Guard, and the Central Reserve Police Force. It is headed by an Indian Police Service officer with the rank of Director-General. Initially, its remit was restricted to protecting government-owned industries, but this was expanded to include joint-ventures and private undertakings in 2009.It also provides consultancy services to the private sector. The force is deployed in over 350 locations across the country, in diversified areas such as atomic energy and space installations, sea-ports, steel plants, coal fields, hydro-electric and thermal power plants, defence production units, fertiliser and chemical industries, RBI’s note-printing mints, heritage monuments such as the Taj Mahal. It has the largest percentage of women in its force, in comparison to all other CAPFs. Presently, CISF is also providing security to the protected persons classified as Z Plus, Z, X, Y.
Winter Solstice: The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year. The Earth is tilted 23.4 degrees on its axis, so if the Earth’s pole is pointing towards or away from the Sun during the day, the arc the Sun travels through will rise and fall during the year. Winter Solstice happens when one of the Earth’s poles is far away from the Sun. It falls on December 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and June 20 or 21 in the Southern Hemisphere. The word solstice is derived from the Latin word solstitium, where ‘sol’ means Sun and ‘stitium’ means to stop. During the winter solstice, the days are the shortest. The duration of daylight will vary across countries. The winter solstice is significant in many cultures since it marks the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun.
Paat Mitro: It is a mobile application developed by the Jute Corporation of India Limited (JCI). The purpose is to provide important information about Minimum Support Prices (MSP) and agronomy to jute farmers. It is available in six languages. All the functionalities are made available to the users free of cost. In addition to the latest agronomic practices and MSP, Jute Gradation Parameters, Farmer-centric schemes like ‘Jute-ICARE’, weather forecasts, JCI’s Purchase Centres’ locations, and Procurement Policies are also made available in the app. Farmers will also be able to track the status of their payments for the raw jute sold to JCI under MSP Operation. Latest technology features like Chatbot are included for their queries.
