UKPCS’16 MAINS TEST SERIES

UKPCS’16 MAINS TEST SERIES 

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UPSC (IAS)’17 Prelims Test Series ,samveg ias dehradun

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ABOUT UKPCS -2012 MAINS RESULT

ABOUT UKPCS -2012 MAINS RESULT

It has been more than a year of ukpcs'12 mains exam.Irony is that UKPSC has no time table /scheme that they can share with candidate so that they can manage their preparation.Candidate has to speculate all the time and rely on various remours about the date of result in place of focusing on preparation.
UKPSC should take notice of this issue in larger interest of student of uttarakhand so that they can competed in upsc as well as in ukpsc.

Possibility of result in february are very high because of 4 reasons

1) UKPSC secretary had said in media that ukpsc will declare mains result after ukpcs2016 prelims exam.
2)Uttarakhand high court has ordered that result of 90% can be declared
3) Election has been completed
4) Ukpsc should complete the final process before ukpcs'16 mains ie. preferably they should declare ukpcs mains2012 result before ukpcs 2016 pre result.(although it is not necessary,depends on ukpsc)

So dear friends ,lets wait,we can do nothing except waiting this time but in future ,candidates should enforce the newly elected government to introduce good governance agenda in ukpsc too at earliest in order to avoid ruining the career of candidates.

Isro’s record satellite launch to intensify global space war

Isro’s record launch of 104 satellites into orbit on Wednesday, the most in history, will cement its position as the dominant destination for low-cost launches

India’s space agency Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) put 104 satellites into orbit on Wednesday, the most in history, as it looks to cement its position as the dominant destination for low-cost launches.

The workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carried nanosatellites from seven countries when it took off at 9:28am from Sriharikota, a tiny barrier island in Andhra Pradesh. These include 88 from San Francisco-based Planet Labs Inc. as well as others built by companies and universities in Israel, Kazakhstan, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
At least one of these small satellites—the UAE’s Nayif —was meant to be launched on Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s Falcon 9 rocket, which went up in flames in September. While Elon Musk has since returned to the skies, smaller and cheaper carriers are gaining popularity as companies hunger for more data and communication channels.

“It’s not just a record-setting mission, but further consolidation of the already well known technological prowess of the Indian space program,” said Susmita Mohanty, chief executive officer of Earth2Orbit, a Bangalore-based space start-up that helped Google Inc. launch a satellite on the PSLV last June. “The small-satellite launch market is growing at an alarming pace and this launch is a way to say that the PSLV is all set to respond to emerging-market demands.”

The 104 satellites will be used to map the Earth, track ships to monitor illegal fishing and piracy, as well as conduct microgravity experiments without making an expensive trip out to the International Space Station. The heaviest of them—India’s CartoSat-2D—weighs 714kg and the lightest—the Nayif—just 1.1kg.
Russia’s Dnepr mission held the record of 33 satellites launched in 2014, trailed by Nasa’s 29 the year before. India put 20 in orbit in 2016, until now its biggest ever single launch. There were 208 satellites launched in 2014, almost double the amount the year before.
Very small satellites are a niche enterprise, so while flight arranging outfits will book a SpaceX rocket for an intermediary carrier vehicle, SpaceX won’t deal directly with nanosat operators, said David Todd, head of space content at UK-based Seradata Ltd. However financing for small satellites is being significantly boosted by venture capital-funded start-ups and Isro’s rivals—such as Virgin Galactic Ltd.’s LauncherOne and Rocket Lab’s Electron—carry much smaller payloads of about 20 nanosatellites, he said.
“Multi-launches of nanosats might be a way in to the U.S. launch market for ISRO/Antrix,” Todd said, referring to the commercial unit of India’s space agency that has faced US sanctions on allegations its state-ownership gives it unfair advantages. “Other competitors are arriving, so India needs to grab market share during the current market window.”

Total foodgrains production in the country is estimated at record 271.98 MT

Total foodgrains production in the country is estimated at record 271.98 MT

Total production of Rice is estimated at record 108.86 mt

Production of Wheat, estimated at 96.64 million tonnes is also a record

Production of Coarse Cereals estimated at a new record level of 44.34 million tonnes

Total production of pulses during 2016-17 is estimated at record 22.14 million tonnes

 Total Oilseeds production in the country is estimated at record level of 33.60 million tonnes

2^nd Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2016-17 released

The 2^nd Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2016-17 have been released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on 15^th February, 2017. The assessment of production of different crops is based on the feedback received from States and validated with information available from other sources.

2.         As per 2^nd Advance Estimates, the estimated production of major crops during 2016-17 is as under:

Ø  Foodgrains  –  271.98 million tonnes (record)

·   Rice  –  108.86  million tonnes (record)

·   Wheat – 96.64 million tonnes (record)

·   Coarse Cereals  –  44.34 million tonnes (record)

·   Maize  –  26.15 million tonnes (record)

·   Pulses  –  22.14 million tonnes (record)

·   Gram – 9.12 million tonnes

·   Tur  –  4.23 million tonnes (record)

·   Urad  –  2.89 million tonnes (record)

Ø   Oilseeds  –  33.60 million tonnes (record)

·   Soyabean  –  14.13 million tonnes

·   Groundnut  –  8.47 million tonnes

·   Castorseed – 1.74 million tonnes

Ø   Cotton  –  32.51 million bales (of 170 kg each)

Ø   Sugarcane – 309.98 million tonnes

3.         As a result of very good rainfall during monsoon 2016 and various policy initiatives taken by the Government, the country has witnessed record foodgrain production in the current year. As per Second Advance Estimates for 2016-17, total Foodgrain production in the country is estimated at 271.98 million tonnes which is higher by 6.94 million tonnes than the previous record production of Foodgrain of 265.04 million tonnes achieved during 2013-14.   The current year’s production is also higher by 14.97 million tonnes than the previous five years’ (2011-12 to 2015-16) average production of Foodgrains. The current year’s production is significantly higher by 20.41 million tonnes than the last year’s foodgrain production.

4.         Total production of Rice is estimated at record 108.86 million tonnes which is also a new record.  This year’s Rice production is higher by 2.21 million tonnes than previous record production of 106.65 million tonnes achieved during 2013-14. It is also higher by 3.44 million tonnes than the five years’ average Rice production of 105.42 million tonnes. Production of rice has increased significantly by 4.45 million tonnes than the production of 104.41 million tonnes during 2015-16.  

5.         Production of Wheat, estimated at 96.64 million tonnes is also a record. This year’s wheat production is higher than the previous record production of 95.85 million tonnes achieved during 2013-14.  Production of Wheat during 2016-17 is also higher by 4.03 million tonnes than the average wheat production. The current year’s production is higher by 4.36 million tonnes as compared to Wheat production of 92.29 million tonnes achieved during 2015-16.

6.         Production of Coarse Cereals estimated at a new record level of 44.34 million tonnes is higher than the average production by 3.00 million tonnes.   It is higher than the previous record production of 43.40 million tonnes achieved during 2010-11 by 0.94 million tonnes. Current year’s production it is also higher by 5.82 million tonnes as compared to their production of 38.52 million tonnes achieved during 2015-16.    

7.         As a result of significant increase in the area coverage and productivity of all major Pulses, total production of pulses during 2016-17 is estimated at 22.14 million tonnes which is higher by 2.89 million tonnes than the previous record production of 19.25 million tonnes achieved during 2013-14.  Production of Pulses during 2016-17 is also higher by 4.50 million tonnes than their Five years’ average production. Current year’s production is higher by 5.79 million tonnes than the previous year’s production of 16.35 million tonnes. 

8.         With an increase of 8.35 million tonnes over the previous year, total Oilseeds production in the country is estimated at record level of 33.60 million tonnes. It is higher by 0.85 million tonnes than the previous record production of 32.75 million tonnes achieved during 2013-14. The production of Oilseeds during 2016-17 is also higher by 4.34 million tonnes than the five year’s average Oilseeds production. The current year’s production is significantly higher than the production of 25.25 million tonnes during 2015-16.

9.         Production of Sugarcane is estimated at 309.98 million tonnes which is lower by 38.46 million tonnes than the last year’s production of 348.45 million tonnes.

10.       Despite lower area coverage during 2016-17, higher productivity of Cotton has resulted into higher production of 32.51 million bales (of 170 kg each) as compared to 30.01 million bales during 2015-16.

11.       Production of Jute & Mesta estimated at 10.06 million bales (of 180 kg each) is marginally lower than their production of 10.52 million bales during the last year.

Isro launches 104 satellites in a single mission to create world record

Isro’s PSLV-C37 in a single payload, included the Cartosat-2 series and 103 co-passenger satellites, together weighing over 650kg

In its thirty ninth flight (PSLV-C37), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 103 co-passenger satellites today morning (February 15, 2017) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. This is the thirty eighth consecutively successful mission of PSLV.  The total weight of all the 104 satellites carried on-board PSLV-C37 was 1378 kg.

PSLV-C37 lifted off at 0928 hrs (9:28 am) IST, as planned, from the First Launch Pad.  After a flight of                16 minutes 48 seconds, the satellites achieved a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of 506 km inclined at an angle of 97.46 degree to the equator (very close to the intended orbit) and in the succeeding 12 minutes, all the                      104 satellites successfully separated from the PSLV fourth stage in a predetermined sequence beginning with Cartosat-2 series satellite, followed by INS-1 and INS-2.  The total number of Indian satellites launched by PSLV now stands at 46.

After separation, the two solar arrays of Cartosat-2 series satellite were deployed automatically and ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore took over the control of the satellite. In the coming days, the satellite will be brought to its final operational configuration following which it will begin to provide remote sensing services using its panchromatic (black and white) and multispectral (colour) cameras.

The imagery from the Cartosat-2 series satellite will be useful for cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other Land Information System (LIS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.  The data sets could be used for urban planning of 500 cities under the Amrut Planning Scheme.  The government initiative of 100 smart city programme in which these data sets could be used for master plan preparation and detailed geospatial data preparation for rural roads and infrastructure development.

Of the 103 co-passenger satellites carried by PSLV-C37, two – ISRO Nano Satellite-1 (INS-1) weighing 8.4 kg and INS-2 weighing 9.7 kg – are technology demonstration satellites from India. 

The remaining 101 co-passenger satellites carried were international customer satellites from USA (96), The Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1), Israel (1), Kazakhstan (1) and UAE (1).

This mission involved many technical challenges like realising the launch of a large number of satellites during a single mission within the time frame sought by the customers from abroad.  Besides, ensuring adequate separation between all the 104 satellites during their orbital injection as well as during their subsequent orbital life was yet another challenge associated with this complex mission.  

With today’s successful launch, the total number of customer satellites from abroad launched by India’s workhorse launch vehicle PSLV has reached 180.

India Innovation Index

amitabh Kant launches India Innovation Index A joint initiative of NITI Aayog, DIPP and CII

States will be ranked on innovations from 2017

To make India an innovation-driven economy, NITI Aayog, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) together launched a mega initiative “India Innovation Index” that will rank states on Innovations through country’s first online innovation index portal that will capture data on innovation from all Indian states on innovation and regularly update it in real time.

The India Innovation Index Framework will be structured based on the best practices followed in Global Innovation Index (GII) indicators and additionally by adding India-centric parameters those truly reflect the Indian innovation ecosystem. This initiative will be the point of reference for all international agencies to collect India’s up to date data points for global indices and analytic.

Inaugurating the portal, Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog said, “This portal will be a first-of-its-kind online platform where Global Innovation Index indicators and India–centric data from various states will be coalesced and disseminated and updated periodically. This will be a one-stop data warehouse and will track progress on each indicator at the National level and the State level on real-time basis. The access to this portal will be hosted on the NITI Aayog website, and NITI Aayog will update this data periodically.”

Mr. Kant said, “I would like to congratulate Confederation of Indian Industry for creating the Global Innovation Index a decade ago and the World Intellectual Property, Cornell University for working together to further develop it and make it a global consulting document for policymakers around the world.”

Data collated on this portal will not only be used to ameliorate current data gaps w.r.t the GII, but be the prime source for the India Innovation Index, which will be jointly developed by NITI Aayog, DIPP and CII, in consultation with World Economic Forum, the World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University, OECD, UNIDO, ILO, UNESCO, ITU and others with the objective to rank Indian states as per their innovation prowess and provide impetus to them to build their respective innovation ecosystems and spur the innovation spirit among institutions and people.

The Global Innovation Index (GII), co-published by World-Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University and INSEAD with CII as a Knowledge Partner since inception, has been ranking world economies including India since 2007 according to their innovation capabilities and outcomes using 82 indicators among a host of other important parameters.  It has established itself as both a leading reference on innovation and a ‘tool for action’ for policy makers.