[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 19 August 2021 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: a)

The total installed renewable energy capacity in India, excluding large hydro, has crossed the mile-stone of 100 GW. Today India stands at 4^th position in the world in terms of installed RE capacity, 5^th in solar and 4^th in wind in terms of installed capacity.

While 100 GW has been installed, 50 GW is under installation and 27 GW is under tendering. India has also enhanced its ambition to install 450 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. If large hydro is included the installed RE capacity increases to 146 GW.

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Solution: a)

In 2002, the 86th Amendment to the Constitution provided the Right to Education as a fundamental right. The same amendment inserted Article 21A, which made the RTE a fundamental right for children aged between six and 14 years.

In 2006, the 93rd Constitution Amendment Act inserted Clause (5) in Article 15 which enabled the State to create special provisions, such as reservations for advancement of any backward classes of citizens like Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in all aided or unaided educational institutes, except minority educational institutes.

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Solution: c)

India is planning to further expand:

1. The coastal radar chain network meant to enable real-time monitoring of the high seas for threats.
2. Assistance for capacity building to Indian Ocean littoral states.

India’s past and future efforts in this regard:

• Mauritius, Seychelles and Sri Lanka have already been integrated into the country’s coastal radar chain network.
• Plans to set up coastal radar stations in the Maldives, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Indian Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) is the nodal agency for maritime data fusion. Located in Gurugram, it was set up after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The Navy set up the Information Fusion Centre for Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in December 2018 within the premises of the Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram to track maritime movements in the region.

Solution: b)

The fifth edition of the UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report, published by the UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), provides an overview of the state of nature worldwide. The report notes the importance of biodiversity in addressing climate change and long-term food security, and that action to protect biodiversity is essential to prevent future pandemics.

Solution: c)

India has launched first of its kind Flash Flood Guidance services for India and other South Asian countries — Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

• Under this, IMD will issue impact-based forecasting at the watershed and also city level, of floods which are very sudden and of short duration.

What are Flash floods?

They are highly localized events of short duration with a very high peak and usually have less than six hours between the occurrence of the rainfall and peak flood.