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1.Atapaka Bird Sanctuary at Kolleru Lake, Pelican Festival Andhra pradesh

2.Pulicat Lagoon Flamingo festival
At TN and AP

3.Loktak Lake -Phumdi ,sangai,Manipur

4.Chilika lake -country’s largest brackish water lagoon, 
Nalabana Island and Kalijai Temple - Located on an island in the Chilika Lake.

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Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations

1.aimed at lowering fuel consumption (or improving fuel efficiency) of vehicles by lowering carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

2.It has twin purposes of reducing dependence on oil for fuel and controlling pollution.

3.applicable for petrol, diesel, LPG and CNG passenger vehicles. so not applied to Heavy Vehicles

4.Started from April 1, 2017.

5.Emission must be less than 130 gm per km till 2022

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Golden Langur

◆It is an Old World monkey
◆Habitat is restricted to the region surrounded by four geographical landmarks: the foothills of Bhutan (North), Manas river (East), Sankosh river (West), and Brahmaputra river (South).

●IUCN -Endengered
●Schedule 1 WPA 1972
●CITES appendix 1

◆Chakrashila WLS in Assam is India’s first wildlife sanctuary with golden langur as the primary species.

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Pampa river (Also known as Pamba river):

the third longest river in Kerala after Periyar and Bharathappuzha.

Sabarimala templededicated to Lord Ayyappa is located on the banks of the river.

The river is also known as ‘Dakshina Bhageerathi’ and ‘River Baris

Prime Minister Employment Generation Program (PMEGP)

◆Central sector scheme

◆Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME)

◆Launched in 2008-09
 ◆Credit-linked subsidy ◆Scheme which promotes self-employment through setting up of micro-enterprises

◆Subsidy up to 35% is provided by the Government through Ministry of MSME for loans

◆Implemented By  Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) 


◆ Eligibility
1.Any individual above 18 years of age, SHG, Institutions, Co-operative Societies and Charitable Trusts

2.Existing Units and the units that have already availed Government Subsidy under any other scheme of Government of India or State Government are not eligible

Reports by International Energy Agency (IEA)

◆Global Energy & CO2 Status Report.
World Energy Outlook.
◆World Energy Statistics.
◆World Energy Balances.
◆Energy Technology Perspectives.
Global Electric Vehicle Outlook

◆“Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis” report by (UNEP) and and the International Energy Agency(IEA)

Warli Painting

Maharashtra is known for its Warli folk paintings

roots may be traced to as early as the 10th century A.D

resemblance to the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka.

Theme of the painting-hunting, fishing and farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals 

Women are mainly engaged 

circle, a triangle and a square are used in wall paintings which are monosyllabic in nature.

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) that banned the use of reverse osmosis (RO) systems where drinking water supply had total dissolved solids (TDS) less than 500 mg per litre

Osmosis involves ‘a solvent (such as water) naturally moving from an area of low solute concentration, through a membrane, to an area of high solute concentration.

A reverse osmosis system applies an external pressure to reverse the natural flow of solvent and so seawater or brackish water is pressurised against one surface of the membrane, causing salt-depleted water to move across the membrane, releasing clean water from the low-pressure side’.


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Green Credit scheme.

Public-private participation

By Forest Advisory Committee
It allows “forests” to be traded as a commodity

It allows the Forest Department to outsource one of its responsibilities of reforesting to non-government agencies

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Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

Function under Department of Culture (Ministry of Culture)

ASI was founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham who became its first Director-General.

It regulates all archaeological activities as per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.


Post Independence, it’s a Statutory body that now works under Ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains act (AMASR Act), 1958

Hq-New Delhi.

Program
1.Adopt a Heritage’ project
2.Project mausam

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