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Sectors where FDI is prohibited:

🎯Lottery Business including Government/private lottery, online lotteries, etc.
🎯 Gambling and Betting including casinos etc.
🎯Chit funds and Nidhi company
🎯Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)
🎯 Manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
🎯 Activities/sectors not open to private sector investment such as Atomic Energy and Railway operations.

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Doppler Weather Radars: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that it will install seven new doppler radars in Maharashtra, including Mumbai in 2021.

IMD (India Meteorological Department)
1. It is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, established in 1875.
2. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology.

Doppler Effect: When the source and the signal are in relative motion to each other there is a change in the frequency observed by the observer. If they are moving closer, frequency increases and vice versa.

Doppler Radar: a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance.

Doppler Weather Radar:
1. It is based on Doppler Effect and Doppler Radar
2. It is designed to improve precision in long-range weather forecasting and surveillance using a parabolic dish antenna and a foam sandwich spherical dome.
3. It has the equipment to measure rainfall intensity, wind shear and velocity and locate a storm centre and the direction of a tornado or gust front.

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💡What is G20+ ?💡

>> The G20 developing nations, also called G21/G23/G20+ is a bloc of developing nations which was established on August 20, 2003.

>> The G20+ originated in September 2003 at the 5th ministerial conference of the WTO held at Cancun, Mexico.

>> Its origins can be traced to the Brasilia Declaration signed by the foreign ministers of India, Brazil and South Africa on 6th June 2003.

>> The G20+ is responsible for 60% of the world population, 26% of the world’s agricultural exports and 70% of its farmers.

💡Enforcement Directorate (ED)💡

History: an ‘Enforcement Unit’ was formed, in the Department of Economic Affairs, for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 (FERA ’47).

Renamed: In the year 1957, this Unit was renamed as ‘Enforcement Directorate’.

Ministry: part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

Mandate: Organization is mandated with the task of enforcing the provisions of two special fiscal laws – Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) and Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).

Special Courts:
— For the trial of an offence punishable under section 4 of PMLA, the Central Government (in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court), designates one or more Sessions Court as Special Court(s). The court is also called “PMLA Court”.
— Any appeal against any order passed by PMLA court can directly be filed in the High Court for that jurisdiction.

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⚓️🚢Major Ports on western coast from North to South🚢⚓️

● Kandala or Deendayal Port (Gujrat): built after partition, Known as Tidal Port - Largest port by volume of cargo handled - highest profit earning seaports in India and the centre for exporting grains and importing oil.
●Mumbai (MH): Oldest modern port - largest Natural port - handles around one-fifth of India's foreign trade - Mumbai harbour is also known as 'Front Bay'

●Jawaharlal Nehru Port or Nhava Sheva(MH): largest container port - Largest Artificial Port - 8th in the world in terms of traffic handling capacity.

●Mormugao(Goa): Estuary of the river Zuari - leading iron ore exporting

●New Manglore or Panambur Port(Karnataka): Gurupura river - all-weather port -

●Cochin(Kerala): Between two islands, namely Willingdon and Vallarpadam - export mainly consists of tea, coffee and spices - natural gateway of the South-West India.

💡World Intellectual Property Organisation💡

# A self-funded agency, Specialised agencies of the United Nations, created in 1967
# History: WIPO has its origins in the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI), which was established in 1893.
#Aim: to promote intellectual property (IP) protection and encourage creative activity all over the world.
# WIPO is basically a global forum for IP policy, services, information and cooperation.
# Members: 193 nations across the world, including India ( 1975 )
# Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
# Global Innovation Index (GII): published by the WIPO in association with Cornell University and graduate business school INSEAD.

💡Currency Swap Arrangement (CSA)💡

— It is an arrangement between two friendly countries to involve in trading in their own local currencies.

— As per the arrangements, both countries pay for import and export trade at the predetermined rates of exchange, without bringing in third country currency like the US Dollar.

— SAARC currency swap facility came into operation on 15th November, 2012.

🔺Viability gap funding (VGF)🔺

— Viability Gap Finance means a grant to support projects that are economically justified but not financially viable.
— VGF scheme administered by the Ministry of Finance and amount in the budget are made on a year-to-year basis.
— Projects may not be commercially viable because of long gestation period and small revenue flows in future.
— VGF grants will be available only for infrastructure projects
— VGF up to 40% of the Total Project Cost (TPC) is provided by the Government of India (Gol) and the sponsoring authority in the form of capital grant at the stage of project construction (20%+20%).

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💡Organization Of The Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 💡

●What is it ?: It is a permanent, intergovernmental organization, created at the Baghdad Conference in 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.

● Headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

● Members: here are 14 member countries in OPEC. They are Iraq, Iran, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Algeria, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ecuador, Angola and Venezuela.
● Ecuador suspended its membership in 1992. It re- joined in 2007 and again withdrew its membership in 2020. In 2018, Qatar left OPEC

●OPEC membership criteria: is open to any country that is a substantial exporter of oil and which shares the ideals of the organization.

🔺 Indian Ocean Naval Symposium ( IONS ) 🔺

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— IONS is a significant international maritime security initiative launched in February 2008.
— IONS is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime co-operation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region.
— Purpose : It provides a forum for
discussion of regional maritime issues and
promotes friendly relationships among
member nations.
— Members: IONS includes 24 nations that permanently hold territory that
abuts or lies within the Indian Ocean, and 8 observer nations.
— Chairmanship: The chairmanship of IONS has been held by India (2008- 10), UAE (2010-12), South Africa (2012-14), Australia (2014-16), Bangladesh (2016-18) and Islamic Republic of Iran (2018-21).

Why in news?: Recently, the 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) was hosted by the French Navy at Réunion island.

🔺Khadi and Village Industries Commission 🔺

- statutory body- Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956.

-It is charged with the planning, promotion, organisation and implementation of programmes for the development of Khadi and other village industries in the rural areas in coordination with other agencies engaged in rural development wherever necessary.

-Under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

🔺SAATHI Initiative🔺
●Ministry of Tourism has partnered with the Quality Council of India (QCI), to assist the Hospitality Industry through an initiative called SAATHI (System for Assessment, Awareness and Training for Hospitality Industry).
● This initiative is in 3 phases:
○Self Certification by the hotels
○Webinars to builds capacities on the guidelines issued.
○Site-assessment (optional) through QCI accredited agencies
●United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has designated 2020 as the Year of Tourism and Rural Development.

💡 Authorised Economic Operators (AEO)💡

>> AEO is a programme (2007) under the aegis of the World Customs Organization (WCO) SAFE Framework of Standards to secure and facilitate global trade.

>> An entity with an AEO status is considered a ‘secure’ trader and a reliable trading partner.

>> Benefits of AEO status include expedited clearance times, fewer examinations, improved security and communication between supply chain partners.

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💡World Intellectual Property Organisation💡

# A self-funded agency, Specialised agencies of the United Nations, created in 1967
# History: WIPO has its origins in the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI), which was established in 1893.
#Aim: to promote intellectual property (IP) protection and encourage creative activity all over the world.
# WIPO is basically a global forum for IP policy, services, information and cooperation.
# Members: 193 nations across the world, including India ( 1975 )
# Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
# Global Innovation Index (GII): published by the WIPO in association with Cornell University and graduate business school INSEAD.

🔺Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions

-Report released by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the United Nations Environment Programme.

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