#current #PT2021
Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed this project
- $484 million loan to improve the Tamil Nadu Industrial Connectivity Project.
Key points:
1.improve transport connectivity and facilitate industrial development in the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in the state of Tamil Nadu.
2. It is part of India’s East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), which stretches from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu and connects India to the production networks of South, Southeast, and East Asia.
3.The Connectivity project is part of the priority infrastructure projects identified for corridor development under the ADB-supported CKIC comprehensive development plan.I
4.eimprove the planning capacity of Tamil Nadu’s Highways and Minor Ports Department.
5.The project will upgrade about 590 km of state highways in the CKIC influence areas that cover 23 of the 32 districts between Chennai and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed this project
- $484 million loan to improve the Tamil Nadu Industrial Connectivity Project.
Key points:
1.improve transport connectivity and facilitate industrial development in the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in the state of Tamil Nadu.
2. It is part of India’s East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), which stretches from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu and connects India to the production networks of South, Southeast, and East Asia.
3.The Connectivity project is part of the priority infrastructure projects identified for corridor development under the ADB-supported CKIC comprehensive development plan.I
4.eimprove the planning capacity of Tamil Nadu’s Highways and Minor Ports Department.
5.The project will upgrade about 590 km of state highways in the CKIC influence areas that cover 23 of the 32 districts between Chennai and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
#current #PT2021
Biotech-KISAN Programme
Its a program of Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
- It is Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN).
- This programme is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme.
- launched in 2017.
- Developed by and with farmers under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
Objective:
to connect science laboratories with the farmers to find out innovative solutions and technologies to be applied at farm level.
Significance:
follows a hub-and-spoke model and stimulates entrepreneurship and innovation in farmers and empowers women farmers.
- These hubs have been established covering all 15 agroclimatic zones and 110 Aspirational Districts in the country.
Biotech-KISAN Programme
Its a program of Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
- It is Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN).
- This programme is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme.
- launched in 2017.
- Developed by and with farmers under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
Objective:
to connect science laboratories with the farmers to find out innovative solutions and technologies to be applied at farm level.
Significance:
follows a hub-and-spoke model and stimulates entrepreneurship and innovation in farmers and empowers women farmers.
- These hubs have been established covering all 15 agroclimatic zones and 110 Aspirational Districts in the country.