Hambantota-A billion dollar deal

Sri Lanka has signed a deal of 1.12 billion dollars with China to operate a port in the south east of the country.But this deal was opposed by the trade unions and also have some security concerns.The Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port is a maritime port at Hambantota ,Sri Lanka.

According to the deal,Sri Lanka Ports Authority agreed to sell 70% stake of the Hambantota Port to the China Merchants Ports Holdings .There are some concern that the port could be used by the Chineese military.But the government has given the assurances that China will run only commercial operations from the port on the main shipping route between Asia and Europe.Sri Lankan government said that the money from the deal helps to pay the foreign loans . India already stated its concern that China use this port for its military purposes

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Yamuna Action Plan-A project by Government of India and Japan

Water quality of the two important rivers of the country Ganga and Yamuna was tested.By compared to the Ganga ,Yamuna river water was considered as clear blue.This test was happened in 1909.About a century later,Yamuna is the most polluted river of the country.Industrialisation, urbanization and population growth lead to the increased level of pollution.YAP to clean the dirtiest river of the country formally launched in 1993.The YAP has so far completed two phases. Yamuna Action Plan-1 In 1977-78 Central pollution control board initiated a study to assess the status of pollution of River Yamuna over its 1200 km.This study revealed the major cause of pollution is discharge of domestic waste water into the river which is about two-third of the pollution.The remaining is the contribution of agriculture and industries. On the basis of this findings the Government of India decided to take up water quality restoration measures named as Yamuna Action Plan under the Ganga Action Plan-...

Completed 90 years of Radio Broadcasting.

Radio broadcasting of our country complete 90 years successfully .First radio broadcast went on the air from Bombay station on July 23 1927 under a private company,The Indian Broadcasting Company. According to an agreement 23 July 1927 The Indian Broadcasting Company LTD was authorised to operate two radio stations.The Bombay station and Kolkata station on 23rd July and 26th August of 1927 respectively. Motto- Bahujan Hitaya Bahujan Sukhaya Later, Government took over broadcasting facilities on May 1932 permanently and renamed to All India Radio in June 8 1936.After the independence of India AIR had only six of their nine .Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi of the nine stations was fell in the partition of Pakistan. *On 3rd October 1957 Vividh Bharati service was launched. *In 1959 television broadcasting was started in Delhi by AIR .but it splits off from the AIR as Doordarshan in 1st of April 1976.

Uttar Pradesh Solar Policy 2017

To meet the demand of increasing energy supply of the state ,the state government of UP is committed to use different sources of energy.According to this policy the UP Government proposed to meet the target of generating 10700MW solar power.This project includes 4,300 MW from rooftop solar project by the March of 2022 Objectives :- *To encourage the participation of Private Sector and provide investment opportunities to setup solar power projects in the state UP. *To support in providing environment friendly and affordable power to all. *To promote Research and Development , innovation and skill development in the State. *To achieve its target of 8% Solar Renewable Purchase Obligation by 2022. Under the proposed policy,the government will setup solar parks with a minimum capacity of 100 MW.The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited or the distribution licensee,will offer to purchase 100 % of the power generated through this project.

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