September 4th,2020

 

 

Topic:- Education

 

What is the news?

• University will involve rural youth in the farm sector: VC

 

Purpose:-

• To provide the youth with knowledge about agriculture, animal husbandry and allied avocations.

 

Initiative:-

• The webinar was organised on the topic “Challenges and opportunities before youth in agriculture.

 

Other programs:-

• Several programmes such as Make in India, Skill India Mission, PM Kisan Yojana and many other entrepreneurship development programmes have been started by the government to empower the youth.

(Source:- The Tribune(HP))

 

 

Topic:- Environment(Ground Water Preservation)

 

What is the news?

• 20 spots identified for check dams in 15-gram panchayats in the Nurpur development block.

 

Purpose:-

• The check dams have been proposed to tap natural water resources and to ensure rainwater harvesting round the year.
• As per the official information, the Nurpur area comprises over 100 streams, ‘khuds’ and water bodies that overflow during the monsoon and their water gets wasted.

 

Concern:-

• The underground water level in the neighbouring Indora development block depleted drastically in the past decade and the state government had launched an awareness drive to improve the situation.

 

Proposal:-

• Under the proposal, each check dam will benefit at least five villages and cover 25 hectares.

 

About Check Dams:-

• A check dam is a small, sometimes temporary, dam constructed across a swale, drainage ditch, or waterway to counteract erosion by reducing water flow velocity.
• Check dams themselves are not a type of new technology; rather, they are an ancient technique dating from the second century A.D

(Source:- The Tribune(HP)