Connect to Current -Daily Current Capsules 12th January 2019

Personalities National Youth Day – 12 January 2019

156th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

Relevance IN – Prelims( about Vivekananda) + Manis ( GS Paper I – Culture )

It is also known as Yuva Diwas and is celebrated every year on 12th

January to create awareness amongst the people, youth about the

importance of Rights in India.

Know! why the National Youth Day is celebrated on 12 January

National Youth Day is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of Swami

Vivekananda.

He was a social reformer, philosopher and thinker.

The main objective behind the celebration is to propagate the philosophy

and the ideals of Swami Vivekananda for which he lived and worked.

Know! about the genesis of this day

In 1984, Indian Government first declared to celebrate the birthday of

Swami Vivekananda i.e. 12 January as National Youth Day.

Since then from 1985, it is started celebrating as the National Youth Day

all over the country.

The main aim of the Government is to make better future of the country

by motivating the youths through the way of their life and ideas of the

Swami Vivekananda.

It is the great way to wake up the eternal energy of the youths as well as

to make country developed.

Know! all about Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda's pre-monastic name was Narendra Nath Dutta. He

was born on 12 January, 1863 at Kolkata (previously Callcutta) and died

on 4 July, 1902.

His father name was Vishwanath Dutta and mother's name was

Bhuvaneshwari Devi.

He belonged to well known family. His father died suddenly at a young

age and this broke the financial backbone of his family and was pushed

into poverty.

Despite being a good student, he failed to get the job for a very long time.

He used to ask job from door to door but he didn’t get job and so he

became atheist.

One of his English professors introduced him with the name of 'Shri

Ramkrishna Paramhamsa' and in 1881, he met with Shri Ramakrishna

Paramhamsa and became a disciple of Saint Ramakrishna Paramhamsa.

He introduced Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western

World.

Vivekananda had a special interest in Western philosophy and history and

was often assailed by doubts about the existence of God.

Through his speeches and lectures, he tried to awaken the religious

consciousness among people and also tried to uplift the downtrodden

using the principles of practical Vedanta.

At the World's Parliament of Religions, he took forward his message and

touched upon topics like universal acceptance, tolerance and religion,

which won his accolades at the international forum.

He was extremely patriotic towards India and is considered a hero for his

contributions to the philosophies of his country

He also drew attention to the wide-spread poverty in India and for the

development of the country poverty issue should be taken seriously.

He is best known for his speech at the Parliament of the World's

Religions in Chicago in 1893 when he began his speech while saying

"Sisters and brothers of America....." and he introduced India's culture, its

importance, Hinduism etc.

Swami Vivekananda is the man of wisdom, faith, a true philosopher

whose teachings not only motivated youth but also paved the way for the

development of the country.

NITI Aayog

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission releases the Atal Tinkering Lab

Handbook on eve of National Youth Day

Relevance IN – Prelims ( facts about AIM) + Mains ( GS III – Economic

development + Science and technology + awareness in the field of IT and Space

+ GS II – government policies and interventions)

What’s the NEWS

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) released the “Atal

Tinkering Lab Handbook – Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman, Naya

Bharat” on the eve of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, also

celebrated as the National Youth Day, to hail and take forward the spirit

of Tinkering and Innovation across the country.

The Aayog also announced the 10 Month Student Entrepreneurship

Programme, which is a fully-funded initiative to help the Top Six

innovations of the Atal Tinkering Marathon 2017 to transform their

innovative prototypes into functioning, scaled and Go-to-Market

products.

These innovations include prototypes across six crucial themes having

broader social impact, namely, Clean Energy, Waste Management,

Agritech, Healthcare, Smart Mobility and Water Resources.

Know! about the handbook

The Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook captures the experiences of the

young innovators of the country with the Atal Tinkering Lab.

The book is a compendium of guidelines, resources, methodologies, key

learning, case studies of the ATL ecosystem and the outcome and

impact that is being created by the Atal Tinkering Labs has been

showcased, including some case examples of celebrating and rewarding

innovation, over the last two years.

The handbook will serve as an action plan that can provide the basis for a

smooth scale up approach for the Atal Tinkering Lab initiative, via the

public-private-partnership and Centre-State cooperation.

The document attempts bring together all stakeholders in the school and

administrative ecosystem towards creating a sustainable and scalable

approach for tinkering and innovation at the high school level.

About Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog

The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is the Government of India’s flagship

initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in

the country.

AIM is mandated to create an umbrella structure to oversee innovation

ecosystem of the country and revolutionizing the innovation eco-system -

touching upon the entire innovation life cycle through various programs.

The Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) create innovators, Atal

Incubation Centres and support to Established Incubation Centre ensure

that innovations are taken to the market and help create enterprises

around these innovations.

Defence Army Tech Seminar (ARTECH 2019)

Relevance IN – Prelims (facts about the seminar)

What’s the NEWS

Indian Army organised the Army Technology Seminar-2019 (ARTECH

2019) on the theme “Disruptive Impact of Emerging Technologies on

Land Warfare”

The seminar was aimed to bring together stakeholders in the military,

academia and industry to provide perspective on the available and

emerging technologies which could have an impact on warfighting.

Know! about the seminar

Technological disruptions are rapidly changing the character of

warfighting and future conflicts will be fought across domains wherein

networks and integration would be the key to generate military power.

An exhibition showcasing military innovations developed by field Army,

DRDO, Academia and industry was also organised during the seminar.

Tourism Four more projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD

schemes

Relevance IN – Prelims( facts about PRASHAD and Swadesh darshan scheme)

+ Mains ( GS III infrastructure development)

What’s the NEWS

The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned four new projects for Rs. 190.46

Crores under the tourism infrastructure development schemes, Swadesh

Darshan and PRASHAD in the states of Meghalaya, Gujarat and

Uttar Pradesh recently.

Know about the sanctioned projects

Swadesh Darshan Scheme

Under North East Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme, the Ministry

has sanctioned the project ‘Development of West Khasi Hills

(Nongkhlaw- Krem Tirot - Khudoi & Kohmang Falls – Khri River-

Mawthadraishan, Shillong), Jaintia Hills (Krang Suri Falls- Shyrmang-

Iooksi), Garo Hills (Nokrek Reserve, Katta Beel, Siju Caves)’ in

Meghalaya

The above project focuses on development of lesser known destinations

in Meghalaya in above Districts.

Development of Gorakhnath Temple (Gorakhpur), Devipattan Temple

(Balrampur) and Vatvashni Temple (Domariyagunj) has also been

sanctioned under Spiritual Circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme.

Under PRASHAD scheme

Under the PRASHAD scheme, the Ministry has sanctioned the project

‘Development of Govardhan’ in District Mathura in Uttar Pradesh

The Ministry has also sanctioned the project ‘Development of Pilgrimage

Amenities at Somnath – Phase II’ under the PRASHAD scheme.

About Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD scheme

The Ministry of Tourism has launched the schemes of Swadesh Darshan -

Integrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist Circuits and

PRASHAD-Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage

Augmentation Drive in the year 2014-15 for the development of tourism

infrastructure in the country.

Commerce & Industry

25TH edition of Partnership Summit

Relevance IN – Prelims(facts about the summit) + GS mains paper III –

Economic developments

What’s the NEWS

The 25th edition of Partnership Summit 2019, a global platform for

dialogue, debate, deliberation and engagement among Indian and global

leaders on economic policy and growth trends in India, is being held in

Mumbai

Know! about the seminar

The two-day event will be inaugurated by the Vice President of India, M

Venkaiah Naidu. The Summit is expected to build new partnerships

and explore investment opportunities through high level exchanges

and B2B meetings

This edition of the Summit, on 12th and 13th January 2019, will showcase

India in the present landscape of an emerging “New India”, the “New

Global Economic Address”.

The Summit is being organized by the Department of Industrial

Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,

Government of India, State Government of Maharashtra and

Confederation of Indian Industry.

The Summit will see New India in active engagement and collaboration

within the country and with the world.

Economy Global Economic Prospects report 2019

Relevance IN – Prelims( facts about the report) + Mains ( GS III – Economic

development)

What’s the NEWS

The World Bank has released the Global Economic Prospects report 2019

titled “Darkening Skies”.

Know about the findings of the report related to India are

India’s GDP is expected to grow at 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year 2018-

19, and 7.5 per cent in the following two years.

The growth rates are attributed to an upswing in consumption and

investment.

India would continue to be the fastest growing major economy in the

world. The report estimates China’s growth to slow down to 6.2 per cent

each in 2019 and 2020 and 6 per cent in 2021.

China had an estimated growth rate of 6.5 per cent as against India’s 7.3

per cent in 2018.

China’s growth rate at 6.9 per cent growth was marginally ahead of

India’s 6.7 per cent in 2017 because of the slowdown witnessed in the

Indian economy due to demonetisation and implementation of the Goods

and Services Tax (GST).

Impact of structural reforms

World Bank notes that domestic demand has strengthened as the benefits

of structural reforms such as the GST harmonisation and bank

recapitalisation take effect.

Strong domestic demand may further widen the current account deficit to

2.6 per cent of GDP in 2020.

Inflation is projected to be above the midpoint of the Reserve Bank of

India’s target range of 2 to 6 per cent, mainly owing to energy and food

prices.

The introduction of the GST and demonetisation has encouraged a shift

from the informal to the formal sector.

Public sector banks in India, which represent roughly 70% of the banking

sector assets, still report low profitability and high non-performing assets.

Prelims Practise question

Consider the following statements

1. The National Youth Day is celebrated on 12 January to commemorate

the birthday of Swami Vivekananda.

2. The Ministry Housing and Urban development has launched the schemes

of Swadesh Darshan - Integrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist

Circuits and PRASHAD-Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage

Augmentation Drive

3. The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is the Government of India’s flagship

initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the

country.

Find the correct statement from the option given below

a. 1 and 2

b. 1 and 3

c. 2 and 3

d. None

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