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General Studies- III
Topic- Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention.
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Advance Centre for Cyber Security
Context:
The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the State Governments through various advisories and schemes for the capacity building of their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).
Stapes taken to deal with Cyber Crimes:
- ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
- States/UTs are primarily responsible for deployment of adequate infrastructure facilities, state-of-art technology gadgets, manpower and training of police personnel to combat the cyber-crime menace.
To strengthen the mechanism to deal with Cyber Crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the Central Government has taken following steps:
- Ministry of Home Affairs has set up the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ to deal with all types of Cyber Crime in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
- The state-of-the-art National Cyber Forensic Laboratory has been established, as a part of the I4C, at CyPAD, Dwarka, New Delhi to provide early stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police.
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform, namely ‘CyTrain’ portal has been developed under Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), for capacity building of police officers/judicial officers.
- The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in) has been launched, as a part of I4C, to enable public to report incidents pertaining to all types of Cyber Crimes.
- Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System, under I4C, has been launched for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the fraudsters.
- Ministry of Home Affairs has provided central assistance under ‘Assistance to States for Modernization of Police’ Scheme to the State Governments for the acquisition of latest weaponry, training gadgets, advanced communication/forensic equipment, Cyber Policing equipment etc.
- The State Governments formulate State Action Plans (SAPs) as per their strategic priorities and requirements including combating Cyber Crimes.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
MHA has rolled out a scheme ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ for the period 2018-2020.
- It aims to combat cyber-crime in the country, in a coordinated and effective manner.
- It will be set up under the newly created Cyber and Information Security (CIS) division of the MHA.
- This state-of-the-art Centre is located in New Delhi.
- At the initiative of Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA), 15 States and UTs have given their consent to set up Regional Cyber Crime Coordination Centres at respective States/UTs.
It has seven components:
- National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit,
- National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal,
- National Cyber Crime Training Centre,
- Cyber Crime Ecosystem Management Unit,
- National Cyber Crime Research and Innovation Centre,
- National Cyber Crime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem and
- Platform for Joint Cyber Crime Investigation Team.
Objectives:
- Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) will act as a nodal point in the fight against cybercrime.
- To prevent misuse of cyber space for furthering the cause of extremist and terrorist groups.
- To coordinate all activities related to implementation of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) with other countries.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
- National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal is a citizen-centric initiative that will enable citizens to report Cyber Crimes online through the portal.
- This portal was launched on pilot basis on 30th August, 2019
Functions:
- All the Cyber Crimes related complaints will be accessed by the concerned law enforcement agencies in the States and Union Territories for taking action as per law.
- it enables filing of all Cyber Crimes with specific focus on crimes against women, children, particularly child pornography, child sex abuse material, online content pertaining to rapes/gang rapes, etc.
Expectations:
- So far, more than 700 police districts and more than 3,900 police stations have been connected with this Portal.
- After successful completion, this portal can improve the capacity of the law enforcement agencies to investigate the cases and will improve success in prosecution.
Why it is needed?
- This portal focuses on specific crimes like financial crime and social media related crimes like stalking, cyber bullying, etc.
- This portal will improve coordination amongst the law enforcement agencies of different States, districts and police stations for dealing with Cyber Crimes in a coordinated and effective manner.
- MHA is committed to provide and create an eco-system for dealing with the Cyber Crimes in a comprehensive & coordinated manner.
General Studies- III
Topic- Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
National Single Window System (NSWS)
Context:
In a historic achievement, Jammu & Kashmir became the first Union Territory to be onboarded the National Single Window System (NSWS).
- This marks a major leap in Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the Union Territory.
- NSWS is linked with India Industrial Land Bank (IILB) which hosts 45 industrial parks of J&K.
- This will help Investors to discover available land parcels in J&K.
What is the National Single Window System?
The National Single Window System (NSWS) is a digital platform for guidance of investors to identify and to apply for approvals as per their business requirements.
- The platform is built to serve as an advisory tool to identify approvals based on user input and is to be used for guidance purpose only.
- The NSWS was announced in 2020 budget of the Government of India, and was soft launched in September 2021.
objectives of launching the portal:
The National Single Window System as a concept has been introduced to ease the process of applying for regulatory approvals and registrations in India through a single location with an objective as below:
- To establish a single-window mechanism by integrating the services provided by various Central Ministries, Departments, and State Governments
- To provide a one-stop-shop for procuring pre-establishment and pre-operation approvals and permits required to establish a business in India
- To provide efficient, convenient, transparent, and integrated electronic service to investors, industries, and businesses
- To provide a uniform and seamless experience to the business user
How does the National Single Window System operate?
The National Single Window System brings together several State Governments, Central Ministries, and Departments onto one platform and provides a one-stop solution to investors to apply for approvals and registrations required during the pre-establishment and pre-operation stages of setting up a business in India.
What is the role of Invest India in the National Single Window System?
- Invest India, under the guidance of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), manages the National Single Window System project.
- It is involved in conceptualizing and designing the portal, onboarding of the various Ministries and States, maintaining the portal, and monitoring the performance of the portal.
General Studies- III
Topic- Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
PM Gati Shakti
Context:
In order to plan coordinated execution of infrastructure projects, project identification for PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan is ongoing based on inputs from Infrastructure and Economic Ministries.
- Various Departments & Ministries have been synchronised by creation of two bodies namely Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) and Network Planning Group (NPG).
- 18 Ministries/Departments have been synchronized through EGoS.
What is the ‘PM Gati Shakti?
PM Gati Shakti is a ‘National Master Plan’ for multi-modal connectivity to economic zones in the country.
- The plan’s ambitiously aims to lend more power and speed to projects under the $1.5-trillion National Infrastructure Pipeline and boost the goal of achieving a $5-trillion economy.
- The idea is to get all relevant stakeholders aligned for creating the right size infrastructure at a suitable location expeditiously.
How it will work?
The Gati Shakti masterplan will use geo-mapping and real-time data in one centralised portal to ensure that key departments and states have visibility over major projects being planned, especially the ones which have multi-sectoral and multi-regional reach.
- Gati Shakti will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various Union ministries and state governments — Bharatmala, Sagarmala, UDAN, inland waterways, dry/land ports etc.
- The plan will also ensure quick completion of works with cost efficiency.
Participants:
Sixteen central government departments, including Railways, Roads and Highways, Petroleum and Gas, Power, Telecom, Shipping, Aviation and others will be part of this initiative.
Why the need for Gati Shakti?
- Due to the wide gap between macro planning and micro implementation, problems of lack of coordination, lack of advance information, thinking and working in silos were leading to hampered construction and wastage of budget.
- Individual ministries and departments often work in silos and there is lack of coordination in planning and implementation of the project resulting in delays.
‘PM Gati Shakti’ will help in synchronising the activities of each department, as well as of different layers of governance, in a holistic manner by ensuring coordination.
Targets Under Gati Shakti:
The plan includes 11 industrial corridors, achieving a Rs 1.7 lakh crore turnover in defence production and having 38 electronics manufacturing clusters and 109 pharma clusters by 2024-25.
The national master plan fixes target up to 2024-25 for all infrastructure ministries.
- Target for the Road Transport and Highways Ministry: Having National Highways of 2 lakh km, completion of four or six-lane national highways of 5,590 km along coastal areas. All state capitals in north-east to be connected with four-lane national highways or two two-lane national highways.
- Target for the Railways: By 2024-25 to handle cargo of 1,600 million tonnes from 1,210 million tonnes in 2020, decongesting 51 percent of the Railway network by completing additional lines and implementation of two Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs).
- Target for Civil Aviation: the target is to double the existing aviation footprint to have a total of 220 airports, heliports and water aerodromes by 2025 which would mean building additional 109 such facilities by then.
- In Shipping, the national masterplan says the target by 2024-25 is to have total cargo capacity to be handled at the ports at 1,759 MMTPA from 1,282 MMTPA in 2020.
- The gas pipeline network, in the country is aimed to be doubled to 34,500 km by 2024-25 by building an additional 17,000 km long trunk pipeline connecting major demand and supply centres for industries, as per the plan.
- In Power lines, the total transmission network by 2024-25 is targeted to be 4.52 lakh circuit km and the renewable energy capacity will be increased to 225 GW from 87.7 GW presently.
Significance:
With 11 industrial and two defence corridors, this scheme will hugely benefit our MSME sector in becoming a part of high-speed growth of our economy.
This scheme will not only ensure a widespread reach of basic amenities to the remotest areas of our country but will also significantly enhance business opportunities for inclusive growth.
Chrome facts for Prelims
Conviction Rate
As per data maintained by National Crime Record Bureau, the conviction rate of States/UTs relating to cognizable crime under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes during 2018, 2019 and 2020 is 66.6, 66.4 and 73.4 respectively.
- “Police” is a State subject falling in List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
- It is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/UT Administrations to make the police force efficient & capable and it’s functioning more effective, transparent and accountable.
- In order to improve the functioning of the police, the Union Government has set up various Commissions/Committees on police reforms, including a Review Committee to review the recommendations of the previous Commissions and Committees.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Home Affairs in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha recently.
New Varieties Developed by JNKVV
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (JNKVV) has developed two varieties each of oats and wheat, one of rice and three of niger.
- These varities have been released during the 87th meeting of Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops notified in the Gazette of India in December, 2021.
- All these newly released varieties were tested under various agro-climatic conditions of the State(s) through All India Coordinated Research Projects and based on the superiority over the national/ zonal checks these varieties have been recommended for release and notification.
New varieties:
- OATS: JO 10-506 and JO 05-304 (Multi cut)
- WHEAT: MP (JW) 1358 and MP (JW) 1323
- RICE: JR 10
- NIGER: JNS 2016-1115, JNS 2015-9 and JNS 521
What happened After notification of a variety?
- After notification of a variety, it takes three years to convert breeder seed to certified seed.
- Certified seed is distributed to the farmers for general cultivation.
- Various State and Central Seed Production Agencies and private seed companies produce foundation and certified seed.
India Telecom 2022
The India Telecom 2022 is being organised by ‘Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council’ (TEPC) from February 8th to 10th, 2022 under Market Access Initiative Scheme (MAI) of Department of Commerce.
The main objective of the event is to provide opportunities to the Indian telecom stakeholders to meet qualified overseas buyers.
- Qualified buyers from more than 45 countries are attending the event.
- Apart from conference, 40+ Indian telecom companies are showcasing their products and capabilities at the exhibition.
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