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Topics Covered: Infrastructure.
Context:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHPs) under Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India) at six sites across six states.
What are Light house projects?
The LHPs are being constructed at Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
1 They comprise about 1000 houses at each location along with allied infrastructure facilities.
2 These projects will demonstrate and deliver ready to live houses at an expedited pace within twelve months, as compared to conventional brick and mortar construction, and will be more economical, sustainable, of high quality and durability.
3 These LHPs demonstrate a variety of technologies, including Prefabricated Sandwich Panel System in LHP at Indore, Monolithic Concrete Construction using Tunnel Formwork etc.
Key features of the Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC) are:Launched in 2019, the challenge is undertaken under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U).
1 GHTC aims to fast-track the construction of affordable housing and meet the target of constructing 2 crore houses by 2022.
2 GHTC focuses on identifying and mainstreaming proven demonstrable technologies for lighthouse projects and spotting potential future technologies for incubation and acceleration support through ASHA (Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators) — India.
Prelims Link:
1 What is GHTC?
2 What is ASHA – India?
3 About PMAY- Urban.
Mains Link:
In your opinion, what needs to be done in order to make the ‘Housing for All by 2022’ programme successful? Discuss.
Sources: PIB.
Infrastructure.
Industrial Corridor nodes at Krishnapatnam and Tumakuru:
Context:
Cabinet approves Industrial Corridor nodes at Krishnapatnam and Tumakuru.
What is an industrial corridor?
An industrial corridor is basically a corridor comprising of multi-modal transport services that would pass through the states as main artery.
Industrial corridors offer effective integration between industry and infrastructure, leading to overall economic and social development.
Industrial corridors constitute world-class infrastructure, such as:
1 High-speed transportation network – rail and road.
2 Ports with state-of-the-art cargo handling equipment.
3 Modern airports.
4 Special economic regions/industrial areas.
5 Logistic parks/transhipment hubs.
6 Knowledge parks focused on catering to industrial needs.
7 Complementary infrastructure such as townships/real estate.
Prelims Link:
1 Greenfield vs Brownfield projects.
2 What are Industrial Corridors?
3 Features.
Sources: PIB.
Facts for Prelims:
SAHAYAK-NG:
1 SAHAYAK-NG is India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Droppable Container.
2 It is a GPS aided air dropped container with the capacity to carry a payload of up to 50 kg and can be dropped from a heavy aircraft.
The successful maiden test was conducted by the DRDO along with the Indian Navy.
Argentina’s legalisation of abortion:
Argentina’s has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy.
1 Prior to this, women were forced to turn to illegal and unsafe procedures because abortion was against the law in Argentina.
2 For women from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, the scope of access to safe medical procedures for abortion was even narrower.
Core Sector:
1 The eight core sector industries include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity
2 The eight core industries comprise nearly 40% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
3 The eight Core Industries in decreasing order of their weightage: Refinery Products> Electricity> Steel> Coal> Crude Oil> Natural Gas> Cement> Fertilizers.
{ With input from news agency language)
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