Steeplechase to Prelims Day 11

Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) :  a simple one-page registration Form. This is an important step to promote ease of doing business for MSMEs in India as the UAM replaces the filing of Entrepreneurs’ Memorandum with the respective States/UTs.

ANMOL is a tablet-based application that allows ANMs to enter and updated data for beneficiaries of their jurisdiction.

Ensure more prompt entry and updation of data as well as improve the data quality since the data will be entered “at source” by providers of health services themselves.

Go through military exercises

• Jal Kranti Abhiyan-

• Two villages, preferably facing acute water scarcity are being selected as “Jal Grams”
• An integrated water security plan, water conservation, water management and allied activities are being planned for these villages by Panchayat level committee to ensure optimum and sustainable utilization of water
• Totally 1348 villages have to be identified in 674 districts, out of which 1001 have been selected as Jal Grams in the country
• Senior officials from CWC and CGWB who are nodal agencies for implementation have been directed to take up issue with State Governments whenever Jal Gram selection has been slow
• From each Jal Grams, one elected representative of Panchayat and one representative of the water users association are being identified as Jal Mitra/ Neer Nari
• Training is being imparted to them to create mass awareness about issue pertaining to water as well as providing necessary guidance in tackling water supply related routine issues
• Card known as Sujalam Card (with the logo “Water Saved, Water Produced) is being prepared for every Jal gram which would provide the yearly status/information on availability of water for the village from all sources
• A committee has been formed at village level and block level for implementation and monitoring of works under Jal gram, Block level, District level and State level committees have also been set up in the states to monitor the progress of Jal Gram

• Department of Commerce’s DAVA (Drug Authentication and Verification Application) project has won the 2015 eASIA Award under Trade Facilitation category as announced by Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) in Tehran, Iran
• Award administered by: AFACT
  About DAVA Project-
• A significant step in the direction of Pharmaceuticals Authentication and Verification
• Contribute considerably in enhancing the brand image of our pharmaceutical exporters
  It is in the pilot stage and will be subsequently made mandatory for all pharmaceutical exports from India

Lead and cobalt – metallic mineral, where others are non-metallic

In igneous and metamorphic rocks minerals may occur in the cracks, crevices, faults or joints. The smaller occurrences are called veins and the larger are called lodes. In most cases, they are formed when minerals in liquid/molten and gaseous forms are forced upward through cavities towards the earth’s surface. They cool and solidify as they rise. Major metallic minerals like tin, copper, zinc and lead etc. are obtained from veins and lodes.
(ii) In sedimentary rocks a number of minerals occur in beds or layers. They have been formed as a result of deposition, accumulation and concentration in horizontal strata. Coal and some forms of iron ore have been concentrated as a result of long periods under great heat and pressure.

The Balaghat mines in Madhya Pradesh produce about half of  India’s copper. The Singbhum district of Jharkhand is also a leading producer of copper. The Khetri mines in Rajasthan are also famous for copper.

Magnetite: This is the best quality of iron ore and contains 72 per cent pure iron. It
possesses magnetic property and hence is called magnetite. It is found in Andhra Pradesh,
Jharkhand, Goa, Karnataka etc

Haematite: It contains 60 per cent to 70 per cent pure iron and is found in Andhra Pradesh,Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Goa etc

Limonite: It contains 40 per cent to 60 per cent pure iron. It is of yellow or light brown colour

Siderite: It contains many impurities and has just 40-50 per cent pure iron. However, due to presence of lime, it is self fluxing

Mica is a mineral made up of a series of plates or leaves. It splits easily into thin sheets. These sheets can be so thin that a thousand can be layered into a mica sheet of a few centimeters high. Mica can be clear, black, green, red yellow or brown. Due to its excellent di-electric strength, low power loss factor, insulating properties and resistance to high voltage, mica is one of the most indispensable minerals used
in electric and electronic industries.

Mica deposits are found in the northern edge of the Chota Nagpur plateau. Koderma Gaya – Hazaribagh belt of Jharkhand is the leading producer.

1.Magnetite ore has a very high content of iron up to 70 per cent
2. Hematite iron ore is the largest used iron ore in India.
3. In north-east the coal mining is done by tribal family members in the form of a long narrow tunnel, known as ‘Rat-hole’ mining.

Manganese is mainly used in the manufacturing of steel and ferro-manganese alloy. Nearly 10 kg of manganese is required to manufacture one tonne of steel. It is also used in manufacturing bleaching powder, insecticides and paints.

Most of the coal production in India comes from opencast mining, contributing over 83 percent of the total production.
2. Raniganj Coal field is the oldest in India.
3. Gondwana coal is inferior to Tertiary Coal.

Toothpaste cleans your teeth. Abrasive minerals like silica, limestone, aluminium oxide and various  phosphate minerals do the cleaning. Fluoride which is used to reduce cavities, comes from a mineral fluorite. Most toothpaste are made white with titanium oxide, which comes from minerals called
rutile, ilmenite and anatase. The sparkle in some toothpastes comes from mica. The toothbrush and tube containing the paste are made of plastics from petroleum.