GS Paper 3: Syllabus: Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage. Context: PM Modi is all set to inaugurate the Astol project that will provide tap water to 4.50 lakh people living in 174 tribal villages and 1,028 hamlets on the hills of Valsad district in Gujarat. This is significant as the tribes …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and associated issues. Context: The tribals in Gujarat are protesting against the Centre’s Par Tapi Narmada river-linking project. About the Project: Envisioned under the 1980 National Perspective Plan. It proposes to link three rivers: Par, originating from Nashik in Maharashtra and flowing through Valsad. Tapi …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and issues related. Context: Even as the union Cabinet cleared the Rs 44,605-crore Ken-Betwa link project (KBLP) in December 2021 with a eight-year deadline for completion, the project does not have the clearances to start work as yet. Why? What are the challenges? 2016-2017: KBLP got …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a project to link five rivers in India in her budget speech. The rivers identified for linking are: Godavari-Krishna, Krishna-Pennar and Pennar-Cauvery, Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada. A brief overview of these rivers: Krishna, the fourth largest river …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and issues related. Ken-Betwa link project: Context: The Ken-Betwa river interlinking project will lead to the submergence of a major portion of the core area of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, triggering a major loss of the tiger and its major prey species such as …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and issues related. Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project at a cost of ₹44,605 crore at the 2020-21 price level. The Centre would fund ₹39,317 crore for the project, with ₹36,290 crore as a grant and ₹3,027 …
