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Bihar is the principal holder of country's pyrite resources and  possesses 95% of resources.The important mineral occurrences in Bihar are; Limestone   is found in Kaimur (Bhabhua), Monghyr and Rohtas districts; Nawada district is rich in Mica ; Quartz/ silica sand is found in Bhagalpur, Jamui, Monghyr and Nalanda districts; Quartzite is obtained from Lakhisarai, Monghyr and Nalanda districts. Talc/ soapstone/ steatite is found in Monghyr district.  Bauxite occur in Monghyr  and Rohtas districts. China clay   in Bhagalpur and Monghyr districts. Felspar is found in Gaya, Jamui and Monghyr districts;  Fireclay   is found n Bhagalpur and Purnea districts;   Jamui district has reserves of Gold ;   Granite   is obtained from Bhagalpur, Gaya, Jahanabad and Jamui districts;   Iron ore (hematite) occur in Bhagalpur district;   Iron ore (magnetite)   is obtain...

About Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services or WAVES is a World Bank-led global partnership launched at the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting held in Nagoya, Japan in the year 2010.  Other partners are UN agencies, governments, international institutes, non-governmental organizations and academics. WAVES aims to promote sustainable development by ensuring that natural resources are mainstreamed in development planning and national economic accounts. The global partnership brings together coalition partners to implement Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) where there are internationally agreed standards, and develop approaches for other ecosystem service accounts. By working with central banks and ministries of planning and finance across the world to integrate natural resources into development planning through NCA, we hope to enable more informed decision making that can ensure gen...

About Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Nature: Government Organisation Official website:  https://ssc.nic.in/ SSC or Staff Selection Commission is a central staff recruiting agency. It recruits staffs of Group B, Group C and Group D categories under the Govt. of India. SSC is one of the two attached office (other is UPSC) under Department of Personal and Training (DoPT). Background of Establishment of SSC The Estimates Committee of the Parliament, in its 47th Report (1967-68), recommended the setting up of a Service Selection Commission for conducting examinations for recruitment to lower categories of posts. Further, the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), in its Report on Personnel Administration advocated pooling of the requirements of non-technical posts by different Departments and selection of personnel either by joint recruitment or through a recruitment board. It was in pursuance of this recommendation that the Government of Ind...

The Ministry of Culture, Government of India on 01-06-2018  has introduced a new scheme namely ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’ with a total outlay of Rs. 325.00 Crores for Financial Years 2018-19 and 2019-20 (2 Years). The scheme envisages to reimburse the Central Government share of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) so as to lessen the financial burden of such Charitable Religious Institutions who provide Food/Prasad/Langar (Community Kitchen) / Bhandara free of cost without any discrimination to Public/Devotees. The Charitable Religious Institutions such as Temples, Gurudwara, Mosque, Church, Dharmik Ashram, Dargah, Matth, Monasteries etc. which have been in existence for at least five years before applying for financial assistance/grant and who serve free food to at least 5000 people  in a month Further,  such institutions covered under Section 10( 23BBA)  of the Income Tax Act  or Institutions registered as Socie...

chm.pops.int Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) The Convention was adopted on May 22, 2001 and entered into force on May 17, 2004. India ratified the Convention on   January 13, 2006. The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from a class of chemicals known as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). POPs remain intact in the environment for long periods (persistent), become widely distributed geographically (long range transport), accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife (bioaccumulation), and have a harmful impact on human health, or on environment (toxic). Under the Convention, the chemicals can be listed for complete elimination from production, use, export and import (Annex-A), Restriction in use and production for specific purpose only (Annex-B) or Unintentional production (Annex-C). Till date, 26 chemicals are listed as POPs under the Stockholm Convention. As of now...

www.basel.int Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes The  Basel Convention was adopted on March 22, 1989  by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel, Switzerland and  entered into force on May 5, 1992 .  India ratified  the Convention in  June 24, 1992. The  objective  of the Basel Convention is  to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects of hazardous wastes   including “other wastes” - the household waste and incinerator ash ,  wastes that are explosive, flammable, poisonous, infectious, corrosive, toxic, or eco-toxic. The Convention aims towards restricting trans-boundary movements of hazardous wastes and its disposal with environmentally sound management (ESM). [Read also about related Conventions,  The Rotterdam Convention  and  The Stockholm Convention ] Background of the Basel Convention The convention was adopted in the 1980s in response to a public o...

www.pic.int Rotterdam Convention  on Hazardous Chemicals. The Convention was adopted  on September 10, 1998  and  entered into force on February 24, 2004 .  India ratified  the Convention  on May 24, 2005 . The Rotterdam Convention is a multilateral environmental agreement which prescribes obligations on the importers and exporters of certain hazardous chemicals. Parties are empowered to make informed decisions about the chemicals they wish to import. The Convention's objective is  to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among parties in the international trade of listed chemicals in the Rotterdam Convention, to protect human health and the environment , and to contribute to the environmentally sound use of chemicals. The  Prior Informed Consent (PIC)  procedure is the mechanism for formally obtaining and disseminating the decisions of importing Parties, as to whether they wish to receive futu...

About Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana   Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana was launched on 22 Sep, 2017 by Department of Science & Technology (DST). This project will experiment and endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate Science & Technology Interventions for Sustainable Development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand. DST has conceived to adopt a few clusters of villages and transform them to become self-sustainable in a time bound manner through the tools of Science and Technology (S&T).  Department of Science and Technology (DST) has committed Rs 6.3 crore support for a period of three years for this project. The key deliverable in this approach is to utilise local resources and locally available skill sets and convert them in a manner using science and technology, that substantial value addition takes place in their local produce and services which can sustain the rural popula...

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