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  Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said,  there is adequate and sufficient insurance coverage offered for nuclear incidents in the country. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha , Dr Jitendra Singh said,  India has enacted Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act 2010 to provide for civil liability for nuclear damage and prompt compensation to the victims of a nuclear incident through a no-fault liability regime channelling liability to the operator. Under the Act, the operator has to maintain insurance or financial securities or a combination of both, for covering his liability in respect of the nuclear incident. The Act also limits the liability of the nuclear operator for each nuclear incident. The Minister informed that without any Insurance or financial securities, the nuclear operator cannot operate the nuclear faci...

Section 8A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 empowers the Election Commission to undertake delimitation of constituencies. Section 8A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 enables the Elections Commission of India to undertake delimitation of constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur or Nagaland. Section 10A of THE DELIMITATION ACT, 2002 enables President to defer delimitation of constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur or Nagaland on the grounds of "situation has arisen whereby the unity and integrity of India is threatened or there is a serious threat to the peace and public order, he may, by order, defer the delimitation exercise in a State". Section 8A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950  enables President to issues the order which rescind the deferment order issued under the provisions of section 10A of the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002) in relation to that State, and provide for the conduct of delimit...

INDIA HAS 40 SITES IN THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST Understanding Global Warming Potentials PRIME MINISTER’S DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR NORTH EAST REGION (PM-DevINE) SCHEME Mapping of Crops through Satellite About Operation Greens PRICE STABILISATION FUND (PSF) Scheme Intellectual Property Rights Policy Management framework covers 8 types of intellectual property rights GM Crops and Policy for GM Crops in India East Asia Summit Museum of the Moon

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) follows its own guidelines for the conservation of centrally protected monuments  as per the National Conservation Policy, 2014.  There are 3696 centrally protected monuments/sites under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).  Conservation of monuments/sites is taken up as per the requirement and availability of resources. Currently, India has 40 Sites in the UNESCO World Heritage List and 52 sites (including 6 added in year 2022) in the UNESCO Tentative List. Inclusion of any property in Tentative List is a prerequisite condition for onward inclusion in the World Heritage List. Augmentation of Tentative List is continuous process. As per UNESCO Operational Guidelines, 2021, only one property, either cultural or natural, can be nominated for inscription process annually.  Additionally, inclusion of any site requires fulfilment of Criteria, meeting the condition of authenticity and integrity and providing justifi...

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) warm the Earth by absorbing energy and slowing the rate at which the energy escapes to space; they act like a blanket insulating the Earth. Different GHGs can have different effects on the Earth's warming. Two key ways in which these gases differ from each other are their ability to absorb energy (their "radiative efficiency"), and how long they stay in the atmosphere (also known as their "lifetime"). The Global Warming Potential (GWP) was developed to allow comparisons of the global warming impacts of different gases. Specifically, it is a measure of how much energy the emissions of 1 ton of a gas will absorb over a given period of time, relative to the emissions of 1 ton of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). The larger the GWP, the more that a given gas warms the Earth compared to CO 2  over that time period. The time period usually used for GWPs is 100 years. GWPs provide a common unit of measure, which allows analysts to add up emissions estimat...