NATIONAL
- India’s first floating elementary school inaugurated on Manipur’s Loktak Lake.
- Loktak lake, the largest freshwater lake in the country, has now become home to first of its kind loktak floating elementary school.
- The lake is also an Important Bird Area as it’s a potential breeding site for waterfowl and is a staging site for migratory birds.
- Keibel lamjao is the only floating National park in the world floats over it.
Some important facts about lakes –
A lake is an area of variable size filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.
- World’s 60% lakes are in Canada.
- Finland is known as The land of thousand lakes.
- The US State of Minneosta is known as the land of ten thousand lakes.
- Baikal lake (Russia) – World’s deepest lake.
- Dead Sea (Middle east) –World’s lowest lake. 2500 ft below the sea level.
- Lake Horun has the longest lake coastline in the world.
- Caspian lake (Russia) – Largest lake of the world also largest salt lake of the world.
- Kolleru lake (Andra Pradesh) – Largest lake of India. Located between Krishna and Godavari Delta.
- Wular Lake – Largest fresh water lake in India and It is fed by Jhelum river.
- Chilka Lake (Orissa) – Largest coastal lagoon of India and second largest lagoon of world.
- Dal Lake (J & K) – It is called as Jwell in the crown of Kashmir. Asia’s Largest Tulip garden.
- Sambhar Lake(Rajasthan) – India’s largest inland salt lake. Mahabharta mentions that it was part of kingdom of Demon king Brishparva.
- Nakki Lake (Rajasthan) – Located at Aravali range at Mt Abu. Mahatama Gandhi’s ashes were immersed in this Holy lake on 12th feburary 1948 and Gandhi Ghat was constructed.
RAJASTHAN
- Antra and Disha programmes will be implemented on major basis to stop Conceive to control population.
- The facility of 4 dose of Antra injection will be given, after this injection there is no requirement to use any other vaccine or medicine to stop Conceive till one year.
- ‘Antra’ injection is defined as Injectable Contraceptive and ‘Chaya’ is defined as Weekly Tablet Centchroman. ‘
- Mukhya mantri Free Coaching Scheme is Launched in Rajasthan.
- The State government of Rajasthan has decide to launch an ambitious scheme to provide free coaching to more than 1000 students . For that govt will spend Rs. 60,000 in every year to provide free coaching.
- To take benefit of this scheme, SC/ST students have passed in 10th along with 60% minimum marks while another category’s students need to 70% minimum marks.
- The selected institute will have contract for two years with government.
- 500-500 students of all Sections will be selected yearly in Jaipur and Kota.
- 30% reservation for the girls and if not sufficient Girls than will be filled by Boy students.
- For selected coaching institute maximum 60,000 rupees will be issued for 1st year and yearly increment applicable after one year.
- This Coaching facility will be available for entrance examination- Engineering, Medical etc for two years and One year for Law, Management entrance exams.