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Posted 14 Mar 2024

Updated 27 Mar 2024

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Dibang Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project (DMHP)

Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone for the DMHP recently.
Capacity: It will produce around 2,880 MW of electricity.
Location: Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.
- Designed as a project under National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and developed over Dibang River (a tributary of Brahmaputra)
To be constructed with Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) technique.
- It will be the highest RCC dam in the World.
It will be 278 meters high and would be the highest Concrete-Gravity dam in India.

Prime Minister launched one-stop PM-SURAJ portal for credit schemes for marginalized sections.

About PM-SURAJ Portal
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE).
- Objective: Uplifting most marginalized sections of society, and supporting credit assistance to one lakh entrepreneurs hailing from disadvantaged communities.
- Credit support will be provided to eligible persons across country, facilitated through banks, Non-Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions’ (NBFC-MFIs), and other organisations.

The Ministry of Heavy Industries has launched EMPS to accelerate the adoption of EVs in the country.
It is a fund-limited scheme with a total outlay of Rs. 500 crore for 4 months.
Eligible EV categories include
- Two Wheelers (Private, Corporate, and Commercial Vehicles)
- Three-wheelers (including E-Rickshaws and Carts)
The Scheme aims to support around 3.7 Lakh EVs during its tenure
It applies to only those vehicles that are fitted with advanced batteries.

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting launched PB-SHABD, websites of DD News and Akashvani News and updated News on Air mobile app.

About PB- SHABD
- A news sharing service from Prasar Bharati.
- Platform is designed to provide daily news feeds in video, audio, text, photo and other formats to the subscribers from media landscape.
- Service is offered free of cost for the first year and will provide news stories in all major Indian languages across fifty categories.

The Eri (tank) network in the Kazhuveli watershed region in Tamil Nadu is to be proposed for nomination to the World Monuments Fund Watch 2025 program.
- The World Monuments Watch is a nomination-based program that connects local heritage preservation to global awareness and action.

About WMF
- It’s the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world’s most treasured places.
- Headquarters in New York, also has an office in India.
- It has preserved more than 700 sites in 112 countries.