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1) Case Study ✅Initiative- MISSION CLEAN MORNA RIVER-A Citizen Driven Mass Movement to Clean River Morna in Akola District of Maharashtra. 👉Thousands of farmers, locals, government officials cleaned river Morna which was filled with water-hyacinths and sewage waste. 👉When the collector first floated the idea, there was fear of infection if people themselves cleaned. But after collector’s office published newspaper ads inviting participation, it turned out to be a huge success. 💯Effect: Morna river which spans across 64 km in Akola district, empties into Poorna river. 🅾️Until 2017, the Akola district office paid yearly contract of Rs 38 lakh to private contractor to clean the eight km stretch of river which collects waste from 32 major and minor nallahs running haphazardly around the city. 👉In 2019, district collector Astik Kumar Pandey cancelled the contract. 🔵CONCLUSION : Community involvement is an essential tool for change.

✅Lets see some of the real- life examples of "steel framework of India"::DMs 🔵Relevance: To be used in Essay, Governance and Ethics Mains

👣💂The foot soldiers of governance- District Magistrates (DMs) are those who hold charge of the basic administrative unit of India and bring order, stability and often some very imaginative changes to those who live in their districts. 👣Some of the most challenging tasks taken at the ground level are by the district magistrates at the district level. 🔵 A district magistrate acts as a leader, motivator, developer, and saviour, and above everything, a top administrator whose unparalleled uniqueness makes them a chief actor in the district administration.

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👉Free Orientation Seminar by Expert Faculties and IAS toppers at Sarat Chandra IAS Academy 📚Date : 13th November 📚New batch starts

✅A prominent lawyer, a selfless activist of the Indian independence movement & mentor to stalwarts like #Netaji, #ChittaranjanDas was lovingly called 'Deshbandhu'-Friend of the nation.

🛰️Launched on this day in 2013, the #Mangalyaan mission brought several laurels to the country 🛰️It not only strengthened our position among global space agencies but also made @ISRO the 4th agency to put a mission on Mars' orbit and India the 1st Asian country to reach the orbit of Mars & also the 1st to reach the Martian orbit in first attempt

Q.1694) Consider the following statements with reference to Quorum of the house. 1. At the beginning of sitting of each day, the Speaker takes his seat only after there is a quorum. 2. By convention, the question of quorum is usually not raised by any member during rest of the sitting of the day.

Q.1693) Consider the following statements with reference to summoning of the house. 1. After the conclusion of every session, the President must summon the Houses to meet for the next session within 6 months. 2. The Dept. of Parliamentary Affairs intimates the proposed date of commencement & duration of a session to the Secretaries-Generals of LS and RS. 3. The Secretaries - Generals issue summons to members individually.

📚PRELIMS FACT BOOSTER Topic : Governance/bodies Narcotics Control Bureau : * Model drug law enforcement and intelligence agency of India * Responsible for fighting drug trafficking and abuse of illegal substances. * Hq - New Delhi * Under Ministry of Home affairs * NCB was created in 1986 to enable full implementation of the Narcotics Drug & Psychotrophic Substances Act, 1985. * The DG of NCB is generally an IPS or IRS officer. * NCB is also represented on the "Economic Intelligence Council" (EIC) * Recent News - (2020-2022) 1. SIMS - The Narcotics Control Bureau has developed a software "Seizure Information Management System" (SIMS), that creates a complete online database of drug offenses and offenders. 2. Operation Trance - * The NCB was also a part of the global "Operation TRANCE", which was a joint intelligence gathering action on international Postal, Express mail and courier shipments containing psychotropic drugs.

✅Symbol in the Bakhshali manuscript is particularly significant for two reasons👇 1) Firstly, it is this dot that evolved to have a hollow centre and became the symbol that we use as zero today. 2) Secondly, it was only in India that this zero developed into a number in its own , hence creating the concept and the number zero that we understand today – this happened in 628 CE, just a few centuries after the Bakhshali manuscript was produced, when the Indian astronomer and mathematician Brahmagupta wrote a text called Brahmasphutasiddhanta, which is the first document to discuss zero as a number.