Current Affair 1:

City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS)

 

Recently, Union Cabinet has approved the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0). The program will run for a period of four years, i.e., from 2023 till 2027.

CITIIS, or the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain, is a sub-component of the Government of India's Smart Cities Mission.

It is a joint program of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), the European Union (EU), and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).

The CITIIS program was launched on July 9, 2018. CITIIS 2.0 aims to leverage and scale up the learnings and successes of CITIIS 1.0.

CITIIS 1.0 consisted of three components:

Following the CITIIS 1.0 model, CITIIS 2.0 has three major components:

CITIIS 2.0 will supplement the climate actions of Government of India through its ongoing National programs (National Mission on Sustainable Habitat, AMRUT 2.0, Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 and Smart Cities Mission), as well as contributing positively to India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) and Conference of the Parties (COP26) commitments.

See the projects of CITISS below, you will understand what exactly it does.

Current Affair 2:

Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII)

 

Read:

On the occasion of the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit, a PGII event was held with the participation of leaders of G7 and partner countries, private sector executives, and the World Bank, aiming at mobilizing private capital in partner countries.

For example:

Current Affair 3:

Zero Draft of the treaty (WHO CA+)

 

These topics I am finding from recent G-7 summit in Hiroshima. You won’t find in news openly these topics. Just read them.

Zero Draft of the treaty, known as the Zero Draft of WHO CA+, was published on 1 February 2023.

Just remember this.

Current Affair 4:

New Committee on Accreditation and Ranking System of the Country.

 

Read:

Current Affair 5:

Curbing the menace of ragging in Higher Educational Institutions

 

Read:

Also see, how UGC was formed: directly from UGC website:

Members: Only see chairman, whether he is a minister or someone else.

 

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION: This is big document, but I want you to go through all once. Not necessary to remember everything, but ek baar if you read, dimag main rhega.

 

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