17 December 2024 : PIB Summary For UPSC
1. SRI LANKA–INDIA EXERCISE – 24 (SLINEX-24)
(Source – https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2084913®=3&lang=1 )
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Analysis of the news:
- SLINEX 2024 will take place from 17 to 20 December 2024 at Visakhapatnam under the Eastern Naval Command.
- The exercise will have two phases: Harbour Phase (17-18 December) and Sea Phase (19-20 December).
- Initiated in 2005, SLINEX strengthens maritime cooperation between India and Sri Lanka.
- Indian participants: INS Sumitra (Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel) and a Special Forces team.
- Sri Lankan participants: SLNS Sayura (Offshore Patrol Vessel) with a Special Forces team.
- The Harbour Phase will include professional and social interactions to foster mutual understanding.
- The Sea Phase will involve joint drills such as Special Forces operations, gun firings, seamanship, and helicopter operations.
- The 2024 edition aims to enhance interoperability and promote a rules-based maritime environment.
2. MSE-SPICE Scheme
(Source – https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2084812®=3&lang=1 )
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MSE-SPICE Scheme :
- The MSE-SPICE scheme promotes the adoption of Circular Economy (CE) solutions by more than 3400 Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs).
- It focuses on reducing, reusing, and recycling resources to enhance sustainability in the MSME sector.
- The scheme targets 11 sectors: plastic, rubber, e-waste, municipal waste, compressed bio-gas, lithium-ion batteries, end-of-life vehicles, ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal, solar panels, gypsum, and hazardous industrial waste.
- A total outlay of Rs. 472.5 crore has been allocated for the scheme.
- Total expenditure under the scheme, as of 12 December 2024, is Rs. 1.31 crore.
It aims to encourage sustainable practices through waste reprocessing and resource recirc
