1. Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan

1. Accessible India Campaign
2. focus on making public buildings accessible to Persons with Disabilities
3. Enhancing the accessibility and usability of Public Transport, and information & communication
4. It was launched on international day pf persons with disabilities (3rd dec) not on 2nd October
5. Sugamya Bharat Mobile app

Discuss – Nodal department and ministry

2. International Solar Alliance

1. Countries located b/w tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn <sunshine countries>
2. Was launched in Paris at COP21
3. HQ will be in India, interim secretariat at Nation Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon

Discuss- States in India through which tropic of cancer passes

3. Ujjwala and UJALA scheme 

1. Ujjawala– To extend availability of cooking gas (LPG) to BPL women of 18+ age i.e free LPG connection
2. Funds from people who opted to omit their LPG subsidy through GIVE UP scheme
3. UJALA–  Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
4. Overall target of number of incandescent bulbs to be replaced – 200 million
5. Every grid-connected consumer <NO BPL/APL> having a metered connection can get the LED bulbs at about 40% of the market price under the UJALA Scheme
6. Consumers also have the option of paying for the LEDs in equated monthly instalment
7. Electricity Distribution Company and Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is the implementing agency

• Discuss – Domestic Efficient lighting programme (DELP) and Bachat Lamp Yojana
• Discuss– Compare Incandescent bulb v/s CFL v/s LED

4. New Horizon

1. New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA’s New Frontiers program
2. launched in 2006 not last year with the primary mission to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system, and a secondary mission to fly by and study one or more other Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) <primary mission accomplished>
3. Pluto is a dwarf planet not planet and has 5 moon <Charon, Hydra, Nix, Styx, Kerberos>

• Discuss – What is Kuiper belt
• Discuss – Asteroid, comet, meteor, meteorite

5. SERVIR-Mekong Project

1. Combined Project of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and 5 SEA Countries – Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam
2. aims to tap into the latest technologies to help the Mekong River region protect its vital ecosystem
3. In 2010, SERVIR-Himalaya, was established at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, Nepal

• Discuss – NISAR mission
• Discuss – members of Mekpng- Ganga Cooperation