17-11-22 Daily -Goa- GPSC Current Affairs

The Goa governments hopes of receiving the Centres nod for theSanguemland for permanent campus of theIndian Institute of Technology(IIT), Goa, seem to have been crushed.

The central government has turned down the 7 lakh sqm identified by Goa for the project, terming the area as inadequate.

As per procedure, once identifies a parcel of land, a team from the Centre visits for inspection, before approving or rejecting the site. However, this time around, the central government officials declined the site after going through the plans itself, and it was not found necessary to send an inspection team to Goa, sources said.

As per the Union Education ministrys requirement, 12 lakh sqm land is to be identified to establish a campus for an IIT. But former chief minister Manohar Parrikar had made it clear to central officials that given Goas land constraints around 6 lakh sqm could be provided for the campus.

The former IITian was of the view that 6 lakh sqm would be sufficient to meet the IITs requirements.

The Finance Ministry has finalised the framework to issue sovereign green in line with global standards, according to sources. The government intends to mobilise Rs 16,000 crore from the issuance of green bonds during the second half of the current financial year. It is a part of the borrowing programme for the second half of this fiscal.

These rupee-denominated papers will have long tenure to suit the requirement of green Infrastructure projects.

The government is planning a total borrowing of Rs 5.92 lakh crore during the October-March period of the current fiscal.

The government had in the Budget for 2022-23 projected a gross market borrowing of Rs 14.31 lakh crore.

The Transport4All Challenge is an initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, that aims at enhancing the mobility experience of citizens. The Challenge focuses on digital innovation and invites cities, citizens, and innovators to join hands to develop contextual digital solutions to improve formal as well as informal public transport to better serve the mobility needs of all citizens.

Three Stages of the Challenge

The Transport4All through Digital Innovation Challenge comprises three stages:

Stage I PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: Cities, with the support of NGOs, identify key recurring problems that citizens and public transport operators face

Stage II SOLUTION GENERATION: Startups develop prototypes of solutions to improve public transport with inputs from cities and NGOs

Stage III PILOT TESTING: Cities engage Startups for large-scale pilots and refine the solutions based on citizen feedback.

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