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MoSPI Organised SDG and Gender Statistics Workshop in Bihar
Why in News?
A two-day Capacity Building Workshop on Monitoring Frameworks of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Environment Accounts, and Gender Statistics was organised in Patna, Bihar.
Key Points:
- Organising Authority: The workshop was conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in collaboration with the Government of Bihar and United Nations Development Programme(UNDP).
- Key Themes: The workshop focused on three major areas — SDG monitoring frameworks, environment accounting, and gender statistics.
- Objective: Emphasis was laid on timely, robust, and disaggregated data collection for effective policy formulation and monitoring of development outcomes.
- Reports Released:
- Environmental Accounting Explainer Series: Pollination Services
- Planet in Focus: Advancing Environmental Sustainability under the SDGs
- Delivering Prosperity at Scale: India’s Economic Transformation through the SDGs
- SDG Monitoring Initiatives: It includes National Indicator Framework, Panchayat Advancement Index, and NER District SDG Index, along with global best practices.
- Gender Statistics: Women’s work, mobility, gender data gaps, and gender-responsive policymaking, along with international experiences were highlighted.
- Environmental Accounting: Environmental sustainability key themes including the implementation of environmental accounting frameworks in India, valuation of forest ecosystem services, and state-level experiences in forest accounting, Economic valuation of biodiversity and pollination services were discussed.
- State-level initiatives to strengthen environmental statistics systems and the economic evaluation of organic farming and agroforestry under the TEEB project were examined.
- TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) is a global initiative that highlights the economic value of biodiversity and supports integrating ecosystem considerations into policymaking and business decisions.
- State-level initiatives to strengthen environmental statistics systems and the economic evaluation of organic farming and agroforestry under the TEEB project were examined.
- Significance: The workshop reflects India’s commitment to data-driven governance, sustainable development, and inclusive growth aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
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Amogh Jwala Exercise in UP
Why in News?
The Indian Army’s Southern Command recently concluded Exercise Amogh Jwala at the Babina Field Firing Ranges in Uttar Pradesh.
Key Points
- Duration: The exercise was carried out over 13 days (March 6–18, 2026).
- Objective: To validate technology-driven mechanised warfare capabilities in a multi-domain operational environment.
- It demonstrated the integrated employment of mechanised forces with attack helicopters, fighter aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, counter-drone systems and network-enabled battlefield platforms under a robust command and control architecture.
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