State PCS - Jharkhand (JPSC)

• 27 Nov 2025

Digital Habitation Mapping in Jharkhand

Why in News? 

Jharkhand has rolled out Digital Habitation Mapping (DHM) to improve school infrastructure, monitor educational access, and reduce student dropouts by identifying habitation-level gaps. 

Key Points 

• About: 
  • Digital Habitation Mapping (DHM) is a state-wide initiative aimed at systematically assessing each habitation’s access to schools, transport networks, and essential public utilities. 
  • DHM supports the objectives of New Education Policy 2020 by promoting universal foundational literacy, advancing inclusive schooling, and enabling equitable allocation of educational resources based on real-time evidence.
• Key Features: 
  • DHM uses GIS-based, real-time visualization tools to map habitation clusters and the distances students must travel to reach the nearest school. 
  • The platform is integrated with UDISE+, ensuring that planning and decision-making rely on accurate, authenticated, and regularly updated school-level information.
• Planning and Focus Areas: 
  • Insights from DHM help authorities make data-driven decisions on establishing new schools, expanding hostel facilities, improving transport support, and upgrading existing educational infrastructure. 
  • The system strengthens micro-planning by guiding teacher deployment and ensuring the provision of essential amenities such as toilets, safe drinking water, electricity, and digital infrastructure. 
  • The initiative pays special attention to remote rural and Scheduled Tribe–dominated habitations, where scattered settlements and difficult terrain often hinder consistent school attendance and contribute to higher dropout rates. 

India to Host Commonwealth Games 2030

Why in News? 

Prime Minister congratulated the nation as India has officially won the bid to host the Centenary Commonwealth Games 2030, a historic sporting milestone marking 100 years of the Games. 

Key Points 

• About the Commonwealth Bid: 
  • India will host the Centenary Commonwealth Games 2030 in Ahmedabad. 
  • This achievement represents a major diplomatic and sporting milestone, significantly enhancing India’s visibility and credibility in global sports governance. 
  • Hosting the 2030 Games aligns with India’s long-term sporting vision, particularly its efforts to upgrade sports infrastructure, strengthen global event hosting capacity, and enhance athlete support through programmes such as Khelo India and the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme. 
  • India last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010, when the event was held in New Delhi. 
• About Commonwealth Games: 
  • The Commonwealth Games (CWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years, bringing together athletes from all 56 Commonwealth nations.  
  • It was first conducted in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada as the British Empire Games. India first participated in the 1934 London Games. 
  • The event is governed by the Commonwealth Sport (earlier known as Commonwealth Games Federation), headquartered in London (England), which ensures that the Games uphold the core values of humanity, equality, and destiny. 
  • The 2026 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland.