DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 20TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)S
1.
SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL LAUNCHES ENERGY CONSERVATION BUILDING CODE 2017
i. Piyush Goyal, Minister
of State (I/C) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines launched the
Energy Conservation Building Code 2017 which prescribes the energy performance
standards for new commercial buildings to be constructed across India.
ii. ECBC 2017 aims to
optimize energy savings with the comfort levels for occupants, and prefers
life-cycle cost effectiveness to achieve energy neutrality in commercial
buildings.
iii. ECBC 2017 has been
developed by Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy Efficiency with technical support from United States
Agency for International Development under the U.S. – India bilateral
Partnership to Advance Clean Energy – Deployment Technical Assistance Program.
2.
MINISTRY OF CULTURE LAUNCHES ‘NATIONAL MISSION ON CULTURAL MAPPING OF INDIA’
i. Minister of Culture
& Tourism Mahesh Sharma (I/C) has launched the implementation of the
National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India at Goverdhan Block, Mathura
District of Uttar Pradesh.
ii. The national mission
on cultural mapping was launched at a Block level mega talent hunt programme
(Sanskritik Pratibha Khoj Samaroh). This Mission is part of the ‘Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat’ umbrella.
iii. This Mission
includes data mapping, demography building formalizing the processes and
bringing all the cultural activities under one web-based umbrella for better
results.
iv. The mission aims at
converting the vast and widespread cultural canvas of India into an objective
cultural map. It helps in designing a mechanism to fulfill the aspirations of
the whole artist community of the nation.
3.
VEDANTA TO SET UP STEEL PLANT IN JHARKHAND IN JV WITH JSMDC
i. According to Jharkhand
CM Raghubar Das, a steel plant has come up at Manoharpur in West Singhbhum
district. The Vedanta group and Jharkhand Mineral Development Corporation would
jointly set up the plant.
ii. The total MoU of Rs
700 cr has been signed and project proposals worth Rs 15 to 16,000 cr will be
effective in July.
iii. Vedanta Ltd wins
India's first-ever auction of a gold mine. The steel plant of West Singhbhum
district is one of such projects.
iv. The government has
also plans to set up a world class airport in Dhalbhumgarh under Ghatsila
sub-division of East Singhbum district.