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February – 10

TNPSC BITS
❖ Tamil Nadu government has announced that the Tirunelveli district will get two
more industrial estates – one at Nanguneri and other one at Moolaikkaraipatti.
❖ The Tamil Nadu Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department has planned to
begin a trial of 50 Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) on fishing boats to help protect
sea turtles.

TAMIL NADU
Erode (East) Assembly by-election 2025

❖ DMK has won the Erode (East) assembly seat by-election by a decisive margin of
91,558 votes.
❖ 6,109 were casted as the NOTA (none of the above), in an election where 46
candidates were in the contest.
❖ The eligible voters in Erode (East) constituency are 2,27,546-1,10,128 men,
1,17,381 women and 37 transpersons.
❖ However, only 1,54,657 cast their votes: 74,260 men, 80,376 women, and 21
transpersons.

State Action Plan on Climate Change 2025

❖ Tamil Nadu government has finalised its State Action Plan on Climate Change
(SAPCC) and submitted it to the union environment ministry for approval.
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❖ Tamil Nadu was the first state in the country to launch a dedicated climate
change mission and make a budgetary allocation.
❖ The SAPCC is a key document that lays down different mitigation and adaptation
strategies for key sectors in the face of climate change.
❖ It prioritises sectors like agriculture, water resources, coastal area management,
and forest and biodiversity.
❖ Tamil Nadu constitutes 4% of India’s land area and is inhabited by 6% of India’s
population, but has only 2.5% of India’s water resources.
❖ More than 95% of surface water and 80% of groundwater have already been put
into use.
❖ The per capita availability of the water resources is just 900 m3 compared to the
national average of 2,200m3.

Priority stretches’ by CPCB

❖ Rivers in Chennai and Salem have been identified as “priority stretches” by the
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) based on water quality data.
❖ According to CPCB, Tamil Nadu has 10 severely polluted river stretches and have
been categorised under Priority I to V.
❖ Of these, the Adyar and Cooum in Chennai, and Thirumanimuthar and Vasishta
rivers near Salem are Priority I.
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❖ The Cooum river stretch from Avadi to Sathya Nagar is the most contaminated,
with a biochemical oxygen demand of 345 mg/L, far exceeding the permissible
limit of 3 mg/L for bathing waters.

NATIONAL
Five-year Cotton Mission 2025

❖ It aims to increase the cotton productivity especially extra-long staple varieties.

❖ Science & Technology support will be provided to farmers under this Mission.
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❖ The Mission is in keeping with the 5 F principle and will increase income of the
farmers and augment a steady supply of quality cotton.
❖ By boosting the domestic productivity, this initiative will stabilise raw material
availability and enhance the global competitiveness of India’s textile sector.
❖ To promote the domestic production of technical textile products such as Agro-
textiles, medical textiles and geo textiles at competitive prices, two more types of
shuttles-less looms added to the list of fully exempted textile machinery.
❖ The Budget announced an outlay of Rs. 5272 crores (Budget Estimates) for the
Ministry of Textiles for 2025-26.

Extension of Skill India mission 2025

❖ The Union Cabinet approved the continuation and restructuring of the Central
Sector Scheme ‘Skill India Programme (SIP)’ till 2026.
❖ The following three key components, are now combined under the composite
Central Sector Scheme of “Skill India Programme”.
o Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 (PMKVY 4.0),
o The Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS),
and
o The Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme
❖ PMKVY 4.0 scheme provides NSQF aligned skill development training through
Short-Term Training (STT) including the Special Projects (SP) and reskilling and
upskilling.
❖ The JSS scheme is a community-centric skilling initiative.
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❖ It is designed to make the vocational training accessible, flexible, and inclusive,

particularly for women, rural youth, and economically disadvantaged groups and
caters to the age group of 15 -45 years of age.

Swavalambini program
❖ Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in collaboration
with NITI Aayog launched Swavalambini in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
❖ This Women Entrepreneurship Program aimed at empowering female students in
select Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the northeast
❖ It will equip them with the essential entrepreneurial mind-set, resources, and the
mentorship they need to succeed in their entrepreneurial journey.

New Agri-Tech Schemes 2025

❖ The government announced at least nine new missions or programmes focused
solely on the Agri sector.
❖ Nevertheless, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare saw an
overall reduction of 2.5 per cent in its total allocation.
❖ Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana’ will be implemented in partnership
with states through the convergence of existing schemes.
❖ It will be implemented in 100 districts with the low productivity, moderate crop
intensity, and below-average credit parameters.
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❖ The Comprehensive programme for vegetables and fruits will be launched in

partnership with states.
❖ It aims to promote production, efficient supplies, processing, and remunerative
prices for farmers.
❖ The mission has been allocated Rs 500 crore for 2025-26.
❖ The National Mission on High-Yielding Seeds mission will target the commercial
availability, development, and propagation of over 100 high-yielding, pest-
resistant, and climate-resilient seed varieties released since July 2024.
❖ A makhana board will be established in Bihar to improve the production,
processing, value addition and marketing of makhana (foxnut).
❖ The ‘Rural prosperity and resilience programme’ initiative will be launched in
partnership with states to address the underemployment in agriculture through
skilling, investment, and technology.
❖ It will focus on rural women, young farmers, rural youth, marginal and small
farmers, and landless families.
❖ Urea plant with annual capacity of 1.27 million tonnes will be set up at Namrup,
Assam to further augment the supply of urea.

Mission for Aatmanirbhar in pulses 2025

❖ Mission for Aatmanirbhar in pulses is a six-year mission with an allocation of Rs
1,000 crore for the financial year 2025-26.
❖ It is focusing on toor (pigeon pea), urad (black gram), and masoor (red lentil).
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❖ Under this scheme, central agencies such as NAFED and National Cooperative
Consumers’ Federation will procure these pulses “as much as offered” over the
next four years from farmers who register with these agencies and enter into
agreements.

Nuclear energy mission 2025

❖ The Nuclear Energy Mission is poised to accelerate nuclear power development,

positioning India as a global leader in advanced nuclear technology by 2047.
❖ Development of at least 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047 is essential for our
energy transition efforts.
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❖ For an active partnership with the private sector towards this goal, amendments
to the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act will be
taken up.
❖ A Nuclear Energy Mission for research & development of Small Modular Reactors
(SMRs) with an outlay of INR 20,000 crore will be set up.
❖ At least 5 indigenously developed SMRs will be operationalized by 2033.
❖ The Atomic Energy Act of 1962 prohibits the private control of nuclear power
generation in India.
❖ Only two government-owned enterprises - NPCIL and Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut
Nigam Limited are legally allowed to own and operate nuclear power plants in
India.
❖ The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act of 2010 places responsibility for any
nuclear accident with the plant operator and limits total operator liability.
❖ But it allows the operator to have legal recourse to the reactor supplier, with no
limit on supplier liability.
❖ India is already working to expand its nuclear capacity from 8180 MW today to
22,480 MW by 2031-2032.

STATES
EV infrastructure status 2025

❖ Tamil Nadu is one of the frontrunners when it comes to creating infrastructure

needed to encourage adoption of more electric vehicles (EV) and manufacturing.
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❖ Uttar Pradesh leads in the number of the EV charging stations installed by Oil
Marketing Companies with 2,561 stations.
❖ It is followed by Maharashtra with 1,595, Karnataka with 1,516, Rajasthan with
1,482 and Tamil Nadu with 1,448.
❖ FAME India Phase-I was implemented up to 31 March, 2019, with a budget of
₹895 crore.
❖ Phase-II was implemented for five years from 1 April 2019, with an outlay of
₹11,500 crore.

MISCELLANEOUS
Delhi UT Assembly election 2025

❖ The BJP won in Delhi after more than 26 years as it won 48 of the 70 seats in
the Assembly polls.
❖ The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured victories from 22 seats and the Congress
drew a blank for a third straight time.
❖ AAP candidate from Matia Mahal Aaley Mohammad Iqbal registered the highest
victory margin of 42,724 votes in the polls.
❖ BJP’s Chandan Kumar Choudhary won the Sangam Vihar seat by the lowest
margin of 344 votes.
❖ The election was concluded on February 5 with an overall voter turnout of
60.39%.
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❖ The highest voter turnout was in Mustafabad (69%).

❖ Lowest was in Karol Bagh (47.40%).
❖ For the first time since Independence, the BJP will now have governments in
Delhi and all adjoining States.

‘Art in Prison’ initiative

❖ The ‘Art in Prison’ initiative is about bringing the folk art, theatre, botanical
cyanotype art, and music into Puzhal-1 Central Jail in Chennai, continuing for a
year now.
❖ The initiative is led by Sumanasa Foundation and Project 39A in collaboration
with Nam Veedu Nam Oor Nam Kadhai.
❖ The new additions to the initiative are a book drive that has already received
about 500 books.
❖ After a collection drive, the books will be sent to the inmates of Puzhal jail.

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