tum hi ho bandhu sakha tumhi october 21st 2015 part 1

Ministers from over 70 countries will be invited and taken on a ‘Gandhi Trail’ in Gujarat.

It will be a first-of-its-kind International Sanitation Convention.

It will be launched at the 150th anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.

Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention:

The objectives are to identify technological and business process innovations, endorse viable business models suitable for cities of different sizes and geographies, and pilot test shortlisted technologies and solutions in select project cities and bridge the gap between innovators or manufacturers and beneficiaries such as urban local bodies and citizens. The challenge will be part of the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention to be held on October 18 this year. Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation ConventionĬontext: In a bid to eliminate the need for manual scavenging, the Centre has launched a challenge asking innovators, NGOs, research institutions, companies and cities to propose technology and business solutions to clean urban sewers and septic tanks without human entry. Topic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes.

For Mains: Population growth and related challenges.For Prelims: World Population Day- theme.The world population is currently pegged at around 7 billion and according to UN reports is growing at a fast pace, adding 83 million people every year. Theme for 2018: World Population day will run on the theme “Family Planning is a Human right” this year.Īlmost on the verge of completing three decades now, the internationally celebrated event aims to spread awareness on issues such as overpopulation, under-population and birth control. The United Nations recognises World Population day as an important event to spread information of population-related issues across the globe.

July 11 was established as World Population Day in 1989 by the United Nations and since then it has been celebrated on this date every year. Insights Daily Current Affairs, 12 July 2018

Tum hi ho bandhu sakha tumhi october 21st 2015 part 1