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Daily Facts

Daily Facts series :- Topic : Energy  Thermal : 67% Hydro : 15% Wind : 10% Solar : 4% Nuclear : 2% Renewable Energy : 17% 1 Total Installed Power Capacity : 330 GW 2 Wind : 60 GW by 2022 (Projected) 3  Transmissiona Distribution loss : 27% 4 National Solar Mission : 100 GW by 2022 5 Renewable Energy Target : 175GW by 2022 6 Thermal Energy Target : 330-440GW by 2040 7 Discom Debt : Rs 4.3 lakh Cr INDC Targets of India: * 65GW Nuclear Energy by 2032. *  Emissionwill be reduced by 33-35% by 2030. * 40% of energy production from non fossil fuels by 2030. * 2.5-3b tonne of CO2 sequestration.

Current affairs

ANGIKAAR CAMPAIGN :- Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs announced “Angikaar”, a campaign for change management. The campaign will be rolled out in all Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY (U)] cities. It will be initiated in all target cities on 2nd October 2019 and culminate on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10th December, 2019. Angikaar has been launched for social behaviour change, focusing on issues such as water & energy conservation, waste management, health, tree plantation, sanitation and hygiene for beneficiaries of completed houses under PMAY (U), through community mobilisation. For this purpose, the campaign will converge with schemes/services of various urban missions and other central ministries dealing with these subjects.

Facts

What is Transparency and accountability discribe ?  Transparency and Accountability is :- i)Citizen centric governance, which will ensure minimum government,      maximum  governance.  ii)E-governance using information, communication and technology. This will       make administration transparent and within the reach of citizen.  iii)Use of Right to Information act.  iv)Implementation of seven principles of Nolan committee in public life  v)Enforcing integrity pact, as suggested by Second ARC.  vi)Publishing citizen charter at public offices.  vii)Strengthening Prevention of Corruption Act, Whistle blower protection act  viii)Social auditing, janadalats, grievance redressal system