Mineral Resources (Part - 1) | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

• The disease called black arm affects cotton.
• The disease, green ear, affects bajra.
• Wheat crop is susceptible to rust.
• One of the pests of storage is the khapra beetle.
• The Mehsana breed of buffalo is found mainly in Gujarat.
• Nili is a breed of buffalo found mainly in Punjab and Haryana.
• Surti is a breed of buffalo.
• Rabies affects all animals.
• Marck’s disease affects poultry birds.
• John’s disease affects cattle all animals.
• Most of India’s cultivated area is under sendentary cultivation.
• Sugarcane cultivation in India is an example of—irrigated cultivation.
• One of the most prominent crops of dry farming in India is bajra.
• The growing of crops one after the other successively to maintain soil fertility is called crop rotation.
• The cultivation of rice in West Bengal is an example of subsistence grain farming.
• If rain falls only for two months, the crop best suited to the resulting conditions will be pulses.
• Jaya is the name of a high yielding variety of rice.
• Elevation is not very important; it is the factor of shade that is important in the case of coffee.

Facts To Be Remembered

Power 

1960

The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) established.

1969

Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) set up.

1975

The Centralelectricity Authority (CEA) established.

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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited set up.

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National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited incorporated under Companies Act 1956.

1976

The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) Limited constituted.

1980

The National Power Training Institute (NPTI) set up.

1983-84

Meritorious Poductivity and Incentive Awards introduced.

1985

The Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Limited incorporated (10 July).

1988

The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation incorporated (12 July).

1989

Powergrid Corporation of India established (23 October).

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Energy Management Centre set up.

1992

The Ministry of Power started functioning independently (2 July).

1997

Accelerated Generation and Supply Programme launched (September).

1998

The Electricity Regulatory Commission Ordinance promulgated (25 April).

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The Central Electricity regulatory Commission (CERC) constituted (25 July).

Coal 

1973

Coal Mines Authority Limited set up.

1985

Northern Coalfields Limited and South Eastern Coalfields Limited formed (November).

1998

The first meeting of the Indo-Polish workng group on Coal held in Poland (14 October).

 Non-Conventional Energy Sources                        

1970s

Renewable energy sources recognised in India in the early 1970s.

1981-82

The Commission for Additional Sources of Energy (CASE) set up.

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National Project on Biogas Development (NPBD) initiated.

1984-85

The National Programme on Improved Chulhas launched.

1987

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency established.

1992

The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources created.

1994

Development of High Rate Biomethamation Processes approved.

1995

The National Programme on energy recovery from urban, municipal and industrial wastes launched.

1965

Madras Refineries Limited (MRL) formed (30 December).

1975

The Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB) set up (January).

1976

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) established.

1984

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) formed.

1985

Numaligarh Refinefy Limited (NRL) set up at Golaghat Assam (August).

1993

The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) established.

Facts To Be Remembered

1907

India’s first modern steel plant, Tata Iron and Steel Works, set up by the late J.N. Tata at Jamshedpur.

1947

The National Newsprint and Paper Mills Limited, Nepanagar (M.P.) started as a private venture. It was taken over by the M.P. Government in 1948.

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The Indian Standards Institute (ISI) established.

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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited set up.

1948

The first Industrial Policy resolution adopted by the Parliament (April).

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The Industrial Finance Corporation of India established (July).

1952

The Tariff Commission appointed by the Government of India (January).

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The Visakhapatnam Shipyard acquired by the Government from the Scindia Steam Navigation Company (March).

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The All-India Handicrafts Board set up (November).

1953

The All-India Khadi and Village Industries board established (February).

1954

The Natioinal Industrial Development Corporation established.

1955

The Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) set up (January).

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The National Small Industries Corporation established (February).

1956

The National Coal Development Corporation Limited set up.

1956-61

Three integratediron and steel plants in the public sector set up at Rourkela, Bhilai and Durgapur.

1958

The National Coal Mineral Development Corporation Limited set up (November).

1961

The Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited incorporated.

1964

The Unit Trust of India (UTI) Act, 1963 came into force (February).

1964

The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) established (July).

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The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) incorporated (November).

1970

The Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Commission appointed.

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Bureau of Industrial Gas and Prices set up.

1978

The Centrally-sponsored District Industries Centres (DICs) programme launched.

1980

Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute set up.

1991

The New Industrial Policy (NIP) announced in Parliament (July).

1996

Disinvestment Commission set up (August).

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Foreign Investment Promotion Board reconstituted.

1997

Traiff Commission constituted (September).