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01 Feb, 2021
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The proposal is pivoted along 3 development anchors and zones.
Zone 1 — spread over 102 sq km along the east coast of Little Andaman — will be the financial district and medi city and will include an aerocity, and a tourism and hospital district. Spread over 85 sq km of pristine forest,
Zone 2, the leisure zone, will have a film city, a residential district and a tourism SEZ.
Zone 3 — on 52 sq km of pristine forest — will be a nature zone, further categorised into three districts: an exclusive forest resort, a natural healing district and a nature retreat, all on the western coast.
There will be ‘underwater’ resorts, casinos, golf courses, convention centres, plug-and-play office complexes, a drone port with a fully automated drone delivery system, nature cure institutes and more.
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ZSI for the 1st time came up with a database of all faunal species found on A&N island.
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What is the Census of India?
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Analysis of Economic Survey 2020-21
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What is Biomethanation?
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