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23 Sep, 2021

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National Software Products Policy

GS-II : Governance Policies and Programmes

National Software Products Policy

  • Missions of the Policy

    1. To promote the creation of a sustainable Indian software product industry, driven by intellectual property (IP), leading to a ten-fold increase in share of the Global Software product market by 2025.
    2. To nurture 10,000 technology startups in the software product industry, including 1000 such startups in Tier-II and Tier-III towns & cities and generate direct and indirect employment for 3.5 million people by 2025.
    3. To create a talent pool for the software product industry through
      • Up-skilling of 10 lakh IT professionals,
      • Motivating 1 lakh school and college students
      • Specialise 10,000 professionals that can provide leadership.
    4. To build a cluster-based innovation-driven ecosystem by developing 20 sectoral and strategically located software product development clusters.
    5. For the implementation of this policy, National Software Products Mission will be set up with participation from Government, Academia and Industry.
  • · Promoting Software Products Business Ecosystem by
    1. The creation of an Indian Software Product Registry will act as a common pool of Indian Software Products thereby providing a trusted trade environment.
    2. Facilitating active participation of software companies in the Capital Market.
    3. Creation of a Single Window Platform.
    4. Evolving a Classification System for Indian Software Products.
  • Promoting Entrepreneurship & Innovation for Employment by
    1. Initiating a programme of incubation- to provide all kinds of support so as to nurture at least 10,000 software product startups.
    2. Initiating a Programme to support Research and Innovation on Software Products in Institutes of Higher Learning and Research to bridge the existing gaps in Industry-Academia research.
    3. Creating a dedicated Software Product Development Fund (SPDF)- it will have a corpus of Rs. 1000 crore in the form of a Fund of Funds and participate in a venture fund
  • Skilling and Human Resource Development by
    1. Using a FutureSkills Programme- for upskilling/re-skilling of 3 million IT Professionals in emerging technologies.
    2. o Initiating a national “Talent Accelerator” programme- to motivate school and college students.
    3. o Creating a talent pool of 10,000 committed software product leaders
  • Improving Access to Domestic Market and Cross Border Trade Promotion by
    1. Integrating the registry of Indian software products with the Government e-market (GeM)
    2. Encouraging Indian Product Startups/ MSMEs through hackathons.
  • Implementation Mechanism such as
    1. Establish a “National Software Product Mission (NSPM)”- design appropriate strategy, recommend specific policy measures, recommend specific initiatives, and monitor and collate various initiatives.
    2. Include various MEITy’s organizations in the implementation- such as Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), National Informatics Centre (NIC) etc.

Source: Aspire IAS Sanjeevani Notes

Indian Rhino/ Great One Horned Rhino

GS-III : Biodiversity & Environment Animals

Indian Rhino/ Great One Horned Rhino

  • It is the largest Rhino species found in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and India.
  • It is Vulnerable and in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act.
  • 22 September is Rhino Day.
  • India is home to 2,200 rhinos, or over 85 % population. In India, it is found in UP, West Bengal and Assam.
  • According to WWF data from 2012, Assam has 91 % of the total Rhino in India which is mainly concentrated in Kaziranga National Park (Largest absolute population), and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (largest density in the World). Others are Manas Tiger Reserve, Orang Tiger Reserve and Laokhowa Reserved Forests. Kaziranga has 70% of World's population.
  • Kaziranga National Park or Tiger Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Biodiversity Hotspot, home to 2/3rd of Indian Rhinos. Circumscribed by Brahmaputra, Dhansiri, and Dhiplu Rivers. It is an Important Bird Area given by Birdlife International.
  • Manas National Park/ Tiger Reserve/ Biosphere Reserve/ Elephant Reserve = UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continuous in Bhutan. Manas River splits into Beki & Bholkaduba river. Manas is also the border between India & Bhutan. Important for Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog.

Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV 2020)

  1. IRV 2020 was launched in 2005 and implemented by Assam Govt with the Bodo autonomous council as an active partner and supported by WWF- India.
  2. It is an ambitious effort to attain a wild population of at least 3,000 greater one-horned rhinos spread over 7 protected areas in Assam by 2020.
  3. IRV 2020 aims to translocate Rhinos from Kaziranga NP and Pabitora WS to 5 other protected areas namely Manas, Laokhowa, Buracharpori-Kochmora, Dibrusaikhowa and Orang.

New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019 by 5 Rhino range nations (Indian)

  • Organised by MoEF in collaboration with IUCN, Asian Rhino Specialist Group, WWF- India and Aaranyak NGO.
  • 5 Rhino range nations are India, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia.
  • To increase the population of 3 species of Asian rhinos (Greater one-horned, Javan and Sumatran rhinos) and to conserve and review the population every four years.

Threats to Rhino

  • It is threatened by poaching for horns, habitat destruction, flooding etc.
  • Kaziranga NP has the largest population and has reached its carrying capacity and might not support any more Rhinos. The entire population can be decimated by a disease outbreak, natural disaster etc. Hence, translocation is done.

Other Rhinos of the World

  1. Javan and Sumatran rhinos/ Andatu are currently classified as critically endangered. Both are regionally extinct in India.
  2. The Sumatran rhino, the smallest of all rhino species and the only Asian rhino with two horns, became extinct in the wild in Malaysia.
  3. World's last male Northern white rhino = Sudan. Now only 2 females left.
  4. The 3 species of Rhino in Asia — the Greater one-horned, Javan and Sumatran.
  5. Black Rhino and White rhinos also have 2 horns but are in Africa.
  6. Javan and Sumatran Rhino are critically endangered.
  7. The greater one-horned (or Indian) rhino is vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. They are spread across India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia and Malaysia. These countries are also known as Asian Rhino Range Countries.
  8. Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia. It is the smallest of all Rhino species. These are the only Asian rhinos with 2 horns. It is Critically Endangered in IUCN.
  9. Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board has cleared a proposal by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to introduce rhinoceroses in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR).

Source: TH

Deposit Insurance Credit Guarantee Corporation Bill 2021

GS-III : Economic Issues Banking

Deposit Insurance Credit Guarantee Corporation Bill 2021

About DICGC Bill 2021

  • Accessing depositors' money has been an issue of when it will be allowed and under what conditionalities. Normally, it takes about 8-10 years, after the complete liquidation of the bank. Now, what we are saying is even.

  • As per the proposed process, a bank under moratorium would have to collect all the account details and balances and share it with the Deposit Insurance Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) within 45 days. The DICGC would get another 45 days to check the details and process the claims.
  • With the deposit insurance increased from ?1 lakh to ?5 lakh, it will cover 98.3% of all deposit accounts and 50.9% of all deposits’ value. Just compare this with what prevails outside — only 80% of deposits are insured, with 20%-30% of deposit value globally.
  • The premium paid by banks to the DICGC would also be raised.
  • This happened in the backdrop of the Punjab and Maharashtra Bank Cooperative crisis.

DICGC (Deposit Insurance Credit Guarantee Corporation) and Cooperative Banks

  • DICGC is an RBI subsidiary. It provides Deposit insurance cover.
  • Cooperative Banks deposit insurance cover increased from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh. In 1993, it was increased from 30000 to 1 lakh.
  • DICGC insures all bank deposits, such as savings, fixed, Current and recurring.
  • But it does not insure
    1. Deposits of foreign/ Central/ State governments and of Central / State Govts,
    2. Deposits of State Land development banks with the State Cooperative Banks,
    3. Inter bank deposits
    4. Deposits received outside India and
    5. Those specifically exempted by the Corporation with the prior approval of Banking regulator.
  • But it doesn’t cover NBFCs and Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies.
  • DICGC also charges a flat 0.1% insurance premium on the deposits of banks.

Way Forward

  • Among BRICS, India has the lowest deposit insurance cover to per capita income ratio, at 0.9 times.
  • There is a suggestion to increase it to Rs. 15 lakhs or that those who want increased coverage should pay additional premium.
  • During such freeze in withdrawals atleast the statutory amount should be released.
  • But DICGC doesn’t cover NBFCs and Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies.
  • RBI in 2015 suggested that this premium should be based on differential risk based on lending practices of bank.
  • SBI says 93% of the premium in 2018-19 was from commercial banks (Public banks 75% and Private Banks 18%).
  • We can also bring private sector insurers and re-insurers in the deposit insurance segment which could drive down premium prices.

Source: IE

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