iN SHORT CURRENT AFFAIRS Long Average Period (LPA) ●The Long | UPSC SUPER SIMPLIFIED
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Long Average Period (LPA)
●The Long Period Average is the average rainfall recorded over the country for the period ranging from 1961 to 2010, which is 88 centimetres.
●IMD declares a monsoon season 'normal' when rainfall is between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of the LPA.
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Monsoon Core Zone(MCZ)
●IMD has developed a separate forecast for the 'monsoon core zone' of India — a group of states in the western, eastern and central India which significantly influence the monsoon in the entire country.
●This region also comprises the major rain-fed agricultural regions of the country.
●A separate forecast for the MCZ will be more useful for agricultural planning and crop yield estimation, etc.
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Green Corridor
●Green corridor' (also known as wildlife corridor, biological corridor or habitat corridor) is a strip of land that is established to enable the bridging of habitat populations that have been split by human development such as a road, settlement or other human activity.
●If this is not undertaken, wildlife populations may become unstable and some species (animal and plant) could become vulnerable.
●Green corridors may also be created in the wake of natural disasters, such as wild fires and disease, to help re-establish the newly reduced wildlife populations.
●Once in place, they can allow animals to migrate to new areas if food is in short supply in their usual habitats.
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S Subramaniam vs Govt of TN, 2018
●According to the judgment, the promises to distribute election freebies in an election manifesto cannot be read into the language of the Section 123 of the RP Act, for asserting it to be corrupt practices under the prevalent law in force.
●That the schemes by the government do not violate of Art. 14 of public purpose and reasonable classification as it is in the realm of fulfilling the DPSP’s.
●Even though the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the State of Tamil Nadu, stating that the promises made in an election manifesto cannot be construed as a ‘corrupt practice’ under section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, it acknowledged that in reality distribution of free gifts by political parties does influence the electorate and” shakes the root of free and fair elections to a large degree’.
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Oxygen Express Train
●Oxygen Express Train being used through green corridors to trasnport Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) and 0xygen cylinder, required for treatment of Covid-19 patients.
●The railways formulated guidelines to allow transportation of liquid medical oxygen in cryogenic tankers after the Maharashtra government and Madhya Pradesh made a request to meet the shortage of the gas used for Covid-19 patients in the state.
●The liquid medical oxygen will be transported via roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) service with road tankers placed on flat wagons to various destinations.
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