Daily Current Affairs Analysis | 29th August, 2026 | Shankar IAS Academy | UPSC | Mains 2026

[music] Hi, hello and welcome to Shankara Academyy's daily current affairs analysis and today's date is the 29th of August 2026. Please like, comment, share and subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit on the bell icon to receive instant updates and all our notifications. With that, we also have a small announcement to make. It's regarding our pre-torrming test series. You'll have 48 integrated tests, CASEAT and GS. And you'll also have detailed discussions. There's also a QR code below beside me. You can uh scan that and you can see the reflections from our test series that have appeared in the previous UPSC uh prelims question papers. So uh please make use of the opportunity and if you have any kind of doubts please call the number 90030931 and with that let's move into the topics of discussion for the day. The topics of discussion the first one is about the Jojari river of Rajasthan and how is it very very significant for the UPAC perspective and why um uh the environment uh is very important and why do we need to have a buffer zone for industries? What is the buffer zone for normal industries? What is the buffer zone for hazardous industries or is it that will be dealt here? The second one is about the acting chief justice of high court when they have some kind of um absence or they're not able to perform their duties. We have a ad hoc posting what is the constitutional state what are the articles that are devoted to it or will be dealt with this in this topic. The third one is about the India China boundary talk. So you talk about India and China. You see that there are a lot of conflict zones. So what happened with regard to our national security advisor Mr. Rajit Dwal and the Chinese um min foreign minister what talks happened what are the outcomes of it will be dealt here and the fourth one is about the strategic fuel reserves there's a geopolitical tension that is ongoing and with regard to that tension a lot of us are actually facing a lot of crisis we know that during a particular point we did not even have gas cylinders at home so people who had gas cylinders they were the richest people right so uh how do we maintain resource How do we protect our populations? What the government is talking about in this article? It is a very very beautifully explained Indian express geopolitical article and the final one is the prelims focus for the day. So what are we waiting for? Let's move into the topic and the first topic of the day is about the Jojari River. So today we are going to deal with the first topic of the day. This is taken from the Hindu. So we all know that environmental degradation is something that is a growing concern with today's day and time. And you see that a lot of industries are located in the river bank. Today we are going to see about one such industry which is located in the banks of Rajasthan. So what is the river? What is uh the issue is what we're going to deal with. So let's move into the article. So why this is in news. You see that the Supreme Court has prohibited construction within 100 m of the Jojari river which is present in Rajasthan. So what happened here? What kind of industries are present here? The question answer the answer to the question is there are hazardous industries and that is prohibited within 500 m. So there there is two paths. One is the flood path and the other one is the uh flow path. So the flood path is where the flood line goes and this is the flow of the river. You see that is the flow path. On both sides you're not allowed to have any kind of hazardous industries. So this is for 500 m. So now what are the measures? The measures are that you need to have some kind of safeguard. So because there is a scientific determination that is needed for the flood line and you'll have a ecological buffer zone. So even in case your industry has some hazardous waste that is coming along the way in that case it will not affect the river as much as it should because there is a economic buffer zone that is present. So the buffer zone is the 500 m. So in case this is the river and in case this is the industry, the industry is present here, the river is present here. This 500 m that you see here, this is the buffer zone that is required to protect the environment. This simple diagram can also be used when you do your environmental answers in GS3. So with this let's move to the map. So you see this is the map of the Jojari river and here you have the Looney River, the Guya river, the Bandi, Sukkari, Javai, Kari and Sagi. This is basically the map of the river map of Rajasthan. So the Jojari river the geography see you have perennial rivers, you have seasonal rivers, you have different kinds of rivers. So what kind is it? It is a seasonal river that is present in Rajasthan. The second one is it flows the flow. Where does it flow? We saw with the flood line and the flow line. Where does it flow? It flows through Jodpur and Pali. And there are two rivers which merge with the Looney River. You see here we saw about the Looney River. Right here you see that there are two rivers that merge. So what are the two rivers that merge? Those are the Jojari river and the Bandi rivers. they merge with the Looney River near Balotra. So the Looney River, the Looney River is also something very very important. What is the Looney River important for? It is the river of the western Rajasthan. You see western Rajasthan usually is a aid region. That means it's a dry region. It's not a very fertile region. So the aid region and it drains towards the ran of Kutch that is present. You see this area in your map, it'll drain towards the ran of catch. So this is very very important to note and what is the environmental concern? Even though we talk about environment industries, what is the actual environmental concern? See industrial pollution and contamination of the river system will not only affect just humans. It will affect the species living there. It'll affect the flora and fauna. There might be disease outbreak because of that. There are various factors that might happen because of this particular degradation. So the industrial areas particularly around Pari Pali I'm sorry Pali they're located close to the riverbank. So it affects the riverine ecosystem. So ultimately as already told the flora and fauna will be affected and you because of that if there are high nutrients present you also might have uh growth of resistant species. Because of the growth of resistant species you might have utrification. It might affect the groundwater. So you might not have adequate groundwater recharge and livelihoods might be affected because water stress leads to need for Water war. There are water wars. There are even terms called as water wives wherein pe men in Rajasthan actually marry women to fetch water. They're called as water wives. That is the condition of water there. There is also the bombers suicide of Rajasthan which was an imitation game where women [clears throat] jump into the wells. So the balmer suicide of Rajasthan also is something that you can note very well and you can talk about it. The next one is the issue also illustrates the connection between industrialization, water pollution and the ecological degradation that is present. So all three of them are connected. If you note now the Supreme Court's direction what does the Supreme Court say? So the construction development so no construction within 100 meters assad industries if you have 500 meter buffer the scientific exercises that high flood line and the buffer zone you have to see there's a institutional mechanism the integration coordinated group the ICG headed by Rajasthan chief secretary a broader approach that is long-term reallocation of industries away from riverband this is the broader approach this can be used in your mains way forward Right. UPS's question. Consider the following statements regarding Jojari River. Jojari River is a tributary of the Looney River. Jojari originates in the Arai range. No, we know that statement two is wrong. The river flows through Jodbour district before joining Looney. Unlike the Looney, Jojari is a perennial river. No, we know that Jojari is a seasonal river. So, option D also will go. So the answer should be option A 1 and three only. Let's check. Yes, the answer is option A 1 and three only. With this we have come to the end of the first topic of the day. Let's move to the second topic. So now we are going to be dealing with a very very important article about the acting chief justice of a high court. You see that a Supreme Court judge seeks transfer of the Rajasthan High Court acting chief justice and it says this. See when you have an allegation over one person when you say that this person is being favorable to someone or this person does not act in the right capacity or this person is misusing his power when you say certain things just because you say that we cannot take it as truth even though you are a truthful person you're an honest person we need proof we need finding we need to believe that this is the truth yes so this is what happens and CJI Surya Khan says that this matter has been examined at appropriate level and the process will take account of the material placed by justice ma as well as the response of justice Sharma. So this is what happened. So our justice sepa he sought justice Sanjiv Prakash Sharma's transfer he why did he say about the transfer? It is because he spoken about favoritism and mismanagement. So what happened with regard to favoritism and mismanagement is what we are going to deal with in this article and how the process of fair opportunity to respond is required also will be dealt with this article. So first let's talk about the constitutional foundation of article 223. See article 223 appointment of acting chief justice when the office of the chief justice of a high court is vacant or when any such chief justice is by reason of absence or otherwise unable to perform duties of office duties of office shall be performed by one of the other judges of the court and the president may appoint for the purpose. So this is basically from the constitution of India taken as such. Now what are the trigger conditions and what actually is this article because it's a jargon of words right so the condition is one the chief justice should be vacant in his office due to any reason or he should not be able to perform his duties uh due to illness or otherwise some issue personal problem whatever it is he's absent or he's not able to not in the mental capacity or physical capacity to perform his duties. So the president of India then will appoint from the other judges. He'll see the four five judges. Okay, you are fine. Let me appoint you as the CGI of the high court. So he what are the requirements? So the president cannot just be favorite uh see his favorite and say you are better to be the CJI. So he must see that who are the sitting judges who are already high court judges and uh who do not have any external appointee and then he will appoint them as the CGI and it is a stop gap arrangement. So just because he is the CGI now when the original CGI comes he cannot say that no I've become the CGI I cannot move from this. No, it's just a temporary. It's just a top gap arrangement that is arranged and it's not an substantiative appointment. So these are the points to be remembered with regard to the ad hoc posting of uh the CGI. Now there is the regular chief justice article 217. So article 217 it it governs the appointment of every judge including the CGI and uh the appointment authority is the president of India by warrant under his hand and seat. So the president is the main person here and the president consults the chief justice of India and the governor of the concerned state. So high courts are in state courts. uh high courts are the state court right so let's take the case of Madhya Pradesh so in case you are appointing somebody for Madhya Pradesh so there the central uh person who is actually a bridge between the center and the state is the governor so the governor will be asked is this person fine for the high court judge and when he says okay this will be there so the recommendation flows from the supreme court poligium that is the CGI plus two senior most judges and the senior most judges of another high court is typically elevated as the CGI and he can hold office until 62 years as per article 217 unless elevated to the supreme court. So it is administered by the governor of the state under article 219 in the third scheduled form. Now acting chief justice the appointment process and where does he take the source of power from? So the source of power is from article 223 with the memorandum of procedure for judicial appointments. So the union ministry of law and justice it moves the proposal based on the recommendation of the CJI it will move the proposal up and seeing that the chief justice of India will identify the senior most person present there and he will uh talk about that and he will have a acting CJI based on the convention. So the seniormost person is given preference and the warrant of appointment is issued by the president. So just because the CGI says the CGI does not appoint it's a very very important prem area. The president appoints and it is notified in the official gaset by the department of justice. Who gives it in the official guess also can be a prelims question. So the duration is that it continues until a regular CJ is sworn or a incumment resume presumed duties. So since the person is already a sitting judge no separate oath will be taken. This is also a prelims pointer wherein does a judge need to take the constitutional oath or give an allegiance? No, he does not have to do that because he's already a sitting judge. Now regular chief justice versus acting chief justice. So the regular chief justice article 217 here article 223 this is a permanent post this is a stop gap arrangement this is the consultation of TJI plus governor this is TJI only governor is not consulted it is just informed that this person is going to come here any senior high court judge is usually there here only judges of the same high court will be uh taking decisions fresh oath will be taken by the governor as per article 219 Here no fresh vote is required as he's already a judge until 62 years of age or elevation is the tenure time. Here you see until regular CGI takes charge the tenure will be as such the powers are full administrative and judicial powers full CJ powers while acting. So these are the difference between the regular CGI and the acting CGI. Now you see article 214 talks about high court for each state and article 216 talks about the constitutional provisions of the high court. 217 about appointment and tenure. 219 about oath and affirmation. 220 about practice after retirement. 222 about transfer of judges. 223 about what we were discussing now acting chief justice. 224 about additional acting judges. 224A about retired judges present at high court sittings. So now this is the constitutional ecosystem that is present. The convention memorandum and procedure you see that it is governed by the 1999 MOP evolved after the second judge's case. So the CJ recommends that the seniormost person becomes the CJ after any such adoc requirement and it uses the word article 223 explicitly uses the word the president may appoint. So unlike article 217 the governor has no formal role in the CGI appointment and the collision and government consultation cycle keeps changing and multiple high courts routinely function under acting CJS pending collision cleared elevations. So now the concerns is that acting CJ tenure may become permanent because the person who has gone vacant has gone vacant he's not come back for a long period of time and there's hesitation on long-term reforms and posting. So the administrative g drag is also present and government sits on files and delays confirmation because they want to have a deadlock or acting tag weakens the authority. So when you go and give some orders if they say you're just an acting person let the original person come and we'll do it that and HC vacancies compound I already high tendency so way forward is that you have to have fixed windows for the colligium execution and whenever there is um any kind of anticipation if there is a trigger elevation of the process 6 months before retirement it should be taken into consideration then publish reasons for delay supreme Court always has told about the transparency. If something happens, if you want something to be transparent, say that you want it to be transparent and uh sanctioned high court strengths to reduce dependence and uphold judicial independence via prompt and regular appointments. These are the way forwards. So with reference to the acting chief justice of high court in India, consider the following statements. The appointment of acting chief justice of high court is made by the president under article 224 of the constitution. The president consults both the chief justice of India and the governor of the state concerned before making the appointment. Only a sitting judge of the same high court can be appointed as the acting chief justice. The acting chief justice takes a fresh oath of office administered by the governor of the state. Which of the statements given above is or are correct? One and two only, three only. 2 three and four only. 1 three and four only. So this is the question for the day with regard to this article. Please send us across your answers in the comment section. We'll respond to it with a correct answer. And with this let's move to the next topic for the day. Please send us across our answers again. So now we are going to deal with an article that was taken from the Indian Express. The article is about the expert explaining India China boundary talk. See there's a long record of um you know conflict here but with a long record of the conflict we are also going to make some progress which is where you see our NSA Mr. Ajit Dawal and the Chinese foreign minister Wang E they met in Beijing on Tuesday this is the photo of that and this is from the geopolitics section of the Indian express. Now what are the recent developments? You see that 25th round of India China special representatives. The talks are held between Beijing Ajit Dwal India's national security advisor and China's foreign minister Yang Gi. There's a eight-point consensus. You see that first one is maintaining peace and tranquility along the border. The second one is for advancing negotiation on a framework. So the framework is not yet entirely drafted but there's a framework that is required for the boundary settlement. So exploring early harvest of boundary delimitation in appropriate sectors. What is the early harvest? So based on the boundary limitation based on the sector they are going to have a boundary delimitation that they are going to talk about. then strengthening the border management mechanism and two additional military hot lines are proposed for the eastern and middle sectors that are present. So now boundary limitation is when you actually have an agreement so through return agreement word of mouth. So this is the agreement and you actually demar draw it in a map when you demarcate something that is boundary the limitation you define it. Boundary demarcation is when you physically mark the agreed boundary on the ground and border management is when you manage the border through patrols, communications, infrastructure. So progress in broader management is not equal to the final settlement of the border dispute. So India China border there are three sectors. One is the western sector that is the Ladak in the Axai chain region. The second one is the middle sector, the Himachal Pradesh and the Uttakand range. The third one is the Arnachal Pradesh and Sikkim range. So the western sector has historically witnessed the most serious military tension while the eastern sector remains politically sensitive particularly regarding the Arnachal Pradesh because China usually says that Arnachal Pradesh is there. It's a very very politically sensitive area. So that is something that we have to note. Now there are a lot of institutional mechanism that we have to discuss. You see the first one is the special representatives. There's a political level mechanism for negotiating the overall boundary question. So when this happens working mechanism for consultation and coordination on India is present. So border affairs is established in 2012 for consultation and coordination on border affairs. There's also an expert group the diplomatic military officials involved in technical or operational aspects of negotiation. There's also working group relevant mechanism for advancing discussions and border management is also present. So you have expert groups, you have working groups, you have working mechanisms and you have special representatives who are present. Now the important agreements is that in 1993 there was an agreement on maintenance of peace and tranquility along the line of actual control and then they took confidence building measures in 1996 in the military field. After that in 2005 there was a protocol the protocol on the CBMS and in 2012 uh is where the WMCC working mechanism for consultation and coordination came into accord and there was a border defense cooperation agreement BTCA in 2013. So any escalation uh that is happening they wanted to prevent that through all of this but whatever mechanism they made made it did not solve the problem. So recently even in a lot of interviews if you see there's a thing wherein if you have a fluctuation on the 44th floor of your building and you keep changing the lights or the wiring or the bulb but the problem is in the basement that is what you have to address right so the problem is not with bringing all these measures the problem is that there is a geopolitical conflict in itself so which is why there is underlying boundary dispute so the confidence building measures are very very required You see that there are examples. Examples like border personal meetings, militarytoilitary communication. Um and hotlines. Hotlines will help us know what is happening in one particular area. Agreed meeting points. So when they have consensus, how to deal with the consensus, how to deal with things that are happening, how to deal with the points of difference when it is happening. measures to prevent the accidental escalation in case there's an accidental escalation that is happening in that case what should be done and existing mentioned BPM locations include Shushul Modalo Bambla Natula Kibu Dawisi all of these are all of these are examples so significance of hotlines what are the significance the first one is additional hotlines in the eastern and middle sectors they will enable they will enable rapid military communication. So through rapid military communication you can see there is a combined effort and sharing of camera array there. They also can prevent local incidents from escalating local incidents in a non-me escalated and facilitate clarification of troop movements strengthen uh so sometimes we might think that these people are trying to attack us but they might just be moving that way anyway we have to be very aware when we have a conflict with a neighboring country but still uh it can strengthen the crisis management and mechanism. So hotlings are actually conference building and crisis management tools. So this is for determining the international boundary. You see the early harvest what does it mean? See a spe sector specific progress when you have a boundary delimitation a sector specific progress when it is addressed it is called as delimitation. So this is waiting for a comprehensive settlement covering the entire India China border. However existing difference even remain in the uh even in the sikim and the middle sector. There are a lot of working groups and expert groups that need to be finalized. Therefore, a substantiative boundary settlement remains a long-term process. There's a recent confidence building step. The article highlights that the reassumption of Kailash Manasar over Yatra. This is a very very spiritual thing that a lot of people want to undertake. Also the re reassumption of direct flights to China and direct flights from China to India and the border trade. The border trade will help faster faster transport of necessities and also commercially help in transport of critical requirements. There's also a continued political level engagement and there are also attempts to stabilize the bilateral relations beyond the border issue. You see the UPSC practice question. The line of actual control is a mutually agreed and demarcated international boundary between India and China. The boundary delimitation refers to defining a boundary through an agreement whereas demarcation involves physically marking the agreed boundary on the ground. Working mechanism for consultation coordination was established in 2012 to facilitate the consultation and coordination in India China border affairs. Border personal meetings and military hotlings are examples of confidence building and crisis management measures. So you see that line of actual control is a mutually agreed and demarcated international boundary between India and China. This was not actually properly defined. So statement one should be wrong and the answer should be option B 2, three and four only. Let's check. Yes, the answer is option B 2, three and four only. With this we have come to the end of this topic and let's move to the next topic for the day. So now we know that the West Asia crisis has disrupted the energy security in a lot of areas and India is also facing energy security. With regard to that we are talk going to talk about the strategic fuel system that is present. So you see that India's strategic energy storage in that you have crude in that you have LNG that you have LPG so LPG you have underground footprint But this is limited. Now you also have to talk about um the crude. The crude oil has the most developed system and also the LNG is there. So now there is this geo political instability that is present. So now based on geography we can determine the storage of these fuels. It can be based on shipping. It can be based on pipelines. It can be based on any other storage mechanism like caverns. This will help us during geopolitical instability and give consumers prolonged consumption. So this is basically the article. I've given an outline of the article. So basically India has energy security vulnerability. So we have through three things the LPG, the LG and the crude. So reserves alone just because we have reser reserves reserves alone cannot guarantee us we will not find any kind of issues with regard to the consumption patterns. So we need to build um a mechanism wherein we can have better reserves wherein we can have better uh uh storage with regard to shipping pipelines and distribution networks. So what are the measures that we are going to take and what is the story so far is what we are going to discuss. So with regard to the story so far you see that there are vulnerabilities in India's crude LPG and LG storage that is uh we have supply chain the current system is based on the underground crude reserves plus LPG caverns you know that the caverns are the cave like storage structures that are present but they are not operational nonoperational underground natural gas storage is present. So decade lawn fuel program is um coming into proposal adding uh 2 million uh tons of crude 28 million tons of crude and 9 million tons of LG and 4 million tons of LPG nearly so the coverage target is that even though there's a crisis even though nothing comes in even though we are a closed economy for two months we will have the resources for two months to secure our consumers and protect our consumer base that's what is uh spoken about here. The program is under consideration with a proposed target. It is not in committed capacity. So tons are are not stored. Withdrawal rate to um uh is is also going to reduce. But in case also it increases how to end it during a crisis. So the crude oil if you see actually we had 3.37 million ton but with the phase one we are trying to push it to 5.33 million t capacity and in phase 2 we are trying to push it to 6.5 million t capacity the sites are in vishagapatnam mangaluru and padur and the chandi coal is delayed due to some land issue and public private partnership issues lpg there's limited footprint the combined capacity is 0.14 million uh tons but there is a 30% jump that is required so new caverns are required nationwide but the only two present caverns that we have one is in Vishagapatam one is in Mangalore so bottling and distribution links are necessary and also no operational underground storage is there for natural gas it relies on terminals and pipelines there's also salt and depleted field caverns proposed so withdrawal rate is a key constraint that is present here. So you see in 28 million tons for crude oil approximately 2 months of national demand 56 days of import will be covered if we have 9 million tons of LNG and 6 weeks of LPG demand can be managed if we have more 4 million tons of um LPG. The important thing that you have to note is the program cost is reportedly up to $42 billion and um this uh infrastructure plus purchase plus maintenance of the inventories will be included in the program cost. So the confusion point is that India has already having a regification structure and the LG import that is going on. So the reg terminal it receives um the regifies the LG and it's not a strategic inventory. So it is above ground cryogenic LG tank. So there's also a 20-day priority sector that is a stress scenario. In case there's a stress scenario also the priority sectors will get first priority and uh 56 day of import cover we saw it already. So roughly 1 billion is covered and only eight additional tanks in the ICFKs are given. So 9 million tons is going to be much larger than how it was earlier. And the surface LG tanks and underground natural gas storage in salt caverns is a portfolio option that we can do. So beyond storage if you see the state of Hormus is a important shipping point. So that has high vulnerability. So we need to have new agreements with Algeria more uh for LNG as well and explore direct positions in very large gas carriers. And now if you see which is why the fleet plants the refiners and SBI JV should have high investments like about 59 ships are there. So objective is to reduce dependence on foreign vessels and control uh supply chain and also in the pipelines new LPG grid new investments of up to 0.7 billion impact is that it'll cut the road transport it will cut dependence it'll cut uh any kind of um dependence that we have on other uh areas and it'll boost the deliverability. So storage is useful only if it withdraws at a required rate. So uh the if the requirement is for 100 gases, the requirement should be for 100 glasses. The withdrawal should be 100 gas empty cylinders and then again you replace it with the required amount. So it should be based on the injection and taking out principle on the required rate and LPG caverns need bottling and distribution connectivity. So this is beyond the storage. So who is going to pay? Um so the headline cost is based on the capex plus purchase and maintenance. The split is based on buying and filling reserves for balance and more than half towards storage infrastructure. Government has rejected reports of the consumer set to fund reserves. So there's a consumer says tax that we pay. So ongoing burden that is the inventory must be replenished at higher prices after every release and there should be minimum stock obligations that are present emergency release authority that is present. So private users share cost if capacity stays available during emergencies. Now storage alone is not enough because the way forward is that you need to have shipping you need to have research to buy time. You need to have pipelines to carry it in land. So there should be clear emergency release protocols. You should have clear um SPR expertise with regard to LNG and LPG. Geology also matters. The Krishna, Godavari, Kai, Mumbai, offshore, Rajasthan, all of these are present for the field storage. The withdrawal for short duration can also be done with Rajasthan areas because they have salt caverns that are present here. A lot of shale gas ex extractions also were spoken about in the West Bengal area. So coordinated storage and logistics is very very important for governance during crisis. So the UPC main's question for the day is can strategic reserves alone ensure India's energy security critically examine the role of shipping pipelines and governance. It's 250word answer for 15 marks. Please send us across your answer copies for this particular question. We'll help you aid better in the preparation. And with this let's move to the prim's focus for the day. So now we have come to the prelims focus for the day. The prelims focus the first topic is about Jews fun shiva temple hall. You see that 13th century CE there there was a Tamil stone inscription present. In the Tamil stone inscription it was found at the Tanteshwara temple in Anandur. It is near pochali that is pochumali is present in Krishna giri. So before that the announcement is this article is taken from the IAS parliament of Shankarayas Academy. So please do go visit the website you'll get oneliners for prelimin's perspective exclusively. So with that we'll move into the topic. There were four Jewish merchant guilds. So guild usually are groups pe people groups that is called as guild. One is Sutakar Mandla merchants Tenilankai Wangjiar and Eg so four of them and they've financed the construction of a hall. Now why is it significant? Because it shows the Jewish presence in Tamil Nadu with local guilds, temples and economic centers. So they're not just spiritual centers, they're also economic centers and Jews settled in Kochi thousand years ago and immigration the migration was linked to crusades. So Jews you you see that Kochi was the place where V was also came. We all know about Zamurin what happened after that. So even this Jewish place also thousand years ago Jews were also present. That is one important context and integrated into south trade networks. We can see that this bought in a assimilation of cultures and the inscriptions connects the Tagadore naval tavalam to Andra. So this is a important thing. The second one is mission samrit gan scheme. Recently the rural development minister he unveiled the mission Samrit gan at krishi bhavan. So it is aim is to develop a povertyfree employmentrich village. So today's main issue is unemployment. So an employment rich village should be there with assured basic amenities. So a integrated rural development framework with prosperous village strong foundation of developed India. So this is through prosperous rural communities. So this is about the samrit gone scheme. Then the state sponsors of terrorism list 2026 reports whenever it come out it's very very important for UPSC prelims. So US removes Syria from terrorism list after 45 day of congressional review. So because it recognizes the positive actions that have been done and commitments by President Ahmed al-Shara to distance Syria from terrorism. So it lifts the last major obstacle. obstacle was investment and it reconnects Syria to global financial and economic systems and Syria is designated as a sponsor of terror from 1979 under half his al- Azad and it continued under Bashar al-Assad until December 2024. So remaining Cuba, Iran, North Korea are still on the terrorist responsor list. So now the significance is to stabilize Syria, attract investment and rebuild them after 14 years of war that is present. The UPSC prelims practice question of the day. Consider the following statements regarding mission Samrit gone. It aims to promote integrated development of rural areas through convergence of various government schemes. Focuses on improving livelihoods, infrastructure and basic services in selected villages. The mission is implemented exclusively by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. So we know that option three is wrong and statement one is right. So the answer should be option A 1 and two only. Let's check. Yes, the answer is option A one and two only. With this we have come to the end of today's video. Thank you for watching today's video. Thank you for watching me. We'll meet again in a new video. Thank you. >> [music]