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Highlights of 5 March 2025 Current Affairs
- Gujarat leads in mangrove afforestation under the MISHTI scheme, a five-year initiative for restoring mangrove cover across nine states and three UTs.
- MISHTI, launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, provides financial aid to local communities for mangrove plantation.
- Mangroves act as carbon sinks, storing up to 10 times more carbon per hectare than terrestrial forests, improving water quality and protecting coastal communities.
- India has 3% of South Asia’s total mangrove cover, with the largest concentration in the Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- The PLI 2.0 scheme, introduced in 2020, incentivizes domestic manufacturing, attracting global companies and reducing import dependence.
- The government is focusing on local component manufacturing, linking incentives to export performance and promoting semiconductor fabrication.
- New waterway regulations in 2025 streamline private-sector participation in terminal development, requiring an NOC from IWAI.
- Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed in Mare Crisium, studying lunar heat flow and geological history.
- ₹2,927.71 crore is allocated to Project Lion in Gujarat, establishing a wildlife disease surveillance system.
- The Aadhaar Good Governance Portal enhances authentication approval, improving digital identity verification across India.
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