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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

NITI Aayog kick-begins 'Portability Week' in keep running up to 'MOVE: India's First Global Mobility Summit 2018 | GK-News24

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, alongside CEO Amitabh Kant, on August 30, 2018 uncovered a progression of occasions to happen amid the 'Portability Week' from August 31 to September 6, 2018. 

These occasions will be sorted out in the kept running up to 'MOVE: The Global Mobility Summit 2018' that will be held amid September 7-8, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The Summit will be introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Occasions to be sorted out amid the Mobility Week 

• 'Versatility Week' will see 17 occasions in 7 days. These occasions will encourage connections with different partners over the portability space. 

• Events amid the week will see cooperation of assorted gatherings, for example, new companies, academicians, organizations, strategy investigators, NGOs, common society, and the legislature. The occasions will address troublesome changes in the versatility space. 

• Fireside visits, scholarly meetings, arrangement roundtables, and topical workshops will be held to help join thoughts, refine conclusions and set the correct settings for more important exchanges to happen at The Global Mobility Summit 2018. 

• Events like the 'Worldwide Mobility Hackathon' and 'Pitch to MOVE' will exhibit the colossal capability of India's young age. 

• A workshop will be composed by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to ponder on features of open transport, shared portability and last mile network. 

• A Seminar will be composed by Indian Railways, in organization with NITI Aayog, on 'E-Mobility in Indian Railways' to bring venture designers and different partners on a typical stage. 

• To draw in the science and innovation network in the nation, IIT Delhi on September 1, 2018 will have workshop on EVs (Electric Vehicles). 

• As a run-up to the summit, NITI Aayog will compose a cycle rally on September 2, 2018 to advance cycling and bring issues to light about its part in versatility. 

MOVE: The Global Mobility Summit 2018 

• NITI Aayog, as a team with different services and industry accomplices, will compose 'MOVE: Global Mobility Summit' in New Delhi on September 7-8, 2018. 

• The Summit will constitute three assigned segments – The Conclave, Digital Exhibition, and Featured Events. 

• The Summit will see nearness of more than 1200 members from over the world including pioneers from the administration, business, examine associations, the scholarly community, think tanks and common society.

Adopt 4 Ts formula - Tradition, Talent, Technology and Trade to make agriculture sustainable | GK-News24

Cattle Wealth is National Wealth;

Adopt 4 Ts formula - Tradition, Talent, Technology and Trade to make agriculture sustainable

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has asked researchers and scientists to frequently cooperate with ranchers and work in a mission mode to twofold the agriculturists wage by 2022 as conceived by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. He additionally said that multiplying of ranchers wage can be accomplished through decrease in input cost, esteem option and legitimate showcasing of horticultural deliver. 

Talking at the tenth Convocation of Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University in Bidar, Karnataka today, he underscored the need to center around blue unrest and said that fisheries must be supported and given need alongside agribusiness and the dairy segment. The Minister for Co-task, Karnataka, Shri Bandeppa Kashempur and different dignitaries were available on the event. 

The Vice President requested that specialists try genuine endeavors to guarantee that the animals ranchers move from subsistence cultivating to a monetarily suitable domesticated animals venture. 

The Vice President said that the partnered exercises, for example, creature cultivation, dairy and poultry assume a pivotal part in enhancing the ranchers salary as they bolster the business of agriculturists by giving supplementary pay. 

The Vice President said that it isn't simply multiplying the agriculturists pay by 2022, the major worldwide test is to guarantee sustenance and wholesome security. He additionally said that there is a need to lighten neediness in creating nations by delivering increasingly and safe sustenance, particularly of creature starting point, against a contracting creature hereditary decent variety and expanded worldwide exchange. The domesticated animals generation in the creating scene ought to be more than twofold to take care of the developing demand of meat and drain in these nations throughout the following 20 years, he included. 

The Vice President said that creature cultivation gives work and furthermore compost to crops. There is proof to demonstrate that cultivating family units with some cows head could withstand better the pain caused by extraordinary climate conditions and dairy cattle riches is national riches, he included. 

Alluding to the proposition to build up Integrated Indigenous Cattle Centers or Gokul Grams in the reproducing tracts of indigenous breeds, the Vice President said that the Gokul Gram will act naturally maintaining and will create monetary assets from the offer of A2 drain, natural excrement, vermi-manure and generation of power from bio-gas for in house utilization and offer of creature items. 

The Vice President said that coordinated cultivating framework models ought to be shown and advanced among agriculturists. He called upon mainstream researchers to receive the 4Ts recipe and coordinate Tradition, Talent, Technology and Trade. 

Focusing on the need to change and streamline our instruction framework, the Vice President requested that colleges influence adolescents to wind up some portion of information unrest which is clearing the world. He has likewise solicited them to make great use from innovation and extend the information to understudies through separation mode by utilizing on the web courses. School dropouts and ranchers can profit by remove learning, he included. 

The Vice President opined that tragically our instruction framework is centered not around the formation of learning, but rather on the large scale manufacturing of an informed workforce. He said that Universities must energize culture of research and inventive reasoning as opposed to concentrating on exam-situated strategy to end up a learning based economy 

The Vice President requested that the understudies assume a functioning part in making domesticated animals and fisheries areas gainful through logical approach and mechanical advancements. 

Citing Swami Vivekanand, the Vice President said that we need that training by which character is framed, quality of psyche is expanded, the keenness is extended, and by which one can remain on ones possess feet. 

Following is the content of Vice President's address: 

"It involves extraordinary benefit and respect for me to convey the tenth Convocation address of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar. 

It is dependably a delight to take an interest in Convocations as they not just symbolize the profitable augmentations to our prepared human asset, yet in addition help us to remember the vital pretended by instructive establishments in laying solid moral and good establishments for the new age. 

Today, testaments, degrees and decorations have been granted to in excess of 200 understudies. This is the consequence of the diligent work done by you at this recognized establishment, which as of late got a honor from Indian the Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for delivering most noteworthy number of Junior Research Fellowship holders. 

Conference is a noteworthy scholastic occasion in the schedule of a foundation of learning. It is an essential point of interest in the profession of an understudy and in reality everybody associated with the quest for learning in the University. On this event, I wish to salute each one of the individuals who are acquiring their degrees. I feel to a great degree glad in light of the fact that the majority of you have originated from country foundation and have effectively finished your investigations. This isn't only a degree or endorsement in your grasp, yet it is an authentication of expectation and yearning to your folks and a great many agriculturists, who feed us. 

I am sure that every one of you will assume a functioning part in making domesticated animals and fisheries divisions beneficial through logical approach and mechanical developments. 

Creature cultivation part underpins the work of agriculturists by giving the primary wage as well as supplementary salary. It gives business and furthermore compost to crops. There is proof to demonstrate that cultivating families with some dairy cattle head can withstand better the misery caused by outrageous climate conditions.

The improvement of the dairy division has been a noteworthy example of overcoming adversity in the nation. With an expected generation of 146.3 million tons in 2014-15, India keeps on being biggest maker of drain on the planet. Per capita accessibility of drain has achieved 322 gms for each day amid the year 2014-15 which is more than the world normal of 294 gms for each day. Thus, on account of meat, egg, fleece and fish generation, we have accomplished generous advancement. The creature cultivation division not just gives fundamental protein and nutritious human eating routine through drain, eggs and meat, yet additionally assumes a vital part in use of non-eatable agrarian results. Domesticated animals are the best protection against the impulses of nature like dry spell, starvation and other normal cataclysms. 

Aquaculture is the quickest developing nourishment segment on the planet with a yearly development rate of more than eight percent. Almost 50 for each penny of the aggregate fish generation is currently contributed by the aquaculture all inclusive and this is additionally winding up bit by bit valid in India. Marine catch fishery generation in Karnataka is likewise exceedingly noteworthy in light of the fact that Karnataka is honored with substantial waterfront line. Practical aquaculture seems to have a brilliant future as a wellspring of human nourishment and organic generation. 

However, India has accomplished both green and white transformations, there is parcel of accentuation currently on blue unrest. This is the reasoning of the administration. Alongside agribusiness and the dairy segment, the fisheries too will be empowered. Earnest endeavors ought to be made to guarantee that the animals ranchers move from subsistence cultivating to a monetarily suitable domesticated animals venture. They ought to gain admittance to credit on low loan cost from money related organizations and game plans ought to be made by the raisers' relationship to give administrations and merchandise as required as additionally maintainable market for the item. The town gathering/society/ought to likewise take up promoting of creature items. 

On this event, I bid to all researchers to frequently interface with ranchers and work in a mission mode to twofold the agriculturists' salary by 2022 as imagined by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. Multiplying of ranchers' salary can be accomplished through decrease in input cost, esteem expansion and legitimate promoting of farming produce. Coordinated cultivating framework models ought to be shown and promoted among agriculturists. 

As all of you know, one of the lofty projects being executed by the Government of India is the Rashtriya Gokul Mission to improve the efficiency of the indigenous breeds in India through expert ranch administration and unrivaled nourishment. The "Rashtriya Gokul Mission" intends to save and create indigenous breeds in a logical way under National Program for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development, with an expense of Rs 500 crore amid the twelfth Five Year Plan. 

It is likewise proposed to build up Integrated Indigenous Cattle Centers or Gokul Grams in the reproducing tracts of indigenous breeds. The Gokul Gram will act naturally managing and will create financial assets from the offer of A2 drain, natural fertilizer, vermi-manure and generation of power from bio-gas for in house utilization and offer of creature items. Cows raising has been a customary business in India and is firmly connected to rural economy. Yield from drain alone is nearly at standard with the joined yield estimation of wheat and paddy, which influences drain as the single biggest item among the sustenance to gathering. 

It isn't simply multiplying the ranchers wage by 2022, the major worldwide test is to guarantee sustenance and healthful security. There is a need to lighten neediness in creating nations by delivering progressively and safe nourishment, particularly of creature starting point, against a contracting creature hereditary decent variety and expanded worldwide exchange. The domesticated animals creation in the creating scene ought to be more than twofold to take care of the developing demand of meat and drain in these nations throughout the following 20 years. Toward the start of the 21st century in excess of 1.2 billion individuals lived in extraordinary destitution, while 850 million are incessantly ravenous and the number is expanding. The vast majority of these individuals are found in sub-Saharan Africa and South and East Asia. 

A wide assorted variety in creature hereditary assets is pivotal to adjusting and creating domesticated animals generation frameworks. Environmental change and the development of new and destructive creature illnesses underline the need to hold versatile limit. For a huge number of poor provincial family units, animals remain a key resource, frequently addressing various needs, and empowering jobs to be worked in a portion of the world's harshest surroundings. The detailed rate of breed terminations is of incredible concern, yet it is considerably all the more stressing that unrecorded hereditary assets are being lost. Strenuous endeavors to comprehend and ensure the world's creature hereditary assets for sustenance and agribusiness are likewise required.


The worldwide populace is required to increment by approximately 90 million individuals every year. The human populace development somewhere in the range of 1990 and 2004 for the distinctive areas of the world has demonstrated that Africa and Asia have the biggest populace development. This implies the world's ranchers particularly in the creating scene should build their generation at any rate by 50 for each penny to nourish the developing populace. Accessibility of moderate nourishment of domesticated animals inception would go far in beating the test of protein lack of healthy sustenance and ceaseless yearning. 

The interest for veterinary graduates is rising side because of commercialisation of veterinary businesses and foundation of more global ventures managing in sustenance fabricating, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and immunization creation. 

There is a need to embrace systems as per new advancements, changing interest designs, up and coming quality chains and general stores, upheaval in correspondence innovation, institutional developments and globalization. Established researchers ought to receive the 4Ts equation and incorporate Tradition, Talent, Technology and Trade. 

I am sincerely connected to Karnataka however I hail from the neighboring State. Karnataka's economy generally relies upon horticulture and a sizeable 71 for each penny populace in the state is occupied with cultivating. The state is the biggest maker of espresso, crude silk and sandalwood in the nation and furthermore contributing fundamentally to the agriculture creation of the nation. 

KVAFSU has exceeded expectations in numerous regions of research, instruction and improvement. Among the Veterinary Universities in the nation, this University has the biggest segment of schools, organizations, and research stations and augmentation units. The college's commitment to training, research and expansion is praiseworthy. 

The advances created by KVAFSU are contributing for the change of creature wellbeing and generation of domesticated animals, poultry and fisheries in the State. Antibodies created and provided by the Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals are in incredible request all through the nation. 

The pride of this University lies in the administration stretched out to our agriculturists through sparing the lives of creatures by giving better medicinal services. Another quill in the college's top is the execution of World Bank-helped KWDP-Sujala-III undertaking in seven in reverse areas specifically, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgiri, Gadag, Chamrajnagar, Davanagere and Koppal through domesticated animals support and expansion exercises in ranchers' fields itself. These examples of overcoming adversity are getting to be "Problem areas" and are filling in as a motivation for different ranchers. 

The Vice Chancellor and the Faculty merit specific acclaim for their promise to scholastic brilliance and for guaranteeing different projects to be socially important. 

Colleges are relied upon to produce information. Shockingly our framework is centered not around the making of information, but rather on the large scale manufacturing of an informed workforce. In the event that we are to wind up an information based economy, the main thing we need to do is to empower a culture of research and inventive reasoning instead of concentrating on exam-situated strategy. We have to change and streamline our training framework with the goal that our adolescents don't linger behind in the learning transformation which is clearing the world-researchers are investigating and mapping more up to date sorts of information from bio to nanotechnology, quality to genomics, space investigations to GIS and Weather Satellite Accuracy. In the present between disciplinary world, inquire about results in numerous zones will have an effect animals and fisheries. 

Another, imperative part the college can play is achieving the unreached through separation mode. The online courses being offered through separation instruction mode have reformed the learning procedure. For individuals like school dropouts and ranchers, remove learning is rising as a great device to disperse information to the grassroots level. 

My dear graduates, you have to break the boundaries of unremarkableness and exceed expectations in your general vicinity of specialization. 

I might want to finish up with the statement of Swami Vivekanand, who had stated: 'We need that training by which character is framed, quality of psyche is expanded, the astuteness is extended, and by which one can remain without anyone else feet'. 

I by and by compliment all the graduating understudies and the employees, who have molded the youthful personalities.

Jai Hind!”

ISRO to send first Indian into Space by 2022 as announced by PM | GK-News24

ISRO to send first Indian into Space by 2022 as announced by PM
Rs. 10,000 crore mission will be a turning point in India’s space journey; most engineering components are ready: ISRO Chairman Chandrayaan-2 scheduled to be launched in January, 2019 

As declared by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi amid his Independence Day address, India's first Indian human mission will be propelled by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) by 2022. This was expressed by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh while tending to a question and answer session here today. The ISRO Chairman, Dr. K. Sivan said that ISRO has the abilities to achieve this undertaking by the given time allotment. He said this is a gigantic duty and a testing assignment for ISRO, however it will succeed. The program will make India the fourth country on the planet to dispatch a Human Spaceflight Mission. Up until this point, just the USA, Russia and China have propelled human spaceflight missions. 

It might be reviewed that the Prime Minister amid his Independence Day address had declared `Gaganyaan — India's lady human spaceflight program'. He had announced that 'a child or a girl of India will go to Space from Indian soil by an Indian vehicle by 2022 (75th year of Indian autonomy) or sooner'. This is the most goal-oriented space program embraced by ISRO till date and is basic as it will give a major lift to the Science and Technology improvement inside the nation, said Dr Sivan. This will likewise motivate the adolescent of the nation to take up greater difficulties and improve the renown of the nation. 

ISRO has built up some basic advancements like reentry mission ability, group escape framework, team module design, warm assurance framework, deceleration and floatation framework, sub-frameworks of life emotionally supportive network and so on required for this programme. A portion of these advances have been exhibited effectively through the Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-2007), Crew module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment (CARE-2014) and Pad Abort Test (2018). These advances will empower ISRO in achieving the program destinations in a limited ability to focus 4 years. 

GSLV Mk-III dispatch vehicle, which has the important payload ability for this mission, will be utilized to dispatch Gaganyaan. Two unmanned Gaganyaan missions will be embraced before sending people. The aggregate program is relied upon to be finished before 2022 with first unmanned trip inside 30 months. The mission will expect to send a three-part group to space for a time of five to seven days. The shuttle will be put in a low earth circle of 300-400km. The aggregate program cost is required to be not as much as Rs. 10,000 crores. 

Depicting the mission as a perplexing one, ISRO Chairman said that it would genuinely be a national undertaking with the support of ISRO, the scholarly community, industry and also other government and private offices as partners. To quicken the program, ISRO may consider coordinated efforts with space offices from well disposed nations with cutting edge space programs. 

The Indian Space program has advanced from its modest beginnings into a develop national ability to use space innovation for societal improvement. The seeds sown over six decades back have fructified to yield indigenous capacities to accomplish free access to space, and a plenty of room based administrations which are changing India. This ability was taken forward to embrace point of reference missions in space science and investigation, for example, the Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission and Astrosat, in this way enhancing the worldwide learning base on the universe. 

Dr Jitendra Singh said that this will be the principal human mission indigenously created by ISRO, however there have been Indian space explorers who have been to space before. This will be a major accomplishment, he said. He said the Government's accentuation has been for the use of room advances in different territories, for example, Agriculture, Railways, Human Resource Development and Road, Transport and Highways, and so forth for simplicity of living. 

Giving insights about the Gaganyan, Dr Sivan said that it will involve a team module and administration module that constitute an orbital module. It weighs roughly 7 tons, and will be conveyed by a rocket. The group module's size will be 3.7 mts x 7 mts. The team will do microgravity explore amid the mission. The team will be chosen by Indian Air Force (IAF) and ISRO together after which they will experience preparing for two-three years. While ISRO has idealized the designing parts of the mission, Dr Sivan stated, bioscience is another field for ISRO and requires joint effort and support from different associations. 


He specified the goals of the Mission as: 

  1. Upgrade of science and innovation levels in the nation 
  2. A national venture including a few organizations, the scholarly community and industry 
  3. Change of mechanical development 
  4. Motivating youth 
  5. Advancement of innovation for social advantages 
  6. Enhancing worldwide coordinated effort 


Amid the meeting, he additionally talked about the anticipated tasks of ISRO, including Chandrayaan-2, is booked to be propelled in January, 2019. The Mission will have an orbiter weighing 2379 kg, lander named Vikram weighing 1471 kg and a meanderer measuring 27 kg. Clarifying the postponement in dispatch of Chandrayaan-2, he said that the payload of the Mission has expanded to accommodate another segment of the lander at 30 km circle, which required a GSLV MkIII rocket for dispatch. 

He said that ISRO intends to dispatch 19 missions upto March, 2019. These missions incorporate dispatch of 4 satellites to achieve the Digital India program by giving higher transmission capacity to network. 

Logical Secretary, ISRO, Shri R. Umamaheswaran and other Senior Officers of the Department of Space were additionally present amid the question and answer session.

Pakistan to proceed with chats on Indus Water Treaty with India this week | GK-News24

Indus treaty talks to begin tomorrow

Treaty India, Pakistan will have two-day exchanges 

India and Pakistan will continue their discussions on different parts of the Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore on Wednesday, the principal two-sided commitment since Imran Khan accepting office as Prime Minister.

India's Indus Water Commissioner P.K. Saxena was relied upon to reach here on Monday for the exchanges with his Pakistani partner, Syed Mehr Ali Shah, on August 29 and 30, said the Pakistani day by day Dawn , citing an administration official.

The last gathering of the Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission was held in New Delhi in March, amid which the two sides had shared points of interest of the water stream and the quantum of water being utilized under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.

Pakistan's protests 

The Pakistani side will repeat its complaints more than two water-stockpiling and hydroelectric ventures being worked by India amid the discussions.

The authority said Pakistan would raise its worries over the 1000-MW Pakal Dul and the 48-MW Lower Kalnai hydroelectric ventures on the Chenab waterway.

The session is additionally anticipated that would talk about ways and means for the auspicious and smooth sharing of hydro-logical information on shared waterways.

The authority said the opposite sides would finish the calendar of future gatherings of the Permanent Indus Commission and visits of the groups of the Indus chiefs.

He said the water magistrates of Pakistan and India were required to meet two times per year and mastermind specialized visits to extend destinations and basic stream head works, however Pakistan had been confronting a considerable measure of issues in auspicious gatherings and visits. The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, expedited by the World Bank and marked by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and previous Pakistan President Ayub Khan, directs how the waters of the Indus River and its tributaries that stream in both the nations will be used.

NITI Aayog Releases 5 Thematic Reports On Indian Himalayan Region | GK-News24

NITI Aayog has discharged five Thematic Reports on Sustainable Development in Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) perceiving uniqueness of Himalayas and difficulties for reasonable improvement. These reports list challenges in all defined 5 topical zones and examine significance, challenges, progressing activities and future guide.

Foundation 

These reports were set up by 5 working gatherings which were set up by NITI Aayog in June 2017 to plan guide for activities in 5 topical zones that are very significant for the Himalayas. These regions were Inventory and Revival of Springs in Himalayas for Water Security, Sustainable Tourism in Indian Himalayan Region, Trans-formative Approach to Shifting Cultivation, Strengthening Skill & Entrepreneurship Landscape in Himalayas and Data and Information for Informed Decision Making. These working gatherings were constituted after NITI Aayog perceived that Himalayan mountains require specific answers for strength constructing that address financial and natural difficulties in the mountain setting.

Key Features of five Thematic reports 

  1. Stock and Revival of springs in Himalayas for Water Security: Nearly 30% of springs, pivotal to water security of individuals in Himalayas are drying and half have detailed lessened release. There is requirement for spring mapping and recovery by utilizing eight stages convention that must be taken up crosswise over Himalayan States in staged way. It calls for setting up of Mission on Spring Water Management in Himalayas. 
  2. Feasible Tourism in Indian Himalayan Region: Himalayan Tourism is developing every year at 6.8% and has made immense test identified with strong waste, water, traffic, loss of bio-social decent variety and so on. Anticipated landing of sightseers will be more than twofold by 2025. Pressing activities are expected to address issues of waste administration and water emergency. The idea of conveying limit must be connected to all significant visitor goals. Other than tourism segment models must be executed and observed. Execution based motivators must be affirmed for states. Himalayan Authority must be propelled for composed and comprehensive advancement of whole Himalayan locale. "Himalaya Calling: An Awareness to Action Campaign" must be propelled as individuals' development. 
  3. Transformative way to deal with moving development: Thousands of families in north eastern states, keep on practicing moving development i.e. cut and consume (Jhum cultivation) which should be tended to in perspective of biological, sustenance and dietary security. There is critical requirement for evaluation of nature and degree of moving development zone. Besides there is requirement for enhanced strategy soundness, reinforced tenurial security and enhanced access to related projects for change moving development. National Mission/Program on Transforming Shifting Cultivation in North Eastern States must be set up. 
  4. Reinforcing Skill and Entrepreneurship Landscape in Himalayas: The Himalayan states confront extreme test of untalented workforce and relocation of young people. There is critical need to fortify expertise and business enterprise workforce in Himalayan area with required spotlight on identi ed need segments where mountains have advantage, alongside interest in mentors, assessors and setting up preparing focuses with industry organization. There is have to set up request driven system of aptitude and enterprise advancement Centers in Himalayan States alongside consortium of organizations of high learning for mountain specific research and innovation. 
  5. Information/Information for Informed Decision Making: Himalayan states confront challenges identified with information accessibility, information legitimacy, similarity, information quality, approval, client charges. It should be tended to for educated basic leadership at various levels of administration. Focal Data Management Agency for Himalayas must be set up to give information high delity situation. It will help in tending to information sharing, access, realness and equivalence issues. It ought to be connected with Hindukush Himalaya Monitoring and Assessment program (HIMAP). Focal Data Management Agency for Himalayan Database must be set up at GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development.