CONTENTS

1. AMRIT Technology
2. Exercise VINBAX-2023

AMRIT Technology

Context:

Recently, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has shed light on the progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission and the Arsenic and Metal Removal by Indian Technology (AMRIT).

Relevance:

GS III: Science and Technology

Dimensions of the Article:

1. AMRIT Technology Overview
2. About Jal Jeevan Mission

AMRIT Technology Overview

• Development Source:
  • Developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Madras.
• Purpose:
  • Designed for the removal of arsenic and metal ions from water, addressing water quality issues.
• Operational Mechanism:
  • Utilizes nano-scale iron oxy-hydroxide.
  • Selectively removes arsenic when water passes through it.
• Applicability:
  • Suitable for both domestic and community-level water purification.
• Alignment with Jal Jeevan Mission:
  • Supports the goals of the Jal Jeevan Mission, aiming to provide safe and potable tap water to rural households in India.
• Recognition and Recommendation:
  • Recommended by the ‘Standing Committee’ of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
  • Considered for addressing water and sanitation challenges.

About Jal Jeevan Mission:

Nodal: Ministry of Jal Shakti

• Jal Jeevan Mission, a central government initiative under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, aims to ensure access of piped water for every household in India.
• National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) was restructured and subsumed into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – to provide Functional Household Tap Water (FHTC) to every rural household with service level at the rate of 55 lpcd i.e., Har Ghar Nal Se Jal (HGNSJ) by 2024.

Implications 

• Supply of water to all households is a basic necessity
• Reduction in water borne diseases which was due to due to consumption of substandard water

Challenges

• Critical situation of Decrease in ground water table.
• Water demand and supply is a miss match
• Contamination of local ground level sources of water like, ponds lakes and wells.
• Sustaining the provision of water to all households is a challenge, not just starting it.

Exercise VINBAX-2023

Context:

The Indian Armed Forces contingent reached Hanoi, Vietnam to take part in the fourth edition of Joint Military Exercise VINBAX-2023.

Relevance:

GS III: Security Challenges

Exercise VINBAX Overview

• Inception: Instituted in 2018.
• First Edition: Conducted at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
• Nature: Annual training event.
• Participants: Conducted alternatively in India and Vietnam.
• Focus Area: Under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter on Peacekeeping Operations.
• Format: Command Post Exercise cum Field Training Exercise.

Aim:

• Foster collaborative partnership.
• Promote inter-operability.
• Share best practices.

Specific Training Areas:

• Deployment and employment of an Engineer Company.
• Deployment and employment of a Medical Team.

Knowledge Exchange:

• Modern methods for constructing roads, culverts, helipads, ammunition shelter, and observation posts in operational areas.