Current Affairs Question - 21 December 2019

Explanation :

• Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched in 2015 with the aim of providing basic civic amenities like water supply, sewerage, urban transport, parks as to improve the quality of life for all especially the poor and the disadvantaged.
• The focus of the Mission is on infrastructure creation that has a direct link to provision of better services to the citizens.
• The mission’s thrust areas are Water Supply system, Sewerage, Septage, Storm Water Drainage, Urban Transport, Green Space and Parks, Reforms management and support, Capacity building.
• The Priority zone of the Mission is water supply followed by sewerage.
• Under this mission, 10% of the budget allocation will be given to states and union territories as incentive based on the achievement of reforms during the previous year.

Explanation :

• Pinaka Missile System has been jointly developed by various Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories viz Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Proof & Experimental Establishment and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL).
• Pinaka was designed to replace the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems of the Indian Army.
• It is an artillery missile system capable of striking into enemy territory up to a range of 75 kilometres with high precision.
• It is a multifaceted system integrating high energy propulsion, sub-munition warheads, servo-controlled launcher configuration and fire control computer.
• The navigation system of the missile is aided by the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), also known as NAVIC.
• The system is based on the 8×8 vehicle. Each battery is composed of six launcher vehicles, six loader-cum replenishment vehicles and two command post vehicles.
• Each Pinaka rocket is capable of carrying a 100kg payload for a range of 40km. A single Pinaka battery can neutralise a surface area of 700m x 500m. The system can engage targets with a circular error probability (CEP) of one to two percent of range.