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Environment
Delhi’s Artificial Rain Project
Delhi’s artificial rain project uses cloud seeding technique, supported by IIT Kanpur. This introduces substances like silver iodide into clouds to induce precipitation, aiming to combat severe air pollution by washing away particulate matter.
Urban Development
PMAY-Urban 2.0
PMAY-U 2.0 is implemented by MoHUA (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs), focusing on housing for the urban poor. It includes Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) allowing families to build customized homes with government assistance.
Education Metrics
THE Impact Rankings
THE (Times Higher Education) Impact Rankings evaluate universities based on SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). This framework measures institutions’ contributions to global sustainability, including poverty reduction, education quality, and climate action.
Digital Payments
UPI International Expansion
UPI services abroad are managed by NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India). India signed UPI MoU with Cyprus, expanding digital payment cooperation and demonstrating fintech diplomacy in the Mediterranean region.
Financial Inclusion
India Post Payments Bank
IPPB functions under the Ministry of Communications and was launched in 2018. It leverages India’s postal network of 150,000+ post offices to deliver banking services, particularly in rural areas lacking traditional bank branches.
Weather Modification
Cloud Seeding Technology
Cloud seeding introduces silver iodide into clouds to induce precipitation. While aimed at pollution mitigation, its effectiveness, environmental impact, and sustainability remain subjects of scientific debate requiring careful evaluation of meteorological conditions.
Housing Policy
Beneficiary Led Construction
BLC under PMAY-U empowers beneficiaries with construction autonomy, providing flexibility in design and execution. This promotes self-reliance, reduces bureaucratic delays, and enables families to build homes suited to their specific needs.
University Evaluation
SDG-Based Rankings
THE Impact Rankings measure universities’ contributions to UN’s 17 SDGs, encouraging institutions to demonstrate social impact beyond traditional academic metrics. This assesses research, teaching, and community engagement aligned with sustainability.
Fintech Diplomacy
UPI Global Adoption
International UPI agreements like the Cyprus MoU enable UPI acceptance abroad, facilitate tourist payments, and position UPI as a viable alternative to Western payment systems, showcasing India’s digital infrastructure expertise globally.
Last Mile Banking
Postal Banking Network
IPPB’s 2018 launch transformed India’s postal system into a banking provider, bringing financial services to the last mile through trusted postal infrastructure. This addresses the critical gap in rural banking access through innovative infrastructure utilization.
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Delhi artificial rain technique?
Cloud seeding
Supported by IIT Kanpur
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Which IIT supports Delhi’s rain project?
IIT Kanpur
Scientific expertise for cloud seeding
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PMAY-U implemented by?
MoHUA
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
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THE Impact Rankings based on?
SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
University social impact assessment
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Who manages UPI services abroad?
NPCI
National Payments Corporation of India
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India signed UPI MoU with?
Cyprus
Mediterranean digital payment partner
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IPPB functions under which ministry?
Ministry of Communications
Postal network banking
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When was IPPB launched?
2018
Postal banking transformation
Think & Discuss
Cloud Seeding: Scientific Solution or Environmental Gamble?
Context from today’s quiz: Delhi’s artificial rain project uses cloud seeding (with IIT Kanpur support) to combat air pollution by inducing precipitation that washes away particulate matter. This weather modification technique introduces chemicals like silver iodide into clouds, representing technological intervention in natural atmospheric processes to address severe urban environmental crises.
🤔 Your Perspective Matters
As cities like Delhi turn to cloud seeding for pollution mitigation, should this be embraced as necessary technological intervention addressing environmental emergencies when conventional solutions fail, or rejected as dangerous precedent that treats symptoms rather than causes, potentially creating unforeseen ecological consequences while allowing continued pollution rather than forcing systemic changes in transportation, industry, and energy use?
Does weather modification through cloud seeding represent legitimate scientific progress that humanity should pursue and refine for environmental management, or does it exemplify technological hubris where we manipulate complex atmospheric systems we incompletely understand, potentially triggering cascading effects including altered rainfall patterns in neighboring regions, groundwater contamination from seeding chemicals, or ecological disruptions we cannot predict or reverse?
Does weather modification through cloud seeding represent legitimate scientific progress that humanity should pursue and refine for environmental management, or does it exemplify technological hubris where we manipulate complex atmospheric systems we incompletely understand, potentially triggering cascading effects including altered rainfall patterns in neighboring regions, groundwater contamination from seeding chemicals, or ecological disruptions we cannot predict or reverse?
- If cloud seeding successfully reduces Delhi’s pollution temporarily, does this create moral hazard by providing relief that reduces pressure for fundamental reforms in vehicle emissions, industrial practices, and construction dust control—essentially enabling continued environmental degradation through technological band-aids?
- When one region uses cloud seeding to induce rainfall, does this constitute weather theft from downwind areas that would have naturally received that precipitation, raising questions about who owns atmospheric moisture and whether weather modification requires international governance frameworks?
- Should we view cloud seeding’s uncertain effectiveness (success heavily depends on existing weather conditions) and potential environmental risks as acceptable trade-offs for attempting pollution relief, or should cities be forced to address pollution through proven but politically difficult measures like vehicle restrictions, industrial closures, and construction bans regardless of economic costs?
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