10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #60 January 13, 2020

Explanation: Union Minister for Home Affairs inaugurated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and also dedicated National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to the Nation.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
•It was approved in 2018 to combat cybercrime in India in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.
•It functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is located in New Delhi
•It has seven components like the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit, National Cybercrime Reporting Portal and National Cybercrime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem etc.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
•It is a citizen-centric initiative that will enable citizens to report cybercrimes online through the portal.
•All the cybercrime related complaints will be accessed by the concerned law enforcement agencies in the States and Union Territories for taking action as per law.

Explanation: Recently, Climate and energy news aggregator, http://www.carboncopy.info, has launched a dashboard — ncap.carboncopy.info — to track the progress of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
NCAP:
•National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched in 2019 by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
•It is a five-year action plan with 2019 as the first year.
•Aim: prevention, control and abatement of air pollution in India.
•Target: 20%–30% reduction of PM2.5a and PM10 concentration by 2024, taking 2017 as the base year for the comparison of concentration.
•Coverage: 122 non-attainment cities identified by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the basis of their ambient air quality data between 2011 and 2015.
•The NCAP requires cities to come up with city-specific plans for increasing the number of monitoring stations, providing technology support, conducting source apportionment studies, and strengthening enforcement.
•The cities are required to implement specific measures in a time-bound manner. Example: ensuring roads are pothole-free to improve traffic flow and thereby reduce dust (within 60 days).

Explanation: State Energy Efficiency Index
•It tracks the progress of Energy Efficiency (EE) initiatives in 36 states and union territories based on 97 significant indicators. It was first released in 2018.
•It is developed by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in association with Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE).
Objectives:
•Help drive energy efficiency policies and program implementation at the state and local level.
•Track progress in managing the states’ and India’s energy footprint.
•Institutionalise data capture and monitoring of energy efficiency activities by states
•Recommendation put forward for States in the State Energy Efficiency Index 2019
•Proactive role by states in policy formulation and implementation
•Strengthen the mechanism for data capture, management and public availability of data
•Enhance the credibility of Energy Efficiency(EE) schemes
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
•The BEE is a statutory body under the Ministry of Power. It was set up under the provisions of Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
•Its mission is to assist in developing policies with the primary objective of reducing energy intensity of the Indian Economy.

Explanation: The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released a survey on the world’s fastest-growing urban areas in the World. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) was created in 1946.It is the research and analysis division of The Economist Group and the world leader in global business intelligence.
About the Survey:
•The survey was based on the United Nations (UN) Populations data.
•The survey has defined urban area as (a)All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board among others (b) Areas with a minimum population of 5,000 (c) Areas where at least 75% male working population are engaged in non-agriculture work and (d) Areas with a population density of 400 persons/sq.km.

Explanation: The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released a survey on the world’s fastest-growing urban areas in the World.
Key takeaways from the survey:
•The three cities namely Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kollam from Kerala were the only places from India to feature in the top 10.
•Malappuram occupied the top spot in the world rankings.Further, Kozhikode occupied the fourth spot and Kollam was at tenth spot.
•The top 10 list also figures cities from outside India including three cities from China, one each from Nigeria, Oman, UAE and Vietnam.
•Other Indian cities that made the list were Thrissur in Kerala at 13th position, Gujarat’s Surat at 26 and Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur is at 30.