Prelims Focus 31st March 2025
Nag Missile System (NAMIS)
In News: The Ministry of Defence has recently signed contracts worth ₹2,500 crore for the procurement of NAMIS along with additional light vehicles.
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- The Nag Missile System (NAMIS) is an advanced Indian anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system designed to enhance the operational capabilities of the Indian Army. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), NAMIS is a tracked platform that utilizes the Nag missile, which is characterized as a third-generation, fire-and-forget missile.
- Key Features of NAMIS:
- Development: Created by the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program.
- Launch Platform: Mounted on a BMP-2 chassis, providing mobility and amphibious capabilities.
- Guidance System: Utilizes an Imaging Infrared (IIR) seeker for target acquisition and tracking, allowing for effective operation in various weather conditions, including night-time engagements.
- Range: The missile can engage targets from 500 meters up to 4 kilometers.
- Attack Modes: Supports both top attack and direct attack modes to effectively penetrate armored targets.
“Baalpan ki Kavita” initiative
In News: The “Baalpan ki Kavita” initiative, launched by the Union Ministry of Education, aims to revive and restore traditional Indian nursery rhymes and poems for young children. This project aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, emphasizing multilingualism and the integration of mother tongues into early childhood education.
Key Features:
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- Objective: To create a compendium of joyful, culturally relevant rhymes in Indian languages (Bharatiya Bhasha) and English, fostering linguistic development and cultural grounding for children.
- Target Age Groups:
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- Pre-primary (ages 3–6)
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- Grade 1 (ages 6–7)
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- Grade 2 (ages 7–8).
- Submission Guidelines: Participants can contribute existing rhymes, folklore-based poems, or newly composed works. Entries are accepted in all Indian languages and English from March 26 to April 24, 2025, via the MyGov portal. No entry fee is required.
Goals:
- Enhance foundational learning by using rhymes that reflect India’s diverse cultural heritage.
- Promote values like gender equality, environmental awareness, and kindness through modernized content.
- Strengthen children’s connection to their cultural roots while making education engaging.
Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill
In News: The Lok Sabha has passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024, replacing the nearly century-old Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925.
- The Bill is a part of India’s huge ambition to bolster its maritime economy, a crucial pillar under projects like PM Gati Shakti and Sagarmala.
- It aligns India’s maritime regulation with international standards just like the Hague-Visby Rules, ensuring clarity at the duties, rights, liabilities, and immunities of providers.
- It simplifies complicated legal jargon and offers truth for international and domestic stakeholders.
First Person View (FPV) Drones
In News: The Indian Army has completed a milestone via growing and efficiently checking out an indigenous First Person View (FPV) drone equipped with an anti-tank kamikaze payload.
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- Definition: FPV drones are remotely piloted aircraft that transmit real-time video feed from an onboard digital camera to the operator’s goggles or display screen, offering a first-person view of the drone’s perspective.
- Purpose: Offers unique navigation and control, in particular for tactical or combat missions, racing, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
- Significance
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- These drones provide a cost-effective way to neutralize high-value enemy property, inclusive of tanks, thereby improving the Army’s combat effectiveness.
- The prominence of FPV drones in latest conflicts, substantially in Ukraine, has tested their capability to alter battlefield dynamics by efficiently neutralizing extensive and luxurious army assets.
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