https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/op-ed-snap-india-stares-at-pile-of-solar-e-waste/
India is both densely populated and has high solar insolation, providing an ideal combination for using solar power in India.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) have initiated schemes and incentives-like subsidy, easy loan, concessional duty on raw material imports, excise duty exemption on certain devices/systems etc. to encourage and use of solar energy systems.
The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) provides financial helps for the purchase of PV (Photovoltaic) systems.
Government is planning to set up 10 million square meter solar collector area by 2022. This will conserve electricity equivalent to that generated from a 500 MW power plant.
Rajasthan government has set aside 35,000 km2 areas of the Thar Desert for solar power.

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/pci-issues-guidelines-for-objective-reporting-on-polls/
The Press Council of India is a statutory, quasi-judicial body which acts as a watchdog of the press.
It adjudicates the complaints against and by the press for violation of ethics and for violation of the freedom of the press respectively.
The PCI was first constituted on 4th July, 1966 as an autonomous, statutory, quasi-judicial body, with Shri Justice J R Mudholkar, then a Judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman.
A fresh legislation providing for the establishment of the Council was enacted in 1978 through Press Council Act of 1978 and the institution came to be reviewed in the year 1979.
It has power to Censure news paper / agency / editors / journalist if they offended against the standards of journalistic ethics or public taste or that an editor or a working journalist has committed any professional misconduct; Summoning and enforcing the attendance of persons and examining them on oath; Receiving evidence on affidavits etc.
PCI governs the conduct of the print media only.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/namami-gange-gets-global-recognition-at-world-summit-5669597/
NMCG is a river cleaning project.
NMCG is the implementation wing of National Council for Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga (referred as National Ganga Council).
It was established in 2011 as a registered society under Societies Registration Act, 1860.
It has a two tier management structure and comprises of Governing Council and Executive Committee. Both of them are headed by Director General (DG), NMCG.
Similar to structure at national level, State Programme Management Groups (SPMGs) acts as implementing arm of State Ganga Committees.
This structure attempts to bring all stakeholders on one platform to take a holistic approach towards the task of Ganga cleaning and rejuvenation.
The Union Cabinet has recently approved changes allowing the National Mission for Clean Ganga to fine those responsible for polluting the river. Earlier this power was vested solely with the Central Pollution Control Board. The power to fine the polluters is derived from the Environment Protection Act.
The NMCG now has the status of an Authority and its key focus would be maintaining required ecological flows in the Ganga, abate pollution through planning, financing and execution of programmes.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/give-info-to-eci-on-each-donor-each-electoral-bond-in-sealed-covers-sc-orders-political-parties/article26815706.ece
The Finance Bill, 2017 introduced “electoral bonds” — interest-free bearer bonds (like Promissory Notes) that can be purchased from specified branches of the State Bank of India in a designated 10-day window in every quarter of the financial year.
The scheme, which was notified on January 2, 2018, allows individuals and domestic companies to present these bonds — issued in multiples of Rs 1,000, 10,000, 1 lakh, 10 lakh, and 1 crore — to political parties of their choice, which have to redeem them within 15 days.
Buyers of the bonds have to submit full KYC details at the time of buying. But the beneficiary political party is not required to reveal the identity of the entity that has given it the bond(s).

2012 UPSC Prelims
The President is brought into contact with Parliament also through his power and study to cause certain reports and statements to be laid before Parliament, so that Parliament may have the opportunity of taking action upon them. Thus, it is the duty of the President to cause to be laid before Parliament –
(a) the Annual Financial Statement (Budget) and the Supplementary Statement, if any,
(b) the report of the Auditor-General relating to the accounts of the Government of India;
(c) the recommendations made by the Finance Commission, together with an explanatory memorandum of the action taken thereon;
(d) the report of the Union Public Service Commission, explaining the reasons where any advice of the Commission has not been accepted;
(e) the report of the Special Officer for Scheduled Castes and Tribes;
(f) the report of the Commission on backward classes;
(g) the report of the Special Officer for linguistic minorities.
PAC lays down report in parliament on its own (President doesn’t come in picture).