Wind Energy

Ministry of Renewable Energy (MRES)

Wind Mill - When attached to an agricultural Mill (converts kinetic energy to mechanical energy)
Wind Turbine - When converts kinetic energy to electric energy

Leading States in India -
TN, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra

Installed capacity in India - 17000 MW by close to 17000 wind mills/ turbines

Center for Wind Energy Technology (CWET), Chennai

Right To Education

Became a FR (Art. 21A) by 86th Amendement, 2002
RTE Act, 2009
In a 2:1 judgement SC upheld the validity of this act on Apr 12.
Salient Features of this Act -
1. Free and compulsory Education to Children between age of 8 and 14
2. Reservation of 25% of seats for these children in Govt., aided and non-minority unaided schools.

It will come into effect from academic year 2012-13.

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) keeps an eye on RTE's implementation



Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides for free and compulsory education to children within age group of 6 to 14 years and mandates government/ aided/ non-aided non-minority schools to reserve 25% of seats for them.
In April this year, SC had upheld the validity of this act.

Now, SC has refused to admit any more petition on this.

Word Power

Tenacious : Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.


2. Holding together firmly; cohesive: a tenacious material.
3. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive: tenacious lint.
4. Tending to retain; retentive: a tenacious memory.


Conceal : To keep Secret