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CURRENT AFFAIRS
MAY 2018
2.6. INDIA-INDONESIA
Why in news?
The Indian Prime minister recently visited Indonesia.
Way Forward
• India needs to establish a regulatory mechanism for GM foods. The regulation of GM products may be
integrated with other major initiatives undertaken by FSSAI for food safety such as:
o Food Safety on Wheels initiative under which 62 mobile food lab units will be deployed across the
country for food testing, public education and awareness and for conducting training and certification
programmes.
o A centralised lab management system called InFolNet (Indian Food Laboratory Network) to connect all
the government and private food labs.
o Food safety index which will be launched by FSSAI, considering the need for States to have a robust food
safety ecosystem, to measure their performance on various parameters.
10.2. PRAAPTI
Why in News?
Recently, Ministry of state for power launched a Web portal and an App namely PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification
and Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators).
About PRAAPTI
• It will capture the Invoicing and payment data for various long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPAs) from
the Generators.
• Thus, its significance includes-
o It will also enable the consumers to evaluate financial performance of their Discoms in terms of
payments being made to the generation companies.
o It would also help DISCOMs and GENCOs to reconcile their outstanding payments and enhance
transparency and encouraging best practices in Power Purchase transactions.
o It would facilitate relative assessment of various State DISCOMs on Ease of making payments to various
Generation Companies.