● Maharashtra launched the ‘Quit India 2-from Swaraj to Suraaj’ initiative at the historic August Kranti Maidan in August 2016.

● It was launched against social evils.

● It was launched on the Platinum Jubilee anniversary of the Quit India Movement.

• Ratnagiri mines are found in Maharashtra state.

• Ratnagiri is a port city in Ratnagiri District on the Arabian Sea coast in the southwestern part of Maharashtra.

• The Ratnagiri district is a part of Konkan division of Maharashtra.

• Some important mines are following:-

● The Sachar Committee was a seven-member high-level committee in India established in March 2005 by then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

● The committee was headed by former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajender Sachar to study the social, economic, and educational condition of Muslims in India.

● The committee submitted its report in 2006.

● Transpiration takes place through the Stomata.

● Stomata are the tiny openings present on the epidermis of leaves, stems etc.

● They also play an important role in photosynthesis and exchange of gases.

● Vascular bundle is part of the transport system of vascular plants.

● The single layer of cells that covers the leaves, flowers, roots and stems of plants is called Epidermis.

● Tissue culture is the phenomena in which many plants can be grown from one parent in disease-free conditions.

● The growth of tissues or cells in an artificial medium separate from the parent organism is also called Tissue culture or Micropropagation.

● It is a widely used technique to produce clones of a plant.

● Spore formation is a type of asexual reproduction.

● The valency of copper in Cuprous oxide is 1.

● The Chemical formula for Cuprous oxide is Cu₂O.

● It is found as the reddish mineral cuprite and it is one of important oxides of copper.

● The height of the object is 2 m.

● The formula for calculating potential energy is P.E. = mgh.

● The energy that is conserved in an object or substance is called Potential Energy.

● The SI unit of Potential Energy is Joule.

● The absolute refractive index of any medium is always more than one.

● The ratio of the velocity of light in vacuum to the velocity of light in the medium is called the Refractive index of Medium.

● The formula for Refractive index of any medium is n = c/v.

• India’s First Agro-export Facilitation Centre was launched in Pune, Maharashtra on May 15^th, 2021.
• It was launched by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (MCCIA).
• It has been launched in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was formed on July 12, 1982.
• It was established on the recommendations of B.Sivaramman Committee.
• It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Currently, Govinda Rajulu Chintala is serving as the chairman of NABARD.