Legal Current Affairs for 19 March 2026

Key Features of BHAVYA
Objective: Developing 100 plug-and-play industrial parks across India with an allocation of Rs.33,660 crore.
Industrial park is a planned tract of land with/without ready-built factories, and supported by shared facilities for multiple industries.
Eligibility: Industrial parks ranging from 100 (25 acres for NE & hilly regions) to 1000 acres would be chosen.
Duration: 6 years (FY 2026–27 to 2031–32).

Hydro Power plants with capacity of 25 MW or below are classified as Small Hydro in India.
Could be either constructed on hill slopes utilizing small streams involving run of river type projects or on Canal Falls or Dam Toes.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) looks after their development.
Estimated Potential: 21133 MW from 7133 sites for power generation in India (IIT Roorkee.).
Hilly States mainly Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand constitute around half of this potential.
Classification (Depending on the capacity): Micro (up to 100 kW); Mini (101 kW to 2 MW) and Small Hydro (2 MW to 25MW).

The Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2025 highlights that India has achieved a significant decline in its child mortality.
The report is released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME).
Key Findings related to India
Under-five mortality rate reduced to 26.6 in 2024 from 127 in 1990, registering a sharp 79 % decline.
Neonatal mortality rate had fallen to 17 in 2024.
Infant mortality fell to 23.3.
This progress is achieved due to
Targeted, demand-driven initiatives such as Janani Suraksha Yojana and Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram.
Universal Immunisation Programme, facility-based newborn care, and Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses etc.

NATO is deploying U.S. Patriot missile defence system to the southern province of Adana in Turkey.
About Patriot Missile Defence System
PATRIOT is an acronym for Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target,
It is a ground-based, mobile missile defense interceptor developed in the United States.
It detects, tracks, and engages Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) cruise missiles, and short-range or tactical ballistic missiles.

Indian Navy is participating in ‘Sea Dragon 2026’ near Guam Island (US territory) in North Pacific Ocean.
About Exercise Sea Dragon
Annual U.S. Navy-led multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise.
Brings together forces from Australia, Japan and New Zealand, towards enhancing coordination and combat readiness in undersea warfare.

Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), Department of Commerce initiated anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Ethyl Chloroformates (ECF) from China.
ECF is colourless, volatile liquid with pungent odour widely used as intermediate in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.
It is an organic compound, classified as hazardous.
About Anti-Dumping Duty
Trade remedy that an importing country applies after an investigation that product of exporting country is causing material injury to domestic industry.
If a product is exported at price lower than in home market, then it is said to be dumped.
Governed by Anti-Dumping Agreement of World Trade Organization (WTO).

Maharashtra assembly passed the Wildlife Protection (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2026 for better management of human-wildlife conflict.
The proposed amendment will empower the state government to capture and relocate leopards from one area to another.
The bill will come into effect only after receiving the President’s assent, as it proposes changes to a central law.
The amendment pertains to provisions under Section 12 of the Wildlife Protection Act,1972
About Section 12 of WPA, 1972
It empowers the Chief Wildlife Warden to grant permits allowing the hunting of wild animals for specific purposes such as scientific research, scientific management, etc.
Under scientific management, capture and relocation of any wild animal to an alternative suitable habitat can be allowed with prior permission from the central government.