28.04.21 Daily [Andhra Pradesh] APPSC Current Affairs

Industries ministerMekapati Gautham Reddyhas said the government will shortly announce anoxygen policyto encourage manufacturing ofoxygen concentratorsin the state. He said the government will ready its own Plants with a capacity of 300-400 metric tonnes (MT) over the next 45 days.

The minister pointed out that the new policy would help Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME) rapidly launch production and supply operations. The government will grant incentives to manufacturers of Oxygen concentrators, he said, adding that they would also grant additional subsidies to industries producing oxygen.

Both chaff & flares are defensive countermeasures deployed by using navy aircraft. The cause is to confuse radar-guided or infrared-guided anti-plane missiles fired so that they may want to be diverted.

The Chaff is composed of many small aluminium or zinc lined fibres saved on-board the plane in tubes. In case the plane feels threatened by means of any radar monitoring missiles, chaff is ejected into the turbulent wake of air at the back of the plane.

Flares on being fired grant an alternate strong IR (Infrared) source to heat-seeking anti-air missiles. Thus they are lured away from the aircraft.