CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -OCM administers CZMA provisions under four national programs: NCZMP, National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS), and Digital Coast.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct option is A Tulunadu. ‘Tulunadu’ is the other name given to the coastal area of Karnataka. It was also called ‘Canara’ by the British.

Detailed explanation-3: -Congress enacted the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) to protect the coastal environment from growing demands associated with residential, recreational, commercial, and industrial uses (e.g., State and Federal offshore oil and gas development).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Shailesh Nayak Committee was constituted in 2014 with the mandate of examining the issues of the coastal states and union territories of the country with respect to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2011.