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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
PM Narendra Modi visits France
Aahar food scheme Launched in Odisha
MUDRA BANK YOJANA
Raja Rajeswari, first Indian-American woman judge of New
York
Japan's Maglev train sets world record: 603 kph
India ranks 119 on 2015 FM Global Resilience Index
Sania Mirza : Indian female tennis player ranked World No.1 in
Womens Doubles
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Punjab Government launches Padho Punjab- Khedo Punjab
Mission
Punjab Government has launched Padho Punjab- Khedo Punjab
Mission i.e. Learn Punjab- Play Punjab Mission. It is a special
mission launched to provide school students a separate period in
the curriculum for playing along with studies. The purpose of the
mission is to encourage more youngsters towards sports to produce
quality players for the country. This will also inculcate the
sportsmanship spirit and competitiveness amongst them. Under this
mission a 40 to 50 minute special period has been kept for sports.
During this period, students of middle schools will be taught
various games including the games played locally. Missions pilot
project was launched by State Education Minister Dr. Daljeet Singh
Cheema at a government girls school in Rupnagar district of state.
As part of it, five teachers have been trained for purpose Padho
Punjab-Khedo Punjab Mission. They will further give training to
other teachers to physically train students in sports.
Odisha Government launches Aahar scheme Odisha Government on 1
April 2015 launched Aahar- cheap meal scheme for providing
subsidised food to urban poor. It was launched by Odisha Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar on
the occasion the foundation day of the state i.e. Utkala Dibasa.
Facts about Aahar - cheap meal scheme: It aims at providing meal at
Rs. five to the urban poor. In the first phase, scheme was launched
simultaneously in five cities of state including Bhubaneswar,
Rourkela, Cuttack, Berhampur and Sambalpur. The subsidised meals
will be provided at four crowded places each in these five cities
to people visiting urban areas for various work . Following
companies have sponsored the scheme in particular city Odisha
Mining Corporation (OMC) in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Odisha Power
Generation Corporation (OPGC) in Rourkela. Odisha Industrial
Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) in Sambalpur. Tata
Steel in Berhampur.
Andhra Pradesh government has approved Amaravathi as name of the
new capital city of the state coming up in the Vijayawada-Guntur
region The name Amaravathi was chosen in view of the historical and
spiritual significance as it was ancient seat of Satavahana rulers
kingdom. Decision in this regard was taken by Andhra Pradesh
Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
Apart from this, cabinet also approved the first phase of the
master plan prepared by Singapore government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Give it Up campaign Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched Give it Up campaign. The campaign
was launched at the annual energy-focussed summit Urja Sangam 2015.
The campaign seeks to extort the better off sections of society to
forego their liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidy, which would be
utilised in providing subsidised LPG connections to the poor. The
Prime Minister asked companies and banks to encourage their
employees to give up the subsidy on LPG. The Give it Up campaign
should be taken up on the lines of Swachh Bharat and Beti Bachao,
Beti Padhao initiatives.
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Union Government unveils new Foreign Trade Policy
Union Government has unveiled new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) to
make India an exporting powerhouse in the next five years. The new
trade policy will incorporate government ambitious initiatives such
as Make in India, Digital India mission, Skill India programme,
ease of business in order to boost jobs and take Indias exports to
900 billion dollars by 2020. The goals of the new policy will be
achieved by simplifying complex procedures, addressing
infrastructural bottlenecks and eliminating manufacturing hurdles.
Focus areas of the new FTP are: Labour intensive sectors to
generate more employment. Boosting to environment-friendly
products. High tech value addition. Involving skill India programme
to promote entrepreneurship. Moving towards branding of products.
Incentives for units located in SEZs. Making the life of traders
easier. Key facts FTP also takes into consideration e-commerce.
Under the new policy, Indias nascent, e-commerce sector would also
be extended sops. The new trade policy will be based on two new
schemes: Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Services
Exports from India Scheme (SIES). Under these two schemes,
government has merged all earlier export promotion schemes. MEIS is
for export of specified goods in specified markets with the rate of
rewards range from 2 to 5%. SIES is for increasing exports of
notified services and the selected services will be rewarded at the
rates of 3 to 5%. The new also move to-wards paperless working. In
this regard, a facility has been created to upload documents in
exporter/ im-porter profile in order to avoid need of repeatedly
submitting documents.
India ranks 119 on 2015 FM Global Resilience Index
The Index measures business resilience of 130 nations. It is
based on economic, risk quality and supply chain factors. The
higher ranking of country in this index indicates that it is best
suited for companies seeking to avoid disruptions in their global
supply chain opera-tions. In recently released 2015 FM Global
Resilience Index, India has been ranked a low 119 out of 130
coun-tries; India despite having scope and global potential was
ranked 119 compared to 112th rank in 2014 Global Resilience Index;
India is ranked 115 position on the economic parameter that takes
into account GDP, political risk and oil intensity. This rank is
same as in year 2014; In the risk quality factor, India is ranked
109 for its quality of natural hazard and fire risk management. In
this parameter, India has shown slight improvement from its 113th
rank in 2014. Norway topped the ranked first while Venezuela ranked
last.
88th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan begins in Ghumaan,
Punjab
It was inaugurated by Union Road Transport Minister Nitin
Gadkari along with the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The
three-day long sammelan is dedicated to Marathi Saint Bhagat Namdev
(Sant Namdeo). In this conference large contingent of Marathi
litterateurs is going to take part. The President of 88th Akhil
Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan is Dr. Sadanand More. Apart from
inaugurated the sam-melan, foundation stone of Bhagat Namdev Degree
College was also laid in the Ghumaan village. Village Ghumaan is
the place where Marathi Saint Bhagat Namdev had spent 18 years of
his life and gave valuable teachings to the society. It is believed
that in Ghuman, Sant Namdeo had composed his shlokas in Awadhi,
Marathi and Punjabi. His 61 shabads were included in holy scripture
of the Sikhs i.e. Guru Granth Sahib.
CENTRE EXTENDS NFSA DEADLINE BY 6 MONTHS The Union Government
has extended the time limit of completing identification of
beneficiaries and other preparatory measures to September 30, 2015
to implement the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) in the
State Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister
Ram Vilas Paswan in a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik,
while intimating the extension of time period has requested to
review the progress in identification of beneficiaries for coverage
under NFSA. The Union Minister has said the Act provided one year
for identification of eligible households for coverage. However,
the Centre has extended the time limit four times and now the last
ex-tension is till 30 September, 2015, by which all these jobs are
to be completed. In order to ensure leakage free and effective
delivery of benefits of the Act, necessary strengthening of
Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) has to go hand in hand,
Paswan said.
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Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has won the
prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year
2015. DIAL was bestowed this award for their efforts in building a
culture of Total Quality across Indira Gandhi International (IGI)
Airport. United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister for culture, youth and
development Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan will present this
award to DIAL at a specially organized presenta-tion ceremony to be
held in Dubai on April 20, 2015. DIAL is a joint venture (JV)
company comprising of Airports Authority of India (AAI), GMR Group,
Fraport and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.
Golden Peacock National Quality Award GPNA have been instituted
in 1991 by Institute of Direc-tors (IOD) a registered non-profit
apex association of company directors. Since its inception, it is
globally regarded as a benchmark of corporate excellence. The Award
is bestowed annually to encourage total im-provement in each sector
of the business
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches National Air Quality Index
to give pollution information
In a concerted effort to deal with the menace of air air
pollution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Indias first Air
Quality Index. The index shall be operational in ten Indian cities
to begin with; The air caliber index will inform the general public
concerning the degree of air pollution within the air on a
day-by-day foundation in actual-time ; AQI has been developed for
six pollutants- nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, ozone, Particle
Pollution (PM)2.5, PM10 and carbon monoxide.
Bangladesh Cabinet approves revised trade deal with India
Bangladesh cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
has ap-proved the revised India-Bangladesh trade agreement. The
revised agreement will facilitate both countries to use each others
land and water routes for trade with a third country and remove
long standing barrier in regional trade. With this Bang-ladesh will
be able to use Indian railways, roads and waterways in transhipment
of goods to Bhutan and Nepal. While, India will be able to send
goods to Myanmar through Bangladesh.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) announce that all diesel
vehicles heavy or light which are more than 10 years old will not
be permitted to ply in Delhi and NCR: The judgment was given by
bench headed by NGT Chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar on a petition
filed by Vardhaman Kaushik who had contended that the level of
particulates in Delhi is raising manifold.
April 7: World Health Day World health Day was observed all over
the world on April 7, 2015. Theme for year 2015 was food safety
with the slogan from farm to plate, make food safe. The theme
highlights Need to make food free from viruses, microbes and
chemicals substances that are responsible for more than 200
diseases. Indirectly unsafe food is linked to the annual deaths of
some 2 million people, mostly children. Need to create awareness
about food safety as it possesses challenges from the changes in
food production, distribution and consumption. Changes in the
environment and new emerging pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
are also challenge to food safety. In this regard, WHO is also
working with countries to strengthen efforts to detect, prevent and
respond to foodborne disease outbreaks in line with the Codex
Alimentarius. About World Health Day Every year on April 7, World
Health Day is celebrated under the sponsorship of the World Health
Organization (WHO). Purpose: To focus on increasing the life
expectancy by adding good health to the lives of people and
promoting healthier living habits. This day marks the WHOs founding
and is observed since 1950, Since then April 7 every year is seen
as an opportunity by the WHO to draw worldwide attention to a
subject of major importance to global health each year.
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Seychelles becomes 161st member of World Trade Organisation
Seychelles became the 161st member of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) which headquarters in Ge-neva. Seychelles
archipelago of 90000 inhabitants became one of its smallest
members. WTO (World Trade Organization) was established on 1
January 1995.Besides, Seychelles is also the 33rd government to
accede to the rules-based multilateral trading system through
Article XII negotiations. Pierre Laporte, for-mer Minister of
Trade, Finance and Investment of Seychelles and WTO Director
General Roberto Azevedo were signed the Protocol of Accession. On
31 May 1995, Seychelles had applied for WTO membership and its
accession was approved by the WTO members on 10 December 2014. This
approval by WTO ended the 20-year long wait of the country for
becoming a member of WTO, as the country was negotiating its
acces-sion terms since 31 May 1995. Earlier, WTO had 160 counties
of member. In 2001, china had jointed as the member of WTO in Doha
summit and WTO allowed 28 Agreement which related to the trade.
Union Cabinet gives nod to amendments in the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi gave its nod to amendments to the Preven-tion of
Corruption Act (PCA), 1988 by pursuing the Prevention of Corruption
(Amendment) Bill, 2013.
The proposed amendments in the bill to amend parent Act mainly
aim at laying down more stringent measures to tackle
corruption.
It also seeks to fill in the perceived gaps in the domestic
anti-corruption law as per the United Nations Convention Against
Corruption (UNCAC).
Key Amendments
Proposes more stringent punishment for the offences of bribery,
both for the bribe giver and the bribe taker.
Enhances punishment from the minimum 6 months to 3 years and
from the maximum five years to seven years.
Extends the protection of prior sanction for prosecution to
public servants who cease to hold office due to retirement and
resignation.
Non-monetary gratification is also be covered within the
definition of the word gratification in the PCA 1988.
Background
The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was
introduced in the Rajya Sabha in August 2013. But the Bill was not
passed in Rajya Sabha.
The amendment Bill incorporates the recommendations given by the
20th Law Commission headed by Justice (retd) AP Shah in its 254th
Report in order to bring anti-corruption law in line with the
UNCAC.
India ranks 13th in generating electricity from nuclear
source
India ranks at 13th position among the thirty one countries in
the world which are generating electricity from nuclear source.
Indias current installed nuclear power capacity is 5780 MW. It is
expected to increase to 10080 MW by 2019 on progressive completion
of projects. This information was given by Minister of State (MoS)
Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply in the Rajya Sabha to an
unstarred question. Accord-ing to the report, the ranking was based
upon the data published by Power Reactor Information System (PRIS)
of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2014. Union
Government also has accorded sanction for two more projects with a
total capacity of 3400 MW. The total requirement of nuclear fuel
i.e. natural uranium is over 5 five years is estimated to be around
5,940 tons. In future, India more nuclear power projects based both
on indigenous technologies and with international cooperation is
planned.
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India, Japan ink action agenda to boost trade, investment
India and Japan have signed a Five-point action agenda to
increase bilateral trade and investment between the two nations. It
was signed between Japans Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry
Yoichi Miyazawa and Minister of State (independent charge) for
Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman. The five-point agenda
between India and Japan. These includes are- Development of
selected townships in India as Japanese industrial townships.
Promotion of investment and infrastructure development. Further
development and cooperation in IT sector. Enhancing cooperation in
strategic sectors. Asia-Pacific economic integration. In 2014,
Indian PM Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Japan and this
five-point action agenda is a follow-up of in 2014 and will play
important role in improving the trade relationship between India
and Japan. Japan is the fourth largest foreign direct investment
(FDI) contributor to India. Its major FDI in-terests is in
automobiles, pharmaceuticals and services sectors which accounts
for 7.46 per cent of total FDI equity inflows into India.
Union Government extends e-Tourist Visa scheme to 31 more
countries Union Government has extended e-Tourist Visa scheme to 31
more countries with an effect from 31 May 2015. In this regard,
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notification.
With this the total number of countries under the scheme has gone
up to 76. The 31 countries are: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla,
Bahamas, Bolivia, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile,
Cayman Island, Dominic an Republic, Dominica, Estonia, El Salvador,
Ecuador, France, Grenada, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras,Vatican,
Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Nicaragua,
Montserrat, St.Kitts & Nevis Paraguay, and Seychelles
3 Super-Earths Orbiting Nearby Star Discovered Three planets,
each with a mass 7 to 8 times that of Earth, have been discovered
orbiting a nearby star that is only 54 light-years away, scientists
say. All three planets orbit their star at a distance closer than
Mercury orbits the Sun, completing their orbits in just five, 15,
and 24 days, researchers said. The team discovered the new planets
by detecting the wobble of the star HD 7924 as the planets orbited
and pulled on the star gravitationally.
The Automated Planet Finder (APF) Telescope at Lick Observatory
in California and WM Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii traced
out the planets' orbits over many years using the Doppler technique
that has successfully found hundreds of mostly larger planets
orbiting nearby stars. The Automatic Photometric Telescope (APT) at
Fairborn Observatory in Arizona made crucial measurements of the
brightness of HD 7924 to assure the validity of the planet
discoveries.
International Day of Yoga logo launched in New Delhi The logo
for International Day of Yoga was launched in New Delhi on 29 April
2015.
It was launched by Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
and Union
Minister of State (MoS) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik.
The logo was selected by the Committee of Yoga experts, which
was constituted by Union Ministry of AYUSH and has been approved by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Sri Lankan Parliament amends constitution to reduce Presidents
power Sri Lankan Parliament has amended the constitution to reduce
the power of Executive President and to put into place a
Constitutional Council for making key government appoints. In this
regard, the Parliament has adopted 19th (19A) Amendment of the
Constitution. The reform amend-ment bill overwhelmingly received
215 votes in favour and just one vote against it in the 225-member
assembly. The bill brings reforms to
Ensure an independent judiciary and police.
Curbs and checks Presidents power to dissolve the
parliament.
Two-term limit of Presidents is restored.
The term of the President is reduced from 6 to 5 years. This
amendment will also now put into place several independent
commissions that will handle key areas of governance such as
elections, public service, police and the judiciary and will
function outside the influence of the Executive.
Parliament passes Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill,
2014
Parliament has passed RRBs (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was first
passed in Lok Sabha on 22 December 2014 and later in Rajya Sabha on
28 April 2015. This bill amends RRbs Act, 1976 and aims to
strengthen the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and deepen their
financial inclusion. According to the Act, It should be noted that
the parent Act of 1976 mainly has provisions for the
incorpo-ration, regulation and winding up of RRBs. This amendment
bill increases the authorised capital of each RRBs from Rs 5 crore
to Rs 2000 crore divided into Rs 200 crore of fully paid share of
Rs 10 each and as per the parent Act the Rs 5 crore share capital
of RRBs is split into 5 lakh shares of Rs 100 each. The Bill allows
RRBs shareholding to raise capital from sources other than the
central and state governments, and sponsor banks. Board of director
also mentions that directors will be elected by shareholders based
on the total amount of equity share capital issued to such
shareholders. The bill raises the tenure of directors to 3 years
from existing 2 years. The Bill also states that no director can
hold office for a total period exceeding six years. The parent Act
had provision which mentioned that the balance books of RRBs should
be closed and balanced by 31st December every year.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully
tested an indigenous cryogenic engine CE-20 at Mahendragiri, Tamil
Nadu. Cryogenic engine CE-20 will carry up to the capacity of four
tonnes in geostationary orbit. The engine will also give boost to
Indias interplanetary probes and manned space missions. This
development marks a milestone in the countrys effort to develop a
big cryogenic engine to fly satellites of up to five tonnes.
Earlier, Russia given cryogenic engines which Indias GSLV powered
the engine. A cryogenic engine uses Hydrogen as fuel which stored
at minus 253 degrees Celsius and liquid oxy-gen as oxidizer at
minus 183 degrees Celsius. Engine CE-20 is essential to master this
technology for any
space power as launching heavier satellites requires cryogenic
engines even in the lower stages of the rocket. Engine CE-20 can
develop the thrust needed in the final state of the rocket to put
satellites, weighing two tonnes or more, into a geosynchronous
orbit. But at present, India can only launch satellites of up to
two tonnes. The first success came in January 2014 when India
successfully launched GSLV-D5. India has been on a long arduous
journey to develop an operational indigenous cryogenic engine which
began around 30 years ago.
ISRO successfully tested indigenous cryogenic engine CE-20 with
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Rajya Sabha passed Payments and Settlement Systems (Amendment)
Bill, 2014 Main Aim:
Addressing the problem of insolvency in the payment and
settlement system by increasing transpar-ency and stability in
it.
Bringing Indias banking payment system in sync with
international practices.
Key facts of Bill
Seeks to improve the payment and settlement systems by
increasing transparency and stability of Indian financial
market.
Has provision to protect funds collected from the customers by
the payment system providers and to extend the Act to cover trade
repository and legal entity identifier issuer. A Legal Entity
Identifier will be a unique ID associated with a single corporate
entity.
Mentions that the decision of the court, tribunal or any
authority will not impact the settlement which had become final
prior to the issuance of the order.
Ensure that if a system participant becomes insolvent, the dues
of people whose money is with it would be cleared first.
Norms of banking as well as companies laws would not be
applicable till such dues are cleared.
The Union government has cancelled licences of nearly 9,000
Non-Governmental
Organisations for violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation
Act (FCRA): The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA
2010) is an enactment that is relatively unknown even to practising
Chartered Accountants. Besides it is a law where compliance is
difficult to monitor and implementation presents practical
difficulties. The result is that the law is often practised in
breach.
The Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 is won by Bharatiya
Mahila Bank. At a function held in HongKongon 23rd April 2015, as a
part of Asian Banker Summit 2015, the Chairman and Managing
director of Bharatiya Mahila Bank, Mrs Usha Ananthasubramanian
received that award. BMB was given the award in the technology
implementation category of Best Outsourcing Project [New Bank]. The
main aim of this BMB is to focus on banking needs of women and to
promote economic
empowerment. Gender related issues are also in the agenda and
will be helpful in financial inclusion. 1000crore seed-capital for
the bank had been approved by the Union Government for the year
2013/14. Seed capital is the funding needed to get new business
started.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank wins Asian Banker Achievement Award
2015
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Rajya Sabha passes The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014
For the first time in 45 years, a private members bill protecting
and providing rights for the transgenders, was passed by Rajya
Sabha. The bill guarantees reservations in education and jobs,
financial help and social inclusion. The Rights of Transgender
Persons Bills 2014 makes it easier for a law on the matter in the
future.The government gave assurance that it would bring updated
Bill in the Lok Sabha.While government accepts the spirit and
sentiment of the Bill, the weakness present in it had to be
removed.
The passing of bill was an unanimous decision and very rare
thing.
The bill forecasts creation of national commission for
transgender communities.
The Rights Of Transgender Persons Bill 2014 moved by Trichy Siva
[DMK] was passed after leader of the house Mr Arun Jaitley also
supported. The bill was passed by voice vote in presence of 19
Union ministers and former Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh was
also present. Mr Siva said 29 nations and leading democracies in
the world like Australia, US, UK, Canada, Singapore, France etc has
laws protecting the rights of the transgender community .There are
58 clauses and 10 chapters in the Bill illustrating various feature
of transgenders from their childhood to their oldage. The last time
private member bill passed was way back in 1970.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Indias Healthcare
Tourism Portal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 April 2015 inaugurated Indias
Healthcare Tourism Portal www.indiahealthcaretourism.com at the
SAAARC Trade Mart in the Global Exhibition on Services (GES).
It was inaugurated on the occasion of three-day Global
Exhibition on Services (GES) that commenced on 23 April, 2015 in
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Key facts about Healthcare Tourism Portal
The portal is developed by the Union Governments Department of
Commerce and the Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC).
It is a comprehensive one-point information site that covers
hospital and travel-related information in India.
Presently, it covers 124 accredited medical facilities. It
includes 93 medical centers, 30 Ayurveda and Wellness centers and 1
special category center.
Among these medical facilities 74 facilities are located in Tier
I cites and the rest are in Tier II cities.
These covered accredited medical facilities on portal are easily
locatable. It is also easy to find by search options by location,
medical specialty, key procedures, language options etc.
Details such as costs related to treatment in hospitals, visa
and travel formalities, tariff options on stay etc are also
mentioned on the portal.
State of Assam has been awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state on
25 April 2015 on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Diwas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the award to state Rural
Development minister Rakibul Hussain in New Delhi.
Apart from this award, 8 Panchayat Raj Institutes of state also
received Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Shasaktikaran award.
These panchayat raj institutes are Agomoni Anchalik Parishad,
Morigaon Zila Parishad, Ketri Gaon
Panchayat, Mayong Gaon Panchayat, Boitamari Anchalik Parishad,
Halakula Gaon Panchayat,
Chandrapur Gaon Panchayat and Baghara Gaon Panchayat.
Assam awarded as Best e-Panchayat state on National Panchayati
Raj Diwas
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Every year World Malaria Day (WMD) is observed on 25 April. The
day is observed to recognise the global efforts to control
preventable disease malaria. The theme of this year WMD-2015 is
Invest in the Future and Defeat Malaria.
WORLD MALERIA DAY OBSERVED ON EVERY
25 APRIL report was published by Sustainable Developments
Solutions Network or SDSN which is a global initiative for United
Nations. The report takes GDP per capita, life expectancy, social
support, freedom to make life choices,trust,generosity etc.
In 2013,India was in 111th position but it has gone down in
2015.
Pakistan ranks 81 and Bangladesh 109 in the list.
Switzerland, is ranked 1 in the list followed by Iceland ,
Denmark, Norway and Canada .
Happiness is regarded as the measure of social progress and goal
of public policy.
USA is ranked 15th followed by UK at 21, Singapore ranks 24th
with Saudi Arabia, Japan and China at 35,46 and 84 respectively
Indias Ranking in global happiness index is 117 out of 158
India fourth largest supplier of generic medicines to US India
has emerged as the fourth largest supplier of generic medicines to
the United States. It was announced by Minister of State (MoS) for
Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Ahir gave this information in the
Rajya Sabha in reply to a question. Indias generic medicines
exports have touched over US 4 billion dollars in 2013-14 in spite
of stringent regulatory measures imposed by US. Union Government
also announced that Indian pharmaceutical companies are already
exporting generic medicines to Africa, West Asia and European
countries.
Indo-France naval exercise Varuna 14th begins
India and France began their 14th edition of 10 day naval
exercise Varuna where 12 Rafale fighter jets seen in full force off
Goa coast with host of naval assets of both their countries. India
has decided to purchase 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in fly-away
condition for Indian Air Force . Indian Navy and French Navy have
been conducting Naval exercises since 1983 itself. After strategic
partnership in 1998 the exercises are named as VARUNA in 2001. Upto
now 13 such exercises have been conducted and the last was
conducted in Mediterranean sea in France in July 2012.
Every year April 24 is being observed as National Panchayati Raj
(PR) Diwas across India. This day marks the passing of the
Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 that came into force with
effect from 24 April 1993.
This amendment had led a defining moment in the history of India
which helped in decentralization of political power to the
grassroots level. In turn it had lead to institutionalization of
Panchayati Raj (PR) through the village, Intermediate and District
level Panchayats.
On this day Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj organises National
Conference every year to commemorate the National Panchayati Raj
Diwas.
Best performing Gram Panchayats are conferred with Rashtriya
Gaurav Gram Sabha Purskar by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj
on this day
National Panchayati Raj Diwas (24 APRIL)
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Union Cabinet approves agreement between India and Jordan on
maritime transport
Union Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi gave its approval for signing of a shipping agreement between
India and Jordan.
The agreement aims at strengthening cooperation between both
nations in the area of shipping and to provide sustained mutual
assistance and advice on merchant shipping and other related
maritime matters.
LTC Exemption: Rules Relaxed for Unmarried Government
Employees
Unmarried central government employees can now avail benefits of
Leave Travel Concession (LTC) for visiting any part of the country,
as per a relaxation in the rule, which earlier restricted them to
use the facility for going to their hometown only.
"It has been decided that the facility of conversion of home
town LTC to allow travel to different parts of the country, under
the special dispensation scheme, will also apply to an unmarried
central government servant, who is eligible to avail the benefit of
LTC to visit hometown every year," a fresh order issued by the
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
Govt to launch toll free helpline for TB patients The health
ministry is set to launch a toll free helpline to reach out to
tuberculosis patients across the country. Any suspected patient can
call or even give a missed call on the helpline number and
government health workers will contact the person to check the
status of TB as well as provide medical intervention.
India accounts for almost 25% of the 8.6 million TB cases
reported world-wide. The number of drug resistant tuberculosis
cases estimated in India is also significantly high at 110,000.
Under the programme, the government aims to diagnose all TB
cases within two weeks of symptoms and refer them to the nearest
public health centre. The ministry is also evaluating schemes to
incentivize patients for completing treatment. This will help the
government keep a check on drug resistant TB, which generally
occurs due to incomplete treatment.
Besides, the health ministry will also work in coordination with
other ministries to ensure linking of TB patients and their
families to various welfare schemes of the government so that the
earning of these families increases and they have nutritional
support which will enhance the immunity status of each member of
the family
Zomato acquires NexTable
Online restaurant guide Zomato has acquired United States (US)
based online table reservation platform NexTable for undisclosed
amount. It is Zomatos ninth acquisitions since past nine months.
This acquisition also comes shortly after Zomato had acquired
MaplePOS, a cloud-based POS product for restaurants. NexTable
services help its users make restaurant reservations in real time
and it also includes table management and marketing tools for
restaurants. With this acquisition, NexTable will be renamed as
Zomato Book and it will help Zomato to move beyond restaurant
search and discovery into table reservations, online ordering
services.
World Bank established Pollution Management and Environmental
Health program
World Bank established Pollution Management and Environmental
Health (PHEM) program. The program was officially launched on
Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day in Washington, D.C. The 45 million US
Dollar PMEH program will initially run from 2015 to 2020 and focus
primarily on air quality management in countries facing rapid
urbanization and strong needs for pollution abatement measures, but
also tackle water and land pollution. In particular, the program
will focus on air quality management in five major urban areas in
India, China, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa.
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Railway launches mobile app for paperless unreserved tickets
Moving ahead in line with digital India, railways today launched
mobile application for paperless unreserved tickets.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu introduced from here the mobile
app for paperless unreserved ticketing for commuters in Egmore and
Tambram suburban sections in Chennai under Southern Railway
zone.
Developed by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)
"utsonmobile" - the paperless unreserved ticketing feature in
mobile application aims to eliminate the need for printing of
unreserved tickets.
Union Cabinet approves lowering of age of Juveniles from 18 to
16 years for heinous crimes Union Cabinet has approved lowering of
age of juveniles from eighteen to sixteen years for heinous crimes.
Decision in this regard was taken by Union Cabinet meeting chaired
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The cabinet also approved to
introduce Amendment to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Bill, 2014. This amendment will propose and add special
provisions to tackle heinous offences like murder and rape
committed by juveniles in the age group of 16-18 years. The
proposed bill will amend the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. The parent
Act clearly defines and classifies offences as serious, petty and
heinous and defines differentiated processes for each classified
category .
While the amendments in the bill adds provisions that in case a
heinous crime committed by a person
between 16 and 18 years, will be examined by the Juvenile
Justice Board (JJB) to assess if the crime was committed as a child
or as an adult.
Information and Broadcasting Ministry receives ISO 9001:2008
certification Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
(I&B) received an ISO 9001:2008 certification from the British
Standards Institute (BSI). The ISO certification was granted to
Ministry in respect of various
permissions and licences issued by it for the broadcasting and
print media and films.
These licences or permissions include for satellite Television
channels, multi-system operators, teleports, community radio
stations and DTH services.
It also includes publication of Indian editions of technical and
scientific and foreign magazines of news and current affairs,
facsimile editions of foreign newspapers and permission for foreign
film producers. The Ministry has undertaken this initiative in
order to bring in more transparency and efficiency in the processes
related in granting of various permissions and licenses to the
eligible applicants.
In this regard, the Ministry has put in place a well-defined
procedure and measures in order to ensure quality of services
offered to the customers on the basis of ISO 9001:2008. It will
also ensure delivery of
World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of
the Book or World Book Day) is observed on April 23, 2015. The
annually celebrated day is organized by UNESCO to promote reading,
publishing and copyright. It was first celebrated in 1995. The
connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by
booksellers in Spain as a way to honor the author Miguel de
Cervantes who died on that day. Nowadays the World Book and
Copyright Day is observed in over 100 countries, where schools,
private businesses, voluntary organizations and lots of more
peo-ple and groups come together to pay a tribute to authors and
books.
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NASA develops first 3-D printed copper rocket engine part
The engineers at NASA have developed 3-D printed copper rocket
engine part that can function at high temperatures and
pressures.The part they had produced was combustion chamber liner
using additive manufacturing technique, which is capable of
performing at high temperatures and pressures. Mr Steve Jurczyk,
who is associate administrator for Space Technology Mission
Directorate at NASA, spoke in length about the milestone achieved
by building the first full scale copper rocket part with additive
manufacturing technology for the ultimate mission of reaching Mars.
Additive manufacturing technology helps in reducing time and cost
of making.A selective laser melting machine fused 8255 layers of
copper powder inorder to produce the combustion chamber in 10 days
and 18hours. A copper alloy GRCo-84, the raw material used, was
produced by the scientists at NASAs Glenn Research Centre ,Ohio
where lots of characterisation was carried out. Mr Zach Jones,a
material engineer, said since copper is very good conductor of heat
so its very good material to be used as liner in combustion
chamber. Only handful of copper based rocket parts have been
manufactured with additive technique, so this is something amasing.
Usually many types of complex parts made of various materials are
assembled to form an engine which gives thrust that powers rockets.
The main aim was to build rocket engine parts upto 10 times faster
and reducing the cost by more than 50% and for this the additive
manufac-turing technique would play very important role.
China and Pakistan launch economic corridor plan worth $46
billion Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to unveil a $46 billion
infrastructure spending plan in Pakistan that is a centerpiece of
Beijings ambitions to open new trade and transport routes across
Asia and challenge the U.S. as the dominant regional power.
The plan will be known as the China Pakistan Economic
Corridor.
China sees a historic opportunity to redraw the geopolitical map
by succeeding where the U.S. has largely failed.
A cornerstone of the project will be to develop the Pakistani
port of Gwadar, a warm-water port run by the Chinese on the
doorstep of the Middle East.
New species of Gecko found A new species of a gecko was spotted
at the ruins of the World Heritage Site of Hampi in Karnataka. It
was named as Cnemaspis adii after a young herpetology researcher
Aditya Srinivasulu from Hyderabad, Telangana.
It was spotted by the researchers from the Osmania University in
Hyderabad.
Cnemaspis adii gecko is similar to a type of lizard usually
found in warm climates. It belongs to the family of day geckos
which are characterized by round pupils unlike regular geckos which
have vertical pupils.
This discovery of the gecko in Hampi is significant because for
the first time species of day gecko was found in the central
regions of the peninsular India.
The other species of day geckos are commonly found in Western
Ghats and southern Eastern Ghats of peninsular India.
India 5th biggest generator of e-waste in 2014: UN report India
is the fifth biggest producer of e-waste in the world, discarding
1.7 million tonnes (Mt) of
electronic and electrical equipment in 2014, a UN report has
said warning that the volume of global e-waste is likely to rise
sharply by 21 per cent in next three years.
The 'Global E-Waste Monitor 2014', compiled by UN's think tank
United Nations University (UNU), said at 32 per cent, the US and
China produced the most e-waste overall in 2014.
India came in fifth, behind the US, China,Japan and Germany, the
report said. Most e-waste in the world in 2014 was generated in
Asia at 16 Mt or 3.7 kg per inhabitant. The top
three Asian nations with the highest e-waste generation in
absolute quantities are China (6.0 Mt), Japan (2.2 Mt) and India
(1.7 Mt)
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JAPAN'S MAGLEV TRAIN SETS WORLD RECORD: 603 KPH A Japanese
magnetic levitation train has broken its own world speed record,
hitting 603km/h (374mph) in a test run near Mount Fuji.
The train beat the 590km/h speed it had set last week in another
test.
Japan is known for its shinkansen that run on steel rails, but
has been investing in maglev technology which it is hoping to sell
overseas.
Central Japan Railway (JR Central), which owns the trains, wants
to introduce the service between Tokyo and the central city of
Nagoya by 027. {Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a
transport method that uses magnetic levitation to move vehicles
without touching the ground. With maglev, a vehicle travels along a
guideway using magnets to create both lift and propulsion, thereby
reducing friction and allowing higher speeds}
ESAMIKSHA LAUNCHED TO MONITOR RAIL PROJECTS ONLINE With an aim
of monitoring implementation of various ongoing projects including
Rail Budget
proposals, railways launched E-Samiksha, an online monitoring
mechanism. It is a very good beginning and now each and every
project implementation can be monitored on
real-time basis, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said here after
launching the system. Designed by NIC, the software is currently
being used by Cabinet Secretariat, PMO and other
Ministries for monitoring progress implementation of various
programmes and follow-up of meetings. Apart from budget-related
projects, the E-Samiksha can also be used for monitoring the
infrastructure
target and board meeting follow-up. Ninth Civil Services Day was
observed across India on 21 April 2015. The day is observed by all
Civil
Services to re-dedicate and re-commit themselves to the cause of
the people. To mark the Day, a two-day programme was organised by
the Department of Administrative Reforms
and Public Grievances began from 20 April 2015. A series of
Panel Discussions was organised at the Vigyan Bhawan. The Ninth
Civil Services Day
focuses on Minimum Government, Maximum Governance with specific
sectoral emphasis on Social Sector, Housing, Employment & Skill
Development and Agriculture.
On this occasion, all officers of Central and State Governments
are honoured for excellence in public administration. The Prime
Minister will confer the Awards to winners of outstanding
initiatives in Public Administration for the years 201213 and
2013-14.
The award will be present in three categories. Under this scheme
of awards instituted in 2006, all the officers individually or as
group or as organization are eligible.
During the event, a book on Best Practices Tomorrow is Here was
also released by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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INS Vishakhapatnam Indian Navy's new stealth destroyer ship
launched
In yet another boost to India's defence preparedness, the Indian
Navy launched thestealth destroyer INS Vishakhapatnam at Mumbai's
Mazagon dock.
INS Vishakhapatnam is the first of P15-B stealth destroyers. The
163 m long ship, which will be propelled by four gas turbines, is
designed to achieve a speed of over 30 knots at a displacement of
approx 7300 tons. This indigenously designed stealth destroyer will
have state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, an advance Action
Information System, in Integrated Platform Management system,
sophisticated Power Distribu-tion System and a host of other
advanced features, according to the Defence Ministry release. It
will be fitted with supersonic surface-to-surface missile system.
The system enables the ship to engage shore-based and naval surface
targets at long range making it a lethal platform for strike
against enemy targets. The ship's air defence capability, de-signed
to counter the threat of enemy aircraft and anti-ship cruise
missiles, will revolve around the verti-cal launch and long range
surface to air missile system. Four 30 mm rapid-fire guns will
provide the ship with close-in-defence capability while an MR gun
will enable her to provide effective naval gunfire support.
Indigenously developed twin tube torpedo launchers and rocket
launchers will add punch to the ship's anti-submarine capability.
The vessel is follow-on of P15A-Kolkota class destroyers with
enhanced features "The indigenization content in P15-B class
destroyers is a notch above her illustrious predecessors in line
with the Make in India policy of the Government of India. The
vessel is expected to be commissioned in the Navy in 2018," says
the Ministry's release.
Kerala government launches campaign Subodham
The Kerala Government on Sunday launched a major cam-paign,
Subodham a campaign to help people overcome alcohol, drugs and
other substance abuse in Kerala. This project was launch by the
Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy and the founder of the Art
of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravishankar. This project launch
happened in the presence of various religious leaders, student
representatives from student organizations and also NGOs working
against drug abuse. The state government aims to wipe out the
menace of substance addiction from our society through Subodham. If
total alcohol prohibition could save the society, the state
government is ready to forego the revenue from the sale of liquor
that is around Rs 7,000 crore per annum, said the Chief Minister of
Kerala, during his speech. Subodham has been envisaged to the
excise department and it will be worked on and implemented by a
high level committee comprising of experts from various different
fields. Excise Minister of Kerala, K. Babu, ,is the chairman of
Subodham. The state Education department has also agreed and are
taking steps to include anti- drug and alcohol awareness content in
the state curriculum. The project is supported by the United
Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF).Several
non-governmental organisations (NGOs), religious leaders and other
stake holders are also participating in the project.
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ANDHRA PRADESH inks MoU with IISL Company Andhra Pradesh
Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
IISL Company to replace the existing streetlights in 13
municipalities with LED lights in the state for 7 years. By
installing LED streetlights, state government aims to reduce the
power consumption by 50 per cent
Oil India commissions 54 MW capacity wind energy projects in
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Indias second largest state-owned oil explorer company, Oil
India Limited (OIL) has commissioned 54 MW wind energy projects
saddled between Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The spilt capacity of
project between both states is 38 MW plant located at Chandgarh in
Madhya Pradesh and 16 MW plant located at Patan in Gujarat. The
Project is fully funded by OIL and its total cost is Rs 439 crore
that includes Rs 126.5 crore for the Gujarat plant and Rs 312.45
crore for the Madhya Pradesh plant. The Project is being run by
Chennai based Gamesa Wind Turbines who are the project developers.
Delhi based Power and Energy Consultants are the project Management
consultants. With commissioning of these plants, OILs installed
renewable energy capacity i.e. commercial wind energy and solar
energy projects capacity has rose to 126.60 MW.
Dighi Port & RVNL sign MoU to connect the port by rail The
Prime Ministers vision of port-led growth is taking shape in
Maharashtra with the signing of a memo-randum of understanding
(MoU) between Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) and Dighi Port Ltd (DPL)
for developing rail connectivity from Dighi Port to Roha, and
integrating the region with the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor
(DMIC), highlighted a release. The MoU was inked on April 18, in
the presence of Mr Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of
Maharashtra, Mr Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Mr Anant
Geete, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Mr Manoj Sinha, Union
Minister of State for Railways, among others.
Punjab to release Gharials in rivers to promote eco-tourism
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal , approved the release of
gharials in Sutlej and Beas rivers in the state to promote
eco-tourism. "To promote eco-tourism in Punjab, government has
chalked out a programme for release of gharials - the last
surviving species of the family Gavialidae - in the river
Sutlej-Beas with Harike Wildlife Sanctuary as the starting point
.
India-Canada Uranium Deal Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime
Ministers visit to Canada yielded the energy starving Indian nation
to secure the Uranium supplied for its nuclear plants. Narendra
Modi signed the deal with Canadas Prime Minister Stephan Harper at
Ottawa. Canada is to supply the Uranium to India for a time span of
5 years with it worth $280 million. According to the deal 3,220
metric tonnes of uranium concentrate will be supplied for the
Indian nuclear power reactors which are starving for fuels. The
uranium, source of nuclear fuel is to be procured from the northern
Saskatchewan mines of Cameco, the worlds third-largest uranium
producer. According to reports the company sources 16% of the
worlds Uranium supplies.
Pak, Russia to hold first-ever joint military exercises
Pakistan and Russia have agreed to hold first-ever joint
military exercises as part of their enhanced
defence cooperation, in a sign of increasing bonhomie between
the Cold War-era adversaries. The agreement was reached during a
meeting in Moscow between Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif
and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu
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India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic
missile India successfully test-fired nuclear weapons-capable
Agni-III ballistic missile from the Wheeler Island off Odisha
coast. Although the missile has a strike range of more than 3,000
k.m., it was tested for a lesser range. The suface to surface
missile was launched by the personnel of Strategic Forces Command
(SFC) from a mobile launcher as part of regular training exercise
for the user. It was picked up randomly from the production lot and
test fired. The SFC is tasked with handling strategic weaons
systems. After the command for auto-lanuch was given, the two-stage
solid-propelled missile took off on a flight of 1,200 seconds and
homed onto the pre-designated target area in the bay of bengal with
accuracy. . Various parameters and trajectory of the 17-meter tall
missile were tracked and monitored in real time by radars along the
east coast, as also by the telemetry and electro-optical systems.
Two down-range ships near the impact point recorded the terminal
event. Agni-III is one of the sophisticated and accurate missiles
of its class and has already been inducted into armed forces. It is
capable of carrying a payload weighing 1.5 tonnes to a distance of
more than 3,000 k.m.
Nuclear-Capable Dhanush Missile Successfully test-fired from
Ship India on Thursday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable
Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a
naval ship off the Odisha coast. Dhanush, a manoeuvring missile is
a naval variant of Indias indige-nously-developed Prithvi missile
and can carry a nuclear payload of 500 kg., was test fired from a
ship in the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast by the Strategic Force
Command (SFC) of the defence force. It can target both land-based
and sea-based targets. The missile has already been inducted into
the armed services. Facts about Dhanush Missile
Dhanush missile is capable of carrying conventional as well as
nuclear payload of 500 to 1000 kilogramand can hit both land and
sea-based targets within 350 km range.
Indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO).
Its a variant of the surface-to-surface/ship-to-ship Prithvi III
missile.
The missile gives the Indian Navy the capability to strike enemy
targets with great precision.
April 1
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IMPORTANT DAYS IN APRIL
Orissa Day
National Maritime Day
World Health Day
Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
World Heritage Day
World Earth Day
World Books Day
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India registers record production of nuclear fuel In a major
milestone for the nuclear industry, India has registered a record
production of over 1,252 MT of uranium bundles, manufacturing close
to double the annual fuel requirement of atomic reactors in the
country. The production has also exceeded countrys annual fuel
requirement of 650 MT for the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors
(PHWRs), which means the country has surplus nuclear fuel, for at
least a few months. The Hyderabad-based Nuclear Fuel Complex, which
produces fuel for nuclear reactors in the country, has produced
over 30 per cent more fuel compared to its 961.023 MT production in
2013-14.
India and US sign MoC on Transportation India and United States
(US) have signed Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) transportation
between both countries. It was signed by Union Minister of Road
Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari and Anthony
Foxx, US Secre-tary of Transportation in New Delhi. The MoC aims at
fostering cooperative work between both nations on key issues of
mutual interest for all modes of transportation, coordinating
public and private sector resources and expertise to advance safe,
secure, efficient and integrated transportation systems. It seeks
to cover areas like urban transportation, highway transportation,
safety and environmental protections. It will also cover rail
transportation, fuel efficiency, vehicle and behavioral safety,
intermodal transportation and maritime shipping. The MoC will
enable India to make use of worlds latest technology which is
available with the US for developments of waterways and multi-modal
hub projects.
BHEL, Russian firm INTMA ink MoU to set up power plant in
Kazakhstan Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Russian company INTMA to
set up a gas-based power project in Kazakhstan
Interlinking of rivers: Centre forms Task Force to bring States
on board Seeking to overcome the hurdles in interlinking of rivers,
the Centre constituted a Task Force to work on forging consensus
among different States for speedy implementation of the NDA
governments ambitious project. The Union Water Resources Ministrys
decision came in the backdrop of opposition from a couple of States
over interlinking of rivers. A statement here said that the Task
Force would be chaired by B N Navalawala and take up all issues for
expediting the work on interlinking of rivers in the country. Apart
from examining the existing links that are laid out as per the
National Perspective Plan under both Himalayan and Peninsular
components, the Task Force would also consider alternative plans in
place of infeasible links in the present plan, the release added.
The panel would facilitate interlinking of intra-state and
intra-basin rivers also along with that of inter-state and
inter-basin links. It would recommend time schedules for completion
of feasibility studies and DPRs of all the links, implementation
schedule of all the links and also suggest on various means of
funding mechanisms for the interlinking of rivers project, the
statement added. The Task Force would also provide guidance on
norms of appraisal of individual projects in respect of economic
viability, socio-economic, environmental impacts and preparation of
resettlement plans. It would also device suitable mechanisms for
bringing about speedy consensus among the States and also propose
suitable organisational structure for implementing the interlinking
of rivers, the release said. The Task Force would also try to forge
a consensus among the States in order to take forward the speedy
implementation of the project.
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BSF launches nationwide tele-medicine programme for troops The
programme will address medical and health-related problems of its
troops deployed in far-flung frontier areas and difficult regions
in the hinterland in case of an emergency or illness.
FM transmission of Vividh Bharati Service was launched by Union
Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley It was launched
at function held at New Broadcasting House of All India Radio (AIR)
in Delhi. Key facts Vividh Bharti service will be available on
100.1 Megahertz (MHz) frequency. It will be also available on
mobile phone. It will be available to listeners in and around Delhi
within a range of 60-65 km. Listeners will now enjoy the programmes
with much clarity at all times in all weather conditions without
any hitch.
Ministry of Home Affairs renames Visa on Arrival scheme to
e-Tourist visa The Union home ministry has decided to rename the
tourist visa-on-arrival scheme as 'e-tourist visa' scheme . The
step is aimed at avoiding inconvenience to foreign tourists who,
misled by scheme's nomenclature, would fly into India presuming
that they would be granted visa on arrival upon landing. e-Tourist
Visa Scheme is a pre-authorization of Visa to foreigners that being
given prior to travel. Under the scheme, a foreign tourist is
required to apply for a visa online by uploading his photograph and
passport and also paying his visa fee online. Then visa authorities
will process his application and send him an electronic travel
authorization, or simply e-visa, via e-mail within 72 hours.
BHEL commissions 600-MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on 13 April 2015
commissioned 600 MW unit of a thermal power project for the Dainik
Bhaskar Power Limited (DBPL) at Dhabra in Janjgir Champa district
of Chhattis-garh. The commissioned unit is the second unit of DBPLs
2 600 MW power project. The first 600 MW Unit was commissioned in
2014. BHEL is partner in the power development programme of the
state of Chhattisgarh. With this commissioning of second unit,
BHELs cumulative installed capacity has increased at 11,400MW in
Chhattisgarh and accounts for 68 per cent share of the total
installed capacity in the state.
Turkey begins construction of first nuclear power plant Turkey
began the construction of its first nuclear power plant located at
Akkuyu in Mersin province on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
It will be built by Akkuyu Project Company, a subsidiary of Russias
nuclear agency Rosatom. Key Facts In 2010, Turkey and Russia had
signed an agreement to set up $20 billion Akkuyu nuclear project.
Akkuyu Project Company will own, build and operate the plant that
comprises four 1,200 MW VVER units. The site was chosen at Akkuyu
by Turkish government because it has low population density and low
risk of earthquakes Akkuyu nuclear plant is the first of three
nuclear power plants planned by Turkey. Second plant is due to be
built in the Black Sea city of Sinop by a French-Japanese
consortium and third plants location is not final-ised yet
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Gujarat government launches industrial tourism to showcase
development Gujarat government has launched industrial tourism
package to promote its development by showcasing its major
industrial installations which have earned global acclaim for
state. It is a first of its kind initiative India, offered by
Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TCGL) in collaboration with
Ahmedabad based Akshar Travels Pvt Ltd. The tour package is called
as Industrial Tour of Gujarat and will cover some of the major
industrial attractions of the state. It includes Tata Nano plant in
Sanand, Amul Dairy in Anand, Alang ship breaking yard in Bhavnagar
and Pipavav port near Amreli. It will also include Mrbi-based
ceramic industry, Tata Chemicals factory in Mithapur, Asias biggest
Ajanta clock factory, Reliance Refinery in Jamnagar. The package
will also take tourists to salt pans near Okha and Kadi in Mehsana,
which has the highest number of cotton gins in Asia.
Union Government suspends Greenpeace Indias registration for 6
months
Union government has suspended the registration of Greenpeace
India, a non-profit environmental organization for six months with
immediate effect. Decision in this regard was taken by Union
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) after Greenpeace India had
prejudicially acted against the public interests and economic
interests of the country. As per MHA, Greenpeace India has used its
funds received from foreign sources for unauthorised purposes and
has violated the rules mentioned Foreign Contribution (Regulation)
Act (FCRA), 2010. If Greenpeace India fails to make a satisfactory
presentation to the Union government in this regard, its licence
may be cancelled permanently
India and France signed 17 agreements in various fields during
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modis visit to France They were signed
in presence of Indian PM and his counter-part French President
Francois Hollande after they had held wide-ranging talks in Paris.
Some of key agreements signed are : MoU between Larsen and Tubro
and AREVA- It aims at improve the financial viability of the
Jaitapur Nuclear plant project by reducing cost by increasing
localization. It will also enable France to transfer of technology
to India for develop-ment of indigenous nuclear energy industry in
India. Pre-engineering agreements (PEA) between NPCIL and Areva- It
intends to bring clarity on all technical aspects of the plant. It
will help all parties including AREVA, Alstom and NPCIL to fix
their price and optimise all provisions for risks (still included
at this stage) in the costs of the project. MoU between CNES and
ISRO on Megha Tropiques satellite- It extends MoU for two more
years of joint project for sharing and use of data from the
satellite. The satellite was launched in October 2011 on board of
Indian launch vehicle PSLV. MOU between ISRO, CNES and ONERA- It
proposes cooperation in the areas of satellite remote sensing,
satellite communications and satellite meteorology and others
field. MoU between Union Sports Ministry and French Ministry of
Sports- It envisages cooperation and exchange of experiences in the
fields of sports medicine and institutional cooperation. Railway
protocol between Union Railways Ministry and French National
Railways (SNCF)- It seeks to establish cooperation between Indian
and French Railways for semi-high speed rail and sta-tion
renovation.
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India elected to four key bodies of UN ECOSOC
India was elected to four key bodies of the United Nations
Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC). Four key subsidiary bodies
are Executive Board of United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) ---
India is elected for a 3 year term beginning January 2016. It was
elected, along with 13 other nations. Executive Board of World Food
Programme (WFP) India is re-elected to the for a 2 year period
starting from January 2016, along with 5 other nations. Commission
on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) India is elected
for a 3 year period starting from January 2016. India was elected
along with 19 other nations. Some of them are Iran, Pakistan,
Austria, France, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and US. Governing Council of
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) India is
elected for a 3 year period starting from January 2016 along with
13 other nations.
Newly discovered Spider named after Telangana state
Newly discovered spiders of Thomisidae family have been named as
Telangana crab spider (Thomisus telanganensis) i.e. after Indian
state of Telangana. These spiders were discovered by G.B.
Pravalikha and Chelmala Srinivasulu, wildlife and taxonomy
researchers from the Zoology Department of Osmania University at an
expedition at Nagnur in Karimnagar district of Telangana.
Indias first IFSC becomes operational at GIFT City in
Gujarat
Indias first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC)
became operational at Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City
in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat. It became operational after
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled the rules and
regulations for this global financial hub. Key facts of IFSC rules
and regulations Aim at creating a vibrant IFSC on the lines of
those in Dubai and Singapore. They also seek to check the flight of
trading in rupee and Indian securities to such offshore financial
hubs. These rules will allow companies incorporate outside India to
raise money in foreign currencies by issuance and listing of their
equity shares on stock exchanges within the IFSC. They will also
allow individual and institutional investors from India and abroad,
including NRIs to trade. Allows foreign and Indian stock exchanges
to set up separate bourses within IFSC as subsidiaries. Relaxes
capital and other requirements for some time in order to facilitate
exchanges, clearing corpora-tions and depositories to set shop in
the IFSC. Allows alternative investment funds and mutual funds that
have set up in the IFSC to invest in the securities listed
there.
Book titled Suleiman Charitra written by Kalyana Malla
translated from Sanskrit to English. Pre-Modern Kutchi Navigation
Techniques and Voyages. Aatank Ke Saaye Men written by Garima
Sanjay. Gods Bankers authored by Gerald Posner released.
IMPORTANT BOOKS RELEASED IN APRIL
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RBI penalises 16 Central Co-operative Banks (CCBs) The Reserve
Bank of India penalised 16 central cooperative banks with a fine of
Rs 5 lakh each for non-adherence of the Know Your Customer and
Anti-Money Laundering guidelines. The lenders were issued
show-cause notices and the action was taken after going through the
responses. The penalties were imposed on these co-operative banks
in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section
47(A) read with Section 46 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
Kotak Mahindra-ING Vysya merger gets RBI approval The merger
deal between Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank has received
the Reserve Bank's ap-proval, which would create the country's
fourth largest private sector lender. "The scheme of amalgamation
(of Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank) shall come into effect
from April 1, 2015," Kotak Mahindra Bank said in a statement
quoting RBI approval. Following the merger, all the tangible and
intangible assets have been transferred to Kotak Mahindra Bank. The
merged entity has now 1,214 branches, with a wide-spread pan-India
network. ING Vysya had around 10,000 employees, while Kotak Bank
has around 29,000.
Snapdeal acquires majority stake in RupeePower E-commerce
marketplace Snapdeal has acquired a majority stake in digital
financial distribution platform RupeePower for an undisclosed
amount. Snapdeals entry into online financial services is a first
for an e-commerce company in India. Following the deal, the
SoftBank-backed Snapdeal will offer consumer loans through the
RupeePower network. The online financial services market in India
is estimated at Rs 4,500 crore. The latest development is part of
Snapdeals $1-billion acquisition spree. Founded in 2011, RupeePower
has partnered 12 banks, including the State Bank of India, and
non-banking financial companies.
Indirect tax collection exceeds target by Rs 4,000 crore in FY15
The collection of indirect taxes has surpassed the revised
estimates by Rs 4,000 crore to reach Rs 5.46 lakh crore for the
fiscal ended March 2015. The total collection as on March 31 is Rs
5,46,479 crore, based on the provisional report as against revised
estimates of Rs 5,42,325 crore for 2014-15The total collection as
on March 31 is Rs 5,46,479 crore, based on the provisional report
as against revised estimates of Rs 5,42,325 crore for 2014-15.
Bharti AXA General Insurance launched Smart Traveller Bharti AXA
General Insurance (GI) Company Ltd. has launched 'Smart Traveller'
that offers global coverage for students, individuals, families and
frequent travellers. The SmartTraveller Insurance policy offers a
choice of two major plans catering to Individuals and Families and
frequent travelers through a variant - known as Annual Multi Trip
International travel insurance plan
Myntra to close internet site from 1 May; to be accessible as a
cellular app solely After closing its cellular internet site final
month, on-line style retailer Myntra is now relocating to an
app-solely technique by shutting down its desktop internet site.
Myntra is on the right track to comprehensive Rs 2,000 crore in
gross sales or gross merchandise worth (GMV) for the existing
economic yr. *GMV refers back to the entire income generated by
on-line retailers via sale of items on the on-line platforms.
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Dena Bank inks MoU with Life Insurance Corporation to provide
insurance cover
State owned Dena Bank has signed Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Life Insurance Corpora-tion (LIC) of India to provide
insurance cover to its all Aadhaar-linked savings account holders
in the age group of 18 to 50 years. LIC will provide insurance
cover under the Union Governments flagship Pradhan Mantri Jeevan
Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) scheme. Under the MoU: LIC will give a
life cover of Rs 2 lakh in case of death of the insured person. In
this re-gard, a nominal premium of 330 rupees per annum will be
charged from account holder. Those who join the scheme before
completing 50 years can continue to have the risk of life cover up
to the age of 55 years.
Highlights of RBI financial coverage evaluate Following are the
highlights of RBIs first bi-month-to-month financial coverage
assertion, 2015-16: Short-time period lending price (repo)
unchanged at 7.5% Cash Reserve Ratio unchanged at 4% Retains
Statutory Liquidity Ratio at 21.5% Estimates GDP progress at 7.8%
in FY16, up from 7.5% in FY15 Forecasts CPI inflation at 5.8% by
March 2016 CPI inflation to dip to 4% in August 2015. Hailstorms in
March affected 17% of the rabi crop sown environment Future fee
cuts will depend upon rate of interest discount by banks India
greater organized to focus on volatility publish US Federal Reserve
price motion State cooperative banks to be allowed to arrange
offsite/ cellular ATMs with out prior approval from RBI. RBI to
formulate scheme for market making by main sellers in semiliquid
and illiquid DSecs. Second bi-month-to-month coverage assertion on
June 2
Flipkart acquires mobile marketing firm Appiterate Online
marketplace Flipkart has announced the acquisition of Appiterate, a
mobile engagement and marketing automation company based out of
Delhi. Appiterate helps ecommerce companies target con-sumers
better and increase sales by using push notifications and in app
messages.
PropTiger acquires Makaan.com Real estate portal PropTiger.com
has acquired its rival Makaan.com to ramp up its presence in Indias
secondary property market. After tvhe acquisition both portals will
run separately.
Capgemini acquires IGATE for $4 bn in all-cash deal French IT
services firm Capgemini has announced its plan to acquire US based
information technology (IT) outsourcer IGATE for US 4 billion
dollars. This acquisition will help Capgemini to strengthen its
foothold in the North American market.
Bank of Baroda ties up with UAE Exchange for instant money
transfer Leading Indian public sector bank Bank of Baroda (BoB) has
partnered with UAE Exchange to offer Non-resident Indian (NRI)
customers an instant cash transfer facility. In this regard
agreement was signed between both parties. This agreement will
facilitate customers can send money within minutes to their desired
bank accounts in BoB in India. This facility is also supported by
SMS alert, which will notify the moment the amount is credited in
the bank account of desired customer.
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ICICI Bank, Tech Mahindra launch tap and pay service ICICI Bank,
Indias largest private sector bank, has partnered with Tech
Mahindra to launch contactless payment service to 'tap and pay'.
Based on the Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, this
payment service enables anyone (account holder of ICICI Bank or
not) to make over-the-counter pay-ments without using cash. It
allows users to just tap the NFC enabled tag or mobile phone at the
merchants point-of-sale device to make payments, ICICI Bank said in
a statement.
Tap n Pay is a prepaid account, which can be availed by
customers of any bank by registering for it and transferring money
online from any bank account.
ICICI Bank customers can also transfer money to the Tap-n-Pay
account through an SMS.
Sulekha.com raises Rs. 175 crore from GIC, Norwest Venture
Partners Sulekha.com, a digital platform for local services, has
raised Rs. 175 crore from Singapores sovereign wealth fund GIC and
global investment firm Norwest Venture Partners.
The Chennai-based company will use the proceeds for expanding
its platform that connects users and local service providers, apart
from investing in technology and branding, the company said in a
statement.
Bhartiya Mahila Bank inks MOUs with LIC , New India Insurance
Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd has entered into MoUs with New India
Assurance Company Ltd and Life Insurance Corporation of India to
provide insurance cover to its account holders.
The insurance covers are being provided under the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Suraksha Bima Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan jyoti Bima
Yojana schemes respectively.
The insurance option is voluntary and comes at a premium of Rs.
12 for the PM Jan Suraksha Bima Yojana and Rs. 330 for the PM
Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana.
The age eligibility under the former is 18-70 years and under
the latter 18-50 years.
The enrolment period under the schemes will be from June 1,
2015, to August 31, 2015.
MakeMyTrip acquires travel guide startup Mygola Online travel
services provider MakeMyTrip.com has acquired Mygola, a startup
travel guide firm. The acquisition was done through MakeMyTrips
Innovation Fund, which invests in early-stage or start-up companies
in the travel technology space. With this acquisition, MakeMyTrip
will get a greater foothold in the mobile space as Mygolas entire
team has joined them.
Nokia announces to buy Alcatel- Lucent Finnish telecom network
equipment maker Nokia on 16 April 2015 announced acquisition of
French telecom network firm Alcatel- Lucent. This merger will
create the worlds largest supplier of telecom equipments that
powers mobilephone networks by surpassing Ericsson and Huawei. As
part of the deal, The merged entity will be called Nokia and
current Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa will chair it. Nokia will
buy Alcatel- Lucent in an all-stock deal valued at 15.6 billion
euros ($16.6 billion). Nokia is going to give Alcatel-Lucent
sharehold-ers 0.55 shares in the merged company for each of their
old shares. In the combined entity Nokia shareholders will own 66.5
per cent shares of the company and Alcatel- Lucent shareholders
will own 33.5 per cent shares. The deal is likely to be completed
in the first half of 2016
Zomato acquires Delhi based data firm MaplePOS Online restaurant
guide Zomato on 14 April 2015 acquired MaplePOS, a cloud-based
point of sale product for restaurants developed by Delhi based
MapleGraph. After the acquisition, Zomato has renamed Maple-POS
product to Zomato Base which will help the company and its
restaurant partners to manage busi-ness into online orders and
payments.
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Mobile commerce platform Paytm inked memorandum of
understand-ing MoU with National Centre for Trade Information
(NCTI) to pro-mote Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs).
Paytm will set up payment gateways platform for online ticketing
and membership fees for NCTI. This tie-up will play a pivotal role
in the growth of MSMEs by providing them with value-added trade
information generally for the trading community. It will also
provide platform to NCTI members that will serve as an opportunity
to trade online and scale faster.
MUDRA bank launched PM Modi, launched the MUDRA bank with a
corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore and credit guarantee of Rs. 3,000
crore.
The bank will be responsible for refinancing micro-finance
institutions in the business of lending to small
entities.
While big industrial houses provide jobs to only 1.25 crore
people, small entrepreneurs have given employment
to nearly 12 crore people, Mr. Modi said. The postal network
would be used for increasing access to the formal
financial system.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the MUDRA Bank was a
step in the right direction for funding the
unfunded. He had proposed the MUDRA Bank in his budget speech in
February.
MUDRA will be set up through a statutory enactment. It will be
responsible for developing and refinancing all
micro-finance institutions (MFIs) which are in the business of
lending to micro and small business entities
engaged in manufacturing, trading and service activities.
Banks role
It will also partner with State and regional-level coordinators
to provide finance to last-mile financiers of small
and micro business enterprises. Its proposed role includes
laying down policy guidelines for micro enterprise
financing business, registration, accreditation and rating of
MFI entities. The agency will also lay down responsible financing
practices to ward off over-indebtedness and ensure proper client
protection principles and methods of recovery, according to an
official release. These measures are targeted towards mainstreaming
young, educated or skilled workers and entrepreneurs, including
women entrepreneurs, the release said. A vast part of the
non-corporate sector operates as unregistered enterprises and
formal or institutional architecture has not been able to reach out
to meet its financial requirements. Providing access to
institutional finance to such micro, small business units,
enterprises will not only help in improving the quality of life of
these entrepreneurs, but also turn them into strong instruments of
GDP growth and employment generation,
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Ms. Raja Rajeswari became the first Indian-born woman to be
appointed a judge in New York City. She was sworn-in as a criminal
court judge in New York by Mayor Bill de Blasio along with 27 other
judges.
Raja Rajeswari, first Indian-American woman judge of New
York
APPOINTMENTS
Loretta Lynch sworn-in as first black female Attorney General of
US
Sudans President Omar al-Bashir has won Presidential
re-election
Former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar was appointed as
chief adviser of the Board of Control for Cricket in Indias (BCCI)
Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU). He will suc-ceed Ravi
Sawant as his term ended and will have term of one year.
Dr Nasim Zaidi : 20th Chief Election Commissioner, Succeeded
Hari Shankar Brahma
Chief Election Commissioner
Mohan Kumar appointed as new Indian Ambassador to France Dr.
Mohan Kumar, (IFS:1981), presently Ambassador ofIndia to Bahrain,
has
been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to France.He is
expected to take up his assignment shortly.
The official announcement for Mohan Kumars appointment comes six
days after Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to France.
Pankaj More appointed as Technology Head of Walmart India
Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai sworn in as first lady judge of
Sikkim High Court
Mrs. Meenakshi Madan Rai was sworn in as the first lady judge of
the Sikkim High Court. Governor of Sikkim Srinivas Patil
administered the oath of office to her at Raj Bhavan in Gangtok. It
should be noted that Mrs. Rai is also the third High Court judge
who hails from Sikkim.
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Mohammed bin Nayef appointed as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed bin Nayef was appointed as Crown