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For a hygienic track

CAG report on the railways should compel a quick upgrade of passenger services Among the most affordable transport systems in the world- India’s railway-linking the

remotest destinations. Yet, in a fast-growing country with rising ambitions, the system is unable to scale up its

services to global standards and hobbled(बंधन) by inefficient management. Although the rot(decay) in passenger services has been repeatedly identified, it has only

grown worse. 1)-Food unsuitable for human consumption, 2)-Contaminated and recycled items, 3)-Packaged articles past their use-by date, and 4)-Unauthorised items are sold on trains, all endangering the health of passengers. Such gross violations are all the more glaring(स्पष्ट) because the administration has instituted a

mechanism to penalise agencies such as the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation and invites passengers to file complaints.


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Evidently, instances such as a Rs.1 lakh •fine levied on the IRCTC for the presence of a cockroach in food supplied on the Kolkata Rajdhani Express three years ago have not resulted in any significant reform.

Independent oversight can potentially improve other aspects of service as well, such as the quality and maintenance of linen, which the CAG has found to be shockingly substandard.

NDA government began its tenure with a focus on modernising India’s creaking railways, and several major announcements have been made- long-pending Rail Development Authority to recommend tariffs and set standards.

Audit •findings of contractors on railway premises overcharging users and selling packaged food items at prices inflated over open market are serious, and require immediate resolution.

Now that the CAG has given an exhaustive critique, it is imperative that the Railway Ministry brings about a visible change through its proposed reforms.



In the age of data

Without strong data protection laws, privacy as a right will be of little value As India awaits the judgment of a nine-member Bench headed by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar on

privacy is a fundamental right. Here, it is important to look at the issue from both 1)-Privacy as well as a 2)-National security perspectives. Present time period is said to be the ‘age of data’ with private companies Ranging from social media platforms to e-mail services and messaging applications — storing

humongous volumes of information, a lot of it outside India’s borders. Both Facebook and WhatsApp have more than 200 million active users in India, with India

recently surpassing the United States in terms of the number of Facebook users.



Data-colonising companies like these use the collected information in myriad(असंख्य) ways. Further, the companies’ databases are also under constant risk of cyberattacks. Immediate creation of stringent data protection laws. EU regulation To protect the privacy of its individual users, the EU is to implement the General Data

Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018. Aimed at harmonising data privacy laws across Europe, it will impose penalty of up to 4% of

the company’s worldwide turnover in the event of a breach. Recognition of privacy as an individual right in India, without similar enforceable regulations. Hence, what India needs more is effective data protection laws, along with strong independent

watchdog institutions to ensure that the organisations handling our data do not go astray.


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Page-1- Diversity is key to India’s success: Kovind



Page-1- HC judge wants Vande Mataram sung in T.N. A Madras High Court judge on Tuesday ordered Vande Mataram

to be played and sung in all schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions in Tamil Nadu at least once a week — preferably on Monday or Friday.

Justice M.V. Muralidaran also directed that the song be played and sung in all government offices and institutions, private companies, factories and industries at least once a month


Be Happy, Share & Help Each Other!!!Continue… Page-7- Scientist, educationist Yash Pal dead Scientist, communicator and institution builder, Dr Yash

Pal, 90. In the 1970s, as director of the Space Applications

Centre, a wing of the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) .

“Where did the Americans, who had launched theirremote sensing satellite only a year back, send theirpeople for training?”

Pal was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1976 andIndia’s second highest civilian honour, the PadmaVibhushan, in 2013.


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Page-13- Transfer unclaimed accruals to fund: IRDA Insurance companies can no longer retain unclaimed

amounts of policyholders if those accruals are morethan 10 years old. Such sums need to be, instead,transferred to the Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund (SCWF)of the Centre.


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Be Happy, Share & Help Each Other!!!Continue… Page-14-Zero duty to hit Indian dairy industry: Amul The Indian dairy sector, providing livelihood to 15

crore farmers, would be severely hit if import dutieson milk and milk products were eliminated under anyFree Trade Agreement (FTA) including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), according to the local dairy cooperative Amul.

Separately, farmers’ organisations have threatenedto hold nationwide protests if the dairy sector is openedup under the RCEP — the proposed mega-regionalFTA involving 16 Asia Pacific nations including India — or any other FTA including those proposed separatelywith Australia and New Zealand.

Risk of cheaper imports



Last Day- Q’s- Ans… 1. Article 279A, which provides for the creation of the GST Council – a Council of Union and State

Finance Ministers – to administer GST (Goods and Services Tax) in India. 2. Berubari Union Case (1960) - Preamble is not a part of constitution. 3. The right to property was deleted from the list of Fundamental Rights by the 44th Amendment

Act, 1978. > It is made a legal right under Article 300-A in Part XII of the Constitution. 4. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) - its planned location on Mauna Kea in the US state of

Hawaii. 5. Agni-V is the 1st intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO) of India. 6. 2018 Winter Olympics - Pyeongchang, South Korea, > 2022 Winter Olympics - Beijing, China, > 2014 Winter Olympics - Russia. 7. Rio Olympics 2016 (held in Brazil) -> > India won "9 " gold medals in 30 Olympics




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