TRICKS CURRENT AFFAIRS
yours quick revision of current affairs in short
24 september 2019
1.Utility card..home affairs minister amit shah
- 2021 census exercise would be carried out digitally
- Registrar General of India.. (RGI)
- The decennial census exercise will be undertaken in 2021 and, for the first time, move from paper to digital format
- Mr. Shah said rs12,000 crore would be spent on preparation of the National Population Register (NPR)(>>>>>is not same as nrc nor cesus )and census.....The NPR exercise is different from the census and is not linked to the National Register of Citizens (NRC). For the purpose of the NPR, an ordinary resident is defined as a person who has resided in a local area for the past six months or more or a person who intends to reside in that area for the next six months or more
- biometric and demographic linking .......details .....will be done ....ordinary resident
about census:
- ancient.....rig veda times....arthshashtra.....kautaliya....tax calculation....maurya empire....
- mordern. ....1872..........Lord Mayo...
- 1881.....Lord Rippon....ofiicial.......after every 10 years
census... 2011.... two phases
first phase......house listing....
second phase......population enumeration
2.Renewable energy target to be more than doubled......
- 175 gw ..for 2022...but now.....450 gw renewable energy target.... that is it will be doubled
- United Nations Climate Action Summit
Comprehensive plan:
- Jal Jeevan Mission to conserve water, harvest rainwater and develop water resources
- India planned to “considerably increase the proportion of the biofuel blend in petrol and diesel.
- India had plans to make the transport sector green through the use of electrical vehicles(fame mission)
3.Sign language dictionary gets 4,000 new words.....
- Around new 4,000 words are likely to be added to the Indian sign language dictionary in 2020, including words about agriculture for the first time, according to officials of the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry’s Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), which is carrying out the project.
- The second edition had 6,000 words of academic, legal, medical, technical and everyday terms categories
4.Nutrition Mission
September is being observed
as ‘Poshan Maah’ (nutrition
month) across the country
to ensure mobilisation at the
grassroots level to achieve
the targets laid down under
the ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’ or the
National Nutrition Mission
(NNM). Launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in
2018, the programme aims
to reduce levels of underweight,
stunting, low-birth
weight as well as anaemia by
2022. Member (Health & Nutrition),
NITI Aayog, Vinod
K. Paul talks about the journey
so far
ministery...ministery of womwn and child development
targets:
reduce levels of stunting by 2%
reduce levels of anaemia by 3%
reduce levels of underweight by 3%
reduce levels of low-birth weight by 2%
ministery...ministery of womwn and child development
targets:
reduce levels of stunting by 2%
reduce levels of anaemia by 3%
reduce levels of underweight by 3%
reduce levels of low-birth weight by 2%
5.FTII....
- autonomous institute...... Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.....the Central Government of India....formed in 1960....situated on the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company in Pune.
- FTII is a member of the International Liaison Centre of Schools of Cinema and Television (CILECT), an organisation of the world's leading schools of film and television.
- The Centre will set up a new Institute in Arunachal Pradesh as part of an initiative to tap the potential of the North Eastern region, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region, Dr. Jitendra Singh has informed
6.Krishna river.....
- second largest east flowing river
- bounded by balaghat....north,eastern ghats on the south,western ghats on the west
- rises from jor village...satara district...pune....western ghats.....altitude 1337m.....north of mahabaleshvar
tributaries:
- left Bhima, Dindi, Peddavagu, Musi, Paleru, Munneru
- ⁃ right Venna, Koyna, Panchganga, Dudhaganga, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Tungabhadra
- Koyna River.....smalll tributery....1967.....earthquake....koyna dam
7.Polavaram project...
- The Andhra Pradesh government has awarded the Polavaram contract to Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited.....who earlier were involved in making of pattiseeema lift irrigation project.....to link the godavari and krishna river
- National project ....on the Godavari River in the West Godavari District and East Godavari District in ....Andhra Pradesh.
- project has been accorded national project status
8.Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ)....
- Under the Environment Protection Act, 1986 of India, notification was issued in February 1991, for regulation of activities in the coastal area by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). As per the notification, the coastal land up to 500m from the High Tide Line (HTL) and a stage of 100m along banks of creeks, estuaries, backwater and rivers subject to tidal fluctuations, is called the Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ).
- National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS)....1978.....formed by...kerela government.....
9. Silent Valley National Park (SVNP)
- Silent Valley National Park (SVNP)......Kerala.....A survey of dragonflies and damselflies held in the Silent Valley National Park (SVNP) has discovered eight new species, but reported an alarming decrease in the odonate population, raising concerns over the ecological impact of the successive floods in the State.
10.PSB's mergers:
(editorial of the hindu ...the thoughts are of the writer totally)
- big bank merger schemes.....nirmala sitharaman....27 to 12 .....PSB's banks
- it was first mooted by the Narasimham Committee more than a quarter century ago.....only for strong banks.....
To smoothen the merger process,
six measures may be worth
considering.:
- it needs to be ensured that there is no leadership vacuum in the anchor banks. Mergers require strong skills in thought leadership, results leadership and people leadership,There is a strong need to revamp Human Resources (HR) practices and culturally integrate the expanded workforce through sustained training initiatives
- there is a need to recruit professionals from the market in key areas of technology, HR and risk management, in all of which PSBs are grossly underequipped. Such recruitments should obviously be at market pay, which is the norm in joint ventures promoted by PSBs such as SBI
- PSBs should not be found wanting when it comes to recruitment and training of frontline staff. There is a fear that the ‘merger wave’ may sink fresh hiring. While there will be rationalisation of headcount due to voluntary exits spurred by relocation and other compulsions, many staff members moved across their former banks may be less than suitable for the new roles. A buoyant exercise of recruitment and training is vital
- the government should actively plan steps to offset a possible slow expansion in bank credit in the near term. There is a decelerating trend in loan approvals by PSBs, as brought out in the last RBI report on Trend and Progress of Banking. Instead NonBanking Financial Institutions (NBFCs), which have a better understanding of the market needs, need to be tapped to ensure better credit flow. In terms of size, NBFCs are about 15% of the combined balance sheet of all banks.
- the government should resolve the tangles in the ownership of the merging PSBs in insurance, asset management and other ventures.
- the government should consider converting a few ‘weak’ PSBs outside the merger into regional banks. This was one of the recommendations of the Narasimham Committee. Banks such as Bank of Maharashtra and Punjab and Sind Bank that have spread manpower, network, and resources thin could be turned into vibrant regional institutions to serve agriculture, trade and commerce
11. judicial diktat.....a harsh settlement unilaterally imposed
- the hindu editorial on The Supreme Court has erred in the Maradu case by placing the liability squarely on the apartment owners
- Based on the panel’s report that the buildings fell within CRZIII(200 meters), the Supreme Court on May 8 ordered the demolition of the apartments. After dismissing the review petitions, the apex court on September 6 ordered the demolition to be completed by September 20.
- The Court adopted a narrow view by merely examining the bureaucratic categorization and ignored that the construction was based on permission granted by the local government and orders of the High Court.
- The case highlights the pathologies of executive and judicial decisionmaking on environment and urban development in India.
12.Milindapañha. It records an exchange between the IndoGreek king Milinda (Menander) and the Buddhist monk Nāgasena
13. Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).....india-uae....relations:future cooperation, including growth opportunities for Indian banks, and the potential for private banks operating...... Ministry of Commerce and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
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