13th Sept, 2017 –
Hindu Editorials
- India Afghanistan Relation : New Trumph’s Afghan Policy Effect
- Recently Trupmp has unwilled its Afghan Policy which has asked India to play the measure role in Development of Afghanistan and curbed the Pakistan role.
- Trumph has bypassed Pakistan and its allies from stability in the Afghanistan.
- Afghan Foreign Minister Visited the India and discussed about new US Policy and further engagements with Afghanistan
- India is already engaging the various projects like creation of parliament, selling 4 helicopter, training afghan military cadets, building roads etc.
- Afganistan is expecting more on construction of Dam,increase regional connectivity for trade, invest in railways, complete chabahar port etc.
- Article Link : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/pakistan-should-see-the-blowback-from-supporting-terror/article19673660.ece
- Indian Bullet Project and Rivalry Between Japan and China over Bullet Train Dominance
- Trumph Action on DACA Policy – Defferection Action for Childhood Arrivals.
- This will affect more then 800 Indias as well as 800000 people from different countries.
- Article Link : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/shattered-dreams/article19673648.ece
- Why Petrol Prices are High after Reduction in International Price of Crude Oil – How to Reduce the Prices Further
- Why Indian Economy Growth is So Slow
Prelims Special : News Article : PIB, HINDU, AIR News
- Bangluru is at Rank 19 int he top tech city rank published by 2thinkknow, silicon velly on top following by New York, London, Los Angele etc.
- Gradutuity limit has been increased from Rs 10 lac to 20 lac under new Act – The Payment of Gratuity Amendment Bill 2017.
- Govt has taken this step with respect 7th Pay commission and private sector in general salary increase.
- Under Gratuity Act 1972 it has been fixed at Rs 10 lac earlier.
- This Act Apply on firm having more then 10 employees.
- Chennai Vladovostok Sea Route is being planned to counter the China’s MSR – Maritime Silk Road and OBI – One Belt Initiative.
- Vladovostok is located just near north korea, this will be direct from chennai via indian ocean china sea.
- Existing Route takes more then 40 days, this will get reduced to 14 days.
- Russia is already engaged with Vladovostok to attract investment in this region via establishing SEZs etc.
- Cabinet Approved a – Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund ( DIDF) with 10,000 crore during period 17 to 2028.
- This is measure step in dairy farm industry which will enhance the employment – directly and indirectly across food logistic chain of milk industry right from production, storage, processing of milks and manufacturing.
- DIDF would be managed by NDDB – National Dairy Development Board, and National Dairy Development Cooperation – This will include the milk unions, state dairy federations and mil producers etc.
- An implementation and monitoring cell ( IMC) will manage and monitor the projects, loan would be provided at 6.5 %, state govt will be guarantor.
- Benefits of DIDF
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- Direct employment of around 40k people via storing the BMC and village level, setting up of new plants, mil procesing facilities etc.
- Will help in the complete mil chain – transportation, Artificial insemination and veteinary services.
- Will help 95 lac farmers, 50k villages by producing additional mils and products for the end consumers.
- Cabinet approved the un-appraised areas of sedimentary basins of India
- Will help in collecting the data which will help in domestic production of oil and gas.
- will be implemented by Oil India Limited and ONGC,
- India have 26 sedimentary basins which are not adequately powered with geographical data.
- BSNL have bifurcated the Tower infrastructure facilities in to separate company which would be fully owned by BSN, DOT allow to share the Towering infra so that cost can be saved in operation and management.
- Wod is Good Compaign
- Under campaign of Partnership for Land Use Science ( Forest- PLUS) govt has partnershiped with USAID -United State Agency of International Developments for REDD – Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.
- Wood be promoted to use instead of plastic steels etc.
- NASA’s Cassini Mission
- Launched in 1997 to Saturn – first ever mission outside our solar system.
- This was meant to study saturn rings behavior
- Characterize Titans surface.
- Unchhatar Avishkar Yojana ( UAY), Higher Education Financing Agency ( HERA) and Vishwajeet Scheme – About Financing in IITs
- Vishwajeet Scheme ensured 10,000 crore of financing to top 5 IITs however this scheme could not take off.
- To fullfill finance need government has asked the IITs to make use of UAY –
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- Engage with Industry and Raise fund for any commercial projects, this will ensure more fund flow to IITs.
- HEFA – Be partner of scheme and get the world class infrastructure.
- Also make use of PM Scholarship schemes for collecting the funds.
MCQ Facts for Prelims
- Balzen price given by General Prize Committe in humanities, Sciences. Mother Teresa first Indian woomen awarded price, Bina Agrawal name came recently.
- Aghanistan is considered as the Graveyard of Emperors which is sanwitched between Iran, India. Due to its difficult geagraphical nature of hilly reason, prone to invasion of foreigners, which lead to instability in afghan.