1. With an aim to make
Government services accessible on mobile phone of the citizens, the Union
Government has launched new all-in-one mobile application called UMANG. The term UMANG
stands for Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance. It was launched
to promote Digital India program and to drive mobile e-governance in India. The
app was developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
and National e-Governance Division (NeGD). It is single mobile app that has
access to 1200 services of various government offices from Centre, State and
utility services. It supports 13 Indian languages and caters to on-demand
scalability. It provides all pan India e-Governance services like Aadhaar, PAN,
booking gas cylinder, PF account and Digilocker on one single platform. The
UMANG app offers 162 services from 33 state and central government departments
and four states under a one-single platform.
2. The first-ever
female pilot to be inducted into the Indian Navy- Shubhangi Swaroop native of
Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh will soon fly Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. She will now head
to INS Garuda in Kochi and then will undergo training a Dundigal Air Force
Academy, Hyderabad which trains pilots of Indian Army, Navy and the Air Force.
Besides Swaroop, Astha Segal from New Delhi, Roopa A from Puducherry and Sakthi
Maya S from Kerala also created history by becoming country’s first women
officers at Naval Armament Inspection (NAI) branch of Navy. All four will be
undergoing subsequent professional training in their respective chosen branches
before being employed on duty.
3. Chilika Lake or
lagoon is the largest coastal lagoon or brackish water lake in India and Asia
and second largest lagoon in the world after New Caledonian barrier reef in New
Caledonia, US. It was designated as the first “Ramsar Site” of India on
account of its rich bio-diversity and ecological significance. Nalaban Island
within the lagoon is notified as Bird Sanctuary under Wildlife (Protection)
Act, 1972. It also has been identified as a priority site for conservation and
management. Lakhs of migratory birds have made their way to Chilika
Lake (Odisha) after a long flight of thousands of miles. Major bird
congregations were spotted in wetlands of Nalabana Bird Sanctuary inside
Chilika and Mangalajodi, a major village on banks of lake.
4. India has sent
proposal to the United Nations (UN) for declaring the year 2018 as
‘International Year of Millets’. If the proposal is agreed, it will raise awareness about
millets among consumers, policy makers, industry and Research and Development
(R&D) sector. Millet is a common term to categorize small-seeded grasses
that are often termed nutri-cereals or dryland-cereals. It includes sorghum,
ragi, pearl millet, small millet, proso millet, foxtail millet, barnyard
millet, kodo millet and other millets.
5. India has largest
area under bamboo cultivation and is second richest in terms of bamboo genetic
resources after China. India has 19% share of world’s area under bamboo
cultivation, its market share in sector is only 6%.President Ram Nath Kovind
has promulgated an ordinance under Article 123 of Constitute to amend Indian
Forest Act, 1927 to encourage bamboo plantation by farmers in private lands. With
this, bamboo grown in non-forest areas ceases to be tree. However, bamboo
grown in forest areas continues to be governed by provisions of Indian Forest
Act. The amendment to Section 2(7) of Indian Forest Act, 1927 will encourage
bamboo plantation by farmers, which will contribute to doubling farmers income
by 2022. The ordinance omits bamboo (taxonomically a grass) grown in non-forest
areas from definition of trees. The omission, thereby exempts it from requiring
permits for felling or transportation of bamboo grown in non-forest areas.
6. A consultative
workshop on New National Policy on Biofuels & Pradhan Mantri Ji- Van Yojana
(VGF for 2nd Generation Ethanol Bio Refineries) has been organized by the Union
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in New Delhi to promote Biofuels
with objective to reduce dependency on import of crude oil, savings in foreign
exchange, provide better remuneration for farmers and address empgrowing
environment concerns in the light of India’s Commitment at COP 21. 1-G and 2-G
Ethanol, Biodiesel, MSW to Fuel and Bio-CNG together with Methanol (DME) have
huge potential in augmenting economic growth, generating employment and
doubling farmers’ income. This will be instrumental in achieving the target of
10% oil import reduction by 2022.
7. Multi State Mega
Mock Tsunami Exercise 2017 along the entire East Coast in 31 coastal districts
across four States was conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). It was for first
time entire eastern coast will participate simultaneously in mock exercise. It
was conducted through National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Indian
National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS). The exercise was
simultaneously conducted in 31 coastal districts across four States – West
Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT) along entire
East Coast. It aimed to assess and help improve preparedness, response
mechanism and coordination among concerned agencies. The exercise was one of
various activities conducted as part of observation of 2nd World Tsunami
Awareness Day (observed on November 5)..
8. The Sub-Committee
of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) headed by Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel reviewed major global and domestic
developments that could impinge country’s financial stability. Sub-Committee
of the FSDC also discussed setting up of National Centre for Financial
Education (NCFE), operationalisation of information utilities registered by the
IBBI, sharing of data among regulators and implementation status of Legal
Entity Identifier (LEI).
9. The National
Commission for Safai Karamchari’s ( NCSK) suggested NITI Aayog to bring some
welfare schemes for Safai Karamchari’s and Manual Scavengers under its purview. Manhar Valii
Bhai Zala, Chaiman of NCSK , along with members Manju Diler , Dilip K Hathibed
and Swami Sadanand Maharaj shared their concerns and various issues of Safai
Karamchari’s and Manual Scavengers.
10. The Union
Government has approved Rs 1 lakh crore worth projects in Tamilnadu. The
projects will cover Highways, shipping and Port . They are also
aimed at finding a permanent solution to the irrigation and drinking water
requirements of the state. The total expenditure of the projects is expected to
be around 40,000 crores. Following are the projects with cost details :
1. Three New Elevated Corridors have been approved : a. Tambaram – Chengalpattu
( Project cost –Rs 2250 cr) b. Poonamalee –Maduravoyal Corridor ( Project
Cost – Rs 1500 Cr) c. Thiruvallur Corridor ( Project Cost -1000 Cr). 2.
The tambaram-Vandalur,Vandalur –Guduvancherry section of the Highway will be
upgraded to 8 lane Highway at a cost of Rs 72 Cr. The move is expected to solve
the traffic congestion at the Tambaram-Perungalthur bridge.3. The
Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway will be constructed at a project cost of Rs 20000
Cr. This move is to boost the industrialization and development activities
along the expressway. 4.The Koyambedu-Poonamalee –Wallajahapet road will be
converted to a six-lane road at a cost of Rs. 1500 Cr to ease the
congestion in the extended suburban areas of Chennai. List of New
Projects: a. Trichy – Chidambaram Highway Project : The budget
outlay of the project is expected to be around 4000 cr. B. Upgradation of the
Villupuram –Nagapattinam section at cost of Rs 6000 Cr. C. Six-laning of
Chenna-Tada National; Highway with allotted budget of Rs 500 Cr. Projects
under Bhartmala: The six projects approved under the mega construction
plan include Nagapattinam to Tuticorin ( 355 Km), Vellakoil –Erode ( 71 Km),
Madurai-Kollam ( 62 Km), Madurai-Theni (44 Km) , Musiri-Namakkal ( 44Km) and
Madura-Natham (38 Km). Besides this, ring road development will also be taken
up in Madurai, Trichy and Salem.
11. The
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has nominated 9 new movies for this
year’s International Council for Film, Television, Audio-Visual communication
(ICFT) UNESCO Gandhi Medal. The UNESCO issued commemorative medal in 1994
to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi , the
World’s advocate of tolerance, peace and non-violence Among the 9, five were
from India. The Indian films competing for the prestigious ICFT UNESCO Gandhi
Medal include Kshitij- A Horizon, Manusangada, Poorna, Railway Children and
Take-Off. The competing foreign films include Amok from Poland, Khibula – a
Co-production of Germany, France and Georgia.The Last Painting from Taiwan and
Women of the weeping river – a joint production of the US and UK. All the 9
films are being screened at the ongoing IFFI’s 48th edition in
Panaji, Goa.The 2017 winner of the award will be announced during the closing
ceremony of the festival on 28th November. 2016
award was won by Mustafa Kara for the film – Cold of Kalandar.
12. The
Union government suggested to the state govt of Odisha to
enhance its rural road construction target under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana (PMGSY) from 7000 Km to 10000 Km during the current fiscal
year.
13.The Union
Government promulgated Ordinance to amend Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,2016.The Ordinance aims
to prevent Unscrupulous, undesirable persons from misusing the provisions of
the code.
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