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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

Dec 13, 2018

Time for NRC Claims Extended

The Supreme Court extended the deadline for submission of claims and objections for inclusion in the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) from December 15 to December 31.
A Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Rohinton Nariman also extended the subsequent date for starting the process of verification of the claims and objections from February 1 to February 15.

Dec 12, 2018

BJP Loses Vote Share

With the BJP suffering losses in three key states, its vote share has taken a sharp dip in Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh since the last assembly elections in 2013, but all these votes do not seem to have gone to the Congress alone as other players have also reaped the gains.
As per the Election Commission, the vote share loss is even bigger for the saffron party since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, in which it had virtually swept all the three states by winning 62 out of 65 seats.
In Telangana and Mizoram, it is the regional parties who have come out with flying colours, a post-2014 trend clearly visible in many states with sizeable presence of non-BJP and non-Congress parties.

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018

Mizoram Chief Minister and Congress candidate Lal Thanhawla lost from both his home turf Serchhip and Champhai South seats.
Lal Thanhawla was defeated in Serchhip by the Zoram People's Movement's (ZPM) Chief Ministerial candidate Lalduhoma by a margin of 410 votes and by T. J. Lalnuntluanga, a political novice and Mizo National Front (MNF) nominee, by a margin of 1,049 votes in Champhai South constituency.
MNF is all set to return to power after 10 years.

India Pledged Support to Myanmar

As Myanmar is going through a challenging time, India pledged full support to Myanmar's national peace process and the country's quest for better connectivity during President Ram Nath Kovind's wide ranging talks with his counterpart U Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.
According to the President, India attaches special priority to its relations with Myanmar. Myanmar is a key partner for India's 'Act East' and 'Neighbourhood First' policies.
The two leaders witnessed signing of two MoU/Programme of Cooperation between two countries in the area of judicial training and science and technology.

Rules Amended for Father's Name in PAN

The Centre has amended rules for applicants seeking a PAN card, where if a person has been raised by a single mother, he or she need not provide the father's name, as per a gazette notification issued by the Finance Ministry with effect from December 5.

Dec 11, 2018

Lingayat as Separate Religion

The Centre has rejected the Karnataka government's proposal seeking legal recognition for Lingayats as a distinct religion.
The Jagatika Lingayat Mahasabha, which has been demanding the separate religion status, criticised the Centre for rejecting it.
According to S. M. Jamadar, a former bureaucrat and the Mahasabha secretary, the Centre had assessed even previous recommendations when no such proposals had been sent.
The previous petitions were given by private parties and never in the past had the state government sent such a recommendation.

Dec 08, 2018

NSCN(K) Faction Asks Centre to Revive Ceasefire

A breakaway faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), led by Khango Konyak, has decided to revoke its decision of unilaterally abrogating the ceasefire agreement with the Union government with immediate effect.
The chairman and general secretary of the NSCN(K) faction, Konyak and Isak Sumi, says that the outfit is resolved to revoke the unilateral decision after holding wide consultations with NGOs and civil society groups of Nagaland in the past one month.
The NSCN(K) had signed ceasefire with the Centre in 2001 but unilaterally abrogated it in March 2015 when the then chairman of the group, S.S. Khaplang, was alive.

Voter Turnout in Assembly Elections

As per the Election Commission, a voter turnout of 72.62 per cent was recorded in the assembly elections in Rajasthan while in Telangana, the figure was 67 per cent.
Counting in these two states and in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will take place on December 11.

Dec 07, 2018

India Opposes Move to Change Gilgit-Baltistan Legal Status

India voiced strong opposition to Pakistan's reported move to declare Gilgit (Pakistan) as that country's fifth province.
According to External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir has been and will remain a part of India.
Gilgit-Baltistan is a part of Jammu and Kashmir, but Pakistan illegally occupied it after Partition in 1947.
Islamabad later divided the region into two parts - Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 Amendment

The government approved the amendment of Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951.
The decisions aims to suitably amend the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 so as to secure representation as Trustees, "the Leader of Opposition recognized as such in the House of the People, or where there is no such Leader of Opposition, then the Leader of the single largest Opposition Party in the House".
In the existing Act, there is a provision for representation of a single national political party.

Manifesto of Tribal Rights

Tribal groups in Rajasthan have demanded that the next elected government in the State reveals the status of each of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with reference to tribal communities and declare their status targets.
The activists said that no political party had depicted its commitment to work for sustainable development of tribal people.
A manifesto for rights of the tribal population, residing mainly in southern Rajasthan, has demanded that they be recognised as custodians of ecosystem, nature and traditions and paid an honorarium for their contribution to preservation of natural resources.
Their environment-friendly practices were also highlighted in the charter of demands.

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