Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar dissolved all departments and cells of the party with immediate effect.
Patel, a former Union Minister, did not disclose the reason for the sudden move, which came three weeks after the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra.
The NCP was a key constituent of the Shiv Sena-led coalition government which fell apart following a rebellion by a section of MLAs of the Uddhav Thackeray-led saffron outfit.
Sanjay Agarwal to Chair the Committee Centre Established to Strengthen MSP System
A committee on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) was established by the government eight months after it made a similar commitment in exchange for repealing three divisive agriculture policies. Sanjay Agrawal, a former agricultural secretary, will preside over the committee. The government has made a provision for Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) to have three representatives on the committee, but the farm organisation has not yet provided any candidates for the group.
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, had pledged to form a committee to address the farmers' demand for a legal guarantee on MSP when he announced the repeal of three farm regulations in November of last year.
The formation of a committee in this respect was announced in a gazette announcement by the Agriculture Ministry.
The panel will include senior member Naveen P Singh of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), agri-economists CSC Shekhar from the Indian Institute of Economic Development and Sukhpal Singh from IIM-Ahmedabad, and Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand.
Bharat Bhushan Tyagi, a farmer who has won national awards, three members of SKM, and five members from other farmer organisations make up the committee's farmer representatives. These members are Gunwant Patil, Krishnaveer Choudhary, Pramod Kumar Choudhary, Guni Prakash, and Sayyed Pasha Patel.
IFFCO Chairman Dilip Sanghani and CNRI General Secretary Binod Anand are two members of the farmers' cooperative and organisation who are also on the committee. The committee also includes senior representatives from agricultural universities, five secretaries of the federal government, and the chief secretaries of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, and Odisha.
Running of ships in Lakshadweep Handed over to Shipping Corporation of India
The running and maintenance of ships of the Union Territory (UT) of Lakshadweep were been handed over to the Shipping Corporation of India to improve shipping operations.
Of the five ships in service for the people of Lakshadweep and connecting people between islands and Kochi, two are undergoing repairs.
The other three vessels are operating but with many unsold tickets which indicated the need for "optimal planning and utilisation of voyages of the ships considering the requirement of the local population.
Jul 22, 2022
India Innovation Index 2021: Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh Topped
Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh topped the third edition of NITI Aayog's India Innovation Index, which ranks the states and the union territories on their innovation performance. NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery released the India Innovation Index 2021 in presence of apex public policy think tank member Dr. V.K. Saraswat, CEO Parameswaran Iyer and senior adviser Neeraj Sinha.
The innovation index was based on the following 7 pillars: Human capital, Investment, Knowledge workers, Business environment, Safety and legal environment, Knowledge output and Knowledge diffusion.
Karnataka topped in the 'Major States' category and Manipur emerged as a winner in the 'North East and Hill States' category. Chandigarh was the top performer in the 'Union Territories and City States' category.
Karnataka's high score can be attributed to its peak performance in attracting FDI and a large number of venture capital deals. While Chandigarh topped the knowledge worker pillar, Delhi topped the business environment and investment pillars.
India's 15th President Draupadi Murmu
Daughter of a tribal family coming from a very ordinary house in Odisha, Draupadi Murmu was elected as the 15th President of India. The 2022 Indian Presidential Election was the 16th presidential election that was held in India on the 18th of July 2022. Murmu became India's first woman tribal President. She also became the second woman to hold the post after Pratibha Patil.
Murmu is the second person belonging to a scheduled tribe, to be nominated as a candidate for the post of President of India.
She served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021.
As a member of the BJP, she was elected to the state assembly twice – in 2000 and in 2009 – from the Rairangpur seat.
Jul 21, 2022
SC Paves Way for OBC Reservation in Maharashtra Local Bodies Poll
More than a year after it read down Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in local bodies, the Supreme Court paved the way for OBC reservation in Maharashtra local bodies poll, as it accepted the Banthia Commission report.
A bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar directed the State Election Commission and state authorities to ensure the election process in respect to each of those local bodies is immediately commenced.
The apex court also directed the Maharashtra SEC to notify the election programme for all local bodies within two weeks. Accepting reservations for OBCs, the top court said that it wants election to be conducted and these cannot be deferred indefinitely.
HP First State in Country to Connect all Registered Commercial Vehicles Equipped with VLTD with ERSS
Himachal Pradesh became the first state in the country to connect all registered commercial vehicles equipped with Vehicle Location Tracking Device (VLTD) with Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). Now these vehicles can be tracked anywhere in the country through VLTD. More than 9,423 vehicles were registered and linked with ERSS. Now, these vehicles would be monitored by both the police and the transport department.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur formally inaugurated the system at a program organised at Peterhof, in Shimla. He also introduced the facility of panic button for the safety of women and children in public vehicles.
National Standards for Civil Service Training Institutions
Union government unveiled the "National Standards for Civil Service Training Institutions (NSCSTI)", with the aim of raising their quality and capacity.
NSCSTI was launched at the headquarters of Capacity Building Commission.
With this, India became the world's first country to launch a unique model for creating a national level standard for civil service training institutions.
A web portal and approach paper for national standards were also unveiled, during the launch event.
Capacity Building Commission develops the national standards to - formulate a baseline for central training institutes on their current capacity, to elevate quality and capacity of training delivery and to harmonise standards for training.
These standards would also lay down aspirations for training institutions, to endeavour towards excellence.
Capacity Building Commission was created as a part of Mission Karmayogi for civil servants. The commission comprises of experts in related fields and global professionals. It will help in preparing and monitoring annual capacity building plans as well as audit human resources present in the government.
Jul 20, 2022
Rahul Shewale is Shiv Sena Leader in Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla recognised Rahul Shewale as the floor leader of the party in the Lower House.
This came after 12 of the 19 Shiv Sena Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Lok Sabha including Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde, requested the Speaker for the change.
Jul 19, 2022
Harbhajan, Misa Bharti, Rajeev Shukla and 25 other MPs Take Oath in RS
Cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh, Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, and BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla took oath alongwith nearly 25 other leaders as Rajya Sabha members.
Others included A. Rao Meena, Vijay Sai Reddy, Kheeru Mahto, Shambhala Saran Patel, Ranjeet Ranjan, Maharashtra Majhi, Aditya Prasad, Praful Patel, Imran Pratapgarhi, Sanjay Raut, Sasmit Patra, Sandeep Kumar Pathak and Vikramjeet Singh Sahani.
Randeep Singh Surjewal, P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, R. Girl Rajan, S. Kalyan Sundaram, KRN Rajesh Kumar, Javed Ali Khan, V. Vijendra Prasad were others among those who took oath.
Lt Gen Shukla is UPSC Member
Lt Gen Raj Shukla (retd), who served as Commander of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) headquartered in Shimla, was appointed member of the Union Public Service Commission. He retired in March.
Commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery in December 1982, Lieutenant General Shukla commanded X Corps headquartered at Bathinda.
Deck Stacked in Favour of Droupadi Murmu as India's Next President
Voting for the presidential poll ended, with the 98.9 per cent of the electors permitted to exercise their franchise in Parliament House.
The deck was stacked in favour of Droupadi Murmu, Santhal tribal from Odisha, former Governor and Minister in the Odisha state government. The result would be announced on July 21 after counting on July 20. Current President Ram Nath Kovind's term ends on July 25.
Briefing reporters after the voting, Mody said that of the 736 electors — comprising 727 Members of Parliament (MPs) and nine Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) permitted by the Election Commission of India to vote at Parliament House — 728 (719 MPs and nine MLAs) cast their ballot.
Narinder Batra Resigns as FIH President, Gives up IOC Membership
Veteran sports administrator Narinder Batra resigned as President of International Hockey Federation (FIH) and also gave up his membership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Batra ceased to be President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) when the Delhi High Court, in May struck down the post of 'Life member' in Hockey India, courtesy which he had contested the IOA elections and won back in 2017.
In three separate letters, Batra officially tendered his resignations from the IOA, IOC and FIH respectively.
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