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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - November 2016

Nov 2016

Apr 17, 2022

National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Completes 6 years

National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), a pan-India electronic trading portal has completed six years. The flagship programme integrates physical wholesale mandis and markets of different States and Union Territories to facilitate online trading of agricultural commodities. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016, e-NAM is completely funded by the Central Government and is being implemented by the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium.
e-nam platform promotes better marketing opportunities for the farmers to sell their produce through online competitive and transparent price discovery system. Farmers are free to register on e-nam portal and sell their produce. A total of 1000 mandis of 18 states and 3 union territories have been integrated with e-nam platform and more than one crore 72 lakh farmers have registered on this platform so far. The agricultural produce trade with a value of one lakh 82 thousand crore rupees was recorded so far on e-nam platform.

Shivpal Yadav Dissolves Party Units amid Speculation over BJP Bonhomie

Akhilesh Yadav's uncle Shivpal Yadav dissolved all his party's working committees in Uttar Pradesh, and national and state working cells. The Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party's move came amid speculation about the 67-year-old leader's growing bonhomie with the BJP.
As per Deepak Mishra, the party spokesperson, this is a routine exercise that most political parties do post assembly or Lok Sabha elections. And then reconstitute and reorganise the outfit for the next elections.

Apr 16, 2022

Punjab Cadre Ex-IPS Officer Lalpura Re-appointed NCM Chief

The central government re-appointed retired Punjab-cadre IPS officer Iqbal Singh Lalpura as the chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities. Lalpura, who was first appointed as chairman in September in 2021, had to resign from the post in December to contest as the BJP candidate from Ropar assembly constituency, which he lost.
A Sikh intellectual, who has written books on Sikh and Punjabi culture, Lalpura, was appointed BJP spokesperson in September 2021. He had retired as deputy inspector general (DIG), Punjab Police, before joining the BJP in 2012. He served as the senior superintendent of police of Amritsar Rural, Kapurthala and Tarn Taran districts.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated the 'Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 'Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya' during the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in the national capital, as a tribute to every prime minister in the country since independence, irrespective of their ideology or tenure in office.
The museum is aimed at sensitising and inspiring the younger generation about the leadership, and achievements of Indian prime ministers. The museum will be open to the public with tickets of Rs 100 and Rs 110.
The museum tells the story of India after its independence through the lives and contributions of its prime ministers. Starting from freedom struggle, and the making of the Constitution, the museum goes on to tell the story of how Prime Ministers navigated the nation through various challenges and ensured the progress of the country.

Apr 15, 2022

Road Ministry Completes 141,190 km of National Highways as of March 31

The road transport ministry has completed 1,41,190 kilometre of national highways as on March 31 this year out of the set target of 2 lakh km for 2024-25.
Similarly, the petroleum ministry has completed laying of a gas pipeline of 20,000 km out of 34,500 km targeted for the same period and the power ministry has also surpassed its target for laying the transmission network of 4,54,200 km till the end of March 2022.
Ministry-wise progress of such projects was discussed during a review meeting on PM GatiShakti. It was chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

India Designates Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, Freed in IC-814 Hijack, as 'Terrorist'

Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, alias Mushtaq Latram, was designated as a terrorist under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA, a move which enables the security agencies to attach his or associates' properties believed to be purchased from proceeds of crime. With this, anyone staying in touch with him becomes an offender under the law.
He was one of the terrorists released in exchange for passengers of hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 in 1999, besides Masood Azhar, the chief of banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Sheikh Omar. Considered to be ruthless in the early 1990s, Zargar had split JKLF and formed his own Al-Umar Mujahideen terror group.

Apr 14, 2022

Cabinet Approves Rs. 5,911 crore for Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

The Union Cabinet oapproved a financial outlay of Rs. 5,911 crore for the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) which would help 2.78 lakh rural local bodies achieve the sustainable development goals. The cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its nod to the revamped RGSA that would help improve Panchayati Raj Institutions and ensure development in villages.
Of the total financial outlay of Rs. 5,911 crore, the central share would be Rs. 3,700 crore with states providing the balance Rs. 2,211 crore. The scheme envisages capacity building with the help of technology and training of Panchayati Raj Institution staff. The ministry has collaborated with the capacity building commission in this regard.

G. Kishan Reddy Launches the Utsav Portal at the Inaugural Day of Amrit Samagam Conference

Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and DONER G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the 2-day Conference of Amrit Samagam in New Delhi.
G. Kishan Reddy also launched the Utsav Portal. The Utsav Portal website, a digital initiative launched by the Ministry of Tourism, aims to showcase all the events, festivals and live darshans across India to promote different regions of the country as popular tourist destinations worldwide. The objective is to showcase various elements, dates and details of the events and festivals of India on a global platform and increase tourism awareness, attractions, and opportunities by providing tourists with contextual digital experiences in the form of visually appealing photographs and stills from the events. Additionally, the objective is also to let the devotees and travelers experience and view the sights of some of the well-known religious divine shrines in India in the form of Live Darshan.

Modi Lauds Courage of Deoghar Ropeway Rescue Team Personnel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted virtually with Indian Air Force, Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel and teams of local administration and civil society who were involved in the rescue operations of the Deoghar ropeway accident in Jharkhand and thanked them for their courage and valour.
Cable cars of the Deoghar ropeway running on Trikut hills, near the famous Baba Baidyanath temple had collided midair due to some technical glitch.
The operation had gone for over 40 hours in which over 60 stranded tourists in cable cars were rescued while three, including two women, had died.

Apr 13, 2022

PM Modi Pays Tributes to Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Victims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to people killed in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, and said their unparalleled courage and sacrifice would keep motivating the coming generations.
Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act, which granted the colonial administration repressive powers, were gunned down by British forces without any provocation in what became one of the most brutal turns in their occupation of India.

Union Minister Amit Shah Inaugurates Seema Darshan Project at Indo-Pak Border

Union Home and Cooperative Minister, Amit Shah inaugurated the Seema Darshan Project at Nadabet on the Indo-Pak border in Banaskantha District of Gujarat. The project was launched with the aim to provide an opportunity for the citizen to observe the life and work of the BSF personnel on our border. The tourist can see missiles, tanks, aircraft etc which are used by the Indian Army and BSF at Nadabet.
Under the Seema Darshan Project, Nadabet, located on the India-Pakistan border, is being developed as a tourist attraction destination at a cost of Rs 125 crore by the state tourism department.

Single-window Portal for Pensioners, Elders to be Set Up

Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced the setting up of a single-window portal for the benefit of pensioners and superannuated elder citizens. The Portal will not only enable constant contact with pensioners and their associations across the country but will also regularly receive their inputs, suggestions as well as grievances for a prompt response.
The Union Minister informed that since the launch of Doorstep Service for submission of Digital Life Certificate (DLC) through Postman in November 2020, more than 3,08,625 Life Certificates through India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have been done.

India Ready to Supply Food Stock to World if WTO Gives Nod

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his talk with US President Joe Biden, he offered to supply India's food stock to the world if the World Trade Organisation (WTO) accords permission. The world is facing an uncertain situation as nobody is getting what they want. Petrol, oil and fertilizers are hard to procure as all the doors are getting closed. Everybody wants to secure their stocks after this (Russia-Ukraine) war began, Modi said.

BJP Sweeps UP Legislative Council Polls; SP Draws a Blank

The BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections, winning 33 of the 36 constituencies and crossing the half way mark in the Upper House of the Assembly.
Before the elections, the BJP had 34 members out of 100 in the UP Legislative Council. The party's numbers swelled to 67 taking it past the simple majority.
The SP had to bite the dust despite the Congress and BSP abstaining from elections to help consolidate the Opposition vote. Two Independents and one candidate from the Jansatta Dal Loktantrik won.

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