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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - November 2019

Nov 2019

Mar 26, 2020

NPR, First Phase Of Census Postponed Due To The 21-Day Lockdown

  •  The updating of the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of the Census 2021 have been postponed due to the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • Both the exercises were supposed to be carried out from April 1 to September 30.
  • In a statement, the home ministry said Census 2021 was scheduled to be conducted in two phases -- house listing and housing census during April-September and population enumeration during February 9 to 28.
  • The updating of NPR was also proposed to be done along with the Phase I of Census 2021 in all the states and union territories, except Assam.

NPR, First Phase Of Census Postponed Due To The 21-Day Lockdown

  •  The updating of the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of the Census 2021 have been postponed due to the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • Both the exercises were supposed to be carried out from April 1 to September 30.
  • In a statement, the home ministry said Census 2021 was scheduled to be conducted in two phases -- house listing and housing census during April-September and population enumeration during February 9 to 28.
  • The updating of NPR was also proposed to be done along with the Phase I of Census 2021 in all the states and union territories, except Assam.

Mar 25, 2020

Disaster Act invoked for the 1st time in India

  •  The 21-day national lockdown imposed by the Narendra Modi government to combat the spread of Covid-19 , and which starts at 12.01 am Wednesday is the first time provisions of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005, are being invoked.
  • In an order issued by the home ministry, the home secretary as chairperson of the National Executive Committee of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued guidelines for the national lockdown for 21 days. The guidelines allow for essential services such as food, utilities, health care, and law and order. Many parts of the country were already under a lockdown till March 31.

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami Hikes Pension For Temple Priests, Announces New TV For Shrines

  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced a hike in the pension of village temple priests to Rs 3,000 from Rs 1,000 and said a television channel dedicated to shrines will be launched.
  • Announcing new initiatives under the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department (HR and CE), he informed the Assembly that the pension will be hiked. "The pension of retired village temple priests will be increased to Rs 3,000 from Rs 1,000," he said.
  • The beneficiaries are those who have completed 20 years of service and completed 60 years of age and served at temples not under the ambit of HR and CE. He said that the additional expenditure of Rs 4.64 crore for the move will be met from government funds.
  • Palaniswami said renovation work will be carried out in 55 ancient temples at a cost of Rs 50 crore from government and temple fund. "A television (channel) will be launched in the name of Thirukkoil at an estimated cost of Rs 8.77 crore," he said.

TN CM Announces Rs 1,000 Cash Assistance For Ration Card Holders

  • Telangana chief minster K Chandrasekhar Rao declared complete lock-down of the state till March 31, 2020 in order to contain the spread of new coronavirus even as the total number of cases jumped to 26.
  • Along with the lock-down decision, which includes the closure of interstate borders, chief minister Rao also announced an economic package worth of Rs 3,520 crore to provide relief to 8.8 million families having white (below poverty line) ration cards. He announced Rs 1,000 cash assistance for ration card holders to compensate for livelihood loss due to coronavirus outbreak.

Invest India Launches A Global Platform For Ventilators, Sanitisers, Masks

  •  India has launched a platform to match the demand and supply of crucial products including masks, sanitisers and ventilators, and help businesses and investors get real-time updates on the Covid-19 outbreak.
  • The Invest India Business Immunity Platform is ascertaining government's needs for masks, sanitisers, ventilators and wipes, among other things and then matching them with companies who can produce them.

Mar 24, 2020

Delhi's Shaheen Bagh Cleared Of CAA Protesters, Some Detained

  • Protesters against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh were removed and some detained, more than 100 days after they started the agitation, amid a lockdown in the national capital over the coronavirus outbreak.
  • Police said they have taken all the tents and billboards agitators had put up in Shaheen Bagh, which has been placed under heavy security.


Shivraj Singh Chouhan Returns As Madhya Pradesh CM For The Fourth Time

  •  Shivraj Singh Chouhan returned as Madhya Pradesh chief minister for the fourth time after the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) legislative party picked him for the top job in a meeting held in Bhopal.
  • Chouhan was sworn in by governor Lalji Tandon in a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan. He was the only leader to be administered the oath in view of the health protocols necessitated by the Coronavirus outbreak.
  • The legislative party meeting was held three days after the resignation of Congress chief minister Kamal Nath. Chouhan lost power to Nath in December 2018 after the BJP failed to return to power in the state for the fourth consecutive time.

Rajya Sabha Passes Six Bills On Last Day Of Session

  • In the Budget session that began on January 31, the Upper House passed only 12 Bills, six of which were passed, the last day of the curtailed session.
  • The six Bills include Finance Bill, 2020 which was passed without any discussion in both Houses of Parliament.
  • The last day of the session saw many vacant seats. Members of the Trinamool Congress, NCP, SP, BSP, Shiv Sena among others were absent. Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu read out the leave application of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was absent due to ill-health.

Bihar Diwas 2020

  • Bihar Diwas, or Bihar Day, is observed on 22 March every year. It marks the formation of the state of Bihar when the state was carved out from the Bengal Presidency by the British in the year 1912.

Supreme Court To Go On Digital Mode For Social Distancing

  • The Supreme Court decided to further restrict its functioning on account of the COVID-19 scare and resort to the digital mode to maintain social distancing and prevent spread of infection. The court premises would be completely shutdown.
  • In a meeting among judges, lawyers and the government through the Solicitor General, it was decided that only extremely urgent cases would be taken up by a Bench(es) through a video app.
  • The Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde used its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to lift the limitation period for all cases across tribunals and courts in the country until further notice.

Mar 23, 2020

Entire Nation Observed Janata Curfew Voluntarily Following PM's Appeal To Check Spread Of Corona ...

  • The entire country is observed Janata Curfew following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for people to voluntarily stay indoors to check the spread of Corona virus. In his address to the nation on 19th March of this month, he urged public to avoid stepping out of their homes.
  • Prime Minister said the steps we take now will help in the times to come.  People's restraint and determination will defeat the epidemic.
  • Mr Modi asked everyone to express gratitude towards doctors, nurses, hospital staff, sanitation workers, airlines employees, government staff, police personnel, media people, people associated with train-bus-auto rickshaw services and home delivery agents.

Mar 20, 2020

No International Flights to Enter India for 7 Days

  • The government banned all international commercial flights from landing in India for a week starting March 22 and instructed states to enforce a work-from-home protocol for all private sector employees, except essential services, as part of a raft of measures aimed at staving off the coronavirus epidemic that has claimed four lives in the country.
  • In an advisory, the Centre also advised children below 10 and citizens above 65, except government servants, medical professionals and public representatives, to stay at home and not venture out.
  • The decision was taken after a meeting of the group of ministers (GOM) formed to monitor the outbreak, which included Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

APEDA Signs MoU with SFAC

  • Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC). This MoU aims for better synergy with this organization for the development of agriculture, allied sectors and its exports for bringing better value to the stakeholders.
  • The MoU was signed between Ms. Neelkamal Darbari, Managing Director of SFAC and Mr. Paban Kumar Borthakur, Chairman of APEDA.
  • This collaboration focuses to reach large farmers for improving the production base of agri products quantitatively and qualitatively.
  • The APEDA and SFAC together work to achieve their goal and double the farmer's income by linking the FPOs/FPCs (Farmer Producer Organizations and Farmer Producer Companies) with the exporters.

Change in Premium Subsidy Sharing Pattern between Centre & NER from 50:50 to 90:10

  • The government has changed the premium subsidy sharing pattern between Centre and North Eastern States from 50:50 to 90:10 for PM- Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS). Simply, Central Share in Premium Subsidy increased to 90% for North Eastern Reagion (NER) or North Eastern States. For remaining States, subsidy sharing pattern will continue as 50:50.
  • This change in ratio will allow more states to notify the schemes and also facilitate greater coverage of farmers under the schemes.

SC Orders Reconvening Assembly, Directs Nath Govt . to Undergo Floor Test

  • In a jolt to the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court directed Assembly Speaker N. P. Prajapati to reconvene a special session with sole agenda of conducting the floor test that must conclude by 5 pm on 20th March.
  • Observing that the state of uncertainty must be effectively resolved by issuing a direction for convening a floor test, the top court directed that there shall be single agenda before the assembly whether the Congress government continues to enjoy the confidence of the House and the voting shall take place by show of hand.
  • A bench, comprising Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, issued as many as eight interim directions after the conclusion of two-day hearing on cross pleas of former MP CM and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan and of MP Congress party.
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