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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - November 2019

Nov 2019

Jan 09, 2020

Eight North-Eastern States To Participate In The Madhavpur Mela Of Gujarat In April

The eight States of the Northern Eastern Region will participate in a big way during the Madhavpur Mela of Gujarat due to be held in the first week of April this year.
The annual fair is held at Madhavpur Ghed in Porbandar district and the Mela this year will commence on 2nd April, a day after the Ram Navami festival. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh chaired a high level meeting with senior officials of the Gujarat Government to review preparations for the mega festival.
Secretary, North Eastern Council (NEC), Shri Moses Chalai and senior officers of NEC, besides Resident Commissioners/representatives of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur also participated. The Madhavpur Mela of Gujarat shares it's connect to the Mishmi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. The Mishmi Tribe traces its ancestry to the legendary King Bhishmak and through him to his daughter Rukmini and Lord Krishna. The festival celebrates the immortal journey which Rukmini undertook from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat with Lord Krishna. Bhismak nagar, located near Roing in the lower Dibang Valley district, also finds mention in Kalika Purana.

Jan 08, 2020

AAP Forms Three-Member Panel To Draft Its Election Manifesto

The Aam Aadmi Party announced a three-member 'manifesto committee' for drafting the party's manifesto for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.

The three-member committee includes, senior party leader Atishi as the chairperson, Vice Chairperson of Dialogue & Development Commission (DDC), Jasmine Shah and party spokesperson Ajoy Kumar as the members.

All the three members will incorporate suggestions of people and the vision of our party while preparing the manifesto. The manifesto will be released between January 15 and 20, 2020.

2nd National GST Conference Held For Streamlining GST System

The 2nd National GST Conference of the Commissioners of State Tax and Chief Commissioners of Central Tax was held under the chairmanship of Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
The multi-faceted Conference was focused on brainstorming session for streamlining Goods and Services Tax (GST) system and plugging revenue leakages. This was the 2nd edition of all India Conference where both tax administrations came together formally to build synergy and to share their knowledge and best practices with intent to bring about uniformity in tax administrations.
During the Conference, deliberations were held on a mechanism and machinery for disseminating inter-departmental data among various agencies like GSTC, CBDT, CBIC, FIU, DoR, DGGI and State Tax Administrations etc. in order to achieve efficiency in curbing evasion and augment revenue collection.

All 4 Nirbhaya Case Convicts To Be Hanged On January 22

Court issues death warrants on a plea by the victim's parents to expedite their execution.
All the four convicts in the December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22, 2020 at 7 a.m. inside the Tihar jail.
Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora issued the death warrants for convicts Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh and Pawan Gupta on a plea by the victim's parents to expedite their execution.
Before passing the order, the judge conducted a video conference call with the convicts who are lodged in Tihar to hear their side of the argument.

Jan 07, 2020

Delhi Assembly elections to be held on February 8, counting of votes on February 11

Delhi Assembly elections to be held on February 8. The counting of votes will be done on February 11.
The term of the 70-member Delhi assembly will end on February 22 and a new House has to be constituted before that.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is seeking re-election after a massive win in the last assembly polls held in 2015. The AAP won 67 seats and the remaining three went to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

KVIC opens first silk processing plant in Gujarat to boost Patola saree production

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) inaugurated the first silk processing plant at Surendranagar in Gujarat. This would help cut down the cost of production of silk yarn drastically and increase the sale and availability of raw material for Gujarati 'Patola' sarees locally.
The plant has been set up by a khadi institution at a cost of Rs 75 lakh, in which KVIC has contributed Rs 60 lakh.

Jan 06, 2020

Tamil Nadu assembly session begins in January

Tamil Nadu assembly session began in 2019. Being the first session of the year, it began with the customary address by the state Governor Bunwarilal Purohit. The entire opposition led by the DMK boycotted Governor's speech over the Citizenship Amendment Act, alleged misdeeds in the recent rural local body elections and a host of other issues.
Tamil Nadu maintains the lead in maintaining law and order, industrial growth and good governance. The government would ensure that the interests of the people of all faith are ensured. He thanked the Centre for not signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, RCEP, to protect the interests of the country's dairy sector.

When masked men and women with sticks bled students, staff at JNU campus

A mob wearing masks and carrying sticks barged into the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on and attacked students and teachers, prompting protests across the country.
At least 23 students and teachers were injured in the attack, which the Left-back JNU students' union (JNUSU) blamed on the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
The students' group affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has denied the charges.
Here is what happened on 6th January, 2019
As a part of the ongoing agitation against a substantial increase of the hostel fee, JNU teachers had called for a march on the campus at 4pm. Around two hours later, teachers and students said a mob of people entered the campus raising provocative slogans and were armed with sticks and rods with their faces covered. The masked individuals also entered hostels and went around knocking on rooms.

Govt's UJALA, SLNP complete five years of illuminating nation

UJALA and Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) of the central government completed five successful years of illuminating the country. Over 36.13 crore LED bulbs have been distributed across the country through the UJALA initiative. This has resulted in estimated energy savings of 46.92 billion kilowatt-hour per year.
Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) project brought the market transformation in the energy efficiency sector. Prices of LED bulbs being distributed under UJALA programme have fallen to one-tenth of their rates, from 310 rupees in 2015 to 38 rupees in 2018. The switch from inefficient incandescent bulbs to LEDs is helping families reduce their electricity bills while also enabling them to access better brightness in homes.

Jan 05, 2020

Centre Sanctions 2,636 EV Charging Stations In 62 Cities

The government has approved setting up 2,636 electric vehicle charging stations across 62 cities in 24 states and union territories of India under the second phase of FAME India scheme.
The move is meant to encourage manufacturers to launch new electric vehicles models.By installing all these charging stations, it is expected that at least one charging station will be available in most of the selected cities in a grid of 4 km x 4 km, which will boost the confidence of users of electric vehicles in terms of range anxiety and also this will encourage the OEMs to launch the new electric vehicle models which they were hesitant because of lack of charging infrastructure.

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