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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2021

Jun 2021

Nov 29, 2021

BJP Sweeps Tripura civic Body Elections

The civic elections in Tripura, the first major poll held in the state after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the roll back of the three controversial farm laws, was swept by the ruling BJP.
The party won a mindboggling 329 out of 334 seats spread over 13 urban local bodies, including the Agartala Municipal Corporation.

Vivek Johri New CBIC Chairman

Senior bureaucrat Vivek Johri was appointed as the chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
Vivek Johri is a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) officer.
He is currently working as the member in the CBIC.
His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
He replaced M. Ajit Kumar.
CBIC is the nodal national agency to administer GST, Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax & Narcotics in India. The Customs & Central Excise department was established by the British Governor General of India in 1855, for administering customs laws and for collecting import duties or land revenue. CBIC is one of the oldest government departments in India.

Nadda Rules out Change in Himachal Leadership

Putting to rest all speculation regarding a change in leadership in Himachal Pradesh after the bypoll rout, BJP national president JP Nadda declared that the party would march ahead under the leadership of CM Jai Ram Thakur and win the 2022 Assembly poll with an even bigger majority.

Nov 28, 2021

Bihar, Jharkhand, UP Emerge as Poorest States in India

Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog's first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report.
As per the index, 51.91 per cent population of Bihar is poor, followed 42.16 per cent in Jharkhand, 37.79 per cent in Uttar Pradesh. While Madhya Pradesh (36.65 per cent) has been placed fourth in the index, Meghalaya (32.67 per cent) is at the fifth spot.
Kerala (0.71 per cent), Goa (3.76 per cent), Sikkim (3.82 per cent), Tamil Nadu (4.89 per cent) and Punjab (5.59 per cent) registered the lowest poverty across India and are at the bottom of the index.

Nov 27, 2021

ICCR Event to Celebrate 75 Years of Indian Democracy

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organised a week-long event titled "Next Generation Democracy" to celebrate 75 years of Indian democracy.
The ICCR invited leaders under 35 from 75 democratic countries to India to see the functioning of Indian democracy. The inaugural batch included 60 delegations from 60 countries such as Bhutan, Sweden, Jamaica, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Poland, Uzbekistan, and Malaysia. Fifteen delegates from 15 global forums like World Bank, UN-Habitat, Asean were also invited.
The week-long event for the international delegates included information and knowledge sharing, seminars, visits to government institutions, and select Indian cities to demonstrate India's democratic journey.
The ICCR is an autonomous body under the external affairs ministry and deals with policies relating to cultural relations.

Nov 26, 2021

EAM S Jaishankar Represents India at SCO Heads of Govt. Meeting

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar represented India at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
The meeting deliberated on a range of pressing regional issues, including the situation in Afghanistan.
The 20th Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) was held in Nur-Sultan in virtual format under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan.
The SCO-CHG meeting is held annually and focuses on the trade and economic agenda of the bloc and to approve its annual budget.

Delhi's Sadar Bazar Police Station Adjudged the best in the Country

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) adjudged Sadar Bazar police station in the Capital as the best police station across the country in 2021.
Two other police stations -- Gangapur in Odisha and Bhattu Kalan in Haryana -- were ranked second and third on the list.
The ranking of police stations across the country is an annual exercise by the MHA, with the stations judged on the basis of parameters like crime rate, investigation and disposal of cases, infrastructure, and delivery of public service, among other features. About 20% of the total points are also based on feedback about the police station from citizens.

Nov 25, 2021

India, Finland Agree to Explore New Areas of Cooperation

India and Finland agreed to explore cooperation in new areas like startups, health and pharmaceuticals, space and vocational education.
The two sides also carried out a comprehensive review of their bilateral ties at the 11th India-Finland foreign office consultations that took place in Helsinki.
Both sides agreed to enhance cooperation during their terms at UN Human Rights Council (2022-2024), and in other multilateral for a.
The Indian delegation at the talks was led by Reenat Sandhu, Secretary (West) in the MEA while the Finnish team was headed by Matti Anttonen, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Passes Resolution, Asks Centre for Caste-based Census of Backward Classes

The Andhra Pradesh assembly unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the Centre to take up caste-based census to enumerate the population of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The British enumerated castes in the decadal censuses from 1881 to 1931 but the practice was discontinued thereafter. The census has since counted the number of people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. OBC are believed to account for over 50% of India's population.
Andhra Pradesh's backward classes Minister Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna introduced the resolution, which was adopted through a voice vote. Opposition Telugu Desam Party stayed away from the proceedings.

TMC MLA Madan Mitra Named Paschim Banga Parivahan Nigam Chairman

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra was named as the chairman of the Paschim Banga Parivahan Nigam while another party leader Rabindranath Ghosh was appointed as the chairman of the Uttarbanga Unnayan Parishad.
Mitra, the MLA of Kamarhati, was a former Transport Minister of the state from 2011 to 2018.
Three party leaders -- Binay Krishna Barman, Sabitri Mitra, and Mridul Goswami -- were made vice presidents of the Uttar Banga Unnayan Parishad.

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