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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - July 2021

Jul 2021

Jul 01, 2021

BJP Wins 21 Zila Panchayat chairperson Seats in UP

  • The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has managed to win zila panchayat chairpersons seats in 21 districts even though it did not have the required numbers.
  • The seats were won, after the rival contestants, either withdrew from the fray or turned their support to the ruling party.
  • The 17 districts where the BJP candidates got elected unopposed were Chitrakoot, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Moradabad, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Banda, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Mau and Varanasi.
  • In Saharanpur, Bahraich, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur, the BJP-supported candidates got a walkover after the opposition-backed candidates withdrew their nomination.
  • The lone seat that the Samajwadi Party (SP) won unopposed is Etawah where SP President Akhilesh Yadav's cousin Anshul Yadav won the seat without any contest.

Cabinet Approves MoU between India, Gambia on Governance Reforms

  • The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India and the Public Service Commission, Office of the President, Republic of Gambia on Refurbishing Personnel Administration and Governance Reforms.
  • The main objective of the MoU is to strengthen and promote bilateral cooperation between the two countries in Personnel Administration and Governance Reforms, as this will facilitate a dialogue between Indian Government agencies and the agencies of the Republic of the Gambia. More so, Gambia is keen to engage with India to promote cooperation in areas such as Improving Performance Management System in Government, Implementation of contributory Pension Scheme and, e-Recruitment in Government.
  • The MoU with the Republic of the Gambia will provide a legal framework to the cooperation between the two countries in Refurbishing Personnel Administration and Governance Reforms so as to improve upon the existing system of governance by learning, sharing and exchanging administrative experiences in the area of Personnel Administration and Governance Reforms and instill a greater sense of responsiveness, accountability and transparency.

Home Ministry Extends AFSPA in Nagaland for Another Six Months

  • The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has declared entire Nagaland as a "disturbed area" for six more months till December 31, 2021, under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) that empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without prior notice.
  • While Nagaland became a separate state in 1963, the AFSPA has been in force in northeast since 1958.
  • There have been demands from various organisations in the Northeast as well as in Jammu and Kashmir for repealing the AFSPA, which, they allege, gives "sweeping powers" to security forces.
  • The AFSPA has not been withdrawn even after a framework agreement was signed on August 3, 2015 by Naga insurgent group NSCN-IM General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah and government interlocutor R.N. Ravi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shambhu Nath Srivastava is Chairman of IFUNA

  • Justice (Retd.) Shambhu Nath Srivastava, a former judge of Allahabad High Court and former chief Lokayukta of Chhattisgarh, has been appointed the chairman of the Indian Federation of United Nations Associations (IFUNA). Indian Federation of United Nations Associations, a non-profit organisation to promote objectives of the United Nations and its specialised agencies. IFUNA enjoys special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN.

Balaji Srivastava Gets Additional Charge as Delhi Police Commissioner

  • Senior IPS officer Balaji Srivastava took additional charge as the Commissioner of Delhi Police after incumbent S. N. Shrivastava retired.
  • Balaji Srivastava was posted as Special Commissioner (Vigilance) of the Delhi Police.
  • A 1988-batch IPS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, he has previously worked as the DGP of Puducherry and Mizoram and Special Commissioner, Intelligence, Economic Offence Wing and Special Cell, Delhi.
  • He has also served in the Cabinet Secretariat for nine years and handled sensitive assignments.
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