25TH JUNE
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MOU B/W INDIA & FIJI IN AGRICULTURE & ALLIED SECTORS
GUJARAT CM LAUNCHED ‘AGRI. DIVERSIFICATION SCHEME
‘ASHIRBAD SCHEME’ FOR EDUCATION OF COVID ORPHANS
PASSAGE EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIAN & US NAVY
NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER (NPR)
INDIA’S BEST EMPLOYERS AMONG NATION BUILDERS
KK SHAILAJA AWARDED WITH ‘CEU OPEN SOCIETY PRIZE
MOU B/W INDIA & FIJI IN AGRICULTURE & ALLIED SECTORS
- Fiji and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in agriculture and allied sectors.
- The MoU calls for collaboration in the areas of Dairy Industry Development, Rice Industry Development, Root Crop Diversification, Water Resources Management
- The other areas of collaboration includes Coconut Industry Development, Food Processing Industry Development, Agriculture Mechanization, Horticulture Industry Development, Agricultural Research, Animal Husbandry, Pest and Disease, Cultivation, Value Addition and Marketing, Post-Harvest Processing and Milling, Breeding and Agronomy.
- As part of a grant from the Government of India, India distributed approximately 7 tonnes of seeds of 14 varieties of fruits and vegetables as requested by Fiji for the livelihood restoration of communities affected by Cyclone Yasa.
- Cyclone Yasa hit Fiji in December 2020. It was one of the most powerful storms to strike the island nation, killing two people and damaging hundreds of buildings.
(SOURCE: THE ECONOMIC TIMES)
GUJARAT CM LAUNCHED ‘AGRI. DIVERSIFICATION SCHEME
- Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has virtually launched the ‘Agricultural Diversification Scheme-2021’, with the aim of making agriculture sustainable and profitable in the tribal areas of the state.
- The scheme will benefit more than 1.26 lakh vanbandhu- farmers from 14 tribal districts in Gujarat.
- Under the scheme: The state government would distribute fertilizer-seed assistance worth around Rs. 31 crores to tribal farmers, which will also include 45 kg of urea, 50 kg of NPK and 50 kg of ammonium sulphate.
- Gujarat government has already provided assistance of Rs. 250 crore to 10 lakh tribal farmers under this scheme in the last ten years.
(SOURCE: JAGRAN JOSH)
‘ASHIRBAD SCHEME’ FOR EDUCATION OF COVID ORPHANS
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a new scheme ‘Ashirbad’ for the education, health and maintenance of Covid orphans.
- The Chief Minister announced that Rs 2500 per month will be deposited in the bank accounts of family members who have taken the responsibility for the children after the death of their parents.
- Children who lost their parents or the main earning person of the family on April 1, 2020, or thereafter to Covid-19 will be eligible to be covered under the scheme. Such children under distress have been divided into three categories.
- Those who have lost both their parents, those who have lost either father or mother and those whose main earning member of the family, either father or mother have died.
(SOURCE: INDIAN EXPRESS)
PASSAGE EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIAN & US NAVY
- The Indian Navy is taking part in a Passage Exercise with a US Navy Carrier Strike Group.
- On June 23 and 24, 2021, Indian Naval Ships Kochi and Teg, along with P8I and MiG 29K aircraft, will participate in a Passage Exercise with US Navy Carrier Strike Group Ronald Reagan while transiting through the Indian Ocean Region.
- Indian Naval warships, as well as aircraft from the Indian Navy and Air Force, will participate in joint multi-domain operations with the Carrier Strike Group.
- The two-day exercise aims to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation by demonstrating the ability to fully integrate and coordinate maritime operations.
- High-speed operations during the exercise include advanced air defence exercises, cross-deck helicopter operations, and anti-submarine exercises.
- The participating forces will strive to improve their warfighting abilities and interoperability as an integrated force in order to promote peace, security, and stability in the maritime domain.
- During the Carrier Strike Group’s current deployment in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the Indian Air Force will also participate in operational engagements with the US Navy. The exercise will take place over two days south of Thiruvananthapuram on the western seaboard.
(SOURCE: THE PRINT)
NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER (NPR)
- According to a Union Home Ministry manual, migrants from six non-Muslim minority communities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh can also produce National Population Register (NPR) enrolment slips as proof of the duration of their stay in India when applying for long-term visas (LTVs).
- The NPR number is one of more than ten documents that could be provided to apply for an LTV, which is a prerequisite to acquiring Indian citizenship either by naturalisation or registration under Sections 5 and 6 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, for the six non-Muslim communities.
- These communities are: Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Christians, Jains, and Buddhists. For the first time, a special provision for LTVs for Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan was made in 2011.
- It was also claimed that the awareness campaign has nothing to do with the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which is intended to help undocumented migrants from the six groups who entered India before the 2014 cut-off date.
- The CAA has not yet been implemented.
(SOURCE: THE HINDU)
INDIA’S BEST EMPLOYERS AMONG NATION BUILDERS
- For the first time, NTPC won recognition as India’s Best Employers among Nation-Builders 2021.
- It has been recognized as the ‘Great Place to Work’ for the 15th straight year by the Great Places to Work Institute. It has been ranked at 38th. It was ranked 47 last year.
- It also won its first-ever recognition of India’s Best Employers among Nation-Builders 2021. NTPC, a Maharatna Community and Public Sector Unit work under the Ministry of Power.
- The PSU has also won the CII HR Excellence Role model award in March 2021. It is the highest award in the field of people management in the country.
- The ‘Great Place to Work’ certification is recognised worldwide and is considered the gold standard in identifying and recognizing great workplaces with high trust and high-performance cultures.
- It is the most definitive ‘Employer of Choice’ recognition certification that the organization aims to achieve.
KK SHAILAJA AWARDED WITH ‘CEU OPEN SOCIETY PRIZE
- The Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize for the year 2021 has been awarded to KK Shailaja, the former Health Minister of Kerala.
- The award was to her in attention of “her determined management and community-based public health work, saving lives throughout the pandemic”.
- She demonstrates to the world that decided leadership, community-based public health and high-quality communication can save lives.
- The CEU’ Open Society Prize is awarded yearly to an man or woman or corporation “whose achievements have contributed drastically to the advent of an open society”.
- CEU was situated in 1991 through George Soros, a Hungarian-born political activist and billionaire philanthropist based totally on his vision of a special group that would teach future generations of scholars, professionals, politicians, & civil society leaders “to make contributions to building open and democratic societies that admire human rights and adhere to the rule of law”
(SOURCE: LIVE MINT)