DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 March 2022
National Youth Parliament Festival
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will address the valedictory function of the 3rd edition of National Youth Parliament Festival NYPF on Friday in the Central Hall of Parliament. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur will address the inaugural session of National round of NYPF 2022 tomorrow.
- Minister of State of Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik will distribute the certificates to the participants. The top three National Winners will also get an opportunity to speak before the Lok Sabha Speaker during the valedictory function.
- The objective of the National Youth Parliament Festival NYPF is to hear the voice of the youth, who will join various careers in coming years, including public services. NYPF is based on the idea given by the Prime Minister in his Mann Ki Baat Address on 31st December 2017.
- Taking inspiration from the idea, the 1st edition of NYPF was organised from 12th January to 27th February 2019 with the theme, Be the Voice of New India and Find solutions and Contribute to Policy.
- A total of 88 thousand youth participated in the program.
- 2nd edition of NYPF was organized from 23rd December, 2020 to 12th January, 2021 with the theme YUVAAH- Utsah Naye Bharat Ka through virtual mode which was witnessed by more than 23 lakh youth and stakeholders across the country at District, State and National level.
National Land Monetization Corporation
- The Union Cabinet today approved the setting up of National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) for undertaking surplus land monetization.
- It will be a wholly-owned government company with an initial authorized share capital of five thousand crore rupees and paid-up share capital of 150 crore rupees.
- The NLMC will undertake monetization of surplus land and building assets of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and other government agencies. With monetization of non-core assets, the government will be able to generate substantial revenues by monetizing unused and under-used assets.
- At present, CPSEs hold a considerable surplus, unused and under-used non-core assets in the nature of land and buildings.
- For CPSEs undergoing strategic disinvestment, monetization of these surplus land and non-core assets is important to unlock their value.
- This will also enable productive utilization of these under-utilized assets to trigger private sector investments, new economic activities, boost the local economy, and generate financial resources for economic and social infrastructure.
- The NLMC is also expected to own, hold, manage and monetize surplus land and building assets of CPSEs under closure and the surplus non-core land assets of government-owned CPSEs under strategic disinvestment. This will speed up the closure process of CPSEs and smoothen the strategic disinvestment process of CPSEs.
Over 4 Lakh Registrations Completed By DDA
- Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said, more than four lakh registrations have been completed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under the PM-UDAY scheme. He said, over 12,000 conveyance deeds and authorization slips have been issued.
- Interacting with media on Tuesday in New Delhi, Mr. Puri said, the land pooling scheme will benefit 75 lakh people. He said Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makan Scheme for in-situ slum rehabilitation will benefit more than 50 lakh people by offering pucca homes to those living in informal settlements in Delhi. He added that three projects in Kalkaji, Jailorwala Bagh, and Kathputli colony comprising 8,000 houses already in progress. Mr. Puri said this will give further impetus to land pooling and PM-UDAY Scheme.
Operation Ganga Updates
- A total of 410 Indians were brought back on Tuesday by two special Civilian flights from Suceava, Romania.
- The Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday said, about 18,000 Indians have been brought back by special flights so far.
- More than 15,500 Indians have been airlifted by 75 special civilian flights while the Indian Air Force has flown 12 missions to bring back 2,467 passengers as part of Operation Ganga.
- The Civil Aviation Ministry has said, among the civilian flights, 4,575 passengers have been brought from Bucharest by 21 flights, 1,820 from Suceava by nine flights, 5,571 from Budapest by 28 flights.
- It added that 909 passengers were brought back by five flights from Kosice, 2,404 Indians from Rzeszow by 11 flights and 242 persons by a flight from Kyiv.
Union Cabinet For Amendment Of MMDR Act, 1957
- Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal for amendment of Second Schedule of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for specifying the rate of royalty in respect of Glauconite, Potash, Emerald, Platinum Group of Metals, Andalusite, Sillimanite, and Molybdenum.
- It will ensure auction of mineral blocks in respect of Glauconite, Potash, Emerald, Platinum Group of Metals, Andalusite, and Molybdenum thereby reducing the import of these minerals. The approval will lead to import substitution in respect of many important minerals for the economy of the country thereby saving valuable forex reserves.
- It will reduce country’s foreign dependency through the local production of minerals. The approval will also ensure auction of mineral blocks of Glauconite, Potash, Emerald, Platinum Group of metals, Andalusite and Molybdenum for the first time in the country.
ISSF WC 2022: India Tops Medal Tally
- India have taken first place in the medal standing in International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF World Cup 2022 in Cairo.
- The Indian team finished on the top of the medals tally with a total of seven medals comprising of four gold, two silver and one bronze. Norway, who won six medals- three gold, one silver and two bronze claimed second spot on the medals tally.
- France were third, with three golds out of the 20 on offer. Last week, Saurabh Chaudhary clinched India’s first gold medal in Cairo.
- The 19-year-old Indian defeated Michael Schwald of Germany 16-6 in the gold medal match of the Men’s 10m Air Pistol event.
US International Women Of Courage Award For 2022
- A Bangladeshi environmental lawyer Rizwana Hasan has been selected for the International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award for 2022. She is among the 12 women from around the world who will be honoured by the US Department of State with the award for showing exceptional courage and leadership to make a difference in their communities.
- US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken will host the awards ceremony on March 14 in a virtual ceremony to honour the 12 women selected for the award.
- Rizwana Hasan is a lawyer who has demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in her mission to protect the environment and defend the dignity and rights of the marginalised Bangladeshis. Over the last 20 years, she has taken up landmark legal cases to change the dynamic of development in Bangladesh to include a people-centred focus on environmental justice, said a press statement issued by the US Department of State.
- Rizwana Hasan is the Chief Executive of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. She has successfully taken up cases against deforestation, pollution, unregulated ship breaking, and illegal land development.
- She received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 for her activism.
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