What are the key features of Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana?
- Launched by: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED)
- Year: 2018
- Aim: To improve the tribal income through value addition of tribal products.
- This is a Market Linked Tribal Entrepreneurship Development Program for forming clusters of tribal SHGs
- Has been launched with participation from all the 27 States from the Country.
- It provides capacity building training and skill upgradation and value addition facility and setting up of primary processing.
- The Van Dhan Vikas Kendras will be established.
- Implementation: Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Nodal Department at the Central Level and TRIFED as Nodal Agency at the National Level + At State level, the State Nodal Agency for MFPs and the District collectors.
Swachh Bharat Awards-2020
- Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat gave the Swachh Bharat Awards-2020 to States, Districts, Blocks and Village Panchayats.
- The awards were given particularly under the drinking water and cleanliness categories.
- Under the Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya category
- Gujarat won at state level
- Tirunelveli of Tamil Nadu won at district level
- Chinnanur village of Tamil Nadu won at Gram Panchayat level
- Under the Samudayik Shouchalaya Abhiyan
- Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh were awarded as the best performing states
- Prayagraj and Bareilly got it for being the best performing districts.
- Under the Gandagi Mukth Bharat Mission
- Haryana and Telangana were awarded the top slot.
India – Myanmar review ties
- The 19th round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Myanmar was held.
- Both sides reviewed the entire gamut of relations, including border cooperation
- The ongoing restoration work on earthquake damaged pagodas in Bagan.
- Both sides discussed cooperation in regional and multilateral forums.
- They also discussed to operationalize the Sittwe port by 2021.
- Myanmar is India’s gateway to South-East Asia.
- The border is also vulnerable to the activities of insurgents and drugs and arms traffickers.
- Myanmar is also important from the security point of view as the influx of sizable numbers of Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine state continues.
100-days campaign to provide potable piped water supply in Schools
- Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched 100-days campaign to provide potable piped water supply in Schools and Anganwadi Centres.
- These facilities will be operated and maintained by the Gram Panchayat and its sub-committee.
- Jal Jeevan Mission aims at the universal coverage of provision of tap water connection to every rural home by 2024.
- Under the mission, special focus is on women and children.
Wages should not be denied to labourers during Pandemic: SC
- Supreme court said that a worker’s right to life cannot be deemed conditional on the mercy of the employer or the government.
- The Gujarat government had issued a notification that provided relaxation to the industries by exempting them from certain conditions that were mandated under the section 5 of the Factories Act, 1948.
- Notification stated that workers in Gujarat can be made to work for 12 hours a day with 30-minute break after every six hours.
- It had no provision of paying extra wages for overtime work.
- The SC court cited that “right to life” of workers is not bound by conditions.
- So, their claims on overtime wages and a decent working conditions must not be denied because of the Covid-19
Current COVID19 Situation in India
QUIZ TIME
Which state topped Swachh Bharat award 2020 under Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya category?
- Madhya Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Gujarat
- Bihar
Answer – C
Which state topped Swachh Bharat award 2020 under Gandagi Mukth Bharat Mission?
- Madhya Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Haryana
- Bihar
Answer – C
Sittwe port is located at:
- Iran
- Myanmar
- India
- Thailand
Answer – B
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What is Ayush Grid?
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