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INDIAN
AFFAIRS
PM
Narendra Modi inaugurates National Youth Festival
On January 12, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
the events of the National Youth Festival (NYF) through Video conferencing.
This is the 22nd edition of National Youth
Festival.
i. 22nd National Youth Festival is a five-day
event being held at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, Uttar
Pradesh from 12thto 16th January, 2018.
ii. Theme of 22ndNational Youth Festival is ‘Sankalp
Se Siddhi’. The theme reflects country’s aspiration to capitalize on the
demographic dividend of young India.
Kerala
Government permits prisoners to donate organs
On 11th January 2018, the Kerala government gave permission to
prisoners in Kerala jails to donate organs to their close relatives.
Kerala Government permits prisoners to donate organs:
i. This decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Pinarayi
Vijayan, Kerala Chief Minister.
ii. Permission must be taken from the concerned court and medical
board for the convicted prisoner to make organ donation.
iii. Also, necessary amendments are to be made in the Kerala
prisons correctional services act 2014.
iv. The period of admission in hospital will be taken as parole
period for the prisoner. The hospital expenses will be taken care by the jail
authorities.
v.In the statement it is clearly mentioned that ‘no relaxation in prison
term’ for the prisoner performing organ donation will be provided.
About Indian Dental Association (IDA):
♦ Headquarters – Mumbai
♦ President – Dr. Vishwas Puranik
4th
ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry held in New Delhi
4th ASEAN-INDIA Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held in New
Delhi on January 12, 2018. Abbreviation ASEAN stands for Association of
SouthEast Asian Nations.
Highlights of 4th ASEAN-INDIA Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and
Forestry:
i. The Meeting was Co-chaired by Radha Mohan Singh, Union
Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India and Grisada
Boonrach, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
ii. Objective of the meeting was to promote joint research for
development of technologies for increasing production and productivity of
crops, livestock, fisheries, and natural resources management in the ASEAN
region.
iii. Discussions during the meeting also focused on enhancing
cooperation on exchange of expertise to promote resilience in food security and
to address the price volatility of food supplies in the region..
iv. 5th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and
Forestry will be held in Brunei Darussalam in 2019.
Quick Facts about ASEAN:
♦ Founded in – 1967
♦ Secretariat – Jakarta, Indonesia
♦ Current Secretary General – Lim Jock Hoi
Niti
Aayog to provide rankings to 115 aspirational districts
At the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ conference, held
in New Delhi in first week of January 2018, NITI Aayog said it will come out
with a ranking of 115 aspirational districts by April 2018.
More Information about Rankings of 115 aspirational districts:
i. In this context, aspirational districts refer to selected 115
backward districts that are lagging on specific development parameters.
ii. Central Government has undertaken a major policy initiative for
rapid transformation of these districts and senior government officials have
been assigned responsibility to coordinate the efforts of the Centre and states
in facilitating development in such districts.
iii. NITI Aayog will rank these districts on 10 parameters
which will include education, nutrition and health.
iv. A dashboard will be created, which will reflect the change in
ranking of districts on continuous basis.
v. By April 2018, NITI Aayog will also set up a mechanism for
real-time monitoring of government’s development programmes.
Quick Facts about NITI Aayog:
♦ Founded in – January 2015
♦ Headquarters – New Delhi
♦ Chairman (ex officio) – Prime Minister of India
Election
Commission sets up panel under Umesh Sinha to suggest new poll rules
The Election Commission has formed a 14-member panel to study
the usage of social media and other digital platforms before elections and to
suggest modifications in the Model Code of Conduct.
14-member panel set up under Umesh Sinha:
i. Currently, the Section 126 of the Representation of the
People Act bans all campaigning 48 hours before voting. The new panel
will suggest changes to thisin 3 months.
ii. Umesh Sinha, Deputy Election Commissioner, will be the head of the panel.
It will comprise of 8 Election Commission officers, 1 member each from the
ministries of information and broadcasting, law, and information and
technology, 1 senior representative each from the National Broadcasters
Association and the Press Council of India.
iii. The panel will also suggest regulations required for several
media platforms in the 48-hour period before voting.
About Election Commission of India:
♦ Chief Election Commissioner of India – Achal Kumar Jyoti
♦ Election Commissioners of India – Om Prakash Rawat, Sunil Arora