Current Affairs 21st August, 2017

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Ministry of Defence approves delegation of Powers to Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
On August 20 2017,The Ministry of Defence has decided to delegate administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to overcome delays in the construction of strategic roads along the India-China border.
According to the references between the Chief Engineer and HQ DGBR and also between HQ DGBR and the Ministry, the defence ministry has assigned more administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for increase the speed to complete the projects.
Reason for transformational change :-

Current Affairs 20th August, 2017

Indians Affairs

GOIs Street Lighting National Programme illuminates 50,000 KM of Indian roads
Government of India’s Street Lighting National programme (SLNP) has illuminated 50,000 KM of Indian roads with installation of 30 lakh LED street lights across the country. With this milestone Energy Efficiency Services Limited has become the world’s largest street light management company.

·         Street Light National Programme (SLNP) was launched by Government of India in January 2015, with an aim to replace 3.5 crore conventional street lightswith energy efficient LED lights.

·         This replacement drive will result in saving of 9,000 million units annually, which translates into savings of Rs. 5500 crore.

·         Under this programme, EESL replaces the conventional street lights with LEDs at its own costs. Gains accrued to municipality due to reduction in energy and maintenance cost is used to repay EESL over a 7-year period.

Wordlist- August 22, 2017

Daily Wordlist

Obstinate [ OB-stuh’-nit ]

[ adjective ]

MEANING :

1. stubborn, unyielding or mulish
2. difficult to treat or alleviate
3. persistent or refractory

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

Being an obstinate and headstrong young man, he frequently clashed with his bosses.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

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Last Date: 26 Aug 2017

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