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INDIAN AFFAIRS
Bihar Cabinet approves reservation for
‘Divyangs’ in Govt Jobs
On Oct 11th 2017 ,
The Bihar state cabinet has approved reservations for persons with disabilities
in government jobs and educational institutions.The approval was given during a
meeting presided by Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar and the Cabinet Secretariat Department
Special Secretary Upendra Nath Pandey.
i. This provision was made
in accordance with the Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016.
ii. The cabinet also
approved the establishment of a
state advisory board for the empowerment of ‘Divyangjan’ as
envisaged in the Act.
Board
members
Secretaries of various departments, Representatives from districts, 2 members
from the state legislative Assembly and 1 member from the state legislative
Council
Other
Points
♦ The cabinet also
decided to pay allowances to the state government employees as per the revised
rates. The decision will be confirmed after a week from Diwali festival.
♦ Emoluments like family
planning allowance and special pay for secretariat employees, except those
involved in engineering and research activities, have been scrapped.
Kolkata to host international puppet
festival
On 26th – 31st October 2017, Kolkata is to host
an international Puppet festival named ‘PUN (Puppets Unite Neighbours)
International Puppet Festival’ at Mohorkunj, Kolkata.PUN
International Puppet Festival:
i. West Bengal principal secretary
Tourism and Home Affairs Atri Bhattacharya would inaugurate the International
puppet festival. The festival will be conducted for 6 days.
ii. Artists from the UK,
Germany, Peru, Portugal, Italy, Lithuania, Brazil, Singapore and India would
participate in the festival.
iii. This is the first time Kolkata
would host such a festival. The puppet festival is aimed at regenerating the
emotions attached to puppetry.
iv. This event is
organized by RGV Events and Gems Akademia. They have been carrying out the
preparations since 6 months for this festival.
About
Puppetry:
♦ Puppetry – a form of performance that involves the manipulation of puppets
♦ World Puppetry Day – 21
March
Committee formed to commemorate Mahatma
Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary
On 12th October 2017, the
Ministry of Culture announced that, a government committee has been formed to
coordinate year-long celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth
anniversary from 2nd October,
2019.
Committee
to coordinate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary celebrations:
i. The government committee will be
headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The committee includes
the chief ministers of all the states, representatives from political sector,
Gandhians, thinkers, and important persons from different fields.
ii. The Committee will
guide and approve policies, programmes, activities for the celebrations. It
will also supervise implementation of the decisions taken by the committee.
iii. The event would be celebrated at
both national and international levels. The focus would be, to propagate the
message of Mahatma Gandhi.
About
Ministry of Culture:
♦ Minister of State (Independent Charge) – Mahesh Sharma
♦ Purpose – preservation and promotion of art and culture
Department of Post launches Sampoorna Bima
Gram Yojana
On 13th October 2017, the
Minister for Communications Manoj Sinha launched the Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG)
Yojana and an initiative for expansion of clientele base of Postal Life
Insurance (PLI).SBG Plan & for expansion of clientele base of
PLI:
i. Under Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana,
at least one village (having a minimum of 100 households) will be identified in
each of the revenue districts India.
ii. All households of that identified
village will be covered with a minimum of one RPLI (Rural Postal Life
Insurance) policy each.
iii. Under the expansion of clientele
base of PLI, benefits of PLI will not be confined to Government and
semi-Government employees anymore.
iv. It will also be
available to Doctors, Engineers, Management Consultants, Charted Accountants,
Architects, Lawyers, Bankers, employees of listed companies.
About
Department of Posts:
♦ Services – Letter post, parcel service, EMS, delivery, freight forwarding,
third-party logistics, deposit account
♦ Headquarters – New Delhi
