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Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was appointed Chief Justice of India. Chief Justice of India:

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the supreme head of the Indian Judiciary System.

The Chief Justice is the head of The Supreme Court, responsible for case allocation and appointment of the constitutional body that handles important legal matters. Article 145 of the Constitution deals with the Chief Justice of India the right to assign related matters to the judges.

The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) released the “Consumer Confidence Survey” report. The survey was conducted among more than 5,000 respondents in major cities in the country.

The consumer confidence index dropped from 55.5 points in January 2021 to 53.1 points in March 2021. The future expectation will fall from 117.1 in January 2021 to 108.8 in March 2021. When the index measurement is higher than 100, it means optimism, and when it is lower than 100, it means pessimistic.

The Post Matric Scholarship program for scheduled castes has been revised. The funding method of the plan has been changed from the committed liability formula to a fixed sharing ratio between the center and the states of 60:40 (90:10 in the Northeastern State) This significantly increases the cost of the program.

It is a centrally sponsored program and is implemented through the and UT administration.

The program provides financial assistance to students of the intended caste who enroll after enrollment or after secondary school so that they can complete their studies.

Students whose parents/guardians’ total income does not exceed Rs. Rs. will receive scholarships. 250,000/- per year.

The scholarship includes living allowance, expense reimbursement, study tour expenses, book allowance, etc.

will publish an online dispute resolution manual. This is an invitation to business leaders to adopt online dispute resolution solutions.

The manual emphasizes the need for companies to adopt online dispute resolution mechanisms. According to the manual, online dispute resolution (ODR) is the resolution of disputes outside the court. This is mainly used to solve small and medium-sized cases using digital technology. Online dispute resolution uses alternative dispute resolution (ADR) technologies such as mediation, negotiation and arbitration.

ODR is a process of using digital technology to resolve disputes outside the court. It combines the technology of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. However, both ODR and ADR are committed to achieving the same goal.

Every year, April 12th is the International Human Space Flight Memorial Day. The anniversary is to commemorate the first anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight in 1961.

The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution in April 2011, stipulating April 12 as International Human Space Flight Day. The resolution aims to reaffirm the contribution of space to the achievement of goals.

The central government plans to spread the message on the way various social welfare schemes have benefitted the masses, including Women, and people from SC and ST communities.

After a thorough review, the government will launch a campaign to amplify the schemes and their benefits extended across India.

According to the government, such schemes asUjjwala,Pradhan MantriAwasYojna, and rural EMPLOYMENT programme have benefitted lakhs of families by way of employment generation, affordable housing, and cooking gas facility.

Petroleum, rural development, women and child development, social and Empowerment, and minority affairs are some of key ministries which have earmarked substantial funds from their budgets for such social welfare schemes.

The Supreme Court named AK Sikri, as chairperson of the High-Powered Committee (HPC), which will assess the Chardham projects cumulative and independent impact on the entire Himalayan valley.

The objective of the Chardham Pariyojana is to improve connectivity to the Chardham pilgrimage centres in the Himalayas i.e. Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri, and Gangotri, making journeys to these centres faster, safer, and more convenient. 900 kilometers of highways, including the Tanakpur-Pithoragarh stretch of National Highway (NH) 125, which is part of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra route will be widened under this project.

The on Wednesday approved the setting up of the National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) to monetise surplus land and building assets of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and other agencies linked to the Government.

NLMC will have an initial authorised share capital of Rs 5,000 crore and paid-up share capital of Rs 150 crore.

Railways, Telecommunications and DEFENCE are among key ministries holding the maximum surplus land, while parcels of several CPSEs are in prime areas with good potential.

The NLMC will own, hold, manage and monetise surplus land and building assets of CPSEs under closure and 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 Government-owned CPSEs.

While the Government had set a target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore through disinvestment in its Budget estimates in 2021-22, the target has been revised to Rs 78,000 crore for the year 2022-23, the target is Rs 65,000 crore.

NLMC will hire professionals from the private sector as in the case of similar entities like the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and Invest India.

According to available Government data, the total land available with the Railways is 4.78 lakh hectares (11.80 lakh acres) of which 4.27 lakh hectares is under operational and allied usage while around 0.51 lakh hectare (1.25 lakh acres) is vacant.

A bill seeking to establish a National Forensic Sciences University as an institution of national importance by upgrading the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar was introduced in Lok Sabha recently.

The statement of objects and reasons of the bill states that forensic sciences, criminology and applied behavioural sciences play a critical role in criminal investigations and prevention of crimes.

Criminal covers the entire gamut of processes through which crimes are investigated, criminals identified and apprehended, judged, punished and steps taken to prevent recidivism.

Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected presidentof South Koria

Around 77% of South Korea’s 44 million eligible voters cast ballots to pick the leader of a nation whose global status is rising even as it has been riven by gender and generational divisions, while facing a confrontational North Korea.

The winner must tackle challenges including South Korea’s worst wave of COVID-19 infections, growing inequality and surging Home prices, while navigating an increasingly Tense rivalry between China and the United States.

Voters also want the new president to root out graft and pursue negotiations to curb North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

The National Health Authority (NHA) started an exercise to integrate the beneficiary Database under several schemes for upgrading its database during a bid to implement the scheme better.

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AB-PMJAY Stands for Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

It provides Insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per annum. Insurance is provided for secondary and tertiary care-related hospitalizations.

Under the scheme, 10.74 crore beneficiary families are identified from the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 on the idea of 6 deprivation and 11 occupational criteria, respectively, in rural and concrete areas.

The majority of SECC, 2011 also eligible for benefits under National Portal (NFSA).

As per Health Ministry, Aadhaar may be a common identity across most state databases.

It will enable the combination of caste census databases and ensure certainty on identifying beneficiaries through e-KYC. e-KYC enables target-based paperless delivery of Services.