17.09.21

NRC published in August 2019 is final, rules Assam Foreigners’ TribunalThe National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on August 31, 2019 is the “Final NRC”, ruled a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) in Assam, even as the Registrar General of India is yet to notify it. Declaring a man Indian citizen, the tribunal in Karimganj district held that though National Identity Cards are yet to be issued, “but there is no doubt that this NRC Assam published in 2019 is nothing but Final NRC”

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The case was registered first under the Illegal Migrant (Determination by the Tribunal) Act in 1999. It was shifted to FT-I of Karimganj in 2007 after the IM(D)T Act was struck down by The Supreme Court in 2005, and was finally transferred to FT-II in 2017. The matter was heard on September 1 this year.

The process of updating the NRC had begun in 2015 and the final list was published on August 31, 2019, with the names of 3.11 crore people. Over 19 lakh applicants were left out of it. The Registrar General of India is yet to notify it.

TheEast Coast Railway(ECoR) zone servingOdisha,Andhra PradeshandChhattisgarhhas planned to provide skill development training to 2500youthsin this region under the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY) inaugurated by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw through a video link from New Delhi.

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In the RKVY scheme, an initiative under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), free training for Skill development will be provided to unemployed youths (in the age group of 18-35 years) having minimum qualification as matriculation passed. They will get certificates after successful completion of training.
In Odisha, skill development training will be given at the Carriage Repair Workshop at Mancheswar in Bhubaneswar and Electric Loco Shed at Angul. Two RAILWAY institutions-Diesel Loco Shed Visakhapatnam and Electric Loco Shed Visakhapatnam- in Andhra Pradesh have been selected as training institutes.

The Madras High Court (HC) has set aside the 2018 notification of Central government that had fixed a speed of 120 km/hour as the limit on highways and expressways.

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The order of HC was given on an appeal arising under the Motor Vehicles Act. Appeal was seeking the enhancement of compensation awarded to an appellant K Shyla.

In the central governments notification, speed limit was fixed at 120 km/hr on expressways, 100 km/hr on national highways while for M1 category of vehicles it was fixed at 60 km/hr.

According to a report of 2020 by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, six two-wheeler riders die every hour in India. Most of the two-wheeler riders are inviting accidents by over speeding.

Swachhata Pakhwada 2021 was launched at the Cochin Port Trust and the Swachhata pledge was administered in all departments.

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On the occasion, shramdaan cleaning activities were also started in the Port areas.

Activities that were proposed during the Pakhwada comprise of cleaning of work places, crafts & public spaces and office premises within the Port area.

Programmes will be led by all heads of the department during the period.

Swachhta Pakhwada was Started in April 2016, with the objective of bringing a fortnight of intense focus on issues and practices of the Swachhta by engaging all the government ministries & departments in their jurisdictions. In order to plan the Pakhwada activities, an annual calendar is circulated among the Ministries in advanced. Ministries that observe Swachhata Pakhwada are monitored by means of online monitoring system of Swachhata Samiksha. On this system, action plans, images & Videos related to Swachhata activities are uploaded and shared.

This is an Environment awareness campaign launched under Swachh Bharat Mission. It was launched to achieve the goal of total sanitizations and cleanliness by October 2, 2019. Under the campaign, several ministries organise a theme wise campaign called Swachh Bharat Fortnight. It is a voluntary exercise and it seeks to raise awareness and target programmes.

Karnataka has reported the highest number of child marriages 185 in the country in 2020 and its 66% more than 111 cases recorded in 2019, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Assam came a distant second with 138 child marriages in 2020, West Bengal 98, Tamil Nadu 77 and Telangana 62.

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According to the Karnataka Women and child welfare department, 2,074 child marriages were prevented between February and November 2020 when Covid-19 pandemic was at its peak. The highest number of child marriages averted was in Ballari (218), followed by Mysuru (177), Belagavi (131) and Chikkaballapura and Chitradurga (107 each). In the same period, 20 child marriages cases were prevented in Bengaluru.

In the same period, FIRs were registered in 108 child marriages across the state. As per data, the highest number of child marriages were conducted in Hassan (26), followed by Mandya (25), Mysuru (24), Belagavi (19) and Ramanagara (13). In Bengaluru city, five child marriages were held in the same period.

The overallrevenuecollection of state till July has declined by 3%, according to Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) income estimates for states. However, sales tax collection has risen by 15% vis-a-vis July last year, while stamps and registration earnings climbed by 12%.

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As usual,GSTcollections accounted for the lions share of tax receipts (Rs 28,591 crore), followed by sales tax (Rs 8,218 crore) and excise (Rs 4,791 crore). The states portion of Union taxes was Rs 2,178 crore compared to a projected Rs 8,721 crore. GST collection has reached 25% of total budget estimates against 18% in July last year.

Similarly, sales tax receipts reached 31% of estimated budget figures for the same period against 16% last year. This year the total tax receipts till July was 19% when compared to 16% last year.

Non-tax revenue was Rs 1,925 crore as opposed to Rs 30,557 crore last year.
The state governments tax and non-tax income remain a major source of concern at a time when it is attempting to stabilise its financial position in the aftermath of the pandemic-induced downturn. The state has accumulated a of Rs 9,483 crore till July.

State Cabinet has approved the transfer of 15 acres of government land in favour of the Tribal welfare Department for construction of Eklavya Model Residential School, in Visakhapatnam district.

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Eklavya Model Residential School will be constructed at the Majjivalasa village of Araku Valley mandal in Visakhapatnam district.

Cabinet has also decided to allot 53.45 acres of land to Yogi Vemana University at Masapeta village of Rayachoti mandal. Land will be given for its Post-Graduate Centre.

59 acres of land was allocated to L.V. Prasad Eye Institute at Putlampalli village of Kadapa mandal.

Cabinet also approved the proposal of setting up a new Law and Order Police Station in Kasinayana mandal of Kadapa district as well as an Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture polytechnic college at Thogaram village of Amadalavalasa mandal.

EMRS is a government scheme for the construction of model residential school for Indian tribals that is Scheduled Tribes across India. This scheme was started by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. It was introduced in the year 1997-98. The scheme seeks to ensure that tribal students get access to quality Education in their remote tribal areas.

To give further push toresearchin institutes of higher education, the directorate of highereducationhas introduced a new scheme which will enable the institutes to establish research chairs.Collegesin the state will be able to invite scientists of repute to serve as the chair and will get government funds upto Rs 75 lakh per chair for a researcher or academic based abroad.

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The institute has to put in place a panel to make selection of appointees to the chair. It is mandatory to have a representation of the directorate of higher Education on the committee. The proposal will then be forwarded to the for approval of funds.

Scheme states that it aims to provide well-equipped centre of Learning to intellectuals, academicians and students to undertake studies and research and to encourage inter-disciplinary research programmes relating to HISTORY, science, political economy, literature, mathematics, foreign policies, Strategic Issues, ECOLOGY and Environment, social, economic, theatre, music and cultural development, etc.
The idea is to also strengthen the role of various educational institutions, university or academics in public policy making.

This study was conducted on the 8,674 samples. These samples were collected thorough systematic random sampling from all the 24 city wards, and people visiting municipal dispensaries & doctors offices in slum as well as non-slum areas.

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As per report, 86.64 per cent of people were found to have Covid-19 antibodies in the Greater Mumbai area.

This mean that, they have been exposed to the coronavirus at least once.

Following the sero survey, theBrihanmumbai , has warned people that estimated sero-prevalence levels do not indicate high protection levels.

Scientists still continue to emphasise on the use of face masks and hand sanitisers at public places.

There is no significant difference between slum and non-slum populations with the prevalence of 87.02 per cent to 86.22 per cent respectively.

Report finds a slight difference between men and Women. Sero-prevalence among men was at 85.07 per cent while among women was at 88.29 per cent

Haryana volunteer programme to be launched

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The Chief Minister said that people working voluntarily in the state would be added under the Haryana Volunteer Programme. There are many tasks for the government, in such a situation, Services of volunteers including youth, retired employees, would be taken in the field of Education, Skill development, Sports, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture etc.

He said that no programme or scheme is successful without the participation of the Society

This Samarpan Yojana would be launched on the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay on September 25, he added.