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VAID’S ICS LUCKNOW B-36, Sector-C, Aliganj, Lucknow Cont.9415011892/93 MAY, 2016 Vaid’s ICS Lucknow B-36, Sector –C, Aliganj, Lucknow Ph: 0522-2326249/ Mob: 9415011892/93 website: www.vaidicslucknow.com 1 VAID’S ICS LUCKNOW B-36, Sector-C, Aliganj, Lucknow Cont.9415011892/93 Content Pages 1. National Events 3 2. International Events 7 3. Science & Technology 11 4. Economy 14 5. Environment 17 6. Sports 20 7. Awards 24 8. Appointments 27 2 VAID’S ICS LUCKNOW B-36, Sector-C, Aliganj, Lucknow Cont.9415011892/93 NATIONAL EVENTS Dial 112 for any Emergency throughout India from 1 January 2017 112, the single emergency number that will Prime Minister launched Pradhan help people to reach immediate services of Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at Ballia police, ambulance and fire department will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 operational throughout India from 1 January launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2017. (PMUY) at Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. It will benefit Single emergency number 112 of India will be the poor, especially the women. similar to the '911' all-in-one emergency service The scheme aims to provide cooking gas in the United States. connections to five crore below-poverty-line Highlights of its Usability- beneficiaries over the next three years. • The service will also be accessible even Salient features of PMUY- through those SIMs and landlines whose • Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs outgoing call facility has been stopped or (CCEA) approved 8000 crore rupees for the temporarily suspended. next 3 years starting from financial year • A person in distress will need to call only 112, 2016-17. which will direct the call to concerned • PM Ujjwala Yojana will provide 5 crore LPG departments immediately for help. connections to BPL Families. • All existing emergency numbers will be • FM had announced about the scheme in his phased out within a year of rolling out 112, 2016-17.Budget Speech with a budgetary depending upon the awareness about this new provision of 2000 crore rupees. facility. Need for the PMUY- The provision of a single number for various • LPG spread predominantly in Urban and Semi emergency services was approved by Union Urban Areas whereas the rural poor have limited Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. access to Clean fuel (LPG). • Use of fossil fuels and conventional fuel like Union Cabinet approves National cow dung are having serious health implications for women and Children. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) • According to WHO, 5 Lakhs die every year Policy due to heart disease, pulmonary diseases etc. The Union Cabinet on 12 May 2016 approved • Indoor air pollution is also responsible for the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) significant number of acute respiratory diseases Policy that will lay the future roadmap for in young children. intellectual property in India. Operational details of PMUY- The Policy recognises the abundance of • 5 crore LPG connections will be provided to creative and innovative energies that flow in BPL families with a support of 1600 rupees. India, and the need to tap into and channelise • Connections will be given in the name of these energies towards a better and brighter Women beneficiaries. future for all. • Identification of BPL families will be made in The National Intellectual Property Rights consultation with State Governments and Union (IPR) Policy will endeavor for a “Creative India; territories. Innovative India: रचना配मक भारत; अभभनव • EMI Facility for meeting the cost of Stove and ”. Refill cost. भारत About the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy- • The National IPR Policy is a vision document that aims to create and exploit synergies 3 VAID’S ICS LUCKNOW B-36, Sector-C, Aliganj, Lucknow Cont.9415011892/93 between all forms of intellectual property (IP), • Administration and Management - To concerned statutes and agencies. modernize and strengthen service-oriented IPR • It sets in place an institutional mechanism for administration. implementation, monitoring and review. • Commercialization of IPRs - Get value for • It aims to incorporate and adapt global best IPRs through commercialization. practices to the Indian scenario. • Enforcement and Adjudication - To • This policy shall weave in the strengths of the strengthen the enforcement and adjudicatory Government, research and development mechanisms for combating IPR infringements. organizations, educational institutions, corporate • Human Capital Development - To strengthen entities including MSMEs, start-ups and other and expand human resources, institutions and stakeholders in the creation of an innovation- capacities for teaching, training, research and conducive environment. This will help in skill building in IPRs. stimulating creativity and innovation across These objectives are sought to be achieved sectors. It also facilitates a stable, transparent through detailed action points. The action by and service-oriented IPR administration in the different Ministries/Departments shall be country. monitored by DIPP which shall be the nodal • The Policy recognizes that India has a well- department to coordinate, guide and oversee established TRIPS-compliant legislative, implementation and future development of IPRs administrative and judicial framework to in India. safeguard IPRs. These meets international obligations while utilizing the flexibilities NITI Aayog to prepare 15-year vision provided in the international regime to address documents by replacing 5-year plans its developmental concerns. It also reiterates The Union Government in the second week of India’s commitment to the Doha Development May 2016 decided to replace 5-year plans with Agenda and the TRIPS agreement. 15-year vision documents. The mission aims at stimulating a dynamic, The long-term perspective plans will be vibrant and balanced intellectual property prepared by the National Institution for rights system in India to: Transforming India (NITI) Aayog beginning • Foster creativity and innovation and thereby, from 2017-18 financial year. promote entrepreneurship and enhance socio- Features of 15-year vision document- economic and cultural development • Unlike the earlier 5-year plans, the new • Focus on enhancing access to healthcare, food document will also cover subjects like internal security and environmental protection, among security and defence. other sectors of vital social, economic and • The previous twelve 5-year plan documents, technological importance. for the period between 1951 and 2017, focused The Policy lays down the following seven on social and economic infrastructure like objectives: health, connectivity and education. • IPR Awareness: Outreach and Promotion - To • The decision to bring internal security and create public awareness about the economic, defence in the ambit of the vision document is in social and cultural benefits of IPRs among all tune with the government’s announcement to sections of society. done away with plan and non-plan expenditure • Generation of IPRs - To stimulate the from 2017-18. generation of IPRs. • The initial vision document will be co- • Legal and Legislative Framework - To have terminus with the United Nations Sustainable strong and effective IPR laws, which balance the Development Agenda (2016-2030) to which interests of rights owners with larger public India is a signatory. interest. • To convert the long term vision into an implementable policy, a 7-year strategy will be 4 VAID’S ICS LUCKNOW B-36, Sector-C, Aliganj, Lucknow Cont.9415011892/93 prepared by the NITI Aayog as part of the Priority Areas- National Developmental Agenda. • Health including food security and • The strategy will be for 2017-18 to 2023-24. nutrition: Focus on recognizing women’s There will also be a mid-term review of the reproductive rights, shift of family planning strategy in the year ending March 2020. focus also to males, expansion of health • Besides, a 3-year action Plan for 2017-18 to insurance schemes and addressing the 2019-20 will be prepared to align the National intergenerational cycle of under-nutrition. Development Agenda with the 14th Finance • Education: Improve access to pre-primary Commission award period (2015-20). education, enrolment and retention of adolescent girls, and address disparities with regard to Draft National Policy for Women, 2016 ICTs. unveiled • Economy: Raising visibility, engendering Union Women and Child Development macro-economic policies, generate gender- Minister Maneka Gandhi on 17 May 2016 disaggregated land ownership database, skill unveiled 2016 Draft National Policy for Women development and equal employment for comments and consultation. opportunities with appropriate benefits related to It will replace National Policy for maternity and child care services. Empowerment of Women, 2001. It will also • Governance and Decision guide Government action on Women’s issues Making: Increasing women’s participation in over the next 15-20 years. the political arena, administration, civil services The drafted policy shifts the focus from and corporate boardrooms. entitlements to rights and from empowerment to • Violence Against Women: Address all forms creating an enabling environment. of violence against women through a life cycle The Salient features of the policy are as approach, Improve Child Sex Ratio (CSR), and follows: prevention of trafficking at source, transit and • It seeks to create a society in which women destination areas for effective monitoring of the attain their full potential and participate as equal networks. partners