Challenges Are What Make Life Interesting and Overcoming Them Is What Makes Life Meaningful
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Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. Index • Government Schemes • National Affairs • Summits & Conferences • Polity • Business & Economy • Days & Events • Sports • International Affairs • Committees • Agreements & MOUs • Extra Highlights Government Schemes Number 112 launched for women safety महिला सुरक्षा के ललए नंबर 112 लॉन्च ककया गया Government Schemes • Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the Emergency Response Support System, ERSS, for women's safety in 16 states and Union territories. • गृह मंत्री राजनाथ स ंह ने 16 राज्यⴂ और केंद्र शास त प्रदेशⴂ में महहलाओं की ुरक्षा हेतु इमरजें ी ररस्पां पोर्टम सस्ट , ERSS का शुभारंभ ककया। • Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number: 112. • आपात स्थितत में देशव्यापी हेल्पलाइन नंबर: 112 डायल कर कते हℂ| Government Schemes • The Home Minister also launched 2 portals - Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences and Safe City Implementation Monitoring Portal. • गृह मंत्री ने 2 पोर्टल- यौन अपराधⴂ के सलए जांच र्रैककंग प्रणाली और ुरसक्षत शहर कायान्वयन तनगरानी पोर्टल भी शु셂 ककये| Government Schemes Extra Information: Government Schemes Ministry of Home Affairs : Minister responsible: Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs Deputy Ministers responsible: • Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs • Hansraj Ahir, Minister of State for Home Affairs Ministry executive: Rajiv Gauba, IAS, Home Secretary Government Schemes Child agencies: • Intelligence Bureau (IB) • Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) • Border Security Force (BSF) • Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) • Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) • Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) • National Security Guards (NSG) • National Investigation Agency Government Schemes Facts regarding Emergency Response Support System, ERSS • Himachal Pradesh became the first state to launch a pan-India single emergency number '112. • Nagaland is the first amongst the North-Eastern States and the second State in India to launch Pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS. Government Schemes • As a special feature, to ensure safety of women, a unique ‘SHOUT’ feature has been introduced in 112 India mobile App. This allows victims to seek immediate assistance from registered volunteers in the vicinity apart from contacting Emergency Response Centre. The SHOUT feature is exclusively available to women. Government Schemes Nitin Gadkari launched a portal नननिन गडकरी ने पोर्टल लॉन्च ककया Government Schemes • Shri Nitin Gadkari launched PCS1x at the Regional Maritime Safety Conference in Mumbai on 19 Feb 2019. • श्री तनततन गडकरी ने 19 फरवरी 2019 को मुंबई में क्षेत्रीय मुद्री ुरक्षा म्मेलन में PCS1x का शुभारंभ ककया। • It has been developed in record time by the Indian Ports Association. • इ े इंकडयन पोर्टट ए ोस एशन द्वारा ररकॉडट मय में तवकस त ककया गया है। Government Schemes • The platform allows improvement in payment cycle, transparency of transaction cycles, detailed tracking of vessels and berthing schedules. • प्लेर्फामट पेमेंर् कटल में ुधार, लेनदेन कटल की पारदसशटता, पोतⴂ की ग शेड्यूल की अनुमतत देता है।ﴂतवस्तृत र्रैककंग और बर्थ Government Schemes Extra Information: List of recent initiatives by State/Union Government Name Launched by Aim To provide employment to the youth belonging to the weaker section Madhya Pradesh of the society mainly Yuva Swabhiman Chief Minister Kamal in urban areas of the Yojana Nath state. Krushak Assistance Providing financial for Livelihood and assistance to Income cultivators and Augmentation landless agricultural (KALIA) scheme Odisha Government labourers Government Schemes Name Launched by Aim To achieve 100 Pradhan Mantri percent Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar electrification Yojana, Saubhagya before 2019 scheme Central Government Republic Day To encourage large scale citizen participation, ensure sustainability of initiatives taken towards garbage 100% Digital Minister of Housing free and open Swachh Survekshan and Urban Affairs defecation free Survey 2019 Hardeep Singh Puri cities. Government Schemes Name Launched by Aim To facilitate acquisition of citizenship by six identified minority communities namely Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Citizenship Amendment Union Home Minister Buddhists, Christians Bill, 2019 and Parsis from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who came to India before 31st Dec., 2014. Aimed at connecting major cities with tier-II Airway scheme, UDAN PM Narendra Modi and tier-III cities at a price of Rs 2,500 per one-hour flight. Government Schemes Name Launched by Aim Employment to a member of every One family one Job Sikkim Government family which does not Scheme have a government job in the state To pave the path for Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Madhya Pradesh the development of Yojana Government Framers as well as Agricultural Sector. UNNATI (UNispace Nano- To offer Increased and satellite Assembly and Indian Space Research simplified exposure to Training by ISRO) Organisation (ISRO) satellite fabrication programme technologies. National Affairs Steel Minister dedicates SPU to nation इस्पाि मंत्री ने राष्ट्र को समकपिट ककया SPU National Affairs • Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh dedicated SAIL’s Steel Processing Unit (SPU) at Bettiah in West Champaran, Bihar to the nation on 18 Feb 2019. • केंद्रीय इस्पात मंत्री, चौधरी बीरेंद्रस ंह ने 18 फरवरी, 2019 को तबहार के पसिम चंपारण के बेततया में ेल की इस्पात प्रंस्करण इकाई( SPU) को राष्ट्र को मकपतट ककया। • This unit will produce high-quality steel tubes and pipes. • यह इकाई उच्च गुणवत्ता वाले स्टील ट्यूब और पाइपका उ्ादन करेगी। National Affairs • With an installed capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year, this Unit will play an important role in the development of the predominantly agriculture intensive area. • 50,000 र्न प्रतत वर्ट की िाकपत क्षमता के ाथ, यह इकाई मुख्य 셂प े कृकर् गहन क्षेत्र के तवका में महत्वपूणट भूतमका तनभाएगी। National Affairs Extra Information: List of Heads of Important PSUs PSU Name Designation Name Airports Authority of Guruprasad India Chairman Mohapatra Antrix Chairman & Managing Rakesh Corporation Director Sasibhushan Balmer Lawrie Chairman & Managing & Company Director Prabal Basu Bharat Coking Coal Limited Chairman & Managing (BCCL) Director A.K. Singh Bharat Earth Chairman & Managing Movers (BEML) Director D K Hota National Affairs PSU Name Designation Name Chairman & Managing Bharat Petroleum D Rajkumar Director Bharat Sanchar Chairman & Managing Anupam Nigam Limited Director Shrivastava (BSNL) Cement Chairman & Managing Corporation of Manoj Misra Director India Central Yogendra Tripathi, Warehousing Chairman IAS Corporation Chairman & Managing Coal India Anil Kumar Jha Director Damodar Valley P. K. Chairman Corporation Mukhopadhyay National Affairs PSU Name Designation Name Delhi Metro Rail Durga Shankar Corporation Chairman Mishra Limited GAIL (India) Chairman & Managing Director B. C. Tripathi Limited Mahanagar Pravin Kumar Telephone Nigam Chairman & Managing Director Purwar Limited NTPC Chairman & Managing Director Gurdeep Singh Nuclear Power Corporation of Chairman & Managing Director S. K. Sharma India Power Grid Corporation of Chairman & Managing Director IS Jha India Limited National Affairs Drainage-cleaning robot introduced in Chennai चेन्नई मᴂ सीवर की सफाई करने वाला रोबोर् पेश ककया गया National Affairs • A drainage-cleaning robot has been introduced for the first time in Chennai as part of efforts to get rid of manual scavenging. • मानव द्वारा मैला ाफ करने े छुर्कारा पाने के प्रया ⴂ के तहत चेन्नई में पहली बार एक ीवर की फाई करने वाला रोबोर् पेश ककया गया है। • The robot named Bandicoot was introduced at a cost of 18 lakh rupees and was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Minister Kadambur Raju. • बℂडीकूर्' नामक रोबोर् को18 लाख 셁पये की लागत े पेश ककया गया था और इ का उदघट ार्न ततमलनाडु के मंत्री कदंबुर राजू ने ककया था। National Affairs • Drainage cleaning can be detected by viewing the blockages on the screen. • स्क्रीन पर ब्लॉकेज देखकर डरेनेज की फाई का पता लगाया जा कता है। National Affairs Extra Information: Static Facts of Tamil Nadu The government of Tamil Nadu Governor Banwari Lal Purohit Chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami Minister Deputy Chief O. Panneerselvam Minister High Court of Madras High Court Tamil Nadu National Affairs State Symbols Dance Bharatanatyam Animal Nilgiri Tahr Bird Emerald Dove Tree Palm Tree Flower Gloriosa Lily Sport Kabbadi National Affairs Wildlife Sanctuaries • Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary • Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary • Kalakaadu Mudanthurai Wildlife Sanctuary • Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary • Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary • Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary National Affairs National Parks • Indira Gandhi National Park • Mudumalai National Park • Mukurthi National Park • Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park • Guindy National Park • Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary National Affairs Biosphere Reserves in Tamil Nadu • The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve • Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve • Agasthiyamalai Biosphere Reserve National Affairs World Heritage Sites in Tamilnadu • Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur • Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple at Jayankondam • Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram • Monuments of Mahabalipuram at Chennai National Affairs Rivers and Dams in Tamil Nadu Aliyar Dam Aliyar River Amaravathi Dam Amaravati River Bhavanisagar Dam Bhavani River Grand Anicut Dam Cauvery River (Kallanai) Mettur Dam Cauvery River Sathanur Dam Penneru River Pechiparai Dam Kodayar River Mukkadal Dam Vambaru River Vaigai Dam Vaigai River Summits and Conference Conference on Pharma inaugurated फामा पर सम्मेलन काउ दघ् ार्न Summits and Conference . The 4th edition of India’s biggest Global Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices was inaugurated in Bengaluru on 18 Feb 2019. फामाुकर्कल्स एंड मेकडकल कडवाइ े' पर भारत के ब े बडे वैसिक म्मेलन के चौथे ंस्करण का उदघट ार्न 18 फरवरी 2019 को बेंगलु셁 में ककया गया। . The theme of ‘India Pharma 2019’ is ‘Enabling Quality Affordable Healthcare & that of ‘India Medical Device 2019’ is ‘Accelerating Growth to Achieve Universal Healthcare’. Summits and Conference . इंकडया फामा 2019' का तवर्य' गुणवत्तापूणट स्वास्थ्य ेवा प्रदान करना' है और 'इंकडया मेकडकल कडवाइ 2019' का तवर्य 'वैसिक वा ् य देखभाल को प्राꥍ त करने के सलए तवका को गतत प्रदान करना' है। .