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Current Issues of Jan-June 2016 CURRENT ISSUES OF JAN-JUNE 2016 for UPSC Engineering Services Examination State Engineering Service Examination & Public Sector Examination. (BHEL, NTPC, NHPC, DRDO, SAIL, HAL, BSNL, BPCL, NPCL, etc.) IES MASTER PUBLICATION IES MASTER Publication F-126, Katwaria Sarai, Lower Basement New Delhi-110016 Phone : 011-41013406, Mobile : 8130909220, 9711853908 Web : www.iesmaster.org E-mail : [email protected] © No part of this booklet may be reproduced, or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior permission of IES MASTER PUBLICATION, New Delhi. Violaters are liable to be legally prosecuted. ISBN : Typeset at : IES Master Publication, New Delhi-110016 CONTENTS 1. POLITICAL ISSUES .................................................................................................... 1 – 17 Draft National Policy for Women, 2016 Single Window Portal For Medical Tourism Mahila e-Haat Neeranchal National Watershed Project E-enabled PMIS App for Proper Monitoring of Agreement for Global Promotion of Traditional Projects Systems of Medicine Rail Development Authority IT-Based Initiatives for Citizen Centric Health Services What is Public Interest Litigation (PIL)? What is uniform civil code? Kerala Becomes First State to Achieve 100% Primary Education What is Sedition? National Deworming Initiative What is Defamation? NSSO’s 71st Round of Survey on Social Con- What is an ordinance? sumption: Education What is Money Bill? Operation Smile-II What is contempt of court? Khoya Paya Web Portal Launched What is Capital Punishment? Scheme for Development of Particularly Vulner- IPC 377 able Tribal Groups Revised Haryana’s Jind, Karnal Districts and Uttar NJAC Declared Unconstitutional Pradesh’s Muzaffanagar District included in National Capital Region (NCR) Aadhaar Enrolments Allowed for NRIs, PIOs, OICs EPFO bags National Award on e-governance 7th Pay Commission Report 33 Per cent Reservation for Women in Para- National Court of Appeal military Forces Proposal for simultaneous LS, Assembly Elec- Lodha Committee Recommendations (BCCI) tions Krishna River Water Dispute 2. SCHEMES & POLICIES .......................................................................................... 18 – 39 Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana or DAY Mid-Day Meal Scheme (iv) Digital Gender Atlas for Girls Education Credit Support Programme Saraansh Scheme Mobile app-Himmat Unnat Bharat Elderly In India 2016 MGNREGA-Mahatma Gandhi National Rural A Scheme for Promotion of Innovation, Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Industry & Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan Prime Ministers Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) Gender Budgeting Scheme India Inclusive Innovation Fund Sukanya Samruddhi Yojana Marketing Development Assistance (MDA) Ujjawala Scheme Marketing Assistance Scheme SABLA International Cooperation Scheme Mission Indradhanush Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (RGUMY) Janani Suraksha Yojana National Child Labour Project & INDUS National Optical Fibre Network National Career Service Portal National Scholarships Portal Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana Jeevan Pramaan Social Security Schemes Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme Krishi Kalyan Cess Insurance scheme for passengers travelling on Krishi Sichayi Yojana e- ticket Neeranchal Watershed Programe Accessible E-Library Sugamya Pustakalaya Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Union Government launches MAA, nation-wide breast feeding programme PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) Rajasthan becomes first state to approve sew- age & waste water policy Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Himayat Scheme UDAY (Ujjwal Discom Assurance Scheme) DISHA Programe for timely implementation of Deendayal Upadhayaya Gram Jyoti Yojana Central Schemes Nai Manzil Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana USTAAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Manual Scavenging Act TraditionalIES Arts/Crafts for Development) MASTER Sports Talent Search Scheme Deen dayal disabled Rehab Scheme 3. SOCIAL ISSUES ........................................................................................................ 40 –60 Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Bill, The Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Bill, 2016 2016 (v) Amendments Proposed in Prevention of Corrup- Haryana Assembly passes bills for mandatory tion Act educational criteria for urban local bodies elec- tions Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws Amendment Bill, 2016 Haryana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act , 2015 Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Haryana Reservation Bill Mental Health Care Bill Aadhaar (Target Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 Government proposes steps for safe Transport System Punjab Assembly passes Agriculture Indebted- ness Bill, 2016 Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Bill, 2016 NIT, Science Education & Research (Amend- Carriage by Air amendment Bill, 2015 ment) Bill, 2016 Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2016 Expert panel to review Specific Relief Act, 1963 Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 Amendment Bill, 2016 The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, Children) Act, 2015 2016 The Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016 Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, Model Shops and Establishments (Regulation 2015: of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2016 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill, 2016 The Atomic Energy (Amendment) Act, 2015 Bill on potable alcohol Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016 Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2015 Act, 2016 The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amend- The National Waterways Act ment) Bill,IES 2016 MASTER The whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014 Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Basic Facts of Constitution Maharashtra Prohibition of Social Boycott Act, 2015 4. ECONOMIC ISSUES ............................................................................................. 61 – 106 Project Development Fund and CLMV countries JNPT signs ECB Agreement with SBI and Devel- opment Bank of Singapore MoU between CERT-In and CERT-UK (vi) Merger of various banks with SBI National Capital Goods Policy, 2016 National Committee on Trade Facilitation India, China and four others courtiers sign pact on tax info sharing India ratifies Trade Facilitation Agreement of WTO TRAI penalty on Telcos for call drops illegal: SC Liberalization of FDI norms for NBFCs NPPA fixes ceiling price of 54 drug formulations Union Government fixes an inflation target of 4 percent for five years UBIN drive for budding entrepreneurs Basic Economic Terminologies RBI extends Currency Swap Arrangement with SAARC nations BRICS Employment Working Group India-UAE currency swap agreement Bilateral Investment Treaties and India SIDBI inks MoU with SAARC Development Fund G-20 Finance Ministers pledge to boost global SHORT economy SIDBI India extends 1 billion dollar Line of Credit India Inc first to formally adopt UN’s Sustainable to Mongolia Development Goals India replaces China as top FDI destination in 7 Indian companies on 2016 Fortune 500 list 2015: FDI Intelligence Report India, Japan ink Social Security Agreement Union Government renames Department of Dis- CCEA approves disinvestment of 15% in NBCC investment as DIPAM India sets up apparel training centre in Kaduna, Highlights of Union Budget 2016-17 Nigeria Expansion of India-Chile Preferential Trade Agree- India’s Number One Rank in FDI ment 100% FDI in Aviation, Defence and e-commerce Anti-dumping duty on Plastic-Processing imports sectors and N-Butyl Alcohol India, South Korea launch Korea Plus platform US launches anti-dumping probe on tyres from to promote investments India, Sri Lanka Civil Aviation Policy, 2016 India world’s largest remittance recipient in 2015: World Bank NIIF and Qatar Investment Authority inks MoU to boost infrastructure investments Bharti Airtel’s payments Bank Unit Axis Bank launches India’s first certified GREEN North East-ASEAN Business Summit in Imphal BOND at London Stock Exchange NEW IPR POLICY India becomes third largest oil consumer Indian Intellectual Property Panorama RBI rates unchanged in 2nd bi-monthly monetary India’s first Defence Industrial Park at Ottappalam policy reviewIES for year 2016-17 MASTER Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 Key Terminology related to RBI South Asia Regional Training and Technical As- BRICS bank to issue first Yuan-denominated sistance Center bonds IFC launches
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