DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 1ST APR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
INDIA BECOMES ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
i. India, the world’s
3rd-largest oil consumer has now joined International Energy Agency as an
associate member. India’s entry into this elite energy group was jointly
announced by Mr. Fatih Birol, IEA executive director, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal,
New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Mr. Piyush Goyal.
ii. With India’s
inclusion, IEA now has 70% of world’s energy consumption under its ambit.
2.
GUJARAT ASSEMBLY PASSES GUJARAT ANIMAL PRESERVATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017
i. Gujarat State Assembly
passed Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 that amends the
existing Gujarat Animal Preservation Act, 1954.
ii. This amendment bill
is aimed at adopting stringent measure for stopping illegal slaughter of
animals protected by the law.
3.
CHHATTISGARH GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTS 7TH PAY COMMISSION FOR STATE EMPLOYEES FROM
APRIL 2017
i. The state government
of Chhattisgarh has announced to implement the 7th Central Pay Commission for
the state government employees from April 1, 2017, the beginning of new
financial year.
ii. The announcement of
the 7th pay commission was made by Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh.
iii. The implementation
is expected to benefit 2.5 lakh state government employees with hiked payment.
iv. Haryana was the 1st
state to implement the 7th Central Pay Commission to give the benefit of hiked
pay to its employees with effect from January 1, 2016.
v. The state government
also announced to increase the salary of managers of Primary Minor Forest
Produce Cooperative Societies by 25%. Thus it would become Rs 12,500 per month
from existing Rs. 10,000 per month.
vi. Among other things,
Prabandhak Kalyan Nidhi was also announced to be set up for them and their families.
4.
TURKEY CONCLUDES MILITARY OPERATION “EUPHRATES SHIELD” IN NORTHERN SYRIA
i. The military operation
under the name “Euphrates Shield” undertaken by the Turkish troops in northern
Syria about 7 months ago for national security, finally concluded on March 29.
ii. The announcement
regarding this was made by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s President.
iii. The PM of Turkey,
Binali Yildirim, has said that, though the operations was completed but in
future many more such operations are likely to be undertaken with different
names.
iv. Turkey aimed to
secure Turkish Syrian border security against ISIS terrorist group and enable
the Syrian refugees to return to their home.
v. Operation Euphrates
Shield began by Turkish troops and Turkey-backed Syrian (Free Syrian Army)
rebels to drive away Islamic State jihadists and Syrian Kurdish militia
fighters from a 100km stretch of the border that Turkey controls in northern
Syria.
vi. The operation also
aimed to prevent the Kurdish Popular Protection Units to acquire any more area
in northern Syria.Turkey believes that Kurdish Popular Protection Units is a
terrorist organization.