DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 27 APRIL 2016
(Daily News India)
1. HEART
OF ASIA CONFERENCE STARTED IN NEW DELHI
i. The Heart of Asia conferenc in New Delhi.
ii. The main objective is to bring
peace and stability to Afghanistan.
iii. The conference was attended by
officials of a number of countries and is likely to deliberate on a host of
issues like combating challenge of extremism and terrorism.
iv. Heart of Asia is a Conference part
to discuss an agenda of regional cooperation with Afghanistan at its centre.
2. GOVT
HIKES MINIMUM WAGE FOR CONTRACT WORKERS TO RS 10,000
i. The government has stated the
minimum wage for contract workers has been increased to Rs. 10,000 per month.
ii. The changes are made by central
government to make reforms in labour laws and to proceed from minimum wage to
universal wage.
iii. The decision has been taken to
make changes to rule 25 of the Contract Labour Central Rules.
iv. Now every contract worker will be
entitled to get Rs. 10,000 per month.
3. GOVT
TO PROVIDE RS 1 LAKH PER MONTH TO RIO-BOUND ATHLETES
i. Union Sports Ministry has decided to
provide one lakh rupees per month as out of pocket allowance to the sports
persons under the Target Olympic Podium
scheme .
ii. The fund is provided for their
preparation for the Olympics and Paralympics Games at Rio de Janeiro.
iii. 77 Indian athletes in eight
disciplines have qualified for the Olympics till date.
iv. Target Olympic Podium scheme is a
sports ministry initiative under which Olympic medal prospects are funded by
the government for top class training as part of their preparations for the
Games.
4. UNION
GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTES ASHOK DALWAI COMMITTEE FOR DOUBLING FARMERS’ INCOME BY 2022
i. The Union Government has recently
constituted inter-ministerial committee to prepare a blueprint for doubling
farmers’ income by 2022.
ii. The committee will be headed by
Ashok Dalwai, Additional secretary at the Union Agriculture Ministry.
iii. Its members will include officials
from Agriculture and Food Ministries, experts from the Delhi-based National
Council of Applied Economic Research and National Institute of Agricultural
Economics and Policy Research.
Union Agricultre
minister: Radha mohan singh
5. INDO
MONGOLIA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE NAMED NOMADIC ELEPHANT – 2016 CONDUCTED
i. The 11th Indo-Mongolia joint
training Exercise named ‘Nomadic Elephant - 2016’ started in Mongolia.
ii. The exercise aims at promoting
military associations between India and Mongolia.
iii. The aim of this exercise is to
develop synergy and inter operability between the two armies to fight in
Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorism environment under the United Nation
mandate.
6. KERALA
CARTOONIST V T THOMAS PASSED AWAY
i. Kerala cartoonist V T Thomas
popularly known as Toms passed away due to a brief illness.
ii. Toms created the legendary cartoon
characters Boban and Molly (Bobanum Moliyum).
iii. He also named his son and daughter
as Boban and Molly.
7. PARLIAMENTARY
PANEL HEADED DIVAKAR REDDY SUGGESTED FINE AND JAIL FOR CELEBRITIES OF
MISLEADING ADS
i. Parliamentary Standing Committee’s
report on the Consumer Protection Bill 2015 was presented in Parliament on 26
April 2016.
ii. The committee will be headed by
Telugu Desam Party MP J C Divakar Reddy.
iii. He recommended to hold celebrities
accountable for misleading advertisements and stringent provisions including
jail term up to five years and penalty up to 50 lakh rupees.
