(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
LOK SABHA PASSES IIIT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BILL 2017
i. A bill to grant
statutory status to the Indian Institutes of Information Technology in Public
Private Partnership mode was passed through a voice vote in Lok Sabha. The
Government has also mentioned that fees for the poor students will not increase
and that reservation law will apply in these institutes.
ii. The previous United
Progressive Alliance government initiated the opening of 20 IIITs with private
partnership of which 15 are already operational.
iii. The 15 IIITs that
are currently operational are located in Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh), Vadodara
(Gujarat), Guwahati (Assam), Sonipat (Haryana), Una (Himachal Pradesh), Dharwad
(Karnataka), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Kottayam (Kerala), Nagpur and Pune (both
Maharashtra), Senapati (Manipur), Kota (Rajasthan), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh),
Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) and Kalyani (West Bengal).
i. Telangana government
has launched a portal “Janahitha” grievance redressal system. This portal will
receive complaints from the public.
ii. The programme was
inaugurated in Suryapet district by Telangana Energy minister G Jagadish Reddy.
iii. The portal has been
developed by Telangana’s IT department, is a single window for all grievances
and their redressal management. This program will bring transparency and give
efforts to resolve the issues of people living in the state’s remote
areas.Janahitha grievance redressal system launched in Telangana
iv. It is aimed for the
public to submit their complaints online smoothly and get speedy redressal. The
public can also apply for various welfare schemes through the facility.
v. The public can lodge
their grievances through different means like portal, e-mail, WhatsApp or
calling at the call centre from their homes. The complaint redressal process
would be monitored by officials at the district headquarters and Secretariat in
Hyderabad, who will send SMS to the citizens on their status.
3.
RECENT APPROVALS BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT – JULY 19 2017
i. Cabinet approves MOC
in respect of tax matters between India and BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia,
China and South Africa. Cabinet apprised of MoU between India and Netherlands
on cooperation in space technology.
ii. Cabinet approves
IRDAI’s admission as a signatory to International Association of Insurance
Supervisors, Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding.
iii. Cabinet approves
revalidation of permission to raise Extra Budgetary Resource of Rs. 660 cr as
Government of India Bonds by Inland Waterways Authority of India in 2017-18.
iv. Cabinet has given its
ex-post facto approval for the promulgation of the Central Goods and Services
Tax (Extension to Jammu & Kashmir) Ordinance, 2017 and replacement of the
Ordinance by the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017.
v. National Steering
Committee on Climate Change, under the Chairmanship of Secretary Environment
Ministry, Mr Ajay Narayan Jha, approved the Detailed Project Reports submitted
by Governments of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Sikkim for funding under the National
Adaptation Fund for Climate Change.
4.
INDIA ON TRACK TO GROW AT 7.4 PER CENT IN 2017: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK REPORT
i. According to ADB India
is expected to achieve the projected growth rate of 7.4% in 2017 and further up
7.6% on 2018.
ii. According to the report,
South Asia will be the fastest growing of all sub-regions in Asia and the
Pacific, with growth on track to meet original projections of 7% in 2017 and
7.2% in 2018.
iii. ADB has upgraded its
growth outlook in the Asian region to 5.9% in 2017 from 5.7% and to 5.8% for
2018 from 5.7%.
iv. The growth prospects
in developing Asia for 2017 have improved than expected export demand in the
first quarter of this year.
5. RS 20 NOTES IN MAHATMA GANDHI 2005 SERIES
SOON: RBI
i. The Reserve Bank of
India will shortly issue bank notes of denomination Rs 20 in Mahatma Gandhi
series 2005. It will be similar in design to those currently in circulation.
ii. According to the RBI,
the new notes will be bearing inset letter ‘S’ in the number panel and
signature of Governor Urjit R Patel.
iii. The design of these
banknotes to be issued now is similar in all aspects to the Rs 20 banknotes in
the same series issued earlier. All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs 20
issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender.
6.
L K ADVANI RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN LOK SABHA
i. Veteran Bharatiya
Janata Party leader L.K. Advani received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his
contributions as a parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha. Janata Dal (United) leader
Sharad Yadav also received the Lifetime
Achievement Award as a Rajya Sabha.
ii. The other awardees
from the Lok Sabha included Congress leader Kumari Sushmita Devi (Best Woman
Parliamentarian) Revolutionary Socialist Party MP K. Premachandran (Best
Parliamentarian) and BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi (Best Debut Woman
Parliamentarian).
iii. The awardees from
the Rajya Sabha included Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan (Best Woman
Parliamentarian), CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury (Best Parliamentarian) and
Congress MP Rajni Patil (Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian).
7.
RAM NATH KOVIND ELECTED AS INDIA’S 14TH PRESIDENT
i. BJP-led National
Democratic Alliance nominee Ram Nath Kovind was elected as the 14th President
of India. Mr. Kovind defeated Opposition candidate and former Lok Sabha Speaker
Meira Kumar.
ii. Before contesting
presidential election, Kovind was the Governor of Bihar. He has served as a BJP
MP in the Rajya Sabha as well. He will be the 2nd Dalit President of India
after KR Narayanan.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
UNION CABINET CHAIRED BY PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI GAVE APPROVAL FOR THE
SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION IN RESPECT OF TAX MATTERS BETWEEN INDIA
AND THE REVENUE ADMINISTRATIONS OF?
a) BRICS Countries
b) G20 Countries
c) ASEAN Countries
d) SAARC Countries
Q2.
A BILL TO GRANT STATUTORY STATUS TO THE INDIAN INSTITUTES OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (IIITS) IN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) MODE WAS PASSED THROUGH
A VOICE VOTE IN LOK SABHA ON JULY 19, 2017. CURRENTLY, HOW MANY SUCH IIITS ARE
OPERATIONAL ACROSS INDIA?
a) 20
b) 15
c) 30
c) 25
Q3.
MR. RAM NATH KOVIND WAS ELECTED AS THE ____ PRESIDENT OF INDIA?
a) 16th
b) 15th
c) 14th
d) 17th
Q4.
WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED ‘JANAHITHA’, AN INTEGRATED GRIEVANCE
REDRESSAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UNDER WHICH A CALL CENTRE SET UP FOR THE PURPOSE
WILL RECEIVE GRIEVANCES FROM COMPLAINANTS IN SIMPLER FORMS SUCH AS AN SMS,
E-MAIL OR A CALL?
a) Haryana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Telangana
Q5.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING RECEIVED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS AS A PARLIAMENTARIAN IN THE LOK SABHA AT A FUNCTION ORGANISED BY
THE LOKMAT MEDIA GROUP?
a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b) L K Advani
c) Yashwant Sinha
d) Murli Manohar Joshi
ANSWERS:
1 - A 2 - B 3 - C 4 - D 5 - B
