DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 7TH JUNE 2017
1.
FIRST RURAL LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECT TO TAKE OFF IN ANDHRA PRADESH
i.
Central government will be retrofitting 10 lakh conventional street lights with
energy efficient LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra
Pradesh. This will be India’s 1st rural LED Street Lighting Project.
ii.
The project will be carried out through the Energy Efficiency Services Limited
under the Ministry of Power. Gram panchayats of the districts of Guntur,
Kurnool, Prakasham, Nellore, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor will be covered
under the first phase of the project.
iii.
French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement will fund the
entire upfront capital cost of this project.
2.
MOU SIGNED BETWEEN CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE & NATIONAL SKILL
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
i.
The Central Industrial Security Force and the National Skill Development
Corporation has signed an MoU. The MoU aims at assisting retiring, retired,
serving low medical category CISF personnel to acquire additional skills and
facilitate their resettlement through a second career.
ii.
The MoU will remain in effect for a period of 5 years starting from 2017 till
2022, subject to a mid-term review after 3 years.
iii.
It will also provide welfare to wards, family members of serving CISF
personnel, retired personnel and personnel killed in action.
iv.
The MoU provides that CISF, NSDF and NSDC will work together at CISF units all
across the country.
v.
Under this MoU the Family Welfare Centres are functional and other CISF
locations with an objective to impart skill development programs under the
Skill India Mission.