DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 12 JULY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. CM ARVIND KEJRIWAL LAUNCHES E-RTI,
DELHI BECOMES 2ND STATE TO ACCEPT ONLINE APPLICATIONS
i. CM Arvind Kejriwal has launched e-RTI in Delhi and has
become 2nd state to accept online application.
ii. Right to Information applicants would be able to
register their queries online on the Delhi government’s new portal. The Aam
Aadmi Party government had started training public information officers across
departments in early 2016.
iii. As per the Delhi government, the e-RTI portal would
start accepting applications for a total of 172 public authorities or
government departments in the Delhi region.
iv. The Central government had urged the States to set up
their own online application portals.
v. According to the Delhi government’s RTI statistics
which cover the police, municipal corporations and other government departments
in the Capital.
2. ESIC & DGFASLI SIGN MOU FOR
COLLABORATION ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND DISEASES
i. In the presence of Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the
Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment, A Memorandum of
Understanding between ESIC and Directorate General Factory Advice Service &
Labour Institutes for collaboration in the field of occupational health and
prevention of occupational injuries and diseases signed in New Delhi.
ii. It will remain in force for a time period of three
years. The MoU will help in spreading awareness for healthy working conditions,
reduce the danger of diseases or injuries and provide good quality life for
workers.
iii. The main focus of MoU is occupational health by
establishing ‘DGFASLI-ESIC Occupational Health Training, Research &
Development Centre’ at Regional Labour Institute, Faridabad.