DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 1 JAN 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1. ASSAM PUBLISHES FIRST DRAFT OF NRC WITH 1.9 CR NAMES
i. Assam State Government has published 1st draft of Supreme Court
monitored National Register of Citizens. As per Supreme Court directive, draft
NRC for Assam was to be published on or before December 31, 2017.
ii. Registrar General of India, Sailesh has stated that 1st draft
of NRC contains names of 1.9 cr applicants. Names of these applicants have been
verified out of 3.29 cr population.
iii. NRC application process in Assam started in 2015 with an
objective to weed out illegal immigrants from the state. Assam CM, Sarbananda
Sonowal has stated that all those individuals whose name did not appear in the
draft of the NRC, may submit claims and objections against the same.
2. NEPAL BANS SOLO CLIMBING ON MOUNT EVEREST
i. Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains,
including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents.
ii. The new safety regulations also prohibit double amputee and
blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world's highest peak
without a valid medical certificate.
3. JHARKHAND CM LAUNCHES “SAUBHAGYA YOJANA” TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY
TO ALL VILLAGES
i. Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das launched ‘Saubhagya Yojana’, aimed at
providing electricity to all the 29376 villages across the state. Currently,
17.64 lakh households in Jharkhand do not have electricity supply. Under
‘Saubhagya Yojana’, all such households will get 24X7 electricity supply by
December 2018.
ii. Jharkhand State Government is also putting efforts to provide
electricity to cottage industries and agriculture. Under this scheme, above
poverty line families would get electricity connection by paying Rs 500 (Rs 50
each month for 10 months).