DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 14 OCT 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY FRAMED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
i. Ministry of Commerce released The New
Industrial Policy framed in consultation with all Ministries of Government of
India, State Governments, Industry.
ii. It aims
to align India with the emerging technologies of drones, artificial
intelligence and block chain.
iii. The
policy is in sync with the challenges and opportunities of the 4th industrial
revolution technologies and will boost India’s presence in the global supply
and value chains.
iv. WEF is
also setting up a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Maharashtra.
v. This
center will focus on Artificial intelligence, block chain and drones as the
first three projects.
2.
4-MEMBER PANEL TO LOOK INTO #ME TOO CASES: UNION MINISTER MANEKA
GANDHI PROPOSES
i. Union
Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi announced setting up a
four-member committee to examine all #MeToo cases.
ii. The
panel would consist of senior judicial and legal persons as members.
iii. They
will form a legal and institutional framework which will handle the complaints
of sexual harassment and advise the ministry on how to strengthen the policies.
iv. It was
placed through “The Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Act’ of 2013.
v. Here,
women could complain through the She Box ( www.shebox.nic.in)
3.
3 MOBILE APPS I-KHET,E-PEHAL,E-PREVENT LAUNCHED BY PUNJAB TO
CHECK STUBBLE BURNING
i. Punjab
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh launched 3 apps to prevent crop residue burning.
To check and
create awareness about environmental effects of crop residue burning.
ii. The apps
are: i-Khet Machine , e-PEHaL and
e-Prevent.
iii. The
i-Khet Machine will help facilitate farmers to have access to the agriculture
machinery or equipment for in-situ management of crop residue.
iv. The
e-PEHaL app will help in monitoring tree plantation.
v. The
e-Prevent will have prompt and accurate information about incidents of crop
residue burning.