Author: Abhishek Baghele

Rights of Transgender Persons Bill 2014 2014 – SC recognised transsexuals & transgenders as the ‘third gender Apr 24, 2015 – RS passed a private members Right of Transgender BIll 2014 Pending in LS....

Mines & Minerals Amendment Bill, 2015 passed Principal Act of 1957 – Draconian law for Adivasis Act does not address the critical issue of the rights of those (mostly from Adivasi  communities) who own...

India – Bangladesh Land Agreement Centre leaves enclaves in Assam out of land swap deal with Bangladesh Assembly polls are due in the state next year   Art. Ref. : May 2nd, 2015 : Dhaka...

Growth : The next steps to be taken  Favorable factors that can contribute to a better performance of the economy in 2015-16 : 1.) Low crude oil price \/ Oil import bill –> Current...

Three Challenges :  Raising of 17 corps : (Country’s 1st mountain strike force) Mountain Unit Require helicopters, light artillery Original Plan – (80,000 men costing > 10 b $ with 1.2 b $ spent...

Cabinet cleared  100 Smart City Project  &  AMRUT     Raising funds through : SPV PPP Smart city, aspirants will be selected through a ‘City Challenge Competition’ Earthquake Risk = (magnitude of earthquake (~))...

GAFA (GOOGLE – APPLE – FACEBOOK – AMAZON ) American internet companies  9/10 Internet searches in Europe use Google (more commanding % than in the US) Europe lacks a single internet company of comparable...

UNCRC (United Nations Convention on Child Rights ) Signed on  – 20th Nov 1989 Location : NY Effective : 2nd September 1990 Signatories : 140 Parties : 194 India ratified UNCRC 1990 \/ Aug...

24th April 2015  Ford Foundation  on watchlist of MHA Invoking section 46 of FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) IN STEP WITH GHANI’s AFGHANISTAN  April 27, 2015 : Prez Ashraf Ghani coming to India  ...

23rd April 2015 CHINA – PAK  China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Investment Capacity of 45 B $ – CPEC – Gwadar (The junction of South Asia, West Asia & Africa)  — Kashgar CPEC not...

23rd April 2015 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope Joint Venture of NASA & ESA (European Space Agency) Launched on 24 Apr. 1990 by space shuttle ‘ Discovery’ Orbit – 552 Km above...

22nd April 2015  NGOs : The good, bad and the ugly Planning commission (erstwhile) had built the groundwork for this in the National Policy on Voluntary Sector, 2007 and had come up with a...

NPT Review will take place in New York from Apr 27 – May 22. Significant Anniversaries 100th – Use of chemical weapons in Ypres, Belgium. 70th – Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. 20th –...

A TOTAL BAN ON CHILD LABOUR IS A MUST : SATYARTHI Census 2011 – India has over 4 million working children. (2008 -12) – 45,269 cases of child labour reported – Only 7% (3,394)...

Trade Deficit Widens : Export declined 1.2 % to 310.5 b $ Import declined 0.6 % to 447.6 b $ Trade deficit widens = 137 b $ (2013-14) against = 135 .8 b $...

(India – Canada) Canada Connection: PM’s visit to Canada – 06 major areas of bilateral cooperation : 1)  Civil Aviation 2) Railways 3) Education 4) Space 5) Social security 6) Health In addition, to...

A tale of two countries (IND – CHN) – China’s compounded annual growth rate was over 10% b/w 1990 – 2013. & India achieved best 9% GR b/w 2003-09.  Literacy level: India – 74...

~ IMF —> World Economic Outlook release India GR  2014 (7.2%) , 2015 (7.5%), 2016 (7.5%) World Bank —————–> 7.5% For 1st time sine 1999, India’s GR > CHina’s (Consumption led growth) >—From —India...

Haryana gets its 1st village secretariat in Jind Each village of Haryana will soon have its own secretariat which will ensure people get better access to various govt. schemes. Don’t have to visit dist....