Current Affairs : 13-Feb-15

13-FEB-2015

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World Radio day being observed on 13th February

The day is observed every year on the 13th of February to celebrate radio as a forum for entertainment and information, as a bridge of communication for remote communities and its role in empowering people.


Modi to inaugurate the first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo, Re-invest 2015

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, will inaugurate the first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo, Re-invest 2015 on the 15th February (Sunday) at 10.30 am in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

Shri. Piyush Goyal said the aim of the event is to evolve innovative financial models for funding and to ensure the partnership of states and the Centre in harnessing renewable energy.

It will also showcase the Government of India's commitment to the development and scaling up of renewable energy to meet the national energy requirement in a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable manner.

RE-INVEST 2015 will be the first major platform for investment promotion in this sector to connect the global investment community with the renewable energy stakeholders in India. Over 2500 delegates including exhibitors from 45 countries will be attending this event.


India plans to install 1 lakh MW solar power by 2030: Piyush Goyal

New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said that India has a plan to install 1 lakh MegaWatts solar power by 2030 through grid power and roof top power.

He said India will organise a 3-day event on Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet and Exhibition in New Delhi from 15th of this month.

Over 2500 delegates and exhibitors from 45 countries are expected to participate in the event. 18 State Chief Ministers and other senior officials from the ministries will also participate in the mega event.


HAU selected for Mahindra Samridhi India Agri Award

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University of Hisar has been selected for the prestigious Mahindra Samridhi India Agri Award 2015 in recognition of its contribution in increasing agriculture productivity and rural prosperity.


India signs Grant Agreement with World Bank for Special Climate Change fund Assistance of Us $ 8 Million

A Grant Agreement for World Bank assistance of US$ 8 million for Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change (SLACC) Project has been signed between the Government of India and the World Bank.

The grant project is funded through the Special Climate Change Fund of US$ 8 million. SLACC project will help community institutions of the rural poor, particularly women farmers, to foster improved resilience in the production system in collaboration with government programs such as MKSP and MGNREGS.

Climatic hazards that affect the availability of natural resources, adversely affect the livelihoods of the poor by impacting production, affecting incomes and preventing building up of assets.

The project aims to improve adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate variability and change in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and scale up the demonstrated best practices and lessons into the Government of India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission.

National Rural Livelihoods Mission is the implementing agency.


Centre approves revised Guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

The model villages adopted by the Members of Parliament under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) will now get rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) on priority basis.

Similarly, in these model villages, rural roads constructed or upgraded under PMGSY would have to be maintained by the State Governments up to prescribed standards and even beyond the built in period of first five years.


Services emerged as champions in the 35th National Games with 91 Gold medals

Services emerged as champions in the 35th National Games with 91 Gold medals. This is a record for the Services team, as they have topped the medals tally in National Games for the third consecutive time.

Kerala with 54 medals came second. Haryana, with 40 Gold medals emerged third, while Maharashtra with 30 Gold medals was fourth in the medals position.

36th National Games will be hosted at Goa in 2019.

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