Connect to Current -Daily Current Capsules 10th January 2019

Governance/Constitution/Polity Parliament passes Bill to provide 10% quota for poor ( follow up of

tomorrow’s article)

Relevance IN – Prelims( facts about the provision of the bill) + Mains ( G.S

Paper I – Indian society + GS Paper II – Social justice, government

interventions

What’s the NEWS

Parliament cleared the Constitutional Amendment Bill guaranteeing 10%

quota in education and employment to economically weaker sections in

the general category, following an approval by the Rajya Sabha.

The Upper House nod came following an over nine-hour-long heated

debate, during which the Opposition accused the government of bringing

the Bill in haste with an eye on the coming Lok Sabha election.

The Bill was passed with a majority of 165 against seven votes. It will be

now sent for Presidential assent.

The Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill was introduced by Minister

of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot, who later in

his reply said that the existing reservation to the SCs, STs and OBCs

would not be touched by the amendment.

The reservation would be applicable to jobs in both Central and State

governments, adding that the legislation gave powers to States to

determine the economic criteria for identification of beneficiaries.

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Know! all about the conditions when a bill gets lapsed in the Parliament

When the Lok Sabha is dissolved, all business including bills, motions,

resolutions, notices, petitions and so on pending before it or its

committees lapse.

They must be reintroduced in the newly-constituted Lok Sabha to be

pursued further.

Articles 107 and 108 of the Indian Constitution deals with these

provisions. The position with respect to lapsing of bills is as follows:

Cases when a bill lapse:

A bill originated in the Lok Sabha but pending in the Lok Sabha –

lapses.

A bill originated and passed by the Rajya Sabha but pending in Lok

Sabha – lapses.

A bill originated and passed by the Lok Sabha but pending in the Rajya

Sabha – lapses.

A bill originated in the Rajya Sabha and returned to that House by the

Lok Sabha with amendments and still pending in the Rajaya Sabha on

the date of the dissolution of Lok Sabha- lapses.

Cases when a bill does not lapse

A bill pending in the Rajya Sabha but not passed by the Lok Sabha does

not lapse.

If the president has notified the holding of a joint sitting before the

dissolution of Lok Sabha, does not lapse.

A bill passed by both Houses but pending assent of the president does not

lapse.

A bill passed by both Houses but returned by the president for

reconsideration of Rajya Sabha does not lapse.

Some pending bills and all pending assurances that are to be examined by

the Committee on Government Assurances do not lapse on the dissolution

of the Lok Sabha.

Some more facts

Adjournment (of a sitting) does not affect the bills or any other business

pending before the House and the same can be resumed when the House

meets again.

Prorogation (of a session) does not affect the bills or any other business

pending before the House. However, all pending notices (other than

those for introducing bills) lapse on prorogation and fresh notices have

to be given for the next session.

Women and Child Development Web- Wonder Women Campaign

Relevance IN – Prelims( facts about the campaign) + Mains ( GS Paper I – Role of

women )

What’s the NEWS

The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, has

launched an online campaign, ‘#www : Web- WonderWomen’.

Know! all about the campaign

The Campaign aims to discover and celebrate the exceptional achievements

of women, who have been driving positive agenda of social change via

social media.

Through the campaign, the Ministry and the Campaign’s Partners aim to

recognize the fortitude of Indian women stalwarts from across the globe

who have used the power of social media to run positive & niche campaigns

to steer a change in society.

This Campaign will recognize and acknowledge the efforts of these

meritorious Women.

WebWonderWomen is a campaign to specially honour and encourage such

voices that have in their own capacity driven a positive impact on social

media platforms.

The Ministry is glad to partner with Breakthrough and Twitter India on this.

The Campaign invites Entries via Nominations from across the world, as per

the laid out criteria.

Nominations are now open till 31st January, 2019. Indian-origin women,

working or settled anywhere in the world, are eligible for nomination.

The shortlisted entries will be open for public voting on Twitter and the

finalists will be selected by a specialized panel of judges.

Nominations have been invited in a large number of categories including

Health, Media, Literature, Art, Sports, Environmental protection, fashion

among others.

Infrastructure Development Gangajal Project to Provide Better and More Assured Water Supply in

Agra

Making Agra Tourist Friendly Smart City - Integrated Command and

Control Centre for Agra Smart City To be Built

Relevance IN – Prelims(facts about the schemes launched) + Mains ( GS Paper

III – infrastructure development)

Gangajal project

The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, Gangajal project, which will

provide Agra with better and more assured water supply, at an estimated

cost of Rs.2880 crores.

The programme will provide a supply of better drinking water which will

benefit the residents as well as tourists.

Gangajal project aims to bring 140 cusecs of Ganga water to Agra. This

will help meet the drinking water demands in the city.

Integrated Command and Control Centre

Prime Minister laid the foundation Stone of Integrated Command and

Control Centre for Agra Smart City.

In this project CCTVs will be installed throughout Agra City for

monitoring and surveillance for the purpose of safety and security.

This will help to develop Agra as a modern world class smart city,

befitting its stature as a premium tourist destination, at a total cost of

Rs.285 crores.

Know more about ICCC

The integrated Command and control Center is a place which gathers all

the departments and mind of the city using ICT (Information and

communication technology) as a backbone

It’s a place where information from various departments and various

applications is collected and analyzed for better planning of the city.

It has Business Intelligence engine which will process all the information

and generate insights.

These insights will be helpful in managing incidents across the city and

do a better planning for the development It plays the role of decision

support system.

The concept of Panchdhara

Panchdhara - five facets of development hold the key to the progress of

nation. These include education for children, irrigation for farmer,

livelihood to youth, medicines for elderly, grievance redressal to

everyone.

AMRUT scheme

Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of sewerage network project for

the western part of Agra. under AMRUT scheme.

The project will lead to improved sanitation facility in over 50000 houses.

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)

The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June

2015 with the focus to establish infrastructure that could ensure

adequate robust sewage networks and water supply for urban

transformation by implementing urban revival projects.

Rajasthan was the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action

Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

(AMRUT).

The scheme Housing for All by 2022 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation

and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) were launched on the same day.

The scheme is dependent with public private partnership(PPP) model.

If required, various other schemes like Swachh Bharat Mission, Housing

for All 2022, along with the local state schemes like that related to water

supply and sewerage and other infrastructure related schemes can be

linked to AMRUT.

Tourism First Swadesh Darshan project in Meghalaya inaugurated

What’s the NEWS

The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri. Conrad K Sangma, inaugurated

the project

“Development of North East Circuit: Umiam (Lake View) - U Lum

Sohpetbneng- Mawdiangdiang - Orchid Lake Resort” implemented

under Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of

India

Know! more about the project

The project “Development of North East Circuit: Umiam (Lake View) -

U Lum Sohpetbneng- Mawdiangdiang - Orchid Lake Resort” was

sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism in July 2016 for Rs. 99.13 Crores.

Under this project the Ministry has developed facilities like Traditional

Healing Centre, Tribal Rejuvenation Centre, Tourist Information Centre,

Multipurpose Hall, Log Huts, Cafeteria, Sound and Light show, Souvenir

Shops, Water Sports Zone, Zip Line, Canopy Walk, Trekking Routes,

Cycling Track, Last Mile Connectivity, Caravan Parking, Public Toilets,

and Solid Waste Management.

Know about Swadesh Darshan scheme

Swadesh Darshan scheme is one of the flagship schemes of the Ministry

of Tourism for development of thematic circuits in the country in a

planned and prioritised manner.

Under this scheme the Government is focussing on development of

quality infrastructure in the country with objective of providing better

experience and facilities to the visitors on one hand and on other hand

fostering the economic growth.

The scheme was launched in 2014 -15 and as on date the Ministry has

sanctioned 74 projects worth projects for Rs. 5932.05 Crore to 30 States

and UTs.

30 projects / major components of these projects are expected to be

completed this year. 9 projects have been inaugurated as on date under

the scheme.

Education The Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE)

Relevance IN -Prelims( facts about CARE) + Mains (GS Paper II – issues

related to development and management relating to education

What’s the NEWS

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved the list of

journals for the “CARE Reference List of Quality Journals”.

The Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) is tasked to

scrutinise and then compile a list of journals for social sciences,

humanities, language, arts, culture, Indian Knowledge system etc.

Know! about Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE)

UGC had established Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics

(CARE) to prepare a “CARE Reference List of Quality Journals”.

The Consortium would compile a list of “credible quality journals”

which would ultimately replace UGC’s own list of journals.

The Consortium would be headed by the UGC Vice Chairman and would

consist of government bodies and statutory councils.

What’s the need of this consortium

Nearly 88% of 1,009 journals recommended by universities and included

in the white list were dubious and only 112 journals met the criteria set by

UGC to be included in the list.

These dubious journals had adversely impacted the image of UGC and as

well as India at the international stage.

The UGC had announced the setting up of Consortium for Academic and

Research Ethics to scrutinise and then compile a list of quality journals,

Sports Khelo India Youth games 2019

Relevance IN -Prelims( facts about the games and its aim/objective)

What’s the NEWS

This year Khelo India Youth games are being held in Pune.

Previously called as Khelo India School Games, it has been now

renamed as Khelo India Youth Games.

Khelo India Youth games

Khelo India Youth games are held annually in January or February as the

national level multidisciplinary grassroot games.

The games are held in two categories- under-17 years school students and

under-21 college students.

Kelo India Youth games are part of Khelo India programme, which was

introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level

by building a strong framework for all sports played in our country and

establish India as a great sporting nation.

Talented players identified in priority sports disciplines at various levels

by the High Powered Committee will be provided annual financial

assistance of INR 5 lakh per annum for 8 years.

Know! about the objective of Khelo India Youth Games 2019

Prelims Practise Questions

Consider the following statements

1. Khelo India Youth games are held biannually as the national level

multidisciplinary grassroot games in two categories- under-17 years

school students and under-21 college students.

2. The Human resource development ministry has approved the list of

journals for the “CARE Reference List of Quality Journals which is

tasked to scrutinise and then compile a list of journals

Find the correct statement from the option given below

a. 1 and 2

b. 1 only

c. Both

d. None

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