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Sharada Prasad Committee report
It was constituted to Review, Rationalize and Optimize the Functioning of
Sector Skill Councils
The committee was constituted by the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship on May 2016
Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) are industry led and industry governed bodies
which have been mandated to ensure that skill development efforts being
made by all the stake holders are in accordance with the actual needs of the
industry and develop National Occupational Standards/Competency
Standards and Qualification Packs (QPs)
Presently, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has approved
formation of 40 SSCs in different Sectors
To ensure convergence and optimal functioning of SSCs as per mandate
given under the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
2015, it was decided to constitute a Committee to review the functioning of
the SSCs and provide a roadmap for their harmonious growth so as to ensure
effective development of the skilling ecosystem
The Report has three volumes
o Volume I is the main report which deals with the major challenges
facing the vocational education and training system of the country and
convergence, synergy and rationalisation of Sector Skill Councils
o Volume 2 contains appendices arranged chapter-wise
o Volume 3 Maps of National Classification of Occupations, 2015 with
National Industrial Classification, 2008
The Ministry is now in the process of examining the Report and the
recommendations made therein
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“One IP- Two Dispensaries” and “Aadhaar Based
Online Claim Submission” Schemes launched on
International Labour Day
One IP- Two Dispensaries scheme
o ESIC (Employee State Insurance Corporation) has given an option to
an Insured Person (IP) to choose two dispensaries, one for self and
another for family through an employer (until now only one dispensary
was supposed to be chosen. This rule will help migrant workers)
o This will especially benefit migrant workers who are working in other
than home State, while their families are living in their native States.
Because of non-availability of option of second dispensary, the
dependant members of family are often deprived of medical benefits.
By introducing the concept of ‘One IP- Two Dispensaries’, IP as well as
their family members would now be able to get treatment from either
of the dispensaries and in case of emergency from any ESI Institution
Aadhaar based Online Claim Submission scheme
o All EPF Members who have activated their UAN (Universal Account
Number) and seeded their KYC (Aadhaar) with EPFO will be able to
apply for PF final settlement, Pension withdrawal benefit and PF part
withdrawal from the their UAN Interface directly (rather than going to
EPFO field office)
o The three forms collectively form more than 80% of EPFO’s claim
workload
o They are not required to give any supporting document while
preferring online PF part withdrawal case. Member’s applying online
will be taken as his self-declaration for preferring the advance claim
About ESIC (Employees’ State Insurance Corporation)
o ESIC is a pioneer Social Security organization providing comprehensive
social security benefits like reasonable Medical Care and a range of
Cash Benefits in times of need such as employment injury, sickness,
death etc
o The ESI Act applies to premises/precincts where 10 or more persons
are employed
o The employees drawing wages up to ₹ 21,000 per month are entitled
to health insurance cover and other benefits, under the ESI Act
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‘Wall of Valour’ IN Educational
Institutions Launched
It is part of a nationwide ‘Vidya Veerta Abhiyan’, initiated by writer and
former Rajya Sabha member Shri Tarun Vijay
Was launched in 1,000 educational institutions across the country
Under this, portraits of Param Vir Chakra (PVC) decorated soldiers will be
displayed at designated places on educational campuses to instil sense of
nationalism among the students
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Tarang Sanchar
It is a web Portal for Information sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission
Compliance
Launched by Department of Telecom
The portal will allow users to get a tower or base station checked for
radiation emission, for a fee of ₹ 4,000
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Swachh Sarvekshan 2017
The ranking for 500 cities was published
The city of Indore (Madhya Pradesh) is the cleanest city
This is the second time that the cities have been ranked based on the efforts
of the municipalities
Gujarat has the highest number of cities in the list followed by Madhya
Pradesh in the top 50 cities
Swachh Survekshan-2017 aimed at capturing the outcomes on ground of the
ongoing efforts to make urban areas Open Defecation Free and to improve
door-to-door collection, processing and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste
Of the total score of 2,000, 900 marks were assigned for performance in
respect of ODF and solid waste management, 600 marks for Citizen Feedback
and 500 marks for Independent Observation
Quality Council of India that conducted the survey during January-February
this year used geo-tagged devices for collecting evidence in real time
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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of
India (IBBI) constitutes Technical
Committee
Has been constituted in accordance with Regulation 14 of the IBBI
(Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017
The committee shall be chaired by Dr B R Barman and 3other members
It shall give its recommendation for laying down Technical Standards for the
performance of core services and other services under Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of India (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017 and
specifically on matters such as The Application Programming Interface;
standard terms of service; registration of users; unique identifier for each
record and each user; submission of information etc.
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Cabinet approves initiation of the
process of disinvestment of ITDC
properties
CCEA has approved the initiation of the process of disinvestment of
hotels/properties of the India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC)
This decision has been taken because of
o Government is of the view that running and managing hotels on
professional lines is not the work of the Government or its entities
o There has been considerable development in the hospitality sector in
the country in past years, with world class hotels and all leading
international chains of hotels present in the country and providing
services and facilities of highest standards
As part of the disinvestment policy, it has been decided to lease/sub-lease
the hotels / properties jointly with the concerned States or return the
properties to the States, after fair valuation. The States would then have the
option to upgrade and operate the Hotels by involving the private sector or to
utilize the properties as per their requirements
In the first stage of the disinvestment process, three hotels have been taken
up for disinvestment
o Hotel Lake View Ashok, Bhopal (ITDC is divesting its share of 51% in
the Joint Venture Company formed for operation of the hotels)
o Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati (ITDC is divesting its share of
51% in the Joint Venture Company formed for operation of the hotels)
o Hotel Bharatpur Ashok, Bharatpur (the unit which was only managed
by ITDC is being returned to the State Government)
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Cabinet approves New Central Sector
Scheme – SAMPADA
SAMPADA – Scheme For Agro-Marine Processing And Development Of Agro-
Processing Clusters
SAMPADA is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes of the
Ministry like Mega Food Parks, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition
Infrastructure, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, etc. and
also new schemes like Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, Creation
of Backward and Forward Linkages, Creation / Expansion of Food Processing
& Preservation Capacities
The objective of SAMPADA is to supplement agriculture, modernize
processing and decrease agri-waste
It will be for the period of 2016 to 2020 with an allocation of ₹ 6,000 Cr is
expected to leverage investment of ₹ 31,400 Cr, handling of 334 lakh MT
agro-produce valuing over a lakh crore, benefit 20 lakh farmers and generate
5,30,500 direct/ indirect employment in the country
It includes new schemes of Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters,
Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages and Creation / Expansion of
Food Processing & Preservation Capacities aim at development of modern
infrastructure to encourage entrepreneurs to set up food processing units
based on cluster approach, provide effective and seamless backward and
forward integration for processed food industry by plugging gaps in supply
chain and creation of processing and preservation capacities and
modernization/ expansion of existing food processing units
The implementation of SAMPADA will result in
o Creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain
management from farm gate to retail outlet
o Creation of huge employment opportunities especially in the rural
areas
o Help in reducing wastage of agricultural produce, increasing the
processing level, availability of safe and convenient processed foods at
affordable price to consumers and enhancing the export of the
processed foods
The government has already taken various measures in the food processing
sectorto give a boost to the food processing sector. With these measures
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food processing sector has grown at 7 per cent. In order to arrest post-
harvest losses of horticulture & non-horticulture produce, the Ministry has
accorded approval to 42 Mega Food Parks and 236 Integrated Cold Chains for
creation of modern infrastructure for the food processing along the value
chain from the farm to the market. Out of 42 Mega Food Parks, 8 are
operational. Of this, 6 Mega Food Parks have been made operational during
the last 3 years. Another 4 Mega Food Parks are targeted for
operationalization in next three months. Similarly, out of 236 Cold Chains,
101 Cold Chains have been sanctioned recently in March, 2017. 100 Cold
Chains have become operational. Of which, 63 Cold Chains have been made
operational during last 3 years
o To provide impetus to investment in food processing and retail sector,
govt. has allowed 100% FDI in trading including through e-commerce,
in respect of food products manufactured and / or produced in India.
This will benefit farmers immensely and will create back – end
infrastructure and significant employment opportunities
o The govt. has also set up a Special Fund of ₹ 2000 Cr in NABARD to
make available affordable credit at concessional rate of interest to
designated food parks and agro processing units in the designated
food parks
o Food and agro–based processing units and cold chain infrastructure
have been brought under the ambit of Priority Sector Lending (PSL) to
provide additional credit for food processing activities and
infrastructure thereby, boosting food processing, reducing wastage,
create employment and increasing farmers’ income
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India unanimously elected to head UN-
Habitat
It is the United Nations’ Human Settlements Programme
It promotes socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements
across the world
India has been selected after 10 years
There are 58 member countries in the UN-Habitat Governing Council. The
Governing Council is an inter-governmental policy making and decision
making body, the Governing Council of UN-Habitat seeks to promote
o Integral and comprehensive approach to human settlements
o Assist the countries and regions in addressing human settlement
problems
o Strengthen cooperation among all countries on human settlement
issue
The theme of the 26th Meeting of the Governing Council to be chaired by
Shri M Venkaiah Naidu from today is “Opportunities for effective
implementation of the New Urban Agenda” with focus on inclusive,
sustainable and adequate housing for a better future and planning
and financing sustainable urbanization and integrated human settlements
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DIPP & WIPO to set up Technology and
Innovation Support Centers (TISC)
An agreement has been signed between the two to set up the TISCs
WIPO’s TISC program provides innovators in developing countries with
access to locally based, high quality technology information and related
services, helping them to exploit their innovative potential and to create,
protect, and manage their intellectual property (IP) rights
The Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) is designated as the
National Focal point for the TISC national network. As per the mandate
o CIPAM shall identify potential host institutions, assess their capacities
and support them in joining the TISC project
o CIPAM will act as the main intermediary between WIPO and TISC host
institutions and co-ordinate all the activities of the national TISC
network
Services offered by TISCs are
o Access to online patent and non-patent (scientific and technical)
resources and IP-related publications
o Assistance in searching and retrieving technology information
o Training in database search
o On-demand searches (novelty, state-of-the-art and infringement)
o Monitoring technology and competitors
o Basic information on industrial property laws, management and
strategy, and technology commercialization and marketing
There are over 500 TISCs operating worldwide and establishing TISC in India
will give the host institutions access to the Global network
In upcoming years CIPAM is planning to establish TISC’s in Universities,
State Science Councils, R&D institutions etc. TISC will give an impetus to
Knowledge sharing, sharing of best practices among the TISC’s, capacity
building, generation and commercialization of IPs
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Revision of Base Year of All-India Index
of Industrial Production (IIP)
The change of BY is from 2004-05 to 2011-12
IIP is calculated by CSO
The revision is done to reflect the changes in the industrial sector but to also
align it with the base year of other macroeconomic indicators like the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
Under the new system
o An institutional mechanism has been established for facilitating
dynamic revision of the item list of products and the panel of factories
o This is Technical Review Committee. It will be chaired by Secretary,
Ministry of Statistics & PI)
o This Committee will meet at least once a year for identifying new items
that need to be included in the item basket and removing those that
have lost its relevance in the industrial sector or are no longer being
produced
o The revised series will continue to represent the Mining, Manufacturing
and Electricity sectors
o The revised series uses the National Industrial Classification (NIC)
2008 for the purpose of classification of industrial production
o The unit coverage of IIP will, as before, cover entities in the organized
sector units registered under the Factories Act, 1948
o The weightage given to the groups will be
Mining – 14.373% (previously it was 14.157%)
Manufacturing – 77.633% (previously it was 75.527%)
Electricity – 7.994% (previously it was 10.316%)
o The item groups will be
Mining – 1 (previously it was 1)
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Manufacturing – 405 (previously it was 397)
Electricity – 1 (previously it was 1)
o The practice of using Wholesale Price Index (WPI) to deflate items for
which data is reported in value terms will continue
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NHAI Masala Bond Launched at London
Stock Exchange
Issue size is ₹ 3000 Cr with a yield rate of 7.30%
The transaction marks the largest ever 5-year issuance and the largest
inaugural transaction in Masala Bond market
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e-Krishi Samvad
It is internet-based interface and is a unique platform that will provide direct
and effective solutions to the problems faced by farmers and stakeholders in
the agriculture sector
Uses to farmers are:
o They can directly connect to the ICAR websiteand get the appropriate
solutions from the subject matter specialists and institutes through
web or SMS
o Stakeholders can upload photographs related to diseases of the crops,
animals or fishes for diagnostics and remedial measures instantly from
the specialists