Assam Current Affairs – February 22 – 28, 2019

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Current Affairs Assam – February 22 - 28, 2019

( Covers all important Assam Current Affairs & GK topics for the week of February 22 – 28, 2019 )

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February 22, 2019

PM Narendra Modi receives Seoul Peace Prize
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Seoul Peace Prize, while in south Korea on a two-day visit. The prime minister was conferred the honour for his efforts in promoting global peace and harmony through inclusive economic growth and for improving quality of life.
  • Prime Minister dedicated it to the people of India and the prize money of $200,000 that he contributed to the Namami Gange fund.

FACTFILE – The Seoul Peace Prize

  • The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 as a biennial recognition with monetary award to commemorate the success of the 24th Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, Korea, an event in which 160 nations from across the world took part, creating harmony and friendship.
  • The Seoul Peace Prize was established to reflect the wishes of the Korean people and to crystallize their desire for everlasting peace on earth. The nominating group consists of 300 Korean nationals, and 800 internationals.
  • The awardee receives a diploma, a plaque and honorarium of US$200,000.
All India Citizens Survey of Police Services to begin in March
  • With an aim to strengthen the good governance practices in the police, the Union Home Ministry commissioned the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) to conduct a pan-India survey called “All India Citizens Survey of Police Services.”
  • The survey will be conducted through the New Delhi-based National Council of Applied Economic Research.
  • The survey is aimed to understand public perception about the police, gauge the level of non-reporting of crime or incidents to the police, the situation on ground relating to crime reporting and recording, timeliness and quality of police response and action, and assess citizens’ perception and experience about women and children’s safety.
  • All states and Union Territories would be included in the survey, which will be completed in 9 months.
President of India approves changes in Stamp Act
  • President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to changes in the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, which will rationalise and harmonise the system of levying stamp duty and help curb tax evasion.
  • The Amendments to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, were introduced as part of the Finance Act 2019, and was approved by Parliament.
  • The amendments propose to create the legal and institutional mechanism to enable states to collect stamp duty on securities market instruments at one place by one agency.
Cement Manufacturers’ Association inks pact with trade unions
  • Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) has signed a four-year wage settlement agreement with federations of major central trade unions entailing a rise of Rs 5,000 in gross monthly pay of 20,000 workers in the sector.
  • The agreement was signed with Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Labour Progressive Federation (LPF) before the chief labour commissioner.
  • The settlement is for four years from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2022, and it will benefit around 20,000 employees in the Indian cement industry by way of an increase in gross pay, enhanced dearness allowance and service weightage.
  • The settlement provides for an increase of Rs 5,000 per month in the gross pay of cement employees.
  • A total of 21 cement companies, consisting major players which cover 60 per cent of the country’s total cement capacity, had authorised CMA to negotiate with the trade unions on their behalf.

FACTFILE – Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) is the apex body of major cement plants in India. We are the Indian Cement Industry’s consolidated voice on issues such as environment, waste recycling, taxation, logistics and fuel supply among others.

HAL to make 16 Tejas this year for IAF
  • State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is ramping up production to deliver 16 of them for the Indian Air Force (IAF) operational fleet by this year-end. They have increased the production capacity with an upfront investment of Rs 1,380 crore in Bengaluru complex.
  • Recently Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd handed over the first three advanced light helicopters (ALHs) as part of the 22 ALH MK III contract to the Indian Army at the ongoing Aero India show.
  • As partner in co-developing and manufacturing the combat fighter, the city-based defence behemoth has already delivered to the IAF 16 Tejas in the Initial Operation Clearance (IOC) configuration.
  • The regulator Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (Cemilac) Chief Executive P. Jayapal handed over the FOC certificate and release-to-service documents to Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa.
  • Touted as the world’s only lightweight combat aircraft, the advanced fourth generation Tejas is a single twin engine, agile mutli-role supersonic fighter.
  • The ‘Made in India’ fighter has quadraplex digital fly-by-wire flight control system with advanced flight control laws.

FACTFILE – Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

  • HAL is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence.
  • The government-owned corporation is primarily involved in the operations of the aerospace and is currently involved in the design, fabrication and assembly of aircraft, jet engines, helicopters and their spare parts.
  • It has several facilities spread across India including Nasik, Korwa, Kanpur, Koraput, Lucknow, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kasaragod.
WWF-India Ek Prithvi programme launched in Assam
  • Assam Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya launched the WWF-India Ek Prithvi programme in the state. Assam is the eighth State in the country where WWF-India is implementing the Ek Prithvi programme.
  • It is a pan-India programme designed to build conservation leaders by raising awareness about environment, engaging them in conservation action and building positive attitudes towards a sustainable lifestyle.
  • Along with the programme, the Ek Prithvi Leadership Manual and Teachers Manual in Assamese language for classes I to XII were also released.
  • The launch was followed by ‘Leadership and Teacher Training’ for SCERT officials, DIET nodal officers, principals and teachers towards implementing the Ek Prithvi programme.
  • The Ek Prithvi programme will empower more than 1,100 students in the State in the first phase. It starts from three schools namely, No. 144 Mayong LP School, Mayong HS School and Lokapriya GNB High School in Morigaon district.

FACTFILE – World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India)

  • WWF-India was founded with the express objective of ensuring the conservation of the country’s wildlife and natural habitats. It was set up as a Charitable Public Trust on 27 November 1969.
  • It was then known as the World Wildlife Fund-India, much before the terms ‘wildlife’ and ‘environment’ had caught the attention of the government or the public.
Goalpara district to adopts green tech for rural roads
  • At the initiative of the district administration, Goalpara has set an example by adopting green technologies in the construction of a number of rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) scheme across the district.
  • Adopting green technologies for road construction for enhancing accessibility in providing all weather road connectivity to the people, particularly those living in the rural areas.
  • The green technologies such as waste plastic technology, geo-grid technology, cell-filled concrete technology, interlocking concrete block pavement will not only reduce dependence on natural resources, but also make it economically viable by bringing down the construction cost as well as maintenance of the roads.
  • Around 150 km of roads have been constructed by using various green technologies in the last six months.
  • The Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned a total of 565 km-length for the district under PMGSY for 2018-19 out of which the targeted 380 km will be completed.

                                                                February 23, 2019 

Centre to deploy 100 companies of paramilitary forces in J&K
  • The Centre has decided to deploy additional 100 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) on an urgent basis in Jammu and Kashmir. Including 45 companies of the CRPF, 35 companies of the Border Security Force (BSF), and 10 companies each of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
  • The move came the night after raids were carried out in south, central and north Kashmir areas in which dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, were detained.

FACTFILE – The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) or Home Ministry

  • Home Ministry is a ministry of the Government of India. As the interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy.
  • The Home Ministry is also the cadre controlling authority for the Indian Police Service (IPS), DANIPS and DANICS. Police-I Division of the ministry is the cadre controlling authority in respect of the Indian Police Service; whereas, the UT Division is the administrative division for DANIPS and DANICS and the All India Services officers posted and working in the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre.
Clean and Green Village Mission launched in Hailakandi District
  • Clean and Green Village Mission, a new initiative of the State Government, was launched in Hailakandi district.
  • The inaugural event at Paikan village under 6 Hailakandi Legislative Assembly Constituency (LAC) was organised under the MyGov Assam initiative.
  • Saplings were distributed among the people on the occasion. Local villagers took part in the programme with the promise of carrying forward the mission.
  • Team members of MyGov Assam, who are closely monitoring the progress, appealed to the villagers to complement the efforts of the State Government and the district administration in creating awareness about cleanliness and environmental-related issues.
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