Current affairs : September 2, 2016
National Workshop on Autism Tools INCLEN
and ISAA
A meeting of Master Trainers from all parts of the country was
recently held at the ‘National Training Workshop on Autism using InternationalClinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) and Indian Scale of Assessment of Autism
(ISAA) Tools’. It was organized by the Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment.
§ The workshop is the first of its kind in India. More than 75
professionals (Clinical Psychologist, Pediatrician and Psychiatrist)
participated from 18 States.
Government notifies National
Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
Government has notified National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme.It is for the first time a scheme has been notified to offer financial
incentives to employers.
§ The Scheme has an outlay of Rs. 10,000 crore with a target of 50
Lakh apprentices to be trained by 2019-20.
§ 25% of the prescribed stipend payable to an apprentice would be
reimbursed to the employers directly by the Government of India.
Incorporation of Sagarmala Development
Company
As part of the efforts to promote port-led development in the
country, the Sagarmala Development Company (SDC) has been incorporated under
the Companies Act, 2013.
§ SDC will be under the administrative
control of the Ministry of Shipping.
§ It will have an initial Authorized Share Capital of Rs. 1,000
Crore and a Subscribed Share Capital of Rs. 90 Crore.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana extended
to people of all Hilly States
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has decided to extend the
benefits under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to the people of all Hilly States including North-East States
by treating them as ‘Priority States’ and release LPG connections
to the eligible beneficiaries.
§ This step of the Ministry will effectively address the difficulty
faced by poor people residing in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal
Pradesh, Meghalaya and Tripura in accessing LPG for cooking purposes.
Army sets up design bureau to reduce
dependence on imports
Indian Army has formally announced the establishment of the Army Design Bureau. This is an attempt
to indigenise procurements and reduce import dependence as part of the
government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.
§ Army Design Bureau will help in fast tracking procurement process
and also helps in modernisation.
§ ADB will also be a “single point contact” and a platform for an
interaction between the army and academia, the defence public sector units
(PSU), private players to understand the requirements of the army
RBI allows banks to sell stressed assets
to NBFCs, other lenders
In a move to increase competition that could lead to better price
discovery of stressed assets, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed
commercial banks to sell such loans to their competitors as well as to
non-banking financial companies.
- Till now, banks are allowed to sell stressed loans to asset reconstruction companies.
BRICS
convention on tourism:
The two-day long BRICS
Convention on Tourism was recently inaugurated in Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh. Representatives from South Africa,
Russia and China are taking part in the convention.
- During the meeting, BRICS leaders proposed to constitute a permanent BRICS Working Stream on Tourism comprising of the stakeholders of the Government and private sector.
- The leaders also emphasized greater cooperation among the member countries for the mutual benefit for the growth of tourism and looked at the convention as a platform to interact with the travel industry partners.
Michel Temer sworn in as new Brazil president
Michel Temer, Brazil's former vice president, has been sworn in as
the country's new president
- A few hours after the country's Senate voted to remove Dilma Rousseff from office.
MoUD, Amar Chitra Katha
sign MoU to publish comic book on Swachh Bharat Mission
Storyteller to generations of Indians, Amar Chitra Katha will now
publish and distribute a special edition of a comic book focusing on Swachh
Bharat Mission.
- The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has signed an MoU with Amar Chitra Katha to publish and distribute a 32-page comic.
President of Egypt to arrive on three-day visit to India
President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, is arriving on a
three-day visit to India.
- He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Ministers, officials and business leaders.
