{"id":54646,"date":"2019-02-04T21:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=54646"},"modified":"2020-02-27T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T06:02:13","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-december-4th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-december-4th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 December 4th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1594649\"><strong>Mahila Kisan\nSashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers has informed Lok Sabha about\nthe Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nMahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran\nPariyojana (MKSP) is a sub component of the National Rural Livelihood\nMission(NRLM).<\/li><li>The primary objective of the\nscheme is to empower women in agriculture by making systematic investments to\nenhance their participation and productivity, as also create and sustain\nagriculture based livelihoods of rural women.<\/li><li>The Department of Rural\nDevelopment, Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the scheme.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives\nof MKSP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To enhance the productive\nparticipation of women in agriculture;<\/li><li>To create sustainable agricultural\nlivelihood opportunities for women in agriculture;<\/li><li>To improve the skills and\ncapabilities of women in agriculture to support farm and non-farm-based\nactivities;<\/li><li>To ensure food and nutrition\nsecurity at the household and the community level;<\/li><li>To enable women to have better\naccess to inputs and services of the government and other agencies;<\/li><li>To enhance the managerial\ncapacities of women in agriculture for better management of biodiversity;<\/li><li>To improve the capacities of women\nin agriculture to access the resources of other institutions and schemes within\na convergence framework.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nWomen in Agriculture:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rural women form the most\nproductive workforce in the economy of the majority of the developing nations\nincluding India. <\/li><li>Agriculture which is the single\nlargest production endeavour in India, contributing to 16% of the GDP is\nincreasingly becoming a female activity. <\/li><li>Agriculture sector employs 80% of\nall economically active women which they comprise of 33% of the agricultural\nlabour force and 48% of self employed farmers.<\/li><li>However,women in Agriculture are\ngenerally not able to access extension services and production assets like\nseeds, water, credit, subsidies among others.<\/li><li>Hence,the MKSP scheme aims to\nempower women in agriculture by making systematic investments to enhance their\nparticipation and productivity, as also to create and sustain their\nagriculture-based livelihoods.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1594676\"><strong>International\nDay of Persons with Disabilities<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been celebrated\nworldwide on 3rd December 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The annual observance of the\nInternational Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992 by the United\nNations General Assembly.<\/li><li>The day aims to promote the rights\nand well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and\ndevelopment and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with\ndisabilities.<\/li><li>The theme for 2019 is Promoting\nthe participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking\naction on the 2030 Development Agenda.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Initiatives\ntaken by United Nations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United\nNations Disability Inclusion Strategy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The United Nations had launched\nthe Disability Inclusion Strategyin\n2019 in line with its commitment to make the UN an inclusive organization for\nall.<\/li><li>It provides for the foundation for\nsustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all\npillars of the work of the United Nations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United\nNations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Convention was adopted by the\nUN General Assembly in 2006 and it came into force in 2008.<\/li><li>The convention aims to ensure that\ndisabled people enjoy the same human rights as everyone else and that they can\nparticipate fully in society by receiving the same opportunities as others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Initiatives\ntaken by Indian Government:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nAccessible India campaign:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Accessible India is a nation-wide\nCampaign launched by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities\n(DEPwD) of the Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment in 2015.<\/li><li>It aims to provide universal\naccessibility to persons with disabilities. <\/li><li>It focuses on developing an\naccessible physical environment, transportation system, and Information &amp;\ncommunication ecosystem.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Right\nof Persons with Disabilities Act,2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Rights of Persons with\nDisabilities Act 2016 had replaced the PwD Act,1995.<\/li><li>The act has created a progressives\nright based framework for the welfare of differently abled persons.<\/li><li>The act have increased the types\nof disabilities from 7 (as in PwD Act, 1995) to 21 and the Central Government\nhas been empowered to add more types of disabilities.<\/li><li>The Chief Commissioner for Persons\nwith Disabilities and the State Commissioners act as regulatory bodies and\nGrievance Redressal agencies and also monitor implementation of the Act.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>Article 41 of the Indian Constitution provides that the State shall\nwithin the limits of its economic capacity and development make effective\nprovision for securing the right to work, to educa\u00adtion and to public\nassistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Economy\/putin-xi-launch-landmark-russian-gas-pipeline-to-china\/article30137425.ece\"><strong>Power of\nSiberia gas pipeline cements China-Russia bond<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Chinese President and Russian President have inaugurated the \u201cPower of\nSiberia\u201d gas pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe Gas Pipeline:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Power of Serbia is the first\ncross-border gas pipeline between Russia and China.<\/li><li>The central aim of this gas\npipeline is to pump natural gas to China and Russia\u2019s far-east regions.<\/li><li>Under this pipeline project,Russia\nwill deliver 1 trillion cubic meters of natural gas to China over the next 30\nyears.<\/li><li>From Siberia to China\u2019s Yangtze\nRiver delta in Shanghai, the massive pipeline will cover 8,000 km with 5,111 km\ninside China passing through nine provinces and municipalities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance\nof the project:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new gas production centers in\neastern Russia is expected to provide additional opportunities for the\nacceleration of socio-economic development in eastern regions primarily through\ngas grid expansion.<\/li><li>For China, the significance of the\npipeline project is that it will feed its industries which are mostly situated\nin the north. <\/li><li>The project will also allow China\nto move away from coal to cleaner alternatives as the pipeline supply will help\nsecure its demand for energy security.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indian\nand Russian Partnership in Oil sector:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India and Russia have signed a\nfive-year road map for cooperation in the energy sector comprising joint\ndevelopment of oil and gas fields in Russia and India including offshore\nfields.<\/li><li>Indian has also planned to expand\ninvestments in Russian oil refining projects due to political tension in the\nMiddle East that is affecting energy supplies.<\/li><li>Indian companies have invested\nmore than $10 billion in major Russian oil projects.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Picture1-22.png?resize=750%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54652\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1594497\"><strong>National Oil\nSpill Disaster Contingency Plan(NOSDCP)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Minister of State for Shipping (I\/C) and Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers\nhas informed Lok Sabha about the National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency\nPlan(NOSDCP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nNational Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan(NOS-DCP):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The National Oil Spill Disaster\nContingency Plan(NOS-DCP) was originally promulgated in 1996 and subsequently\nupdated to include additional information.The latest updation was in 2014.<\/li><li>The Indian Coast Guard is the\ndesignated national authority for oil spill response in Indian waters under the\nNational Oil Spill-Disaster Contingency Plan(NOS-DCP).<\/li><li>However,the NOS-DCP comes under\nthe purview of the National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home\nAffairs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives\nof the plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To establish an effective system\nfor detection and reporting of spills;<\/li><li>To establish adequate measures for\npreparedness for oil and chemical pollution;<\/li><li>To facilitate rapid and effective\nresponse to oil pollution;<\/li><li>To establish adequate measures for\ncrew, responders, and public health and safety, and protection of the marine\nenvironment;<\/li><li>To establish appropriate response\ntechnique to prevent, control and combat oil pollution and dispose-off the\nrecovered material in an environmentally sound manner <\/li><li>To establish record-keeping\nprocedures to facilitate recovery of costs.<\/li><li>To maintain the evidence for the\npurpose of identifying the polluter and taking suitable administrative, civil\nor criminal action against the polluter.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nOil Spill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Oil spill is the contamination of\nseawater due to an oil pour as a result of an accident or human error.<\/li><li>Oil is among the most important\nenergy sources in the world and because of its uneven distribution,it is\ntransported by ships across the oceans and by pipelines across the lands. <\/li><li>This has resulted in several\naccidents in the past while transferring the oil to vessels, during\ntransportation, breaking of pipelines, as well as while drilling in the earth\u2019s\ncrust.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nIndian Coast Guard:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Indian Coast Guard is a\nmulti-mission organization entrusted with superintendence and policing of\nIndia\u2019s maritime areas including the Exclusive Economic Zone.<\/li><li>ICG was formally established in\n1978 by the Coast Guard Act,1978 as an independent Armed force of India.It operates\nunder the Ministry of Defence.<\/li><li>The organization is headed by the\nDirector General Indian Coast Guard (DGICG).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/when-is-the-oath-taken-by-a-minister-invalid-6147433\/lite\/\"><strong>When is the oath\ntaken by a Minister (in)valid?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>During the oath-taking ceremony of the Maharashtra government,the Chief\nMinister with other ministers altered the oath by invoking the names other than\nmentioned in the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Constitutional\nprovisions related to Oath:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article\n164(3): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It states that before a Minister\nenters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of\noffice and of secrecy according to the forms set out in the Third Schedule.<\/li><li>Article 164 also makes it clear\nthat the text of the oath is sacrosanct and the person taking the oath has to\nread it out exactly as it is, in the given format.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Third\nSchedule: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It requires the taker of the oath\nto either swear in the name of God or to solemnly affirm to bear true faith and\nallegiance to the Constitution.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Role of\nthe Governor: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Once Governor takes it as read and\nthe Secretary to the Governor has attested that the oath has been\nadministered,it cannot be legally challenged.<\/li><li>However,if the person deviates\nfrom the text,it is the responsibility of the Governor to interrupt and ask the\nperson being sworn in to read it out correctly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples\nof Deviation in Oath:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In 1990, the oath by Devi Lal as\ndeputy prime minister was challenged in the Supreme Court as being\nunconstitutional as the Constitution provides only for the Prime Minister and\nministers. <\/li><li>However,the Supreme Court upheld\nthe oath as valid and stated that describing a person as Deputy Prime Minister\nis descriptive only and such description does not confer on him any powers of\nPrime Minister.<\/li><li>It also ruled that the description\nof a minister as Deputy Prime Minister or any other type of ministers such as\nminister of state or deputy minister of which there is no mention in the\nConstitution does not vitiate the oath taken by him so long as the substantive\npart of the oath is correct.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/what-is-gdp-and-why-it-matters-6148901\/\"><strong>Explained: What\nis GDP and why it matters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,due to a decline in India\u2019s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) growth\nrate,the ruling party has questioned the merit of the basic variable used to\nmap economic growth that is, the GDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Origin\nof GDP and GNP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The modern-day definitions of GDP\nand GNP can be traced back to Simon Kuznets who was entrusted with the task of\ncreating National Accounts in 1933 by the then US President Franklin D\nRoosevelt.<\/li><li>The final report called National\nIncome(1929-32) was presented to the US Congress in January 1934.<\/li><li>However, the origins of GDP as a\nconcept date far back.The man credited with inventing the concept is William\nPetty (1623-1687),an Englishman who was a professor of anatomy at Brasenose\nCollege.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nGDP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gross domestic product (GDP) is\nthe monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a\ncountry&#8217;s borders in a specific time period.<\/li><li>It includes all private and public\nconsumption, government outlays, investments, private inventories, paid-in\nconstruction costs and the foreign balance of trade (exports are added, imports\nare subtracted).<\/li><li>The GDP is calculated using this\nstandard formula which is C + I + G + (X-M).<\/li><li>However,the GDP is slightly\ndifferent from the other commonly used statistic for national income the Gross\nNational Product(GNP).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nGNP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Gross National Product (GNP)\nmeasures the monetary value of all goods and services by the people and\ncompanies of a country regardless of where this value was created.<\/li><li>It is the total value of all final\ngoods and services produced within a nation in a particular year, plus income\nearned by its citizens (including income of those located abroad) minus income\nof non-residents located in that country.<\/li><li>The formula to calculate the\ncomponents of GNP is C + I + G + (X-M) + Z.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance\nof GDP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Gross Domestic Product(GDP) as\na measure sums up more information about an economy than any other variable.For\ninstance, countries with higher GDPs have citizens with higher incomes and\nbetter standards of living.<\/li><li>However,one can point out\nvariations and suggest that a country ranked 1 in GDP is ranked 9 in GDP per\ncapita but these divergences would be relatively small when data is seen at a\nglobal level.<\/li><li>Hence,it helps not to depend\noverly on just the GDP of a country but it is also not a good idea to disregard\nit as a measure.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1594553\"><strong>Development of\nParticularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) Scheme<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing the Development of PVTGs\nscheme for comprehensive socio-economic development of 75 Particularly\nVulnerable Tribal Groups(PVTGs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nDevelopment of PVTGs scheme: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Scheme for Development of\nParticularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups(PVTGs) is implemented by the Ministry of\nTribal Affairs.<\/li><li>It was first started in 1998-1999\nfor exclusive development of PVTGs and then later revised in 2015.<\/li><li>The scheme aims at planning their\nsocio-economic development in a comprehensive manner while retaining the\nculture and heritage of the community by adopting habitat development approach.<\/li><li>Under the scheme, State\nGovernments submits Conservation cum Development(CCD) plans on the basis of\ntheir requirement.<\/li><li>The plan is then appraised and\napproved by the Project Appraisal Committee of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs\nand then 100% grants-in-aid are made available to States as per the provisions\nof the scheme.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nParticularly Vulnerable Tribal Group(PVTG):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Particularly Vulnerable Tribal\nGroups(PVTGs) are the marginalized section of the Scheduled tribes of India. <\/li><li>They are a section who are\nrelatively isolated, educationally and socio-economically backward living in a\nhabitat far away from amenities.<\/li><li>In 1973, the Dhebar Commission had\ncreated Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) as a separate category, who are less\ndeveloped among the tribal groups. <\/li><li>In 2006, the Government of India\nrenamed the PTGs as PVTGs. However,they are not a Constitutional category nor\nare these constitutionally recognized communities.<\/li><li>The criteria followed for\ndetermination of PVTGs are (a)pre-agriculture level of technology (b)stagnant\nor declining population (c) Extremely low literacy and d)subsistence level of\neconomy.<\/li><li>Among the 75 listed PVTG\u2019s the\nhighest number are found in Odisha (13), followed by Andhra Pradesh (12) and\namong others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/gst-council-rings-first-alarm-bells-on-revenue-tax-collection-sitharaman-6149310\/\"><strong>GST Council\nrings first alarm bells on revenue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The GST Council has written to states telling them that the GST and\ncompensation cess collections are unlikely to be met this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nGST Compensation Cess:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A cess is a tax that is levied by\nthe government to raise funds for a specific purpose.<\/li><li>As part of the GST reforms, the\nGST Compensation Cess has been introduced through the GST (Compensation to\nStates) Act, 2017.<\/li><li>According to the Act,states are\nguaranteed compensation for any revenue shortfall below 14% growth (base year\n2015-16) for the first five years ending 2022.<\/li><li>The GST Compensation cess has to\nbe paid every two months by the Centre to states.<\/li><li>However,due to a shortfall in tax\ncollections,the Centre is unable to compensate states for loss of revenue.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is\nthe way forward?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The GST Council has decided to\ncomprehensively review the tax structure in the wake of growing revenue\nconcerns.<\/li><li>The review will include exempted\nitems,GST and compensation cess rates and revenue augmentation measures. <\/li><li>However,since the compensation\ncess is imposed only on luxury and sin goods under GST, any measure to generate\nmore cess collections would either include imposing a higher cess on those\nitems or tinkering at the highest 28% tax slab under the indirect tax regime.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About GST\nCouncil:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Goods &amp; Services Tax(GST)\nCouncil is a constitutional body for making recommendations to the Union and\nState Government on issues related to Goods and Service Tax.<\/li><li>As per Article 279A (1) of the\nconstitution, the GST Council was constituted by the President.<\/li><li>The council consists of the\nfollowing members: (a) The Union Finance Minister is the Chairperson (b) The\nUnion Minister of State in-charge of Revenue of finance and (c) The Minister\nIn-charge of finance or taxation or any other Minister nominated by each State\nGovernment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1594617\"><strong>Political\nParties Registration Tracking Management System(PPRTMS)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to implement the Political\nParties Registration Tracking Management System(PPRTMS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe registration system:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The registration tracking system\nis being implemented to help the applicants track the process of registration\nof political party.This system will be effective from 1st January,2020.<\/li><li>The system will be implemented\nthrough an online portal to facilitate tracking of status of application by\napplicants.<\/li><li>The applicant will be able to\ntrack the progress of his \/ her application for registration of political party\nby providing contact mobile number and email address of the party.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nRegistration of Political Parties:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Registration of Political\nparties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of\nthe People Act, 1951. <\/li><li>A party seeking registration under\nthe said Section with the Commission has to submit an application to the\nCommission within a period of 30 days.<\/li><li>The application should be as per the\nguidelines prescribed by the Election Commission in the exercise of the powers\nconferred by Article 324 and Section 29A of the Representation of the People\nAct,1951.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/telling-numbers-arsenic-and-iron-in-water-30k-rural-habitations-20k-in-2-states-6149466\/\"><strong>Arsenic and\niron in water: 30,000 rural habitations affected, 20,000 in two states<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Ministry of Jal Shakti has tabled the data on water contamination in\nthe Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways\nfrom the data:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As of November 27,2019, 3.22% of\nthe rural habitations across all states and UTs which accounts for 3.73% of the\npopulation were consuming drinking water with quality issues.<\/li><li>Iron is the most common\ncontaminant of drinking water followed by salinity, arsenic, fluoride and heavy\nmetal.<\/li><li>Rajasthan has the highest number\nof rural habitations affected by contamination overall.Most of these are\naffected by salinity in drinking water.<\/li><li>West Bengal has the highest number\nof rural habitations affected by arsenic contamination followed by Assam.<\/li><li>Further,Assam has the highest\nnumber of rural habitations affected by iron contamination followed by West\nBengal.<\/li><li>The States and UTs that are not affected\nby any of these contaminants include Andaman &amp; Nicobar Islands, Goa,\nGujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry,\nSikkim and Tamil Nadu.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nJal Jeevan Mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jal Jeevan Mission seeks to provide\nsafe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections\n(HarGharJal) to all rural households by 2024. <\/li><li>The mission is being implemented\nby the Jal Shakti Ministry.<\/li><li>The Mission focuses on integrated\ndemand and supply-side management of water at the local level.<\/li><li>It implements source\nsustainability measures recharge and reuse through grey water management, water\nconservation, rain water harvesting.<\/li><li>The Mission also seeks to converge\nwith other Central and State Government Schemes to achieve its objectives of\nsustainable water supply management across India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/how-seeds-are-planted-from-a-helicopter-or-with-darts-6149100\/\"><strong>How seeds are\nplanted from a helicopter or with darts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Delhi High Court has asked the forest authorities whether planting\nof seeds could be done by throwing dart shots containing them from helicopters\ninto forest areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is\nAerial Seeding?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Aerial seeding is a technique of\nsowing seeds by spraying them through aerial mechanical means such as a\ndrone,plane or helicopter.<\/li><li>Aerial seeding is adopted because\nit is quicker and more effective than planting manually.It also allows access\nto areas where the terrain is rocky or at high elevation.<\/li><li>However,Aerial Seeding is\ngenerally achieved not with darts but by spraying seeds through an aircraft or\na drone.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nDart Seeding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dart seeding is used with the same\nbroad objective as aerial seeding for a plantation in inaccessible areas.The\nprocess involves throwing darts containing seeds onto open ground.<\/li><li>A variation of dart seeding was\nused in Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary in the late 1990s but not with a\nhelicopter.<\/li><li>Under Dart Seeding,the Forest\nDepartment used a long iron rod to access ground that could not be reached due\nto thick cover of shrubs.Seeds were put into the rod,which had a small opening\nat the other end. <\/li><li>When the rod was inserted and then\nremoved,the soil would cover the seed unlike in aerial plantation when seeds\nare thrown into open ground. <\/li><li>Hence,if dart plantation is done\nfrom a low-flying helicopter,seeds have a relatively better chance of survival\nas they reach deeper into the ground.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP) News:Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers has informed Lok Sabha about the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP). Facts: About Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP): Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) is a sub component of the National Rural Livelihood Mission(NRLM). 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