{"id":54860,"date":"2019-11-27T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=54860"},"modified":"2020-02-27T15:11:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T09:41:52","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-november-27th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-november-27th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 November 27th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/ib-ministry-proposes-to-replace-archaic-prb-act-for-registration-of-print-and-publishing-industry\/article30085731.ece\"><strong>I&amp;B\nMinistry proposes to replace archaic PRB Act for registration of print and publishing\nindustry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Information &amp; Broadcasting Ministry has proposed the\nintroduction of draft Registration of Press and Periodicals (RPP) Bill,2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The draft bill will replace the\nPress and Registration of Books (PRB) Act,1867 which currently regulates\nprinting presses and newspapers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features\nof the Draft Bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Digital\nmedia:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The bill proposes to remove books\nunder its provisions and includes Digital media which are not registered with\nany authority in the country at the moment.<\/li><li>The bill states that publishers of\nnews on digital media shall register themselves with the Registrar of\nNewspapers of India.<\/li><li>It defines news on digital media\nas the news in digitised format that can be transmitted over the internet,\ncomputer or mobile networks and includes text, audio, video and graphics.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration\nprocess:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The bill significantly simplifies\nthe registration process of a newspaper and proposes the appointment of a press\nregistrar general and other officers by the central government.<\/li><li>The proposed bill does not give\npowers to local authorities such as the magistrate to arrest a person or seize\nequipment for being in contravention of provisions of the law.<\/li><li>However,it does provide the Press\nRegistrar to cancel a publication\u2019s registration if found to be going against\nthe law.<\/li><li>An appellate board named the Press\nand Registration Appellate Board, for any person aggrieved by an order of the\nPress Registrar will consist of the chairman of the Press Council of India and\nanother member who will be nominated by the Press Council.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prosecution\nprovisions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The draft bill has also proposed\nto do away with the prosecution provisions of imprisonment of publishers.<\/li><li>Currently,the Act offences are\npunishable with an imprisonment term of up to six months as part of the penalty\nclause for improper disclosure of information.<\/li><li>Further,the bill also enables the\nCentral and the State governments to frame appropriate rules to regulate the\ncriteria for issuing government advertisements in newspapers, accreditation of\nnewspapers and other facilities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/infra-spending-by-states-must-rise-crisil\/article30090145.ece\"><strong>Infra spending\nby States must rise: Crisil<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Credit rating agency CRISIL has released its Infrastructure Yearbook\n2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\ntakeaways from the Yearbook:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CRISIL has said that states need\nto scale up investments to Rs 110 lakh crore over the next decade to achieve\nIndia\u2019s massive infrastructure targets.<\/li><li>The country-wide infrastructure\nspending required will be Rs 235 lakh crore over the next decade and has called\nfor average GDP growth of 7.5% and infrastructure spending of above 6% of GDP\nto help achieve infrastructure targets.<\/li><li>Currently,the cumulative\ninvestment in infrastructure by state government is Rs 31 lakh crore or 41% of\nthe total expenditure by the Centre and private sector which stood at Rs 77\nlakh crores.<\/li><li>The five sectors which accounted\nfor two-thirds of the states spending are transport, irrigation, energy, urban\n&amp; housing, and water &amp; sanitation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Categorisation\nof states:<\/strong>The Yearbook has bucketed states into three\ncategories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Frontrunner<\/strong> states such as Gujarat,Maharashtra\nand Karnataka has seen a slowdown in capital expenditure.These states need to\nattract private investments and find new ways to grow capital expenditure.<\/li><li><strong>Middle<\/strong> of the pack states such as\nHaryana,Andhra Pradesh and Telangana can be growth leaders by sustaining their\ncurrent spending.<\/li><li><strong>Climbers<\/strong> states such as Rajasthan and UP which\nhave been high spenders in recent years could be constrained by surging debt\nburden.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Constraints\nin infrastructure spending:<\/strong>CRISIL has identified key\nstructural constraints to address for a sustained increase in spending which\nare:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>fiscal deterioration<\/li><li>institutional weaknesses and <\/li><li>inability to scale up commercial\nfinancing and public-private partnerships (PPPs).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommendations:<\/strong>CRISILhas recommended\nseveral measures to address the structural constraints which are <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>expanding fiscal space by\nunlocking asset monetisation potential and moving to merit-based directed\nsubsidies <\/li><li>nurturing robust counter-party\ninstitutions that can own up infrastructure development (including driving\nviable PPPs) <\/li><li>ironing out sectoral creases and\nrolling out policies that lift the investment momentum.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nCRISIL:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CRISIL stands for Credit Rating\nInformation Services of India Limited.It was the first credit rating agency set\nup in India in 1987.It is headquartered in Mumbai.<\/li><li>It provides an independent opinion\nand efficient solutions by performing data analysis and research.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/s-r-bommai-amid-maharashtra-drama-recalling-a-landmark-sc-judgment-6138103\/\"><strong>Explained: Amid\nMaharashtra drama, recalling a landmark SC judgment\u2013S R Bommai<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra Governor to ensure that\nthe trust vote be held on November 28,2019.Several important observations were\nmade by the Court from the \u2018Bommai case\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nS.R Bommai vs Union of India case:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>S.R. Bommai was the Chief Minister\nof the Janata Dal government in Karnataka.<\/li><li>His government was dismissed in\n1989 under Article 356 of the Constitution and President\u2019s Rule was imposed.<\/li><li>The dismissal was on the grounds\nthat the Bommai government had lost majority following large-scale defections\nengineered.<\/li><li>The then Governor refused to give\nBommai an opportunity to test his majority in the Assembly despite the latter\npresenting him with a copy of the resolution passed by the Janata Dal\nLegislature Party.<\/li><li>Bommai party went to Supreme Court\nagainst the Governor\u2019s decision to recommend President\u2019s Rule.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\nwas the Supreme Court ruling?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Supreme Court has laid down a\nnumber of guidelines to curb the Centre\u2019s capacity to dismiss a state\ngovernment, and upheld the federal structure enshrined in the Constitution.<\/li><li>The ruling laid down the law that\nthe only way to determine support enjoyed by a particular state government\nwould be by means of a floor test.<\/li><li>The court also ruled that the\nvalidity of a proclamation of President\u2019s Rule is subject to judicial review.<\/li><li>Further,it said that the only time\nthe President shall have unconditional powers to dissolve a state government is\nwhen there is a complete breakdown of constitutional machinery.<\/li><li>The judgment also underlined the\nsecular nature of the Constitution and said that a party cannot resort to\nreligion for the sake of gaining power and, if found to be indulging in\nreligious politics, could be acted against using Article 356.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance\nof the ruling:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Since the Constitution came into\nforce,President\u2019s Rule under Article 356 has been imposed on states on several\noccasions.However,these instances declined considerably after the S R Bommai\nruling.<\/li><li>The judgement has become one of\nthe most cited whenever hung Assemblies were returned and parties scrambled to\nform a government.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other\ncases referred by Supreme Court:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jagdambika\nPal vs Union of India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In 1999,the matter had come to the\nSupreme Court after UP Governor had sacked Kalyan Singh as chief minister and\nappointed Congress leader Jagdambika Pal as his successor. <\/li><li>In this case,the court had ordered\ncomposite floor test between contending parties in order to see which out of\nthe two contesting claimants of chief ministership had a majority in the House.\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Union\nof India vs Harish Chandra Singh Rawat:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In 2016,Uttarakhand Chief Minister\nHarish Rawat had moved the apex court after the government dismissed the then\nCongress government and imposed President&#8217;s rule after nine Congress MLAs sided\nwith the BJP on the Appropriation Bill. <\/li><li>The rebel MLAs were subsequently\ndisqualified by the Speaker under the anti-defection law, a decision that was\nupheld by the high court and the Supreme Court. <\/li><li>In its order,the top court had\ndirected that floor test be conducted on a special session of Uttarakhand\nLegislative Assembly to be convened in which the only agenda would be a vote of\nconfidence.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=375170\"><strong>Indian Army\ninducts Israel made Anti Tank Guided Missiles Spike along LoC in J&amp;K<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Indian Army has inducted Israel made Anti Tank Guided Missiles\nSpike along the Line of Control(LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nSpike missile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Spike is an Israeli\nfire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile.<\/li><li>The missiles have been\nmanufactured by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.<\/li><li>The missile is known for their\nprecision targeting with an ability to pierce even bunkers.<\/li><li>The Spike missile can hit targets\nat a range of 4 kilometers.It can be deployed in both mountains and plains.<\/li><li>The missiles have automatic\nself-guidance system.It also possess imaging infrared system.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other\nAnti-tank guided missile of India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nag\nmissile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Nag missile is a third\ngeneration fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile.It is an all weather,top\nattack missile with a range of 3 to 7 km.<\/li><li>The missile can seek and destroy\nall known enemy tanks during day and night or under any adverse weather conditions.<\/li><li>The missile has been developed by\nthe Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) under the Integrated\nGuided Missile Development Programme(IGMDP).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other\nDefence Technologies imported by India from Israel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heron:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Heron is the Medium Altitude Long\nEndurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system used for intelligence, surveillance,\ntarget acquisition and reconnaissance purposes.<\/li><li>It is a high-endurance drone that\ncan fly to heights of up to 35,000ft for more than 45 hours at a time. <\/li><li>It has a visual line-of-sight(LOS)\nrange of 350 km and beyond line-of-sight(BLOS) range of 1,000 km.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Searcher:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Searcher is a multi-mission\ntactical Unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) for surveillance, reconnaissance, target\nacquisition, artillery adjustment and damage assessment.<\/li><li>It is capable of real-time\ngathering and data transmission.It can continuously fly for up to 20 hours\nwithin a range of 300 km.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPYDER:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SPYDER is a low-level quick\nreaction missile (LLQRM) system developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems,\nan Israeli defence-technology company.<\/li><li>It is used to protect critical\ninfrastructure in ground-to-air missions from wide-spectrum of incoming\nair-borne threats ranging from aircrafts, helicopters, UAVs, precision-guided\nmunitions(PGMs).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Python-5:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Python-5 is a fifth generation\nair-to-air missile (AAM) manufactured by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. <\/li><li>The missile can engage enemy\naircraft from very short ranges and near beyond visual range.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barak-8:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Barak 8 is an Indian-Israeli\nsurface-to-air missile (SAM).It is designed to defend against any type of\nairborne threats including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs\nas well as cruise missiles and combat jets.<\/li><li>Barak 8 was jointly developed by\nIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI), India&#8217;s Defence Research &amp; Development\nOrganisation (DRDO), Israel&#8217;s Administration for the Development of Weapons and\nTechnological Infrastructure, Elta Systems, Rafael and other companies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/maharashtra-government-formation-politics-supreme-ciourt-shiv-sena-ncp-cong-parade-162-mlas-6136856\/\"><strong>Explained:\nSupreme Court orders Maharashtra floor test tomorrow, what next?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,the Supreme Court has ordered a floor test in the Maharashtra\nLegislative Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe Floor Test:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A floor test is the determination\non the floor of the House whether the Chief Minister commands the support of\nthe majority of the MLAs. <\/li><li>This can be done by means of a\nvoice vote or by recording the vote of each MLA in the House.This determination\nof majority is done in a sitting of the legislature for which the legislature\nhas to be convened.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who\norders the convening of the Legislative Assembly?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Under the Constitution,the\nGovernor convenes the session of the legislature. <\/li><li>But on multiple occasions in the\npast,the Supreme Court has ordered the convening of the Assembly to hold the\nfloor test.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who\nconducts the floor test in the Legislative Assembly?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The proceedings of a legislature\nare presided over by the Speaker.<\/li><li>Often, in cases where an immediate\nfloor test is ordered,the election of the Speaker is taken up after the\nconclusion of the floor test. <\/li><li>However,in the absence of a\nSpeaker,the Governor appoints one of the MLAs as the pro tem Speaker to perform\nthe duties of the Speaker.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selection\nof Pro term Speaker:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Constitution gives the\nGovernor&#8217;s discretion in the selection of pro tem speaker. <\/li><li>On many occasions,Governors have\nappointed the most tenured MLA in the Assembly as the pro tem Speaker.\nHowever,this is only a convention with which Governors have broken in the past.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsonair.com\/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=375110\"><strong>LS Speaker\naddresses Commonwealth Youth Parliament<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Lok Sabha Speaker addressed the inaugural session of the 10th\nCommonwealth Youth Parliament in Delhi Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nCommonwealth Youth Parliament:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Commonwealth Youth Parliament\nis an annual gathering hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association\n(CPA).<\/li><li>It brings together young people\naged 18\u201329 from across the Commonwealth of Nations to discuss issues of democracy\nand governance.<\/li><li>The Commonwealth Youth Parliament\nrotates annually through the nine regions of the Commonwealth Parliamentary\nAssociation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nCPA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Commonwealth Parliamentary\nAssociation(CPA) was founded in 1911 as the Empire Parliamentary\nAssociation(EPA).Its headquarter is located in London.<\/li><li>It is an association to serve the\nParliamentarians of the Commonwealth Countries by providing machinery for\nregular consultation and exchange of ideas and information among members of\nCommonwealth Parliaments.<\/li><li>Currently,CPA has approximately\n180 branches and is divided into nine regions \u2013 Africa; Asia; Australia;\nBritish Islands and Mediterranean; Canada; Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic;\nIndia; Pacific and South-East Asia.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nCommonwealth of Nations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Commonwealth of Nations is an\ninternational intergovernmental organization of countries that were mostly\nformer territories of the British Empire and dependencies.<\/li><li>Commonwealth was established by\nthe London Declaration in 1949. Queen Elizabeth II is the head of the\nCommonwealth.<\/li><li>The current membership includes 53\nCountries.The membership is based on free and equal voluntary cooperation.<\/li><li>The member states of the\ncommonwealth are not legally liable or bound to each other.They are rather\nunited by language,history,culture,likeness of democracy,human rights and the\nrule of law.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/to-tackle-pollution-smog-tower-to-come-up-in-delhi-6136680\/\"><strong>To tackle\npollution, smog tower to come up in Delhi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,the Supreme Court has directed the Centre and the Delhi\ngovernment to draw up a comprehensive plan to install \u2018smog towers\u2019 across\nDelhi to deal with air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nSmog Towers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Smog towers are structures\ndesigned to work as large-scale air purifiers.<\/li><li>They are usually fitted with\nmultiple layers of air filters, which clean the air of pollutants as it passes\nthrough them.<\/li><li>China has the world\u2019s largest smog\ntower and has reduced the particulate matter pollution by 19% in an area of\naround 6 sq km in the tower\u2019s vicinity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Smog\nTower in Delhi:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The smog tower project in Delhi\nwill be headed by the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Bombay in\ncollaboration with IIT-Delhi and the University of Minnesota. <\/li><li>The smog tower is expected to\nreduce particulate matter by 50% in the area.<\/li><li>The smog tower filters being\ninstalled would use carbon nanofibres as a major component.However,the proposed\nsmog tower is focused only on reducing particulate matter load at present.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nSmog:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Smog is derived from two words i.e\nsmoke and fog which is also described as the type of fog having smoke or soot\nparticles in it or a mixture of various gases with dust and water vapour and\nmakes breathing difficult. <\/li><li>It is a yellowish or blackish fog\nmainly formed by a mixture of air pollutants like nitrogen oxides, sulphur\noxides and some other organic compounds that combine with sunlight to form\nozone.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/turtle-survival-rides-on-handmade-towel-in-assam\/article30079620.ece\"><strong>Turtle survival\nrides on handmade towel in Assam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,multipurpose Assamese gamosa which is a white cotton towel,\nhas been assigned a function of conservation of Assam freshwater turtles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nAssamese Gamosa:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Assamese Gamusa is generally a\nwhite rectangular piece of cloth with primarily a red border on three sides and\nred woven motifs on the fourth.<\/li><li>It is valued as a gift for\nvisitors, used as a scarf, anti-dust mask and wrapped around the head as a\nturban.<\/li><li>Conservationists are now banking\non this cultural icon to carry forward the message of turtle conservation with\ngamosa woven with turtle images.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nAssam Roofed Turtle:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Assam roofed turtle (Pangshura\nsylhetensis) also known as Sylhet roofed turtle is a species of the turtle\nfamily Geoemydidae.<\/li><li>The species is primarily found in\nBangladesh, Assam(India) and possibly in Bhutan. <\/li><li>It is found in terrestrial and\nfreshwater habitats in areas with upland tropical moist forest, and\nfast-flowing streams and perhaps also small rivers.<\/li><li>It is listed as Endangered in the\nIUCN red list.Further, it has been listed on Schedule \u2013 I of the Indian\nWildlife (Protection) Act,1972.<\/li><li>The species is exploited for its\n(a)meat and eggs for local consumption and may also enter the pet trade\n(b)Habitat destruction by logging and (c)incidental capture in fishing gear.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=Govt-launches-Credit-linked-Subsidy-Services-Awas-Portal&amp;id=375099\"><strong>Govt launches\nCredit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Credit-linked\nSubsidy Services Awas Portal(CLAP) for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The portal was launched along with\nthe signing of agreements between the Union Housing Affairs Ministry and state\ngovernments for the construction of LightHouse projects under GHTC-India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe Portal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The portal provides a transparent\nand robust real-time web-based monitoring system for credit-linked Subsidy\nServices(CLSS) beneficiaries. <\/li><li>Using the portal,a beneficiary can\ntrack his application status in real-time.<\/li><li>The credit-linked Subsidy\nServices(CLSS) is one of the components of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana\nUrban(PMAY-U).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nGlobal Housing Technology Challenge(GHTC-India):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Global Housing Technology\nChallenge-India was launched in January 2019. <\/li><li>It aims to transform the ecosystem\nof housing construction sector in the country through lighthouse projects built\nusing advanced proven technologies. <\/li><li>It will foster the development of\ndomestic technological research and building platforms for knowledge sharing\nand networking across the sector.<\/li><li>The challenge is an initiative\nunder the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban(PMAY-U).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nPradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)\n&#8211; Housing for All Mission was launched on 25th June 2015.<\/li><li>The objective of the Mission is to\nprovide Central assistance to implementing agencies through States\/Union\nTerritories (UTs) for providing houses to all eligible families\/beneficiaries\nby 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Components\nof the scheme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Slum rehabilitation of Slum\nDwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource<\/li><li>Promotion of Affordable Housing\nfor weaker section through credit linked subsidy scheme(CLSS)<\/li><li>Affordable Housing in Partnership\nwith Public &amp; Private sector<\/li><li>Subsidy for beneficiary-led\nindividual house construction\/enhancement.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features\nof the scheme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The scheme is being implemented as\na Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) except for the component of credit linked\nsubsidy which will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme.<\/li><li>Through the Credit linked\nsubsidy,the Government of India aims at increasing the credit flow in\ninstitutions to meet the housing needs of the urban poor population in our\ncountry.<\/li><li>Credit Linked Subsidy will be\nimplemented by two central nodal agencies in India, namely Housing Urban\nDevelopment Corp and National Housing Bank.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nNational Housing Bank(NHB) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NHB was set up in 1988 under the\nNational Housing Bank Act,1987.It is an apex financial institution for housing.<\/li><li>Its objective is to operate as a\nprincipal agency to promote housing finance institutions both at local and\nregional levels and to provide financial and other support incidental to such\ninstitutions and for matters connected therewith.<\/li><li>Recently,RBI had divested its\nstake in National Housing Bank(NHB) and National Bank for Agriculture &amp;\nRural Development (Nabard) by making them fully government-owned.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nHousing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is the premier techno-financing\npublic sector enterprise, in the field of housing and infrastructure\ndevelopment in our country.<\/li><li>The corporation is headquartered\nin the national capital, New Delhi and operates through a strong and\nmulti-disciplinary work force placed over its nationwide network of regional\nand development offices.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/reserve-bank-flags-rising-bad-assets-from-mudra-loans\/article30090059.ece\"><strong>Reserve Bank\nflags rising bad assets from Mudra loans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expressed concern over rising bad\nloans from Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yo\u00adjana(PMMY).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nRising Bad loans in MUDRA Yojana:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The RBI Deputy Governor said that\nMUDRA was launched with the objective of lifting many beneficiaries out of\npoverty.<\/li><li>However,there have been concerns\nat the growing level of non-performing assets(NPAs) among these MUDRA\nborrowers.<\/li><li>The data has shown that\nnon-performing assets ratio or bad loans as a percentage of MUDRA loans were at\n2.68% in 2018-19 from 2.52% in the 2017-18.<\/li><li>Hence, the RBI has asked the Banks\nto focus on repayment capacity at the appraisal stage and monitor the loans\nthrough the life cycle much more closely.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nPradhan Mantri MUDRA Yo\u00adjana(PMMY):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)\nis a scheme launched by the Prime Minister in 2015.<\/li><li>It aims for providing loans up to\n10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small\/micro enterprises. <\/li><li>These loans are given by\nCommercial Banks, RRBs, Small Finance Banks, MFIs and NBFCs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Categories\nof Loans:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The loans under Mudra are given\nunder different categories viz. \u2018Shishu\u2019, \u2018Kishor\u2019 and \u2018Tarun\u2019.These categories\nare based on the stage of growth or development and funding needs of the\nbeneficiary.<\/li><li>Sishu covers loans up to Rs.\n50,000.Kishore covers loans above Rs. 50,000- and up to 5 lakh and Tarun covers\nloans above Rs. 5 lakh and up to Rs.10 lakh.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nNon Performing Asset(NPA):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A non performing asset (NPA) is a\nloan or advance for which the principal or interest payment remains overdue for\na period of 90 days. <\/li><li>The banks are required to classify\nNPAs further into Substandard, Doubtful and Loss assets.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&amp;B Ministry proposes to replace archaic PRB Act for registration of print and publishing industry News:The Information &amp; Broadcasting Ministry has proposed the introduction of draft Registration of Press and Periodicals (RPP) Bill,2019. 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