{"id":59649,"date":"2020-05-01T21:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=59649"},"modified":"2020-05-13T16:16:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:46:54","slug":"9-pm-daily-brief-updated-may-1st-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-daily-brief-updated-may-1st-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Daily Brief REVAMPED \u2013 May 1st ,2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Evening Friends! <\/span>We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/span><\/p>\n

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Index:<\/span><\/h3>\n

GS 1: <\/span>Contributions of Ambedkar for unorganized labour.<\/b><\/p>\n

GS 2: <\/span>Religion and freedom: On India and communal violence<\/b><\/p>\n

GS 2: Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation & Research Portal on MSMEs<\/strong><\/p>\n

GS 2: DST launches programme on health & risk communication with focus on COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n

GS 3: <\/span>Patent Pooling<\/b><\/p>\n

GS 3: <\/span>Economic revival via wage employment<\/b><\/p>\n

GS 3: <\/span>GI tag to Manipur black rice, Gorakhpur terracotta<\/b><\/p>\n

GS 3:<\/span> Green Recovery Plan<\/b><\/p>\n

GS 1: <\/b>Significant events, issues, personalities during the middle of the eighteenth century (the 1750s) until the present.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Source: Indian Express<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Title:<\/b> Contributions of Dr. B R Ambedkar<\/span><\/h5>\n

Context: <\/b>The International Labour Day, let’s look at the <\/span>contributions of B.R. Ambedkar in the fields of labor rights, welfare, and social security in India.<\/p>\n

Born on April 14, 1891 in Madhya Pradesh, Dr. B.R Ambedkar, prominently known as Babasaheb was a multifaceted character-a political and social reformer, an educationist, a jurist and the Father of the Indian Constitution.<\/span>
\n<\/span>His Contribution:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Established Independent Labour Party (ILP):<\/b> Ambedkar formed the ILP in 1936. It focussed at addressing the needs and grievances of the landless, poor tenants, agriculturists, and workers.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Abolition of Khoti System:<\/b> Khoti system was a discriminatory land tenure system in Konkan. Ambedkar moved a bill (\u201cThe Khoti Abolition Act\u201d) against the Khoti system in 1937 during the Poona session of the Bombay Assembly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Welfare of Women Employees<\/b>: Ambedkar framed many laws for women workers in India such as ‘Mines Maternity Benefit Act’, ‘Women Labour Welfare Fund’, ‘Women and Child Labour Protection Act’, ‘Maternity Benefit for Women Labour’, and ‘Restoration of Ban on Employment of Women on Underground Work in Coal Mines’.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Welfare of Mine Workers<\/b>: In 1944, Ambedkar put forward the Coal Mines Safety (Stowing) Amendment Bill for the benefit of the workers. In 1946, he introduced the ‘Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund’ that sought to help workers with housing, water supply, education, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Tripartite Labour Council<\/b>: It was set up in 1942 by Ambedkar. It functioned to safeguard social security measures for the workers and strengthened the labour movement.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Trade Unions<\/b>: In 1943, he introduced the Indian Trade Union (Amendment) Bill which compelled the employers to acknowledge trade unions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other Contributions:<\/b><\/p>\n

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    1. Ambedkar was appointed as the chairman of the constitution drafting committee on August 29, 1947. He is popularly known as the <\/span>Father of Indian Constitution<\/b><\/li>\n
    2. Ambedkar fought vehemently against untouchability and contributed towards upliftment of Dalits. In 1936, he wrote a speech titled \u201c<\/span>Annihilation of Caste<\/b>\u201d. He pioneered the introduction of the reservation system in independent India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Played important role in the foundation of the National Power Grid System, Central Water Irrigation, Navigation Commission, Damodar valley venture, Hirakud undertaking, Sone waterway venture and Employment Exchanges.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. As an educationist, he established the <\/span>People’s Education Society<\/b> in 1945 and built a number of schools and colleges.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. In 1925, he wrote a book titled \u201c<\/span>The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India<\/b>\u201d which discussed the origin, development and mechanism of provincial finance. The book is cited as an important source by the Financial Commission of India.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Ambedkar\u2019s Canon of Public Expenditure<\/b>: In 1945, he cited the functions of Comptroller and Auditor General of India and discussed how the government should spend public funds responsibly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      GS 2 :<\/b> Indian Constitution : historical underpinnings, amendments, significant provisions etc<\/span><\/p>\n

      Source: The Hindu<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

      Title:<\/b> Religion and freedom: On India and communal violence<\/b><\/h5>\n

      What has happened: <\/b>\u00a0The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)\u00a0 in its annual report has downgraded India’s position as a country of particular concern.<\/span><\/p>\n

      About USCIRF:<\/b> It is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission which seeks to defend the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad. It classifies countries based on Tier 1 – Countries of particular concern and Tier 2 – Special watch list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      Reasons for downgrading of ranking:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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      1. Citizenship Amendment Act<\/span> – The act, as per USCIRF,\u00a0 discriminates against Muslims from neighbouring three countries in providing citizenship.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Proposed National Register for Citizens – Is a nation wide bureaucratic exercise to legally ascertain legal citizenship. This is in line with the NRC in Assam, which has led to potential disenfranchisement of 19 lakh individuals.<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Anti-conversion laws – Many states have enacted anti conversion laws, which provides state concurrence via the district magistrate before conversion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. Situation in Jammu and Kashmir – The revocation of Article 370 and Art 35A, has created fear of possible demographic change.<\/span><\/li>\n
      5. The report states that many State governments have allowed nationwide campaigns of harassment and violence against religious minorities and engaged in and tolerated hate speech and incitement to violence against them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Consequence of report:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n