Jharkhand Affairs
Jamshedpur City has improved its position to 12th at the national Swachh Survekshan Awards. In 2020, it ranked 13th. The awards were given out at Delhis Vigyan Bhavan. The event titled Swachh Amrit Mahotsav was organised by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MOHUA).
Jamshedpur has rapidly improved its position at these Awards from 2017 onwards when it was at 64th rank . Tata Steel Utilities and Services Limited (erstwhile JUSCO) has been working closely with the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) to improve the citys standing at these awards.
As a result of their joint efforts the Jamshedpur has also bagged three additional awards this year. In the Prerak Dauur Samman award category for Waste Management (segregation, processing, recycling, and sanitation status), Jamshedpur has been awarded the Gold Category (Anupam) Award.
In the Safai Mitra Suraksha Challenge category that evaluates safety arrangements for garbage collectors and sanitary workers, Jamshedpur has been ranked second in the entire country in the 3-10 lakh Population category, behind Indore.
Apart from that, Jamshedpur City has also been awarded a 3-star rating in the star rating system for Garbage Free Cities. The awards were received jointly by Suraj Kumar, DC, East Singhbhum, Krishna Kumar, JNAC Special Officer and Captain Dhananjay Mishra, senior general manager, Jharkhand Business, Tata Steel UISL.
Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India and was launched as a part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. This year, 4340 cities and 62 cantonment zones participated in the awards competition.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is now in the process of conducting the sixth edition of the survey to rank all cities under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban with Quality Council of India as its implementation partner.
The objective of the survey is to encourage large scale citizen participation, ensure sustainability of initiatives taken towards garbage free and open defecation free cities. It aims to provide credible outcomes which would be validated by third party certification, institutionalise existing systems and create awareness.
National and International Affairs
The Reserve Bank of India has approved NSDL e-Governance as an Account Aggregator.
As an account aggregator, the Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) has certified the ” e-Governance Infrastructure.”
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The NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure is a provider of IT-enabled Services.
It received RBI’s in-principle clearance to start an account aggregator business through NSDL e-Governance Account Aggregator Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary.
Account Aggregator (AA) model The Account Aggregator (AA) model, with its unique architecture for Consent-based data exchange, has the potential to alter the way financial services are delivered.
It’s a financial data-sharing system that has the potential to transform investing and lending.
The Account Aggregator is a key component in enabling data Democracy. It’s a first-of-its-kind permission system designed to give people control over their data.
After A Year Of Protests, Three Farm Laws Were Repealed
In his address on November 19, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the federal government will abolish all three <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture laws.
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Farmers who are protesting were also asked to return to their houses.
Farmers around the country began protesting the agricultural rules a year ago, and the decision to abolish them was made one year later.
These laws will be repealed during Parliament’s Winter Session.
Farmers’ main fear was that these regulations would eliminate the Minium Support Price (MSP), which is guaranteed by the government on certain crops.
Farmers will soon be at the mercy of large corporations.
In India, the majority of farmers are small-scale farmers, according to the Prime Minister.
To assist these farmers, the central government uses a multi-faceted approach that includes everything from seed technology to crop Insurance plans.
The three farm bills were introduced to help small farmers by empowering and strengthening them.
The government, on the other hand, was unable to persuade a group of farmers who were protesting. The laws were repealed in Light of this.
Narayan Rane, Union Minister for MSME Launched Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (SCLCSS)
On the second day of the MSME North East Conclave, Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane announced the Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (SCLCSS) for the <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Services-sector”>services sector.
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Senior authorities from the Ministry of MSME in Guwahati were also in attendance.
The scheme would assist companies in the services sector in meeting their technology-related requirements by providing a 25% capital subsidy for the purchase of plant and machinery, as well as service equipment, through institutional credit to SC-ST MSEs without any sector-specific limits on technology upgradation.
The Minister also congratulated North-eastern SC/ST entrepreneurs and encouraged young people to pursue in order to become EMPLOYMENT creators rather than job seekers. Shri Rane promised the youngsters that the Ministry of MSME will leave no stone unturned in their quest to become successful entrepreneurs.
Japan’s PM announces a $490 billion stimulus program
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s Prime Minister, launched a record-breaking stimulus plan of over 56 trillion Japanese yen.
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