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Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Civil Aviation to organise “Yog Prabha” on 25th April 2022
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia to inaugurate and lead the Mega Yoga Event
More than 500 officials of MoCA and its attached organizations to participate
The Ministry of Civil Aviation is organizing “Yog Prabha”, a mega Yoga event on 25th April 2022 at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi. The event will be inaugurated and led by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen. . V.K. Singh . Over 500 officials of MoCA and its Attached organizations/PSU/Autonomous bodies will participate in this mega event. Common Yoga Protocol, Lecture on Yoga by Expert, Yoga Demonstration will be some of the activities to be undertaken at the event.
At the initiative of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the United Nations General Assembly took a historic decision in 2014 to declare 21st June as the International Day of Yoga . This worldwide acceptance of Yoga is a matter of pride for our country, as Yoga is an integral part of our nation’s cultural and spiritual heritage.
With almost two months to International Yoga Day on 21st June 2022 during the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, this event will help create wider awareness among the participants about importance of Yoga in daily life.
Prime Minister's Office
Meeting of Prime Minister with President of Indonesia on the sidelines of G-7 Summit
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met the President of Indonesia, H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo, on 27 June 2022 on the sidelines of G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany.
Prime Minister congratulated President Widodo on Indonesia’s ongoing G-20 presidency. Discussions took place on India’s forthcoming G-20 presidency.
They also exchanged views on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
President's Secretariat
PRESIDENT OF INDIA INAUGURATES FIRST GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM ON FARMERS' RIGHTS
FARMING FRATERNITY OF THE WORLD IS ITS FOREMOST CONSERVER: PRESIDENT MURMU
FARMERS ARE BESTOWED WITH EXCEPTIONAL POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY: PRESIDENT MURMU
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the First Global Symposium on Farmers' Rights in New Delhi, today . Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the farming fraternity of the world is its foremost conserver and they are the true guardians of crop diversity. She further said that the farmers are bestowed with exceptional power and responsibility. She emphasised that we all must appreciate farmers’ endeavour to protect and revive many varieties of plants and species whose existence is crucial to all of us.
This Symposium is being organised by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture  of the Food and Agriculture Organization , Rome and hosted by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in collaboration with Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights  Authority, Indian Council of Agricultural Research , ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute , and ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources .
The President said that India is a mega-diverse country with only 2.4 percent of the world's land area but accounts for 7-8 percent of all recorded species of plants and animals. She shared that in terms of biodiversity, India ranks as one of nations endowed with widest range of plants and species. She added that this rich agro-biodiversity of India has been a treasure trove for the global community at large. She added that our farmers have toiled and enterprisingly conserved local varieties of plants, domesticated wild plants and nurtured traditional varieties that have provided building blocks for crop breeding programmes and this has ensured food and nutritional security for human beings and animals.
The President said that agricultural research and technology development has enabled India to multiply production of food grains, horticulture, fisheries, milk and eggs many times since 1950-51, thus making a visible impact on the national food and nutrition security. She highlighted that the efforts of agro-biodiversity conservers and industrious farmers, scientists and policy makers coupled with governmental support have played a key role in giving fillip to multiple agricultural revolutions in the country. She expressed confidence that the technology and science can serve as an effective protector and enhancer of heritage knowledge.
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Cabinet Secretariat
National Crisis Management Committee  meets to review preparedness for possible cyclonic storm over Bay of Bengal
The National Crisis Management Committee  under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba met today and reviewed preparedness of Central Ministries/Agencies, and State/Union Territory Governments to review preparedness for the possible cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal.
The Director General, India Meteorological Department , briefed the Committee about the current status of the weather system in the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to move West-Northwestwards and concentrate into a Depression over South East Bay of Bengal by today evening. Thereafter, it is likely to continue to move West-Northwestwards, intensify further into a cyclonic storm around December 07 evening and reach South West Bay of Bengal off North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coasts by 08 December morning. It will continue to move West-Northwestwards towards North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coasts during subsequent 48 hours.
Chief Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and senior officials from Puducherry apprised the Committee of the preparatory measures being taken to protect the population in the expected path of the cyclonic storm and measures being taken by the local administration, such as fishermen being asked not to venture out into the sea and calling those at sea back to safe berth and emergency services being kept in readiness.
NDRF has made 5 teams available to Tamil Nadu and 3 teams for Puducherry as asked for by them and teams are also being kept on standby for Andhra Pradesh to be activated as and when the State Government desires. Rescue and relief teams of the Army and Navy along with ships and aircraft have been kept ready on standby. The Coast Guard is also ready with its ships.
Reviewing preparedness measures of the States/UT and Central Agencies, Shri Rajiv Gauba stressed that preventive and precautionary measures should be taken by concerned authorities of State/UT Governments and concerned Central Agencies. The aim should be to keep loss of lives to zero and minimize damage to property and infrastructure such as power and telecom, and in case of damage to this infrastructure, it must be restored in the quickest possible time.
The Cabinet Secretary assured the State/UT Governments that all Central agencies are ready and will be available for assistance.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and senior officials from Puducherry, the Union Home Secretary, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Power, DG Telecom, Member Secretary NDMA, CISC IDS, IG NDRF, DG IMD, DG Coast Guard and senior officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Ministry of Finance
Operationalisation of the Board for Advance Rulings
The Central Board of Direct Taxes constituted three Boards for Advance Rulings in September, 2021. Further, by Notification No. 07 of 2022, the Scheme of E-advance Ruling was introduced with an objective to make the entire process of advance rulings with a minimal interface and impart greater efficiency, transparency and accountability.
Subsequently, the Boards for Advance Rulings have been operationalised in Delhi and Mumbai. These Boards started functioning through e-mail-based procedures and conducting hearing through video conferencing.
A non-resident investor can obtain certainty on its liability towards income tax even before undertaking the investment in India. Further, even a resident entity can obtain a Ruling on the taxability of a transaction and avoid long-drawn litigation, as the Scheme is also available to a resident taxpayer seeking an advance ruling concerning its tax liability arising out of one or more transactions, valuing Rs.100 crore or more in total. Public Sector Undertakings can take advantage of getting advance rulings on questions of facts or law pending before any income-tax authority or Appellate Tribunal.
To provide general guidance and assistance to the taxpayers on the procedure to seek Advance Rulings, a Handbook of the Board for Advance Rulings has been released by the Chairman, CBDT on 18th of August, 2023. The Handbook can be accessed at https://incometaxindia.gov.in/pages/international-taxation/advance-ruling.aspx.
On this occasion, Chairman, CBDT laid emphasis on the priorities of the government in the area of dispute prevention and prompt resolution of disputes. Creation of mechanisms like the Board for Advance Rulings is a step in this direction.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launches the IAS Civil List 2020 and its e-version
Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, DrJitendra Singh today launched the IAS Civil List-2020 and its e-version here. He said that the dynamic list will help in selecting right officer for the right assignment based on available profile and is a vital source of information on the officers manning various posts for the general public.
This is 65th edition of IAS Civil List and the 2nd e-Civil list with photographs of the IAS officers of all the State Cadres. The List also contains the information of IAS as per batch, cadre state, present posting, pay and allowances, education and superannuation.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the push given to DoPT in the last 5-6 years by Shri Narendra Modi Government resulted in number of innovations and reforms for the common public good. Referring to a series of out of box decisions since May 2014, he said that the decision to do away with the time old practice of getting documents attested by a gazetted officer and replacing the same with self-attestation, three-month Central Government stint as Assistant Secretaries for IAS officers in the beginning of their career, PM’s Excellence Awards of DARPG were revolutionary in nature.
The Minister said that theproposal for establishment of a National Recruitment Agency is at an advanced stage and when introduced, it will be recorded in the annals of history for providing level playing field to the candidates. The NRA will conduct computer based online Common Eligibility Test for recruitment to non-gazetted posts with test centres in every district. He also took satisfaction in mentioning that so far more than 25 lakh officers have registered on iGoT fitted to the training needs of frontline workers tackling COVID-19. He underlined that this measure will help in training an IAS officer into a Corona Warrior. Similarly, more than 50,000 public grievances regarding COVID has been received in the Grievance Cell, which will soon touch one lakh mark with redressal time of 1.4 days. Dr Jitendra Singh said that all these reforms and initiatives will ultimately lead to Ease of Governance resulting in Ease of Living.
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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Parliament Passes Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes  Amendment Bill, 2018
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes  Amendment Bill,2018 which was passed by the Lok Sabha on 6th August 2018, has been passed by the Rajya Sabha today. Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot today moved the Amendment Bill, 2018 in Rajya Sabha.
Point-wise details: Section 18A has been inserted to nullify conduct of a preliminary enquiry before registration of an FIR, or to seek approval of any authority prior to arrest of an accused, and to restore the provisions of Section 18 of the Act.
Section 18A, inserted in the Act, states that:-
 For the purpose of the PoA Act,-
 preliminary enquiry shall not be required for registration of a First Information Report against any person; or
 the investigating officer shall not require approval for arrest, if necessary, of any person, against whom an accusation of having committed an offence under the PoA Act has been made and no procedure other than provided under the PoA Act or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall apply.
 The provision of section 438 of the Code shall not apply to a case under the Act, notwithstanding any judgment or order or direction of any Court.
Background : The directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court in their judgment dated 20.03.2018 in Criminal Appeal No. 416 of 2018 amount to amending the PoA Act and have diluted the provisions of the PoA Act.
The directions of the Hon’ble Court to conduct a preliminary inquiry within seven days by the Dy. S.P. concerned to find out whether the allegations make out a case under the PoA Act and that arrest in appropriate cases may be made only after approval by the S.S.P., would delay registration of First Information Report  and will impede strict enforcement of the provision of the POA Act. It may also be difficult to get the preliminary inquiry conducted within seven days as sufficient number of Dy. S.P level officers are usually not in place. Typically, the Dy. S.P. are located at the district level and not at taluk/block level. Other repercussions of the said directions of the Hon’ble Court are that delay in registration of FIR would result in delay in payment of admissible relief amount to the victims of atrocities admissible only on registration of FIR.
All this would adversely affect the very objective of the Act to prevent commission of atrocities against members of SC and ST and be severely detrimental especially in heinous offences like sexual exploitation of SC/ST women including rape, gangrape, acid attacks and murder etc.
This matter being of very sensitive nature had caused a lot of unrest and a sense of disharmony in the country. As such, a Review Petition dated 02.04.2018, was filed by the Union of India in the Hon’ble Court praying for recalling and reviewing their Order but no relief had so far been granted.
Hence, it was considered expedient and meaningful to reaffirm the reliance and trust of members of SCs and STs on the provisions of the PoA Act.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Centre extends support to Indian farmers for production of pulses and importers for seamless availability to consumers
Department of Consumer Affairs reviews domestic and international Pulses Scenario for 2023
The Department of Consumer Affairs will take all necessary steps required to support Indian farmers to produce more pulses. Importers will also be supported for seamless imports of pulses so that the pulses are available to the consumers at affordable prices, throughout 2023, said Shri Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary Department of Consumer Affairs during a meeting with pulses associations in India here today.
Global availability in the coming year is expected to be better with increase in production expected from Myanmar, where arrivals have started and pulses sowing intentions in African countries indicating increase in area coverage under pulses, which will be available from August 2023 onwards. This will keep the consistent flow of pulses imports and can address concerns related to availability.
Shri Singh further reiterated the importance of both domestic production and the imports of pulses especially Tur, Urad and Masoor.
Expectations from the meeting were spelt clearly to get the industry views. Representatives from India Pulses and Grains Association , Overseas Agro Traders Association , All India Dal mills association, Tamil Nadu Pulses Importers and Exporters Association, iGrain, etc have participated in the meeting.
The representatives of the participating associations expressed that the import policy consistency had helped for regular flow of imports into India subcontinent keeping the price under control all through the year.
There were few suggestions related to speedy increasing domestic pulses production, port clearance, exploring new geographies to minimize import dependency on few countries, extension of stable policy regime etc.
The Department of Consumer Affairs conducts regular interactions with pulses associations in India and at major exporting countries to assess the pulse of pulses industry and initiate necessary policy measures. As part of the series of meetings, the department organized a meeting on 15th December 2022 to assess the domestic and global pulses scenario and to plan strategy for next year to ensure availability of pulses for Indian consumers at affordable prices.
Ministry of Education
NIT Rourkela pays tribute to Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr B. R. Ambedkar on his 132nd Birth Anniversary and organises free health check-up camp on this occasion
NIT Rourkela community today paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on his 132nd Birth Anniversary and remembered his role in shaping and unifying the nation, bringing people of all castes and creeds together. The programme was held at the community centre, NIT Rourkela, from 10.00 am onwards. The event started with welcome greetings from Prof. Hrushikesh Naik . He presented a detailed read on the life and teachings of Babasaheb and said, "Today, India is facing many socioeconomic challenges such as communalism, separatism, gender inequality, etc. We need to find Dr. Ambedkar's spirit within us to face these challenges".
Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao  inaugurated the function by paying homage to the Father of the Indian Constitution. He said, "As Babasaheb has quoted that India shall be considered developed when the last person of the country is developed or empowered, so we all should follow his vision and grow together. We can create a developed society with zero discrimination only with people's participation. India will achieve its goals of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - One World, One Family, and One Future, once the communities come together. The ongoing G20 Jan Bhagidari events are an excellent opportunity for us to involve and bring everyone together, working towards the holistic development of the nation.”
Prof. Sanatan Pradhan  graced the event as the Guest Speaker. He said, "Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s life is an inspiration for all of us to face the toughest times in our lives. We all have immense potential to do great things through self-control and concentration. We must build a collaborative society focusing more on social well-being simultaneously with Infrastructural and Economic development. Dr. Ambedkar was the voice of the oppressed classes on every platform, and today I urge everyone to echo his voice."
Prof. Rohan Dhiman  also addressed the gathering and said, "If the colour of our blood is the same, why do we even have a discriminatory complex? Prepare yourselves to be the servant of society by following the teachings of Babasaheb. Try to build an environment of liberty and equality around you to pay tribute to Babasaheb's contributions.”
The second session of the event had a free health check-up camp for domestic helpers, workers and their family as part of the G20 Jan Bhagidari campaign. Doctors of Community Welfare Society  Hospital Jagda and Health Centre, NIT Rourkela, attended and checked 50+ people and advised them about the importance of health and hygiene. Prof. Santosh Kumar Sahoo  and the NSS student volunteers coordinated the event. Prof. Snehashish Chakraverty  concluded the event with a vote of thanks.
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Ministry of Defence
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi reviews operational readiness of the Armed Forces during Combined Commanders’ Conference in Bhopal
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi reviewed the security situation and operational readiness of the Armed Forces during the valedictory session of Combined Commanders’ Conference 2023 in Bhopal on April 01, 2023. The Prime Minister was briefed by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan about the various discussions conducted during this year's conference. Shri Narendra Modi complimented the Armed Forces for their role in Nation Building and providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief  assistance to friendly countries.
The Prime Minister called upon the three Services to stay ready to deal with these new and emerging threats, emphasising that all steps are being taken to equip the Armed Forces with necessary weapons and technologies.
During the final day of the session, various topics including aspects of digitisation; cyber security; challenges of social media; Aatmanirbharta; absorption of Agniveers and jointness were discussed. In a significant development from the past, the scope of the conference was expanded this year, wherein, a few multi-layered and interactive sessions were conducted with participation of soldiers from every command of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, including the Tri-Services Andaman and Nicobar Command.
This three-day conference of combined apex-level military leadership of the country commenced on March 30, 2023. The theme was ‘Ready, Resurgent, Relevant’. During the conference, deliberations over a varied spectrum of issues were held, including on national security and evolving a Joint Military Vision for the future.
On March 31, 2023, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh interacted with the top military brass and reviewed the defence preparedness. He lauded the Armed Forces for their valuable contribution in protecting national interests and providing support to the Government in realising its vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
This year’s conference was special, wherein, inputs from the field units were sought on contemporary issues like changes in TTP and way forward for greater integration among the three Services. These inputs were deliberated in detail by the Military Commanders. The conference also provided an opportunity for the Commanders to review the modernisation of the Armed Forces and the ongoing & concluded military operations, while also discussing ways to improve the country's defence capabilities.
Ministry of Defence
Webinar with Cambodia on Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership: Webinar and Expo held today
A webinar between India and Cambodia was held today. The Theme of webinar was “Indian Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership: Webinar and Expo”. It was organized under the aegis of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence through SIDM.
This webinar is the part of the series of webinars which are being organized with friendly foreign countries in order to boost defence exports and achieve defence export target of $5 billion in the next five years.
Senior MoD officials from Indian side and senior army officials from Cambodian side participated in the webinar and spoke about enhancing the defence cooperation between both the nations.
Various Indian companies such as Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd, L&T, TATA Advanced Systems Pvt Ltd, BEL, Bharat Forge Ltd, Ashok Leyland Ltd. and Mahindra Defence Systems Pvt Ltd. made company and product presentations on major platforms / equipment like Artillery Systems, Mine Protected Vehicles, Electronic and telecommunication systems, Demining equipment etc. were shown in the webinar.
The webinar was attended by more than 200 delegates and 100 virtual exhibition stalls have been set up in the Expo.
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