2018-19ನೇ ಸಾಲಿನ ಬಜೆಟ್ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಂಶಗಳು

2018-19 ನೇ ಸಾಲಿನ ಬಜೆಟ್ ನ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಂಶಗಳು

►ವಡೋದರಾದಲ್ಲಿ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ವಿವಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ

►ಬಿಟೆಕ್ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಧಾನಮಂತ್ರಿ ಸ್ಕಾಲರ್ ಶಿಪ್

►20 ಲಕ್ಷ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣಕ್ಕೆ ಯೋಜನೆ

►ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ ಬೋರ್ಡ್ ಬದಲು ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಬೋರ್ಡ್ ಗೆ ಕ್ರಮ

►ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ 1000 ಬಿಟೆಕ್ ಉತ್ತಮ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಪಿ ಹೆಚ್ ಡಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಉತ್ತೇಜನ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು

►ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಏಕಲವ್ಯ ವಸತಿ ಶಾಲೆ ಯೋಜನೆ

►ರೈತರ ಸಾಲಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ 11 ಲಕ್ಷ ಕೋಟಿ ಅನುದಾನ

►ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಹೆಲ್ತ್ ಪಾಲಿಸಿ ಮೂಲಕ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸೇವೆ

►ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸ್ವಾಸ್ಥ್ಯ ಭೀಮಾ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ 30 ಸಾವಿರ ಕೋಟಿ

►ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆಲ್ತ್ ಪಾಲಿಸಿ ಮೂಲಕ ರೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ

►ಗ್ರಾಮಾಂತರ ಬಜಾರ್-ಇ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲು ಯೋಜನೆ

►2022 ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಮನೆ ಇಲ್ಲದವರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಮಂತ್ರಿ ಆವಾಸ್ ಯೋಜನೆ ಮೂಲಕ ಸ್ವಂತ ಮನೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮಾಡಲು ಯೋಜನೆ

►2018-19 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ

►8 ಕೋಟಿ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಗ್ಯಾಸ್ ಪೂರೈಕೆ

►42 ಮೆಗಾ ಫುಡ್ ಪಾರ್ಕ್ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ

►ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಬೆಳೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಬೆಲೆ ನೀಡಲು ನಿರ್ಧಾರ

►ಎಪಿಎಂಸಿ ಉನ್ನತೀಕರಣಕ್ಕೆ 2,000 ಕೋಟಿ

► ಖಾದಿ ಗ್ರಾಮೋದ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೆ 200 ಕೋಟಿ ಅನುದಾನ

►ಆಪರೇಷನ್ ಗ್ರೀನ್ ಗೆ 500 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ಮೀಸಲು

►ರೈತರ ಅನುಕೂಲಕ್ಕೆ 22 ಸಾವಿರ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ

►ಬಿದಿರು ಬೆಳೆಗೆ 12,090 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನ

►ಟೊಮ್ಯಾಟೋ, ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ, ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ ಕೃಷಿಗೆ 500 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ಅನುದಾನ ಘೋಷಣೆ

►ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ಕ್ಲಸ್ಟರ್ ಪದ್ಧತಿ

►ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕೆ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಅಕ್ವಾಕಲ್ಚರ್ ಮೂಲಸೌಕರ್ಯ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ 10 ಸಾವಿರ ಕೋಟಿ

►2017-18 ರಲ್ಲಿ 27.5 ಟನ್ ಆಹಾರ ಉತ್ಪಾದನೆ

►ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ವೇಳೆಗೆ 470 ಎಪಿಎಂಸಿಗಳು ಇ-ನಾಮ್ ಗೆ ಕನೆಕ್ಟ್

►ಕೃಷಿ ಉಗ್ರಾಣ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಲು ಕ್ರಮ ಸಾವಯವ ಕೃಷಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಉತ್ತೇಜನ,

►ಸುಮಾರು 1000 ಹೆಕ್ಟೆರ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾವಯವ ಕೃಷಿಗೆ ಒತ್ತು

►ರೈತರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಬೆಳೆ ಬೆಲೆ ನಿಗದಿ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ

►ಆಹಾರ ಸಂಸ್ಕರಣೆಗಾಗಿ ನೀಡುವ ಅನುದಾನ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ

►ನೇರ ನಗದು ವರ್ಗಾವಣೆ ಮೂಲಕದ ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕತೆ.

►ಬಡವರಿಗಾಗಿ ಜನರಿಕ್ ಔಷಧ ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳ ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ.

►ಒಂದೇ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಸ್ ಪೋರ್ಟ್ ನೀಡಿಕೆಗೆ ಕ್ರಮ.

►ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಭಾಗ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ 50 ಕೋಟಿ ಜನಕ್ಕೆ ತಲಾ 5 ಲಕ್ಷ

►ಹೆಲ್ತ್ ಸೆಂಟರ್ ಗೆ 1200 ಕೊಟಿ ಮೀಸಲು

►ಒಂದೂವರೆ ಲಕ್ಷ ಹೆಲ್ತ್ ಆ್ಯಂಡ್ ವೆಲ್ ನೆಸ್ ಸೆಂಟರ್ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ

►ವಿಶ್ವದ ಅತಿದೊಡ್ಡ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಯೋಜನೆ ಮೋದಿ ಕೇರ್ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಬಾಗ್ಯ ಯೊಜನೆ ಘೊಷಣೆ

►24 ಹೊಸ ಮೆಡಿಕಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳ ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ

►10 ಕೋಟಿ ಬಡ ಕುಟಂಬಗಳಿಗೆ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ಯೋಜನೆ

►ಮೂರು ಸಂಸತ್ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕನಿಷ್ಟ ಒಂದು ಮೆಡಿಕಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ

►ಟಿಬಿ ರೋಗಿಗಳ ಪೌಷ್ಟಿಕಾಂಶಕ್ಕೆ 600 ಕೋಟಿ

►ಪ್ರತಿ ಕುಟುಂಬಕ್ಕೆ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಯೋಜನೆ- 5 ಲಕ್ಷದವರೆಗೆ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ ವೆಚ್ಚ ಭರಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು

►18 ಹೊಸ ಐಐಟಿ, ಎನ್ ಐಟಿ ಘೋಷಣೆ

►ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಬಡ ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಪಘಾತವಿಮೆ ಘೋಷಣೆ

►ಸಣ್ಣ ಮತ್ತು ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಕೈಗಾರಿಕೆಗೆ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಹೊಣೆ ಇಳಿಕೆ

►4 ಕೋಟಿ ಮನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ನೀಡುವ ಗುರಿ

►ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣ ಮತ್ತು ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣಕ್ಕೆ ಒತ್ತು

►ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಮಂತ್ರಿ ಮುದ್ರಾ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ 10.30 ಕೋಟಿ

►ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಭದ್ರತೆಗೆ 9975 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ.

►ಹೆರಿಗೆ ರಜೆ 24 ವಾರದಿಂದ 26 ವಾರಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ

►ಕ್ಷಯರೋಗ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗೆ 500 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ಮೀಸಲು

►ಕೃಷಿ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳ ರಫ್ತಿಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತ ಅವಕಾಶ

►70 ಲಕ್ಷ  ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ

►ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಸಿಟಿ ಗೆ 99 ನಗರಗಳ ಆಯ್ಕೆ

►ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಸೌಕರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ 50 ಲಕ್ಷ ಕೋಟಿ ಮೀಸಲು

►ಉಜ್ವಲ್ ಯೋಜನೆಯಡಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಮಂತ್ರಿ ಉಚಿತ ಎಲ್ ಪಿಜಿ ಗ್ಯಾಸ್

►ಎಸ್ ಸಿ, ಎಸ್ ಟಿ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ 1 ಲಕ್ಷ 5 ಸಾವಿರ ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ಅನುದಾನ

►ಪ್ರವಾಸೋದ್ಯಮ ಉತ್ತೇಜನಕ್ಕೆ ನೂತನ ರಸ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ

►ಈ ವರ್ಷ ಮತ್ತೆ 100 ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಸಿಟಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ಗುರಿ

►ಸ್ಮಾರ್ಟ್ ಸಿಟಿಗೆ 2.4 ಲಕ್ಷ ಕೋಟಿ ಅನುದಾನ

►ಲಡಾಕ್ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುರಂಗ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ

►ಚಿಕ್ಕ, ಅತಿ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಗಾತ್ರದ ಉದ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೆ 3794 ಕೋಟಿ ಮೀಸಲು

►ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಹೂಡಿಕೆಗೆ ಒತ್ತು ಟೆಕ್ಸ್ ಟೈಲ್ಸ್ ಉದ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೆ 7 ಸಾವಿರ ಕೋಟಿ ಮೀಸಲು

►ಮುದ್ರಾ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ 3 ಲಕ್ಷ ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ಮೀಸಲು

►ಆಯುಷ್ಮಾನ್ ಭಾರತ್ ಹೊಸ ಯೋಜನೆ ಜಾರಿಗೆ

►ನಮಾಮಿ ಗಂಗಾ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಆದ್ಯತೆ

►ಗಂಗಾ ತಟದಲ್ಲಿನ ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಚ್ಛತೆಗಾಗಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಆದ್ಯತೆ

►16730 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಶೌಚಾಲಯ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ

►ಸ್ವಚ್ಛ ಭಾರತ ಅಭಿಯಾನದಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂದಿನ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಡವರಿಗಾಗಿ 2 ಕೋಟಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಶೌಚಾಲಯ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವ ಗುರಿ

►ನಮಾಮಿ ಗಂಗೆ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಆಧ್ಯತೆ

►16730 ಕೋಟಿ ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಗಾನದಿ ತಡದಲ್ಲಿನ ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶೌಚಾಲಾಯ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ

►ಜೀವನ ಸುಧಾರಿಸಲು ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನ ಘೋಷಣೆ

►ಹೆಲ್ತ್ ವೆಲ್ ನೆಸ್ ಸ್ಕೀಂ ಗಾಗಿ 1200 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ಅನುದಾನ

►ಯೋಜನೆಯಡಿ 50 ಕೋಟಿ ಅನುದಾನ ಮುಂದುವರಿಗೆ 600 ಕೋಟಿ ಟಿಬಿ ರೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತಲಾ 500 ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ

►ದೆಹಲಿಯ ವಾಯು ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯ ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಕಳವಳಕಾರಿ. ಇದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ದೆಹಲಿ, ಹರ್ಯಾಣ, ಪಂಜಾಬ್, ಉತ್ತರ

►ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡಲು ವಿಶೇಷ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಆರಂಭ.

►ಬಡವರಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಔಷಧಿ ದೊರಕಿಸಲು 12,000 ಕೋಟಿ ರುಪಾಯಿ ನಿಗದಿ

►ಬಡವರಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಡಯಾಲಿಸಿಸ್

►ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಹೆಲ್ತ್ ಪಾಲಿಸಿ ಮೂಲಕ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸೇವೆ

►ಮೊಬೈಲ್. ಟಿವಿ ದುಬಾರಿ, ಅಬಕಾರಿ ಸುಂಕ ಶೇ.15ರಷ್ಟು ಏರಿಕೆ

►ಭಾರತ ಏರ್ಪೋರ್ಟ್ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 124 ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣಗಳಿದ್ದು, ಇದನ್ನು 5 ಪಟ್ಟು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು

ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷ 1 ಬಿಲಿಯನ್ ಟ್ರಿಪ್ ಗುರಿ

►ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ವಿನಾಯಿತಿ ಮಿತಿ ಸೆಕ್ಷನ್ 80ರ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ ವಿನಾಯಿತಿ ಮಿತಿ 10 ಸಾವಿರದಿಂದ 50 ಸಾವಿರ ರೂಗಳಿಗೆ ಏರಿಕೆ

►ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ವಿಮೆ 30 ಸಾವಿರದಿಂದ 50 ಸಾವಿರ ರೂ ಗೆ ಏರಿಕೆ,

►ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ 1 ಲಕ್ಷರೂ ವರೆಗೂ ಏರಿಕೆ

►ತೆರಿಗೆ ಸ್ಲಾಬ್ ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲ.

►2.5ಲಕ್ಷ ವರಿಗೆನ ಆದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲ.

►2.5ರಿಂದ 5 ಲಕ್ಷ ವರಗಿನ ಆದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಶೇ.5ರಷ್ಟು ತೆರಿಗೆ

►5 ಲಕ್ಷದಿಂದ 10 ಲಕ್ಷ ವರೆಗೆ ಶೇ.20ರಷ್ಟು ಮತ್ತು 10 ಲಕ್ಷ ಮೇಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಆದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಶೇ.30ರಷ್ಟು ತೆರಿಗೆ.

►40 ಸಾವಿರ ರೂವರೆಗಿನ ಸ್ಟ್ಯಾಂಡರ್ಡ್ ಡಿಡಕ್ಷನ್ ಶೀಘ್ರ ಜಾರಿ.

►ಈ ವರ್ಷ ಜಿಎಸ್ ಟಿ 12 ತಿಂಗಳ ಬದಲಿಗೆ 11 ತಿಂಗಳಿಗೇ ಪಾವತಿ

►ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ 250 ಕೋಟಿ ವಹಿವಾಟು ನಡೆಸಿದ ಕಾರ್ಪೋರೇಟ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಕಡಿತ

►5 ಲಕ್ಷ ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಫೈ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯ.

►ಸ್ವಚ್ಛ ಭಾರತ ಅಭಿಯಾನದಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂದಿನ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಡವರಿಗಾಗಿ 2 ಕೋಟಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಶೌಚಾಲಯ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವ ಗುರಿ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದೇವೆ.

►14 ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳು ಷೇರುಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶ.

►ಸಮಗ್ರ ಬಂಗಾರ ನೀತಿ ಜಾರಿ. ಚಿನ್ನ ನಗದೀಕರಣ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ.

►ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯಾಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ

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Budget 2018-19 Question & answers

1 February 2018: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover the Union Budget 2018-19.

1. The Union government in its budget 2018 has proposed to launch a restructured mission with an outlay of Rs 1290 crore to promote which sector?
a) Handloom
b) Bamboo
c) Traditional Craft
d) Rural Development

2. Which among the following state governments does not qualify for the special scheme that the government is going to introduce to tackle air pollution?
a) Uttar Pradesh 
b) Delhi 
c) Punjab
d) Haryana

3. How much fund has the Union Government allocated for its new ‘Operation Green’ mission ?
a) 1000 crore
b) 680 crore
c) 500 crore
d) 1300 crore

4. The Union government has proposed to extend the reach of Ujjwala Yojana to how many poor women in 2018-19?
a) 4 crore 
b) 10 crore
c) 8 crore
d) 6 crore

5. The Indian Railways is planning to re-develop how many major railway stations in 2018?
a) 400
b) 540
c) 730
d) 600

6. The government would be setting up an institute to train manpower for high-speed railway project in which city?
a) Ahmedabad
b) Surat 
c) Pune
d) Vadodara 

7. What is the salary of President as per Union Budget 2018?
a) Rs 5 lakh
b) Rs 4 lakh
c) Rs 3 lakh
d) Rs 2 lakh

8. As per Union Budget 2018, the Customs duty on mobile phones and parts of televisions will be increased to what per cent?
a) 20 per cent
b) 25 per cent
c) 30 per cent
d) 35 per cent

9. What was the total fiscal expenditure of the Union Government in 2017-18 as per Union Budget 2018?
a) Rs 21.47 lakh crore
b) Rs 21.57 lakh crore
c) Rs 21.67 lakh crore
d) Rs 21.77 lakh crore

10. As per Union Budget 2018, senior citizens will now be able to claim benefit of deduction of what amount in case of critical illnesses?
a) Rs 50000 
b) Rs 75000
c) Rs 100000
d) Rs 125000

11. Which scheme will be launched this year as per Budget 2018 to improve the Health Sector of the country?
a) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
b) National Health Policy 2018
c) Ayushman Bharat
d) National Health Protection Scheme

12. As per Budget 2018, which three firms will be merged and then listed?
a) UTI, Oriental Insurance and National Insurance
b) LIC, Bharti AXA and United Insurance
c) General Insurance, Max Bupa and UTI
d) None of the above

ANSWERS

1. (b) Bamboo
The Union Government in its Budget 2018 has proposed to launch a restructured bamboo mission with a fund of Rs 1290 crore to promote bamboo sector in a holistic manner.

2. (a) Uttar Pradesh 
The Government is going to introduce a special scheme to support the state governments of Haryana, Punjab and Delhi to address air pollution and to subsidise machinery required for in-situ management of crop residue.

3. (c) Rs 500 crore
The Union government plans to launch ‘Operation Green’ with a corpus of Rs 500 crore. It will promote Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), agri-logistics, processing facilities and professional management. 

4. (c) 8 crore 
The Lower and Middle Class have been the focus of the NDA Government during the last three years. The government had launched Ujjwala Yojana earlier to make poor women free from the smoke of wood. Though initially, their target was to provide free LPG connections to about 5 crore poor women, the government has now proposed to increase the target to 8 crore poor women.

5. (d) 600 
The Indian Railways is planning to re- develop 600 major railway stations. All stations with more than 25000 footfall will have escalators. All the stations will also be equipped with high-speed wifi.

6. (d) Vadodara 
The Union government had previously laid the foundation of the high-speed bullet Mumbai-Ahmedabad train. An institute would be set up in Vadodara in Gujarat to train the manpower for the high-speed railway project. 

7. (a) Rs 5 lakh
Emoluments will revised for the President to Rs 5 lakh, Rs 4 lakh for Vice-President and Rs 3.5 lakh per month for Governors. Emoluments to MPs will be refixed with effect from April 1, 2018.

8. (a) 20 per cent
The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 1 February 2018 presented the Union Budget 2018 in the parliament. As per the Budget, Customs duty on mobile phones and parts of televisions will be increased to 20 per cent from 15 per cent. Customs duty on raw cashew will be reduced from 5 per cent to 2.5 per cent.

9. (b) Rs 21.57 lakh crore
The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 1 February 2018 presented the Union Budget 2018 in the parliament. In the independent India, this is the 88th budget and the fifth of the Modi Government. The total expenditure of the Union government is Rs 21.57 lakh crore.

10. (c) Rs 100000
This year budget proposes a standard deduction of Rs 40000 for transport and medical reimbursements. All senior citizens will now be able to claim benefit of a deduction of Rs 50000 for any medical expenditure and can claim deduction of Rs 100000  for critical illnesses.

11. (d) National Health Protection Scheme
National Health Protection Scheme will be launched to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families. Under this, up to Rs 5 lakh will be provided to each family per year in secondary and tertiary care institutions. This scheme will have 50 crore beneficiaries.

12. (a) UTI, Oriental Insurance and National Insurance
As per Union Budget 2018, the Union government will recapitalise public sector banks to help them lend an additional Rs 5 lakh crore. Unit Trust of India, Oriental Insurance and National Insurance will be merged and then listed.

42 ನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಕುಸಿದ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ ಸೂಚಿ

ಹೊಸದಿಲ್ಲಿ,ಜ.31: ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಡಿವಂತಿಕೆಯ ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತಗಳು, ಗೋರಕ್ಷಕರ ಹಾವಳಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತರು ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಭಿನ್ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳ ಧ್ವನಿಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ ಸೂಚಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತವು 32ನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನದಿಂದ 42ಕ್ಕೆ ಕುಸಿದಿದೆ.

ಬ್ರಿಟನ್ನ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಸಮೂಹ 'ದಿ ಇಕನಾಮಿಸ್ಟ್ ಗ್ರೂಪ್'ನ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣಾ ವಿಭಾಗವಾಗಿರುವ 'ಇಕನಾಮಿಸ್ಟ್ ಇಂಟೆಲಿಜೆನ್ಸ್ ಯೂನಿಟ್(ಇಐಯು)' ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಿರುವ ಈ ಸೂಚಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾರ್ವೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಅಗ್ರಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು, ಐಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವೀಡನ್ ನಂತರದ ಸ್ಥಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿವೆ. ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷ 32ನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಭಾರತವು ಈ ವರ್ಷ 42ನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಜಾರಿದ್ದು, 'ದೋಷಪೂರಿತ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ'ಗಳ ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ.

ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ ಸೂಚಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬಹುತ್ವ, ನಾಗರಿಕ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯಗಳು, ಸರಕಾರದ ಕಾರ್ಯವೈಖರಿ, ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಸಹಭಾಗಿತ್ವ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಈ ಐದು ವರ್ಗಗಳ ಆಧಾರದಲ್ಲಿ 165 ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಎರಡು ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ಥಾನಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಪಟ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ, ದೋಷಪೂರಿತ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ, ಮಿಶ್ರ ಆಡಳಿತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರಂಕುಶ ಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ ಹೀಗೆ ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಭಾಗಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

21ನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅಮೆರಿಕದ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಜಪಾನ್, ಇಟಲಿ, ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್, ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್, ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ ಮತ್ತು ಹಾಂಗ್ಕಾಂಗ್ಗಳೂ ದೋಷಪೂರಿತ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವಗಳ ಗುಂಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿವೆ.

ನ್ಯೂಝಿಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಡೆನ್ಮಾರ್ಕ್ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಮತ್ತು ಐದನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೆ ಐರ್ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್, ಕೆನಡಾ, ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯಾ, ಫಿನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಿಝರ್ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮೊದಲ ಹತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಇತರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳಾಗಿವೆ.

ಕೇವಲ 19 ಅಗ್ರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳನ್ನು 'ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವಗಳು' ಎಂದು ವರ್ಗೀಕರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ(110ನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನ), ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾದೇಶ(92), ನೇಪಾಳ(94)ಮತ್ತು ಭೂತಾನ(99) ಮಿಶ್ರ ಆಡಳಿತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ.

ಚೀನಾ(139), ಮ್ಯಾನ್ಮಾರ್(120), ರಷ್ಯಾ(135) ಮತ್ತು ವಿಯೆಟ್ನಾಂ(140) 'ನಿರಂಕುಶ ಪ್ರಭುತ್ವಗಳು' ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಗುಂಪಿನಲ್ಲಿವೆ.

ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊರಿಯಾ(167) ಪಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕೊನೆಯ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು, ಸಿರಿಯಾ(166) ಒಂದು ಸ್ಥಾನ ಮೇಲಿದೆ.

ಕಾರಂಜ್ ಜಲಂತಾರ್ಗಾಮಿ ಅರ್ಪಣೆ.

ಮುಂಬೈ: ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಶ್ಲೋಕ, ಯಜುರ್ವೇದ ಮಂತ್ರ ಪಠಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಪೂಜೆ ಬಳಿಕ ಸ್ಕಾರ್ಪೀನ್ ಸರಣಿಯ ಮೂರನೇ ಜಲಾಂತರ್ಗಾಮಿ ನೌಕೆ 'ಕಾರಂಜ್' ಬುಧವಾರ ಲೋಕಾರ್ಪಣೆಗೊಂಡಿತು.

ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಮಜಗಾಂವ್ ಹಡಗುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೌಕಾದಳದ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥ ಸುನೀಲ್ ಲಾಂಬಾ ಅವರು ಜಲಾಂತರ್ಗಾಮಿಯನ್ನು ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿದರು. ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆಗೂ ಮುನ್ನ ಸಮುದ್ರ ಹಾಗೂ ಬಂದರುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವಿಧ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಕಠಿಣ ಪ್ರಯೋಗಗಳಿಗೆ ಇದನ್ನು ಒಳಪಡಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಮಜಗಾಂವ್ ಹಡಗುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಟ್ಟು ಆರು ಸಬ್ಮೆರಿನ್ಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ನ ಡಿಸಿಎನ್‌ಎಸ್ ಹಡಗು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವು ತಯಾರಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ.

ಈ ಮೊದಲು 'ಕಾರಂಜ್' ಹೆಸರಿನ ನೌಕೆಯು 1971ರ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು.

1969ರಿಂದ ಒಟ್ಟು 34 ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ, 2003ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆ ಸ್ಥಗಿತೊಗಳಿಸಿತ್ತು.

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ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯತೆಗಳು:

* ಶಬ್ದಶೋಧಕಗಳಿಂದಲೂ (ಸೋನಾರ್) ಪತ್ತೆಯಾಗದಂತೆ ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ಅತ್ಯಾಧುನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ

* ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಟ್ಟದ ವಿಕಿರಣ ಶಬ್ದ

* ನೀರನ್ನು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಸೀಳಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗುವಂತೆ ನೌಕೆಯ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ

* ನಿಖರ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಬಳಸಿ ವೈರಿಪಡೆ ಮೇಲೆ ದಾಳಿ ನಡೆಸುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ

* ಟಾರ್ಪೆಡೊಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನೌಕೆ ನಿರೋಧಕ ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ

* ನೌಕೆಗೆ ಆಗಬಹುದಾದ ಹಾನಿ ತಡೆಗಟ್ಟುವ ರಹಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ

* ಬಹುತೇಕ ಜಲಾಂತರ್ಗಾಮಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ವಿಶೇಷತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ

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Top ten economic Survey-18

1. There has been a large increase in registered indirect and direct taxpayers

• There has been a 50 per cent increase in unique taxpayers under the GST in comparison with the pre-GST system.

• There has also been an addition of about 1.8 million in individual income tax filers since November 2016. 

2. Formal non-agricultural payroll is much greater than believed

• More than 30 per cent when formality is defined in terms of social security provision.

• More than 50 per cent when defined in terms of being in the GST net. 

3. State’s prosperity is correlated with their international and inter-state trade.

States that export more internationally and trade more with other states tend to be richer. However, the correlation is stronger between prosperity and international trade. 

4. India’s firm export structure is substantially more egalitarian than in other large countries.

The top one per cent of Indian firms account for 38 per cent of exports. In all other countries, they account for a substantially greater share such as 72, 68, 67 and 55 per cent of exports in Brazil, Germany, Mexico and US respectively. 

5. The clothing incentive package boosted exports of readymade garments 

The relief from embedded state taxes (ROSL) announced in 2016 boosted exports of ready-made garments (but not others) by about 16 percent. 

6. Indian society exhibits strong son ‘Meta’ Preference

Parents continue to have children until they get the desired number of sons. This kind of fertility-stopping rule leads to skewed sex ratios but in different directions:

- It is skewed in favour of males if it is the last child and in the favour of females if it is not the last.

- Where there are no such fertility-stopping rules, ratios remain balanced regardless of whether the child is the last or not.

7. There is substantial avoidable litigation in the tax arena which government action could reduce

The tax department’s petition rate is high, even though its success rate in litigation is low and declining well below 30 per cent.

- Only 0.2 percent of cases accounted for 56 percent of the value at stake.

- About 66 percent of pending cases (each less than Rs. 10 lakhs) accounted for only 1.8 percent of the value at stake. 

8. To re-ignite growth, raising investment is more important than raising saving

Cross-country experience shows that growth slowdowns are preceded by investment slowdowns but not necessarily by savings slowdowns may not. 

9. Own direct tax collections by Indian states and local governments are significantly lower than those of their counterparts in other federal countries 

This share is low relative to the direct taxation powers they actually have. 

10. The footprint of climate change is evident and extreme weather adversely impacts agricultural yields 

- The impact of weather is felt only with extreme temperature increases and rainfall deficiencies

- This impact is twice as large in un-irrigated areas as in irrigated ones.

Economic survey 2017-18 top ten highlights

1. There has been a large increase in registered indirect and direct taxpayers

• There has been a 50 per cent increase in unique taxpayers under the GST in comparison with the pre-GST system.

• There has also been an addition of about 1.8 million in individual income tax filers since November 2016. 

2. Formal non-agricultural payroll is much greater than believed

• More than 30 per cent when formality is defined in terms of social security provision.

• More than 50 per cent when defined in terms of being in the GST net. 

3. State’s prosperity is correlated with their international and inter-state trade.

States that export more internationally and trade more with other states tend to be richer. However, the correlation is stronger between prosperity and international trade. 

4. India’s firm export structure is substantially more egalitarian than in other large countries.

The top one per cent of Indian firms account for 38 per cent of exports. In all other countries, they account for a substantially greater share such as 72, 68, 67 and 55 per cent of exports in Brazil, Germany, Mexico and US respectively. 

5. The clothing incentive package boosted exports of readymade garments 

The relief from embedded state taxes (ROSL) announced in 2016 boosted exports of ready-made garments (but not others) by about 16 percent. 

6. Indian society exhibits strong son ‘Meta’ Preference

Parents continue to have children until they get the desired number of sons. This kind of fertility-stopping rule leads to skewed sex ratios but in different directions:

- It is skewed in favour of males if it is the last child and in the favour of females if it is not the last.

- Where there are no such fertility-stopping rules, ratios remain balanced regardless of whether the child is the last or not.

7. There is substantial avoidable litigation in the tax arena which government action could reduce

The tax department’s petition rate is high, even though its success rate in litigation is low and declining well below 30 per cent.

- Only 0.2 percent of cases accounted for 56 percent of the value at stake.

- About 66 percent of pending cases (each less than Rs. 10 lakhs) accounted for only 1.8 percent of the value at stake. 

8. To re-ignite growth, raising investment is more important than raising saving

Cross-country experience shows that growth slowdowns are preceded by investment slowdowns but not necessarily by savings slowdowns may not. 

9. Own direct tax collections by Indian states and local governments are significantly lower than those of their counterparts in other federal countries 

This share is low relative to the direct taxation powers they actually have. 

10. The footprint of climate change is evident and extreme weather adversely impacts agricultural yields 

- The impact of weather is felt only with extreme temperature increases and rainfall deficiencies

- This impact is twice as large in un-irrigated areas as in irrigated ones.

2018 economic survey High light

The Economic Survey 2017-18 was tabled in the Parliament on January 29, 2018 by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. 

Major reforms were undertaken in 2017 including the launch of the transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST) in July. The survey notes that with a policy change of such scale, scope and complexity, the transition unsurprisingly encountered challenges of policy, law and information technology systems, which especially affected the informal sector. However, it also states that prompt responses followed to rationalise and reduce rates and simplify compliance burdens.

Key Highlights of the Survey 

State of the Economy

The transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST) was launched at the stroke of midnight on July 1, 2017. 

The Twin Balance Sheet (TBS) problem was decisively addressed by sending the major stressed companies for resolution under the new Indian Bankruptcy Code and implementing a major recapitalisation package to strengthen the balance sheets of public sector banks. 

As a result of these measures, the economy accelerated in the second half of 2017. 

This is expected to boost real GDP growth to 6.75 per cent for the year as a whole and to 7-7.5 per cent in 2018-19, re-instating India as the world’s fastest-growing major economy.

Macro Economy

Policy vigilance will be necessary in the coming year, especially if high international oil prices persist or elevated stock prices correct sharply, provoking a ‘sudden stall’ in capital flows. 

The agenda for next year includes: 

• Stabilising the GST

• Completing the TBS actions

• Privatizing Air India

• Removing threats to macroeconomic stability

Over the medium term, three areas of policy focus stand out:

• Employment: Finding good jobs for the young and burgeoning workforce, especially for women.

• Education: Creating an educated and healthy labour force. 

• Agriculture: Raising farm productivity while strengthening agricultural resilience.

Besides, the survey notes that India should continue improving the climate for rapid economic growth on the strength of two truly sustainable engines—private investment and exports.

A new look of Indian Economy through GST

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) embodies and heralds a radical alteration and enlargement in the understanding of the Indian economy. The preliminary analysis of the information has led to the following findings: 

• There has been a 50 per cent increase in the number of indirect taxpayers and a large increase in voluntary registrations, especially by small enterprises that buy from large enterprises and want to avail themselves of input tax credits. 

• The data on the international exports of states suggests a strong correlation between export performance and states’ standard of living. 

• India’s exports are unusual, as the largest firms account for a much smaller share of exports in comparison to other nations. 

• India’s internal trade is about 60 percent of GDP, even greater than estimated in last year’s Survey and comparing very favourably with other large countries.

• India’s formal sector, especially formal non-farm payroll, is substantially greater than currently believed:

- Formality defined in terms of social security provision yields an estimate of formal sector payroll of about 31 per cent of the non-agricultural work force.

- Formality defined in terms of being part of the GST net suggests a formal sector payroll share of 53 per cent.

Investment and Saving Slowdowns and Recoveries:

• India’s unprecedented climb to historically high levels of investment and saving rates in the mid-2000s has been followed by a pronounced, albeit gradual, decline.

• This current episode of investment and saving slowdown is still ongoing. 

• Findings of the study on the pattern of investment and saving slowdowns as well as recoveries in India:

- Investment slowdowns have an impact on growth but not necessarily saving. 

- Recoveries from investment slowdowns, especially those associated with balance sheet difficulties, as in India, tend to be slow.

- The study also noted that mean reversion or some degree of automatic bounce-back is absent so deeper the slowdown, the slower and shallower the recovery.

Climate, Climate Change, and Agriculture

The survey observes a long-term trend of rising temperatures, declining average precipitation and increase in extreme precipitation events.

Some of the major findings:

- One major finding, which will have significant implications, is that the impact of temperature and rainfall is felt only in the extreme, which is when temperatures are much higher and rainfall is 0significantly lower and the number of ‘dry days’ are greater than normal.

- Second is that these impacts are significantly more adverse in unirrigated areas or rainfed areas in comparison to irrigated areas. 

Applying these estimates to projected long-term weather patterns implies that climate change could reduce annual agricultural incomes in the range of 15 percent to 18 percent on average, and up to 20 percent to 25 percent for unirrigated areas. 

The survey observes that minimising susceptibility to climate change requires drastically extending irrigation through efficient drip and sprinkler technologies and replacing untargeted subsidies in power and fertilizer by direct income support. 

Gender and Son Meta-Preference

The survey observes that India’s performance in 14 out of the 17 indicators of women’s agency, attitudes, and outcomes has improved over the last 10-15 years.

• On seven of them, the improvement has been such that India’s situation is comparable to other countries after accounting for levels of development. 

• The survey notes that gender outcomes exhibit a convergence pattern, improving with wealth to a greater extent in India than in similar countries so even areas where it is lagging is expected to improve with time.

• In other indicators such as employment, use of reversible contraception, and son preference, India has still a long way to go, as this cannot be attained through development.

• Within India, there is significant heterogeneity, with the North-Eastern states consistently out-performing others and not because they are richer. The states in the hinterland are seen to be lagging behind. The southern states, however, show the most surprising figures, as some of them do less well than their development levels suggest. 

• The meta-preference manifesting itself in fertility stopping rules contingent on the sex of the last child notionally creates “unwanted” girls, who are estimated to be at about 21 million. 

The government’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Sukanya Samridhi Yojana schemes and mandatory maternity leave rules are aimed to improve the same situation.

Transforming Science and Technology in India

• The survey notes that India under-spends on research and development (R&D), even relative to its level of development. 

• It states that the doubling of R&D spending is necessary and much of the increase should come from the private sector and universities. 

• India should also invest in educating its youth in science and mathematics, reform the way R&D is conducted, engage the private sector and the Indian diaspora and take a more mission-driven approach in areas such as dark matter, genomics, energy storage, agriculture, mathematics and cyber-physical systems. 

• Vigorous efforts to improve the 'ease of doing business' need to be matched by similar ones to boost the 'ease of doing science'.

Economic survey 2017-18

The Economic Survey 2017-18 was tabled in the Parliament on January 29, 2018 by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. 

Major reforms were undertaken in 2017 including the launch of the transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST) in July. The survey notes that with a policy change of such scale, scope and complexity, the transition unsurprisingly encountered challenges of policy, law and information technology systems, which especially affected the informal sector. However, it also states that prompt responses followed to rationalise and reduce rates and simplify compliance burdens.

Key Highlights of the Survey 

State of the Economy

The transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST) was launched at the stroke of midnight on July 1, 2017. 

The Twin Balance Sheet (TBS) problem was decisively addressed by sending the major stressed companies for resolution under the new Indian Bankruptcy Code and implementing a major recapitalisation package to strengthen the balance sheets of public sector banks. 

As a result of these measures, the economy accelerated in the second half of 2017. 

This is expected to boost real GDP growth to 6.75 per cent for the year as a whole and to 7-7.5 per cent in 2018-19, re-instating India as the world’s fastest-growing major economy.

Macro Economy

Policy vigilance will be necessary in the coming year, especially if high international oil prices persist or elevated stock prices correct sharply, provoking a ‘sudden stall’ in capital flows. 

The agenda for next year includes: 

• Stabilising the GST

• Completing the TBS actions

• Privatizing Air India

• Removing threats to macroeconomic stability

Over the medium term, three areas of policy focus stand out:

• Employment: Finding good jobs for the young and burgeoning workforce, especially for women.

• Education: Creating an educated and healthy labour force. 

• Agriculture: Raising farm productivity while strengthening agricultural resilience.

Besides, the survey notes that India should continue improving the climate for rapid economic growth on the strength of two truly sustainable engines—private investment and exports.

A new look of Indian Economy through GST

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) embodies and heralds a radical alteration and enlargement in the understanding of the Indian economy. The preliminary analysis of the information has led to the following findings: 

• There has been a 50 per cent increase in the number of indirect taxpayers and a large increase in voluntary registrations, especially by small enterprises that buy from large enterprises and want to avail themselves of input tax credits. 

• The data on the international exports of states suggests a strong correlation between export performance and states’ standard of living. 

• India’s exports are unusual, as the largest firms account for a much smaller share of exports in comparison to other nations. 

• India’s internal trade is about 60 percent of GDP, even greater than estimated in last year’s Survey and comparing very favourably with other large countries.

• India’s formal sector, especially formal non-farm payroll, is substantially greater than currently believed:

- Formality defined in terms of social security provision yields an estimate of formal sector payroll of about 31 per cent of the non-agricultural work force.

- Formality defined in terms of being part of the GST net suggests a formal sector payroll share of 53 per cent.

Investment and Saving Slowdowns and Recoveries:

• India’s unprecedented climb to historically high levels of investment and saving rates in the mid-2000s has been followed by a pronounced, albeit gradual, decline.

• This current episode of investment and saving slowdown is still ongoing. 

• Findings of the study on the pattern of investment and saving slowdowns as well as recoveries in India:

- Investment slowdowns have an impact on growth but not necessarily saving. 

- Recoveries from investment slowdowns, especially those associated with balance sheet difficulties, as in India, tend to be slow.

- The study also noted that mean reversion or some degree of automatic bounce-back is absent so deeper the slowdown, the slower and shallower the recovery.

Climate, Climate Change, and Agriculture

The survey observes a long-term trend of rising temperatures, declining average precipitation and increase in extreme precipitation events.

Some of the major findings:

- One major finding, which will have significant implications, is that the impact of temperature and rainfall is felt only in the extreme, which is when temperatures are much higher and rainfall is 0significantly lower and the number of ‘dry days’ are greater than normal.

- Second is that these impacts are significantly more adverse in unirrigated areas or rainfed areas in comparison to irrigated areas. 

Applying these estimates to projected long-term weather patterns implies that climate change could reduce annual agricultural incomes in the range of 15 percent to 18 percent on average, and up to 20 percent to 25 percent for unirrigated areas. 

The survey observes that minimising susceptibility to climate change requires drastically extending irrigation through efficient drip and sprinkler technologies and replacing untargeted subsidies in power and fertilizer by direct income support. 

Gender and Son Meta-Preference

The survey observes that India’s performance in 14 out of the 17 indicators of women’s agency, attitudes, and outcomes has improved over the last 10-15 years.

• On seven of them, the improvement has been such that India’s situation is comparable to other countries after accounting for levels of development. 

• The survey notes that gender outcomes exhibit a convergence pattern, improving with wealth to a greater extent in India than in similar countries so even areas where it is lagging is expected to improve with time.

• In other indicators such as employment, use of reversible contraception, and son preference, India has still a long way to go, as this cannot be attained through development.

• Within India, there is significant heterogeneity, with the North-Eastern states consistently out-performing others and not because they are richer. The states in the hinterland are seen to be lagging behind. The southern states, however, show the most surprising figures, as some of them do less well than their development levels suggest. 

• The meta-preference manifesting itself in fertility stopping rules contingent on the sex of the last child notionally creates “unwanted” girls, who are estimated to be at about 21 million. 

The government’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao and Sukanya Samridhi Yojana schemes and mandatory maternity leave rules are aimed to improve the same situation.

Transforming Science and Technology in India

• The survey notes that India under-spends on research and development (R&D), even relative to its level of development. 

• It states that the doubling of R&D spending is necessary and much of the increase should come from the private sector and universities. 

• India should also invest in educating its youth in science and mathematics, reform the way R&D is conducted, engage the private sector and the Indian diaspora and take a more mission-driven approach in areas such as dark matter, genomics, energy storage, agriculture, mathematics and cyber-physical systems. 

• Vigorous efforts to improve the 'ease of doing business' need to be matched by similar ones to boost the 'ease of doing science'.

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Australian Open 2018: Roger Federer wins Men’s Singles title

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer (World No. 2) has retained his Men’s Singles title by winning 2018 Australian Open. In the summit clash played at Melbourne, he defeated Croatia’s Marin Cilic (World no. 6) in five sets 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.  It was Federer’s sixth Australian Open Crown (earlier won in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2017) and overall 20th Grand Slam singles titles. With this, he joins elite group of Margaret Court, Serena Williams and Steffi Graf who have won 20 or more Grand Slam singles titles.

Other Category Winners

    Women’s Singles: Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) won women’s Singles title in 2018 Australian Open by defeating Simona Halep (Romania) by 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–4 score.
    Men’s Doubles: Oliver Marach (Austria) and Mate Pavić (Croatia) pair won the title by defeating Juan Colombian pair of Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah by 6–4, 6–4 score.
    Women’s Doubles: Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) pair won the title by defeating Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina by 6–4, 6–3 score.
    Mixed Doubles: Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Mate Pavić (Croatia) pair won the title by defeating Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Rohan Bopanna (India) by 2–6, 6–4, [11–9] score.

2017 Grand slam winner list

Grand Slam 2017 Winners List : Complete List of Winners |

The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most-important annual tennis events.The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid-January, the French Open in May and June, Wimbledon in June and July, and the US Open in August and September. Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks. The Australian and United States tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on clay, and Wimbledon on grass. Wimbledon is the oldest, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905.

Grand Slam 2017 Winners List

                      Complete Winners List French Open 2017
Category Winners Runner up
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal Stan Wawrinka
Women’s Singles Jelena Ostapenko Simona Halep
Men’s Doubles R Harrison and M Venus D Young and S Gonzalez
Women’s Doubles L Safarova and B. Matteck-Sands A Barty and C. Dellacqua
Mixed Doubles R. Bopanna and G. Dabrowski R. Farah and A. Gronefeld

                   Complete Winners List Australian Open 2017

Category Winners Runner up
Men’s Singles Roger Federer Rafael Nadal
Women’s Singles Serena Williams Venus Williams
Men’s Doubles J. Peers and H. Continen B Bryan and M Bryan
Women’s Doubles L Safarova and B. Matteck-Sands A Hlavackova and S. Peng
Mixed Doubles A Spears and J Cabal S Mirza and I Dodig
 

                   Complete Winners List Wimbledon 2017
Category Winners Runner up
Men’s Singles Roger Federer Marin Cilic
Women’s Singles Gabrine Muguruza Venus Williams
Men’s Doubles L. Kubot and M. Melo O. Marach and M. Pavic
Women’s Doubles M. Niculescu and H. Chan E. Macarova and E. Vesnina
Mixed Doubles J. Murray and M. Hingis H. Watson & H. Continent

                        Complete Winners List US Open 2017
Category Winners Runner up
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal Kevin Anderson
Women’s Singles Sloane Stephens Madison Keys
Men’s Doubles J. Rojer and H. Tecău F. López and M. López.
Women’s Doubles M. Hingis and Y. Chan L. Hradecká and

K. Siniaková
Mixed Doubles J. Murray and M. Hingis M. Venus and H. Chan.

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What is "white shipping" (recently in news)

What is "White Shipping" (Recently in news)
-> White shipping information refers to exchange of relevant advance information on the identity and movement of commercial non-military merchant vessels.

What is green Muffler?

What is Green Muffler
-> Green Muffler is a technique of reducing noise pollution by planting 4-6 rows around the populated areas or noisy places like along Roadsides, Industrial areas, Societies near highways.

What is global Zero?

What is Global Zero? (Recently in News)
-> Global Zero is the international movement for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.
-> Its members understand that the only way to eliminate the nuclear threat – including proliferation, nuclear terrorism and humanitarian catastrophe – is to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, secure all nuclear materials and eliminate all nuclear weapons: global zero.
-> The movement combines cutting-edge policy development and direct dialogue with governments with public outreach, including media, online and grassroots initiatives to make the elimination of nuclear weapons an urgent global imperative.
-> Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, it has grown to include 300 world leaders and half a million citizens worldwide.

Digitization in railways

#Digitization in railways

@ In a major digital initiative to help plan the traffic flows and optimize freight operations Railways has launched a new app.
@ Smart Freight Operation  Optimisation & Real Time Information (SFOORTI) App for Freight Managers which provides features for monitoring and managing freight business using Geographic Information System (GIS) Views and Dashboard

Features:-

@ With this application, movement of freight trains on Geographic Information System (GIS) view can be tracked.
@ Both passenger and freight trains can be tracked over Zones/Divisions/ Sections in single GIS View.
@ Freight business can be monitored
@ Comparative Analysis of Zonal/Divisional Traffic
@ Analysis of new traffic captured and traffic lost
@ This app provides a Bird’s eye view of all Freight Assets in a single window
@ Provides end to end Rake movement on Geospatial view
@ Expected Traffic at Interchange points to evaluate daily performance can be viewed
@ Performance of each zone and divisions with respect to loading and utilization of freight assets can be viewed.
@ Sectional performance monitoring for sections, divisions and zones shall help in traffic routing
@ Freight terminal and sidings can be better monitored to ensure better turnaround of rakes.

India-Butan Relation

India-Bhutan Relations

Significance
1. Strategic importance due to Chumbi valley and Chichen’s neck region
2. Hydropower cooperation
3. Development of North-Eastern states
4. “Operation All Clear” to flush out insurgents from Bhutan
5. Support in multilateral forums

Challenges
1. China exerting influence on Bhutan
2. Bhutan independent foreign policy (India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty)

Initiatives
1. India stood for Bhutan during Doklam standoff
2. Budgetary support to Bhutan
3. Scholarships to students

Indo-Nepal relation

Indo-Nepal relations:

Significance:-
1. 1800km of porus border.
2. ‎Acts as a buffer State between India and China.
3. ‎Historical, cultural and ethnic ties.
4. ‎Hydro electric cooperation and enery security.
5. ‎Internal security. (Debatable)

Irritants/ Challenges:-
1. China factor- BRI, Railway line, alternate internet access, Sagarmala military exercise.
2. ‎Post constitutional troubles (alleged blockage in Madheshi areas) and India's faliure to contain the perception of India meddling in internal affairs of a sovereign nation.
3. ‎Delays in various project competition such as Karnali and Arun-3 etc.
4. ‎Kosi river barrages leading to flood in Nepal.
5. ‎Emergence of China inclined left parties with majority in Provincial elections.

Confidence Building Measures by India:-

1. Reconstruction aid post earthquake.
2. ‎MoU on construction of bridge over river Mechi.
3. ‎Push for early completion of pending projects in Nepal.

ASEAN Delhi diclaration

India hosted the leaders of the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for two-day ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit that began on January 25, 2018 in New Delhi, under the theme of ‘Shared Values, Common Destiny’.

The two-day summit, which commemorates the 25th Anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations, saw the highest level of participation by delegates. Leaders of ten ASEAN nations including Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei attended the event in the national capital.

The summit comes at a time when India is making a strategic shift in its regional policy, enhancing its previous 'Look East' policy to the new 'Act East' policy. It also comes in the backdrop of China's growing economic and military assertiveness in the region.

Prime Minister Narendra also held bilateral meetings with the leaders of the Southeast-Asian nations on the sidelines of the summit. The key focus areas of the meetings included counter-terrorism, security and connectivity.

Following is the Delhi Declaration of the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit:

The leaders, while recognising the achievements made over the past 25 years through ASEAN-India dialogue relations and appreciating India’s contribution to the regional peace, security and prosperity agreed to the following points:

• To further strengthen and deepen the ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership for mutual benefit, across the whole spectrum of political security, economic, socio-cultural and development cooperation, in order to build a peaceful, harmonious, caring and sharing community in the region.

• To continue to exert towards the full, effective and timely implementation of the Plan of Action to Implement the ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared Prosperity (2016-2020).

• To further enhance high-level engagement and cooperation within the existing framework of the ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership and ASEAN-led mechanisms, such as the ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS).

• To continue to support and contribute to ASEAN integration and ASEAN Community building process, towards the realisation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.

 

Political and Security Cooperation

• To reaffirm their commitment to work closely together on common regional and international security issues of mutual concern and ensure an open, transparent, inclusive and rules-based regional architecture through existing ASEAN-led frameworks and mechanisms.

• To reaffirm the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safety and security, freedom of navigation and overflight in the region.
• To work together to prevent and manage accidents and incidents at sea and promote effective coordination between ASEAN and India in maritime search and rescue.

Terrorism

• To deepen cooperation in combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations through information sharing, law enforcement cooperation and capacity building.

• To promote a comprehensive approach to combat terrorism by countering cross-border movement of terrorists and foreign terrorist fighters and misuse of the Internet including social media by terror entities.

• To strengthen cooperation to stop terrorism financing efforts and prevent recruitment of members of terrorist groups and support efforts in targeting terrorist groups and sanctuaries.

• To strengthen cooperation and collaboration to combat other transnational crimes, including human trafficking, illicit drug trafficking, cybercrime and piracy and armed robbery against ships.

Economic Cooperation

• To strengthen ASEAN-India economic relations through effective implementation of the ASEAN-India Free Trade Area, and intensify efforts in 2018 towards the swift conclusion of a modern, comprehensive, high quality and mutually beneficial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

• To cooperate for conservation and sustainable use of marine resources in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and address the threats including illegal and unregulated fishing, loss of coastal ecosystems and the adverse impacts of pollution and ocean acidification.

• To promote stable and sustainable growth for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), including through technology transfer, diffusion, adoption and adaptation as well as enhancing capacity building.

Transport Cooperation

• To deepen cooperation in the area of aviation under the ASEAN-India Aviation Cooperation Framework adopted at the 14th ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting in Manila on November 6, 2008.

• To establish closer ASEAN-India air links to promote tourism, trade and enhance greater connectivity between ASEAN and India.

• To promote maritime transport cooperation between ASEAN and India and encourage potential private sector participation in the development of seaports, maritime logistics network and maritime services in order to create more efficient linkages.

Energy Cooperation

• To continue to enhance cooperation to ensure long-term food and energy security in the region through strengthening cooperation in agriculture and energy sectors.

• To work towards promoting the development of renewable energy technology through international platforms including the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

Space Science

• To continue collaboration in the peaceful exploration of outer space, through the implementation of the ASEAN-India Space Cooperation Programme, including the launching of satellites and their monitoring through telemetry tracking and command stations.

• To explore cooperation in research and development in emerging space technologies such as small satellites, inter-satellite communications, satellite propulsion and analytics for space data.

Socio-Cultural Cooperation

• To cooperate on the promotion of the civilisational and historical links between ASEAN and India by providing platforms for knowledge exchanges among policy-makers, managers and the academicians concerned.

• To intensify efforts to preserve, protect and restore cultural and historical symbols and structures that are of mutual interest in reflecting the ASEAN-India cultural and historical connection.

• To build a stronger cultural link by promoting cultural tourism and further enhancing people-to-people contacts.

Health and Education

• To strengthen the health system and improve access to safe, good quality and affordable medical products including traditional and complementary medicines.

• To strengthen cooperation in education and youth sectors, in the form of setting up language training, Entrepreneurship Development and Vocational Training Centres and granting annual scholarships.

• To explore the possibility of setting up an ASEAN-India network of universities, and encourage other University to University exchanges.

Disaster Management and Environment

• To strengthen cooperation in disaster management and humanitarian assistance.

• To promote dialogue on empowerment of women, the promotion and protection of the rights of women and children, the elimination of all forms of violence against them and promotion of women entrepreneurs.

• To promote cooperation in environmental management, climate change and biodiversity conservation, through the exchange of knowledge and experience and conduct of joint research activities and capacity building programmes.

Connectivity

• To reaffirm commitment to enhance physical and digital connectivity and encourage the early completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway Project and extend this Trilateral Highway to Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam.

The summit was followed by India’s 69th Republic Day celebrations where all the ten visiting heads of states were present as the chief guests.

PM's Shram Award-2016

Government announces PM’s Shram Awards for 2016 to 50 workers

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has announced Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for the year 2016 to be awarded to 50 workers including 3 women employed in Departmental Undertakings & Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of Central/ State Governments and Private Sector Units employing 500 or more workers. In 2016, 34 workers are from PSUs and 16 workers are from Private Sectors.
2016 Shram Awards

Shram Ratna Award: No nomination was found suitable for it.

Shram Bhushan: 12 workers from SAIL, BHEL and TATA Steel Ltd. were selected.

Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana Award: 18 workers from Naval Dockyard, Ordinance Factory, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam, TATA Steel, Hindalco Industries, Paradeep Phosphates Ltd., Brahmos Aerospace were selected.

Shram Shree/Shram Devi Award: 20 workers from Cement Corporation of India, Naval Ship Repair Yard, TATA Motors, Surat Lignite Power Plant, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. etc were selected.
Shram Awards

They were instituted in 1985 and are announced every year by Ministry of Labour and Employment. These awards are given to workers in PSUs, Departmental Undertakings of Central/State Governments and Private Sector units employing 500 or more workers.

Objective: It recognises workers for their distinguished performance, innovative ability, outstanding contribution in the field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.  It also recognises outstanding contributions made by workmen as defined in Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 in organizations both in public and private sector

There are four types of Shram awards viz. Shram Ratna (monetary award of Rs. 2 lakhs and Sanad), Shram Bhushan (Rs. 1 lakh and Sanad), Shram Vir / Shram Veerangana (Rs. 60000 and Sanad), Shram Devi / Shram Shree (Rs. 40000 and Sanad).

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ಅಸಿಯಾನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾರತ

ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit issues Delhi Declaration

The ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit was held in New Delhi to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of sectoral dialogue between two sides under the theme of “Shared Values, Common Destiny”.

It issued joint statement titled Delhi Declaration after the plenary session focusing on counter-terrorism, identity security, military cooperation, and bilateral financial support.

India and 10 ASEAN countries for first time mentioned cross-border movement of terrorists and made commitment to counter the challenge through close cooperation as part of the declaration.
Key Highlights of Delhi Declaration

Strengthening relations: Called for strengthening and deepening ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership for mutual benefit, across the whole spectrum of political-security, economic, socio-cultural and development cooperation.

Terrorism: Deepen cooperation in combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, violent extremism and radicalisation through information sharing, law enforcement cooperation and capacity building under existing ASEAN-led mechanism.

Cyber-security: Strengthen cooperation on cyber-security capacity building and policy coordination, including through supporting the implementation of ASEAN Cybersecurity Cooperation Strategy.

Transnational crimes: It called for strengthening cooperation to combat other transnational crimes, including people smuggling, trafficking in persons, illicit drug trafficking, cybercrime, and piracy and armed robbery against ships.

Connectivity: It reaffirmed their commitment to enhance physical and digital connectivity. It also called   for early completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway Project and extend this Trilateral Highway to Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam.

Political and Security Cooperation: Reaffirm importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safety and security, freedom of navigation and overflight in the region.

It calls for other lawful uses of seas and to promote peaceful resolutions of disputes, in accordance with universally recognised principles of international law, including 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
ASEAN

ASEAN is regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian countries which promotes Pan-Asianism and intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational and socio-cultural integration amongst its members and other Asian countries.

It consists of 10-member countries- Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. It was established on August 8, 1967 through ASEAN declaration (also known as Bangkok Declaration). Its secretariat is located in Jakartaa, Indonesia.

ಭೀಮಾ-ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್ ವಿಜಯೋತ್ಸವ ಗಲಭೆ

ಭೀಮಾ-ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್ ವಿಜಯೋತ್ಸವ ಗಲಭೆ: ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಬಂದ್

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ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ಜನವರಿ 1ರಂದು ಪುಣೆಯ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ‘ಭೀಮಾ-ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್”ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್ ವಿಜಯೋತ್ಸವ ಆಚರಿಸಲು ತೆರಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ದಲಿತ ಗುಂಪಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಿಂದೂತ್ವ ಸಂಘಟನೆಗಳು ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು, ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಭಾರಿ ಸಂಚಲನ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ದಾಳಿಯನ್ನು ಖಂಡಿಸಿ ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಬಂದ್ ಗೆ ಕರೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ಏನಿದು ಭೀಮಾ-ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್ ವಿಜಯೋತ್ಸವ:

1818 ಜನವರಿ 1ರಂದು ನಡೆದ ಸಂಘರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋರಾಡಿ ಮಡಿದ 22 ಮಹರ್ ಸೈನಿಕರ ನೆನಪಿಗಾಗಿ ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷರು ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ 65 ಅಡಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ವಿಜಯಸ್ತಂಭ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 1740ರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದನೇ ಬಾಜಿ ರಾವ್ ನಿಧನದ ಬಳಿಕ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಸಮುದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದ ಪೇಶ್ವೆಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ದಲಿತರಾದ ಮಹರ್‌ ಜನರ ನಡುವಿನ ಸಂಬಂಧ ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟಿತು. ಎರಡನೇ ಬಾಜಿ ರಾವ್‌ ಆಡಳಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹರ್‌ ಸಮುದಾಯವನ್ನು ಕೀಳಾಗಿ ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಪೇಶ್ವೆಗಳ ಸೇನೆಗೆ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನೂ ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಮಹರ್‌ ಜನರು ಮಾಡುವ ಬಿನ್ನಹವನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸುವ ಎರಡನೇ ಬಾಜಿ ರಾವ್‌, ಕೀಳು ಜಾತಿಯವರಾದ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸೇನೆಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆತ್ಮಗೌರವದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಯಿಂದ ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್‌ ಸೇನೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೇರುವ ಮಹರ್‌ ಜನರು 1818ರಲ್ಲಿ ಪೇಶ್ವೆ ಸೇನೆಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಕಾದಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ ಕ್ಯಾಫ್ಟನ್ ಎಫ್.ಎಫ್. ಸ್ಟಾಂಟನ್ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾಂಬೆ ರೆಜಿಮೆಂಟ್‌ನ 500 ಮಹರ್‌ ಸೈನಿಕರು, ಪೂನಾದ 250 ಅಶ್ವದಳ ಹಾಗೂ ಮದ್ರಾಸ್‌ನ 24 ಗನ್‌ಮೆನ್‌ಗಳು 1818ರ ಜನವರಿ 1ರಂದು 28 ಸಾವಿರ ಯೋಧ ಬಲದ ಬೃಹತ್‌ ಪೇಶ್ವೆ ಪಡೆಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಹೋರಾಟ ನಡೆಸಿದರು. 20 ಸಾವಿರ ಅಶ್ವದಳ ಮತ್ತು 8,000 ಕಾಲಾಳುಗಳಿದ್ದ ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಆಡಳಿತದ ಸೇನೆಯ 2000 ಯೋಧರು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಣಕ್ಕಿಳಿದರು. ಪೇಶ್ವೆ ಯೋಧರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿ ಸೇನೆ ಬಲಪಡಿಸಿದರೂ 500 ಮಹರ್‌ ಸೈನಿಕರು ದಿಟ್ಟ ಹೋರಾಟದಿಂದ ಅವರನ್ನು ಧೂಳೀಪಟ ಮಾಡಿದರು. 600ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪೇಶ್ವೆ ಯೋಧರು ಬಲಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಆ ಸೇನೆ ರಣರಂಗದಿಂದ ಪಲಾಯನ ಮಾಡಿತು. ಈ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರಾರು ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್‌, ಮರಾಠ, ರಜಪೂತ ಸೇರಿ ಹಲವು ಸಮುದಾಯದ ಯೋಧರು ಮೃತಪಟ್ಟರು. ಇಲ್ಲಿ 22 ಮಹರ್ ಯೋಧರ ಹುತಾತ್ಮರಾದರು.

    1927ರ ಜನವರಿ 1ರಂದು ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್‌ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿದ್ದ ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್, ಮಹರ್ ಯೋಧರ ಹೋರಾಟವನ್ನು ಜನರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು. ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್‌ ತಾವು ಬದುಕಿರುವವರೆಗೂ ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ಜನವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.
    ಅಸ್ಪೃಶ್ಯತೆಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಬಂಡೆದ್ದ ಮಹರ್ ದಲಿತ ಯೋಧರು ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಪೇಶ್ವೆಗಳ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಜಯ ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ ದಿನವು, ಶೋಷಿತರ ಆತ್ಮಗೌರವ ತಲೆಯೆತ್ತಿದ ದಿನವೆಂದೇ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ. ಭಾರತದ ಇತಿಹಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ ನೆನಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉಳಿಸಲು ಹಾಗೂ ಆತ್ಮಗೌರವಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹೋರಾಡಿದ ದಲಿತರ ಗೌರವಾರ್ಥ 2005ರಲ್ಲಿ ಭೀಮಾ–ಕೋರೆಗಾಂವ್‌ ರಣಸ್ತಂಭ ಸೇವಾ ಸಂಘ(ಬಿಕೆಆರ್‌ಎಸ್‌ಎಸ್‌) ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಕೃಪೆ: ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ

ಪದ್ಮ ಅವಾರ್ಡ್ 2018

*Padma Awardees 2018:

#PadmaVibhushan:

-Illaiyaraja
-Ghulam Mustafa Khan
-P. Parameswaran.

#PadmaBhushan:

-Pankaj Advani
-Philipose Mar Chrysostom
-M S #Dhoni
-Alexander Kadakin
-R. Nagaswamy
-Ved Prakash Nanda
-Laxman Pai
-Arvind Parikh
-Sharda Sinha.

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What is the mahadayi river dispute?

What is the Mahadayi river dispute?
indianexpress.com - Express Web DeskJanuary 24, 2018

The Mahadayi river is known as the Mandovi in Goa. (Archive)

The dispute over Mahadayi river has resurfaced over the past few weeks and tensions have been rife between Goa and Karnataka. So, what is the dispute all about?

The dispute over Mahadayi river began in the 80s and grew stronger in the subsequent decades. The trigger was Karnataka’s move to design a number of dams, canals and barrages to route the Mahadayi river water to the Malaprabha basin. The state claimed that channelling the river water into the basin of Malaprabha, a tributary of the Krishna, would meet the requirements of water-scarce districts of Bagalkot, Gadag, Dharwad and Belagavi.

Goa, seeking redressal to the dispute in 2002, sought the constitution of a water disputes tribunal. The state also moved the apex court in 2006 with its demand. After sustained efforts by the Goan government, the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal was set up on November 16, 2010.

Goa contends that its population is dependent on the river’s natural path and any move to divert it would affect its fragile ecosystem. It claimed that the ingress of saltwater in the river, which is dependent on monsoons, will ultimately end up killing the state’s mangroves and green belt, disturb the relationship between the people and the land, as well as the ecological balance.

The dispute is also around the amount of water that Goa receives. Karnataka claims that the surplus from Mahadayi drains into the sea and that it should be diverted into the deficit basin in Malaprabha to meet the state’s drinking, irrigation, agriculture and power generation needs. Goa has, meanwhile, denied Karnataka’s claims saying it is a water deficient state and limiting the water supply would adversely impact its agriculture production.

Supreme Court has, for now, stayed the construction of dams and canals by Karnataka on the Mahadayi. Karnataka claims it requires 7.56 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) of water from Mahadayi to meet the requirement of farmers of North Karnataka. Goa, nonetheless, has expressed reservations claiming Karnataka may stock excess water in its reservoirs so that it can be used for irrigation in other parts of the state.

Mahadayi river rises in the Western Ghats, from the Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Khanapur taluk of Karnataka’s Belagavi district. Flowing westward, it enters Goa from Sattari taluk of North Goa districts. A number of streams join the flow of the river to form the Mandovi which is one of two major rivers that flow through Goa. It joins the Arabian Sea at Panaji.

The Mahadayi river, also spelt Mhadei or Mahadeyi, stretches 111-km. Over two-thirds of the river’s stretch lies in Goa (76km). The Mandovi is important for Goa also because it is one of the few sweet-water sources at the state’s disposal. Most of Goa’s 11 rivers contain salt water and Mandovi ensures water security as well as being an important place to source fish for the state.

2018 ನೇ ಸಾಲಿನ ಪದ್ಮಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ

2018ನೇ ಪದ್ಮ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗಳು ಪ್ರಕಟ: 15 ಸಾವಿರ ಉಚಿತ ಹೆರಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿಸಿದ್ದ ಕನ್ನಡತಿ ನರಸಮ್ಮಗೆ ಪದ್ಮಶ್ರೀ
Thursday, 25 Jan, 8.46 pm

ನವದೆಹಲಿ(ಜ.25): ಈ ವರ್ಷದ ಪದ್ಮ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ್ದು ತಮ್ಮ ಜೀವಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ 15 ಸಾವಿರಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಉಚಿತ ಹೆರಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿಸಿರುವ ತುಮಕೂರಿನ ಪಾವಗಡದ ಸೂಲಗಿತ್ತಿ ನರಸಮ್ಮಗೆ ಪದ್ಮಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಇನ್ನುಳಿದಂತೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಭಾರತದ ಹಲವು ಭಾಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಗೀತ ನೀಡಿರುವ ಸಂಗೀತ ರತ್ನ ಎಂದೇ ಖ್ಯಾತಿಗಳಿಸಿರುವ ಇಳಯರಾಜ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಪದ್ಮಭೂಷಣ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಗೌರವಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಅರವಿಂದ ಗುಪ್ತ - ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ,ಎಸ್​. ಬಿಸ್ವಾಸ್​ - ಹಿರಿಯ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರರು, ಭಜ್ಜು ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ - ಗೊಂಡ ಕಲಾವಿದ, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಕುಟ್ಟಿ - ಗಿಡಮೂಲಿಕೆ ಔಷಧ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ, ಎಂ.ಆರ್. ರಾಜಗೋಪಾಲ್​ - ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಪದ್ಮಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಲಭಿಸಿದೆ.

Tamil Nadu UNESCO Award

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palanichamy receives UNESCO Award

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanichamy received UNESCO Award of Merit awarded to the iconic Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple in Tiruchirapalli.

The award of merit was awarded by UNESCO Asia Pacific region for the reconstruction activities undertaken in temple without in least affecting its traditional splendour and Vedic rituals.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

It is considered as one of the most important of the 108 main Vishnu temples (Divyadesams). It is Vaishnava temple built in Tamil or Dravidian style of architecture. It is located on an islet formed by twin rivers: Coleroon and Cauvery. The temple complex is situated in sprawling ground of more than 156 acres.

The temple and 1000 pillared hall were constructed in the Vijayanagar period (1336–1565) on the site of an older temple. It has seven prakaras or enclosures. Its Gopuram also called as “Raja Gopuram is the biggest gopuram in Asia. It annually hosts 21-day festival during the Tamil month of Margazhi (between December and January) which attracts over 1 million visitors.
UNESCO Asia-Pacific awards for cultural heritage conservation programme

The UNESCO Asia-Pacific awards for cultural heritage conservation programme is aimed at acknowledging efforts taken to restore and conserve historical structures without affecting their heritage value. The awards are classified under four categories – Awards of Distinction, Awards of Merit, Award of Excellence and Award for New Design in Heritage Context.