Yak Electrical Current Affairs 2017 Quick Revision - National Affairs

Medical exam menu

• Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi has announced the creation of a compulsory medical examina-tion menu for women, which volition comprise information on check-up of breasts, ovaries, too detection of TB too anaemia. 
• The National Health Policy 2017, inwards its non-communicable diseases department envisages screening for pectus cancer equally i of its thrust areas.

Chenani-Nashri tunnel

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugu-rated the 9.2 km long Chenani-Nashd all-weather route tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The route tunnel volition cut the move fourth dimension betwixt the 2 province capitals of Jammu too Srinagar yesteryear around 2 hours. 
• The two-lane Chenani-Nashri tunnel is Asia's longest bidirectional highway tunnel, which volition cutting the distance betwixt Jammu too Srinagar to about 250 km from the electrical flow 350 km.

e-visa

• India has decided to liberalize e-visa authorities yesteryear increasing the fourth dimension restrain for seeking the entry permit from existing thirty days to a maximum of tour months. The duration of remain for foreigners, coming into the province through conduct categories of a-visa, has also been extended to 2 months.
• Under the novel simplified visa regime, 3 novel sub-categories (e-tourist visa, e-business visa, too e-medical visa) for grant of a-visa. The liberalization of the visa authorities volition considerably facilitate entry of foreigners into Republic of Republic of India for tourism, business, too medical purposes. 

Green Corridors 

• The North-Western Railway has declared the 'Barmer-Munawab' (119 km) too 'Piped Road-Bilara' (41 km) inwards Rajasthan, rail routes equally Green Corridors. The 'Manamadurai - Rameswaram stretch' (114 km) of Southern Railway was the kickoff 'Green corridor' of India. 
• The trains inwards the department accept been equipped alongside bio-toilets to ensure zero discharge of human waste product on the rail tracks nether the Swachh Rail-Swachh Bharat' initiative.

Mobile apps

• The Union Government has launched 2 mobile apps 'echallan' too 'mParivahan' to provide access to diverse services too information to enable citizens to study whatsoever traffic violation. 
• 'eChallan' is an integrated enforcement solution to deal traffic violations through mobile app. mParivahan' is an empowering app for the citizen which provides access t diverse services, information, too utilities related to the carry sector.

6 Agreements

• The PM Narendra Modi too Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull accept signed vi agreements after delegation grade talks. The agreements volition boost bilateral cooperation inwards diverse fields such equally terrorism, sports, health, environment, aviation sector

RUSA

• The Union Human Resource too Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has launched its ain portal Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), too mobile app inwards New Delhi. The portal volition human activeness equally a one-stop for States' Higher Education Plans, the determination of the States' Higher Education Councils too details of the resources nether this scheme. The mobile application volition ensure that all projects nether RUSA are tracked 24 x 7.

Joint Feasibility Study Group

• India too Georgia signed a articulation tilt on gratis merchandise agreement. The utilization of establishing the Joint Feasibility Study Group is to provide an chance for to a greater extent than in-depth too systematic exam of the potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Joint Feasibility Study Group shall final result a study alongside the relevant analysis too recommendations inside a menses of vi months.

Prohibition on liquor sale

• Continuing alongside its before verdict, the Supreme Court clarified that its prohibition on the sale of liquor inside a distance of 500 one thousand includes liquor shops equally good equally other larger establishments serving liquor. The Dec verdict had directed States too Union Territories to halt the grant of licenses to establishments located inside 500 one thousand of National too State highways. Apr 1, 2017 was fixed equally the appointment for phasing out existing liquor licenses. 
• Sikkim too Meghalaya exempted from the 500-m no-liquor zone ban modify the courtroom took into consideration their hilly terrain too also the fact that 82 pct of its expanse was wood the world too over xc pct of its liquor shops would go shut if the ban was imposed strictly inwards its master form. 

Ujjwala Yojana

• The beneficiaries of Prime Minister's 'Ujjwala Yojana' accept reached to a greater extent than than 2 Crores inwards less thus a year. 'Ujjwala Vojana' is serving equally a novel agency of women empowerment too achieving the goals of providing build clean fuel too a meliorate life to the people. 
• This scheme was launched inwards May, 2016 alongside a target of providing five crore BPL households alongside gratis gas cylinders inside 3 years yesteryear 2019.

Fund to finance release energy projects

• India too the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland (UK) accept decided to seat upwardly a 240-million Pound fund to finance build clean release energy projects. Republic of Republic of India had inwards 2015 seat upwardly the Rs.40,000 crore National Infrastructure too Investment Fund (NIIF) to finance greenfield equally good equally brownfield projects. 
• The Green Growth Equity Fund volition go a sub-fund of NIIF. The fund volition focus initial investments inwards India's speedily growing release energy too renewables market.

Surface-to-air missile (SAM)

• India too State of Israel accept signed mega defence forcefulness deals worth over 2 billion USD for advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to destroy hostile aircraft, missiles, too drones at a arrive at of 70-km. 
• The major bargain was for the articulation projection betwixt the Defence Research too Development Organization (DRDO) too State of Israel Aerospace Industries (IA1) for the Barak-6 medium-range SAM systems to initially include i regiment of xvi launchers too 560 missiles for the Indian Army.

GST Bill

• Parliament on sixth April, 2017 has approved the passage of bills for GST. These are : 
• Central Goods too Services Tax (GST) Bill 
• Integrated GST Bill 
• Compensation GST Bill 
• Union Territory GST Bill 2017
• This motility volition pave the way for rollout of the ambitious indirect revenue enhancement reform to go implemented on July 1, 2017. And to determine how to tally diverse goods too services inwards unlike revenue enhancement slabs. GST council volition grip a coming together inwards May inwards Srinagar. The revenue enhancement reform volition subsume fundamental too states levels such equally excise duty, additional duties of customs, service tax, value added tax, fundamental sales tax, entry tax, octroi too luxury revenue enhancement too is expected to build clean upwardly messy indirect revenue enhancement structure. 

North Koel Irrigation Project

• Union Government volition revive 45 twelvemonth erstwhile North Koel Irrigation Project inwards gild to facilitate irrigation for nigh 1 lakh hectare farmland inwards Palamu too Daftonganj regions of Jharkhand equally good equally some neighbouring districts of Bihar. 
• The coat to revive the projection is expected to go about Rs.1622 crores.

Sheikh Hasina's catch

• Twenty 2 agreements accept been signed betwixt Republic of Republic of India too People's Republic of Bangladesh inwards diverse fields, namely, defence, nuclear energy, cyber safety too media during People's Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina's catch to India.
• Prime Minister, Narendra Modi offered $4.5 billion concessional draw of credit to aid implement the projects inwards Bangladesh. He also offered $ 500 meg of additional draw of credit for military machine supplies to Bangladesh.

MGNREGS

• The Ministry of Rural Development ha released nearly 23,500 Crores to the states a the kickoff tranche for this Financial Year, nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) 
• The Government has seat considerable emphasis on Water Conservation too Water Management works nether MGNREGS too listing of 2264 water-stressed Blocks inwards 324 dis trios of 21 states has been prepared.

Glass roof coaches

• Railway Minister Smash Prabhu has flagged-off first-ever develop alongside drinking glass roof coaches on 'Visakhapatnam-Araku' mute (/28-ion) through video conferencing from Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Vistadome coach launched alongside an aim to provide a delightful traveling sense of the picturesque Araku Valley.

Bharat ke Veer

• The App, 'Bharat ke Veer' was launched collectively yesteryear Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh too Bollywood actor, Akshay Kumar. It has been launched equally a mobile app equally good equally a spider web portal. 
• The aim of the app is to aid inwards contributions towards the families of soldiers who lost their lives spell on duty. The amount donated through the am! portal volition go provided to the 'next of kin' of the soldiers of Central Armed Police Force/ Central Para Military Force.

URJA MITRA

• 'URJA MITRA' app launched yesteryear the Union Power Ministry for empowering citizens yesteryear real-lime information sharing on the ability supply. The app is a kickoff of its sort which provides a fundamental platform, web-portal 'urjamitra.com' equally good equally a mobile app for province ability Distribution utilities to disseminate ability outage information to rural/ urban ability consumers through SMSI push/ electronic mail notifications across the coun\try.

Inter-Disciplinary Committee

• The Union Government has seat upwardly a time-bound Inter-Disciplinary Committee to examine the existing framework alongside regard to Virtual Currencies. The commission volition advise mea-sures for dealing alongside such currencies Including issues relating to consumer protection too coin laundering. 
• The circulation of Virtual Currencies which are also known equally digital too Crypto Currencies has been a crusade of concern. The Committee volition submit its study inside 3 months.

Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express train

• The Railways, Minister of People's Republic of Bangladesh Mazibul Hogue too Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla accept inaugurated a fully-airconditioned Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express develop inwards Dhaka, Bangladesh. H5N1 total of 456 passengers volition directly go able to move inwards the comfort of air-conditioned coaches, alongside iv of them belonging to the first-class. 

Thermal ability plants

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugu-rated diverse units of the thermal ability plants (total capacity 3230 Mega Watts) at Koradi, Chandrapur, too Parli of Maharashtra. These include 3 super-critical units 660 MW each at Koradi, 2 of 500 MW each inwards Chandrapur too i of 250 MW at Parli. 
• Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) is located at Koradi nigh Nagpur, Maharashtra. It is i of the iv major ability plants inwards Vidarbha. 

Shared yesteryear Shravan Varma Gadhiraju

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