Monday 30 March 2015

WEEKLY GA UPDATES

1. Book written by Uma lele:FOOD FOR ALL
The five organisations surveyed by the book are:  the World Bank Group, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development and Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research.

2. CNN IBN AWARDS 2015

  • Narendra Modi - Indian of the Year 2014
  • Arun Jaitley - Indian of the Year 2014: Politics
  • Jitu Rai - Indian of the Year 2014: Sports
  • N Chandrasekaran - Indian of the Year 2014: Business
  • Chetan Bhagat - Indian of the Year 2014: Entertainment
  • Tongam Rina - Indian of the Year 2014: Public Service
  • Satya Nadella - Indian of the Year 2014: Global Indian
  • K Chandrasekhar Rao - Indian of the Year 2014: Popular Choice
  • P Vijayan - Indian of the Year 2014: Popular Choice
  • Kangana Ranaut - Indian of the Year 2014: Special Achievement
  • Pankaj Advani - Indian of the Year 2014: Special Achievement
  • Kailash Satyarthi - Indian of the Year 2014: Outstanding Achievement
  • Azim Premji - Indian of the Year 2014: Outstanding Achievement
  • The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) - Indian of the Year 2014: Lifetime Achievement

  • 3. 
    International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2015 was observed globally on 25 March 2015. The theme for the year 2015 is Women and Slavery. The theme is a tribute to the many 
    women who suffered and died during the slave trade.

    4. Nobel Laureate John F Nash Jr. won the Abel Prize 2015 for his work on partial differential equations. The Abel Prize is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. The prize was named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.

    5. 
    Delhi government has launched First E-ration card service in India. E-ration card will be linked with Aadhaar cards in order to curb corruption and increase transparency in the system. Delhi government is also starting issuing temporary Fair Price Shop (FPS)-licences. These licenses will be issued to around 25,000 FPS in Delhi. FPS are operated by private players to provide subsided foodgrains

    6. 
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 March 2015 launched Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform. PRAGATI is a multi-purpose and multi-modal platform aimed at addressing grievances of common man. It also aims at simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important Union government programmes and projects as well as projects flagged by State Governments. 
                  It is an innovative project in e-governance and good governance and accountability with real-time presence and information exchange among the key stakeholders. 


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