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Vision IAS Weekly Focus Universal Immunisation Towards A Healthier And A Safer World PDF

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Saturday, June 05, 2021

THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 05.06.2021

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RBI Governor Addressed On RBI Monetary Policy 2021

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 The six-member monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headed by Governor Shaktikanta Das, has decided to keep key lending rates unchanged for the sixth consecutive time, in its June 2021 policy review meeting held between June 2 to 4, 2021. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to continue with an accommodative stance until necessary to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled from August 4 to 6, 2021.


The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and bank rates remain unchanged: 

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Daily Current Affairs, 04th June 2021

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1)  International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression: 04 June

•International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is observed globally on 4th June every year. This day affirms the UN’s commitment to guard the rights of children. This day is to acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout the planet who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse. The main aim of celebrating today is to spread the notice about the pain and sufferings faced by the victims as children.


2)  Union Cabinet approves MoC between India-Japan on urban development

•The Union Cabinet has approved a memorandum of cooperation between India-Japan in the field of sustainable urban development. A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Sustainable Urban Development has been signed between the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan. A Joint Working Group (JWG) will be also formed to implement the programmes on cooperation under the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC). The JWG will meet once a year.


•The MoC will strengthen the technical cooperation in the field of Urban Planning, Smart Cities Development, Affordable Housing (including rental housing), Urban Flood Management, Sewerage and Waste Water Management, etc. The best practices and key learnings will be exchanged between India and Japan in the field of Sustainable Urban Development.


3)  Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates Indus Best Mega Food Park in Chhattisgarh

•Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Narendra Singh Tomar virtually inaugurated the Indus Best MegaFood Park along with Bhupesh Baghel, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, and in presence of Rameswar Teli, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries. The Mega Food Park will ensure value addition, a longer shelf life for farm produce, better price realization for farmers, excellent storage facility and will provide an alternate market for farmers in the region.


4)  Kerala retains top rank in Niti Aayog’s 3rd SDG India Index 2020-21

•Kerala has retained the top rank in Niti Aayog’s 3rd edition of SDG India Index 2020-21, while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer. The Index for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) evaluates the progress of states and union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters. Kerala retained its rank as the top state with a score of 75. The third rendition of India’s SDG Index was launched by Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on 3rd June.


5)  Navy’s Hydrographic Survey Ship Sandhayak To Be Decommissioned

•Indian Navy’s hydrographic survey ship, Sandhayak would be decommissioned after serving the nation for 40 years. The decommissioning ceremony of INS Sandhayak will be held at naval dockyard Visakhapatnam and will be a low-key event attended only by in-station officers and sailors with strict observance of COVID-19 protocols. The ship, during its commissioned service, undertook approximately 200 major hydrographic surveys and numerous minor surveys in both east and west coasts of the country, the Andaman seas as well as in the neighbouring countries.


6)  China developed a combined air defence system along LAC

•China has created a combined air defence system along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The combined air defence system has been developed with the elements of the air force and army of western theatre command. For the first time, an integrated army air defence system has been developed by china along the western borders. The combined air defence system has been developed for putting all assets of the army and air force under central control. Since 2017, China has increased the number of airbases and heliports near the LAC.


7)  Wipro becomes third Indian IT firm to scale Rs 3 trillion market cap

•Wipro has touched Rs 3 trillion in market capitalisation for the first time, becoming the third Indian IT firm to achieve the milestone after Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys. The company won its largest deal ever from German retailer Metro and has seen deal wins of $7.1 billion. India has a total of 13 listed firms that have crossed the Rs 3 trillion m-cap. Wipro now ranks 14th.


•Reliance Industries is India’s most valued company with a market capitalisation of ₹14.05 trillion, followed by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and HDFC Bank with an m-cap of ₹11.58 trillion and ₹8.33 trillion, respectively.


8)  IPPB ties-up with Mahindra Rural Housing Finance for cash management solution

•Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Limited (MRHFL), a subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Ltd, and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have tied up a strategic partnership for a cash management solution. As part of the tie-up, IPPB will be offering cash management and collection services to MRHFL through its access points and postal service providers.


•Mahindra Rural Housing Finance said in a statement, adding that with the cash management service, its customers will be able to repay their monthly or quarterly loan instalments at over 1.36 lakh post offices. Cash management being the lifeline of business operations, IPPB with its robust network and technology platform can help corporates to manage their receivables safely, securely and seamlessly.


9)  ADB and India signed an agreement for road upgradation project in Sikkim

•The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India signed an agreement for financing road up-gradation project in Sikkim. ADB will give a $2.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support projects related to upgradation of major district roads in Sikkim. It will improve the connectivity and also boost the economic activities in the state. The project readiness nancing (PRF) will help in connecting the major district and other roads with the national and state highway network.


•In 2011, the ADB-funded North Eastern State Roads Investment Program was launched to improve road connectivity in Sikkim. The state agencies will prepare detailed engineering designs of selected sub-projects and do feasibility studies. Sikkim’s road network requires regular up-gradation due to frequent landslides and erosion.


10)  FIH world rankings: Indian men’s team maintain 4th position

•In Hockey, the Indian men’s team maintained their fourth position while the women’s team held to the ninth position in the latest International Hockey Federation world rankings. Despite missing the European leg of the FIH Hockey Pro- League series in Great Britain, Spain and Germany in April and May, the Indian men’s team maintained its fourth spot.

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Prayas IAS Current Affairs Magazine May 2021 Week-3 PDF

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Friday, June 04, 2021

The HINDU Notes – 04th June 2021

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📰 CBSE cannot deny students name change on certificates: Supreme Court

Right to change names is part of freedom of speech, the Court says.

•The Supreme Court on Thursday found a Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) rule that prohibited students from changing or correcting their names on Board certificates, based on a presumption that it would affect “administrative efficiency”, far-removed from social realities and even “absurd”.

•The court said the CBSE’s examination bylaws of 2007 made it look as if the Board was more concerned about administrative paperwork than the future prospects of its students, who use their certificates as a public document to go for higher studies and gain employment.

•“Students stand to lose more due to inaccuracies in their certificates than the Board, whose sole worry is increasing administrative burden… Administrative efficiency cannot be the sole concern of CBSE. Every institution desires efficiency in their functioning. But it does not mean that efficiency is achieved by curbing their basic functions… One of the primary functions of CBSE is to grant certificates to its students,” a three-judge Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar observed in a 132-page judgment.

Right to be forgotten

•On the other hand, the court illustrated how a juvenile accused of being in conflict with the law or a sexual abuse victim whose identity is compromised due to lapses by the media or the investigative body may consider changing the name to seek rehabilitation in the society in exercise of their right to be forgotten. “If the Board, in such a case, refuses to change the name, the student would be compelled to live with the scars of the past,” Justice Khanwilkar highlighted.

•The court ordered the CBSE to take “immediate steps” to amend the by-laws and incorporate a mechanism outlined in the judgment “for recording correction or change, as the case may be, in the certificates already issued or to be issued by it”. The court said one’s name is an intrinsic element of identity. The right to change our name is part of the right to freedom of speech and expression.

•“Identity is an amalgam of various internal and external [factors], including acquired characteristics of an individual. A name can be regarded as one of the foremost indicators of identity,” Justice Khanwilkar, who authored the 132-page judgment, observed. The other judges on the Bench were Justices B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari.

•The court said the seminal question in the case was whether the CBSE’s quest for administrative efficiency could deny a student “full control of her own identity”.

•“An individual must be in complete control of her name. The law must enable her to retain as well as exercise such control freely for all times. Such control would inevitably include the aspiration of an individual to be recognised by a different name for a just cause… For instance, ‘gender’ is an evolving concept which could warrant changes in identity documents,” Justice Khanwilkar reasoned.

•To use “administrative efficiency” as a ground to make it practically impossible for a student to alter her identity in the Board certificates, no matter how urgent and important it is, would be “highly disproportionate” and cannot be termed a reasonable restriction on the right to change one’s name.

Proper balance

•“Reasonableness” would demand a proper balance between a student’s right to be identified in the official records in a manner of her choice, and the Board’s argument of administrative efficiency, the court said, allowing students to apply for correction or change in their names on the certificates within a reasonable period.

•Noting that the CBSE was a ‘State’ in the Constitution due its public function, the court said State instrumentalities should play the role of enablers in the exercise of citizens’ rights. This includes correction of their records owing to purely personal choices.

•“CBSE certificates are public records of the Board and they carry a presumption of genuineness which must be respected by preserving the accuracy of such certificates… It would be contrary to the objectives of CBSE if it refuses to correct its documents despite having verified the genuineness of the supporting public documents (like Aadhar card, Passport, Birth Certificate etc.) and continues to perpetuate the obvious errors in the school records,” the court observed.

📰 Central Vigilance Commission lays down rules for post-retirement hiring of officials by government organisations

Absence of a procedure is resulting in those with tainted past being engaged, says CVC.

•The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has laid down a defined procedure to be followed by government organisations for getting vigilance clearance before employing a retired official on contractual or consultancy basis.

•In a letter to the Secretaries of all the Central government Ministries and departments, chief executives and chief vigilance officers of the public sector undertakings, the CVC said the absence of a uniform procedure sometimes led to a situation where officials with tainted past or cases pending against them were engaged.

•“Such a situation not only leads to unnecessary complaints/allegations of favouritism, but is also against the tenets of fairness and probity which is the basic principle governing the functioning of government organisations,” said the Commission.

•According to the procedure, before offering employment to the retired officers of the All India Services, Group A officers of the Central government or their equivalent in other organisations owned or controlled by the Centre, vigilance clearance from the employer organisation, from which the officer has retired, should be necessarily obtained.

•In case a retired officer had served in more than one organisation, clearance has to be obtained from all of them where the person was posted during the 10 years prior to retirement. Simultaneously, a communication seeking clearance should also be sent to the Central Vigilance Commission.

•If no reply is received from the erstwhile employer (s) within 15 days of sending the communication by speed post, a reminder can be sent for expediting the process. In case there is no response within 21 days of the initial communication, vigilance clearance should be deemed to have been given.

•Later, if the former employee is found involved in any vigilance related matter or not cleared from the vigilance point of view, the erstwhile employer organisation would be responsible for all consequential actions.

•The CVC said the posts to be filled up on contractual/consultancy basis should be advertised properly at least on the organisations’ website and made available in the public domain for all the interested persons.

“Cooling off” period

•In the case of retired officials taking up full time or contractual assignments in the private sector, the Commission said quite often the “cooling off” period was not being observed and the act constituted a serious misconduct.

•Therefore, the CVC directed all the government organisations to formulate appropriate rules for its employees to ensure the cooling off period was observed before accepting any offer. The guidelines should include a procedure to get permission before accepting such an offer during the period.

•The conduct rules should also be modified to ensure that if required, appropriate action can be initiated in case of any violation by the retired employees, said the Commission.

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