Friday 31 July 2020

25/7/2020---31/7/2020 Important news

August 1 to be as “Muslim Women Rights Day”: Minority Affairs Minister 
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on July 31, 2020 said that August 1 will be celebrated as “Muslim Women Rights Day” as it was the day from which the social evil of Triple Talaq was made a criminal offence.

Punjab: 21 die after drinking spurious liquor in three districts
21 people died after consuming spurious liquor in three districts of Punjab — Amritsar, Batala and Tarn Taran — since July 29, 2020

Bureaucrat Hardik Shah appointed PM’s new Private Secretary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has picked a Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Hardik Shah to be his new Private Secretary (PS) in place of Rajiv Topno, who has earlier been appointed as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of the World Bank in Washington DC.

Gadkari opens refurbished upstream carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Bihar
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the refurbished upstream carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi bridge over river Ganga through video conference in Bihar on July 31, 2020.

Tribal Affairs Ministry wins SKOCH Gold Award for IT-enabled scholarship schemes
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs on July 30, 2020 received SKOCH Gold Award for its “Empowerment of Tribals through IT enabled Scholarship Schemes” project of Scholarship Division of the Ministry. During 2019-20, under 5 Scholarship schemes, about Rs. 2500 Cr were directly transferred to student’s Bank accounts through DBT to approximately 30 lakh students in 31 States and UTs.

15th Finance Commission’s High-Level Group on Agricultural Exports submits report
The High-Level Group (HLEG) on Agricultural Exports set up by the Fifteenth Finance Commission to recommend measurable performance incentives for States to encourage agricultural exports and to promote crops to enable high import substitution, submitted its report to the Commission on July 31, 2020. The report has called for creation of a state led export plan in which the private sector should play an anchor role.

13.92% increase in sowing area coverage of kharif crops till July 31
As on July 31, 2020, Kharif crops have been sown on 882.18 lakh ha area against 774.38 lakh ha area during the corresponding period of 2019,thus, increase in area coverage by 13.92%. The increase was seen in Rice, Pulses, Coarse Cereals, Oilseeds, Sugarcane, Cotton. All Kharif crops except Jute & Mesta saw an increase

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