Important Points @ Glance: Part 13
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The World Day Against Child Labour was observed across
world on 12 June to bring awareness against child labour. The observance seeks
to bring together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil
society, as well as millions of people from around the world to highlight the
plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them. 2016 Theme: ‘End child labour in supply chains – It’s
everyone’s business.’
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India’s solar dome project has been nominated for
display in the Astana Expo 2017 that will be held in Kazakhstan. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has announced India’s participation in ‘Expo 2017 Astana’ during
his visit to Kazakhstan. The main Theme of the Expo is to showcase cutting edge
technologies. The subtitle for the Exhibition is ‘Reducing Co2 emission‘.
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India and Ghana have signed three bilateral agreements
to strengthen co-operation in varied fields. The three agreements signed with
Ghana include one for visa waivers for holders of diplomatic and official
passports and one for setting up a Joint Commission. The commission will
periodically review various aspects of the multi-dimensional relationship
between the two countries. India is the largest foreign investor in Ghana
today, with more than 700 projects. More than 222 of these projects are in the
manufacturing sector. Bilateral trade between India and Ghana has increased to
$1.2 billion from $538 million in 2010.
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Norwegian Parliament has pledged to make government’s
public procurement policy deforestation-free. With this, Norway has become the first
country in the world to prohibit deforestation.
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In a first, an instrument onboard an orbiting
spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a specific leaking facility
on Earth’s surface. The observation — by the Hyperion spectrometer on NASA’s
Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) — is an important breakthrough in our ability to
eventually measure and monitor emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from
space.
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At the recently held the two-day Rajasva Gyan Sangam,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked senior tax officials to aim for widening
the tax net from the present 5.4 crore households to 10 crore households — all
non-agricultural income households — mainly, by changing their attitudes
towards taxpayers. He has given a five-point charter to tax administrators
embodied in the word ‘RAPID.’ These are: revenue, accountability, probity,
information and digitisation. In India, while nearly 92% of India’s tax revenue
comes from self-assessments, advance tax payments and tax deducted at source,
the 42,000 taxmen raise barely 8% through assessments and scrutiny of returns.
PM has also asked the officers to ensure their behaviour is soft and sober and
change their attitude so that the fear of harassment is erased from the minds
of taxpayers.
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State Bank of India has floated a Rs.200 crore fund to
assist start-ups in the fintech space. The fund named ‘IT Innovation Start-up
Fund’ will consider assistance of up to Rs.3 crore to a firm registered in
India for promoting their business innovations using technology in financial
services.
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The government has approved proposal to set up a
Central Marine Police Force to protect sea, coasts, ports and vital
institutions along 7,516-km national coastline. The detailed structure,
operations and modalities of the force will be worked out in the coming weeks.
The decision to have a central command for Marine Police elicited support from
all ministers and officials from across states and Union territories
participating in the marathon meeting.
Important Points @ Glance: Part 2
Important Points @ Glance: Part 3
Important Points @ Glance: Part 4
Important Points @ Glance: Part 5
Important Points @ Glance: Part 6
Important Points @ Glance: Part 7
Important Points @ Glance: Part 8
Important Points @ Glance: Part 9
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