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Oct 28, 2015

[CA/GK] Committees - Part 5

Important Committees – Part 5

T Haque
To prepare a model agricultural land leasing act in consultation with states; committee formed by NITI Aayog
Mihir Shah
To restructure the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Gulshan Rai
Recommended to create a National body (Indian Cyber Crime Coordinating Centre or I-4C)
Aryendra Kumar Saxena
(Retired High Court judge Justice)
MP government constituted one-member commission  to probe Petlawad explosion incident
B S Baswan
To revisit civil services examination pattern
Anil Baijal
Report on how to improve monitoring of CSR spending to government. 
Dr. R.A Mashelkar
Environment Ministry; For selection of Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Post-Doctoral Research Fellows
Shaktikanta Das
For selecting a CEO for the Investment Management Company, under the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
Tarun Khanna
Committee formed by NITI Aayog; moots private funding for R&D
Upamanyu Hazarika
SC appointed;  submitted report on illegal migrants from Bangladesh
Eknath Khadse
Maharashtra; to tackle drought crisis
Atin Ghosh
Kerala Beautification
Jonodev Osceola Chaudhury
For regulating gaming activities of the sovereign Indian Tribes
Pam Rajput
Status of Women
Pramod Asthana
For re - investigation of the 1984 anti - Sikh Riot cases



Committee / Panel – Part 1  



Committee / Panel – Part 4

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Jan 15, 2015

[GK/CA] Books and Authors - Part 5




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Books
Authors
01
An Odyssey in Tibet – a Pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar
Tarun Vijay
02
Family Life
Akhil Sharma
03
In God’s Hands
Desmound Tutu
04
People’s Mission to the Ottoman Empire
M. A. Ansari
05
An Odyssey in War & Peace
JFR Jacob
06
Surrender at Dacca
JFR Jacob
07
E-rupee to Reinvent India
Abraham Mulamoottil
08
Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama
09
Destruction of the Babri Masjid – A National Dishonour
A. G. Noorani
10
Vande Bharatam
Pt. Prabodh Kumar Mishra
11
A Few Good Men and the Angry Sea
Air Commodore Nitin Sathe
12
Financial and Fiscal Policies
Y V Reddy, Partha Ray and Narayan Valluri
13
Indian Chess History
Manuel Aaron, Vijay D Pandit
14
Applied Diplomacy
T. P. Sreenivasan
15
How Modi Won it – Notes from the 2014 Election
Harish Khare
16
Rock Cut Temples of South Asia
Preeti Sharma
17
The Indian Parliament – A Critical Apprisal
Prof. Sudha Pai and
Shri Avinash Kumar
18
The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years
Pranab Mukherjee
19
Nehru & Bose — Parallel Lives
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
20
Idris: Keeper of the Light
Anita Nair
21
Why I Assassinated Gandhi
Virender Mehra      
22
Indians in a Globalising World
Dilip Hiro
23
Nehru – Utopian or A Statesman?
N G Rajurkar
24
Gandhi at First Sight
Thomas Weber
25
Secularism, Identity and Enchantment
Akeel Bilgrami

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Oct 17, 2014

[QandA] Short Answers - Part 5




Date: Oct 15, 2014
Answer the following:
Answer should NOT exceed 30 words each
[10*3=30]

(01) Vaan Islands
In Tamil Nadu; Vaan Island, one of the 21 islands located at the southern tip of Gulf of Mannar, is gradually shrinking in area due to erosion over the years. Vaan Island was most affected because of coral mining in the last three decades. If the erosion continued, it was obvious that the island would sink soon.

(02) Inch Towards Miles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described India-China ties as “Inch towards Miles”. Inch (India - China) towards Miles (Millennium of Exceptional Synergy).

(03) Colombo Plan
Australian Prime Minister Mr. Tony Abbott launched the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan for India at Mumbai. The plan was launched to enhance student exchange and collaboration between universities of the two countries. At present Colombo Plan is an international organisation that has 26 nations including non-Commonwealth countries.

(04) Shinkansen
Japanese term for “Bullet Train”; India sought the help of Japan in running bullet trains in India. Japan agreed to run the Shinkansen along the Mumbai – Ahmedabad route

(05) Tran Quoc Pagoda
Located at Vietnam; Tran Quoc Pagoda is a place where a Bodhi tree was planted by the first President of India Rajendra Prasad in 1959. Recently when the President Pranab Mukherjee visited Vietnam, he seen this place and also presented a sapling of the Holy Bodhi Tree from Bodh Gaya to Vietnam

(06) Deen Dayal Antyoda Yojana
It is a new scheme launched by the government of India which aims at alleviating urban and rural poverty through enhancement of livelihood opportunities through skill development

(07) Debroy Panel
The Union government appointed Debroy Panel to suggest ways for restructuring the Railway Board. The Panel has been tasked to suggest measures to reorganize the Railway Board and its departments so that policy making is separated from day-to-day operations

(08) National Cancer Day
For the first time, India will be observing National Cancer Day. Union Health Ministry has decided that November 7 will be observed all over the country as National Cancer Awareness Day

(09) Pratyush Sinha Committee
Committee deals with the division of IAS and IPS officers among the two States – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; this committee recommendations is believed to be India’s biggest revamp

(10) No-frill airports
Also called as low-cost airports; mainly developed to promote regional and remote area connectivity with a focus on promoting tourism and other economic activities. Recently Government of India gave nod for setting up 5 No-Frill airports across the country

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