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Government constitutes Injeti Srinivas Committee to frame National Sports Code
The Union Sports Ministry has constituted committee to frame comprehensive National Sports Development Code across sports disciplines. It will be headed by Injeti Srinivas, Sports Secretary. The committee will study the existing sports governance frame work, issues relating to sports ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2017
Government constitutes committee to review institutionalisation of arbitration mechanism in India
The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has constituted a High Level Committee (HLC) to review institutionalisation of arbitration mechanism in India. The committee will be headed by Justice B N Srikrishna, the retired Judge of Supreme Court. It will ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
Union Government forms high-level task force on Indus Water Treaty
The Union government has formed a high-level inter-ministerial task force to look into all the strategic aspects of Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan. Mandate of Task force is to take all important strategic and policy decisions. Thus, it will ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
Recommendations of Ratan Watal Committee for Digital Payments
The Committee on Digital Payments headed by Ratan P. Watal has submitted its final report to the Union Finance Ministry. It was 11-member committee notified in August 2016 by the Finance Ministry. It was tasked to review existing payment systems ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
DTAB suggests one-time licensing for drugs
The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) recently recommended one-time licensing for manufacture and sales of drugs. If the recommendation is approved it will change present of the renewal of licences for each formulation which rests with state regulators and takes ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
NITI Aayog constitutes Chandrababu Naidu Committee to promote cashless society, digital economy
The NITI Aayog has constituted a 13 member Committee on promotion of cashless society and digital economy. It will be headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Chief Ministers of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Puducherry and Maharashtra representing different ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu to head CMs Committee on Demonetisation
The Union Government has decided to constitute a sub-committee of Chief Ministers of five states in the wake of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes. The committee will be headed by Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu. ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board sets up two advisory committees
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has set up two high-level advisory committees to gather inputs from experts, including on service providers and corporate liquidation. IBBI has been set up under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Union Government constitutes committee to assess the status of demonetisation drive
The Union Finance Ministry has constituted a committee comprising Additional Secretaries, Joint Secretaries and Directors to know status of implementation of demonetisation drive. The committee was formed after the Union Government took decision to scrap 500 and 1000 rupees currency ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Union Cabinet approves constitution of Special committee for inter-linking of rivers
The Union Cabinet has approved constitution of ‘special committee for inter-linking of rivers’ in compliance with a 2012 Supreme Court order. Decision in this regard was taken in the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New ..