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White Paper points to 4-pronged strategy to curb black money
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled a White Paper on black money in Lok Sabha, which makes a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with the menace of Black Money. The minister informed that there was no ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)
‘International Biodiversity Day’ observed across the world on May 22. Objective: To step-up understanding and awareness about biodiversity issues. To make people aware about the importance of biodiversity on the one hand and its unprecedented loss on the other. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Cabinet approves proposal to permit GAIL to sign agreement on TAPI Gas pipe line project
The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to permit GAIL India Limited to ink the Gas Sale & Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with Turkmenistan’s national oil company Turrnen-Gas, for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
DoPT floats EOI Document for engaging agency for self evaluation study of compliance of UNCAC provisions
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited for the assignment of ‘Self Evaluation Study’ of India’s status of compliance of provisions of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption(UNCAC) and preparation of ‘Country Response’ to the ‘Comprehensive Self Assessment ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
RS passes Chemical Weapons Convention Amendment Bill
The Rajya Sabha passed the Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Bill, 2010. India is a signatory to the Convention on the prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons and their destruction. The amendment empowers the Centre to ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
India, Japan to launch dialogue mechanisms on cyber, maritime security
India and Japan have agreed to launch dialogue mechanisms on cyber and maritime security. The dialogue b/w the two nations will be held at the level of foreign Ministry officials. External Affairs Minister Mr S M Krishna expressed satisfaction over ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Need to curb paid news syndrome: CEC
Addressing the 3rd Conference of Heads of Election Management Bodies of the SAARC nations in New Delhi, the Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi held that practices like ‘paid news’ syndrome and use of money power have emerged as new challenges ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
First state in India for implementation of Poll Monitoring System: Goa
Election Commission of India decides to to make use of innovative Poll Monitoring System in all the 40 assembly constituencies of Goa for the ensuing assembly polls slated on March 3. This would be the first such occasion in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
Multilateral Convention relating to Tax Matters inked by India
· Indian finalized a Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. This device as yet was available only for the members of Council of Europe and OECD , but was amended in 2010 and thrown open to all ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Russia: Putin for expansion of SCO membership
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the SCO s Council of Ministers summit in St Petersburg that Russia favoured the expansion of the membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Enlargement will add to the SCO s capabilities, authority and ..