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Current Affairs 09 and 10 March 2020
Govt plans to create 75 lakh SHGs by 2022: Narendra Singh Tomar
- The government is planning to create a total of 75 lakh Self Help Groups by 2022 to enable more women to get a livelihood.
- This announcement was made by Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar while addressing a programme on Women’s Empowerment on International Women’s Day in New Delhi.
Odisha Government to Launch Separate dept for SHGs “Mission Shakti” dedicated to women
- The government of Odisha under Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced that the state will launch an exclusive department for Self Help Group (SHGs) called “Mission Shakti” which will be dedicated to all women of the state.
- This will make Odisha, first state of the country to have a separate department dedicated to SHGs.
Government Reconstitutes National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) Under the Chairmanship of Amit Shah
- The government has reconstituted the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR).
- The Union Home Minister Amit Shah is the chairperson of this NPDRR, which is a multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral decision making body on disaster management..
Other Members of NPDRR
- Members- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
- Minister of each state government and union territory dealing with disaster management, a member of the state disaster management authority, mayors of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, and municipal commissioners of these cities
- Vice-Chairpersons- Minister of state in-charge of disaster management in the home ministry and the vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority.
- Ex-officio members- Ten chairpersons of urban local bodies, to be nominated by the urban development ministry, 10 representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions, to be nominated by the panchayat raj ministry, four Lok Sabha members, two Rajya Sabha members, and the Union home secretary and secretaries of departments concerned
Functions of the NPDRR
- Review the progress made in the field of disaster management from time to time
- Appraise the extent and manner in which the disaster management policy has been implemented by the central and state governments, and other agencies concerned,
- Advise on coordination between the central and state governments.
Government Sets-up 12-member High level committee under Injeti Srinivas to prepare investigation manual for SFIO
- The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has set up a 12-member high level committee to prepare an investigation manual for probe agency Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).
- The panel would be chaired by Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas.
- The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) probes white-collar crimes such as wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery..
- The committee shall be responsible to devise a standard operating procedures and methodologies for the investigating officers for carrying out effective investigations in tune with provisions of relevant Acts.
Moody’s Slashes India’s growth projection for 2020 to 5.3%
- The ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has revised the growth projections for India to 5.3% in 2020 from earlier prediction of 5.4% , in its latest Global Macro Outlook, as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
- On 17 February, Moody’s had reduced India’s growth projection from 6.6% to 5.4% for 2020.
- It has also revised the 2020 baseline growth forecasts for all G-20 economies and expects these countries, to grow by 2.1% in 2020, 0.3 percentage point lower than our previous forecast
- It must be noted that OECD had slashed India’s growth forecast for 2020-21 by 110 basis points to 5.1%.
Ashraf Ghani Takes Oath as President of Afghanistan for Second Term
- Afghanistan’s incumbent President Ashraf Ghani took oath of the post for a second term on 9 March 2020.
- He was elected for the first term on 21 September 2014.
- Capital of Afghanistan- Kabul, Currency- Afghan afghani
Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal bags Player of the Year Award 2019 at Hockey India 3rd Annual Awards
- Indian hockey players Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal claimed the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award 2019 for Men and Women respectively during the 3rd Annual Hockey India Awards 2019 in New Delhi on 8 March 2020.
- Harbinder Singh won the prestigious Hockey India Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.
List of Winners
- Hockey India Dhruv Batra Player of the Year (Male): Manpreet Singh
- Hockey India Dhruv Batra Player of the Year (Female): Rani Rampal
- Hockey India Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award: Harbinder Singh
- Hockey India Jugraj Singh Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (Men – Under 21) 2019: Vivek Sagar Prasad
- Hockey India Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year (Women – Under 21) 2019: Lalremsiami
- Hockey India Ajit Pal Singh Award for Midfielder of the Year 2019: Mandeep Singh
- Hockey India Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year 2019: Harmanpreet Singh
- Hockey India Baljit SIngh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year 2019: Krishan B Pathak
- Hockey India Jaman Lal Sharma Award for Invaluable Contribution 2019: Sports Authority of India
- Hockey India Presidents Award for Outstanding Achievement 2019: Government of Odisha
Australia beats India by 85 runs to win record 5th Women’s World T20 title
- Defending champions Australia cricket team won its record fifth title at ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, outclassing India cricket team by 85 runs in the summit clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia, on 8th March 2020.
- India, which featured in its maiden final of the tournament, could score 99 in 19.1 overs.
- The seventh edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup tournament featured 10 teams and was held from 21 February and 8 March 2020.
- Most runs in the tournament – Beth Mooney (Australia)
- Most wickets in the tournament – Megan Schutt (Australia)
- Player of the tournament – Beth Mooney (Australia)
- Player of the final – Alyssa Healy (Australia)
Former Union Law Minister and Senior Congress Leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj passes away at 82
- Former Law minister and member of the Indian National Congress Hans Raj Bhardwaj passed away after a cardiac arrest. He was 83.
- Bhardwaj served as the Governor of Karnataka from 2009 to 2014.
- He also served as Governor of Kerala from 2012 until 2013.
- He served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice from 31 December 1984 to November 1989 and holds the record of having the second longest tenure in Law Ministry since independence, after Ashoke Kumar Sen.