G.K Update 1st April 2018

By: D.K Chaudhary

Supreme Court appoints Justice Jawad Rahim as Acting Chairman of National Green Tribunal

Supreme Court has appointed Justice Jawad Rahim as Acting Chairman of National Green Tribunal.
He has been appointed for this Post after three months of the retirement of the Previous Chairman.
Justice Swatanter Kumar was the Previous Chairman of National Green Tribunal.
He was the Judge of Supreme Court.
He retired in December 2017.
This Post was lying vacant for three months after his retirement.
Justice Jawad Rahim is the former Judge of Karnataka High Court.
Currently, he is the Judicial Member of NGT.
NGT Stands for National Green Tribunal.

First National Conclave on Psychological Trauma and Mental Illnesses held in New Delhi.
This National Conclave was organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development with the collaboration of Department of Psychiatry.
This National Conclave was inaugurated by Dr Virendra Kumar.
Dr Virendra Kumar is the Minister of State for Women and Child Development.
This was the first ever National Conclave on Psychological Trauma, Child Protection and Mental Illness.

Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of Tribal Habitations in the Country.
Total 55770 Tribal Habitations are surviving in Madhya Pradesh.
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has informed this number of Tribal Habitations.
This information was released under the Scheme of ‘National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
All these Tribal Habitations are fully covered by Drinking Water supply in the country.
Odisha has been followed by Madhya Pradesh with the total number of 52427.
Jharkhand has 53476 habitations in the State.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved new Integrated Scheme on School Education.
This Scheme is for a period of two years from 2018-2020.
This Scheme has been formulated by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
This Scheme will provide education loans to 10 lakh students.
The total budget of Rs. 75,000 crore has been estimated over this Scheme.
The main aim of this Scheme is to give quality and equal education to all the students from nursery to senior secondary.
This Scheme will mainly focus on two T’S-.
Two T’S are- Teacher and Technology.

The government has allowed to Export two Million Tonnes of Sugar until the end of 2018 Marketing Year.
The government has also allowed the export of white sugar till September 2018.
This decision was made under the Duty-Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) scheme.
DFIA stands for Duty-Free Import Authorisation.
The government has allowed the exporters to import sugar at zero duty within two years.
The main aim of this export is to clear surplus stocks and to improve the cash flow of millers for making payment to sugarcane farmers.