Arunachal Pradesh isuue
- Court recalls the notice to Governor
- Under Article 361 (1) of the constitution President and Governor are protected from the legal action
- They shall not be answerable to the court
- Court also directed centre to return all letters seized from CM Nabam Tuki by Friday
Supreme Court against Gujarat
- Supreme Court against the Gujarat government not to implementing National Food Safety Act passed in Parliament 2013
- Instead of implementing the law the the government obtained four consecutive extension from the centre
- The malnutrition among women and children are high
- The National Food Safety Act ensure that the poor in the nation do not go hungry
Trade
Trade route to Pakistan given a fillip
- India going to boost bilateral trade with Pakistan across the Line Of Control
- Trade began in 2008, has a trade value of 3000 cr with the import of 1900
- Currently 21 items are trading and will be expanded with the addition of items like leather goods, Kashmir Willow, Jute
- The items that trading includes carpets, garments, handicraft, agriculture items
- There were suggestion to increase the item upto 70, the final list is worked out
Social Issue
Registering foetus sex : Suggestion
- Union Minster for Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi suggested to register the sex of foetus at the moment of pregnancy is detected
- It will help to track whether the pregnancy carried to full term
- This strategy will help to combat declining the sex ratio
- The current PCPNDT (Pre-conception and Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act) prohibited the determination of the sex of foetus
Ruling
Maternity leave for mother by using a surrogate
- Three month leave for employee of Central Railway who became a mother using a surrogate
- The mother will get same benefits of maternity under the Child Adoption Leave and Rules
- Court observes that "A newborn baby cant be left under the mercy of others
- The Central Railway denies the leave when she claim the leave for surrogacy under the Indian Railway Establishment board that provides for a Child Adoptive leave
Appointment
Archana Ramasundaram is SSB Chief
- Senior IPS officer appointed as Director General of Sastra Seema Dal (SSB)
- First woman to head a paramilitary force
- Currently she is the Special Director of the National Crime Records Bureau
- SSB is entrusted with guarding the country's frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan
- Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) are the other paramilitary Force
TRAI for PPP model for Bharat Net Project
- TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) recommended Public Private Partnership (PPP) to roll out Bharath Net Project
- The project seeks to connect all of India's households particularly in rural areas
- It will be a backbone of govt ambitious project Digital India Program
- The concessionaire's have the taskof
- Deployment and implementation of optical fibre cable
- Other infrastructure
- Operating the network during the period of contract
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