Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar and CNR Rao

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist Prof. CNR Rao have been chosen for Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award on November 16, 2013. Sachin gets the top honour on the day when he bids an emotional adieu to his record-breaking cricket career lasting 24 years after playing record 200 Test matches. Sachin is the first sports person selected for the Bharat Ratna.

                     Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, currently head of the Scientific Advisory Council to PM Manmohan Singh, is the third scientist, after C.V. Raman and the former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam to be awarded Bharat Ratna. Prof. Rao is a renowned international authority in the solid state and material chemistry. He is credited with 1400 research papers and 45 books. Mr. Rao is the only scientist and among handful in the world with close to 50,000 citation.

Mr,. Rao was also honoured with China top science award for his contribution in boosting Indo-China scientific cooperation in January 2013. ‘Transition Metal Oxides’, Understanding Chemistry, Climbing the Limitless Ladder and “Nan crystals: Synthesis, Properties and Applications’ are some noted books by Prof. CNR Rao.

Both Sachin and Prof. Rao are also recipients of Padma Vibhushan – the second highest civilian award of India.

Both Sachin and Prof. Rao join a list of 41 great personalities to get Bharat Ratna given in recognition of exceptional service of the highest order since it was established in 1954

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Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan New RBI Governor

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Dr. Raghuram g. Rajan took over as the 23^rd Governer of reserve bank of India on September 4, 2013 for three years. Dr. Rajan, who was also the chief economic advisor to the government of India, succeeded Dr. D. Subbarao. At 50, he is one of the youngest to become RBI Governor. His appointment came as one of the few bright spots amid the economic gloom that has pervaded the country presently. The optimism stems from the fact that Dr. Rajan is truly a world-class economist who had correctly predicted the global turmoil of 2007-09.

Dr. Rajan is set to take over the mantle of the central bank at a time when the economy is faced with multi-pronged crisis of high consumer price inflation, industrial slowdown, a free fall of the rupee and a widening current account deficit (CAD)

After assuming office, Dr. Rajan set out a list of his priorities. These included measures to deepen securities markets, and improve financial inclusion including for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector. Vowing to preserve the value of Rupee, he announced that the RBI would take steps to establish the Rupee as an international currency. Highlighting the importance of inflation targeting, he said that the main role of the RBI was to ensure monetary stability by sustaining confidence into value of rupee.

Other salient measures that Dr. Rajan set out include liberalised branching for the scheduled domestic banks, for which licenses will be issued by January 2014. Also, foreign banks will be persuaded to move to wholly-owned subsidiary structure.

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INS VIKRAMADITYA

 A new era has dawned in India’s naval combat capabilities as the Aircraft carrier. INS Vikramaditya was commissioned into the Indian Navy at a Russian shipyard on November 16 after a transfer deed signed by Igor Sevastyanov, the deputy director of Russian arms exporter Rosoboron-export and Commodore Suraj Berry, the commanding officer of Vikramaditya, ending a five-year delay to the $2.33 billion project. The 44,570-tonne carrier, which will operate supersonic MIG-29K fighters from its deck, is the largest-ever warship to be inducted by India, as also the most expensive single military platform ever bought. India’s solitary carried till now, the 55-years-old INS Viraat, will now be a poor second at 28,000-tonne. Earlier called Admiral Gorshkov, INS Vikramaditya was commissioned at the Sevmash Shipyard in northern Arctic at a ceremony attended by defence minister A K Antony, Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin and senior officials of the two countries. The warship, with its array of fighters, helicopters and other weapons systems, will go a long way in bolstering the Navy’s blue-water capabilities, and is already being described as “a game-changer” in the region. The ship is likely to set sail for India within a fortnight and reach its home port of Karwar in January 2014, following which the Navy will operationalise it in a few weeks with the first landing of its MIG-29K aircraft.

The Inside Look Presenting the first look at the insides of the carrier, the Navy showcased the bridge from where the mammoth vessel would be commanded. Outfitted with the latest in navigation, communication as well as combat management systems, the bridge is a technological leap for the Navy. The crew quarters are also impressively roomier. The flight operations control room is part of the additions and has a live video link in monitor the aircraft

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

·        284 metres– the length of the “floating airfield” or the length of 3 football fields put            together.

·        Stands 20 storeys tall.

·   Can carry over 30 aircraft MIG-29K/Sea Harrier, Kamov 31, Kamov 28, Sea- King, ALHDhruv and Chetak helicopters.

·     Capacity to carry 8,000 tonnes of fuel.

·     Generates on-board 18 MW of power.

·     Has surveillance radius of almost 500km.

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Launch of Mars Orbiter Mission

India’s first Mars orbiter was successfully placed in orbit by an Indian rocket on November 5, 2013 in  a copy book style, becoming the first Asian country and the fourth in the world going for a mission to the red planet, a staggering 408 million km away.

Exactly at 2:30 p.m., the rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle–C-25 (PSLV-C25) standing at Sriharikota around 44 metres tall and weighing around 320 tonnes rose from its launching pad slowly, and then gathered speed as it climbed into the skies on  a tail of orange frames.

The expendable rocket, costing around ` 110 crore, had a single but important luggage, 1,340 Mars Orbiter costing around ` 150 crore. Around ` 50 crore have been  spent on augmenting the ground support tracking system.

India began its space journey in 1975 with the  launch of Aryabhatt, using a Russian rocket and till date it has accomplished over 100 space missions. In 2008 India expended its space exploration with its maiden Moon mission-Chandrayaan-1. The mission led to the discovery of water on the Moon. The country is planning another Moon mission in two years’ time.

According to Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO) officials, the Mars orbiter will orbit the Earth till Nov. 30 and then its motors will be fired to push it towards the red planet. For nearly 300 days the motor will be off while the spacecraft floats through the inky void towards Mars. When the space craft near Mars, the motors will be restarted and fired again to carry out manoeuvres to put it in Marlian mission orbit around September 2014, following that, the on-board instruments would carry out their job.

The Mars mission blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish  Dhawan Space Centre here, around 80 km from Chennai, and went up amidst the cheers from ISRO-scientists and the media team assembled at the rocket port.

Space scientists at ISRO mission control room were glued to their computer screens watching the rocket escaping the Earth’s gravitational pull. At round 44 minutes into the flight, PSLV-C25 spat out the Mars orbiter.

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LOKPAL BILL

After eight failed attempts to pass a Lokpal bill in the past, Parliament finally gave its seal of approval to a powerful ombudsman in December 2013. The bill has been drafted and redrafted by two parliamentary committees and now enjoys strong bi-partisan support. The Lokpal will be empowered to probe complaints against the highest political authorities including the PM Main provisions of the Lokpal Bill are as under –

·                    Lokpal will consist of a chairperson and a maximum of 8 members, 50% of who would have judicial background, 50% on the whole would be from SC, ST, OBC, minorities and women.

·                    Selection of Lokpal members will be by a committee comprising the PM, speaker, leader of Opposition in LS, CJI and an eminent jurist.

·                    It will have jurisdiction over all levels of public servants, including PM. But Lokpal can’t initiate any probe against PM without consent of two-thirds of its members. There can be no probe against PM on complaints relating to international relations, security, public order, atomic energy & space.

·                    No prior sanction required for launching prosecution in cases probed by Lokpal or investigated at its instance. Lokpal will be empowered to attach provisionally any ill-gotten wealth even by court.

·                    Lokpal will have its own inquiry wing for preliminary enquiry. If a prima facie case is established, Lokpal can refer the case for investigation to any agency, including the CBI. It will have power of superintendence and direction over any investigation agency for all cases referred by it.

·                    Lokpal will have an independent prosecution wing. Once the investigation is completed, Lokpal may direct its prosecution wing or the agency concerned to initiate the prosecution.

·                    Separating the CBI’s investigation and prosecution functions, the Bill creates a directorate of prosecution linked to the agency. The directorate will be headed by a prosecutor reporting to the CBI director.

·                    The Bill enhances the maximum punishment for corruption from 7 years to 10 years. The minimum term for any conviction to a corruption case will be 2 years.

·                     The Bill makes it mandatory for every state to set up within a year a Lokayukta, the corresponding ombudsman for public servants in states.

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NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY BILL

   The National Food Security Bill, promulgated by President Pranab Mukherjee on July 5 aims to give right to subsidised food grain to 67 percent of India’s 1.2 billion people, and will ensure food and nutritional security.

    The salient features of the bill are:

·  Up to 75 percent of the rural population and upto 50 percent of the urban population will have uniform entitlement of five kg food grain per month, at highly subsidized prices of Rs.3, Rs.2 and Rs.1 per kg for rice, wheat and coarse grains, respectively.

· The poorest of poor households would continue to receive 35 kg food grain per household per month under the Antyodaya Anna Yojna at subsidized prices of Rs.3, Rs.2 and Rs.1.

·  State-wise coverage will be determined by the central government. The work of identification of eligible households has been left to the states/Union Territories, which may frame their own criteria or use Social Economic and Caste Census data, if they so desire.

· There is a special focus on nutritional support to women and children. Pregnant women and lactating mothers, besides being entitled to nutritious meals as per the prescribed nutritional norms, will also receive maternity benefit of at least Rs.6000 for six months. Children in the age group of 6 months to 14 years will be entitled to take home ration or hot cooked food, as per prescribed nutritional norms.

·  The central government will provide funds of state/UTs, in case of short supply of food grain from central pool.

·  In case of non-supply of food grain or meals to entitled persons, the concerned state/UT governments will be required to provide such food security allowance to the beneficiaries as may be prescribed by the central government.

·  The central government will provide assistance to the states towards cost of intra-state transportation, handling of food grain and fair price shop (FPS) dealer’s margin, for which norms will be developed.

·  The bill also contains provisions for reforms in the Public Distribution System (PDS)  through doorstep delivery of food grain, application of information and communication technology (ICT) including end-to-end computerization, leveraging ‘Aadhaar’ for unique identification of beneficiaries, diversification of commodities under the Targeted PDS (TPDS) for effective implementation of the bill.

·  The eldest woman in the household, of 18 years of age or above, will be the head of the household for the issue of the ration card. If the eldest woman is not available, the eldest male member is to be the head of the household.

·  There will be state and district level redressal mechanism with designated officers. The states will be allowed to use the existing machinery for District Grievance Redressal Officer (DGRO), State Food Commission, if they so desire, to save expenditure on establishment of new redressal set-up. Redressal mechanism may also include call centers, helping etc.

·  Provisions have also been made for disclosure of records relating to PDS, social audits and setting up of Vigilance Committees in order to ensure transparency and accountability.

·   The bill provides for penalty to be imposed on public servants or authority, if found guilty of failing to comply with the relief recommended by the District Grievance Redressal Officer (DGRO).

“ SHORTCOMINGS OF THE BILL”

·  The Industry Chamber FICCI has stated that implementation of the food security bill will bring additional fiscal pressure and push up the fiscal deficit to five percent of GDP in the current financial year.

· There are doubts on how effectively the bill will tackle all factors perpetuating malnutrition in India. Government touted the bill as their chief means to tackle malnutrition in the country. But data on the nutrition problem suggested that the bill is inadequate to deal with certain facets of the issue. The bill currently stipulates five kg of food grain, classified as “coarse grain” (including rice, wheat and millets) per person per month. However, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines stipulate at least 16 kg for adults and seven kg for children.

· The bill also fails to provide access to the entire basket of nutrients necessary to effectively improve the nutrition status of the target population. The bill is “too focused on calories” and not on diet diversity.

·  Free meals to children, especially adolescent girls, can also increase their weight-for-age and allow them to have healthy pregnancies and infants. But the success of free Anganwadi meals is questionable especially after the deaths of 22 children in Bihar who consumed a mid-day meal.

Food Security act deadline extended:

The union Cabinet on October 30 extended the deadline for implementing the National Food security Act to one year from six months. The Cabinet also gave its nod to another proposal to protect the current food grains allocations. The government is apparently seeking more time for the roll out of the National Food Security Act in the light of a lot of preparations needed to be done by the state government. 

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