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New Land acquisition Policy in Kerala

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Kerala Govt. planning to bring new land acquisition policy

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It will please the interests of the land owners whose property

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acquired for expansion projects

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Govt examining possibility of making land owners shareholde

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whose property is acquired for BOT projects

Kerala Chief Minister : Ommen Chandy
Law to be brought to protect Journalists
Govt considering to bring central law to protect journalists
The objective: To avoid recurrence of incidents like murder

investigative journalist J Dey in Mumbai. To prepare a draft bill

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protect journalists and their properties, such as cameras.

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Main provision of the draft bill is to make attacks on journalist

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non-bailable offence

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The Law Minister of India: M Veerappa Moily

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PM: Manual scavenging to be eradicated within 6 months

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At the inaugural session of the conference of the state ministers

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Welfare and Social Justice, Dr. Manmohan Singh (PM) stated t

following points:-

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In the next 6 Months : Manual Scavenging will be eliminated fro

every part of the country
Conversion of dry latrines to be completed once and for all.

Centre to bear the financial liability of the post metric scholarsh

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schemes for SC Students for the entire 12th Plan period.

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The State Govt to ensure that the benefits of the scheme reach t

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SC Students in a transparent manner.

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Bills and Acts

The expert group of the ministry of Social justice and Empowerme

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to draft a new Law in place of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 199

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After consulting the state governments and other stake holders, t

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government will introduce the bill in Parliament

For CECA, India, Russia expresses political intent
CECA: Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

During the bilateral meeting b/w Mr. Anand Sharma (Union Minis
of Commerce and Industry) and Elvira Nebullina (Minister

Economic Development of the Russian Federation), Mr Sharma s

that the economic collaboration b/w two nations must expa

further than G-2-G trade and investment

The two Nations to jointly set up steel plant worth Rs 9K crore rupe
near Bellary in Karnataka by

National Mineral Development Corporation, NMDC (Indias larg

iron ore producer) and Russian steel maker OJSC Severstal

The two nations also agreed to form 6 working groups under Ind

Russia Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation, w

Government and private participation on :
IT
Pharma
Banking and Finance modernization
Precision Engineering
Nano Technology

Political Parties Tax Return details to be provided by the IT Departme

Under the RTI Act, the Income Tax Department to provide f

details of tax returns of political parties

This came after the CIC (Central Information Commission) issued

orders in this regard
Thus a step to bring in transparency in the funding of parties

Earlier such information was restricted by the IT Dept. citing t

section of the Income Tax Act, which allowed denial of any su

information.
Chief Election Commissioner S Y Qureshi.

The general public will now be able to obtain the details of incom

donations and expenditure by all the political parties, which file th

income tax returns.

HitechsheltersforhighaltitudeshandedoverbyDRDOtoIndianArm

DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) hand

over hi-tech shelters to the Indian Army for use at high altitudes
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These Shelters designed and developed by DRDO are Integrat

Thermally Regulated Shelters

They will provide protection to the soldiers against extreme clima

condition of the Himalayan regions

Equipped with integrated air monitoring systems bio digesters a

temperature regulators.

Shelter design is modular and all the services like electric

plumbing and water supply, sewage disposal, kerosene gensets a

solar power are well integrated

Shelters have been designed to withstand seismic activities upto

level of zone 5 and sub-zero temperature upto minus 35 degr

Celsius.

Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister : Dr V K Sarasw

committed the shelters to the HQ 14 Corps at a function in Le

Ladakh.
Germany restates its plea to India to sign the CTBT
Germany restates plea to India to sign the CTBT

Germany said that it would support Indias membership of t

Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
Thomas Matussek: German Ambassador

In ongoing Kharif season area under paddy slightly higher so far th

last year

In the ongoing Kharif season the area under Paddy is slightly high
so far than last year
Product

Sown Area this

Year

Sown Area in previous

Year

Rice

10.35

10.32

Cotton

21.65

15.42

Sugarcane

50.94

48.71

Oilseeds

3.47

3.00

Pulses

2.86

2.36

Values: Lakh Hectares

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mahendran June 21, 2011 Log in to Reply
Hats off GKTODAY.

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sabith October 3, 2011 Log in to Reply

smart work,,,,,best of luck gktoday

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