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TNPSC current Affairs 2017 February 28
India's first integrated heliport inaugurated at Rohini in National Capital.
'India's frst integrated heliport inaugurated at
Rohini, north-west of New Delhi by State owned chopper operator Pawan Hans.
'The Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju
has inaugurated the country's first Heliport in Rohini.
The Heliport consists of a terminal building with a
capacity of 150 passengers, 4 hangars with the parking capacity of 16
Helicopters and 9 parking bays built with cost of Rs 100 crore.
Commencement of services expecting to reduce the
congestion at the Indira Gandhi International Delhi Airport which
currently handles 40-50 helicopters arrivals and departure on an average day.
The Heliport also promote Regional Air connectivity
through helicopter for northern part of country , helps in disaster management,
helicopter emergency medical services in addition to law and order surveillance
also centre for the skill development of pilots and engineers.
TNPSC current Affairs 2017 February 28
First Antyodaya Express flagged off
Indian Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged
off the first Antyodaya Express from Ernakulam-Howrah targeting the common man.
Generally, one needs to reserve tickets for long
routes at least four months prior to the journey, but with Antyodaya there will not be any issue as it will be a fully
unreserved train
Antyodaya Express is a super fast comfortable train
for unreserved passengers, will have facilities like Cushioned luggage
racks which can serve as seats Additional hand holds in doorway area,
J-Hook near longitudinal luggage racks, , Potable Drinking water dispenser,
Mobile charging points, Fire Extinguisher with anti-theft lock, FRP (Fibre
Reinforced Plastic) Modular Toilets, Pleasing interior colour scheme, Toilet
Occupation indication display board, LED Lights, SS Slip-free flooring at
Doorway & Gangway, Anti-Graffiti coating for exterior painting.
TNPSC current Affairs 2017 February 28 (all)
1.India's first integrated heliport inaugurated at
Rohini in National Capital.
'India's frst integrated heliport inaugurated at
Rohini, north-west of New Delhi by State owned choper operator Pawan Hans.
'The Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju
has inaugurated the country's first Heliport in Rohini.
The Heliport consists of a terminal building with a
capacity of 150 passengers, 4 hangars with the parking capacity of 16
Helicopters and 9 parking bays built with cost of Rs 100 crore.
Commencement of services expecting to reduce the
congestion at the Indira Gandhi International Delhi Airport which
currently handles 40-50 helicopters arrivals and departure on an average day.
The Heliport also promote Regional Air connectivity
through helicopter for northern part of country , helps in disaster management,
helicopter emergency medical services in addition to law and order surveillance
also centre for the skill development of pilots and engineers.
2.first Antyodaya Express flagged off
Indian Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged
off the first Antyodaya Express from Ernakulam-Howrah targeting the common man.
Generally, one needs to reserve tickets for long
routes at least four months prior to the journey, but with Antyodaya there will not be any issue as it will be a fully
unreserved train
Antyodaya Express is a superfast comfortable train
for unreserved passengers, will have facilities like Cushioned luggage
racks which can serve as seats Additional hand holds in doorway area,
J-Hook near longitudinal luggage racks, , Potable Drinking water dispenser,
Mobile charging points, Fire Extinguisher with anti-theft lock, FRP (Fibre
Reinforced Plastic) Modular Toilets, Pleasing interior colour scheme, Toilet
Occupation indication display board, LED Lights, SS Slip-free flooring at
Doorway & Gangway, Anti-Graffiti coating for exterior paintings.
Tamil Nadu Police Constable Model Questions- 16
Tamil Nadu Police Constable Online Test (About Tamil Nadu)
Tamil Nadu Police Constable Model Questions- 15
Tamil Nadu Police Constable Online Test (About Tamil Nadu)
TNPSC VAO Basics of village administration-About Poromboke, Reserve and Darkhast land
TNPSC VAO Study material- About Poromboke, Reserve and Darkhast land.
Poromboke
Lands:
Poroboke
Lands are the land which is used for common use, such as preservation of tank,
channel, pond, lake, rivers or same kind which belongs to Government.
For Using
Poromboke land, need to get proper permission. The application should be
assigned to Tahsildar, he then examine and recommend the same to collector for
assignment of land under RSO 15
Reserve
Lands:
The Reserve
lands are lands which is reserved for particular purpose or certain class of
people’s use.
Darkhast
land:
The land
which is assigned for cultivation or to construct the houses are called Darkhast
land.
TNPSC VAO Basics of village administration - Rents and Lease (RSO 24 )
TNPSC VAO study material- Rents and Lease (RSO 24 )-Basics of village administration
About Rent
The
Government giver their land and Building for lease rent to non-commercial,
commercial purpose as per RSO 24 for minimum
3 year to maximum 20 years.
The present
lease rent is 7% of the land cost for non-Commercial purpose and 14 % for
commercial purpose. These lease rent is revisable once in 3 years.
Monetary
limit of officer for leasing
- Tahsildar- Nil
- Revenue Divisional officer (RDO) – 20,000
- District Revenue Officer (DRO) – 50,000
- District collector – 50,000
- Commissioner of land Administration – till 2 Lakhs.
About Lease:
Government
leased out its lands, building to a private individual or institutions or
others for a particular period for non-agricultural purpose as per RSO 24A.
The Maximum
period of leasing should not exceed more than 3 years. The lease rent should be
1 Per cent of the market value which excludes local cess, surcharge for non -remunerative
purpose and 2 per cent for remunerative purpose. These lease rent should revise
once in 3 years.
Monetary
limit of officer for leasing
- Tahsildar – Nil
- Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO)- 20,000
- Collector – 50,000
- Commissioner of land Administration – till 2 Lakhs
- Government – more than 2 Lakhs
TNPSC VAO Basics of village administration - House Site Assignment ( RSO 21)
TNPSC VAO Study material- House Site Assignment (RSO 21)
As per RSO 21 the government will provide house site
to the poor who doesn’t have house or land to construct house.
Eligibility:
The annual
income of the person should not exceed Rs 12,000.
Also he
should not have any site or land.
Procedure
for apply:
The person should
first approach the VAO by specifying the purpose for requiring the land.
VAO should
register the application and publish publicly in the village and notice pasted
on the village choultry and on the site for any objection of any within 15
days.
Once
completing 15 days VAO should send the application to Tahsildar once get his
approval, VAO can pass the order as mention in RSO 21.
Assignment
of House-site and condition.
In Village
the maximum area assigned will be 3 Cents (1.25 Acres)
The Granted
land can be acquired by Government at any time for its requirement, there will
be no compensation would be paid to the grantee as per RSO 21.
Assignment
of house site in Town:
Maximum of
1 and half cents assigned to municipalities an Towns.
1 Cent to
the corporation
Assignment
for Natham:
For Natham
case, the Tahsildar will arrange to make entry in the house site application,
he then forward application to the Revenue Inspector to inspect and report.
Condition
for assignment
Once the
house site is assigned , assignee should construct a hut or house with six or
twelve months.
Assignee
should plant 2 tree and also maintain them.
He cannot
sell within 10 years, afterwards he can sell only with the permission of the
Revenue Divisional officer.
Revenue
officers and their monetary limit to assign house site:
- Tahsildar- 30,000
- Revenue Divisional officer (RDO) – 50,000
- District Revenue Officer (DRO) – 1, 00,000
- District collector – 4, 00,000
- Commissioner of land Administration – 5, 00,000
- Government – more than 5 lakhs
TNPSC Current Affairs 2017 February 26 & 27
ICAR Scientist says, Pests eat away India’s 35% of total crop yield
P.K Chakrabarty , Assistant director General (Plant Protection an Biosafety) of ICAR (Indian council of Agricultural Research) has said that about 30-35% of crops yield in India annually gets wasted because of Pests.
P.K Chakrabarty also said among such pests, Nematodes are the major threat to crops in the country and they caused 60 million tonnes of crops loss annually. He also said that such loss will have an adverse effect on agricultural biosafety which was paramount to Food Security.
About Nematodes.
Nematodes are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth, a small amount of soil will contain thousands of microscopic worms. Most of them are parasites of insects, plants or animals.
They found in almost every habitat, includes terrestrial, freshwater, saltwater ecosystems, also within other organisms as parasites. It can be herbivorous, carnivorous, and parasitic.
Nematodes Management
The Plant-parasitic nematodes are a concern for growers of agricultural. These plant-parasitic nematodes will mainly feed on the roots of plants which caused the damage on plants and there will be a huge loss to the farmers.
- Once he Nematode established in land, it cannot be eradicated. Nematodes are mainly spread through lack of sanitation and movement of infected soil and planting material.
- To limit a build-up of nematodes, planting equipment and tools should be properly cleaned and also could only be used for the same field.
- After the harvest infected plants should be destroyed completely to avoid further build-up of nematodes..
- Crops rotation and Nematodes resistant plants can also resist the nematodes from build-up.
TNPSC Current Affairs 2017 February 26 & 27
India, Germany ratify 2011 social security agreement.
India and Germany have ratified the social Security Agreement, which will come into force from 1st May 2017, help to improve more investment flows between both the countries.
The Pact was signed on 12th October 2011 of which the instruments of ratification were exchanged on Friday.
As per official statement of Ministry of External Affairs ,”the agreement establishes the rights and obligations of nationals of both countries and provides for their equal treatment and unrestricted payment of pensions even in case of residence in the other contracting state”
The Agreement is expected to reduce the operational costs of both countries operation in either of the countries.
Monday
TNPSC Current Affairs 2017 February 26 & 27
India,ADB signs $375m pact for Visakhapatnam-Chennai corridor
India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed $375 M
pact for loans and grants to develop Vishakapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor.
It is the first phase of planned 2500 km East Coast
Economic Corridor ADB(Asian Development Bank) has approved $631 M loans and
grants for the industrial corridor last September. It approved loans comprising a $500 million multi-tranche facility to build
key infrastructure in the four main centers along the corridor — Visakhapatnam,
Kakinada, Amaravati, and Yerpedu-Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh
The first tranche of $245 million that was signed
will finance sub projects to develop high-quality internal infrastructure in 2
of the 4 nodes of the corridor — Visakhapatnam and Yerpedu-Srikalahasti.
Another $125 m loan is used for capacity development
of institutions engaged in corridor management; provide support to enhance ease
of doing business and for supporting industrial and sector policies to
stimulate industrial development.
About ADB
Asian
Development Bank(ADB) is a regional developing bank formed in 19th December
1966, with the aim to eradicate poverty from Asia and Pacific region. Its headquarters
is in Manila , Philippines with 29 resident missions and 3 representative
offices in Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Washington, DC. The main purpose is
social and economic development. It has 67 countries as members.
TNPSC Current Affairs 2017 February 26 & 27
India, Bangladesh sign MoU for development of Sylhet city
India and Bangladesh has signed MoU(Memorandum of
understanding) for the Sustainable development of Sylhet city with Financial
Assistance from India.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh
Vardhan Shringla ,Shah Mhd Additional Secretary of the Economic Relations
Division Ministry of Finance and Enamul Habib CEO of Sylhet City corporation
has signed the MoU.
This is an follow-up for the earlier MoU which was
signed in April 2013 by India and Bangladesh for the sustainable development
projects in Socio-economic sectors of Bangladesh.
The MoU includes three development projects in
Sylhet City- construction of 5-storey kindergarten and high school building, 6
storey cleaner colony building and Development of Dhupa Dighipar area
TNPSC Current Affairs 2017 February 25
WTO's. Trade Facilitation Agreement has come into force from February 24 2017.
'TFA will simplify trade process , bring down Trade
barriers and also enhance the capacity of the developing g nation to engage
better with the global trading network. It estimates that full implementation
could reduce trade cost by Avg 14.3% and boost global trade by $1
trillion/year.
'Trade Facilitation Agreement aim to easing the
flow of trade between nation by simplifying customs procedures, speeding up
clearance of goods, supporting cooperation among customs officials and making
it quicker and more efficient for goods to cross borders.
‘Chad, Oman, Rwanda and Jordon are the four
countries ratified the agreement on Wednesday and now it become
112 countries to approve the deal.
As per new
WTO rules, any new or revised trade agreement required 1/3rd approval from
member countries.
As per the
rules FTA has received 112 (1/3rd) member countries ratification out of 164
members of WTO
'Benefits for India.
'Once the full implementation of TFA which will
decrease the trade costs. TFA is likely to reduce the time needed to import and
also for export. TFA also increase the number of new products exported.
'Background
'Trade facilitation is a trade agreement which is
aim to lowering global trade barriers which commenced in Ninth ministerial
conference of the world trade organization in Bali, Indonesia on 3-7 December
2013.'It is a part of Doha development agenda of WTO
which commenced on November 2001
TNPSC Current Affairs 2017 February 26 & 27 (All)
1.ICAR Scientist says, Pests eat away
India’s 35% of total crop yield
P.K Chakrabarty , Assistant director
General (Plant Protection an Biosafety) of ICAR (Indian council of Agricultural
Research) has said that about 30-35% of crops yield in India annually gets
wasted because of Pests.
P.K Chakrabarty also said among such
pests, Nematodes are the major threat to crops in the country and they caused
60 million tonnes of crops loss annually. He also said that such loss will have
an adverse effect on agricultural biosafety which was paramount to Food
Security.
About
Nematodes.
Nematodes
are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth, a small amount of soil
will contain thousands of microscopic worms. Most of them are parasites of insects,
plants or animals.
They found in almost every
habitat, includes terrestrial, freshwater, saltwater ecosystems, also within
other organisms as parasites. It can be herbivorous, carnivorous, and parasitic.
Nematodes Management
The Plant-parasitic nematodes are a concern for
growers of agricultural. These plant-parasitic nematodes will mainly feed on
the roots of plants which caused the damage on plants and there will be a huge
loss to the farmers.
- Once he Nematode established in land, it cannot be eradicated. Nematodes are mainly spread through lack of sanitation and movement of infected soil and planting material.
- To limit a build-up of nematodes, planting equipment and tools should be properly cleaned and also could only be used for the same field.
- After the harvest infected plants should be destroyed completely to avoid further build-up of nematodes..
- Crops rotation and Nematodes resistant plants can also resist the nematodes from build-up.
2.India,ADB signs
$375m pact for Visakhapatnam-Chennai corridor
India and Asian Development Bank has signed $375 M
pact for loans and grants to develop Vishakapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor.
It is the first phase of planned 2500 km East Coast
Economic Corridor ADB(Asian Development Bank) has approved $631 M loans and
grants for the industrial corridor last September. It approved loans comprising a $500 million multi-tranche facility to build
key infrastructure in the four main centres along the corridor — Visakhapatnam,
Kakinada, Amaravati, and Yerpedu-Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh
The first tranche of $245 million that was signed
will finance subprojects to develop high-quality internal infrastructure in 2
of the 4 nodes of the corridor — Visakhapatnam and Yerpedu-Srikalahasti.
Another $125m loan is used for capacity development
of institutions engaged in corridor management; provide support to enhance ease
of doing business and for supporting industrial and sector policies to
stimulate industrial development.
About ADB
Asian
Development Bank is a regional developing bank formed in 19th
December 1966, with the aim to eradicate poverty from Asia and Pacific region.
Its headquarters is in Manila , Philippines with 29 resident missions and 3
representative offices in Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Washington, DC. The main
purpose is social and economic development. It has 67 countries as members.
3. India, Germany ratify 2011 social
security agreement.
India
and Germany have ratified the social Security Agreement, which will come into
force from 1st May 2017, help to improve more investment flows
between both the countries.
The
Pact was signed on 12th October 2011 of which the instruments of
ratification were exchanged on Friday.
As per
official statement of Ministry of External Affairs ,”the agreement establishes
the rights and obligations of nationals of both countries and provides for
their equal treatment and unrestricted payment of pensions even in case of
residence in the other contracting state”
The Agreement is expected to reduce the operational
costs of both countries operation in either of the countries.
4.India, Bangladesh sign MoU for development of
Sylhet city
India and Bangladesh has signed MoU(Memorandum of
understanding) for the Sustainable development of Sylhet city with Financial
Assistance from India.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh
Vardhan Shringla ,Shah Mhd Additional Secretary of the Economic Relations
Division Ministry of Finance and Enamul Habib CEO of Sylhet City corporation
has signed the MoU.
This is an follow-up for the earlier Mou which was
signed in April 2013 by India and Bangladesh for the sustainable development
projects in Socio-economic sectors of Bangladesh.
The MoU includes three development projects in
Sylhet City- construction of 5-storey kindergarten and high school building, 6
storey cleaner colony building and Development of Dhupa Dighipar area
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