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- Steps Taken By Delhi To Curb Pollution – Delhi has gone down in the list of most polluted cities. Still the pollution level is high. The New Delhi government has taken some steps to curb the escalating pollution level. Some of them are odd-even trails, phasing out old vehicles, mass rapid transport system, strict mass emission standards, banning the registration of diesel cars and luxury SUVs above the capacity of 2000cc and implementation green cess.
- “Art of Living” issue – The issue was raised when the celebration of completion of 35 years of Art of Living’s was organised on the flood plains of Yamuna River in Delhi. The world cultural fest took place on 11-13th March and the issue was related to the NGT’s opposition to use Yamuna flood plains and polluting it.
- Wetland Rules 2016 – The draft Wetland Rules, 2016 replaced Wetland Rules 2010. The new rule aims at restricting the activities on wetlands, proper regulation of wetland in protected areas, the proposal for wetland authority in union territories and setting up of wetland authority in respective states.
- Drought And Water Scarcity – India is again going through tough times as the drought has once again hit India. Maharashtra and adjoining states were seen more affected by drought. The Government has taken certain steps to avert it.
- Jat Agitation – It is one of the hot topics that was surfaced in March this year and again taking thrust. Jats, Jat Sikhs, Rors, Tyagis and Bishnois were seeking reservation under OBC category and were later promised to increase the reservation from 10 to 20% in the category of economically backward classes. Later the decision was lifted and Jat communities are again adjusting their protest plans.
- State elections – 2016 has been a crucial year from the political point of view. 5 states went through the Legislative Assembly Elections. The states were Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, West Bengal, Kerala and Assam. The elections were concluded with ADMK, INC, Trinmool Congress, LDF and BJP emerging victorious in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, West Bengal, Kerala and Assam.
- High Speed Bullet Train By Japan – India and Japan, last year, signed Rs 98,000 cr deal of bullet train project, which will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Along with this, India will be benefited with the transfer of technology to improve railway safety, sharing environment friendly sanitation technology to improve the railway system with known mitigation system for handling natural disasters.
- JAM policy – JAM, which has a full form of Jan Dhan, Adhaar and Mobile i.e. connecting all the three to make a strong and effective subsidy delivery service. The JAM trinity will be a used to expand welfare policies targeting the poor and needy people. The step will bring out more secure way to provide services, avoiding leakage of funds, mismanagement and mishandling of data and resources and accurate targeting of people for providing services.
- Start-Up India – Start up India is an initiative by Indian Government to boost the new start-ups in India, which are the base of the nation’s development. The key points related to it are executing a single window clearance, eradicating red tape, reducing patent registration fees by 80%, 3 year freedom from tax on profits, capital gain tax and mystifying tax, boosting Atal Innovation Mission and self-certification etc.
- Reusable launch vehicle – It is ISRO’s project to decrease the launch cost of the space exploration missions. It is a step toward two stages to orbit. Its trail was taken on the coast of Shriharikota, where it was propelled in a booster rocket, re-entered into earth’s atmosphere with a speed of Mach 5 and landed at a place some 450 km form Shriharikota.
