1 :-GOVERNMENT FORMS PANEL TO LOOK INTO "MGNREGA'S" EFFICACY:- Pg no. 1 GS 3 • Poorer States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar haven’t been able to use the scheme optimally to alleviate poverty, while economically betteroff States like Kerala use it as an asset creation tool, say officials • The Central government has constituted a committee to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, especially to assess the programme’s efficacy as a poverty alleviation tool . • The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in 2005, and the scheme guarantees 100 days of unskilled work per year for every rural household that wants it. Currently, 15.51 crore active workers are enrolled in the scheme. About MGNREGA •The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Empl...
WHERE IS LOCATED SETI RIVER?? THE " SETI RIVER" IS AN IMPORTANT TRIBUTARY OF THE "KARNALI SYSTEM" THAT DRAINS WESTERN NEPAL.THE SETI RIVER ORIGINATES FROM THE SNOW FIELDS AND GLACIERS AROUND THE TWIN PEAKS OF "API AND NAMPA" IN THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MAIN HIMALAYAS.THE AREA IS NEAR THE TRIJUNCTION OF THE BORDERS OF NEPAL ,INDIA (KUMAON,UTTARAKHAND). AND CHINA (TIBET). SETI RIVER IS ALSO KNOWN AS "'SETI KHOLA"
*** :- ANGUISH OVER NJAC ORDER BEHIND POSTING DELAYS : S.C.(SUPREME COURT) PAGE NO. 1 , GS 2 About NJAC and the Act: NJAC is a body responsible for the appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary in India. NJAC Bill sought to replace the collegium system of appointing the judges of Supreme Court and High Courts with judicial appointments commission wherein the executive will have a say in appointing the judges. • A new article, Article 124A, (which provides for the composition of the NJAC) was to be inserted into the Constitution. • The Bill provided for the procedure to be followed by the NJAC for recommending persons for appointment as Chief Justice of India and other Judges of the Supreme Court (SC), and Chief Justice and other Judges of High Courts (HC). According to the bill the commission will consist of the following members: 1.Chief Justice of India (Chairperson, ex officio) 2.Two other senior judges of the Supreme C...
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