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बिहार पंचायत चुनाव 2021 : केवल 250 रुपये चुकाकर बन सकते हैं पंच और वार्ड सदस्य पद के प्रत्याशी, जानें कैसे

बिहार पंचायत चुनाव 2021 : केवल 250 रुपये चुकाकर बन सकते हैं पंच और वार्ड सदस्य पद के प्रत्याशी, जानें कैसे

त्रिस्तरीय बिहार पंचायत चुनाव की तैयारी अंतिम चरणों में है। चुनाव की अधिसूचना अब किसी भी वक्त जारी हो सकती है। उधर सभी पदों पर प्रत्याशियों के नामांकन शुल्क का भी निर्धारण कर दिया गया है। इस बार मुखिया, पंच, सरपंच, वार्ड सदस्य, पंचायत समिति सदस्य और जिला पंचायत सदस्य के पदों पर चुनाव होंगे। निर्वाचन आयोग ने सभी छह पदों के लिए 129 चुनाव चिह्नों की घोषणा भी कर दी है। इसके अलावा कुछ चुनाव चिह्न…

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Team I-PAC in TMC's War Room: 3-4 members working on every seat, strategy to win Didi, Youngsters from Oxford, Cambridge to IIT-IIM

The IPAC team working to bring Mamata Banerjee to power in Bengal includes youngsters from Oxford, Cambridge to IIT-IIM. Most are aged between 25 and 35 years. The average age of team members is 25 years. All these elections are part of the team of strategist Prashant Kishore.

I-PAC started functioning in West Bengal in

June-2019. On the advice of this team, TMC launched many new campaigns. The announcement of the candidates was also given great importance to the Ipec's appraisal. The candidates whose performance was poor, their tickets were cut. A member of I-PAC told, 'There is someone from almost every state in our team. There are people from different professions. From nanotechnology savvy to law savvy are in the team. Journalism also has a lot of people.

He says, 'There are people of different professions, only then we get different ideas so that one can come up with a good idea. Earlier some foreigners were also part of the team, but there is no foreigner in the team working in Bengal. The special thing is that working in I-PAC is not like a company but as a college. Meaning comes on your own way, go, just complete your project, on time. There are no other restrictions.

Mamta Banerjee is trying hard to become the Chief Minister for the third time. Continuing rallies even after an injury.

There are 294 assemblies, all have team members.

There are a total of 294 assembly seats in West Bengal, all of which have members of the I-PAC. Somewhere there are three members and there are four members. These people are working closely with the local candidate. Give them public feedback. Social media campaigns run. Government schemes work to reach the people. Also, the campaigns which are being run all over the state, make them run in their area. There are many members in this team who also worked with Prashant Kishore in the Delhi elections. Arvind Kejriwal's strategist in Delhi was Prashant Kishor.

One member of the team said, 'The main difference between us and the political parties is that we have no vested interest. On the basis of feedback-facts, we describe candidates as right and wrong, whereas the leaders who are in the party have some interest. That is why they give feedback to the party according to their own. There are more than 700 members of Ipac in Bengal. Some are in office work. Some are in fieldwork.

Prashant Kishor, who once worked for Modi, is a well-known political strategist. Right now, his team is working for Mamta Banerjee in Bengal.

Didi started this program at the behest of I-PAC, 'Dware Sarkar' was the biggest hit

1. Bangla garbo mamta

Banglore Gorbo Mamta means the pride of Bengal. It is a public outreach program. Its purpose is to connect more than 25 million people of the state with Didi. Started from 2 March, the campaign will run till 10 May. More than 75 thousand party leaders, 5 lakh ground workers will hold more than 21 thousand meetings. The goal is to travel 41 thousand km across Bengal. Under this campaign, the party's target is to reach 25 million people.

2. Didi ke Bolo

Didi ke bolo means to speak to your sister. Under this program, people can register their complaints online. You can give your advice to the government through toll free number. In this, the party leaders are going to the village. Eating with villagers. It aims to cover at least 10 thousand villages.

Also read-Vegetable seller becomes a Municipal chairman

3. Didir dut

A mobile application named Didir Doot has been launched. It was downloaded 5 lakh times in 20 days. It is also a platform to connect with Didi. In this, CM's speech, news and infographics are shared. All their events, activities can be seen here.

4. Dwar government

The objective of this program is to reach the homes of the people and solve their problems and make them accessible to the government schemes. In particular, there are 11 schemes, such as Swasthya Saathi, Kanya Saathi, Kanyashree. People's health cards were made at the panchayat level. Caste certificates were issued. All the problems of the people have ended through the government. It is considered to be a very successful campaign.

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Core to its agenda, Sangh Pariwar prepares the ground for population control

The Sangh Pariwar has a particular kind of modus operandi of doing certain things ostensibly by making public opinion before giving them a legislative structure. Be it the case of triple talaq, abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A or many other such issues. The latest entrant into this category has been population explosion that has been announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has come a long way from demographic dividend to population explosion with all affiliate organizations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pitching in that a policy must be formulated for population control and several NGOs associated with the Sangh Pariwar have been campaigning against population growth across the country. So there is a need to understand that the PM announces any such thing only when all homework is done. There are twelve states into the country which have passed two-child policy norm for state government employees. Anyone having more than two children cannot be elected and nominated to panchayats and other local bodies’ elections or government jobs. Jansankhya Samadhan Foundation is travelling across northern India to garner support for a two-day march to New Delhi in October. It has similar plan for southern India. A BJP Rajya Sabha member and former RSS activist, Rakesh Sinha, proposed a private member’s bill – the Population Regulation Bill, 2019 – in Parliament in July. TAXAB, an RSS affiliate organization has been working for Welfare of Taxpayers and its finds Population Control one of the measures to deal with it. Several celebrities and eminent personalities from every segment of the society have come forward to join hand and pledge their support to the campaign headed by Manu Gaur. Delhi BJP leader and SC lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed a public interest litigation in Delhi High Court in May, 2019 asking similar law for across the country alleging that the population size was the root cause of all crimes. The Sangh Pariwar is of the view that as per the last census in 2011, Hindus comprise 79.8 per cent of the population while Muslims at 14.2 per cent. The Hindu population is going down since 1947. Proportion of Hindus had declined by 0.7 per cent while the proportion of Muslims grew by 0.8 per cent. Islam was the fastest-growing religion between 2001 and 2011 with a growth rate of 24.6 percent while Hindu growth rate was 16.8 per cent in the corresponding period. The narrative is also created that Muslim women have been turned into a child bearing machine and with successfully passing Triple Talaq Bill, the support base of Sangh Pariwar among Muslim women has grown substantially. This will help them convince that it is equally exploitative to them. Read the full article

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Daily Current Affairs 14th April 2020

Daily Current Affairs 14th April 2020

Today’s  Important  Topic’s  For UPSC Preparation

1.  MGNREGA JOBS CRASH TO 1% OF NORMAL.2. FLOOR TEST IS GOVERNOR’S DISCRETION.3. 1.27 LAKH VOLUNTEERS OFFER SERVICES.4. WATER FROM GANGA YAMUNA BEING TESTED.5. FRAI URGES PM TO ALLOW PETTY SHOPS TO OPEN.6. FESTIVE SPIRIT BRINGS CHEER TO ASSAM.

MGNREGA JOBS CRASH TO 1% OF NORMAL

MGNREGA:

Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) is Indian legislation enacted on August 25, 2005.

The MGNREGA provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage.

The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Govt of India is monitoring the entire implementation of this scheme in association with state governments.

This act was introduced with an aim of improving the purchasing power of the rural people, primarily semi or un-skilled work to people living below poverty line in rural India.

An additional 50 days of wage employment are provided over and above 100 days in the notified drought affected areas or natural calamity areas in the country on recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

The Ministry also mandates the provision of additional 50 days of wage employment to every Scheduled Tribe Household in a forest area, provided that these households have no other private property except for the land rights provided under the FRA Act, 2006.

Wage rates for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 are notified annually based on Consumer Price Index-Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) by the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 6(1) of the MGNREGA.

It is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’.

Within 15 days of submitting the application or from the day work is demanded, wage employment will be provided to the applicant.

MGNREGA focuses on the economic and social empowerment of women.

MGNREGA provides “Green” and “Decent” work.

Social Audit of MGNREGA works is mandatory, which lends to accountability and transparency.

MGNREGA works address the climate change vulnerability and protect the farmers from such risks and conserve natural resources.

The Gram Sabha is the principal forum for wage seekers to raise their voices and make demands. It is the Gram Sabha and the Gram Panchayat which approves the shelf of works under MGNREGA and fix their priority.

Why in News?

Employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has collapsed to just over 1% of the usual rate this month due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

1.9 Lakh Families:

Data from the MGNREGA website show that less than 1.9 lakh families have been provided work under the scheme so far in April 2020.

In comparison to almost 1.6 crore households which were provided work in March, and the 1.8 crore households employed under the scheme in February before the lockdown began.

Chhattisgarh was the highest employment generator under the scheme in April, providing work to more than 70,000 families.

Followed by Andhra Pradesh with more than 53,000 households given work.

Key Source:

The scheme, which guarantees 100 days of work per year at an average daily wage of ₹209, is key to providing livelihoods to poor villagers.

It is a backbone of the rural economy in difficult times.

Overall, 7.6 crore families hold active job cards under the scheme, and almost 5.5 crore families found work under the scheme last year.

The crash in employment rates under the scheme is despite the fact that migrant workers returning to villages should have increased demand in rural areas.

FLOOR TEST IS GOVERNOR’S DISCRETIONFloor Test:

According to Article 75 (3) and Article 164 of the Constitution, the Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to the House of the People. When a legislative assembly passes no-confidence motion against the council of ministers, the government of the day dissolves.

In a nutshell, floor test is essentially a vote of confidence. The floor test helps determine whether the government of the day continues to enjoy majority support of the legislature.

When a floor test is called for in the assembly of a state, the chief minister will move a vote of confidence and prove that he has the majority support. If the floor test fails, the chief minister will have to resign.

A Governor can call for a floor test any time he objectively feels a government in power has lost the confidence of the House and is on shaky ground.

In a judgment, a Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta concluded that a Governor can call for a trust vote if he has arrived at a prima facie opinion, based on objective material, that the incumbent State government has lost its majority in the Assembly.

Trust Vote:

A confidence motion, or a vote of confidence, or a trust vote, is sought by the government in power on the floor of the House.

The idea underlying the trust vote is to uphold the political accountability of the elected government to the State legislature.

In directing a trust vote, the Governor does not favour a particular political party.

It is inevitable that the specific timing of a trust vote may tilt the balance towards the party possessing a majority at the time the trust vote is directed.

All political parties are equally at risk of losing the support of their elected legislators, just as the legislators are at risk of losing the vote of the electorate.

This is how the system of parliamentary governance operates,” Justice Chandrachud observed.

The intention behind a trust vote was to enable the elected representatives to determine if the Council of Ministers commanded the confidence of the House.

It was the MLAs, and not the Governor, who made the ultimate call whether a government should stay in power or not, the court said.

It said that a Governor’s power to call for a floor test is not restricted only before the inception of a State government immediately after elections, but continues throughout its term.

The court clarified that the Governor’s requirement to have a trust vote does not “short-circuit” any disqualification proceedings pending before the Speaker.

It said a Governor need not wait for the Speaker’s decision on the resignation of rebel MLAs before calling for a trust vote.

Difference between Trust Vote, Floor Test and No-confidence Motion:Trust VoteFloor TestNo- Confidence Motion

·         A confidence motion or a trust vote is a procedure for the government to prove its majority in the House.

·         A trust vote can take place by way of a motion of confidence which is moved by the government or brought by the opposition.

·         It is a motion normally proposed by the Prime Minister to test the majority in the Lok Sabha. Such an exercise normally takes place when a new government is set to be formed. Any party will first have to prove its majority on the floor of the House before taking over.

·         A trust vote can also be brought about if a government resigns and another party stakes a claim to form the government.

·         The floor test is a term used for the test of the majority. If there are doubts against the chief minister, the governor can ask him to prove his majority in the House.

·         In case of a coalition government, the chief minister may be asked to move a vote of confidence and win a majority.

·         A No-confidence motion is usually moved by the opposition when it feels that the ruling government does not enjoy a majority in the House any longer. No reason is required to move such a motion.

·         A no-confidence motion can be moved by any member of the house and can be done only in the Lok Sabha and not the Rajya Sabha. Such a motion is moved under Rule 198 of the Rules of Procedure.

·         A member has to give written notice of the motion before 10 am, which is then read out by the Speaker of the House.

·         A minimum of 50 members have to accept the motion and the Speaker would accordingly announce the date for the discussion on the motion.

·         In case the government fails to prove its majority, then the government has to resign.

1.27 LAKH VOLUNTEERS OFFER SERVICESNDMA:Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

National Disaster Management Authority, abbreviated as NDMA, is an apex Body of Government of India, with a mandate to lay down policies for disaster management.

NDMA was established through the Disaster Management Act enacted by the Government of India on 23 December 2005.

NDMA is responsible for framing policies, laying down guidelines and best-practices for coordinating with the State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs) to ensure a holistic and distributed approach to disaster management.

It is headed by the Prime Minister of India and can have up to nine other members.

Since 2014, there have been four other members.

There is a provision to have a Vice Chair-person if needed.

NDMA has a vision to “build a safer and disaster resilient India by a holistic, pro-active, technology driven and sustainable development strategy that involves all stakeholders and fosters a culture of prevention, preparedness and mitigation.

It works closely with the National Institute of Disaster Management for capacity building.

It develops practices, delivers hands-on training and organizes drills for disaster management.

It also equips and trains disaster management cells at the state and local levels.

Why in News?

More than 1.27 lakh individuals and 5,300 organisations have so far registered themselves as volunteers with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for the fight against COVID-19.

The NDMA has also received donation offers for more than 8.35 lakh items including digital infrared thermometers, digital thermal scanners (full body), masks, gloves, sanitisers and personal protective gear.

The Authority, through its subordinate and State bodies, is monitoring all the operations associated with the measures being taken at the ground level.

NCC students have been helping the local administrations in extending help to the needy and spreading awareness about the preventive measures to be taken to arrest the spread.

Online Courses:

The Department of Personnel and Training, in coordination with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, has already come up with online courses on the pandemic for the frontline workers.

These courses are meant for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hygiene workers, technicians, auxiliary nursing midwives, State government and civil defence officials.

The Health Ministry has also been issuing specific guidelines on healthcare facilities and treatment.

The Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT) courses are available on the Diksha platform, both for the laptop/desktop and mobile phone users.

The launch of iGOT platform was fast-forwarded as requested by the respective Empowered Group of Officers to prevent the spread of infection among, and through, the frontline workers.

WATER FROM GANGA YAMUNA BEING TESTEDNMCG:Ministry: Ministry of JalshaktiDepartment: Department of water resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) was registered as a society on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act 1860.

It acted as implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA) which was constituted under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act (EPA),1986.

NGRBA has since been dissolved with effect from the 7th October 2016, consequent to constitution of National Council for Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga.

The Act envisages five tier structure at national, state and district level to take measures for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution in river Ganga and to ensure continuous adequate flow of water so as to rejuvenate the river Ganga as below:

(1)          National Ganga Council under chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.

(2)         Empowered Task Force (ETF) on river Ganga under chairmanship of Hon’ble Union Minister of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation).

(3)         National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG).

(4)         State Ganga Committees and

(5)         District Ganga Committees in every specified district abutting river Ganga and its tributaries in the states.

NMCG has a two tier management structure and comprises of Governing Council and Executive Committee.

Both of them are headed by Director General, NMCG.

Executive Committee has been authorized to accord approval for all projects up to Rs.1000 crore.

Similar to structure at national level, State Programme Management Groups (SPMGs) acts as implementing arm of State Ganga Committees.

Thus the newly created structure attempts to bring all stakeholders on one platform to take a holistic approach towards the task of Ganga cleaning and rejuvenation.

River Ganga:

The Ganges or Ganga is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh.

The 2,601 km (1,616 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of India and Bangladesh, eventually emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

It rises from the Gangotri glacier near Gaumukh (3,900 m) in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Here, it is known as the Bhagirathi.

At Devprayag, the Bhagirathi meets the Alaknanda; then after, it is known as the Ganga.

Major tributaries → Yamuna, Gomti, Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi, Son, Tons & Punpun. Read more..

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बिहार पंचायत चुनाव : 18 लाख वोटर चुनेंगे गांव का मुखिया, वोटिंग को लेकर आयोग ने जारी की गाइडलाइन

बिहार पंचायत चुनाव : 18 लाख वोटर चुनेंगे गांव का मुखिया, वोटिंग को लेकर आयोग ने जारी की गाइडलाइन

त्रिस्तरीय पंचायत चुनाव को लेकर राज्य निर्वाचन आयोग ने गाइडलाइन जारी कर दिया है। साथ ही इस बाबत जिला निर्वाचन पदाधिकारी सह जिलाधिकारी कंवल तनुज को पत्र भी दिया गया है।चुनाव आयोग के मुताबिक मतदान सुबह… Source link