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MARCH 10 CURRENT AFFAIRS
                      BY
          UMMEA SALMA

Narendra Singh
Tomar announced
 that Government
plans to achieve 75
lakh SHGs by 2022

• On March 8, 2020 Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers
  Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, announced that the Rural Development
  Ministry plans to add more than 14 lakhs SHGs (Self Help Groups) to achieve 75 lakh SHGs
  by the year 2022 to enable more women to get livelihood. The Minister announced this during
  the programme on Women’s Empowerment to mark the International Women’s Day held in
  New Delhi.
   Key Points:
   i.About SHGs: Women’s SHGs are the backbone of poverty alleviation programmes and the
  entire focus of the Ministry is towards women’s freedom. Currently, there are 60.8 lakh SHGs
  across the country comprising about 6 crores 73 lakh women.
   ii.The government provides training and funds to SHGs for livelihood mission, by linking
  them through banks for easy credit flows.
   iii.Benefits of schemes: An amount of Rs 2.75 lakh crores has been allocated to SHGs during
  the last 6 years to make women self-dependent and 5 crore people are annually employed
  under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) and
  women constituted under 55% of the workforce under MGNREGA.
   iv.Nearly 4.66 lakh women involved and benefited under the scheme (DDU-GKY) Deen Dayal
  Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)- [Youth employment scheme].
   v.Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was restructured and joined into the Deen
  Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana (DAY)- National Rural Livelihood Mission (Ajeevika)
  (NRLM), under the scheme Govt aims to reach 10 crore rural poor households.
   vi.About Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM): The mission has given dignity to women and
  enhanced their safety with the construction of 9.5 crore toilets across the country.

Odisha becomes the
1st state to introduce
department for
SHGs: “Mission
Shakti”

• On March 8, 2020 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that Odisha is the 1st state to
  own a separate department for Self Help Groups named as ”Department of Mission Shakti”.
  It is created for the development of women & is dedicated to all the women of Odisha.
   i.Mission Shakti and Mamata Scheme combinedly benefits 70 lakh women in the state.
   ii.50% reservation in Panchayati Raj has created a new era for the socio-economic
  development of women.
   iii.Earlier in the state budget, it has introduced an independent Nutrition Budget, whose
  primary focus will be on mother-child nutrition.

Sanitary napkin
disposal bags for
each pad,
mandatory from
January 2021:
Prakash Javadekar

• On March 8, 2020 Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Minister of
  Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar stated that ,sanitary pad manufacturers
  should mandatorily supply biodegradable bag for disposal of each pad from January 2021,
  while interacting with female workers’ of SWaCH Pune(Solid Waste Collection and Handling
  or, officially, SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune) during International Women’s
  day.
   Key Points
   i.He also stated that the waste pickers should be called as ‘Swachhta Sevika’ from this
  International Women’s Day.
   ii.He announced that the sanitation norms for Corporations & municipalities will also be
  applied to villages with a population of more than 3000.
   iii.He decided to provide funds from Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund
  for constructing 50 big & 50 small garbage sheds designed by SWaCH.
   iv.SWaCH is India’s first wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed waste collectors &
  other urban poor. It is an autonomous enterprise which provides front-end waste management
  services to the Pune citizens.

Lt General Milind
Hemant Thakur
inaugurated the
renovated Animal
Memorial in Bengaluru,
Karnataka

• On March 7, 2020 Lieutenant General Milind Hemant Thakur, Director General of Supply
  and Transport Corps, Indian Army, inaugurated the renovated Animal Memorial at Agram
  grounds in ASC Centre and College, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The renovated animal memorial
  has now been extended by constructing two walls supported by Roman pillars.
   Key Points:
   i.About Animal Memorial: The animal memorial was established in December 2006 at the
  Equestrian Training area of the ASC college which signifies the contribution of mules and
  horses of the Indian Army belonging to the Army Service Corps.
   ii.These Army trained animals have rendered their services during the war in Himalayas &
  also sacrificed their lives.
   iii.Highlights of the wall: These walls highlight the role played by the animals in the Indian
  Army since British Raj. It also conveys the details of 637 gallantry awards won by the brave
  muleteers, 49 battle casualties and 14 gallantry awards to mules since independence and 5
  military recognitions bestowed by the Chief of the Army Staff & other Army Commanders on
  AT units.
   iv.AT Remembrance Day: General Thakur declared that 26th September each year has been
  nominated as the AT Remembrance Day, as on this day in 1914, that 9th mule corps, as part of
  the Indian Expeditionary Force, landed at Marseilles, France, to support the British and
  allied armies in World War I.

PM Narendra Modi
attended the 6th edition of
ET global business summit
2020 held in new delhi
from March 6-7 2020

• The 6th edition of Economic Times Global business summit is held on 6th – 7th March 2020 at
  Taj Palace, New Delhi. This summit is organised by the heads of the government, business
  leaders from India and throughout the world and by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• The theme of the Global Business Summit is ‘Collaborate to Create: Sustainable Growth in a
  Fractured World’.
• GBS 2020 will unfold the myriad contours of the world economy & define the factors that will
  lead the Indian economy to newer heights.
• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed that India has offered 300 Lines of
  credit(LoCs) to 64 countries which involves 539 development projects.
• Global participation at GBS:
   Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Irelnd, Malaysia,
  Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Netherlands, Oman, Philippines, Romania,
  Russia, Poland, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Tunisia, UAE, UK, USA.

MSDE launches
Mahatma Gandhi
National Fellowship
(MGNF) in IIM-
Bengaluru

• On March 8, 2020, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
  has initiated Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme (MGNF) in the Indian Institute of
  Management (IIM) Bengaluru in Karnataka. This fellowship is a part of SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and
  Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) programme of the ministry to boost skill development at the
  district level.
• MGNF is an initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) which is implemented
  by IIM Bangalore in collaboration with State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs).
• Features of MGNF:
• -Under the pilot project, IIMB will train 75 graduates for two years in preparing the District skill plan.
  Graduates from 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Meghalaya are
  chosen for the training.
• -The two-year comprises of classroom sessions at IIM Bangalore with mentorship of Fellows while in district.
• -Candidates selected from the 2019-20 admissions cycle will be fully funded by MSDE. On joining the program,
  the candidate will receive a stipend of Rs. 50,000 per month during Year 1 of the program while a stipend of Rs.
  60,000 per month will be provided during Year 2 of the program.
• -An Indian citizen in a age group of 21-30 years is required to become eligible fellow for MGNF.

National
Conference on
Women in
Police and
CAPFs held in
New Delhi

• On March 7, 2020 Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Women and Child Development
  inaugurated the “National Conference on Women in Police and CAPFs (Central Armed
  Police Forces)” in New Delhi, India. The Conference was organized by the Bureau of Police
  Research and Development (BPR & D). Smriti Irani also released a hand-out- ‘BPR & D
  Mirror- Gender Bender’ and also the book titled “To Greater Heights”.
   Themes of the Conference 2020: ‘Cyber Stalking and Bullying of Women: Steps for
  Protection” and ‘Challenges faced by CAPF Women in Operational Areas”.
   Key Points:
   i.Highlights of the Conference: The Minister stressed the importance of the women to be
  trained many as forensic and cybercrime investigators because women are victimised more in
  cybercrimes.
   ii.The Minister also proposed the training members of the Child Welfare Committees (CWC)
  and the need for coordination among the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs), NGOs (Non-
  Governmental Organisation), CWC & other stakeholders of the criminal justice system, so
  that once a criminal is punished he should not take the provision of law to delay the execution
  of punishment.
   iii.About the book To Greater Heights: The book “To Greater Heights” was authored by
  Nitu, DIG (Deputy Inspector General), CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force), which
  describes the achievements of women police officers.

UNGCNI
organizes 3rd

Gender equality
summit 2020 in
New Delhi

• On the March 6, 2020, UNGCNI (United Nations Global Compact Network India), a country
  level platform for public & private sector, businesses to align stakeholders’ responsible
  practices towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),has organized the 3rd edition of its
  Gender Equality Summit 2020 with the theme “India Inc. For Generation Equality: Decade
  of Action” at The Park in New Delhi.
• Key Points:
• i.The summit, aims to create a strong roadmap towards gender equality at workplaces in India,
  focuseson driving and bringing in change for equal opportunities in employment and growth
  for the women skill workforce.
• ii.The summit also coincides with the International Women’s day (March 8), and consequently
  linked the international theme with the Indian context to underscore the present generation as
  a main role and the India Inc as a key catalyst for gender equality.
• iii.The summit saw the participation of over 250 leaders including Nishtha Satyam, Deputy
  Representative of UN Women MCO for India, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka & Anjali
  Singh, MD, Deutsche Bank to share insights on ‘women empowerment.

Nupur
Kulshrestha
becomes Indian
Coast Guard’s
first woman DIG

• On March 8, 2020 Nupur Kulshrestha becomes the 1st woman to be promoted as Deputy
  Inspector General(DIG )of Indian Coast Guard.She joined Indian Coast Guard in 1999.
   About Indian Coast Guard
   On August 18, 1978 ICG was established by the Coast Guard Act, 1978 of the Parliament of
  India as an independent Armed force of India & is operated under the Ministry of defence.
   It is an armed forces & multi-mission organisation, which conducts real life operations at
  sea round the year. Maritime zones of India are divided into 5 coast guard regions, namely;
  North- West, West, East,North-East & Andman & nicobar & are headquartered in
  Gandhinagar, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolakata& Port Blair.
   Headquarters– New Delhi, India

President Ram Nath
Kovind honoured 15
Women with ‘Nari
Shakti Puraskar’ for
2019- “National
award for women”

• On March 8, 2020 President Ram Nath Kovind honoured 15 women with ‘Nari Shakti
  Puraskar’(Women Shakti Award) for 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. The award is
  conferred annually to eminent women and institutions in recognition of their service towards
  the cause of women empowerment & social welfare.
• i.This award is an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development(MWCD) to
  acknowledge the achievements of women for the nation & recognize their contributions
  towards society.
• ii.The winners are from diverse fields namely; agriculture, sports, handicrafts, afforestation
  and wildlife conservation, Armed Forces and education.
• iii.Awardee Bhageerathi Amma appointed a person on her behalf to receive the award due to
  her health issues.
• iv.Those who received awards have contributed in safeguarding women’s rights & also pushed
  the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.

NITI Aayog & UN
organized the 4th
edition of Women
Transforming India
Awards 2019 in New
Delhi; 15 women
achievers conferred

• On the occasion of International Women’s Day i.e. on March 8, 2020, NITI (National
  Institution for Transforming India) Aayog in collaboration with United Nations (UN) in India
  has organized the 4th Edition of the Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards 2019 in New
  Delhi. The theme for WTI awards 2019 was “Women and Entrepreneurship”. The awards
  were conferred by Defence Minister of India (or Raksha Mantri), Rajnath Singh who was the
  chief guest of an event.
• WTI Awards 2019 received over 2,300 applications of which the Top 30 were shortlisted.
  Finally 15 WTA awards and 1 Jury award were presented during the occasion by Rajnath
  Singh.

Hockey India 3rd annual
awards 2019 in New
Delhi; Manpreet singh,
Rani rampal wins
Player of the year
awards

• On March 8, 2020, Hockey India, the governing body with mandate to conduct all activities
  for both men and women’s hockey, has organized its 3rd Annual Awards 2019 at Hotel the
  Lalit in New Delhi to honour the best hockey players and former legends of the game from
  India. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju was the chief guest at the occasion.
• The captain of India men’s national field hockey team, Manpreet Singh Pawar (27) &
  Captain of Indian Women Hockey Team, Rani Rampal (25) have won the Hockey India Dhruv
  Batra Player of the Year Award 2019 for Men and Women respectively. Apart from the trophy,
  they also collected a prize money of Rs 25 lakh each.
• Highlights:
• i.Harbinder Singh, who was a member of the Tokyo Olympics 1964 gold medal winning team,
  was honored with Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2019,which carries a
  prize money of Rs 30 lakh and a trophy. He was also a member of the bronze medal winning
  team at the 1968 Mexico and 1972 Munich Olympics.
• ii.India’s star striker Lalremsiami & were honoured with Upcoming Player of the Year 2019
  (Women – Under 21) & (Men – Under 21).
• iii.Manpreet became the 1st Indian to become the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH)
  best player of the year in 2019. Rani also became the first hockey player to win the World
  Games Athlete of the Year 2020 in January.

M Venkaiah Naidu
conferred 3rd edition
of BusinessLine
Changemaker
Awards 2020

• On March 6, 2020 Vice-President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu honoured the winners of BusinessLine
  Changemaker Awards 2020 organized by Hindu Business Line in New Delhi.It was supported by
  Nestle India, LIC, Tata Sons, Dell, Qualcomm and Pepsico.
   Key Points
   i.The award was presented under 6 categories & The winners are;
• Changemaker -(Social Transformation)– Shanti Raghavan for laying the foundation for people with
  disabilities to find employment.
• Changemaker -(Digital Transformation)– Government e-Marketplace (GeM)- for increasing ease of
  doing business and brought transparency to government procurement by eliminating corruption.
• Changemaker – (Financial Transformation)– India Stack- for creating the base for transformative
  ideas like UPI Bhim App and Aadhaar.
• Young Changemaker-Pradeep Mewada for using innovative ways to end open defecation in villages.
• Young Changemakers– Rashid k; Vimal Govind; Arun George and Nikhil P – for inventing
  Bandicoot, the robot that removes accumulated sludge and plastic waste that clog manholes, and
  helps bring down deaths due to manual scavenging.
• Iconic Changemaker– Arunachalam Muruganandam-for creating a low-cost sanitary pad for women.
• Changemaker of the Year– Dutee Chand-for winning India’s first medal in 20 years, in the 100-metre
  race at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018.
• Changemaker of the year– ISRO –for making India the first Asian nation to reach the Martian orbit,
  and the first in the world to achieve the feat in its maiden attempt.
• ii.The event had a session featuring Minister of Commerce & Industry & Railways, Piyush goyal.

Government sets up 12
member panel to
prepare investigation
manual for SFIO headed by
Injeti Srinivas

• On 7th March 2020, a 12-member high level panel was set up to prepare an investigation
  manual for the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) chaired by the Corporate Affairs
  Secretary Injeti Srinivas.
   Members of the panel:
• SFIO Director- Amardeep Singh Bhatia.
• Managing Partner, AZB & Partners- Ajay Bahl.
• Law firm, President of Institute of Company Secretaries of India- Ashish Garg.
• Special Director Central Bureau of Investigation (Retd)- Balwinder Singh.
• Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SIFO):
   The Serious Fraud Investigation Office(SIFO) is set up under the corporate affairs ministry.
  Under the Chairmanship of Shri Naresh Chandra, former Cabinet Secretary. SIFO
  investigates white-collar crimes and the Headquarter of SFIO is at New Delhi.

Former Indian opener
Wasim Jaffer announces
retirement from all forms
of cricket on March 7,2020

• On 7th March, 2020, Wasim Jaffer (42) a former Indian opening batsman and a domestic
  cricket giant has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He hails from Mumbai,
  Maharashtra.
• He is the fifth-highest run-scorer in Indian first-class cricket with 10 Ranji trophy titles.
• Wasim Jaffer is the highest run-scorer in the Ranji and Irani Trophy, who became the first
  player to play 150 Ranji trophy matches and the first batsman to score more than 12,000 runs
  in Ranji Trophy with 40 centuries and 89 half-centuries.
• So far, Jaffer played 31 Tests matches (1944 runs), 2 ODIs (10 runs), 260 Indian first-class
  cricket (19,410 runs), List A (4849), T20s (616).

Australia won ICC
Women’s T20 World
cup 2020 by
defeating India in
Australia

• ICC (International Cricket Council) Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 , the 7th ICC Women’s
  T20 World Cup tournament was held in Australia from February 21- March 8, 2020.
   The final match, which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on International
  Women’s Day (8 March), Australia women’s cricket team defeated the Indian women’s cricket
  team by 85 runs and won the title for the 5th time.
• i.The Australian team reached the final for the sixth time. At the same time, the Indian team
  reached the final for the first time and their dream of winning the first title was shattered.
• ii.Australia won the toss and batting first scored 184 for 4 and then piled on India for 99 runs
  with five balls to spare.
• Highlights:
• Australia’s Alyssa Healy becomes the fastest half-century cricketer in the ICC tournament
  final; overtakes Hardik Pandya record
   Australia’s Alyssa Healy became the fastest half-century cricketer in any ICC final across
  formats (both men and women).
• i.She scored a half-century off just 30 balls against India in the final of the Women’s T20
  World Cup. Earlier this record was held in the name of Hardik Himanshu Pandya of India. He
  made a half-century off 32 balls against Pakistan in the 2017 Champions Trophy final.
• ii.Alyssa scored a total of 75 off 39 balls.

Odisha CM released book titled “ The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat”

• On March 6, 2020 Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik released the comic book
  titled “The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat” on the occasion of the 104th birth
  anniversary of former Odisha CM Late Biju Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The book
  deals about the life and works of legendary leader and Naveen Patnaik’s father Biju Patnaik.
   The comic book, prepared by Kalinga Foundation Trust and published by New Delhi- based
  the Creative workshop.
   Key Points:
   i.The book aims to inspire and encourage young minds to serve the motherland. Senior
  Congress leader Narasingha Mishra, senior BJP leader KV Singhdeo were presented on the
  occasion.
   ii.About Biju Patnaik: He was the former CM of Odisha for a period of 7 years and he
  contributed in different fields for the development of modern Odisha.
   iii.During the freedom movement he served as the pilot in the Royal Air Force, had assisted
  nationalist leaders like Aruna Asaf Ali, Ram Manohar Lohia carried them in a plane to safe
  places.
   iv.Biju Patnaik was the first nationalist leader to reach Srinagar during India’s war against
  Pakistan in Kashmir operation.

International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 observed
on March 8

• Since 1977, the United Nations (UN) Women is organizing International Women’s Day (IWD)
  all over the world on March 8 to recognize women for their efforts in changing the individual
  lives as well as of nations. The day celebrates women’s achievements without regard to
  divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.
   The 2020 theme for IWD was “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”.
• PM Modi launched “She Inspires Us” campaign; 7 women took over PM’s twitter account
• Indian Army conducted Self Defence Training for Women in Nalbari, Assam
• Union Culture Ministry made women entry free on all ASI monuments for March 8, 2020