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VAID’S ICS LUCKNOW B-36, Sector-C, Aliganj, Lucknow
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NOVEMBER-2017
Vaid’s ICS Lucknow
B-36, Sector –C, Aliganj, Lucknow
Mob: 9415011892/93, 8765163028
website: www.vaidicslucknow.com
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Pages
1. National Events 3
2. International Events 7
3. Economy 11
4. Science & Technology 14
5. Treaty & Agreements 16
6. Planning & Project 19
7. Conference 20
8. Sports 23
9. Awards & Honours 26
10. Persons in news 28
11. Places in news 29
12. Commissions & Committee 31
13. Operations & Campaign 32
14. Associations & Organizations 33
15. Law & Justice 34
16. Year, Day & Week 35
16. Miscellaneous 38
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· In the year 2014, 14.5 percent of the total
NATIONAL EVENTS cases of crimes against women (49,262 cases)
were held in Uttar Pradesh. After this, West
Crime in India 2016- Statistics Bengal is at second with 9.6 percent (32,513)
· On November 30th, 2017, Union Home cases.
Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh released the · Rape incidents rose 12.4 percent in the year
‘Crime in India – 2016’ published by the 2016 compared to year 2015.
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), · According to the Reports, the highest rape
Ministry of Home Affairs. cases took place in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar
· It is for the first time, for 19 Metropolitan Pradesh.
cities (having population above 2 million) also, · Out of total incidents, 12.5 percent were in
chapters on “Violent Crimes”,” Crime Against Madhya Pradesh, 12.4 percent in UP and 10.7
Women”,” Crime Against Children”, “Juveniles percent in Maharashtra.
in conflict with law”, “Crime Against SC/STs”,
“Economic Crimes”,” Cyber Crimes”,” Crime Cabinet approves setting up of
Against Senior Citizens” and “Disposal of National Nutrition Mission
Cases by Police and Court” have been included · On November 30th, 2017, Union Cabinet
in the report. chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
· In addition to first time Statistics on the
yesterday has approved setting up of National
seizures of Arms, Ammunitions, Drugs and Nutrition Mission (NNM).
Currency by CAPFs/CPOs (Assam Rifles, CISF, · The mission is commencing from 2017-18
BSF, CRPF, NIA and SSB). with a three year budget of Rs.9046.17 crore.
· Murder cases in the country have shown
· The NNM, as an apex body, will monitor,
declining trends during the last three years. supervise, fix targets and guide the nutrition
Murder cases decreased by 5.2% in 2015-16, related interventions across the Ministries.
from 32,127 cases in 2015 to 30,450 cases in · The proposal consists of
2016. · Mapping of various Schemes contributing
· For States perspective, Uttar Pradesh
towards addressing malnutrition
accounted for 9.5% of total IPC crime reported · Introducing a very robust convergence
in the mechanism
· The highest cases of crime were registered
· ICT based Real Time Monitoring system
in Uttar Pradesh followed by followed by · Incentivizing States/UTs for meeting the
Madhya Pradesh (8.9%), Maharashtra (8.8%) targets
and Kerala (8.7). · Incentivizing Anganwadi Workers (AWWs)
· Cases under ‘Crime Against Women’ have
for using IT based tools
reported a marginal decrease in the year 2016 · Eliminating registers used by AWWs
(3,38,954) compared to the year 2014 · Introducing measurement of height of
(3,39,457), however for 2016, it is a marginal children at the Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)
increase compared to 2015 (3,29,243). Social Audits
· Delhi City accounted for 38.8% of total IPC
· Setting-up Nutrition Resource Centres,
crime reported in the cities followed by involving masses through Jan Andolan for their
Bengaluru (8.9%) and Mumbai (7.7%). participation on nutrition through various
· According to the report, the incidents of
activities, among others.
murder were highest in Uttar Pradesh. · This program will take measures to reduce
· 4,889 cases of murder were reported here,
the level of weight loss of children, short
which is 16.1 percent of the total cases. nutrition, deficiency of blood and at the time of
· After this, the maximum 2,581 (8.4%)
birth, through targets.
incidents of murder were registered in Bihar.
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· More than 10 crore people will be benefitted him’. This film is based on an episode of
by this programme.All the States and districts Gurudev Ravindra Nath Tagore’s life.
will be covered in a phased manner i.e. 315 · The Golden Peacock Award for Best Film of
districts in 2017-18, 235 districts in 2018-19 and this Festival was awarded to the film directed by
remaining districts in 2019-20. Moroccan-born film director Sebile Campello,
· An amount of 9046.17 crore will be ‘120 Bits per Minutes’.
expended for three years commencing from · This film is made on the backdrop of the
2017-18. homosexuality and AIDS epidemic spread in
· This will be funded by Government France in the 1990s. Its world premiere was held
Budgetary Support (50%) and 50% by IBRD or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
other MDB. Government budgetary support · China’s director Vivian Qu won the best
would be 60:40 between Centre and States/UTs, director award for her film ‘Angels wear White’.
90:10 for NER and Himalayan States and 100% · Best Actor Male Award was awarded to
for UTs without legislature. Nahuel Perez Biscayart for his film ‘120 Bits
· Total Government of India share over a ‘Per Minute.
period of three years would be Rs. 2849.54 · Parvathy Thiruvoth Kottuvatta was given the
crore. Best Actress Award for her Malayalam film
· NNM targets to reduce stunting, under- ‘Take-Off’.
nutrition, anemia (among young children, · Famous actor Amitabh Bachchan was
women and adolescent girls) and reduce low awarded the Best Indian Film Personality of the
birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum Year for his contribution to Indian cinema.
respectively. · In the 48th IFFI, Canadian filmmaker Atom
Egoyan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement
48th International Film Festival of Award.
India-2017 · Marathi film ‘Kshitij- A Horizon’ was
· During 20th-28th November, 2017, India’s awarded the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal.
48th International Film Festival of India was · In this festival world’s first 3D film in the
held in Panaji, Goa. Sanskrit language, ‘Anurakti’ was performed.
· This year Canada was chosen as Focus
Country in 48th IFFI 2017. Paradise Papers Case
· This year’s IFFI theme was ‘Connecting the On November 5th, 2017, International
World through Stories’. Consortium of Investigative Journalists made
st
· On November 21 , 2017, famous actress public the 'Paradise Papers' received by the
Sridevi inaugurated the 48th IFFI Panorama. German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
· During the inauguration, the audience was 95 other media partners with 'US-based ICIJ'
introduced to the official selection of 26 feature (total 96) made 'Paradise Papers' public.
and 16 non-feature films of IFFI under the Paradise Papers contains the names of 180
Indian Panorama 2017 category. countries in which India's position is 19th.
· In IFFI-2017, about 195 films from over 82 It contains names of 714 Indians which
countries were exhibited. includes in these papers as Bollywood star
· Of which 10 were world premieres, 10 Asian Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt's wife
and international premieres and more than 64 Mannyata Dutt, Union Minister Jayant Sinha,
Indian premieres. BJP MP RK Sinha, Congress MP Veerappa
· The exhibition of the films was inaugurated Moily, son of P. Chidambaram, Kirti
with the performance of Iranian master Majeedis Chidambaram etc.
first film featured in India ‘Beyond the Clouds’. In India on November 6th, 2017, Finance
While the festival ended with Pablo Caesar’s Minister Arun Jaitley ordered the inquiry into
Indo-Argentine co-production ‘Thinking of the matter.
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In this financial document, files related to What is ICIJ:
investment in 'Tax Haven' countries have been The International Consortium of Investigative
made public, which is linked to the offshore law Journalists was founded in 1997 by American
firm. Such kind of investment in technical Journalist Chuck Lewis.
language is called 'Offshore Finance'. It is a global network spread across 70
It is believed that about 1.34 crore documents countries in which more than 200 journalists are
have been made public in Paradise Papers. connected.
This document is related to two financial India's daily newspaper The Indian Express is
companies-Bermuda's 'Appleby' and a member of ICIJ who has examined all
Singapore’s Asiaciti. documents related to India.
Through leak papers, about 1 crore million The team examines the received information
pounds of foreign investment of Queen and makes it public when found correct.
Elizabeth II of Britain have been revealed. She Its headquarters is in Washington DC, US.
invested in an offshore in the year 2004 and in
the year 2005. National Achievement Survey-2017
Investment in Russian shipping company by In November 2017, the National
Commerce Minister Wilbur Ross of the trump’s Achievement Survey was organized by the
government was also revealed through these National Council of Educational Research and
papers. Training (NCERT).
This will again trigger questions in regards to This survey was developed by NCERT.
relations between Donald Trump's government This survey conducted by NCERT is not only
and Russia. India’s largest ‘national achievement survey’
It is important that in the year-2016, Panama but it is also one of the world’s largest
Papers were also made public by the ICIJ, which assessment surveys.
was received by the German newspaper German This survey was organized for class 3, 5 and 8
newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. in government and government-aided schools.
This paper was based only on financial Under the survey, levels of learning of more
matters. than 25 lakh students were evaluated in 700
Similarly, documents related to Bahamas districts of all the 36 States / Union Territories
leaks (year-2016), Swiss leaks (Year-2012), of the country.
Luxembourg Leaks (Year-2014), Offshore A monitoring team was formed for the
Leaks (Year-2014) and Wiki Leaks Cablegate fairness of this survey.
(Year-2010) also made in public in all the This monitoring team included the inter-
countries. ministerial departments of State Governments,
What is Offshore Finance: the National and State Supervisors of Education
A place, outside the legal area of a person's Departments and Supervisors of Multilateral
country; given to a person or company for Organizations.
money investing, which can make more profit The implementation of the survey conducted
by reducing taxes. in all the districts was monitored on the day of
Generally, such places are called 'tax haven'. assessment by the monitoring team.
In the language of the industry, they are called The District Education Report Card will be
Offshore Financial Centers (OFC). prepared through this survey.
It is not necessary that the investor spends his The known findings from this survey will
black money on these sectors, but he also prove to be helpful in understanding the
invests in these centers to take advantage of low efficiency of the education system.
tax payouts. The results of this survey will provide
guidance in the planning and implementation of
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national, state, district and classroom levels of The objective of constructing the India Youth
education policy in order to improve the level of Development Index (YDI) 2017 is to track the
learning of children and to make qualitative trends in Youth Development across the States.
improvements in them. The Index enables recognizing the high and
low performing states, identifies the weak
Bharat Stage- VI domains and informs the policy makers the
On November 15, 2017, an important priority areas of intervention for youth
decision by the central government concerned development in the states.
was taken in regards to serious level of air Youth Development Index and Report 2017 is
pollution in the national capital, Delhi and an initiative outcome of The Rajiv Gandhi
adjoining areas. National Institute of Youth Development
The Government decided for preponement of (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
BS-VI grade auto fuels in NCT of Delhi w.e.f In preparing this report latest definition of
01.04.2018 instead of 01.04.2020 (two years youth as used in National Youth Policy – 2014
before the scheduled period). (India) and World Youth Development Report
This decision was made by the Petroleum of Commonwealth have been used.
Ministry in consultation with Public Oil This report is of immense value to enable
Marketing Companies. comparisons across geographical areas and
This step of Petroleum Ministry will help in categories, as human development index has
tackling the problem of air pollution in the done in comparing the development situation
National Capital Region, Delhi and its adjacent across regions, nations and localities.
areas. The index also measures the achievements
The Ministry of Petroleum and natural Gas made besides serving as an advocacy tool for
has successfully introduced the BS-IV grade youth development and facilitates to identify
transportation fuels across the country w.e.f priority areas for development of Policy and
April 1st. Interventions.
The Government of India has been making
concerted efforts in line with Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi’s Commitment at COP 21,
to reduce vehicular emissions and improve fuel
efficiency with an aim to reduce the carbon
footprints and keep a healthy environment.
After discussions with various stakeholders,
the government decided to apply BS-VI grade
directly to BS-IV, which could be adopted on
better international initiatives.
It s noteworthy that oil refiners are investing
heavily in the upgradation of projects for the
production of BS-VI level fuel.
India Youth Development Index and
Report 2017
On November 13th, 2017, Union Minister of
State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent
Charge) Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore released the
India Youth Development Index and Report
2017.
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This is a fourteen days Fair is being organized
INTERNATIONAL from November 14-27, 2017.
EVENTS IITF is organized by India Trade Promotion
Organisation (ITPO).
3,000 exhibitors, including 22 companies
World Talent Index-2017 from abroad, are participating at IITF 2017.
In November 2017, ‘World Talent Ranking’ The Fair will be opened for Business visitor
was released by Switzerland’s leading business from November 14th -17th and for General
school IMD. Public from 18th- 27th.
IMD’s World Talent Index has included 63 Thirty-two of India’s states and Union
countries. territories are represented.
The IMD World Talent Ranking studies The format of IITF has Business, Social,
three factors: Cultural and Educational Dimensions that are
Investment & Development, Appeal, and weaved together where visitors and exhibitors,
Readiness. media persons, marketing professionals, social
World talent ranking includes most of activists, NGOs etc. all come together to explore
Europe’s countries. their objectives.
Switzerland has topped in the World Talent It is noteworthy that this is the largest
Index. integrated trade fair with both B2B and B2C
Switzerland has followed by Denmark, components.
Belgium, Australia and Finland respectively. It is one of the largest trade fairs in the world
According to the report, Europe’s tremendous both in terms of exhibitors and visitors
education system makes it different from the participation and has evolved its unique
crowd. It provides them the ability to attract character as an iconic International event.
local talent and attract foreign talent and high
skilled professionals at the same time. Cabinet approval of India’s
India is ranked 51st in the World Talent Index
-2017.
Membership for European Bank for
It is notable that in last year (2016), India was Reconstruction & Development
at 60th place. On November 22, 2017, Union Cabinet
Arturo Bris, Director IMD World chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Competitiveness Center, said that India is not has approved India’s Membership for European
doing well in the field of adopting local talent Bank for Reconstruction & Development
and attracting foreign workforce. (EBRD).
China’s position amongst BRICS countries is Necessary steps will be initiated by the
best and ranked 40th in the list. Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
After China, Russia has been placed at 43rd, Finance to acquire the membership of the
South Africa at 48th, India at 51st and Brazil at EBRD.
52nd. From its membership, India will have the
following benefits:
Membership of EBRD would enhance India’s
37th India International Trade Fair- international profile and promote its economic
2017 interests. Access to EBRD’s Countries of
On November 14th, 2017, the President of Operation and sector knowledge.
India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the India’s investment opportunities would get a
37th India International Trade Fair (IITF) -2017, boost.
at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. It would increase the scope of cooperation
The theme of this fair is “Start up India: Stand between India and EBRD through co-financing
up India”.
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opportunities in manufacturing, services, India has been ranked 14th with 60.02 score
Information Technology, and Energy. in this index.
EBRD’s core operations pertain to private India marks an improvement of 6 places from
sector development in their countries of its 20th rank in CCPI 2017.
operation. The membership would help India This year India has been put in the high rating
leverage the technical assistance and sectoral in the emissions and energy use categories
knowledge of the bank for the benefit of whilst last year it had got a place in medium
development of private sector. rating categories.
This would contribute to an improved
investment climate in the country. WHO Global Ministerial Conference
The membership of EBRD would enhance the on TB eradication
competitive strength of the Indian firms, and During November 16-17; WHO Global
provide an enhanced access to international Ministerial Conference Tuberculosis Eradication
markets in terms of business opportunities, in the Sustainable Development Era, 2017 – was
procurement activities, consultancy assignments held in Moscow, Russia.
etc. In this conference, India is represented by
This would open up new vistas for Indian Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P.
professionals on the one hand, and give a fillip Nadda.
to Indian exports on the other. On this occasion, he said that India is
Increased economic activities would have the committed to eradicating TB by 2025.
employment generating potential. Recently, the Ministry of Health and Family
It would also enable Indian nationals to get Welfare has announced the implementation of
the employment opportunity in the Bank. the daily dose of medicine for TB disease
EBRD was established in 1991. victims across the country under the revised
Headquarter of EBRD is located in London National TB Control Program (RNTCP).
(U.K.) The ministry had earlier asked to take the
Currently its chairman is Sir Suma drug supplements three times a week for the
Chakrabarti. treatment of TB disease.
The Ministry of Health will extend it to all the
Climate Change Performance Index- major hospitals, IMAs, IAPs and professional
2018 medical organizations to make available doses
‘Climate Change Performance Index, 2018’ of mixed drugs daily to all TB patients.
was released by Environmental organization- According to World Health Organization’s
German Watch in November 2018. Global TB report 2017, the number of people
This index was first released in the year 2005. suffering from TB has decreased from 28.2 lakh
Sweden with 74.32 has been put on top (4th to 27 lakh and death has decreased by 60
Rank) amongst the 56 countries and the EU in thousand in the last one year.
the Climate Change Performance Index of the
year 2018, whilst last year France was at top 15th ASEAN-India Summit and 12th
rank. East Asia Summit
Rank of the Sweden is 4th in the list because On November 14, 2017, the 15th ASEAN-
none of the countries achieved positions one to India and 12th East Asia Summit was organized
three as no one is doing enough to prevent in Manila, Philippines.
dangerous climate change. The Summits was attended by Heads of
The first five top countries are Sweden (4th), State/Government of the 10 ASEAN and 18
Lithuania (5th), Morocco (6th), Norway (7th) East Asia Summit Participating Countries
and United Kingdom (8th). respectively.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the Indian It is the 23rd annual ‘ Conference of the
delegation to this summit. Parties’ (COP) of the nations of the world,
It is remarkable that Trade between India and whose aim is to ‘prevent dangerous human
ASEAN stood at US$ 71 billion in 2016-17 and generated disturbances with climate system’.
comprises 10.85% of India’s total trade with the It is significant that in the year 2016, the
world. Climate Change Conference (COP22 / CM12 /
At the 15th ASEAN-India Summit, Prime CMA1) was organized in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Minister and ASEAN Leaders reviewed the Earlier, there was a historic ‘Paris settlement
commemorative activities undertaken in 2017 to ‘took place in the Climate Change Conference
mark the 25 years of India’s dialogue (COP21 / CMP11) organized in Paris, France.
partnership with ASEAN as well as review the
broad spectrum of ASEAN-India cooperation in Global Gender gap Report
all its aspects. On 2 November, 2017, the ‘Global Gender
India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Report-2017’ was released by the World
New Zealand, USA and Russia Heads of State / Economic Forum (WEF).
Government attended the meeting of the 12th 144 countries have been listed in this gender
East Asia Summit on November 14, 2017. gap index this year.
India is a founding member of the East Asia Iceland is at first place in the list. Its total
Summit formed in 2005. score is 0.878.
The summit discussed regional and In the list, Norway (score -0.830) second in
international issues including terrorism, nuclear the list, Finland (score -0.823) third, Rwanda
nonproliferation and irregular displacement. (score -0.822) fourth and Sweden (score -0.816)
With this, on 13-14 November, 2017the 31st has been placed at fifth.
Summit of 10-member ASEAN countries This list has 5 countries in the lower order is
concluded in Manila. – Yemen (144th place), Pakistan (143nd place),
The theme of the 31st ASEAN Summit was Syria (142nd), Chad (141st) and Iran, Islamic
‘Partnering for Change Engaging the World’. Republic (140th place).
The summit was chaired by President This year’s edition of the Report benchmarks
Rodrigues Dutter of the Philippines. these countries on their progress towards gender
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the parity on a scale from 0 (imparity) to 1 (parity)
Asian Trade and Investment Conference (ABIS) across four thematic dimensions- Economic
on November 13, 2017, during his visit to the Participation and Opportunity, Educational
Philippines. Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political
Apart from this, the Prime Minister also held Empowerment.
bilateral meetings with many other leaders of India has been placed 108th on the list with a
the world. score of 0.669. India was ranked 87th last year.
India’s position in various sectors of the
United Nations Climate Change index remained as follows:
Conference (i) Economic Partnerships and Opportunities -
During November 6-17, 2017, the United 139th Place
Nations Climate Change Conference is being (ii) Academic Achievements -112th Place
organized in Bonn, Germany. (iii) Health and Survival -141th Place
This conference is referred to by COP23 / (iv) Political Empowerment- 15th place
CMP13 / CMA 1-2. The position of neighboring countries of
The Secretary of the UN Framework India in the list is as follows:
Convention on Climate Change hosting the Bangladesh -47th
Conference. China – 100th
Fiji is presiding over this conference. Nepal -111th,
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Bhutan -124th In the elections of the year 2015, the new
Sri Lanka -109th government was elected under the leadership of
Among BRICS countries South Africa is at Carlos Piedmont, in Catolonia, who promised to
19th, Russia Federation ranked 71st and Brazil make a referendum for Catalonia’s
ranked 90th. independence.
Catalonia Independence Doing Business Index -2018
On October 27, 2017, Catalonia province On October 31, 2017, the 15th report ‘Doing
declared itself independent from Spain after Business-2018’ was released by the
getting majority by the provincial parliament in Washington-based World Bank and
favor of independence. International Finance Corporation.
In the provincial parliament of 135 seats, 70 The central theme of this year’s report is
votes were in favor of independence and 10 ‘Reforming to Create Jobs’.
votes in the opposition. In the report released for year-2018, the
The opposition did not participate in this economy of 190 countries has been included.
voting. In the Doing Business Index -2018 report,
Catalonia is financially strong and has about New Zealand has been ranked top with 86.55
20 percent of Spain’s national income. followed by Singapore (Score-84.57) second,
It is significant that in order to become Denmark (Score-84.06) third, Korea Republic
independent from Spain, a referendum was held (Score-83.92), fourth and Hong Kong (Score-
in Catalonia on October 1, 2017, which was 83.44) fifth.
declared as unconstitutional by the Spanish This index includes Somalia (190th place),
court. Eritrea (189th), Venezuela (188th), Southern
In this referendum, 43 percent of the voters Sudan (187th) and Yemen Republic (186th
took part in which 90 percent of the votes were place) as countries with the lowest trade
in favor of independence and 10 percent in regulatory environment.
opposition. In the Doing Business Index 2018, India
After passing the proposal with majority in secured 100th position (Score-60.76).
the provincial parliament, the parliament of Last year India was ranked 130th.
Spain ended the autonomy of Catalonia, which Among BRICS countries, Russia ranked 35th,
would now have direct control of the Spanish China 78th, South Africa 82nd and Brazil
government in Catalonia. ranked 125th.
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy For the ease of business in BRICS countries,
dismissed Catalonia leader Carlos Puedemont the highest improvement was done in India
and his cabinet. compared to the previous year.
The Prime Minister has announced that he Among neighboring countries to India Bhutan
will be holding the law on December 21, 2017 is at 75th rank, Nepal is at 105th, Sri Lanka is at
and again in a fair manner. 111th, Pakistanis at 147th, 177th in Bangladesh
It is notable that in Spain, autonomy was is at 177th, and Afghanistan secured 183rdplace.
given to Catalonia before the Civil War, which According to the World Bank report, high
was abolished under General Francisco’s ranking means that the government of that
leadership from 1939-1975. particular country has provided a favorable
After the death of Jan Franco, it was re- regulatory environment for doing business,
granted with political and cultural autonomy by while the low ranking reflects the adverse
the 1978 constitution, which received more environment of the business.
force by the Act of 2006.
But in 2010 the Spanish court snatched all the
powers from him.
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· In addition, the Commission will review the
ECONOMY status of efforts of the Union and States to
maintain current financial system, deficit, credit
15th Finance Commission Constituted levels, cash surplus and fiscal discipline and
· The Central Government constituted 15th recommend fiscal framework for fiscal
Finance Commission on November 27, 2017. consolidation for strong fiscal management.
· Commission will be Presided over by N. K. · Following the recommendations of the
Singh, former Rajya Sabha member, former Commission, the 14th Finance Commission will
Secretary of the Central Government and former consider the impact on the financial condition of
member of the Planning Commission. the Union with the continuation of the national
· Former Union Government Secretary development agenda, including the increase in
Shaktikant Das and Assistant Professor of the overall growth of taxes, renunciation of
Georgetown University Dr. Anoop Singh will be states, including New India, 2022.
the other members of the Commission. · The Commission will consider the effect of
· Ashok Lahiri, Chairman, Bandhan Bank the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the
(Non-Executive Part-time) and member of the financial instruments of the Center and the
Policy Commission Dr. Ramesh Chand will be States.
part-time member of the Commission. · Including the payment of compensation for
· Arvind Mehta will be the secretary of the potential revenue loss for 5 years and
commission. termination of certain subtaxes which will be
· The Chairman and other members of the decided for compensation and other structural
Commission shall hold the post from the date improvements.
they hold their position, till the date of · The Commission will use the population
submission of report or till 30th October, 2019 data of 2011 when making its recommendations.
whichever is earlier. · The Commission will present its report to
· It is notable that the Finance Commission is the Central Government by October 30, 2019,
constituted under Article 280 (1) of the Indian potentializing the period of 5 years starting from
Constitution. 1st April, 2020.
· The 15th Finance Commission will be
applicable from 1st April, 2020. Constitution of Task Force for drafting
The Commission will make recommendations a New Direct Tax Legislation
about the following topics, i.e. On November 22, 2017, the Central
· the net proceeds between the Union and Government constituted a work force to draft
the States, new direct tax laws under the chairmanship of
· The principles governing grants-in-aid in the Central Direct Tax Board (CBDT) under the
the revenue of states from the accumulated chairmanship of Arbind Modi.
fund of India and those states as specified in Followings are the member of Task Force:
the proviso to clause (1) of that article as a Shri Arbind Modi, Member (Legislation),
grant-aid in their revenues under Article 275 CBDT – Convener
of the Constitution. For the purposes Shri Girish Ahuja, practicing Chartered
different from the purposes, assistance is Accountant and non-official Director, State
required, funds to be paid, and Bank of India;
· On the basis of the recommendations Shri Rajiv Memani, Chairman & Regional
made by the State Finance Commission, Managing Partner of E&Y
necessary assistance for the promotion of the Shri Mukesh Patel, Practicing Tax Advocate,
accumulated fund of any state for the Ahmedabad;
provision of resources of Panchayats and Mansi Kedia, Consultant, ICRIER, New
Municipalities in the state. Delhi;
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Shri G.C. Srivastava, Retd. IRS (1971 Batch) (36th), Bangur family of Shree Cement group
and Advocate. (37th), Sehgal family of auto parts industry
Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic (41st), Wadia family (42nd), Kushal Pal Singh
Adviser (CEA) will be a permanent Special belonging to Real Estate (44th), Patel family of
Invitee in the Task Force. Cadila Healthcare Group (45th), Piramal family
The Terms of Reference of the Task Force is (47th) and Munjal family of Hero Group (48th).
to draft an appropriate Direct Tax Legislation
keeping in view: The direct tax system prevalent Increase in the number of millionaires
in various countries, the international best in India, 2017
practices the economic needs of the country; and According to a report released by Credit
any other matter connected thereto. Suisse on November 14, 2017, the number of
The Task Force will submit its report to the millionaires in India has reached a level of
government within 6 months. 245000.
It is noteworthy that during the Rajaswa Gyan At the same time, the total wealth of families
Sangam held on 1st and 2nd September, 2017, in India has also increased to $ 5 trillion.
the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had According to the report, by the year 2022, the
proposed the reviewing the Income tax Act- number of millionaires in the country is
1961 and to draft a new Direct Tax Law in expected to reach 372,000, while the total
consonance with economic needs of the country. wealth of families is estimated to 7.1 trillion
dollars by 7.5%.
Asia’s richest families List-2017 According to the report, since 2000, the
On November 15, 2017 went Asia’s richest proportion wealth of people in India has
families List-2017 was released by the increased annually by 9.2%, which is more than
prestigious American magazine Forbes. 6% of the average global growth.
This list covers the 50 richest families of The actual growth rate in the population is
Asia. estimated at 2.2%.
Ambani family with 44.8 billion USD is the The growth of India’s property by 451 billion
richest family of Asia. dollars reflects the 8th largest increase in the
After this, family of Samsung Group (South case of the rise in the wealth of one country on a
Korea) is second in the list with total assets of global basis.
USD 40.8 billion. Approximately 92% of the adult population
With USD 4 billion, Kwok family of Sun has less than $ 10,000 worth; while on the other
Hung Kai & Co. group is at third place. hand, the smallest share of the total population
With a total worth of USD 36.6 billion, (only 0.5% of the adult population) has wealth
Chearavanont family of Thailand’s Charoen over $ 100,000 which is only 4.2 million in
Pokphand (CP) Group is at fourth place. regards to India’s large population.
In the list beside Ambani family following In India, much of the share of the private
Indian families were also included: Premji property is in the form of land and another real
family (with 19.2 billion USD) 11th, Hinduja estate, which is around 86% of the total family
family (with 18.8 billion USD) 12th, Mittal wealth.
family (with 17.2 billion USD) 14th, Egyptian The share of private sector in single property
family (with 16.1 billion USD) 16th, Birla is estimated to be only 9%.
family (with 14.1 billion USD) 19th, Godrej Switzerland is at the first place in the world
family (with 14 billion USD) 20th, Bajaj family according to the per capita property, where the
(with 9.3 billion USD) 26th and Jindal family per-person property is $ 537600 in 2017.
(with 7.68 billion USD) 32nd. After this, Australia is at the second place
Apart from these families, the other richest with the wealth $ 402600 and the United States
families respectively are: The Burman family of is third with $ 388,000.
Dabar group (35th), Lal family of Eihcher group
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Since 2012, the total global capital has risen
by a fast pace of 6.4% to $ 280 trillion.
Global Wealth Report, 2017, is the 8th report
of this series.
India Announces Contribution to
India-UN Development Partnership
Fund
On November 6, 2017, India has been
pledged an additional amount of USD 100
million to the India-UN Development
Partnership Fund at United Nations Pledging
Conference for Development Activities held in
New York.
This announcement was made by Anjani
Kumar, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of
India to the UN.
This contribution will be in addition to
India’s contribution of 10.582 million dollars in
other UN programs.
During the conference almost 20 countries
assured the contribution of USD 398.38 million
in this fund.
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund
was launched on occasion of the World Oceans
Day at a special ceremony held at the Permanent
Mission of India to the UN.
‘Climate Early Warning System in Pacific
Island Countries‘ was the first project get
assistance by this fund.
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The missile has a speed of more than Mach
SCIENCE & 10.
TECHNOLOGY Missile has a 12,000-kilometer range.
This missile is able to target anywhere in the
world.
Multi State Mega Mock Tsunami This missile can carry 10 nuclear weapons
Exercise simultaneously and can aim differently.
On November 24, 2017, the Union Home The missile is expected to be inducted in the
Ministry conducted the first multi-state Mega Chinese army next year.
Mock Tsunami Exercise-017 on Tsunami
preparation on the entire East coast of the Successfull flight-test of Brahmos
country. On November 22nd, 2017, a history is created
The exercise was conducted with after successful flight-test of world’s fastest
corroboration of National Disaster Management supersonic cruise missile Brahmos-Air
Authority (NDMA) and the Indian National Launched Cruise Missile.
Centre for Ocean Information Services For the first time this successful flight test
(INCOIS). was done by from the Indian Air Force’s (IAF)
Simulation exercises were conducted frontline fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKIagainst a
simultaneously in 35 coastal districts across four sea based target in the Bay of Bengal.
States of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh This successful maiden test firing of Brahmos
& Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) from Su-
Puducherry along with the entire East Coast. 30MKI will significantly bolster the IAF’s air
The purpose of this exercise is to assess and combat operations capability from standoff
improve the early warning and response ranges.
mechanism to mitigate the impact of a high- It is noteworthy that Brahmos is a two stage
intensity tsunami. missile with a solid propellant booster engine.
This program is one of the programs The missile has a flight range of up to 290-km
organized on the occasion of Second World with supersonic speed all through the flight,
Tsunami Awareness Day celebrated on leading to the shorter flight time.
November 5, 2017. It operates on ‘Fire and Forget’ principle,
Under this practice, the artificial landscape of adopting varieties of flight on its way to the
Tsunami disaster was presented to evaluate target.
preparation on Eastern Marine Coast. It carries a conventional warhead weighing of
This practice is important because the eastern 200 to 300 kgs.
coast of India is susceptible to the view of
cyclone and tsunami.
The region was one of the worst affected by
Layer of dust surrounding the
the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Proxima Century
This exercise will go a long way in helping In November 2017, scientists detected a layer
States/UTs in updating their resources, of dust surrounding the Proxima Century.
procedures and plans. This conclusion indicated the fact that the
Proxima Century hosts the planetary system.
The new assessment of the Chilean-based
Dongfong-41 observatory has revealed that the light coming
According to a report published in November
from the cold dust in the area is one to four
2017, China has built an intercontinental missile
times the distance from the Proxima Century as
‘Dongfong 41’.
far as the distance from Earth to the Sun.
It is a three-stage solid-fuel missile.
Proxima Century is the closest star to the sun.
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It is located approximately four light years It can also provide better satellite based
away from us. services in the search and rescue operations
‘Proxima B’ revolves around it. according to international standards.
7th Joint Exercise Sampriti 2017 World’s First Fully Electric Operated
During 6-18 November, 2017, seventh Indo- Cargo Ship
Bangladesh joint exercise SAMPRITI concluded China’s first all-electric cargo ship was
at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare launched in November 2017.
School, Vairengte in Mizoram. It was launched in Guangzhou, capital of
The exercise has been aimed to strengthen Guangdong Province, southern China.
and broaden the aspects of interoperability and The ship can run 80 kilometers with 2000
cooperation between the Indian and Bangladesh tons of goods after being fully charged.
Armies. It is manufactured by Guangzhou Shipyard
It also aimed to work together in a counter- International Co. Ltd.
insurgency and counter-terrorism environment It is powered by lithium battery (26 tons).
under the UN mandate. The length of this vessel is 70.5 meters and its
Exercise was conducted under the aegis of the maximum speed is 12.8 km / h.
Red Horns Division of Gajraj Corps and had There is zero emission of waste gas
two distinct components which included pollutants.
Command Post Exercise (CPX) and Field
Training Exercise (FTX).
Troops from 38 East Bengal Regiment of
Bangladesh Army and Mahar Regiment of
Indian Army represented respective Armies
during the exercise.
China launches two navigation
satellites
On November 5th, 2017, China successfully
launched two BeiDou-3satellites in space.
These two satellites were launched from the
Sichan satellite launch center in Sichuan
province with the help of Rocket Long March-
3b.
The launching satellite represents the third
phase of the Beidou navigation satellite system.
This system will provide services to the
countries involved in China’s Belt and Road
initiative.
This system will create fully controlled
satellite navigation system by the year 2020.
In the year 1994 the BeiDou project was
started.
Compared to first-generation satellites,
BeiDou-3 is capable of sending better signals
than other satellite navigation systems.
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· On November 27, 2017, an agreement was
TREATY & signed between India and Greece to start direct
AGREEMENTS air services between the two countries.
· The two Ministers held discussions on
various aspects of bilateral ties as well as
India and Russia important regional and multilateral issues of
· On November 27th, 2017 India and Russia mutual interest.
agreed on a programme of training of specialists · The discussions between the two Ministers
and sharing of each other’s experiences as well focused on building closer cooperation in the
as best practices in the field of Disaster areas of trade & investment, trade fairs,
Management. agriculture, maritime sector, culture and
· The two leaders later signed a Joint tourism.
Implementation Plan for the years 2018-19 for · During the visit, the two Ministers also
cooperation in Disaster Management. signed the Memorandum of Understanding on
· This agreement made during the Rajnath Co-operation in the field of New and Renewable
Singh’s three-day visit to Russia. Energy.
· Both the sides agreed that EMERCOM of · Greece also gave full supportto India’s bid
Russia would cooperate with India in the for a permanent membership of the United
establishment of the National Crisis Nations Security Council.
Management Centre (NCMC) in India. · Under the Air Services Agreement, Indian
Airlines will be allowed to operate the airline in
Agreement between India and Brazil Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion.
· On November 30th, 2017 The Union Cabinet · Greek Airlines will also start flying services
chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra in major Indian cities.
Modi has given its approval for signing and · It is noteworthy that On February 22, 2017,
ratification of the Investment Cooperation and Union Cabinet has given its approval the
Facilitation Treaty (ICFT) between India and signing of Air Services Agreement (ASA)
Brazil. between India and Greece.
· The Treaty will result in increase of
investment flows between the two countries. Agreement between India and Britain
· The ICFT between India and Brazil will · On November 28, 2017; It was announced
provide appropriate facilitation to Brazilian by the Government of India that an agreement
investors in India and Indian investors in the will be signed for cooperation in policy
Brazil. planning, technology transfer and institutional
· It would help project India as a preferred organization in the urban transport sector
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destination to between India and the UK.
all Brazilian investors. · On November 27, 2017, Union Road
Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water
Agreement between India and Greece Resources, River Development and Ganga
· From 25-28 November 2017, Minister of Protection Minister Nitin Gadkari met UK
Foreign Affairs of Greece, H.E. Mr. Nikos Transport Secretary Chris Grilling in London.
Kotzias, was on visit to India. · During the meeting, the two sides discussed
· The visit of the Greek Foreign Minister is a the draft of this agreement letter.
part of the regular high-level exchanges between · In the draft of the agreement, mutual
the two countries. cooperation between the two countries in the
· FM Kotzias had a meeting with External transport sector is to facilitate transport
Affairs Minister, Smt Sushma Swaraj, in New facilitation through exchange of expertise and
Delhi on 27 November. technology.
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· This agreement will facilitate the digital and USD 23 million in CTF Loan) and
transactions and the use of more efficient diesel (ii) Technical Assistance (USD 2 million in
and electric vehicles in the country. CTF Grant).
· During the London visit, Nitin Gadkari will The objective of the project is to increase
also address a session of the International solar generation capacity through establishment
Marine Organization. of large-scale parks in the country.
The project will help establish large-scale
Indo-Russian Agreement solar parks and support the government’s plan
On November 22nd, 2017 Union Cabinet to install 100 Gigawatts (GW) of solar power
chaired by the Prime Minister has given its out of a total renewable-energy target of 175
approval for signing an Agreement on GW by 2022.
Cooperation between India and Russia in the
field of combating all forms of terrorism and MoU between India and Philippines
organized crime. On November 10th, 2017, Union Cabinet
The Agreement is proposed to be signed chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
during the upcoming visit of Indian Delegation, has given its approval for signing a
led by Home Minister, to Russia from 27-29 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
November, 2017. India and Philippines in the field of agriculture
The proposed Agreement will replace the and related fields.
Agreement of October, 1993. Total four agreements were made after the
Agreement is a step towards consolidating the extensive talks between Prime Minister
benefits accrued in the field of security and Narendra Modi and the President of the
seeks to jointly fight the new and evolving risks Philippines, Rodrigo Dutter, who were attending
and threats. the ASEAN conference held in the Philippines.
This MoU provides for cooperation in the
Agreement to Set-Up Large-Scale fields of rice production and processing, multi
cropping system, dryland farming systems, bio-
Solar Parks organic farming, solid and water conservation
On November 20, 2017, A Guarantee
and management, soil fertility, sericulture, agro
Agreement for IBRD/CTF loan of USD 98
forestry, livestock improvement etc.
million and Grant Agreement for USD 2 million
The MoU provides for constitution of Joint
for the “Shared Infrastructure for Solar Parks
Working Group composed of equal number of
Project” were signed by India with World Bank.
representatives.
The Agreement was signed by Mr Sameer
The Joint Working Group shall meet once
Kumar Khare, Joint Secretary (MI), Department
every two years alternatively in the Philippines
of Economic Affairs on behalf of Government
and India.
of India, and Mr Hisham A. Abdo, Acting
Country Director, World Bank India, on behalf
of the World Bank. Loan agreement between India and the
A Loan Agreement was also signed by Mr K World Bank
S Popli, Chairman and Managing Director, India On November 7th, 2017, a loan agreement of
Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. $ 119 million between India and the World
(IREDA) and Mr Hisham A. Abdo, Acting Bank was signed.
Country Director, World Bank India, on behalf This amount will be spent on improving the
of the World Bank. state’s higher education system in Odisha.
The project consists of two components viz. This loan agreement has been signed for the
(i) Shared Infrastructure for Solar Parks “Odisha Higher Education Programme for
(estimated total project cost of USD 100 Excellence & Equity (OHEPEE) Project”.
million, including USD 75 million in IBRD loan
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The Objective of the project is to improve the the number of representatives of both countries
quality of ‘students’ equitable access to selected will be included.
institutions and enhance governance of the The Joint Working Group meeting will be
higher education system in Odisha. held simultaneously once every two years in the
Philippines and India.
Agreement between India and
Colombia Agreement between India and
On November 10, 2017, Union Cabinet has Ethiopia
given approval for signing the Joint On November 1, 2017, the Union Cabinet
Interpretative Declaration (JID) between India approved the Ex-Post Facto approval for the
and Colombia regarding the existing Agreement trade agreement to strengthen and promote
for the Promotion and Protection of Investments business and economic cooperation between
between India and Colombia. India and Ethiopia.
The agreement was signed on November 10, This trade agreement was signed on October
2009. 5, 2017 during the state visit of the President of
The JID would impart clarity to the India to Ethiopia during October 4-6, 2017.
interpretation of the existing Agreement as it Before it the current trade agreement was
includes interpretative notes to be jointly signed in the year 1982.
adopted for many clauses, including, the Under this new trade agreement, all necessary
definition of investor, definition of investment, measures will be provided for promotion of
Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET), National economic cooperation, investment and technical
Treatment (NT) and Most Favoured Nation sector.
(MFN) treatment, expropriation, Investor –State
Dispute Settlement provision and Denial of
Benefits.
Joint Interpretative Declarations/Statements
in general play an important supplementary role
in strengthening the investment treaty regime.
India and the Philippines
On November 10, 2017, the Union Cabinet
approved the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding between India and the
Philippines for cooperation in agriculture and
related fields.
This will help in understanding the best
agricultural practices between the two countries
and will help in improving access to advanced
global markets as well as better productivity.
The MoU has made provisions for
cooperation in the following areas: paddy
production and processing, multifold system,
dry land farming system, organic farming, solid
and water maintenance and management, soil
fertility, silk pest farming, agriculture forestry
and livestock improvement.
There is also a provision for the formation of
a Joint Working Group in this MOU, in which
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TARANG, UJALA, VIDYUT PRAVAH,
PLANNING & GARV, URJA, and MERIT.
PROJECT NPP is integrated with associated systems of
Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Power
Finance Corporation (PFC), Rural
Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Electrification Corporation (REC) and other
Kendra major utilities.
On November 22nd, 2017, Cabinet It would serve as single authentic source of
Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the power sector information to apex bodies,
Prime Minister has given its approval to the new utilities for the purpose of analysis, planning,
scheme called ‘Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti monitoring as well as for public users.
Kendra’. The system is available 24×7 and ensures
This scheme will empower rural women effective and timely collection of data.
through community participation to create an
environment in which they realize their full BharatNet – Launch of Phase II
potential. On November 13, 2017, the Central
The new scheme “Pradhan Mantri Mahila Government launched the phase II of the
Shakti Kendra (PMMSK)” is envisaged to work BharatNet project.
at various levels. In the National Conference on BharatNet,
In addition, has given its approval for organized by the Department of
expansion of the schemes of Ministry of Women Telecommunications in Science Bhawan, New
and Child Development under Umbrella Scheme Delhi, the Central Government announced that
“Mission for Protection and Empowerment for internet services will be started in 2.5 lakh Gram
Women” for a period 2017-18 to 2019-20. Panchayats by 2019.
The financial outlay during 2017-18 to 2019- The Conference attended by representatives
20 will be Rs.3, 636.85 crore with a Central of State Governments and Service Providers to
Share of approximately Rs.3, 084.96 crore. benefit from the BharatNet Framework and
discuss its various dimensions.
National Power Portal (NPP) In the first phase of BharatNet, a target was
On November 14th, 2017, Shri R.K. Singh, made to provide optical fiber connectivity to
Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & more than one lakh village panchayats in many
Renewable Energy, launched the National states of the country.
Power Portal (NPP) here today. The portal may The purpose of this project is to promote
be accessed at http://npp.gov.in. internet services, e-healthcare, e-education,
NPP is a centralised system for Indian Power ecommerce and employment generation in rural
Sector which facilitates online data capture/ areas.
input (daily, monthly, annually) from
generation, transmission and distribution
utilities in the country.
It disseminate Power Sector Information
(operational, capacity, demand, supply,
consumption etc.) through various analysed
reports, graphs, statistics for generation,
transmission and distribution at all India, region,
state level for central, state and private sector.
The Dashboard would also act as the single
point interface for all Power Sector Apps
launched previously by the Ministry, like
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· This conference is being jointly organized
CONFERENCE by India and America.
· The theme of this three-day conference is
AADI MAHOTSAV ‘Women First, Prosperity for All’. American
From November 16th-30th, 2017, “AADI President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor
MAHOTSAV” a celebration of the spirit of Ivanka Trump is leading the American
Tribal Culture, Cuisine and Commerce will be delegation to this conference.
organized at Dilli Haat New Delhi. · This is the first time that this conference is
The Theme of the festival is: A Celebration of going on in South Asia.
the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Cuisine and · The world’s entrepreneurs, investors,
Commerce. government officials and business
On November 14th, in a Curtain Raiser Press representatives are participating in this
Conference, Ms. Leena Nair, Secretary, conference.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, informed that · It is important that the US has declared
Mahotsav will be inaugurated by Shri M. ‘National Entrepreneurship Day’ on November
Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India. 21 and November as ‘National Entrepreneurship
Ministry of Tribal Affairs along with Tribal Month’.
Cooperative Marketing Development Federation
Ltd (TRIFED) is organizing “AADI
MAHOTSAV” a celebration of the spirit of
5th Global Conference on Cyberspace
During November 23rd -24th, 2017, ‘5th
Tribal Culture, Cuisine and Commerce.
Global Conference on Cyberspace’ was
Over 480 tribal artisans from over 25 States
organized at Aerocity, New Delhi.
will participate in the festival.
It is one of the world’s largest conferences in
The festival will feature exhibition-cum-sale
the field of Cyberspace and related issues.
of tribal handicrafts, art, paintings, fabric,
For the first time, this conference is taking
jewellery and much more through 160 stalls.
place outside Organisation for Economic Co–
It is noteworthy that Tribal Cooperative
operation and Development (OECD).
Marketing Development of India Ltd.,
The theme of this conference was
(TRIFED) is an organization under the Ministry
“Cyber4All: A Secure and Inclusive Cyberspace
of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India and is engaged
for Sustainable Development”.
in marketing development of tribal products
The two days conference was inaugurated by
including tribal art & craft under the brand name
PM Narendra Modi.
“TRIBES INDIA”.
Senior officials, industry leaders from more
The main mandate of TRIFED is capability
than 100 nations and about 2000 delegates from
enhancement of the tribals, promotion of tribal
civil society attended this conference.
products and creation of marketing opportunities
for the tribals with a view to ensuring them fair
prices for their products and augmenting their 20th International Children’s Film
income on sustainable basis. Festival’ India
During 8-14 November, 2017, the ’20th
Eighth Global Entrepreneurship International Indian Child Film Festival’
(ICFFI) was organized in the sculpture Vedika
Conference Hyderabad, Telangana.
· During November 28-30, 2017; the ‘8th
The theme of this festival was ‘New India’.
Global Entrepreneurship Summit: GES’ is being
This festival was jointly hosted by the Indian
organized in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Children Film Society (CFSI) and Ministry of
· On November 28, 2017, Prime Minister
Information and Broadcasting, along with
Narendra Modi inaugurated this conference.
Telangana Government.
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