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FRBM Act not breached in budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 16 February 2020 said the 2020-21 union budget was prepared keeping the FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) in mind even as she maintained she would be remembered for presenting the "longest prepared budget" than for "longest speech" on it.
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#FRBM #budget #NirmalaSitharaman #GDP #RBI

India CSR Reporting Survey 2019
More companies in India are complying with corporate social responsibility norms under the Companies Act, 2013, with 76 per cent firms having spent 2 per cent or more of their profits on such initiatives during 2019, according to a report.
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#CSR #India #KPMG #ReportingSurvey #environmental

World’s first yoga university outside India
World’s first yoga university outside India would start its post graduation course later this year in the US along with research in the ancient Indian practice and the admissions for it will begin in April, university officials said on 15 February 2020.
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#World #VAYU #HRNagendra #NASA #LosAngeles

Mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestry
Scientists examining the genomes of West Africans have found the latest evidence of humankind’s complicated genetic ancestry as they detected signs that a mysterious extinct human species interbred with our own species tens of thousands of years ago in Africa.
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#Mysterious #ghost #UCLA #DNA #Africa #introgression
SC removes ban on cryptocurrency
The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on the trading of virtual currencies (VC) in India, which was in place after the Reserve Bank of India’s order from April 2018.
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#SC #IAMAI #RBI #VCs #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency

Direct Tax Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill approved
A bill to provide an opportunity for taxpayers to settle their tax disputes by paying just due taxes with complete waiver of interest and penalty by March 31 was approved by the Lok Sabha on 4 March 2020.
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Intelligence cell for MSMEs
A parliamentary panel on 3 March 2020 recommended setting up of market intelligence cell for MSMEs, and made a case for a cut in tax rates for proprietary as well as partnership firms from 30 per cent to 22 per cent on the lines of reduction in corporate tax.
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#Intelligence #MSMEs #GST #KVIC #RajyaSabha

Merger of PSB is on course
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 4 March 2020 said the exercise of consolidation of 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four is on course and the merger will come into effect from April 1, 2020.
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#PSBs #NirmalaSitharaman #VijayaBank #SBI #Merger

Chambal sanctuary declared eco-sensitive zone
National Chambal sanctuary has been declared as an eco-sensitive zone by the central government. The decision to declare the area as an eco-sensitive zone will prohibit the construction of hotels or resorts within an area of zero to two kilometres from the sanctuary.
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#Chambal #NCS #MadhyaPradesh #TourismMasterPlan

Amendments in the Companies Act
The Union Cabinet on 4 March 2020 approved amendments to the Companies Act, to decriminalise various offences. Cabinet has approved 72 changes to 65 sections of the Companies Act, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
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Today's Headlines - 06 September 2023
Revamped ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’ programme
GS Paper - 1 (Art and Culture)

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) launched a revamped version of the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ programme apart from an Indian Heritage app and an e-permission portal.

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Initially launched in 2017 under the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the ASI which invited corporate stakeholders to adopt from over 3,000 protected monuments spread across the country, ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’, is the upgraded version of ‘Adopt a Heritage’ programme.
The programme encourages corporate stakeholders to utilise their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to enhance facilities at historically-important monuments.
The app, on the other hand, provides a comprehensive guide to monuments under ASI’s ambit. It lists historical structures along with pictures, public facilities available on site and geo-tagged locations.
The e-permission portal has been designed to simplify and speed up the process for acquiring approvals for photography, filming, and developmental initiatives concerning heritage monuments, with the goal of expediting the permission-granting process.
The Adopt a Heritage 2.0 has incorporated a host of changes to the programme after a leaner management and supervision structure for the partner agencies, clear guidelines for semi-commercial activities and detailed scope of work and amenities required for monuments was proposed in the earlier version. 1,000 additional monuments have also been added to the list for adoption.
In the updated programme, more freedom has been given to companies such as the option to either adopt a monument in whole and develop its tourism infrastructure, or provide a particular amenity such as drinking water facility or cleaning services for one or several sites.

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