Creation of CDS announced
In one of the biggest decisions for the military, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August 2019 announced the creation of the Chief of Defence Staff to integrate the efforts, training, operations and planning of the three defence services.
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#CDS #73rdIndependenceDay #KargilWar #COSC #ACM #IAF #NarendraModi
Bimal Jalan panel finalises report
The Bimal Jalan committee, constituted to assess the adequate size of capital reserves that the RBI should hold, has finalised its report. The panel’s term was extended after the transfer of former Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg to the Power Ministry.
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#BimalJalan #SubhashChandraGarg #RBI #RajivKumar #GDP #ECF
CORAS launched
Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal launched CORAS (Commando for Railway Security) of Indian Railways and new establishment manual for Railway Protection Force.
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#CORAS #RPF #RPSF #LWE #IndianRailways #Haryana #Goyal
New mission for clean water
Stressing on the need to conserve water, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August 2019 said that the centre and the states will have to work together to save water and provide it to every household.
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#mission #JalJeevanMission #MinisterModi #IndependenceDay
India’s Largest Rural Sanitation Survey
Jal Shakti Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 (SSG 2019) in Delhi on 15 August 2019. To be instituted from August 14 to September 30, 2019, SSG 2019 will cover 17,450 villages in 698 districts across India and include 87,250 public places namely schools, anganwadi centers, public health centres, haat/bazaars/religious places, making it India’s largest rural sanitation survey.
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#India #LRSS #SSG2019 #ODF #SwachhBharatMission #AjayDevgan
In one of the biggest decisions for the military, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August 2019 announced the creation of the Chief of Defence Staff to integrate the efforts, training, operations and planning of the three defence services.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21231-creation-of-cds-announced
#CDS #73rdIndependenceDay #KargilWar #COSC #ACM #IAF #NarendraModi
Bimal Jalan panel finalises report
The Bimal Jalan committee, constituted to assess the adequate size of capital reserves that the RBI should hold, has finalised its report. The panel’s term was extended after the transfer of former Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg to the Power Ministry.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21230-bimal-jalan-panel-finalises-report
#BimalJalan #SubhashChandraGarg #RBI #RajivKumar #GDP #ECF
CORAS launched
Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal launched CORAS (Commando for Railway Security) of Indian Railways and new establishment manual for Railway Protection Force.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21229-coras-launched
#CORAS #RPF #RPSF #LWE #IndianRailways #Haryana #Goyal
New mission for clean water
Stressing on the need to conserve water, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August 2019 said that the centre and the states will have to work together to save water and provide it to every household.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21228-new-mission-for-clean-water
#mission #JalJeevanMission #MinisterModi #IndependenceDay
India’s Largest Rural Sanitation Survey
Jal Shakti Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 (SSG 2019) in Delhi on 15 August 2019. To be instituted from August 14 to September 30, 2019, SSG 2019 will cover 17,450 villages in 698 districts across India and include 87,250 public places namely schools, anganwadi centers, public health centres, haat/bazaars/religious places, making it India’s largest rural sanitation survey.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21227-india-s-largest-rural-sanitation-survey
#India #LRSS #SSG2019 #ODF #SwachhBharatMission #AjayDevgan
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Creation of CDS announced - KSG India | Khan Study Group
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Niti’s SDG Index 2019
For the second year in a row, Kerala retained its first rank among states and Bihar came last in the Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22545-niti-s-sdg-index-2019.html
#NitisSDG #SDG #NitisSDGIndex #Kerala
Carbon tax waiver for coal mooted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has proposed waiving a tax on coal to help finance pollution-curbing equipment, according to documents, but the move would also make coal more competitive in price with solar and wind energy.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22543-carbon-tax-waiver-for-coal-mooted.html
#Carbon #taxwaiver #coalmooted #NarendraModis
India's green cover increased
India’s green cover increased by 5,188 sq km (0.6%), an area the size of Goa and Delhi put together, in the past two years, shows a new assessment report of the government on the status of forest and tree cover in the country, released on 30 December 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22542-india-s-green-cover-increased.html
#Indiasgreen #coverincreased #Goa #RFA
14th Global Healthcare Summit
Visakhapatnam will host the prestigious three-day 14th Global Healthcare Summit from January 3, 2021.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22541-14th-global-healthcare-summit.html
#14thGlobalHealthcare #GlobalHealthcareSummit #AAPI #Visakhapatnam
Policy decisions for economy in 2019
From the point of view of the economy, 2019 proved a rather challenging year for India. Difficulties facing the Indian economy was a much-debated issue throughout the year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22540-policy-decisions-for-economy-in-2019.html
#economy #AGR #Policydecisions #Indianeconomy
102-trn infrastructure projects unveiled
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 30 December 2019 unveiled Rs 102 trillion of infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the next five years as part of the government's spending push in the infrastructure sector.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22539-102-trn-infrastructure-projects-unveiled.html
#NirmalaSitharaman #projectsunveiled #IndependenceDay
For the second year in a row, Kerala retained its first rank among states and Bihar came last in the Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22545-niti-s-sdg-index-2019.html
#NitisSDG #SDG #NitisSDGIndex #Kerala
Carbon tax waiver for coal mooted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has proposed waiving a tax on coal to help finance pollution-curbing equipment, according to documents, but the move would also make coal more competitive in price with solar and wind energy.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22543-carbon-tax-waiver-for-coal-mooted.html
#Carbon #taxwaiver #coalmooted #NarendraModis
India's green cover increased
India’s green cover increased by 5,188 sq km (0.6%), an area the size of Goa and Delhi put together, in the past two years, shows a new assessment report of the government on the status of forest and tree cover in the country, released on 30 December 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22542-india-s-green-cover-increased.html
#Indiasgreen #coverincreased #Goa #RFA
14th Global Healthcare Summit
Visakhapatnam will host the prestigious three-day 14th Global Healthcare Summit from January 3, 2021.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22541-14th-global-healthcare-summit.html
#14thGlobalHealthcare #GlobalHealthcareSummit #AAPI #Visakhapatnam
Policy decisions for economy in 2019
From the point of view of the economy, 2019 proved a rather challenging year for India. Difficulties facing the Indian economy was a much-debated issue throughout the year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22540-policy-decisions-for-economy-in-2019.html
#economy #AGR #Policydecisions #Indianeconomy
102-trn infrastructure projects unveiled
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 30 December 2019 unveiled Rs 102 trillion of infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the next five years as part of the government's spending push in the infrastructure sector.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22539-102-trn-infrastructure-projects-unveiled.html
#NirmalaSitharaman #projectsunveiled #IndependenceDay
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Niti’s SDG Index 2019 | KSG India | Khan Study Group
For the second year in a row, Kerala retained its first rank among states and Bihar came last in the Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index for 2019. The index, which evalua
Today's Headlines - 19 August 2023
New non-poor emerging in India
GS Paper - 3 (Economy)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address that in the first five-year term of his government, “13.5 crore of my fellow poor brothers and sisters have broken free from the chains of poverty and entered the new middle class”. The 13.5-crore number cited by the PM appears in the second National Multidimensional Poverty Index report that was published by Niti Aayog on 17 July 2023 (Some highlights in chart). The first such report was published in 2021.
What is the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
The national MPI measures deprivations across the three dimensions of health and nutrition, education, and standard of living.
Within health, it tracks three variables: nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, and maternal health.
In education, it tracks two variables: years of schooling, and school attendance. And in standard of living, it tracks seven variables such as sanitation, drinking water, bank account, etc.
The index is based on the methodology used by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to construct the Global MPI. OPHI and UNDP are technical partners in the formulation of the national index.
But India’s MPI is not exactly the same as the Global MPI. For instance, India’s MPI has 12 variables, while the Global MPI has 10. The two additional variables in India’s MPI are maternal health and bank account.
How does this reduce poverty?
It must be noted that this is a multidimensional poverty index and, as such, is not comparable to India’s traditional and official way of estimating poverty.
However, the Global MPI 2023 report, which too was released in July, states that 415 million people in India moved out of poverty between 2005-06 and 2019-21.
The Global MPI pegs India’s poverty ratio at 16.4% as against 14.96% in Niti Aayog’s MPI. This difference is on account of the two additional metrics, and some differences in definitions.
Does the reduction in poverty add to India’s middle class?
There is no official definition of the middle class in India. It is, therefore, difficult to say whether those who escape poverty necessarily join the middle class, or to what extent.
Estimates of India’s middle class provided by private research organisations peg the middle class at income levels that are considerably higher than those of the people who are coming out of poverty.
For instance, in a report, ‘The rise of India’s middle class’, published in July, People Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE) divided all households into four categories: Destitutes, Aspirers, Middle Class and Rich. “…Households which are classified as Middle Class have an annual income in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 30 lakh (at 2020-21 prices),” the report said. Destitute households were those with an annual income less than Rs 1.25 lakh.
According to PRICE’s survey, as of 2021, out of a population of 1,416 million, 196 million Indians were categorised as ‘Destitutes’, 432 million were the ‘Middle Class’, and 732 million were ‘Aspirers’.
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New non-poor emerging in India
GS Paper - 3 (Economy)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address that in the first five-year term of his government, “13.5 crore of my fellow poor brothers and sisters have broken free from the chains of poverty and entered the new middle class”. The 13.5-crore number cited by the PM appears in the second National Multidimensional Poverty Index report that was published by Niti Aayog on 17 July 2023 (Some highlights in chart). The first such report was published in 2021.
What is the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
The national MPI measures deprivations across the three dimensions of health and nutrition, education, and standard of living.
Within health, it tracks three variables: nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, and maternal health.
In education, it tracks two variables: years of schooling, and school attendance. And in standard of living, it tracks seven variables such as sanitation, drinking water, bank account, etc.
The index is based on the methodology used by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to construct the Global MPI. OPHI and UNDP are technical partners in the formulation of the national index.
But India’s MPI is not exactly the same as the Global MPI. For instance, India’s MPI has 12 variables, while the Global MPI has 10. The two additional variables in India’s MPI are maternal health and bank account.
How does this reduce poverty?
It must be noted that this is a multidimensional poverty index and, as such, is not comparable to India’s traditional and official way of estimating poverty.
However, the Global MPI 2023 report, which too was released in July, states that 415 million people in India moved out of poverty between 2005-06 and 2019-21.
The Global MPI pegs India’s poverty ratio at 16.4% as against 14.96% in Niti Aayog’s MPI. This difference is on account of the two additional metrics, and some differences in definitions.
Does the reduction in poverty add to India’s middle class?
There is no official definition of the middle class in India. It is, therefore, difficult to say whether those who escape poverty necessarily join the middle class, or to what extent.
Estimates of India’s middle class provided by private research organisations peg the middle class at income levels that are considerably higher than those of the people who are coming out of poverty.
For instance, in a report, ‘The rise of India’s middle class’, published in July, People Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE) divided all households into four categories: Destitutes, Aspirers, Middle Class and Rich. “…Households which are classified as Middle Class have an annual income in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 30 lakh (at 2020-21 prices),” the report said. Destitute households were those with an annual income less than Rs 1.25 lakh.
According to PRICE’s survey, as of 2021, out of a population of 1,416 million, 196 million Indians were categorised as ‘Destitutes’, 432 million were the ‘Middle Class’, and 732 million were ‘Aspirers’.
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