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INDEX
INDEX............................................................................................................................................................0
Nirvik - Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS)........................................................................................3
SIMS ..........................................................................................................................................................3
India’s Cooling Action Plan........................................................................................................................4
Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) - 2019..........................................................................4
Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) - 2019 .......................................................................6
Common Digital Platform for Issuance of Electronic Certificates of Origin..............................................7
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)..............................8
Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety Awards................................................................8
‘Wawe Summit 2019’................................................................................................................................9
Margadarshan, Margadarshak, 360 degree feedback..............................................................................9
National Geoscience Awards ..................................................................................................................10
Cabinet decision......................................................................................................................................10
Corporate tax modifications ...................................................................................................................11
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS- Dial 112), ‘E-Beat Book’ System and ‘E-Saathi’ App.......11
PACEsetter Fund programme .................................................................................................................12
Mochi Swabhimaan Initiative .................................................................................................................12
Climate Action Summit ...........................................................................................................................13
Knowledge Management “SIDHIEE” Portal ............................................................................................15
Launched UMMID Initiative and NIDAN Kendras...................................................................................15
Sign Language Day’ .................................................................................................................................16
Mobile Apps – ‘CHC Farm Machinery and Krishi Kisan App for Geo Tagging’........................................17
Boost coal production.............................................................................................................................17
Swachhata Hi Seva 2019 .........................................................................................................................17
9th India-China Financial Dialogue .........................................................................................................18
‘TB Harega Desh Jeetega’ Campaign.......................................................................................................18
Exhibition and Demonstration on Anti-Drone Technology.....................................................................19
Sardar Patel National Unity Award.........................................................................................................20
Restructuring of CPWD ...........................................................................................................................20
12th Meeting of National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER).............21
NATIONAL WATER MISSION AWARDS, 2019..........................................................................................21
2nd
Singapore India Hackathon 2019 ......................................................................................................22

CSIR Foundation Day...............................................................................................................................23
NDMA discusses ‘Fire Safety in India’.....................................................................................................24
Launches INS ‘Nilgiri’ and INS Khanderi..................................................................................................25
BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missilesuccessfully test-fired...................................................................25
IPCC Meet on Climate Change begins.....................................................................................................26
First School Education Quality Index (SEQI)............................................................................................26
OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS......................................................................................................................28

Nirvik - Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS)
AIM: to enhance loan availability and ease the lending process for boost Export.
India most export in gems, jewellery and diamond (GJD) sector borrowers with
limit of more than Rs. 80 crore will have a higher premium rate as compared to
non-GJD sector borrowers of this category due to the higher loss ratio. The ECGC
cover provides additional comfort to banks as the credit rating of the borrower is
enhanced to AA rated account.
Enhanced insurance cover will ensure that Foreign and Rupee export credit
interest rates will be below 4%and 8% respectively for exporters.
Under ECIS, insurance cover percentage has also been enhanced to 90% from
the present average of 60% for both Principal and Interest.
The stimulus package will catalyze Banks to enhance volume of export credit
lending particularly to the MSME Sector with optimal pricing due to capital and
risk optimization.
SIMS
The Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) will provide advance
information about steel imports to Government and stake holders including,
steel industry (producers), steel consumers (importers) to have effective policy
interventions.
In this system, the importers of specified steel products will register in
advance on the web portal of SIMS providing necessary information. The
registration will be online and automatic and no human intervention is
required. The importer can apply for registration not earlier than 60th day and
not later than 15th day before the expected date of arrival of import consignment.
The automatic Registration Number thus granted shall remain valid for a period
of 75 days.
The system has been developed in consultation with Ministry of Steelon the
pattern of US Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system.

India’s Cooling Action Plan
The 25th World Ozone Day (September 16) offers an opportunity to focus
global attention and action on the vital environmental issue of protection of the
stratospheric ozone Layer.
Theme: "32 years and healing”
The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) lists out actions which can help reduce the
cooling demand, which will also help in reducing both direct and indirect
emissions.
The India Cooling Action Plan:
(i) Reduce cooling demand across sectors by 20% to 25% by 2037-38,
(ii) Reduce refrigerant demand by 25% to 30% by 2037-38,
(iii) Reduce cooling energy requirements by 25% to 40% by 2037-38,
(iv) recognize “cooling and related areas” as a thrust area of research under
national S&T Programme,
(v) training and certification of 100,000 servicing sector technicians by
2022-23, synergizing with Skill India Mission
ICAP recommends synergies with ongoing government programmes and
schemes such as Housing for All, the Smart Cities Mission, Doubling Farmers
Income and Skill India Mission, in order to maximize socio-economic co-benefits.
India has proactively taken the challenge of complete phase out of HCFC 141 b,
which is a chemical used by foam manufacturing enterprises by 1.1.2020.
Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) - 2019
AIM: To build higher managerial capabilities of existing higher education leaders
and administrators and to draw fresh talent into the management of higher
education systems,
A National Initiative “Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP)” was
launched to design and deliver a structured scheme of leadership
development for HEIs.
LEAP is a three weeks (2 weeks domestic and one week foreign training)
leadership development training programme with maximum of Rs. 10 Lakhs per
participant for second level academic functionaries in public funded higher
education institutions. The main objective is to prepare second tier academic
heads that are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future. LEAP
is being implemented through the following 15 institutions:

S. No. LEAP
Training
Institution
Tentative Dates Proposed Foreign
University/Institution
1. IIT, Roorkee 29 March to 4 April, 2020 University of Michigan
2. University of
Hyderabad
October 28- November 16,
2019 Or Feb. 2020
Cornell /Yale/Duke
University, ,USA/ Kyoto
Univ, Japan
3. Jawaharlal
Nehru Univ.
2 t- 13 Dec, 2019 Foreign: 16
-20 Dec, 2019
NTU Singapore
4. AMU February 2020 Monash University
5. TISS 20-31st
Jan 2020 ( Dom) University of Pennsylvania
6. NIEPA 16 -25 October (Dom) 6th
-20
Nov 2020 (Foreign)
Oxford University
7. Banaras
Hindu
University
24 Feb-March 2020 Dom
16- 21 March Foreign
University of Chicago
8. IIT Bombay Feb 24th
-March
15th
(Domestic)
Till March end (Foreign)
Cambridge /Oxford
Univ/LSE/Kellogg School of
Management
9. NIT Trichy 17-29 Feb'20(Dom)
2- to 7 Mar'20 (Foreign)
NTU Singapore
10. IIT Kanpur January/February 2020 NTU Singapore
11. IISER
Kolkata
July 2020 Details awaited

12. IIT (BHU) Dec 2019 to Jan 2020 Details awaited
13. Jamia Milia
Islamia
February/March 2020 Oxford/ University of
Virginia, USA
14. IIT
Kharagpur
11 -22 Nov, 2019 – Dom 6 –
10 Jan, 2020 - Foreign
University of Cambridge, UK
15. University of
Delhi
February 2020 Ross Business School,
University of Michigan
Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) - 2019
Initiative: of online professional development of 1.5 million higher education
faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM. 75 (in 2018) discipline-specific
National Resource Centers (NRCs) are identified which are tasked to prepare
online training material with focus on latest developments in the discipline, new
& emerging trends, pedagogical improvements and methodologies for transacting
revised curriculum.
The First round of ARPIT 2018 stands completed in which there were
51000+ enrolments, 6411 faculty registered for examination. A total of 3807
faculty qualified.
The NRCs initially develop a 3 minute video(s) which is assessed
technically by AICTE and after having met the MOOC guidelines; the same have
been approved and uploaded on SWAYAM Portal.
The course is a 40 hour module with 20 hours of video content and
20 hours of non-video content. They are offered in a highly flexible format and
can be done at one’s own pace and time. There are built-in assessment exercises
and activities as part of the academic progression in the course. At the end of
the course, they will be a terminal assessment which will be an online
examination in a proctored environment conducted by the National Testing
Agency. All faculties who have successfully completed the online refresher course
will be certified.

Common Digital Platform for Issuance of Electronic
Certificates of Origin
This platform will be a single access point for all exporters, for all
FTAs/PTAs and for all agencies concerned. Certificate of Origin will be issued
electronically which can be in paperless format if agreed to by the partner
countries. Authorities of partner countries will be able to verify the authenticity
of certificates from the website.
The benefits of this platform will be:
New Platform Existing Process
The issuance process is electronic,
paperless and transparent
Current process requires the
exporter to visit the agency thrice for
each certificate
Real-time tracking of FTA utilization
at product level, country level etc.
Real-time tracking is not possible as
data is fragmented across various
agencies
Electronic Certificate of Origin
issued
Physical Certificates of Origin issued
Possible to electronically exchange
CoO with the partner countries
Electronic exchange of CoOs not
possible
Reduces transaction cost and time
for the exporters
Current processes take more time
and cost
India has 15 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)/ Preferential Trade Agreements
(PTAs) with various partner countries.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority (APEDA)
APEDA is testing, promoting and help people to display their Agriculture
product at world
APEDA also participated in the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in
Thessaloniki, Greece in this APEDA introduced Indian Kiwi Wine produced in
Arunachal Pradesh
APEDA is also promoting export of basmati rice through sampling and tasting
campaign of basmati rice biryani in vegetarian and non-vegetarianversions.
Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety
Awards
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has been operating the "Vishwakarma
Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP)" (Previously known as ShramVir National Awards)
and "National Safety Awards (NSA)" since 1965.
AIM: Bring out hidden talents of workers in our country. The goal is to develop
a culture of safety in our industries with simple inventions or modifications.
The criterion for presentation of these Awards is indicated as below:
 Lowest Average Frequency Rate over a period of three consecutive years
ending in the performance year as compared to the National Average for
that group of industries.
 Accident Free year based on man-hours worked during the performance
year.
Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP)
VRP is awarded in recognition of outstanding suggestions given by a
worker or a group of workers and implemented by the management during the
previous calendar year resulting in improvement in quality, productivity, savings
to the unit including savings in foreign currency and working conditions such
as safety, health and environmental conservation in the industrial undertakings
where "Suggestion Schemes" are in operation.
National Safety Awards (NSA)

The NSA is given in recognition of outstanding safety performance of
industrial establishments, construction sites, ports and installations under
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to stimulate and maintain the interests
of both the management and the workers in accident prevention programs. The
awards are given under twelve schemes, out of which ten are meant for Factories
/Construction sites /Installations under AERB and two are for Ports. Under each
award, a Shield and a Certificate of Merit is given to each of the Award Winners
and Runners-up. The establishments are classified in different schemes on the
basis of working of man-hours.
‘Wawe Summit 2019’
Theme: Make your own bag
Empowering women to take up income generation activity and
entrepreneurship in waste management through making a business out of
this record creating concept.
This Waste Management Accelerator for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs (WAWE)
summit promote entrepreneurship in waste management and providing
alternatives to single use plastic carry bags. Indian Institute of Waste
Management (IIWM) & All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will be
registering the interested participation and guiding them to connect from “Start
Up India to Stand Up India”
Margadarshan, Margadarshak, 360 degree feedback
Margadarshan (Institution) and Margadarshak (Teacher) is also a very good
initiative in which the topmost institutions will mentor other institutions, so that
they can improve their rankings and follow best practices of the mentor institute.
360 degree feedback of faculty scheme will increase the quality of education.
This scheme will encourage both students and teachers.
Model Curriculum for Diploma Courses in which All India Board of Technician
Education (AIBTE) constituted subject-wise team of 3-4 experts drawn from
academia and industry to prepare model curriculum for Diploma Courses in
seven disciplines. This Model Curriculum has come up after several meetings
and thoughtful deliberations of experts.

National Geoscience Awards
The National Geoscience Awards for outstanding contributions in the field of
geosciences, mining and allied areas were presented to twenty-two scientists
from across the country.
Prof. Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR), received the Award for Excellence for his significant global contributions
in the field of aquatic biogeochemical research.
Dr. Sohini Ganguly, of Goa University was conferred with the Young Scientist
Award-2018 for her significant work in the fields of petrology, volcanology and
geochemistry.
this Award which was initiated way back in 1966 by the Ministry of Mines and
has evolved since then with inclusion of new domains of geoscience in the list of
awards to recognize the contribution of geoscientists not only in the field of
mineral exploration but also in other disciplines of geosciences.
Cabinet decision
Figure 2`prohibitionof E-CigaretFigure 1: Productivity link bonus to railway
employment

Corporate tax modifications
Corporate tax rates slashed to 22% (25.17% effective tax after inclusive of
surcharge & cess) for domestic companies and 15% (17.01% effective tax after
inclusive of surcharge & cess) for new domestic manufacturing companies and
other fiscal reliefs
 The rate of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) has been reduced from
existing 18.5% to 15%.
 The enhanced surcharge introduce by the Finance (No.2) Act, 2019 shall
not apply on capital gains arising on sale of equity share in a company or
a unit of an equity oriented fund or a unit of a business trust liable for
securities transaction tax, in the hands of an individual, HUF, AOP, BOI
and AJP.
 The enhanced surcharge shall also not apply to capital gains arising on
sale of any security including derivatives, in the hands of Foreign
Portfolio Investors (FPIs).
 No-tax to listed companies which have already made a public
announcement for buy-back of shares
 The Government has also decided to expand the scope of CSR 2 percent
spending. Now CSR 2% fund can be spent on incubators funded by
Central or State Government or any agency or Public Sector Undertaking
of Central or State Government.
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS- Dial 112), ‘E-
Beat Book’ System and ‘E-Saathi’ App
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS- Dial 112):
Initiative to strengthen proactive community policing that would end confusion
amongst distress callers, who at times end up dialling 100 in fire or medical
emergency cases.
‘E-Beat Book’:
‘E-Beat Book’ is a web and mobile based application which will ease the
collection, updation and analysis of the information related to crime and
criminals in a real time. The E-Beat Book would be linked with Crime and
Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS), which would help in a real time
updation of crime/criminal data.

‘E-Saathi’ App:
The ‘E-Saathi’ App would help the general public, including senior citizens, to
remain in touch with the police and also give suggestions to facilitate
participative community policing (‘Your Police at Your Doorstep’ initiative). The
beat officer would be able to provide services like passport verification, tenant
verification, servant verification, character certification etc. at a click of a button
through the app, without the people needing to visit the police station.
PACEsetter Fund programme
AIM: to accelerate the commercialization of innovative off-grid clean energy
access solutions by providing early-stage grant funding that would allow
businesses to develop and test innovative products, business models and
systems.
The PACEsetter fund was constituted by India and the USA in 2015 as a
joint fund to provide early-stage grant funding to accelerate the
commercialization of innovative off-grid clean energy products, systems, and
business models.
Four projects were selected for awardees:
 Society for Economic and Social Studies, New Delhi,
 Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., Pune,
 The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi and
 RaghavendraSuntech Systems Pvt Ltd (RSSPL), Bengaluru.
Mochi Swabhimaan Initiative
Launch of Mochi Swabhimaan Initiative – a nationwide effort in which
LSSC will support the cobbler community who provide leather-based services,
with CSR funds ensuring they work in a dignified manner
About Leather Sector Skill Council (LSSC)
The Leather Sector Skill Council (LSSC) is an NSDC approved non-profit
organization dedicated to meet the demand for skilled workforce in the
leather industry in India. The council, in partnership with CLE, caters to the
training and employment needs of various sub-sectors in the leather industry.
Set up in 2012, LSSC works with a host of members from the industry,

government organizations, the academia, the training partners and the
assessment partners.
About Leather Sector
The Government of India has allowed 100% foreign direct investment
(FDI) in the sector and rationalized export duty on raw and semi-finished leather.
Leather Sector is an Export driven sector and has the potential to create 2
million jobs in the next 5 years. India accounts for about 13% of the world’s
leather production. Footwear and Leather products in the world. The leather and
leather products industry contribute less than 1% to India’s GDP and Footwear
industry contributes about 2% to India’s GDP. Distributed advanced Leather
Tool Kits among nearly 150 Leather Artisans at a function held under the aegis
of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) today in New Delhi.
Climate Action Summit
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres hosted the Climate
Action Summit in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly. A new initiative
was launched on 23rd September at the UN Climate Action Summit to help
guide the world’s heaviest greenhouse gas emitting industries toward the low-
carbon economy.
This are led by 19 countries in total and are supported by international
organizations. The Summit has brought together governments, private sector,
civil society, local authorities and other international organizations to develop
ambitious solutions in actionable areas. The Secretary-General has also
prioritized a number of action portfolios. The key areas identified are the
following:
 Finance: mobilizing public and private sources of finance to drive
decarbonization of all priority sectors and advance resilience.
 Energy Transition: accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels and
towards renewable energy, as well as making significant gains in energy
efficiency.
 Industry Transition: transforming industries such as oil and gas, steel,
cement, chemicals and information technology.
 Nature-Based Solutions: reducing emissions, increasing sink capacity
and enhancing resilience within and across forestry, agriculture, oceans

and food systems, including through biodiversity conservation, leveraging
supply chains and technology;
 Cities and Local Action: advancing mitigation and resilience at urban
and local levels, with a focus on new commitments on low-emission
buildings, mass transport and urban infrastructure; and resilience for the
urban poor.
 Resilience and Adaptation: advancing global efforts to address and
manage the impacts and risks of climate change, particularly in those
communities and nations most vulnerable.
 Mitigation Strategy: to generate momentum for ambitious NDCs and
longterm strategies to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
 Youth Engagement and Public Mobilization: to mobilize people
worldwide to take action on climate change and ensure that young people
are integrated and represented across all aspects of the Summit, including
the six transformational areas.
 Social and Political Drivers: to advance commitments in areas that affect
people’s well-being, such as reducing air pollution, generating decent jobs,
and strengthening climate adaptation strategies and protect workers and
vulnerable groups.
Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi announced a global Coalition
for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) will promote the resilience of
new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby
ensuring sustainable development. CDRI thus aims to enable the
achievement of objectives of expanding universal access to basic services and
enabling prosperity as enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals,
while also working at the intersection of the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction and the Paris Climate Agreement.
Within 2-3 years, the coalition aims to have a 3-fold impact of achieving
considerable changes in member countries’ policy frameworks, future
infrastructure investments and high reduction in economic losses from
climate-related events and natural disasters across sectors.
INDIA STEP:

India aim to increase the share of non-fossil fuels to 175GW by 2022, and
to further increase it to 450GW.
Leadership Group:
India and Sweden together with Argentina, Finland, France, Germany,
Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, South Korea and the UK, as well as a
group of companies announced a new Leadership Group for Industry Transition
that will drive transformation in hard-to-decarbonize and energy-intensive
sectors.
This global initiative will be supported by the World Economic Forum, the
Energy Transitions Commission, Mission Innovation, Stockholm Environment
Institute, and the European Climate Foundation among many others in an
ambitious, public-private effort, to ensure heavy industries and mobility
companies can find a workable pathway to deliver on the Paris Agreement
Knowledge Management “SIDHIEE” Portal
Under the BEE’s MSME Programme.
This portal will host useful information including fifty videos of
multimedia tutorials for MSMEs for early adoption of energy efficient
technologies. MSME sector will be useful in creating a platform for pooling the
knowledge and synergising the efforts of various stakeholders.
BEE work on more than 300 energy efficiency case studies and
preparation of investment grade DPRs. BEE has also implemented about 50
energy efficient technologies as pilot projects
Benefits:
 MSMEs by taking this sector towards sustainable and green pathway.
 Reduce MSMEs’ power bills and make them competitive in international
market.
 Industrial energy demand in India has almost doubled in the last five years
and it is expected to go up by over three times between 2012 and 2040.
Launched UMMID Initiative and NIDAN Kendras
Launched UMMID (Unique Methods of Management and treatment of
Inherited Disorders) initiative and inaugurated NIDAN (National Inherited
Diseases Administration) Kendras

The UMMID initiative aims
I. To establish NIDAN Kendras to provide counselling, prenatal testing and
diagnosis, management, and multidisciplinary care in Government
Hospitals wherein the influx of patients is more,
II. To produce skilled clinicians in Human Genetics, and
III. To undertake screening of pregnant women and new born babies for
inherited genetic diseases in hospitals at aspirational districts.
Figure 3. UMMID Figure 4. NIDAN
Sign Language Day’
Theme: “Sign Language-Rights for all”
United Nations (UN) has declared 23rd September as International Sign
Language Day. 2nd ‘Sign Language Day’ was celebrated by the Indian Sign
Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), an autonomous body
under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, M/o Social
Justice and Empowerment for the welfare of Divyangjans.

Mobile Apps – ‘CHC Farm Machinery and Krishi Kisan
App for Geo Tagging’
AIM: increase the income of the farmers and mechanization in farm
CHC Farm Machinery App:
Farmers can select and order the required machinery (1,20,000) at the
feasible rates for them from the Custom Hiring Centers (more than 40,000)
located in the radius of 50 Kms. This app is already available to custom service
providers for registration and uploading with geo-reference photographs of
agricultural machinery custom service centers and photographs of machinery
available in it.
Krishi Kisan App:
This app will provide farmers the information of best demonstration of
high-yielding crops and seeds in their nearby area. Any farmer with high
quality of crops can utilise this platform to demonstrate best practices of
cultivation to other farmers so that this will help other farmers also to adopt
these methods. The App will also help in geo-tagging and geo-fencing of crop and
give weather forecast message to farmers.
Boost coal production
Government is undertaking measures to ramp up the domestic coal
production from the current level of 730 MT to 1149 MT by 2023
Advantages:
 eliminating the coal import
 coal occupies 55% share in primary energy supply
 75% in electricity generation.
Swachhata Hi Seva 2019
Organized by: FSSAI
At the event, 22 of the top food companies including multinational
companies committed themselves to effectively managing plastic waste in
their operations and to reduce their plastic footprint in the coming years.

Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun have used technology to
successfully convert one tonne of plastic waste into 800 litres of diesel
every day.
FSSAI has adopted the theme song “Tik Tik Plastic” first released by Bhamla
Foundation.
9th India-China Financial Dialogue
Place: Delhi next in china
The India-China Financial Dialogue is a mechanism between the two
countries with an aim to promote cooperation in the financial sector.
During this dialogue, both sides had in-depth exchange of views on
macroeconomic situation & policy, cooperation in multilateral framework,
bilateral investment and financial cooperation.
Both sides also committed to promote a favorable environment to enable
continuous growth of bilateral trade and investment, strengthen their efforts to
promote more balanced and healthier development of trade and economic
cooperation and further enhance the closer development partnership between
two countries.
‘TB Harega Desh Jeetega’ Campaign
As part of our commitment to end-TB by 2025, we have established
patient forums in over 95 per cent of all districts in the first 100 days, which
clearly shows our strong commitment to ending TB in the shortest time.
Released the TB India Report (2019), In 2018, 21.5 lakh TB cases were
reported to the government, compared to 18 lakhs in 2017, an increase of 17%
in one year. Moreover, notifications from private sector health care providers
reached 5.4 lakhs, an increase of 40%, contributing to 25% of all TB
notifications.
GOI also announced a partnership with the World Bank which is
providing a $400 million credit for accelerating TB response in 9 states. The
courage of Ms. Chinmayi from Odisha who narrated her story of fighting brain
TB
The new TB campaign aims to improve and expand the reach of TB care
services across the country, by 2022. The interventions will be accompanied by

a comprehensive, mass media and communications campaign to generate
awareness about the disease and the free treatment services available under the
government program.
JEET (Joint Effort for Elimination of TB):
The Government of India has also partnered with the Global Fund to
launch this, a private sector engagement program operating in 45 cities across
the country. In the last year
Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY):
In April 2018, the government launched the NPY, a direct benefit transfer
(DBT) scheme to provide nutritional support to TB patients. Under the scheme,
TB patients have been receiving Rs. 500 per month for the entire duration of
treatment.
Exhibition and Demonstration on Anti-Drone Technology
Organized by: Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), under the
Ministry of Home Affairs
The objective of the seminar cum exhibition and demonstration is to
ensure that Police officers from all States, Union Territories, CAPFs, CPOs have
updated information about Anti- Drone Technology and to explore the best
comprehensive and compatible solution to control rogue drones.
The Seminar would be covering three sessions, as given below:
 ‘Threat Perspective— Border — Oil/Gas — Critical Infrastructure —
Civil Aviation — Terrorism — Law enforcement' would be covered by
distinguished panellists from States Police, CAPFs, IAF, Industry and
ONGC to highlight threats from rogue drones.
 'Understanding Anti-Drone Detection, Identification, Tracking,
Mitigation of Rogue Drones would be covered by distinguished panellists
from the industry so that the participants are familiarised with the latest
Anti — Drone technologies/equipment available.
 'Policy Framework for Anti-Drone Technology' would be covered by
distinguished panellists from DGCA, Bureau of Civil Aviation, Airport
Authority of India and Industry.

Sardar Patel National Unity Award
Government of India has instituted the highest civilian award in the field
of contribution to the unity and integrity of India, in the name of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel. The Award seeks to recognize notable and inspiring
contributions to promote the cause of national unity and integrity and to
reinforce the value of a strong and united India.
The award will be announced on the occasion of the National Unity
Day, i.e. the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel on 31st October. The Award
would consist of a medal and a citation. No monetary grant or cash award would
be attached to this Award.
An Award Committee would be constituted by the Prime Minister, which
would include the Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister,
Secretary to the President, Home Secretary as Members and three-four eminent
persons selected by the Prime Minister.
Restructuring of CPWD
Government has decided to implement ERP in CPWD so as to radically
transform its functioning and to propel it on a high growth path by improved
transparency & accountability, faster and effective decision making, improved
Client interfaces & satisfaction and to unlock its latent productivity and
efficiency. Restructuring has been implemented without reduction in the
strength of any of the cadre.
By way of delayering, earlier seven levels of functioning from Junior
Engineer to Director General, which caused slower decision making and
distributed accountability leading to delays and impacting quality have been
reduced to four levels, thereby decision making has become faster, passing the
buck tendency has eliminated, accountability and sense of belonging /
ownership at every level have increased.
It will increase turnover of the Department and also ensure functioning of
the Department in single file system.
CPWD Regional Training Institutes located across the country have been
integrated, unified and upgraded, which facilitated improved performance of the
Training activities of the Department. With the strengthening of setup at HQ.

12th Meeting of National Institute of Technology, Science
Education and Research (NITSER)
Place: New Delhi.
Following important decisions were taken in the Council meeting:-
 To launch the recruitment drive to fill up approximately 2200 faculty
positions by December, 2019.
 In-principal approval for implementation of Tenure Track System for
Faculty Recruitment after further examination of the issues highlighted by
few of the Institutes.
 Sustainable development of Institutes in Thrust Areas like earthquake
resistant structures; mapping of available ground water; artificial
intelligence; research in ethics in technology; research in artificial
intelligence and robotics for humanities; developing technologies for
recycling of waste for useful applications; cyber security for sustained
efforts & focus; climate disaster resilience, urban risk reduction;
aerospace; resilience in socio ecological systems; blockchain technology in
conventional and non-conventional communication media; digital
manufacturing and IIOT; solar thermal etc.
 Recommendations of the Oversight committee regarding anomalies in
the recruitment rules of faculty were also accepted.
 Council also decided to accept tuition fee waiver to SC/ST/PH M.Tech.
student in NITs & IIEST where such fee waiver is not available to
SC/ST/PH M.Tech. students.
NATIONAL WATER MISSION AWARDS, 2019
By: Ministry of Jal Shakti
NWM has 5 goals and 39 strategies prescribed in the Mission Document.
One of the strategies of NWM under Goal IV is to incentivize the organization/
companies through awards for water conservation and efficient use of water. The
awards are given in ten categories defined under five goals of NWM. The
categories are as follow:
 Comprehensive Water Data Base in Public Domain.
 Assessment of the impact of Climate Change on Water Resources.
 Promotion of citizen and state action for water conservation, augmentation
and

 Focused attention to vulnerable areas including over-exploited area.
 Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Local
Individuals/Farmers/Citizens)
 Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Water Users Associations/ Self
Help Groups/ Resident Welfare Associations).
 Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Public Agencies –ULBs/Cities,
Govt Organisations).
 Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Industries/Corporate).
 Increasing Water use efficiency by 20% (Small and Medium Enterprises).
 Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management.
The prize money for the awards is:
(i)First - Rs. 2 lakh;
(ii) Second - Rs. 1.5 lakh and
(iii) Third - Rs. 1 lakh.
2nd
Singapore India Hackathon 2019
Aim: This joint international hackathon is to promote engagement and
collaboration of student community in India with the rest of the world and to
develop innovative and out- of -the- box solutions for some of the daunting
problems faced by our societies.
India to host the second edition of joint international hackathon
‘Singapore India Hackathon 2019’ at IIT Madras on Sep 28 and 29, 2019
This year the hackathon is focused on three themes, ‘Good Health and
well-being’, ‘Quality Education’ and ‘Affordable and Clean Energy’.
Highlights of Smart India Hackathon 2019:
 20 teams with 6 team members each (3 members from India and 3
members from Singapore) to participate.
 Each team to have 2 mentors (1 from India and 1 from Singapore)
 Top 4 teams will win prizes ($10,000, $8,000, $6,000 and $4,000
respectively) from the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra
Modi, along with 6 more teams with Encouragement prizes ($2,000 per
team)

CSIR Foundation Day
The President unveiled the first Indigenous High Temperature Fuel Cell
System developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in
partnership with Indian industries under India’s flagship program named “New
Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI)”
Indigenous High Temperature Fuel Cell System:
The Fuel Cells developed are based on High Temperature Proton
Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) Technology. The development is most suitable
for distributed stationary power applications like; for small offices, commercial
units, and data centers etc.; where highly reliable power is essential with
simultaneous requirement for air-conditioning. This system will also meet the
requirement of efficient, clean and reliable backup power generator for
telecom towers, remote locations and strategic applications as well. This
development would replace Diesel Generating (DG) sets and help reduce India’s
dependence on crude oil.
The President presented the CSIR Technology Awards to teams of CSIR
and the G.N. Ramachandran Gold Medal to Prof. Amitabha Chattopadhyay of
CSIR-CCMB.
On CSIR Foundation Day concluded with the announcement of the
prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2019, the highest
multidisciplinary science awards in India. Following are the names under
various categories:
Biological Sciences
· Dr. KayaratSai Krishnan (Indian
Institute of Science Education and
Research, Pune)
· Dr. SoumenBasak (National
Institute of Immunology, New Delhi)
Chemical Sciences
· Dr. Raghavan B Sunoj (IIT,
Bombay)
· Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji (JawaharLal
Nehru Centrefor Advanced Scientific
Research, Bengaluru)
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and
Planetary Sciences
· Dr. Subimal Ghosh (IIT, Bombay)
Engineering Sciences
· Dr. ManikVarma (Microsoft
Research India, Bengaluru)

Mathematical Sciences
· Dr. DishantMayur Bhai Pancholi
(Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Chennai)
· Dr. Nina Gupta (Indian Statistical
Institute, Kolkata)
Medical Sciences
· Dr. Dheeraj Kumar (International
Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology, New Delhi)
· Dr. Mohammad Javed Ali (LV
Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad)
Physical Sciences
· Dr. Aninda Sinha (IISc, Bengaluru)
· Dr. Shankar Ghosh (TIFR,
Mumbai)
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NDMA discusses ‘Fire Safety in India’
Place: New Delhi.
Theme: fire risk reduction
The First session discussed Fire Risk in India and focused on emerging
issues on Fire Safety Management in the country, like Train Fires, Electric
Vehicles charging stations and Fires in Warehouses. It also held presentations
on the issues pertaining to Forest Fires – factors and management of forest fires
and their linkages with global warming and climate change. Various aspects of
Industrial Fires were also discussed.
The Second session held discussions on various measures that could be
taken to prevent and mitigate fire related events. It saw presentations on how to
reduce Fire risk, especially in the urban areas.
The Third Session saw presentations on challenges related with Fire
Fighting Institutions and on the aspects related to the need of modernization and
technological upgradation of Fire Services in the country, vis-à-vis the rapid
developmental growth.
India became the first country in the world to come out with “National
Guidelines on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction” report released by
NDMA. The Authority also released a series of videos on tips on how to survive a
disaster with Indian Sign Language incorporated. The National Disaster
Management Plan unveiled by the National Authority in 2016 and aligned to the
Sendai Framework of Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-30.

Launches INS ‘Nilgiri’ and INS Khanderi
INS ‘Nilgiri’:
The first of the Navy's seven new stealth frigates, at Mazagon Dock
Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai.
INS Nilgiri is the first ship of Project17A. Project 17A frigates is a design
derivative of the Shivalik class stealth frigates with much more advanced stealth
features and indigenous weapons and sensors. These frigates are being built
using integrated construction methodology. The P17A frigates incorporate new
design concepts for improved survivability, sea keeping, stealth and ship
manoeuvrability.
INS Khanderi:
INS Khanderi is the second of Kalvari Class diesel electric attack
submarines of the Indian Navy. It has been built in India to the French Scorpene
design and is the second submarine of the Project-75. Built indigenously by
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, INS Khanderi is a lethal addition to Navy’s
conventional submarine arsenal and is designed for silent and stealthy sub-
surface operations.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivers second Scorpene submarine
“KHANDERI” to Indian Navy
MDL's contribution to national security and nation building continues with the
P-15B Visakhapatnam class Destroyers and the P-17A class Stealth Frigates.
First Scorpene Class submarine Kalvari
Third Scorpene Class submarine KARANJ
Forth Scorpene Class submarine VELA
BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missilesuccessfully test-fired
At: Chandipur in Odisha
Range: 290-km during the launch jointly conducted by DRDO and BrahMos
Aerospace.

IPCC Meet on Climate Change begins
Place: New Delhi
The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) will examine topics such as the link between
consumption and behaviour and greenhouse gas emissions, and the role of
innovation and technology and their compatibility with the long-term
temperature goal in the Paris Agreement.
About IPCC:
The IPCC is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. It
was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and
the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide political
leaders with periodic scientific assessments concerning climate change, its
implications and risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation
strategies. It has 195 member states.
The IPCC has three working groups:
1. Working Group I, dealing with the physical science basis of climate
change.
2. Working Group II, dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
3. Working Group III, dealing with the mitigation of climate change.
4. Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories that develops
methodologies for measuring emissions and removals.
First School Education Quality Index (SEQI)
By: NITI Aayog
Aim: bring an ‘outcomes’ focus to education policy by providing States and UTs
with a platform to identify their strengths and weaknesses and undertake
requisite course corrections or policy interventions.
 Foster the spirit of competitive and cooperative federalism
 Sharing of knowledge and best practices across States and UTs
Developed through a collaborative process, including key stakeholders such as
Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), the World Bank and
sector experts, the index consists of 30 critical indicators that assess the delivery
of quality education.
These indicators are categorized as below:

Category 1: Outcomes
Domain 1: Learning outcomes
Domain 2: Access outcomes
Domain 3: Infrastructure and facilities for outcomes
Domain 4: Equity outcomes
Category 2: Governance processes aiding outcomes
States/UTs Overall Performance Ranking (2016-17)
Large States 1. Kerala
2. Rajasthan
3. Karnataka
18. Punjab
19. Jammu & Kashmir
20. Uttar Pradesh
Small States 1. Manipur
2. Tripura
3. Goa
6. Sikkim
7. Meghalaya
8. Arunachal Pradesh
Union Territories 1. Chandigarh
2. Dadra and Nagar
Haveli
3. Delhi
4. Daman & Diu
5. Andaman &
Nicobar Islands
6. Lakshadweep
Out Of the 20 Large States,10 perform better on the Outcomes category,
with the most noticeable performance differences observed in the cases
of Karnataka, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, with the most noticeable
Governance performance differences observed in the cases of Odisha, Punjab
and Haryana.
Of the eight Small States, seven perform better on the Outcomes category,
with the most noticeable performance differences observed in the cases
of Manipur, Tripura and Goa. Sikkim is the only Small State that performs
better on the Governance Processes Aiding Outcomes category.

Of the seven UTs, four perform better on the Outcomes category, with the
most noticeable performance differences observed in Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Delhi, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep perform better on the Governance
Processes Aiding Outcomes category.
States/UTs Annual Incremental Performance (Between Base Year:
2015-16 and Reference Year: 2016-17)
Large States 1. Haryana
2. Assam
3. Uttar Pradesh
18. Jharkhand
19. Uttarakhand
20. Karnataka
Small States 1. Meghalaya
2. Nagaland
3. Goa
6.Sikkim
7.Mizoram
8.Arunachal Pradesh
Union
Territories
1. Daman & Diu
2. Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
3. Puducherry
4. Lakshadweep
5. Chandigarh
6. Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS
 Center pledges 560 crores to State Governments to promote demand-
driven, industry linked skill development
 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in association with IIT Bombay, is
organizing the Global Student Solar Assembly on 2nd October 2019.
 ‘Arogya Manthan’, on completion of one year of Ayushman Bharat-
PMJAY
 Launch the website of 11th edition of DefEXpo, to be held in Lucknow from
05 - 08 February, 2020, The website, www.defexpo.gov.in, provides online
services to exhibitors, besides hosting informative content about the
product profile of DPSUs and Ordnance Factories.

 Raksha Mantri Excellence Awards for employees of Defence Accounts
Department on its annual day
 Central government imposes stock limit on traders (100 quintal on retail
traders and 500 quintals on wholesale traders), bans export of onions
 28th Saraswati Samman to Dr. K. Siva Reddy organized by the KK Birla
Foundation in New Delhi.
 Industry 4.0' in the country, is launched for implementation at the
Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Raebareli. Industry 4.0 is a complex
Cyber-Physical Systems which synergizes production with digital
technologies, the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data &
Analytics, Machine Learning and Cloud Computing.
 Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy at YasnayaPolyana, the birth place
of Tolstoy at at Russia
 6th India Water week was inaugurated by the President Shri Ram Nath
Kovind on 24th of this month with a theme of “Water cooperation: Coping
with 21st Century Challenges” since 2012. For share the best practices
and also to learn from experiences of others on all important issues
relating to water.
 India’s Right of Reply in 74th Session of the United Nations General
Assembly General that DebateThreat of unleashing nuclear devastation
qualifies as brinksmanship, not statesmanship
 Publications Division has won nine awards in various categories for its
participation in Delhi Book Fair 2019. These awards have been given by
the Federation of Indian Publishers - the apex body of Indian publishers
that organises Delhi Book Fair
 National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has discovered 30 reels of unedited
rare footage on Mahatma Gandhi that amounts to almost six hours of
duration.
 RailTel Corporation of India Ltd (providing public Wi-Fi at major Railway
stations) post net profit of Rs.110 crore during 2018-19. RailTel
Corporation is a "Mini Ratna (Category-I)" PSU. It is one of the largest

neutral telecom services providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic
fiber network (52000+ RKM) covering all important towns & cities of the
country and several rural areas.
 National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation along with UN-Habitat, is hosting a workshop on
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 (Make cities and human
settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable).
 The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal
Shakti, GoI launched the 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029),
which focus on sustaining the sanitation behavior change that has been
achieved under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G).
 All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has implemented the
Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu and Kashmir
Students.
 India Defence & Security Expo 2019 on the theme ‘Make in India 2.0’ at
Indian Institute of Technology.
 Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between India and Kazakhstan at
Pithoragarh.
 Launched the upgraded version of the Dashboard (one stop centre for all
the information about the North Eastern States) of Ministry of DoNER.
 DRDO and Central University of Jammu sign MoU to set up Kalam Centre
for Science and Technology. The main objective of the MoU is to
undertake and facilitate multidisciplinary directed basic and applied
research and technology development in the identified research verticals
namely; Computational System Security and Sensors.
 Workshop on ‘Outreach of Emerging Technologies to MSMEs’ at New Delhi.
 National Tourism Awards 2017-18 (To Andhra Pradesh) to be presented
on World Tourism Day on 27 September on the theme: ‘Tourism and Jobs:
A better future for all’. A total of 76 Awards under various categories will
be presented this year.

 The 47th Community Services Ministers' Conference (CSMC) has approved
630 proposals from participating 10 States (West Bengal for 27,746 houses,
Tamil Nadu for 26,709, Gujarat for 20,903, Punjab for 10,332, Chhattisgarh for
10,079, Jharkhand for 8,674, Madhya Pradesh for 8,314, Karnataka for 5,021,
Rajasthan for 2,822 and Uttarkhand for 2,501 house.) for construction of 1.23
lakh houses with an overall investment of Rs. 4,988 cr.
 “3rd India Agricultural outlook forum 2019” with theme ‘Universal
Basic Income for Farmers’begins in New Delhi.
 Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development
Authority APEDA organized an international conference-cum-buyer seller
meet in Agartala.
 Inaugurated Centralised Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring
System (CPGRAMS) 7.0 (540 subordinate units) will lead to reduction in
grievance disposal time and improved quality of grievance redressal.
DARPG handles about 16 lakh grievances every year of which 95% are
being disposed off satisfactorily.
 The 23rd edition of the Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR, is
scheduled between the navies of India, Japan and USA from 26 Sep to 04
Oct 19 off the coast of Japan. Two frontline indigenously designed and
built Indian Naval Ships, the Multipurpose Guided Missile
Frigate Sahyadri and ASW Corvette Kiltan to participate in the Exercise.
 An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Type-69 Trainer aircraft crashed near Gwalior
on 25 Sep 19
 Naval Ship Tarkash went at Maputo, Mozambique on 25 Sep 19
 Commissions Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Varaha’. It is the fourth among
the series of seven ships to be delivered by L&T with features like ultra-
advanced navigation, communication sensors and machinery. ICGS
‘Varaha’ is capable of operating the indigenously-developed Advanced
Light Helicopter by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The ship is well
equipped with high speed boats, medical facilities and modern surveillance
systems.
 16th Global SME Business Summit at New Delhi with Theme: “Making
Indian MSMEs Globally Competitive”. MSME’s present share of 29

percent of GDP to 50 percent in next five years and raise its export
contribution from 49 percent to 60 percent.
 5th India International Science Festival organised jointly by science &
technology- related Ministries and Departments of the Government of
India and Vijnana Bharati (Vibha) at Kolkata Theme: “RISEN India -
Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the Nation”. The first
and second IISF were held in New Delhi, the third in Chennai and the
fourth IISF was held in Lucknow.
 Launch of Private Security Agency Licensing portal within 90 days. Shri
Shah said that during the ‘26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack’, it was private
guards that first confronted the terrorists.
 'Pen-Paper Census' to be transformed to a 'Digital Census' in Census 2021
 Chintan Shivir concludes with ISPATI (Steel) IRADA to take steel sector to
new heights and vision of Zero exports of India's natural resources.
 The seventh meeting of the UAE-India High Level Joint Task Force on
Investments (the Task Force) was held on 22nd September 2019 in Abu
Dhabi to review and maintain the significant progress made in enhancing
bilateral trade and investment between the two countries.
 Cyclonic Storm ‘HIKAA’ over northeast and adjoining east central Arabian
Sea moves closely westwards
 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Acceptance of Transport Related
Information ( such as certificate of registration, insurance, fitness and
permit, the driving licence, certificate for pollution under check and any
other relevant documents) in Electronic Form DigiLocker or mParivahan
(mParivahan QR Code for offline) app. The enforcement agencies can
simultaneously access these details from eChallan app, which has data for
on-line verification of vehicle and its license status.
 India and World Expo 2020 (in Dubai) signed participants contract on
10th April 2018 for India’s pavilion in the prestigious World Expo held
once in five years. The contract provided for the setting up of India Pavilion
on an extra-large plot (about one acre).

 The 37thGST Council met in Goa today under the Chairmanship of Union
Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman (Note: GST
rate is changing as GST council so please take picture form newspaper.
Thanks.)
 Ministry of Railways enters into a MoU with Government of Odisha for joint
Redevelopment of Bhubaneswar Station as a Multi-Modal Transport Hub
(Railway Station, City Bus terminal, Public Car parking and other allied
public utilities).
 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), a flagship scheme of the
Government for pregnant women and lactating mothers has achieved a
significant milestone by crossing one crore beneficiaries.PMMVY is a direct
benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under which cash benefits are provided to
pregnant women in their bank account directly Rs. 5,000 in three
installments.
 Fish production during 2017-18 stands at 10.14% with 14.05% (71% in
2017-18 as compare to 1950-51) increase in Inland fisheries. Andhra
Pradesh has recorded the highest production of inland fish (34.50 lakh
tones) whereas Gujarat is the leading state in Marine fish (7.01 Lakh
tonnes) in the country. The export of Fish products has registered growth
of 21.35% (Quantity) and 19.11 % (Value) during the year 2017-18.
 Ministry of Human Resource Development has announced a new PPP
Scheme, National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) for
using technology (AI) for better learning outcomes in Higher Education.
 Sea Phase of maiden IN-RSN-RTN Trilateral Exercise SITMEX-19
(Singapore India Thailand Maritime Exercise) Commences
 16th Session of the Joint Economic Commission between India and
Belgium Luxembourg Economic Union. The bilateral trade between India-
Belgium and India-Luxembourg in year 2018-19 was USD 17.2 billion and
USD 161.98 million, respectively, registering growth of 41% and 150%, as
compared to 2017-18.
 Air Staff RKS Bhadauria appointed next Chief of Air Staff.
 Launches MIS (Management Information System) Portal Under Accessible
India Campaign. This portal will bring all the nodal ministries, and

States/UTs on a single platform for monitoring the progress being made
against each target of AIC.
 Skill India and IBM come together for nationwide Train-the-Trainer
program in Artificial Intelligence aims to train 10,000 faculty members
from ITIs across 7 locations in India (Delhi, Pune, Hydrabad, Mumbai,
Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore)
 CAPEXIL exports awards to take bold decisions and risks and aspire to do
extraordinary work in their industry.
 29th Meeting of the Northern Zonal Council Five Zonal Councils were set
up in the year 1957 under Section 15-22 of the States Reorganization Act,
1956. Union Home Minister is the Chairman of each of these five Zonal
Councils and Chief Ministers of the host State (to be chosen by routine
every year) is the Vice-Chairman.
 Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes
 The 63rd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) at Vienna
 Launch National Cancer Grid (NCG)- Vishwam Cancer Care Connect.
Official logo of NCG-Vishwam “Cancer Care Connect”
 The Department of Posts has announced commencing of International
Speed Post (Express Mail Service-EMS) Service that enables its users to
send documents and merchandise faster and with the added facility of
being able to track the movement of the item on the internet to Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Brazil, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and North
Macedonia.
 Committee for examining and making recommendations on various
provisions and issues pertaining to implementation of the Companies Act.
Chairman committee is Secretary, MCA
 Approval for initiating work of writing the history of the country’s borders.
It is a first-of-its-kind project to make people aware of national borders
and people living in the border regions.

 Indian healthcare sector, is expected to record a threefold rise, at a CAGR
of 22 per cent during 2016-2022 to reach US$ 372 billion in 2022 from
US$ 110 billion in 2016, the Minister said.
 India ranks 145th among 195 countries in terms of quality and
accessibility of healthcare.
 Indian pharmaceutical industry supplies over 50 per cent of global
demand for various vaccines, 40 per cent of generic demand in the US and
25 per cent of all medicine in UK.
 Coal gasification (syngas) plant for urea project at the erstwhile Talcher
unit of FCIL in Angul in the State of Odisha was awarded in contact Award
Ceremony in New Delhi today.
 The Bronze Idol of 'Buddha seated in the Bhumisparsha Mudra' was stolen
on 22nd August, 1961 from Nalanda Museum of ASI and had resurfaced
at an auction in Masstricht (organized by a London based dealer Rossi &
Rossi in Feb 2018). The India Pride Project, an online volunteer group of
Art enthusiast, played an active role in identification of the idol. The statue
was restituted to India and was handed over to the DRI (Directorate of
Revenue Intelligence).
 Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School Crowned Champions of U-17
Junior Boys Subroto Cup (football) – 2019
 ISRO and DRDO ink MoUs to provide technologies for human centric
systems for Human Space Mission
 Air-to-Air missile, ASTRA, has been successfully flight tested on 16
September 2019 off the coast of Odisha. The missile was launched from
Su-30 MKI as a part of User trials.
 National Seminar on "Emerging Trends in Public Architecture" - Year of
Construction Technology give an opportunity to the participants to
deliberate on latest developments and capacity building in the field of
Architecture design and planning in construction industry.
 New passenger Train No. 53561/53562 between Dumka and Poreyahat in
Jharkhand

 New technology called - Head on Generation technology reduce huge noise,
emit fumes, providing space for luggage guard room and additional
passengers in railway generator car
 Design for Divyangjan-accessible toilets showcased in ‘San-Sadhan’
Hackathon.
 Doordarshan Celebrates 60th year of service to the nation on 15th
September 2019 Postage Stamp Released and Poem (highlights the role
played by Doordarshan in preserving and promoting the rich cultural
heritage of India) rendered by Shri Amitabh Bachchan launched.
Doordarshan has become one of the largest broadcasting organizations in
the world and has played a pivotal role in the nation building.
 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act,
2019 Comes Into Force for Smooth & Speedy Eviction of Unauthorised
Occupants from Government Residential Accommodation
 Coal Block Allocation Rules, 2017, made under the Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulations) Act, 1957,
 National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development (NCCCR&D) is
a national level consortium on clean coal R&D, led by the Indian Institute
of Science (IISc)-Bengaluru.
Filing of IP applications Increase from 2013-14 to 2018-19 (%)
Patents 18
Trademarks 69

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