Funds for ICMR

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The approved outlay under the 12^th Five Year Plan for Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is Rs. 4770 crore. Against the approved outlay, a total of Rs. 1972.74 crores have been released between 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 and an amount of Rs. 610 crore has been earmarked for ICMR during 2016-17 as Budget Estimate. The details are given below:

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Year	Budget approved in XIIth (Plan)	RE	Funds received	Funds Utilized
2012-13	440	440	460.14	549.14*
2013-14	1086	480	480.2	538.24*
2014-15	1185	505	486.74	527.50*
2015-16	1100	545.66	545.66	565.16*
2016-17	959	610.00	102.85	–
Total	4770	2580.7	2075.59	2180.04

* The expenditure in excess of grant received from Govt. of India has been incurred out of Unspent Balance of previous years and Misc. Receipts generated by ICMR.

The grant allocated to Indian Council of Medical Research has increased marginally over the years.

India – Japan Social Security Agreement to come into force from October 2016

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The Agreement on Social Security between India and Japan shall come into force with effect from 1st October 2016. With this addition number of Social Security Agreement (SSA) that would become operational would be sixteen. The Ministry of External Affairs, along with Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) – the competent authority for negotiating and concluding SSAs have completed the formalities for the Agreement to enter into force. The Social Security Agreement between India and Japan was signed in Tokyo on November 16, 2012.

Bilateral Social Security Agreements (SSA) are made with other countries to protect the interests of Indian professionals, skilled workers working abroad. The Government of India till date has signed SSA with 19 countries. The SSAs have been in operation with 15 countries so far.

An SSA generally provides for “detachment”, “totalisation” and “portability” of Social Security benefits between agreeing nations. While under Detachment provisions, International Workers are exempted from making contribution in the host country, the Totalisation allows aggregating residency periods of social security contribution made by the Indian worker / professional in India and the foreign country to qualify for retirement benefits. The Portability further allows one to avail benefits in either country

The comprehensive SSA between India and Japan when operational from 1st October 2016 will favourably impact the profitability and competitive position of Indian and Japanese companies with foreign operations in either countries by reducing their cost of doing business abroad. Thousands of Indian and Japanese workers who are working in Japan and India respectively will benefit from the agreement. The SSA will also help more Japanese companies to consider India as a destination for their manufacturing investments.

Further to this, BRICS Second Employment Working Group meeting is being held in Hyderabad, on 27-28 July 2016. The forum is being planned to impress the BRICS group to adopt a resolution to take the necessary steps to ensure that Social Security Agreements are entered into between the member countries of BRICS. This is all the more because BRICS nations have individually signed SSAs with other nations. Trade relations between BRICS nations have been increasing over the years and major Industries and Enterprises from respective nations are making investments. The companies often make dual contributions in the absence of detachments provisions that affect the competitiveness.

Guidelines for National Programme for Creche & Daycare

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Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has informed that the Government has set up a Working Group for formulating comprehensive programme/policy/guidelines for National Programme for Creche and Day Care Facilities for children and its funding pattern etc. under the Chairpersonship of Secretary, WCD with participation from Ministry/Department/Organizations and State/UT Governments.

The above proposal envisages the facilities of early childhood care, early stimulation for children below 3 years, pre-school education (3-6 years), health care services including immunization & growth monitoring, supplementary nutrition, sleeping facilities, drinking water & sanitation facilities. The Working Group would also deliberate upon incentives/ facilities to be provided to implementing agencies.

It is expected that the proposed programme would be applicable across the country including unorganized sector/private and public sector organizations.

Knowledge & Technology enterprise in Earth System Science for Public Safety /Socio-Economic Benefits

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ESSO meaning - what does ESSO stand for?

Earth System Science Organization (ESSO), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is a knowledge enterprise in the Earth System Science for socio-economic benefits to the Nation. The Ministry of Earth Sciences was established in the year 2006 by bringing agencies of meteorology, ocean development and operational seismology activities under one umbrella. The sole purpose of the endeavour was to address holistically various aspects relating to earth system processes for improving forecast of the weather, climate and various natural hazards. The Ministry inter alia is responsible for development of technology towards the exploration and exploitation of marine resources in a sustainable way for the socio-economic benefits of the society. The mission of the Ministry is to provide services for weather, natural hazards, climate, ocean and coastal state, seismology, and exploring marine living and non-living resources and the Polar Regions.

The Ministry has now prepared a vision document for next 15 years (up to 2030) keeping in view the social goals set out globally in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 7-year Strategy Document as a part of the “National Development Agenda” and 3-Year Action Document aligned to the predictability of financial resources during the 14th Finance Commission Award Period. The Vision document will be released on 27th July, 2016 at the Foundation Day function at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

Over the past few years, the quality of weather, climate, ocean and seismological services have improved due to systematic efforts in augmenting atmospheric, coastal and ocean observations and survey, geophysical observations, polar research, developing adequate modelling strategy, conducting cutting edge research and investing in human resources development. There is a considerable scope for further accelerating these initiatives to enable the country to become a world leader in providing high quality services, and contribute to economic and societal benefits.

E-Auctioning Policy of Coal Mines

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Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, today in a written reply, informed Rajya Sabha that the Government has so far allocated 75 coal mines for specified end uses (31 Coal mines through e-auction & 44 coal mines through allotment) under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the Rules made thereunder.

The Minister further said that the expected revenue of these 75 coal mines which shall accrue to the coal bearing States under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 is estimated at more than Rs. 3.53 Lakh Crores during the life of mine/lease period. The estimated revenue from the e-auction of 31 Coal Mines is Rs. 1,96,698 Crores. As on 31.05.2016, the revenue already generated from the allocation of 74 coal mines under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 is 2,237 Crores (excluding Royalty, Cess and Taxes) which shall be devolving entirely to the coal bearing State concerned, Shri Goyal added.

Scholarship Scheme for Destitute/Orphan children in Child Care Institutions

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Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has informed that the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) an autonomous body under Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has recently revised its guidelines which provide scholarship to a child who is orphan or destitute and residing in a Child Care Institution (CCIs) and has done well in his/her school by securing at least 70% marks. The child should not be receiving any assistance on regular basis from any other sources towards his/her education. Scholarship is available till the child completes present course of education for which the scholarship has been sanctioned. However, in case the child has to repeat a class or discontinues the education the scholarship shall cease. The scholarship is provided through National Children’s Fund, a trust created by MWCD and managed by NIPCCD.

Revised guidelines have already been circulated among all CCIs requesting them to send the nominations of eligible children by 15th August, 2016 for initiation of the selection process for award of scholarship.

ONGC conferred outstanding CSR Project award

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The Delhi Management Association conferred ONGC with the ‘Outstanding CSR project award’ in the recently concluded DMA CSR Award function held at Delhi . The award was conferred for one of the most unique CSR project implemented by ONGC – Financial Assistance for Vocational Training programme for women of Sivasagar and Pilhibit in water hyacinth craft. ONGC had taken up the project at a cost of Rs 31.5 lakh.
ONGC team sharing the award of Best CSR Project with Director (HR) Mr D D Misra at Delhi

ONGC CSR Team receiving the award from Delhi Management Association

The project details:

In the Phase I of the project, 20 women of Pilihibit district were provided training in water hyacinth crafts at North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd( NEDFi) training centre in Assam, to make them the Master Trainers. The project was undertaken in partnership with of North East Development Finance Corporation Ltd, Anubhav Chauhan Samaj Sewa Evam Shiksha Samiti and “ChaloGaon Ki Aour” (CGKA) Training Institute, Pilibhit. A 15 days residential training programme was conducted by North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited at their Common Facility Centre, at Khetri, (36 Kms from Guwahati). The training programme includes processing of raw material up to making of the finished products. The training to these artisans has helped to learn different techniques of processing water hyacinth* to make different products. After the training these women artisans become Master Trainers and entrepreneur. They are now training other women of Pilhibit at CGKA institute. Most of the master trainers who have attended the training program at Assam have now become Entrepreneur by selling bags, mats and other designer items various fairs, market, etc.

Phase II

After the successful implementation of the first Phase, 50 Women from Sivasagar district of Assam, were selected to undergo training in water hyacinth craft. The training was initially conducted by NEDFi at a village in Sivasagar district. After the initial training at local area, 25 women were selected to undergo training at NEDFi centre in Guwahati.

What is Water Hyacinth?

Water Hyacinth is an aquatic plant which can be cultivated on the surface of fresh waters or can be anchored in mud. It may often cause a variety of problems in water bodies such as hindrance to water transport; logging of intakes of irrigation, hydropower and water supply system; Micro habitat for a variety of disease vectors; increased evaporation; problems related to fishing; reduction in bio‐diversity etc. However this same plant which is a cause of several problems, also has many practical applications like its use in manufacture of paper, fiber board, yarn and rope, basket work, charcoal briquetting, biogas production , animal fodder, fertilizer, fish feed etc. Because of its abundance, water hyacinth provides a good scope for its use in production of various types of handicraft products. Pilhibit district in U.P is surrounded with lots of ponds and dam containing water hyacinth.

(Left) The artisans displaying products made of water hyacinth at Dilli Haat; (Right) Products made of water Hyacinth

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Sports ministry recommends Sports Infrastructure for ‘concessional finance’

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Sports ministry has proposed the ministry of finance for considering Sports Infrastructure as a ‘concessional finance’, said Secretary, Department of Sports, Mr. Rajiv Yadav at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.“We have proposed the ministry of Finance for considering sports infrastructure as a concessional finance and I am happy to announce you that finance ministry principles are agreed for this and now putting up the definition in consultation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) defining as sports infrastructure”, said Secretary, Department of Sports, Mr. Rajiv Yadav while inaugurating a national summit on ‘Olympics & Role of Corporate India,’ organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Mr Vijay Goel said at an ASSOCHAM event that we want to create a fever of Olympics in the country and we will be organising a ‘Run for Rio’ event from India Gate. Thousands of people will join the run to give their support to the Olympic athletes.

“A big screen will be placed below the flag at the central park along with an exhibition in which there will be posters and cutouts of Olympians like Vijender Singh and others”, said Mr. Goel.

The International Hockey federation has changed the specification for hockey just about a year back. This year, we managed to provide and able to trained our athletes on same surface which is to be played in Rio, said Mr. Yadav.

This time we have tried to get very professional mental trainers at the same time, most of the sportsperson are non-urban people keeping that in mind we have allowed their own close family members like father, mother, husband who have been their coach or mental trainer. My classic examples in this Tennis star Sania Mirza’s mother, said Mr Yadav.

As far as performance of the team is concerned a lot depends on individual sports person and the slight luck factor also, said Mr Yadav.

This time the sports ministry have allowed the athletes to reach much in advance to acclimatise, to practice there and be ready for the show. The classic case in case of sports which is require lot of concentration like Archery and Shooting . We have allowed our teams to go much in advance. The Archery team is already in Rio and they are already in that environment, added the secretary.

In the department, we have set up a National Sports Development Fund, the unique feature of this fund is whatever contribution you make to it, the equal amount will be contributed by the government of India. So, your contribution become double and you can also specify the field of activities in which you want to invest that money. I request all of you to join hands with us in this effort, whatever you contribute, will also contribute the equal amount, added the sports secretary.

Mr Vijender Singh, Olympian Champion 2016, WBO, Asia Pacific Super Middleweight also stressed for the need for playground for children and emphasised the corporate to take an initiative in this regard.

Other Speakers will also spoke during the conference were Mr Sandeep Jajodia, Sr. Vice President, ASSOCHAM, Mr Karan Ahluwalia, Sr. President & Country Head, Sports Banking Group, Yes Bank, Mr Parth Jindal, Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Sports & Sports Infrastructure and Mr D.S. Rawat, Secretary General.

Efforts to set-up an independent Court to hear NSEL Cases

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The Government of India, through regular Review Meetings, has been constantly monitoring the action taken by investigating and enforcement agencies for violations of law, criminal offences and default in payments to investors on the platform of National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL). Investigations and other enforcement measures are being taken by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Mumbai Police, Enforcement Directorate (ED), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Financial Intelligence Unit–India (FIU-IND) and Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). So far, twelve such meetings have taken place.

The last such Review Meeting was held on 19.7.2016 under the Chairmanship of Shri Shaktikanta Das, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance. The previous Review Meeting was held on 6th June, 2016. The latest status with regard to some of the important aspects of the case and the key decisions taken in the Review Meeting are as under: • A designated Judge of the City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay has been nominated to try various cases arising-out of the NSEL payment crisis, in addition to the other assigned matters, by giving priority to NSEL related cases. Meanwhile, efforts are being made to set-up an independent Court to hear NSEL related cases on exclusive basis.

The Government of Maharashtra has taken action for strengthening of EOW, Mumbai Police; augmenting the number of Designated Courts under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 (MPID Act); and deployment of full time Competent Authorities under the MPID Act for dealing exclusively with NSEL related work so that investors are repaid their lost investments in the contracts traded on NSEL quickly. The Government of Maharashtra was requested to expedite these measures so that the defaulters could be brought to book quickly; money could be realised from the sale of attached assets and consequently be returned to investors of NSEL, who have suffered losses in the payment crisis. • The Government of Maharashtra has already initiated action to auction the assets attached by EOW, Mumbai Police. So far, 831 properties worth Rs.7063 crore have been attached by EOW, Mumbai Police under MPID Act, out of which, attachment of 711 properties worth Rs. 6115 crore have been notified in the Gazette of the Government of Maharashtra. EOW, Mumbai Police was requested to expedite realisation of value of attached assets, as per the procedure, quickly. • Government of Maharashtra was also requested to consider appropriate action in respect of about Rs.18 crore of attached assets, lying in the accounts of Competent Authority and the Designated Court under MPID Act, so that it could be refunded to NSEL investors quickly, in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose. • Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had issued draft order for the merger / amalgamation of NSEL with Financial Technologies (India) Limited (FTIL) in public interest. Hon’ble Bombay High Court had granted extension of time up to 15.02.2016 to MCA for taking final view on the draft order of the amalgamation. MCA issued the final Order on 12.2.2016 for the merger of NSEL with FTIL. Hon’ble Bombay High Court, however, has restrained the Government from notifying the final Order dated 12.02.2016 in the Official Gazette. In the review meeting, MCA was advised to pursue the case expeditiously for effecting the merger at the earliest. Further, MCA was also advised to strongly defend the efforts of the Government to introduce management and governance changes in FTIL, which are under legal challenge in NCLT and Hon’ble Madras High Court.

ED had filed prosecution complaint before the City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay against NSEL and 67 other accused persons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The prosecution complaint details money trail amounting to Rs.3721.22 crore. It was advised that the ED would expedite action for completing all the procedural formalities necessary for recovery of the investment and conviction of the offenders concerned. •

FIU-IND passed an Order on 04.11.2015 under section 13 of the PMLA imposing a penalty of Rs.1.66 crore on the NSEL for non-compliance of the Act. NSEL has gone in appeal in the PMLA Tribunal against the Order passed by Director, FIU-IND. FIU-IND was advised that action may be taken to pursue the case vigorously for realising the penalty at the earliest. FIU-IND has also issued show-cause notices to Directors of NSEL for violation of PMLA. • As a follow-up of an earlier decision, SEBI conducted detailed inspection of books of five brokers of the erstwhile Forward Markets Commission, whose names figure in the list of offenders received from EOW, Mumbai Police. The audit has since been completed and SEBI is examining the report. SEBI was advised to complete the examination quickly and thereafter initiate necessary action against violation / offences, if any.

Study : How are beaches restored ?

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Summary:Erosion and human activities challenge beach ecosystems, say researchers. A new article explains how damage to the coastline can be corrected.

Taking care of beaches benefits more than summer play. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) July 15 Soils Matter blog post explains how damage to the coastline — by natural or human-made events — can be corrected.

“Beach ecosystems respond to negative forces in many ways,” says Mary Tiedeman, soil scientist. “Human development and severe storms often result in erosion and habitat loss. Various types of pollution include water acidification, water temperature rise, oil spills, sewage leaks, and sedimentation. These can cause loss of plant and animal life. Even over fishing, which may only directly effect a few animal species, has the potential to disrupt the balance of an entire ecosystem.”

Efforts continue to restore and protect beaches. “With all restoration projects, understanding the local soils is tremendously useful. Through research, scientists gain insights into how coastal soils function and how vulnerable they are to disturbances. Studying soils also helps scientists learn about the types of plant life that individual soils can support,” Tiedeman says.

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Research promotion

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The National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005 prescribes that learners should be provided with the opportunity to question, enquire, debate, reflect, explore, learn by doing as well as problem solving and critical thinking. The model textbooks developed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) aim to generate interest for inquiry among students at school level across all stages. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) incorporates project work in the curriculum in classes XI and XII. It also organises annual science exhibition where research based projects qualify for participation at the national level.

University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued detailed guidelines for adoption and implementation of Minimum Course Curriculum for Undergraduate Courses under Choice Based Credit System. These guidelines provide for introduction of research component in Undergraduate programmes through a six credit Project/Dissertation. UGC is also implementing schemes such as Special Assistance Programme (SAP), Basic Scientific Research (BSR), Universities and Colleges with Potential for Excellence (UPE/CPE), Minor and Major Research Projects (MRP), Research fellowships, Research awards, Scholarships and fellowships in engineering and technology and Emeritus Fellowship for promotion and enhancement of research and developmental activities in Universities and Colleges across the country. Ministry have also launched two schemes namely Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) and Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) for promotion of research.

National Plan of Action for Children 2016 under preparation: Maneka Gandhi

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Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Gandhi has informed that the Ministry of Women and Child Development has drafted the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC) 2016. The NPAC 2016 is based on the principles embedded in the National Policy for Children 2013(NPC 2013) and provides a road-map that links the policy objectives to actionable programmes and strategies as well as indicators for monitoring the progress. In alignment with the NPC 2013, the rights of the children are categorized under four key Priority Areas:

Survival, Health and Nutrition
Education and Development (including Skill Development)
Protection
Participation

Salient Features of draft National Plan of Action for Children 2016 are as follows:

The draft NPAC 2016 is being developed through a consultative process with different Ministries/Departments, Government of states/UTs, Civil Society Organisations as well as children.
It is based on analysis of status of children and attempts to address key issues and concerns identified in each key priority area
The draft NPAC defines objectives, sub-objectives, strategies, action points and indicators for measuring progress under the four key priority areas and also identifies key stakeholders for the implementation of different strategies.
The strategies and action points largely draw upon the existing programmes and schemes of various Ministries/Departments. However, for certain key outcome it also suggests formulation of new programmes and strategies, as required.
The plan specifically identifies areas where there is a lack of adequate data and information for measuring progress for children in terms of their survival, health, nutrition, education, development, protection and participation and suggest research and knowledge development to address the same.
The National Policy for Children (2013) provides for formation of a National Coordination and Action Group (NCAG) under the Minister, Ministry of Women and Child development to implement the plan and monitor the progress with other Ministries concerned as its members.

The draft NPAC 2016 takes into account data dis-aggregated by rural and urban areas for key indicators. Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates are key outcomes envisaged under Key Priority Area: Survival, Health and Nutrition.

The first draft is already in the public domain; i.e.; on the website of the Ministry. The Ministry is currently finalising the draft based on comments and suggestions received from other Ministries/Departments/Governments of States/UTs/Individuals and civil society organizations.

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Funds for ICMR

India – Japan Social Security Agreement to come into force from October 2016

Guidelines for National Programme for Creche & Daycare

Knowledge & Technology enterprise in Earth System Science for Public Safety /Socio-Economic Benefits

E-Auctioning Policy of Coal Mines

Scholarship Scheme for Destitute/Orphan children in Child Care Institutions

ONGC conferred outstanding CSR Project award

Sports ministry recommends Sports Infrastructure for ‘concessional finance’

Efforts to set-up an independent Court to hear NSEL Cases

Study : How are beaches restored ?

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National Plan of Action for Children 2016 under preparation: Maneka Gandhi

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