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--:Farm Bill-2020:-- Since the Green Revolution in 1966 the growth in Indian agricultural sector has been increasing. Now almost 70% of the Indian population is directly or indirectly connected with cultivation. For the betterment of the farmers Indian Government has passed Farm Bill-2020 in the Parliament. After the consent of the President, it has become an act, Farm Act 2020. But farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other states are protesting against the bill. Farm Bill 2020 consists of three bills. These are The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Service Bill 2020. The Essential Commodities Amendment Bill 2020. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020. Intended Advantage From the Farm Bill 2020 : Agricultural Produce comes under the framework of electronic trade. Farmers can sell their produce in any parts of the country by e-commerce portal without going through the middle men and paying levies such as ...

-:The Worst Affected Migrant Workers During Lockdown:- During lockdown the migrant workers had to face many difficulties. In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic several governments had imposed lockdown in their respective jurisdictions to prevent the disease from spreading further. In India lockdown was imposed on and from 23 rd March 2020 without any prior announcement. Workers worked outside their own state had been locked. Nobody would not know how many phases of  lockdown would be. When lockdown phases continued one after another the workers became worried. Food, money and every necessary commodity for survive ended. They became restless to return their home. A migrant worker informed, ‘’We had to spend day after day in starving. Then we started walking towards our home states.” In the same way some by cycle, some by foot went out for their home states. In this miserable condition Indian railway started some special trains. Many migrant workers hired private bus. But none could ...

  Aarogya Setu  In the fight against Covid-19 in India, the Government launched a mobile application namely Aarogya Setu to connect essential health services with the citizens of India. It is an updated version of an earlier application called Corona Kabach now discontinued. Prime Minister of India launched Aarogya Setu App. It has been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) that comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. To take a step forward for protecting the citizens, the government has launched the Aarogya Setu App in 11 different languages. This app uses GPS and Bluetooth features of smartphones to track the infection. It tells how many Covid-19 positive cases are likely in a radius of 500 m, 1 km, 2km 5 km and 10 km for the users. It helps in determining whether the person has been in close contact with any other infected person or not. By Aarogya Setu App the Government is informing the citizens about the risks, best practi...

CARGO SHIP STRANDED ACROSS THE SUEZ CANAL MAKE GLOBAL TRAFFIC JAM On 23 rd March 2021 a cargo ship stranded across the Suez Canal. It has blocked the global shiping transportation. Ever Given is the name of the stranded ship which is operated by Taiwanese transport company Evergreen Marine and is one of the world’s largest container carrier vessels. The length of the ship is 400m. and wide is 59m. It was carrying 20,000 containers and the total weight of the container is 2,24,000 tons. The ship was going from China to Netherland. When it was passing through the Suez Canal a gust of wind diverted the ship towards the bank and stranded there. But the Suez Canal Authority told the reporters that the wind is not only the reason for stranding. There may be other reasons. They also informed that an investigation would be needed to determine whether technical or human error occurred. As of Sunday (28 th March) there were 369 ships stuck on the either sides of the blockage. About 12%...

  Ban Plastic Bags Plastic bags are used for various purpose. The most common use of plastic bags is to carry grocery items. These are easily available in the market and thus used extensively. However, disposing these bags is a big issue as these bags are non-biodegradable. They have become a major cause of land pollution. Used plastic bags stay in our environment for years and contribute to land and water pollution. This is the reason why many countries have banned the use of plastic bags. These countries have replaced plastic bags with paper and reusable cloth bags. Jute Bag The Government of India has also banned the use of plastic bags in many states but the same has never been implemented properly. We must understand that these have been banned for our good. Every individual must take it as his responsibility to stop the use of plastic bags to keep our environment clean and healthy. Plastic bags cause health problem in human beings as well as in animals. Waste food, vegeta...

 SAVE WATER SAVE LIFE Jal Shakti Abhiyan is a recently launched water conservation campaign undertaken by the Government of India with an aim to cover almost 256 districts across the entire country. This campaign comes under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Ministry of Jal Shakti was formed on May 2019 by merging of two Ministries. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. This campaign has its focus on five important aspects water conservation and rain water harvesting, renovation of traditional and other water bodies, reuse of water and recharging of structures, watershed development and intensive afforestation. The campaign will run through citizen participation in two phases. Phase I from 1 st July 2019 to 15 th Sep 2019 for all states and UTs and the 2 nd phase from 1 st Oct to 30 th Nov 2019 for states and UTs receiving the retreating monsoon (Andhrapadesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Puducherry). I...

 Awards of India Awards are the sign of honour and respect conferred to the people with praiseworthy achievements. The major categories of Awards are : 1. C ivilian Awards. 2.   G allantry Awards . Civilian Awards Civilian Awards are conferred to the people with outstanding achievements in their field of work. These awards have been conferring since 1954. Civilian awards are (According to the degree of honour) : Civilian Awards 1. Bharat Ratna - Highest Honour. 2.   Padma awards are conferred in three categories. These are following in the decreasing order of their importance. a.  Padma Vibhushan – 2 nd Highest Honour. b.  Padma Bhushan – 3 rd Highest Honour. c. Padma Shri – 4 th Highest Honour. 2021 Padma awardees Gallantry Awards Gallantry awards are conferred to the personnel in the field of military for bravery and valour. There are two types of Gallantry awards. These are  Gallantry Awards 1 . Wartime Gallantry Awards. 2 . Peacetime A...