NAXAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION

About the Division

• This Division was created w.e.f. October 19, 2006 in the Ministry to effectively address the LWE problem in a holistic manner. The Division monitors the LWE situation and counter-measures being taken by the affected States. The Division coordinates the implementation of various development schemes of the Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India in LWE affected States.

Polipedia: Backward Regions Grant Fund

• The Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF), launched by the Prime Minister on 19th February 2007, signifies a new approach to addressing persistent regional imbalances in development.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

• Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was 
  • launched in April 2005 by merging all ongoing schemes. 

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: Right to Information Act

• The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. 

JUDIPOLISOCIO (Opinion): NCHER and Higher Education Sector in India

• Government has taken various steps for expansion and improving quality of higher education during the XI Five Year Plan, which include setting up of:
  

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: National Rural Health Mission of India

• The mission was launched on 5 April 2005 for period of 7 years (2005–2012).
• National Rural Health Mission of India is a program and scheme run by the ministry of health
  

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: Bureau of Police Research and Development

• The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) was set up on 28th August 1970
• It has evolved as a multifaceted, consultancy organization.
• At present it has 5 divisions. 

  • Research & Correctional Administration Division:  It identifies the needs and problems of police services in the country and initiates research in this field. It also looks after the mordernization requirement of the correctional administration and also facilitates training courses and research for the same.  

JUDIPOLISOCIO (Opinion): Creation of any new States in India

• The State Reorganization Act of 1956 reorganised the boundaries of India's states along linguistic lines, and amended the Indian Constitution to replace the three types of states, known as Parts A, B, and C states, with a single type of state.
• The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries and governance of India's states and territories.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: United Liberation Front of Asom

• The Government of India banned the organization in 1990 and classifies it as a terrorist group, while the US State Department lists it under "Other groups of concern"
• The major leaders of the organisation are:
  • Maj. Gen. Paresh BaruahCommander-in-Chief)(Presently in Myanmar, shuttling between Myanmar and China(Yunnan province)
  • Arabinda Rajkhowa (Chairman) (released from Government of Assam custody on January 1, 2011)

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

• The work done by the Parliament in modern times is not only varied in nature, but considerable in volume. A good deal of its business is, therefore, transacted by what are called the PC

  • Parliamentary Committees are of two kinds: Ad hoc Committees and the Standing Committees.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: National Counter Terrorism Centre of India

• National Counter Terrorism Centre of India is an ambitious project that aims at fighting the growing menace of terrorism in India.
• Besides there are many “practical difficulties” that may prevent the actual implementation of the much needed NCTC of India.
• Presently intelligence agencies of India are operating under different Department/Ministries and there would be a “reluctance” to submit to the centralised NCTC of India.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (English: The Education for All Movement), is an Indian Government programme aimed at the universalization of elementary education "in a time bound manner", as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to children of ages 6–14 a fundamental right.
• Its goals of 2011 were to:
  • Open new schools in areas which do not have them and to expand existing school infrastructures and maintenance.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: Citizens Right to Grievance Redressal Bill, 2011

Key recommendations in the Draft Bill are:

1.                There will be a Citizens Charter, and a protocol will be put in place.

2.                Bill can be enacted as a central legislation under the concurrent list Item 8 (actionable wrongs) and can cover:

a.                  Central Schemes and Central Government Departments

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

• When the need to get the treatment arises for poor families they   often ignore it because of lack of resources, fearing wage loss, or wait till   the last moment when it’s too late.
• Even if they do decide to get the desired   health care it consumes their savings, forces them to sell their assets and   property or cut other important spending like children’s education.   Alternatively they have to take on huge debts.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia: Comptroller and Auditor General of India

• The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is an authority, established by the Constitution of India, who audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the state governments, including those of bodies and authorities substantially financed by the government.
• The CAG is also the external auditor of government-owned companies.
• The reports of the CAG are taken into consideration by the Public Accounts Committees, which are special committees in the Parliament of India and the state legislatures .
  

UPSCpedia: Polipedia - National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation

• “ADIVASI SHIKSHA RRINN YOJANA”(ASRY) is a scheme of National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC)
• Under the Scheme, NSTFDC would provide loan at concessional rate of interest to the eligible Scheduled Tribes for pursuing higher professional and technical education including PhD. in India.
• A Scheduled Tribe  having annual family income upto Double the Poverty Line would be eligible.  The present limit is Rs. 39,500/- p.a. for rural areas and Rs. 54,500/- p.a. for the urban areas.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia - National Council for Vocational Training

• The Council was established in 1956 and since then it has been advising Government in framing the vocational training policies for expansion of National Vocational Training System and in maintaining high standards of training in the country.
• ITIs are growing with an average rate of 10% every year during last five years. In Government Sector, there are 2244 ITIs with seating capacity of 4.69 lakh and in Private Sector, total ITIs are 7160 with seating capacity of 8.62 lakh.
  

UPSCpedia: Polipedia - Lokpal

• The word Lokpal is a proposed ombudsman (Legal Representative) in India.
• The first Jan Lokpal Bill was by Shanti Bhushan in 1968 and passed in the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969 but could not get through in the Rajya Sabha. Subsequently, Lokpal bills were introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008, yet they were never passed.
• The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) while recommending the constitution of Lokpal was convinced that such an institution was justified not only for removing the sense of injustice from the minds of adversely affected citizens but also necessary to instill public confidence in the efficiency of the administrative machinery.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia - India's National Manufacturing Policy

• The Cabinet approved the revised proposal of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry to put in place a National Manufacturing Policy.
• The major objectives of the National Manufacturing Policy are to increase the sectoral share of manufacturing in GOP to at least 25% by 2022; to increase the rate of job creation so as to create 100 million additional jobs by 2022; and to enhance global competitiveness, domestic value addition, technological depth and environmental sustainability of growth.
• The policy envisages specific interventions broadly in the areas of industrial infrastructure development; improvement of the business environment through rationalization and simplification of business regulations; development of appropriate technologies especially green technologies for sustainable development and skill development of the younger population.

UPSCpedia: Polipedia - National Human Rights Commission

National Human Rights Commission of India

• The National Human Rights Commission is an autonomous statutory body established on 12 October 1993.