01.06.2019 Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN

• Rajasthan government issues guidelines for CM Yuva Sambal Yojana

• The state government has issued detailed guidelines for the Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana under which, the unemployed graduates are given an allowance of Rs 3,500 for girls and Rs 3,000 for boys per month. Though the scheme was launched from February this year.

• Under the scheme, only those members of the family whose annual income is less than Rs two lakh and any of the two members of a family could avail the benefit. Bonafide residents of the state and graduates or its equivalent from any recognized college in the state could take advantage of the scheme.

• Similarly, woman graduates from other states married to a bonafide resident of Rajasthan is also eligible. The maximum age limit is 30 years for general and 35 for reserved categories. In a year, 1.6 lakh eligible youth would be given this benefit for a maximum period of two years. In case of more than 1.6 lakh applicants in a year, preference would be given to the oldest of the lot. Those who are continuing their studies after graduation are not eligible for the scheme. 

   

  INTERNATIONAL

  • World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed on 31 May

   

  • World No Tobacco Day (WNTD)is observed around the world every year on 31 May. Every year the World Health Organization (WHO)and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).

   

  • The annual campaign is an opportunity toraise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure, and to discourage the use of tobacco in any form.

   

  • WNTD isone of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the WHO, along with World Health Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Immunization Week, World Tuberculosis Day, World Malaria Day, World Hepatitis Day, and World AIDS Day.

   

  • World Milk Day is observed on 1 June

   

  • World Milk Day is a day established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to recognize theimportance of milk as a global food. It has been observed onJune 1 each year since 2001. 
  • The day is intended to provide an opportunity to bring attention to activities that are connected with the dairy sector.

   

  • The World Milk Day event does not follow a specific theme in the world. Different countries, governments, and non-governmental organisations decide their own theme.
    The theme for World Milk Day 2019 in India is“Drink Milk: Today & Everyday”. 

   

  NATIONAL

  • Union Cabinet Ministers Portfolio 2019

  Rajnath Singh – Defence

  Amit Shah – Home Affairs

  Nirmala Sitharaman – Finance; Corporate Affairs

  Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – External Affairs

  Nitin Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

  DV Sadananda Gowda – Chemical and Fertilizers

  Ram Vilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

  Narendra Singh Tomar – Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Rural Development; Panchayati Raj

  Ravi Shankar Prasad – Law and Justice; Communications; Electronics and Information Technology

  Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Food Processing Industries

  Thawarchand Gehlot – Social Justice and Empowerment

  Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank – Human Resource Development

  Arjun Munda – Tribal Affairs

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  Smriti Irani – Women and Child Development; Textiles

  Dr. Harsh Vardhan – Health and Family Welfare; Science and Technology; Earth Sciences

  Prakash Javdekar – Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Information and Broadcasting

  Piyush Goyal – Railways; Commerce and Industries

  Dharmendra Pradhan – Petroleum and Natural Gas; Steel

  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi – Minority Affairs

  Prahlad Joshi – Parliamentary Affairs; Coal; Mines

  Mahendra Nath Pandey – Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

  Arvind Sawant – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise

  Giriraj Singh – Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries

  Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Jal Shakti

   

  • Tribal Odisha’s woman Chandrani Murmu of BJD became the youngest MP in the country and her debut in Parliament

   

  • A tribal woman from Odisha, Chandrani Murmuaged 25 of Biju Janata Dal (BID) party became the youngest MP in the country.
  • She defeated the two-time BJP MP Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,203 votes and claimed the Keonjhar constituency, Odisha.
  • She replaced Dushyant Chautala who was elected at the age of 26 from the Hisar Lok Sabha seat in 2014.
  • She defeated the two-time BJP MP Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,203 votes and claimed the Keonjhar constituency with her victory.
  • She became the youngest MP in India’s history
  • After spending her childhood in the Tikargumura village of Odisha, Chandrani Murmu completed her Bachelors in Technology from the Siksha O Anusandhan University in Bhubaneswar in 2017.

   

  • RBI to observe financial literacy week from June 5-9

   

  • The Reserve Bank of India will observe Financial Literacy Week across the country from 3rd to 7th of June.

   

  • The theme this year is – ‘Farmers and how they benefit by being a part of the formal banking system’.

   

  • Posters and leaflets will be used to spread awareness and spread the message of financial literacy among the farming community.

   

  • The RBI  has advised banks to display the posters and content in their rural bank branches, Financial Literacy Centres, ATMs and websites.

   

   

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  • Tenth National Science Film Festival of India to be held in Agartala, Tripura in 2020

   

  • 10th National Science Film Festival of India(NSFFl) will be in Agartala, Tripura in January-February 2020.
  • This is for the second time the event will be held in a North-Eastern city.
  • It will be jointly hosted by Vigyan Prasar of the Central Government, State Government, and Tripura Central University.