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In exercise of the powers conferred by sections of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 the government has notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016. These rules shall apply to every manufacturer, producer, consumer, bulk consumer, collection centers, dealers, e-retailer, refurbisher, dismantler and recycler involved in manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, collection, storage and processing of e-waste or  electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I, including their components, consumables, parts, and spares which make the product operational but shall not apply to o used lead-acid batteries as covered under the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001 made under the Act; o micro-enterprises as defined in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006); Hence, statement 1 is correct. o radio-active wastes as covered under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962) and rules made thereunder....

Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML) o It is a multi-stakeholder partnership that brings together all actors working to prevent marine litter and microplastics. It is a voluntary open-ended partnership for international agencies, Governments, businesses, academia, local authorities, nongovernmental organizations and individuals.  o It provides a unique global platform to share knowledge and experience, partners are able to work  together to create and advance solutions to this pressing global issue. o It was launched at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012  in response to a request set out in the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities.  o The partnership is led by a Steering Committee and the United Nations Environment Programme  (UNEP) provides secretariat se...

How does Reserve Bank of India discharge its statutory obligation of being 'Banker to Government'? RBI carries out the general banking business of the governments through its own offices and commercial banks, both public and private, appointed as its agents. Section 45 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, provides for appointment of scheduled commercial banks as agents at all places or at any place in India, for purposes that it may specify, “having regard to public interest, convenience of banking, banking development and such other factors which in its opinion are relevant in this regard”. Reserve Bank of India maintains the Principal Accounts of Central as well as State Governments at its Central Accounts Section, Nagpur. It has put in place a well-structured arrangement for revenue collection as well as payments on behalf of Government across the country. A network comprising the Government Banking Divisions of RBI and branches of agency banks appointed under Section 45 ...

The Inter-communal Unity Appeal made in October 1923 by a group of Indians led by Lala Lajpat Rai, Mufti Kifayatullah, Swami Shraddhanand, Maulana Azad, Kasturba Gandhi and 95 others. All sections of our public need to be reminded of its pragmatic approach: “If any individual or group of individuals belonging to any community commits an act of violence against, or attacks the person, property or honour of women or places of worship (mandir, mosque, church or gurdwara, etc) of his neighbour or townsman or helps those who indulge in such misdeeds, he is, from the religious point of view, guilty of a great sin; and that it is the duty of co-religionists of such offenders to stand up and resist such miscreants and to protect those who are so attacked.”

SVAMITVA scheme The aim of this program is to provide rural people with the right to document their residential properties so that they can use their property for economic purposes.  Benefits of the scheme : This scheme will help in streamlining planning and revenue collection in rural areas and ensuring clarity on property rights. also help in resolving property related disputes. The scheme will enable creation of better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs), leveraging the maps created under this programme. It also  provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India, engaging the latest Drone Surveying technology, for demarcating the inhabitant (Aabadi) land in rural areas.  Implementing the scheme  The program is currently being implemented in six states - Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand [HKMMUU] ° Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) will be set up  ...

Major areas need re-examine the efficacy of our political structures in India are : 1) The equation between citizens and government and what its implications are for individual freedom, privacy and national security;  2)The equation between legislature and executive;  3)The balance of administrative and financial power between provinces and the union on the one hand and provinces and local bodies on the other. The way we elect our representatives to legislatures must also come under the lens. 4) The issue of atrophied local authorities and enfeebled legislatures needs attention. For, they are at the coalface, delivering the state to the citizen. 5)The way legislatures are elected and governments are made and unmade must be scrutinised 6)The relation between the state and economy, its role in allocating resources and addressing questions of inequality, its duty to provide basic human needs, the extent of the market’s role in providing services such as health, education, civic a...