11 September 2012 Current Affairs
MGNREGA work days raised to 150, crop loans cut to 7%
Empowered
Group of Ministers(EGoM) on drought headed by Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar decided to increase the number of guaranteed work days
under MGNREGA to 150 days and cut interest rates on crop loans to 7
percent for one year for the farmers in drought-affected states.
Punjab government amends Canal and Drainage Act
The offence of “theft of canal water” can now attract both fine and 6
months imprisonment after an amendment in the law relating to canals and
drainage.Punjab Irrigation Minister, Janmeja Singh Sekhon informed
that the Punjab government has amended section 70 of the Act for this.
Indian writer Jeet Thayil on Man Booker shortlist
Indian
writer Jeet Thayil’s first novel ‘Narcopolis’, described as a
compelling tale of Mumbai’s hazy world of opium addiction, has made it
to the six-author short list for the Man Booker Prize 2012 announced on
11th September 2012.
India pledges $10-million for Palestine
The
Prime Minister Manmohan Tuesday announced to an assistance of $10
million to Palestine’s budget for this year to help address its
financial requirements.Prime Minister made this announcement after
signing three bilateral pacts – the areas of information and
communication technology, vocational training and education with
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is at present in New Delhi for
his three-day long state visit.
Vice President Releases the Book ‘Muslims in Indian Cities’
Vice
President after releasing the book entitled “Muslims in Indian Cities”
edited by Laurent Gayer and Christoph Jafferlot on 10th September 2012
at New Delhi, Shri Ansari has said that Muslims have lived in India’s
religiously plural society for over a thousand years, at times as
rulers, at others as subjects and now as citizens. They are not
homogenous in racial or linguistic terms and bear the impact of local
cultural surroundings, in manners and customs, in varying degrees.
Japan to buy disputed East China Sea islands
The
uninhabited islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China,
have long been a source of friction. Japan and China have competing
territorial claims to the islets and surrounding fishing areas and
potentially rich gas deposits.The Japanese government will buy the
islets for 2.05 billion yen ($26.15 million) and the owners will sign a
contract soon.
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