1.The USA said that the Financial Action Task Force-FATF will be an important meeting in Paris :-
The United States has said that the Financial Action Task Force – FATF, will be an important meeting in Paris, in which the final decision taken about action on Pakistan and other countries that did not take appropriate steps towards preventing financial assistance for terrorist activities. will go.
State Department spokesman Heather Novart said that Pakistan is among the countries on which the FATF is closely monitored. This statement by Ms. Novart has come in response to a tweet from Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khwaja M. Aasif in which he had said that there was no agreement on keeping Pakistan in black list. This list belongs to those countries, who need to stop the money received from terrorist activities and take further action about money laundering
2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that for the easy growth of agricultural credit and the market, the benefits of the farmers declared in the budget will increase their income :-
The Prime Minister has said that the increase in agricultural credit and easy access to the market will help in increasing the agricultural income. While addressing a national conference on doubling of agricultural income by 2022 in New Delhi, Shri Modi referred to the beneficiary schemes announced for the farmers in the budget.
The Prime Minister expressed happiness over the fact that in just one year the production of pulses increased from 17 million tonnes to 22 million tonnes. Shri Modi said that with 100% neem coating of urea, farmers can now work on using less urea on their land, saving them money. The Prime Minister also said that the use of chemical fertilizers from soil health card has reduced by eight to ten percent and yield has increased by five to six percent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government has decided to complete 99 irrigation projects which have been hanged for the past two to three decades. Shri Modi said that 22 thousand rural markets in the country will be upgraded with the necessary infrastructure so that agricultural products can get market from five to 15 kms from their production location.
3.Increasing emergency status in the Maldives for one month will keep the political crisis intact :-
The Maldivian Government has increased the emergency situation in the country for 30 days. Now the emergency will end on March 22. After the approval of the request of the President Abdullah Yameen, Parliament has extended the period of emergency. Our correspondent has reported that voting was done just a few hours before the end of the emergency period.
Opposition MPs and non-governmental organizations criticized it as a scandalous violation of democratic values. The Supreme Court of India barred the decision to return the membership of 12 opposition MPs by giving an order on Sunday. So that the opposition in the Parliament is in short vote.
In this sequence, President Yameen has removed the aspects of the emergency in which the majority of the opposition is necessary. But there is a continuation of stoppage of arrest and police arrest of people. So that opposition parties can not show support for people.
4.Registration of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra started :-
Registration of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra organized by the Ministry of External Affairs has begun tomorrow. This year this journey will begin from 8th June to 8th September between two routes. Registration can be done till date 23.
5.CBI questioned the owner of Rotomac Pen Company Vikram Kothari in New Delhi headquarter :-
In connection with another banking fraud, the CBI started the inquiry into the Rothmac Pen Company owner, Vikram Kothari, at New Delhi headquarters. On them, seven nationalized banks are accused of not paying the loan of Rs. The CBI had earlier questioned his company office and residence in Kanpur. Enforcement Directorate has banned nearly 25 loan accounts of Kothari family members. The Income Tax Department has also banned their 11 accounts.
6.The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched six new features to simplify the use of the National Agricultural Markets (E-Names) :-
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh today launched its six new features today to make the use of the National Agricultural Market (e-name) platform more easy. On this occasion, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Kisan Kalyan, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was also present. The e-name scheme is one of the flagship and important flagship schemes of the Government of India , which has been implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the purpose of providing better value to farmers through on-line competitive bid of their produce.
In his address on this occasion, Shri Singh said that the dream of Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is to double the income of the farmers by 2022 and make the farmers the mainstream of development. He said that the main purpose of e-name is to ensure better transparency and competition, and to give farmers a better value of their produce. National Agricultural Market e-name was envisaged to facilitate the process of marketing of agricultural commodities for farmers and it was started in 21 mandis on April 14 , 2016. So far, 479 mandis of 14 states and one Union Territory have been connected.
7.The foundation stone of the integrated office premises of DGCA, BCAS, AERA, AAIB and AAI at Safdarjung Airport :-
The Union Civil Aviation Minister, Shri P. Ashok Gajapati Raju has taken over the responsibility of Civil Aviation Directorate (DGCA), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Indian Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (NYSE) at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi. AAIB) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have laid the foundation stone of the integrated office premises.
This unified office complex, constructed at an approximate cost of about 303 crores, will fulfill the long pending demand of the offices of aviation regulatory authorities at one place and near the Ministry of Civil Aviation. This proposed integrated office complex, built in an area of 70,940 sq.m., will be three-storey and it employs 1500 workers.
8.Saras successfully completed the second test flight; Indian Air Force initially committed to include 15 aircraft :-
India’s indigenous light transport aircraft, Saras successfully completed the test flight for the second time today. The command of the aircraft, the Indian Air Force’s aircraft and the wing commander of the System Testing Stabilization U.P. Singh, Group Captain RV Paniker and Group Captain K.P. Bhatt was near and it flew from Bangalore’s HAL airport.
It was the second flight out of the scheduled 20 test flights before the use of the production version of Saras PT1N. The first successful flight test was done on 24th January this year. The aircraft is designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Labulators (NAL). According to NAL, production model design is expected to be ready by June-July this year.
