20th december and 21st december

20^th DECEMBER

DISABILITY ISSUES

1.      SOCIAL

A.    DISCRIMINATION, OTRACISED

B.     LACK OF EQUAL OPP

C.     SOCIAL STIGMA AND SUPERSTITION

2.      ECONOMIC

A.    POVERTY RIDDEN

B.     DISCRIMINATION IN WORK AND LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES, 1995 ACT

C.     LACK OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION

D.    IMPLENENTATION OF GOVT SCHEMES

3.      HEALTH

A.    OUT OF POCKET EXP

B.     LACK OF GERATICS DEPT, INFRA

C.     CLINICAL TRAILS, LACK OF SCREENING

D.    CURATIVE EMPHASIS AND NOT PREVENTIVE (SUNDER CMT)

4.      PSYCHOLOGICAL: DEPRESSION, LOW SELF EFFICACY, ANXIETY

5.      OTHER ISSUES: GLASS CEILING EFFECT, IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEMES, ONLY 3% RESERVATION, INDIA HAS THE LAGEST BURDEN OF THIS BUT NO ROLE MODELS: HELEN KELAR AWARD

6.      SOLUTION

A.    PERSON WITH DISABITITY(EQUAL OPP, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT 1995

B.     RTE,2009

C.     NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME: IGNPS FOR DISABILITY

D.    PUBLIC SECTOR RESERVATION AND CONSESSTIONAL FACILITY

E.     MARRAKESH TRETY AND AMENDMENT IN CR

F.      AWARENESS REGARDING ORGAN TRANSPANTATION

G.    VACCINE DEVELOPMENT: JENVAC

H.    NATIONAL HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT PROG: GOLDEN HOUR APPROACH: SUNDER CMT

I.       12^TH PLAN: RBA AND COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION

J.       UN CONVENTION ON DISABITITY: EQUAL OPP,

K.    2013: GoI : MENTAL HEALTH CARE APPROACH: MENTAL ILLNESS AS A DISABILITY

L.     FINANCIAL FACILITIES: NRHM,NUHM: INSURANCE

M.   SPL DEPT OF DISABILITY: SC DIRECTION: 3% OF THE ENTIRE CADRE

Disable rights group

RIGHTS OF PERSON WITH DISABILITIES BILL 2013:

1.      COMPREHENSIVE DEFN

2.      5% RESERVATION IN GOVY BUT NONE IN PVT SECTOR : DISABLE FRIENDLY ENVN

3.      70 MILLION POPULATION

4.      WILL REPLACE 1995 ACT: PHYSICAL DISABILITY TO MENTAL ILLNESS

CABINET NOD FOR FTA IN TRADE AND SERVICES WITH ASEAN

SOUTH EST ASIA: ZONE OF POWER SHIFT: MARITIME, ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC

2008: INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY: STRATEGIC INT MORE IMP THAN ECONOMIC

EXTENDED MARITIME NEIGHBOURS: WEST ASIA AND S E ASIA

SE ASIA:

1.       CONNECTIVITY WITH PACIFIC

2.      MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY

3.      STARTEGIC ZONE: MALLACA STRAIT, PIRACY ISSUES AND SECURITY

4.      HUGE PPL TO PPL POTENTIAL

LCA PROJECT IS CHEAPER THAN OTHER FIGHTERS

AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL RELATION

IMPORTANCE: ALL 3 TOPICS PASS THROUGH: RESERVIOR OF RAW MATERIAL OF ALL TYPES

HUB OF THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE LEAST DEVELOPED: SOURCE OF NEO COLONISATION

NO UNANIMITY: DIVIDED ON RACIAL, TRIBAL AND RELIGIOUS FACTORS: SOURCE OF INSTABILTY WHICH IS EXPLOITED BY THE DEVELOPED WORLD

BUFFER ZONE BTW ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEAN

WEST ASIA (BIRTHPLACE OF 3 RELIGIONS): JERUSULAMàAFRICA

3 CRISIS OF AFRICA

1.      TRIBAL CONFLICT

2.      RELIGIOUS CONFLICT

3.      RESOURCE CONFLICT: CIVIL WARS: GENOCIDE

CENTRAL AFRICA

DRC, RWANADA,BURUNDI: HOUTI, TUTSI ISSUE; DRC: MAXIMUM BORDER SHARING: M 23 CONFLICT

KATANGA PLATEAU: COPPER, COLTON; CONGO RIVER: PLACER DIAMONDS

UGANDA: INFLUENCES THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF DRC AND A SOURCE OF INSTABILITY

EAST AFRICA

AL QUEDA INFLUENCE IN EAST AFRICA: USING THE POVERTY TO ATTRACT THE YOUTH

ARAB MAGHREB: ISLAMIC VIEWS, MORROCO, LIBYA, EGYPT, TUNISIA, ALGERIA: MODERATE ISLAMIC VIEW

AL QUEDA MAGHREB IS NOW DEVELOPING: SOMALIA: NO RESOURCES: TRIBAL ISSUES, STRATEGIC POSTION (GULF OF ADEN): ZONE OF PIRACY, FAILED STATE, NO STABLE GOVERNMENT, AL-SHABAB: OFF SHOOT OF AL QUEDA

SOMALIA: KENYA, DJIBOUTI, ETHIOPIA: HORN OF AFRICA: STRATEGIC ZONE CHOCKED

KENYA: MAX TRADING ACTIVITY: MOMBASA (TEA TRADE)

AFRICAN UNION, ECOWAS: PEACE AND STABILITY MANDATE

UN PEACE KEEPING FORCES: NOT ASSUALT FORCES, DEFENSIVE ORGANISATION, MANDATE TO PROTECT CITIZENS, TO TRAIN THE REGIONAL/COUNTRIES ARMED FORCES

POST 2012: AL SHABAB WAS FORCED TO RETRIEVE DUE TO ADVANCES OF GOVT FORCES WITH HELP OF REGIONAL PARTNERS AND INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION AND AID BUT THERE WAS REVIVAL OF AL SHABAB WITH WESTGATE MALL ATTACK IN KEYNA IN 2013

SUDAN (RESOURCE CONFLICT, TRIBAL CONFLICT)

SOUTH SUDAN: REGION OF OIL EXPLORATION BUT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK LIES IN NORTH SUDAN (SUDAN)

SUDAN: TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, IT IMPOSED 50% TRANSIT COST OVER THE OIL OF SOUTH SUDAN: DEADLOCKàS. SUDAN WORKING OUT ALTERNATIVE ROUTES THROUGH KENYA (MOMBASA)à INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION COURT: RULD IN FAVOUR OF S SUDAN: ECONOMICALLY REFLECTIVE PRICE

S SUDAN: TRIBAL ISSUE: ETHINIC (2013): DINKA AND NOURA: CIVIL WAR ON THE BRINK: POWER STRUGGLE; DAFUR DISPUTE

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (RELIGIOUS CONFLICT)

CIVIL WAR: WEST AFRICA: CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM ISSUE (SELEKA ATTACKED THE GOVT AND TOOK OVER THE POWER REIGNS)

NIGERIA (RELIGIOUS CONFLICT, RESOURCE CONFLICT, AL-QUEDA INFLUENCE, TRIBAL ISSUE)

AFRICA’S LARGEST POPULATED, URBANISED ZONE

CHRISTANITY AND MUSLIM CONFLICT

NORTHERN NIGERIA: G NUT; MIDDLE: COCOA; SOUTHERN NIGERIA: TEA, OIL; PORT HARTCOURT, LAGOS (GROUND NUT, TRADING CENTRE)

S NIGERIA: CHRISTANITY: RICHER AND PROSPEROUS POPULATION

N NIGERIA: BOKO HARAM: MUSLIM DOMINATED: CHRISTIAN PEOPLE MIGRATED TO OTHER COUNTRIES

IMPOSITION OF UN CHAPTER VII RTP, AU AND ECOWAS TOOK ACTION: ELIMINATED BOKO HARAM: NOW PEACE PREVAILS ON RELIGIOUS FRONT

IZO AND AZILA TRIBAL ISSUES STILL MARR THE COUNTRY’S PROGRESS

MALI

CULTURALLY RICH COUNTRY: LIBERAL AND MODERATE ISLAM: SUFISM

AL QUEDA TARGETS THE LIBERAL IDEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF MALI

TAUREG PEOPLE: TRADITIONAL PEOPLE OF NORTHERN MALI MIGRATED TO LIBYA AND TUNISIA: BUT COZ OF ARAB SPRING THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO NORTHERN MALIàAFTER COMING BACK: AMADO TAURI (LEADER): THEY WANTED AZAWAD INDEPENDENT REGION: SECESSIONIST MOVT STARTEDàMALIAN GOVT REJECTED INDEPENDENCEàANSAR DINE EMERGED AS AN OFF SHOOT OF AL QUEDA

TAURAG AND ANSAR DINE CAME TOGETHER FOR POWER

DIFFERENCES BTW ANSAR DINE AND TAUREG EMERGED: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND LIBERAL ISLAM WAS STILL THE AIM OF TAUREG PEOPLE, WHILE ANSAR DINE WAS IN FAVOOUR OF SOCIETY LED BY SHARIA LAW (FUNDAMENTALISTIC ISLAM)

THE ISSUE RESOLVED THROUGH INTERVENTION OF FRENCH GOVT., UN AND AU AND ECOWAS: ANSAR DINE WAS ELIMINATED FROM MALI

CAR ON EDGE AGAIN

SOUTH SUDAN ETHINIC VIOLENCE

PAKISTAN ROLLS OUT INDIGENOUS FIGHTER PLANE: JF-17 THUNDER: PAK AND CHINA COLLABERATION

THERE MAY BE ICE UNDER ICE: ANTARTICA STRUGGLE

SHIELD SYSTEM: KIMBERLITE AND CHERKONITE ROCKS RICH IN DIAMONDS

DIAMONDS ARE FORMED FROM PURE CARBON UNDER EXTREME HEAT AND PRESSURE AT DEPTHS OF 150 LM BELOW EARTH

VOLCANIC ERUPTION BRING THE CRYSTALS TO SURFACE, PRESERVED IN ROCK CALLED LIMBERLITE: AFRIOCA, AUSTRALIA, SIBERIA

C RANGARANJAN CONTI..CCEA APPROVES HIGHER PRICES

21^ST DECEMBER

ISRO GEARING FOR SPACE CAPSULE SRE-2 FOR MANNED SPACE MISSIONS: GSLV MK 3

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

INDIA’S ENVIRONMENTAL PROG STATED IN 1950s: KM MUNSHI : VAN MAHOTSAV:

1970s: POVERTY THE BIGGEST POLLUTER, WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT 1972

1973: PROJECT TIGER

1980: FOREST CONSERVATION ACT: CLASSIFICATION OF HABITAT

1986: ENVN PROTECTION ACT: ECO SENSITIVE ZONES, ECO FRAGILE ZONES, ECOSYS APP

CHIPKO MOVT: GAURA DEVI AND SUNDERLAL BHAGUNA

APPIKO MOVT: PANDURAM HEDGE

BISHNOI PPL OF RAJASTHAN: WORSHIP TREES

WATER MAN OF INDIA: RAJENDRA SINGH

CENTRAL POLL CONTROL BOARD (SPCB)

1.      CONTROL POLLUTION AIR AND WATER

2.      LOCATION OF INDUSTRIES

3.      EIA

PROJECT TIGER

DECREASING POPLUTION

1.      HIGH DEMAND OF PRODUCTS: CHINA

2.      HUNTING AND POARCHING

3.      HABITAT LOSS

4.      MAN ANIMAL CONFLICT

PROTECTION

1.      NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY UNDER PM

2.      TIGER CENSUS: PHASE 3 AND 4: CAMERA PROCEDURE AND RADIO COLLAR AND INFRARED TECHNOLOGY

3.      TIGER TASK FORCE

4.      AMENDMENT OF WILDFIRE PROTECTION ACT

ISSUES

1.      INDIA HAS LARGEST WILD CATS

2.      CENTRAL AND WESTERN INDIA REGION OF CAT POPULATION DECREASING

3.      LOW GENETIC DIVERSITY: SOLUTION IS INTER REGION BREEDING PROG

4.      CENSUS EVERY YEAR

5.      INVOLVE SCIENTIST AND CONSERVATIONALIST

LOKPAL: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

CONTROLLING THE CORRUPTION:

1.      COMM OF ENQIRY ACT

2.      PCA

3.      DPSE ACT

4.      CVC

5.      CrPC

CBIàPROSECUTION AND INQUIRY: COAL GATE: CBI HANDED THE REPORT TO LAW MINISTRY

SC: NO AUTONOMY OF CBI

CBI DEMENDED REFORMS: A. FINANCIAL AUTONOMY, B. FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY, C. METHOD OF APPT AND TENSURE, D. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTONOMY

DOES NOT TAKE UP DIRECTLY: THROUGH CVC, POLITICAL CLASS, LOKPAL, MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL

A CURE WORSE THAN THE MALADY

ATTCH THE PROPERTY OF THE ACCUSED: LOKPAL

NO PROV OF AUTONOMY FOR CBI: JUST ADDITION OF ONE MORE BOSS; ONLY REFORM OF SELECTION OF DIRECTOR (PM, HM, CVC)

ANTI CORRUPTION: CVC HAS SUPRETENDENCE OVER CBI, ANY OFFICER OVER JT DIRECTOR IS APPT THROUGH CVC

SINGLE DIRECTIVE

NO OFFICER OF UNION GOVT CAN BE SUBJECTED TO PRELIMNARY INVESTI WO NOD OF MINISTRY EXCEPT RED HANDLED CASES

SINGLE DIRECTIVE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OFFICERS ABOVE RANK OF JT  COMM, WHICH CREATES 2 CLASSES OF PERSONNEL: ONE WHICH CAN BE PROSECUTED AND ONE WHICH CANNOT.

CVC IS A NEEDLESS APPENDICE, LOKPAL IS A COSMETIC IMPOSITION OVER CBI, NO ISSUES OF ITS PERSONNEL TAKEN UP, AUTONOMY ISSUES UNTOUCHED

PROTECTING WOMEN AT WORKPLACE

2013: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION, REDRESSAL)

DEFN: WORKPLACE, HARASSMENT, EMPLOYER, PUNISHMENT

1.      MAX FOCUS ON ORGANIZED SECTOR

2.      ICC: SENIOR MOST WOMEN EMPLOYEE, 2 NGOs, 2 OTHER MEM OF COMPANY: MADE BY EMPLOYER: ICCàEMPLOYERàSERVICE RULE OF COMPANY (DEPENDING ON CO.): LACK OF UNIVERSAL PUNISHMENT

3.      DM: DCCà EMPLOYER IS THE ACCUSEDà POWER WITH DM

4.      CONCILIATION: ADR: MEDIATION (3^RD NEUTRAL PARTY: NOT BINDING), ARBITRATION : RECOGNISED AGENCY..BINDING, CONCILIATION: 3^RD PARTY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE

CONCILIATION IS LOWERING THE DIGNITY OF WOMEN (SELLEMENT OF DISPUTE BEFORE INVESTIGATION AT REQUEST OF VICTIM

ENABLES BETTER COMM, SOL ACCEPTABLE, CONFIDENTIALITY MAINTAINED

MARKED POWER DIFFERENCE BTW EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE

5.      MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT OF 10 YEARS

CENTRAL MONITORING SYSTEM

LETHAL AND INTRUSIVE SYSTEM: SURVEILLANCE AND INTERCEPTION SYSTEM

1.      WHICH AUTORITY IS RESP FOR INTERCEPTION AND DATA MINNING: RESPONSIBILITY TO WHOM: MISUSE: TAPPING OF ARUN JAITLEY’S PHONE

2.      PROTECTION OF DATA: RADIA TAPES LEAKED

3.      USED BY POLITICAL MASTERS: POLITICAL ESPIONAGE

4.      JUDICIARY NOT INVOLVED

5.      DESTRUCTION OF DATA: TILL WHAT TIME COLLECTION

6.      IN CONTRADICTION OF ITU: PRIVACY VIOLATED

7.      INFORMATION TO THE PERSON WHO WAS MONITORED

WESTERN GHATS PROTECTION DRAFT NOTIFICATION COMING

1.      KERELA THE EXEMPTED STATE

2.      MINNING BANNED, PLANTATION, AGRICULTURE AND ROUTINE ACTIVITIES NOT TO BE EFFECTED

3.      STATE TO GET POWER TO BOUND ESA BOUNDARIES

4.      NEW THERMAL PROJECTS, HEAVY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ABOVE 20000 HECTARE, TOWNSHIP AND AREA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ABOVE 50 HA WILL NOT BE ALLOWED

5.      ALL BANNED PROJECTS CAN BE DONE AFTER CONSENT OF GRAM SABHA

6.      EXISTING MINNING PROJECTS TO BE PHASED OUT WITHIN NXT 5 YEARS

7.      37% AREA ECO SENSITIVE ZONE

SOUTH SUDAN : FLARING UP IN OIL ISSUE

POWER STRUGGLE, INTER ETHINIC CONFLICT: DINKA AND NUER, ECONOMICT CONFLICT

BCIM CORRIDOR GETS PUST AFTER FIRST OFFICIAL MEET

MYANMAR: OIL, GAS; IRRAWADY;  (SITTWE), SHAN PLATEAU (TIN), PULSES

1.      NORTH SOUTH

2.      TAPI

3.      BMIC: MULTI MORDAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: ROADWAYS, PIPELINES, RAILWAYS, WATERWAYS: KUNMING TO KOLKATA

A.    SPECIFIC TIMELINE SET

B.     PHYSICAL INFRA

C.     STRATEGIC TIES

D.    CHINA: LANDLOCKED REGION YUNNAN PROVINCE: POVERTY RIDDEN

INFLATION BONDS

1.      INCREASE SAVING RATE

2.      REDUCE NON PRODUCTIVE ASSET HOLDING

3.      INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

4.      COUNTER INFLATION IMPACT ON PEOPLE: INDEXED TO CPI: FIXED AND INFLATION BASED

5.      MINIMUM INV 5000 TO MAX 500000 PER PERSON PER ANNUM