Daily Current Affairs
To the Point Notes
1.23rd Law Commission of India
Key Points:
- Constitution: Sanctioned by President Droupadi Murmu on September 1, 2024.
- Tenure: From September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2027.
- Nature: Non-statutory body constituted by the Government of India.
- Purpose: Research in law and making recommendations to the government.
- Recommendations: Not binding on the government.
Origin:
- Pre-independence: First Law Commission established in 1833 by the East India Company, chaired by Lord Macaulay.
- Notable works: Penal Code (1837), Limitation Law (1842), Scheme of Pleading and Procedure (1848).
Post-independence:
- First Law Commission: Established in 1955, chaired by M.C. Setalvad.
23rd Law Commission Composition:
- Full-time Chairperson
- Four full-time Members (including Member-Secretary)
- Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs (ex officio)
- Secretary, Legislative Department (ex officio)
- Not more than five part-time Members
2.eShram Portal
Key Points:
- Launch: August 26, 2021, by Ministry of Labour & Employment.
- Purpose: Comprehensive National Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW).
- Target: Unorganized workers in sectors like construction, agriculture, domestic work, and street vending.
- Registration: No income criteria, but workers should not be income tax payees.
- e-SHRAM Card: Unique 12-digit number for each registered worker.
- Universal Account Number (UAN): Permanent 12-digit number for each unorganized worker.
- One-Stop-Solution: Integrating various social security schemes for easier access to benefits.
- Linked Schemes: PMJJBY, PMSBY, AB-PMJAY, etc.
- Integration with Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH): Seamless registration and access to services across both platforms.
3.Measures for the LGBTQIA+ Community
Key Points:
- Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE): Seeking inputs for inclusive policies.
- LGBTQIA+: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Asexual, and others.
- Supreme Court Decriminalization: Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code partially struck down in 2018.
- Same-Sex Unions: Supreme Court rejected plea for legalization in October 2023.
- Court Recognition: Same-sex couples have the right to cohabit but no legal recognition for unions or marriages.
- Supreme Court Committee: Formed to define and elucidate entitlements for the queer community in 2023.
- Sub-committee: Addressed discrimination and access to social welfare, healthcare, and public services.
- Advisories: Issued on prison visitation rights and law enforcement measures.
- Ration Cards: Partners in queer relationships treated as part of the same household.
- Bank Accounts: Queer individuals can open joint bank accounts and nominate partners as beneficiaries.
- Healthcare: Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on healthcare rights.
- Medical Interventions: Guidelines framed for intersex children and mental health guidelines in progress.
- SMILE Scheme: Launched on February 12, 2022, for marginalized individuals.
- Central Sector Scheme: Focuses on welfare and rehabilitation of transgender individuals.
- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019: Provides for inclusive education and opportunities for transgender persons.
4.AgriSURE Fund & Krishi Nivesh Portal
Key Points:
- Launch: Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister launched in New Delhi.
- AgriSURE Fund: Supports start-ups and agripreneurs in agriculture and allied sectors.
- Support: Provides equity and debt support to sector-specific, sector-agnostic, and debt AIFs.
- Focus: Investments target high-risk, high-impact activities within the agriculture value chain.
- Krishi Nivesh Portal: Integrated, centralized platform for agricultural investment.
- One-Stop Solution: Provides access to government schemes and benefits for agri-investors.
- Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme: Launched in 2020 for post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets.
- Special Campaigns: Conducted to promote the AIF scheme.
5.Operation Bhediya
Key Points:
- Launch: Uttar Pradesh government launched to capture a pack of wolves in Bahraich district.
- Bait: Forest department using colorful teddy dolls soaked in children’s urine.
- Habitat Disruption: Swelling Ghahghara river surfing jungles disrupted wolves’ habitat.
- Biggest Attack: 42 children died in Jaunpur in 1997.
- Scavengers: Indian wolves primarily scavengers but prey on livestock when natural prey is scarce.
- Population: Estimated between 2,000 and 3,000 individuals across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.
- IUCN Status: Least Concern.
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Wolf is categorized under Schedule-I.
- Hunting Permission: Chief wildlife warden can permit hunting of dangerous or disabled wolves under Section 11 (1) (a).
6.Hayao Miyazaki Wins Ramon Magsaysay Award
Key Points:
- Awardee: Hayao Miyazaki, acclaimed Japanese animator and co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
- Ramon Magsaysay Award: Asia’s premier prize recognizing selfless service to the peoples of Asia.
- Often Referred to: Asia’s Nobel Prize.
- Awardees Selection: Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) board of trustees.
- Recognition: Honors individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions and selfless service.
- Award Ceremony: Held in Manila, Philippines, on August 31st, the birth anniversary of Ramon Magsaysay.
- Ramon Magsaysay: Third President of the Philippines after World War II.
- Indian Awardees: Vinoba Bhave, Mother Teresa, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Satyajit Ray, Mahasweta Devi, Arvind Kejriwal, Anshu Gupta, Bezwada Wilson, Ravish Kumar.
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