18th Dec 2017 – Press Information Bureau (Daily PIB PDF-UPSC)

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Vice President’s Secretariat

Topic: Representative of People
Shree M. Venkaiah Naidu has said
A. 4 Cs: Character, Calibre, Capacity & Conduct are important to Politicians
B. 4 Ps: Philosophy, Principles, Policies & Performance are needed in politics
C. 3 Cs: Community, Caste & Cash should be avoided in politics.
He was addressing the gathering after releasing the Commemorative
Postage Stamp on freedom fighter and parliamentarian, Shri Banarsi Das
Gupta on the occasion of his Birth Centenary Celebrations organized by
Banarsi Das Gupta Foundation.
Shri Banarsi Das was a true Gandhian, a great freedom fighter, a
visionary, and a mass leader and he left his studies and plunged into the
freedom movement led by Gandhi Ji.
He launched agitation for establishment of a responsible Government in
Jind State and was imprisoned several times.
In the post-Independent period, he became a towering leader in the then
existing State of Jind and was instrumental in paving the way for its
merger with the Indian Union, he added.
A passionate social reformer: worked tirelessly to free India from the
clutches of social evils, social oppressions, caste and gender inequalities.
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He was a crusader against untouchability, child marriage and dowry system
and by waging a relentless struggle against the practice of untouchability, he
helped Dalits get the right to enter temples and use public wells, he added.
The Vice President said that Shri Banarsi Das’s popularity among the people of
Haryana was unparalleled, who elected him thrice to the Haryana Legislative
Assembly.
He further said that he also occupied the august Office of Speaker of that
Assembly and he led the State of Haryana twice as its Chief Minister, he added.
April 1996 when he was elected as a Member of Rajya Sabha and he served as
a Member of several Parliamentary Committees.

India currently ranks 60th out of 127 countries on the Global Innovation
Index (GII) 2017.
2016: 66th
“India Innovation Index”: Launched by NITI Aayog, Department of
Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) together.
Aim: To make India an innovation- driven economy
Objective: rank states on Innovations
How: capture data on innovation from all Indian states on innovation and
regularly update it in real time.

Smart India Hackathon and Smart India Hardware Hackathon have been
launched to improve the innovative abilities of the students in the Higher
Education Institutions.
The Government is also promoting research parks (RPs) and technology
business incubators (TBIs) which would nurture and promote the
innovative ideas till they become commercial ventures.
The projects for promoting research and innovation like the IMPRINT and
Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) have brought focused attention of the
scientific community on the need for promoting innovation.
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Sendai Framework: Disaster Risk
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), 2015-2030
SFDRR is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda
It identifies targets and priority actions
India: signatory
Shri Kiren Rijiju, inaugurated the first national-level training of trainers
programme to sensitise various Central Ministries and Departments on
utilisation of Sendai Monitor for developing action plans for Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR)
The three-day programme starting today has been organised by the
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction-Global Education and
Training Institute (UNISDR-GETI).

As per 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report, published by the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), India ranks 100 out
119 countries.
The Global Hunger Index is a tool designed to comprehensively measure
and track hunger at the global, regional, and national levels.
- The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) calculates GHI
  scores each year to assess progresss and setbacks in combating hunger.
  1. Undernourishment: the share of the population that is undernourished (that is, whose caloric intake is insufficient);
  2. Child wasting: the share of children under the age of five who are wasted (that is, who have low weight for their
  height, reflecting acute under-nutrition);
  3. Child stunting: the share of children under the age of five who are stunted (that is, who have low height for their
  age, reflecting chronic under-nutrition); and
  4. Child mortality: the mortality rate of children under the age of five (in part, a reflection of the mix of inadequate nutrition and unhealthy environments).

TRAINING EVENTS & MILITARY EXERCISES: ARMY
Indo – Oman Joint Military Exercise: ‘AL NAGAH’
Indo – Nepal Joint Military Exercise.‘SURYA KIRAN
Indo – Mongolian Joint Military Exercise: ‘NOMADIC ELEPHANT’
Indo – US Joint Military Exercise: ‘YUDH ABHYAS
Indo – Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise: ‘MITRA SHAKTI’
Indo – Russia Joint Tri Service Exercise: ‘PRABAL DOSTYK – 2017’
Indo-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise: ‘SAMPRITI’
Indo – UK Joint Military Exercise: ‘AJEYA WARRIOR’