POLICE REFORMS IN INDIA

 The National Police Commission was set up in 1979 to suggest measures on police reforms. The Commission recommended a Model Police Act to replace the outdated Police Act, 1861. However, none of the recommendations was implemented. On a writ petition filed in 1996 by Prakash Singh, former Director-General of the Border Security Force (see accompanying story and graphic), the Supreme Court on September 22, 2006, issued comprehensive directions.

They include: 1)The Director-General of Police should be selected by the States from among the three senior-most officers on the basis of their length of service, very good record and range of experience. 2)Police officers on operational duties like the Inspector-General of Police in charge of a zone, Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of a range, Superintendent of Police in charge of a district and Station House Officer in charge of a police station should have a minimum tenure of two years. 3)The Centre and the States were to set up Security Commissions for selection and appointment of personnel and ensure complete autonomy in police administration.

The investigating police should be separated from the law and order police to ensure speedier investigation, better expertise and improved rapport with the people. There should be a Police Establishment Board in each State to decide all transfers, postings, promotions and other service-related matters of officers. A District Level Police Complaints Authority headed by a retired district judge will look into complaints against officers of and up to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police .

You will be told that more than 90 per cent of the NPC recommendations have been implemented. What you will not be told is that three of the most crucial ones are yet to see the light of day. The first of these relates to the setting up of a State Security Commission that will not only evaluate the performance of the police but also entertain representations from officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police and above against being subjected to illegal or irregular orders. Such a Commission - headed by the Minister in charge of the police and in which one of the six members will be from the Opposition in the legislature - could greatly reduce the frequency of wrongful and unethical directions to officers, either by the police leadership or by the political executive. The second is choosing the Director-General of Police of a State through a clinical process and conferring on him a mandatory tenure of four years. Finally, the NPC recommended the replacement of the Police Act, 1861, with a new Act that takes care of the current times when we need a swift-acting police that is not hampered by an obstructive Executive Magistrate, especially during major law and order situations. The NPC actually went to the extent of drafting a model Police Act, which plugged several lacunae in the old Act and submitted it for government acceptance. The mandarins in North Block have been dragging their feet over this since 1981, obviously because the new Act makes the police mostly free from the Executive Magistrate and the political executive.

While the first two recommendations need action by State Chief Ministers, in respect of the third, both Parliament and the State legislatures are competent to bring forward a Bill that could become the new Police Act applicable to the whole country.

In a landmark 2006 verdict, the Supreme Court came out with its now famous seven steps to police reforms. Insulation of the force from illegitimate political interference, transparency in the appointment of the DGP, separation of the law and order and investigative functions and the establishment of a complaints authority are the more important among them. They still remain on paper. Most of these recommendations have been the sum and substance of the eight reports of the National Police Commissions constituted by successive governments over the years. They were further reiterated by two committees set up in the 1990s on police reforms and embodied in the Model Police Act proposed to replace the colonial law of 1861.

The Police Act of 1861 still guides and governs our police system. The colonial mindset of the police, the distrust people had for the police in British India has continued to date.

So far we have seen either foolish reforms or no reforms in making the police relevant in modern democratic and highly insecure world.

Police is an exclusive subject under the State List ( List II, Schedule 7 of the Indian Constitution)

States can enact any law regarding the subject of police. But most of the states are following the archaic Indian Police Act 1861 with few modifications. Police have become the ‘subjects’ of Parliamentarians and legislators – with high degree ofpoliticization and allegiance towards ruling party.

Starting from the second Police Commission in 1902 headed by A.H.L. Fraser, there have been many commissions and committees formed to look into reforming the police in India.

Prominent among them are: 

·        Gore Committee on Police Training

·        National Police Commission

·        The Ribeiro Committee on Police Reforms

·        The Padmanabhaiah Committee on Police Reforms 

·         Prakash Singh Vs Union of India – SC directives for Police Reforms

·        Soli Sorabjee Committee.

The 22 September, 2006 verdict of the Supreme Court in the Prakash Singh vs Union of India case was the landmark in the fight for police reforms in India. Unfortunately, even the directions of SC have not been implemented by the states.

Courting the Court

In 2006 the SC gave 7 binding directions to the states and Union Territories. The court ordered the states and UTs to implement the directions immediately either through legislation or executive order. But, the police – politician nexus is so much deep-rooted that states are reluctant to implement any of the directions. Last year (November 2010), the SC asked for the personal presence of Chief Secretaries of 4 major states(Karnataka, WB, Maharashtra and  UP) to learn the progress and give stern directions.

ARTICLE 21: FUNDAMENTAL TO FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - ENHANCED VIEW

''No person shall be deprived of his life and personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.''

1- Post-1980, the Supreme Court has virtually been on an overdrive to maintain the sanctity of right to life guaranteed to all — citizens and foreigners — under Article 21 of the Constitution.

If in 1978, in Maneka Gandhi case, it ruled that the expression ''life'' did not mean mere animal existence but with dignity, it added another legal leaf in 2008 in Deepak Bajaj case, when it said right to life encompassed a person's reputation as well.

This new meaning of Article 21 helped the court in subsequent years-

1-      to give relief to prisoners

2-It asked the government to clean up Ganga and Yamuna as it read right to clean drinking water a part of right to life

It banned child labour, for it found that this stunted right to life

It ordered closure of polluting industries as it saw the noxious fumes stifling citizen's right to clean air and environment, which again was included within the ambit of right to life.

A whole new catena of rights was read into Article 21, which embodies the right to life and liberty. These, in various decisions, have been held to

include the right to legal aid, right to go abroad, right to reputation, right to shelter, right to privacy, right against sexual harassment of women, right to education and right to clean and healthy environment.''

The expanded scope of Article 21 has been explained by the Apex Court in the case of Unni Krishnan v. State of A.P.[8] and the Apex Court itself provided the list of some of the rights covered under Article 21 on the basis of earlier pronouncements and some of them are listed below:

(1) The right to go abroad.

(2) The right to privacy.

(3) The right against solitary confinement.

(4) The right against hand cuffing.

(5) The right against delayed execution.

(6) The right to shelter.

(7) The right against custodial death.

(8) The right against public hanging.

(9) Doctors assistance.

It was observed in Unni Krishnan’s case that Article 21 is the heart of Fundamental Rights and it has extended the Scope of Article 21 by observing that the life includes the education as well as, as the right to education flows from the right to life.Through various Judgments the Apex Court also included many of the non-justifiable Directive Principles embodied under part IV of the Constitution and some of the examples are as under:

(a) Right to pollution free water and air

.(b)Protection of under-trial.

(c)Right to every child to a full development.

(d) Protection of cultural heritage.

INDO- IRAN RELATIONSHIP AND ITS GEOPOLITICAL RESONANCE

Transitioning Iran’s role from a major oil supplier to an anchor of India’s energy security

Chabahar port project — a move that would reinforce New Delhi’s strategic ties with Tehran and Kabul ahead of next year’s withdrawal from Afghanistan by the United States.

The Chabahar port project is one such area which reflects india’s commitment to the stability and peace in Afghanistan.

Analysts points out that  India’s participation “in the upgradation” of Chabahar port has deep geopolitical resonance.

The full development of the Chabahar port would lower landlocked Afghanistan’s dependence on Pakistani ports for assured access to the sea.

 The trilateral arrangement could balance joint forays by China and Pakistan in the Indian Ocean.

It is to note here that In February, Pakistan decided that China would operate its Gwadar port, just 76 km from Chabahar.

Gwadar would provide Chinese ships sustained anchorage in an area on the edge of the Arabian Sea, not far from the Strait of Hormuz, through which the bulk of the world’s energy supplies pass.

Observers say the development of Gwadar may have imparted some urgency to India’s decision to go ahead with the Chabahar project.

Chabahar’s commercial advantages reinforce the importance of its strategic location. Iran was looking for Indian investments in the Chabahar Free Trade and Industrial Zone — an area of around 140 sq km that is carved into nine functional zones

Indian and Iranian officials brainstormed the possibility of establishing a 12-lakh-tonne urea plant in Chabahar, taking advantage of the availability of Iran’s exceptionally cheap natural gas.

India is considering investments in several other projects to boost India-Iran-Afghanistan ties.-

1. sources said India was exploring investments in the Chabahar container terminal project and in the proposed Chabahar-Faraj-Bam railway                                          
2.  Once this railroad is complete, containers can be speedily sent to Bam, on the Afghan border. Then onward journey can commence along the 200-km India-built Zaranj-Delaram road that hooks up with Afghanistan’s garland highway, linking all major cities.

1.  the off-shore Farzad B project where Indian companies could acquire oil under a lucrative production sharing agreement

4. merits of expanding India’s role in Iran’s food security basket.

SUPREME COURT'S ARGUMENTS ON KUDANKULAM DISPUTE.......

SUPREME COURT while clearing the KUDANKULAM NUCLEAR PLANT PROJECT gave following arguments –Benefits’ outweigh ‘minor radiological detriments,’ says SC

We have to balance ‘economic scientific benefits’ with that of ‘minor radiological detriments’ on the touchstone of our national nuclear policy

                                                                     

Economic benefit has to be viewed on a larger canvas which not only augments our economic growth but alleviates poverty and generates more employment

NPCIL, while setting up the NPP at Kudankulam, have satisfied the environmental principle.”

The environmental principles such as sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.

It is  part of a national policy to develop, control and use atomic energy for the welfare of the people and for economic growth.

“larger public interest of the community should give way to individual apprehension of violation of human rights and right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution

The benefits we reap from KKNPP are enormous since nuclear energy remains an important element in India’s energy mix which can replace a significant part of fossil fuels like coal, gas oil etc.”India has a mammoth population unlike developed countries, and the consumption of electricity was growing.

 “To sustain rapid economic growth, it is necessary to double the supply of energy. Energy tariff is also increasing, and nuclear power in the long run will be much cheaper than other forms of energy.”The Bench added: “[Kudankulam] Nuclear power plant is being established not to negate the right to life but to protect the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.”  

However, made it clear that the plant should not be made operational unless the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) gave their final clearances.

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KASHMIR ISSUE: the status quo

                            

1-Kashmir , a flashpoint between india and Pakistan almost since independence 

2-Presently the line of control bifurcate the region with one part administered by india and one by Pakistan

3-India would seek to formalize the current situation and make it an accepted international line unlike the Pakistan and the separatist ( Kashmiri activist ) who want greater control over the region

1947-48 Indo pak war over Kashmir

Under UN intervention they agreed for a ceasefire

A line rendered two regions as following-

Pakistan administerd-  one-third of the state  i.e the region what Pakistan calls Azad Jammu

and Kashmir, and the Northern Areas 

India administerd - two-thirds of the state i.e  Jammu, Ladakh and the Kashmir Valley, administered by India.

1972, under the terms of the Simla agreement, the ceasefire line was renamed the Line of Control.

Though india has a claim for the whole state but it has been prepared to agree upon the LOC as the international border

The same scenario has been backed by the US and UK and sought to turn LOC as international border

However Pakistan has been consistently refusing the idea of LOC  as an international border as it would render  the Kashmir valley- which is predominantly muslim population -under the administration and control of India , and also this situation does not account for the aspirations of the Kashmiri activists who are demanding the freedom of Jammu Kashmir or a part thereof as a separate nation since 1989

Discretionary powers of the President

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Discretionary powers of the President

The President of India almost always acts on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers except under the following circumstances where he acts on his discretion:

In appointing the Prime Minister from among the contenders when no single party attains majority after elections to the Lok Sabha.

A Council of Ministers is voted out and after resigning advises the President to dissolve, the Lok Sabha and hold fresh elections (or resigns and advises so without being voted out). The President is expected to exercise his discretion in such circumstances as much of the Lok Sabha's life may still be intact and it is worthwhile to explore the possibility of forming an alternative Government.

 While exercising a pocket veto. Disqualifying members of the legislature when the Council's advice is not taken.

 Can return the advice of the Council of Ministers once for its reconsideration.

Can return the Bill passed by the Parliament once for its reconsideration.

 Bills that require prior recommendation of the President –

There are certain Bills which can be introduced in the Parliament only on the recommendation of the President such as-'

 A Bill to alter the boundaries of the States or to change the names of the States (Article 3), A Money Bill as detailed in Article 11.0.

A Financial Bill (category one) involving Article 110 but containing other provisions as well.

A Financial Bill (category two) which is an Ordinary Bill but seeking to draw from the Consolidated Fund of India can be taken up for ‘consideration’ that is ‘reading two’ in the process of passage of a Bill.

Legislation involving Article 31 A. Any legislation involving items of taxation in which the States are interested or one that seeks to redefine agricultural income etc.

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

MATCH THE FOLLOWING 

1.       Chief ministers of state 
2.       Prime minister                                                A)Union Executive
3.       Supreme court
4.       Comptroller and Auditor general                   B)State Executive
5.       Attorney general       
6.       Advocate general                                            C)Judiciary
7.       LOKSABHA SPEAKER     
8.       President                                                         D)UnionLegislature(parliament)
9.       Vice president
10.   High courts of state                                         E) State Legislature
11.   Governors
12.   Council of Ministers headed by PM
13.   Council of Minister headed by CM

14th Finance Commission

14th Finance Commission  headed by  Dr. Y.V. Reddy, former Governor Reserve Bank of India, other members are-

1.      Prof Abhijit Sen

2.      Dr. M.Govinda Rao

3.      Dr. Sudipto Mundle.

4.      Ms. Sushma Nath

Primary function of finance commission is to suggest -

1-how union govt should share the taxes levied by it with the states and

2- the rules by which the centre should provide grants in aid out of the consolidated fund of india  to the states

3-suggesting measures to augment the resources of states and ways to supplement the resources of Panchayati Raj institutes and municipalities.

14th Finance Commission  headed by  Dr. Y.V. Reddy will also be giving its recommendations on some other aspects apart from its primary role –

       Pricing of public utilities like electricity and water in an independent manner and also look into issues like disinvestment, GST compensation, sale of non-priority PSUs and subsidies.

      

       measures for maintaining a stable and sustainable fiscal environment consistent with equitable growth including suggestions to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Budget Management Acts.

       With regard to debt-stressed states, the Commission has been asked to suggest steps for augmenting revenues of states which are lagging.

       Review the present arrangements as regards financing of Disaster Management with reference to the funds constituted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005(53 of 2005), and make appropriate recommendations thereon.

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What is foreign investment?

What is foreign investment? 
Any investment flowing from one country into another is foreign investment. A simple and commonly-used definition says financial investment by which a person or an entity acquires a lasting interest in, and a degree of influence over, the management of a business enterprise in a foreign country is foreign investment. Globally, various types of technical definitions — including those from IMF and OECD — are used to define foreign investment. 
How does the Indian government classify foreign investment? 
The Indian government differentiates cross-border capital inflows into various categories like foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign institutional investment (FII), non-resident Indian (NRI) and person of Indian origin (PIO) investment. 

Inflow of investment from other countries is encouraged since it complements domestic investments in capital-scarce economies of developing countries, India opened up to investments from abroad gradually over the past two decades, especially since the landmark economic liberalisation of 1991. Apart from helping create additional economic activity and generating employment, foreign investment also facilitates flow of technology into the country and helps the industry to become more competitive. 

Why does the government differentiate between various forms of foreign investment? 

FDI is preferred over FII as it is considered to be the most beneficial form of foreign investment for the economy as a whole. Direct investment targets a specific enterprise, with the aim of increasing its capacity or changing its management control. Direct investment to create or augment capacity ensures that the capital inflow translates into additional production. 

In case of FII investment that flows into the secondary market, the effect is to increase capital availability, rather than availability of capital to a particular enterprise. Translating an FII inflow into additional production depends on production decisions by someone other than the foreign investor — some local investor has to draw upon the additional capital made available via FII inflows to augment production. 

In case of FDI that flows in for the purpose of acquiring an existing asset, no addition to production capacity takes place as a direct result of FDI inflow. Just like in case of FII inflows, in this case too, addition to production capacity does not result from the action of the foreign investor — the domestic seller has to invest the proceeds of the sale in a manner that augments capacity for the foreign capital inflow to boost domestic production. 

There is widespread notion that FII inflows are hot money — that creates volatility in the stock market and exchange rates. FDI tends to be more stable than FII inflows. Moreover, FDI brings not just capital but also better management and governance practices and, often, technology transfer. The know-how transferred along with FDI is often more crucial than capital per se. No such benefit accrues in case of FII inflows, although the search by FIIs for credible investment options has tended to improve accounting and governance practices among listed companies. 

According to the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee, net FDI inflows amounted to $8.5 billion in 2006-07 and is estimated to have gone up to $15.5 billion in 2007-08. The panel feels FDI inflows would increase to $19.7 billion during the current financial year. FDI up to 100% is allowed in sectors like textiles or automobiles while the government has put in place foreign investment ceilings in case of sectors like telecom (74 per cent). In some areas like gambling or lottery, no foreign investment is allowed. 

According to the government’s definition, FIIs include asset management companies, pension funds, mutual funds, investment trusts as nominee companies, incorporated/institutional portfolio managers or their power of attorney holders, university funds, endowment foundations, charitable trusts and charitable societies. 

FIIs are required to allocate their investment between equity and debt instruments in the ratio of 70:30. However, it is also possible for an FII to declare itself a 100 per cent debt FII in which case it can make its entire investment in debt instruments. There are peculiar cases like airlines where foreign investment, including FII, is allowed to the extent of 49 per cent, but FDI from foreign airlines is not allowed. 

What restrictions do FIIs face in India? 

FIIs can buy/sell securities on Indian stock exchanges, but they have to get registered with stock market regulator Sebi. They can also invest in listed and unlisted securities outside stock exchanges if the price at which stake is sold has been approved by RBI. No individual FII/sub-account can acquire more than 10 per cent of the paid-up capital of an Indian company. 

All FIIs and their sub-accounts taken together cannot acquire more than 24 per cent of the paid-up capital of an Indian Company, unless the Indian Company raises the 24 per cent ceiling to the sectoral cap or statutory ceiling as applicable by passing a board resolution and a special resolution to that effect by its general body in terms of RBI press release of September 20, 2001 and FEMA Notification No.45 of the same date. 

In addition, the government also introduces new regulations from time to time to ensure that FII investments are in order. For example, investment through participatory notes (PNs) was curbed by Sebi recently.

Some Important Govt. Programme And Policies and Committees

Some Important Govt. Programme And Policies and Committees

(1) Prerna:- The ‘janasankhya sthirata kosh (national population

stabilization fund) has to promote & under take activities aimed at achieving population stabilization at a level consistent with the needs of sustainable economic growth. Social development and environment protection by 2045

• Prerna is a responsible for parenthood strategy. It is monetary incentive strategy aimed at pushing up the age of marriage of girls and delay the birth of the first child.

(2) National Rural Health Mission:-Lunched in April 2005 the mission seeks to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care which is accountable and at the same time responsible to the needs of the people.

• It also aims to achieve the goals set out under the national policy and the millennium development goals during the mission period.

(3) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna:-Launched by ministry of labour & employment, govt of India to provide health insurance coverage for BPL families.

• Beneficiaries are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs 30,000 for most of the disease that require hospitalization.

(4) National Food Security Mission:-Sponsored scheme launched in august 2007.

• Objective is to increased production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses.

(5) 15 Point Programme:-In Oct 2009 govt decided to include 3 more schemes in the Prime minister’s new 15 point programme for the welfare of minorities.

Those are: -

• National rural drinking water programme.

• Urban infrastructure developed scheme for small and medium town.

• Urban infrastructure and governance scheme.

(6) Bharat Nirman Yojna:- It is a time bound business plan for action in rural in infrastructure .Under Bharat nirman , action was proposed in the areas of:-

I. Irrigation.

II. Rural housing.

III. Rural water supply.

IV. Rural electrification.

V. Rural telecommunication connectivity.

(7) National Mission On Education:-It is a mission in which education is provide through information and communication technology. “SAKSHAT” one stop education portal was launched on Oct 30 2006 by the president of India.

• Head of National knowledge commission:-Sam Pitroda.

(8)Right To Education Act 2009:- Article 21-(A), as inserted by the constitution (86th Amendment Act) 2002, provides for free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of 6 to 14 years as a fundamental rights. Consequently the parliament has enacted this in April 2009.

Salient features:-

(a) Free and compulsory education 6 to 14 age group.

(b) Will apply to all India except J&K.

(c) Provide for 25% reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission in private school.

(d) A child who completes elementary education (up to class 8) shall be awarded a certificate.

(9) Female Literacy:-It is a scheme to provide education & related facilities to ST Students launched by ministry of trial affairs in dec 11, 2009.

(10) Anil Kalkaska Committee on reforms in IITS:-it will suggest reforms to make these elite institutions a global brand.

(11) Yashpal Committee Report:- It was set up in 2008 for higher education and research.

• It has suggested the scrapping of all higher education regulatory /monitoring bodies and creation of a super regulation.

• It also recommended that the deemed university status be abandoned and that all deserving universities be either converted into full fledged universities or scrapped.

(12) National Rural Livelihood Mission:-Ministry of rural development and panchyati raj proposed to restructure the existing swarnjayanti gram swarojgar yojna into rural livelihood mission to have a focused approach to rural poverty eradication in a time bound manner.

• Objective is to reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self employment and wage employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in sustainable basis.

(13) NREGA Renamed After Mahatma Gandhi:- On Oct 2, 2009.

(14) Chandra Sheker Panel:- on the recomandation of a committee headed by cabinet secretary K.M Chander shaker. Centre had increased the pension for retired service man.

(15) Rajiv Awas Yojna:-Ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation had launched the housing project called the Rajiv awas yojna for slum dwellers and the urban poor.

• Aimed at making India slum free in the next five years.

(16) Government Gave 50% Women’s Quota: - For women in urban local bodies from 33 % to 50 % by the 108th const. amendment act.

(17) B.K Chaturvedi panel to resolve the inter ministrial issues to speed up the ambitious national highways development project taken up by the road transport and highway ministry.

(18) Librahan Commission:- It was set up in dec 16 ,1992 by the Narashima Rao govt. to probe the demolition of Babri Mosque. The commission was initially asked to give a report in three months, however it could do so only after over 16 years that saw 39 sitting and 48 extensions, finally on June 30 2009 it gave the report.

(19) S.D. Tendulkar Committee:-It is to estimate poverty in the country. It’s said that about 38% of the country’s population are living below poverty line. This figure is 10% higher than the present poverty estimate of 28.5 % by the planning commission.

(20) Moily Panel:- For administrative reform commission it is the 2^nd administrative reform commission.

(21) Unique Identification Authority:- Chairman of UID is Nandan Nilekani. He revealed that the first set of 16 digit unique identification number for citizen of the country will roll out by the end of 2010.

• The UIAI is a part of the planning mission of India.

• AADHAR:-UIDAI now new name AADHAR and also a logo.

• AADHAR or foundation through through which the citizen can claim his/her rights and establishment when assumed of equal opportunities as symbolized by the logo which has the halo of the sun in the imprint of a thumbs.

(22) M.S swami Nathan Panel:- It’s recommendation is on coasted management zone.

(23) G.T Nanavati-Akshay Mehta judical commission:- Probing the Godhra train carnage and post Godhra riots.

(24) Justice B.N Srikrishna is the head of the committee on Telangana issue. The committee is requested to submit its report by dec 31, 2010.

(25) Census 2011:-15th national census of India. President being first person to share her details. First census was conducted in 1872.

(26) D.P Wadhawa Committee On PDS:-Established by the Supreme Court to give recommendation on the reform of public distribution system.

(27) Rajiv Gandhi Grammeen LPG Vitarak Yojna:- Union petroleum and natural gas ministry inaugurated this scheme for providing liquefied petroleum gas to the rural house hold at Lachhman ghar in sikar district of Rajasthan .

• Under the scheme it is proposed to increase the number of connection to 16 crores with coverage of 75% of population by 2015.

(28) Punchhi Commission:-Commission on centre state relation. It was constituted in April 2007. It was ask to make recommendation to help address the emerging challenges faced by the nation regarding centre state relation.

Before this in mid 1980’s the SARKARI commission had undertaken a comprehensive review of the center state relation.

(29) National Integration Council:-The Govt. has reconstituted it which will be chaired by prime minister. Set up in the early 60’s by Nehru.

(30) E.R Rammohan Committee on Dantewada Massacre of CRPF personal.

(31) ICDS:-Integrated child development service launched on 2nd Oct 1975.

• It is the world largest programme for early child hood.

• The objective is to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age group of 0-6 years.

(33) Green India Mission:- Ministry of environment and forests and the defense research and development organization have launched the mission.

• The aim is to bring a million heacter of high altitude, cold desert

ecosystem under cultivation by 2020.

(34) Pradhan Mantra Adarsh Gram Yojna:- It was launched in Rajasthan Sriganga nagar district.

• Aim at integrated development of 1,000 villages where a majority of the population belongs to the schedule caste.

• It is a replica of U.P’s Ambedkar village scheme.

(35) Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission:- Objective -Generation of 20000 mw of solar energy in three phases by 2022.

• Under this govt. aims to add at least 1000 mw solar power by the end of 2013.

• Power Finance Corporation and the rural electrification corporation had agreed to provide financial assistance.

(36) Certified command of state centre force in chattisgrah, orissa,Jharkhand, Bengal was mooted to counter naxal problem. Under this a IG rank officer or a retired major general on board should be headed the certified command. In this:-

• Additional helicopters should be provided.

• 400 new police stations should be opened.

• 34 new battalions should be constituted.

(37) S. Irani committee:- Rajasthan Govt appointed this committee regarding the Issue of providing reservation to Gujjars.

(38) Pradhan committee:-

• Investigate Nov 26 2008 terror attack.

(39) Muzzafar Jan Commission:-

This committee had probed the gang rape of 17 years old Asiya and pregnant neelofar in shopiaon (J&K).

(40) Kasturi Rangan Committee:- Council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR) has set up this committee. To see the capability of the national aerospace laboratory (NAL) to build civil aircraft.

(41) Goverdhan Mehta Committee:-To review the procedure of the intergovernmental panel on clime change.