Current Affairs 2019

MMTC to import 11000 MT of Onions from Turkey

Public sector trading firm MMTC has ordered import of 11,000 metric tonnes of onions from Turkey. This has been done on the directions of the Department of Consumer Affairs. The decision has been taken to moderate the rising prices of onion across the nation.

Hallmarking to be mandatory for gold jewellery and artefacts

Hallmarking for Gold jewellery and artefacts will be mandatory from 15th January 2021.

Notification in this regard will be issued by 15 of January next year, giving a period of one year for implementation.

Jewellers and Retailers will get one year time for clearing their old or existing stock.

More than 26 thousand jewellers have taken the Bureau of Indian Standards, BIS (Hallmarking) registration till now.

Constitution Day of India 2019

Constitution Day or Samvidhan Divas is celebrated 26 November cross the country to mark the adopting of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly on this day in 1949. In 2019, it marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution. It came into force on 26th January 1950, marking the beginning of a new era in the history of the Indian Republic.

It is aimed at reiterating and reorienting the citizens towards the values and principles expressed in the Constitution and encouraging all Indians to play their rightful role in strengthening the Indian Democracy. It also aims to create awareness of Fundamental Duties as enshrined in the Constitution.

GOI launches Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal

Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal, CLAP, in New Delhi. The portal provides a transparent and robust real-time web-based monitoring system for credit-linked Subsidy Services, CLSS, beneficiaries. Using the portal, a beneficiary can track his application status in real-time. The initiative would also benefit other stakeholders to work in synergy to release subsidy to beneficiaries on time.