DISEMPOWERING GRAM SABHAS

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-20 DISEMPOWERING GRAM SABHAS Relevant for: Developmental Issues | Topic: Rights & Welfare of STs, SCs, and OBCs – Schemes & their Performance, Mechanisms, Laws Institutions and Bodies The FRA was enacted to recognise the pre-existing rights of forest-dwellers. Since 1980, through the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), the Ministry of…

INDIA REACHES OUT TO MOZAMBIQUE

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-20 INDIA REACHES OUT TO MOZAMBIQUE Relevant for: International Relations | Topic: India – Africa Helping hand:Navy officials unloading relief material from INS Sujata at Port Beira in Mozambique.Special Arrangement The Indian Navy had launched a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operation in coordination with local officials to evacuate…