1. Public Health news : Government has continued with private players role in nutrient supplement program ICDS. This has continued in spite of Supreme court banning this ( 2009 ) .
2: NDB : New development bank in news . The bank to start working( lending ) with initial capital of 50 bn $ from next year.
3: IMF has come up with renewed global growth forecast . This has reduced growth numbers. Report name is called world economic outlook report.
4: Yugoslavia civil war massacre has now become 20 year old.
5: Xinxiang province in china faces terror activity led by ethnic group Uighur .
6: Sri-Lanka : Mahinda Rajpaksha is politician of SLFP ( sri Lanka freedom party ) . Mr. Rajpaksha is hoping to return to active politics after defeat in presidential
election held in January 2015.
7: BRICS summit : 7th Summit is being held in Russia. Mr. Modi has suggested 10 point agenda to be adopeted by BRICS . Example : Trade Fair , Research center for Railway , Agriculture .
8: FATCA : Foreign account tax compliance act can be used to control Black Money issue.
9: Urban Planning : Slum development has become important working area . Till now this was ignored in top down urban planning . Government response was seen in form of
target to make India Slum Free by 2020 ( World bank doubts this ). RAY envisioned to spend $20 bn ( Part of JNNURM ). Present government is working on Housing for all project by 2022.
10: Man V/s Wild issue : T-24 tiger of Ranthambhor. Wildlife protection is associated with tourism , resources , Bio-diversity. The debate is what method should be adopted for wildlife protection and how to integrate people in this.
11: Greece crisis : Austerity v/s Sovereign debt management of Greece has continued in news. Further proceedings will be mainly decided by Germany.
12: RTI : Political parties continue to refuse to come under RTI. CIC had observed that Political parties fall in category of public authority . Hence they should
being to light their expenditure and funding. Presently political parties are required to declare 20,000 rupee or more contributions . They circumvent this clause by declaring that they received funding as small contributions. This has led to persistent use of black money in elections and election malpractices.
Expert comment : BRICS summit is significant news . Outcome of the summit should be prepared as write up. How BRICS will feature in new world order is important in
international politics. On urban planning front problem of Slums is widespread . Government failure comes to fore with Slums and associated problem . Associated
problems are housing , poverty , lack of service delivery . In another significant topic , role of private players in Pubic health is debatable. Pros and Cons of the same should be written . In any case , Government should take up lead role in area of Public Health. Keywords like NDB , Xinxiang , IMF , Greece will continue to find place in news in coming days/months.
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