Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 22 SEPTEMBER 2019

SSC CGL Current Affairs

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today emphasized the need for developing a national policy for project and programme management. Stating that the Quality Council of India is currently working on a policy framework, the Vice President said, it will be for the first time that a formal approach has been initiated on the subject.
Addressing the National Project Managers’ Conference held by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in Hyderabad this morning, the Vice President said, the project managers play a vital role in growth both in public and private sectors.
He felt the country need over 70 lakh new project managers by 2027 to support the fast growth that is being taken place across many sectors. Stating that the country does not have good track record in executing projects, Mr Naidu said, the latest report from the Statistics and Programme implementation department revealed that 25 per cent of the Central sector projects are delayed and affecting over 150 crore rupees funds.

The NATGRID - a robust intelligence gathering mechanism related to immigration, banking, individual tax payers, air and train travels - is likely to be operational by January 2020, officials said on Sunday.
The work on the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) set up to track any terror suspect and prevent terrorist attacks with real time data, has been accelerated after Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently reviewed the progress of the ₹3,400 crore project, conceptualised following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
The NATGRID will have data related to all immigration entry and exit, banking and financial transactions, credit card purchases, telecom, individual tax payers, air flyers, train travellers besides others to generate intelligence inputs.
The Cabinet Committee on Security had given approval to the Rs 3,400 croreproject on April 8, 2010 but its work slowed down after 2012.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that only a limited impact on inflation is expected in view of spiked crude oil prices amidst the ongoing crisis in Saudi Arabia.
Drone attacks on the world's largest oil refinery in Saudi Arabia have resulted in a massive 20 percent surge in crude prices.
Speaking at an economic summit in Mumbai last evening, Mr. Das said, the fiscal numbers given the lower subsidy outgo adding that the full impact will only to visible in the long run.
Mr. Das said, he expects inflation to remain below 4 percent in the next 12 months and there is room for more rate cuts given growth slump. He maintained that domestic economy remains resilient as foreign debt is only 19.7 percent of GDP.

IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said postal accounts will be linked with Aadhaar for greater transparency.He was speaking after inaugurating Bihar's first and the country's tenth AadhaarSeva Kendra in Patna today.
He said on an average, one thousand Aadhaar cards will be made at this centre and other facilities will be also available. Mr Prasad said 114 such Kendra will soon be operational in 53 cities in the country.
The Minister also inaugurated the country's second and Bihar's first women post office in Patna. The first post office is in Mumbai.
Mr. Prasad announced that women post offices will be opened in every postal division of the country. He said these post offices will be a step forward towards strengthening women empowerment.
Minister Ravishankar Prasad has said that Driving Licence will be linked with Adaharcard to check forgery. He was addressing a function in Patna yesterday.

Saudi Arabia hassaid that it is committed to meet India's energy security needs and will workconstructively with other oil producers to maintain market stabilitynotwithstanding the biggest-ever attacks on its oil facilities.
Saudi Ambassador Dr.Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati, in an exclusive interview to PTI in New Delhi, saidhis country will invite the United Nations and international experts to viewthe situation on the ground and to participate in the investigation into theattacks.
The Ambassador said, Saudi Arabia hasthe capability and resolve to defend itself and to forcefully respond to theaggressions, and appreciated New Delhi's support and solidarity to Riyadhfollowing the strikes which, he asserted, were against the internationalcommunity as a whole.
Asked whether Saudi Arabia willincrease oil supply to India to address the shortfall due to curb on import ofoil from Iran, the envoy said, his country is committed to India's energysecurity and will meet any shortfall that may arise due to disruptions fromother sources.

Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhani today denounced the presence of foreign forces in the Gulf andsaid that Tehran will present a peace plan to the United Nations, afterarch-foe the United States ordered reinforcements to the tinderbox region.
Ina televised speech at an annual military parade in Tehran, he said, foreignforces can cause problems and insecurity for the Iranian people and the region.He said, in this sensitive and important historical moment, we announce to ourneighbours that we extend the hand of friendship and brotherhood to them.
Tensions have flared in the Gulf sinceMay, when Iran began reducing its commitments to the nuclear deal and the USsaid it was sending forces to waters near the Islamic Republic in response toindications of a credible threat from its forces.

Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Chairman K Sivan has said the Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98 per cent of its objectives.
He said the orbiter, with eight scientific instruments, is doing well and performing scheduled scientific experiments.
Talking to reporters in Bhubaneswar, Odisha today, he said, in case of technology demonstration, the success percentage was almost full.
The ISRO Chairman said, initially, the orbiter’s life was only one year, but due to optimum mission operations, it has increased to 7.5 years.
He said a national-level committee comprising academicians and ISRO experts are analysing the cause of the communication loss with Vikram. Mr Sivan said ISRO is focusing on space mission, Gaganyaan by 2020.
The ISRO chairman said the country is moving ahead to meet its target of sending man to space by December 2021.