Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 13 JULY 2019

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President RamnathKovind has asked the legal professionals to enable the poor to get justice on par with the rich in the society.
Addressing the Special Convocation of the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University in Chennai this morning, he said, it would be a travesty of the republican ethic if a poor person did not get the same access to the law as a rich person.
He called upon all those in the legal profession including judges, lawyers and court officers to ensure the primacy of the rule of law.
President Kovind observed that as the nation keeps evolving, the legal profession is also undergoing drastic changes and said the legal students now find many avenues open to them than any time in the past.

India on Friday abstained at the vote for extending the mandate of an important UN official who reports on violence and discrimination against sexual minorities.
India’s abstention at the resolution for term-renewal of the independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva drew criticism from activists, especially since it came after the Supreme Court struck down Section 377 and decriminalised the LGBTQ community.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Qatar and Somalia opposed the resolution. Earlier, India had abstained during the 2016 vote on the appointment of the Independent Expert. The current Independent Expert is Victor Madrigal Borlioz of Costa Rica.

Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Friday defended the government’s decision to bring the fiscal deficit down to 3.3% this year, saying this would free up additional resources for the private sector to borrow and invest.
He also acknowledged the industry’s concerns that payments by the government for services were delayed, creating a liquidity crunch in the system.
Mr.Garg explained that a 1% relaxation in the fiscal deficit means an additional Rs. 2 lakh crore that can be used as investment.
The Finance Secretary also said that one of the reasons that the Reserve Bank of India’s rate cuts were not being transmitted by the banks was because they didn’t have enough liquidity left to adequately lend to the private sector after accommodating government borrowing.
Therefore, he said that the decision for the government to start borrowing overseas was a good one because it would mean there would be more resources available for the domestic private sector to utilise.

Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian on Friday sought to caution against a more-thannecessary reliance on foreign savings as a trigger for accelerating economic growth through more investments.
Dependence on foreign savings, on the other hand, can create macro vulnerability, he said, adding that letting all or a large part of investment coming from foreign savings would mean exposing to vulnerability as it happened in the case of East Asian economies.
Underscoring the need for hitting the ‘sweet spot’ in meeting the investment requirement, Mr. Subramanian, who spoke at The Global ISB Forum on ‘$5 Trillion in Five Years: Can we do It?’, said that exports were important in the context of driving demand.
His observations follow the Union Budget speech in which Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman said it was high time India not only got integrated into the global value chain of production of goods and services, but also became part of the global financial system to mobilise global savings, mostly institutionalised in pension, insurance and sovereign wealth funds.
Mr. Subramanian strongly advocated labour law reforms for more growth, citing the case of Rajasthan. On the system of extending assistance to small units, he said it was necessary to support those units that grew large as opposed to those that remained “dwarves.”

Indian and Pakistani officials will meet at the Attari-Wagah border on Sunday to discuss issues, including ways to bridge gaps related to the Kartarpur Corridor that is to be made operational by November, ahead of the commemoration of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
The delegations will meet at Wagah in Pakistan to discuss issues of connectivity at the Zero Point, number of pilgrims and kind of travel documents to be allowed, government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Friday.
New Delhi had earlier conveyed to Pakistan its serious concern over the presence of a leading Khalistani separatist in a committee appointed by Islamabad for the project.
The project is aimed at easing access for Sikh pilgrims from India to visit GurdwaraDarbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan, the final resting place of Guru Nanak. Work on a four-lane highway on the Indian side was in full swing, the officials said. The four-lane highway connecting the Zero Point of the Kartarpur Corridor to National Highway 354 is being constructed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

With just 130 great Indian bustards left in the country, the Centre has initiated a project worth ₹33.85 crore for their conservation and protection, the Environment Ministry told LokSabha on Friday.
Responding to a query on measures being taken to protect the Indian bustard, one of the heaviest birds listed under critically endangered species, Union Minister of State for Environment Babul Supriyo said the ministry was providing funds to states and Union Territories for conservation and protection of 21 critically endangered species, including the great Indian bustard.
“The important objective of this programme is to build up captive population of great Indian bustard and to release the chicks in the wild for increasing the population. Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra are the important range states involved in this programme,” said the Minister.
In the last four years, the government has released over Rs 7.9 crore to Maharashtra and Rajasthan for conservation of great Indian bustard under the CSS-IDWH.

Indian weightlifter Ajay Singh has won Gold in 81 kg category at the Commonwealth Championships in Apia, city of Samoa today.
22 year old also created a new Commonwealth record in the clean and jerk category by lifting more than double his body weight (190kg) to score vital points at the Olympic qualifying event. He also smashed the national record in the same category.