National Development Coucil to be scrapped
After getting the Cabinet’s approval, Mr. Modi will take up the resolution with the Chief Ministers at a meeting of the Governing Council of the NITI Aayog
N.D.C
The National Development Council, set up on 6 August, 1952 by an executive order of the government, served as “the highest decision-making authority” in the country on development matters.
One of the most significant of its decisions was the creation (as part of the Gadgil-Mukherjee exercise) of “special category” of States, and the criteria for determining whether a State could receive the status and related financial support from the Centre.
“The National Development Council was set up by a Cabinet resolution and so its metamorphism into the NITI Aayog’s Governing Council will also be through a resolution of the Cabinet,” the source said. It was on recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commission that the NDC was reconstituted and its functions redefined on October 7, 1967.
Initially, it comprised the Prime Minister, the Chief Ministers of all States and the members of the Planning Commission. In the first meeting of the NDC held on 8-9 November 1952, its first chairman and India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru stated that the NDC is essentially a forum for “intimate cooperation” between State governments and the Centre for all the tasks of national development.
The reconstituted NDC comprised of the Prime Minister, all the Union Cabinet Ministers, the Chief Ministers of all States and Union Territories and the Members of the Planning Commission. The Delhi Administration is represented in the Council by the Lt. Governor and the Chief Executive Councillor, and the remaining Union Territories by their respective Administrators.
Objectives
- to strengthen and mobilise the effort and resources of the nation in support of the national development plans;
- to promote common economic policies in all vital spheres, and
- to ensure the balanced and rapid development of all parts of the country.
Functions
- to review the working of the National Plan from time to time;
- to consider important questions of social and economic policy affecting national development
- to recommend measures for the achievement of the aims and targets set out in the National Plan.
- to review the working of the Plan from item to time and to recommend such measures as are necessary for achieving the aims and targets set out in the National Plan, including measures to secure the active participation and co-operation of the people, improve the efficiency of the administrative services, ensure the development of the less advanced regions and sections of the community and through sacrifice borne equally by all citizens, build up resources for national development.
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New Year Gift For Adnan Sami
It will be an apt New Year’s gift for Pakistani singer Adnan Sami. Mr Sami can become an Indian citizen as soon as he completes the necessary paperwork
Mr Sami will be given citizenship under Section 6 (I) of the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 under the category “citizenship by naturalisation.”
Acquistition of Indian Citizenship
Indian citizenship can be acquired by birth, descent, registration and naturalization. The conditions and procedure for acquisition of Indian citizenship as per the provision of the Citizenship Act, 1955
- By birth
- By descent
- By registration
- By naturalisation
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$50-mn Loan to Fund Education of Minorities
The Union government and the World Bank signed a $50-million credit agreement for a project aimed at helping young people from minority communities complete their education and improve their employment opportunities.
Nai Manzil Scheme
The scheme “Nai Manzil” scheme will address educational and livelihood needs of minority communities in general and muslims in particular as it lags behind other minority communities in terms of educational attainments.
The scheme aims at providing educational intervention by giving the bridge courses to the trainees and getting them Certificates for Class XII and X from distance medium educational system and at the same time also provide them trade basis skill training in 4 courses :
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Services
- Soft skills
The scheme is intended to cover people in between 17 to 35 age group from all minority communities as well as Madrasa students. This scheme will provide avenues for continuing higher education and also open up employment opportunities in the organised sector.
Under Nai Manzil scheme the government would not only be providing modern education but would also empower these students with skill training that would help them compete with the competitive environment of job hunting.
More Funds Likely For Textile Tech
The Centre is likely to consider allocating more funds under the new ‘Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme’ (ATUFS)
The scheme was cleared on Wednesday by the cabinet to boost local manufacturing in the textiles sector and may attract investments of over Rs. 1 lakh crore, increase exports and create over 30 lakh jobs.
After the Cabinet Committee on Ecot nomic Affairs (CCEA) approved the ATUFS, an official statement had said that a budget provision of Rs.17,822 crore has been approved, of which Rs.12,671 crore is for committed liabilities under the ongoing scheme, and Rs.5,151 crore is for new cases under ATUFS.
ATUFS has come in place of the existing Revised Restructured-Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (RR-TUFS)
A.T.U.F.S
"Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS)" in place of the existing Revised Restructured Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (RR-TUFS),for technology upgradation of the textiles industry, with effect from the date of notification of the scheme.
The new scheme specifically targets:
- Employment generation and export by encouraging apparel and garment industry, which will provide employment to women in particular and increase India’s share inglobal exports
- Promotion of Technical Textiles, a sunrise sector, for export and employment
- Promoting conversion of existing looms to better technology looms for improvement in quality and productivity
- Encouraging better quality in processing industry and checking need for import of fabrics by the garment sector.
- Apparel, Garment and Technical Textiles, where 15 percent subsidy would be provided on capital investment, subject to a ceiling of 30 crore rupees for entrepreneurs over a period of five years
- Remaining sub-sectors would be eligible for subsidy at a rate of 10 percent, subject to a ceiling of Rs.20 crore on similar lines
