17 November 2015 Current Affairs
Odisha Government implements National Food Security Act
Odisha Government has started implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 in 14 of the 30 districts of the state in first phase covering 26.33 lakh families. In this regard State Food supplies and Consumer Welfare department has issued directives to the district administration to monitor the implementation of the NFSA and rectify irregularities. Under the NFSA, beneficiaries are entitled to get 5 kg of rice at Rs 3 or 5 kg of wheat at Rs 2 from Public Distribution System (PDS) Centres.
Governing Council of NIIF constituted
Union Ministry of Finance on 13 November 2015 constituted the Governing Council (GC) of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF). The GC will be chaired by the Union Finance Minister and the members included Department of Economic Affairs Secretary, Financial Services Secretary, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Hemendra Kothari,T V Mohandas Pai. Its objective is to back new and stressed projects and help restart the investment cycle. It was proposed by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget 2015-16.
Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson retires from International cricket
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket after conclusion to the second Test match against New Zealand at WACA. He had overall played 73 test matches. In his test career, he had scored 2,036 runs at a batting average of 22.35 and his top score was 123 (not out). He had scored one century and 11 half centuries. He had played a key role in the final match of 2015 ICC World Cup which had led to Australia to win the World Cup for the record 5th time.