8 March 2013 Current Affairs
Stree Shakti award for ‘Nirbhaya’ on International Women’s Day
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the ‘Stree Shakti’ award on International Women’s Day( 08 March 2013) for ‘Nirbhaya’,who was the victim of Delhi gang-rape on 16 December 2012. ‘Stree Shakti’ award as a tribute to her courage and strength.The award was recevied by her family members.As a measure of recognition of achievements in individual women in the field of social development, the government had instituted of 6 national awards which are called ‘Stree Shakti Puraskar’. The awards are in the name of the eminent women personalities namely Devi Ahalya Bai Holkar, Kannagi, Mata Jajabai, Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang, Rani Lakshmi Bai and Rani Rudramma Devi (which is open to both men and women). Nirbhaya was honoured with the Sree Shakti award of Rani Lakshmi Bai.The Rani Rudramma Devi Award for the year 2012 was awarded to Smt. Pranita Talukdar from Assam. She was honoured for her commendable work for the overall development of women.
Eshwarappa resigned as Karnataka BJP chief
Karnataka BJP chief KS Eshwarappa was resigned from the post on 07 March 2013.Arun Jaitley, who is coming to Bangalore on 08 March 2013 , would finalise a name to lead the party.
National Science Award for Dangoria Charitable Trust, Hyderabad
Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Shri S.Jaipal Reddy 08 March 2013 conferred National Award for Women’s Development through Application of Science & Technology in New Delhi to mark the International Women’s Day. On this occasion the National Award for Women Development through Application of Science and Technology for the year 2011 in the institutional criteria was conferred to Dangoria Charitable Trust, Hyderabad and M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.
Cabinet Approves Bill for Time-Bound Services to Citizens
On 8 March the government gave its nod to a Bill aimed at providing time-bound delivery of services like passports, pensions and birth and death certificates, among others, to the citizens.The Right of Citizens for Time-Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill, 2011, was approved by the Union Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh .The Bill envisages penalty of up to Rs 50,000 against a Government official failing to provide his or her duties.It lays down an obligation upon every public authority to publish citizen’s charter, stating therein the time within which specified goods shall be supplied and services be rendered and provides for a grievance redressal mechanism for non-compliance of its provisions.
India and Bhutan Signed $100m Currency Swap Agreement
On 8 March India and Bhutan signed a currency swap agreement for up to $100 million to further economic co-operation between the two countries.The currency swap arrangement was signed between the Reserve Bank of India and the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMAB).