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1. Lok Sabha passes a bill to include Darlong Tribe in the Tripura Scheduled Tribe List

Tags: State News

The Lok Sabha has passed the  Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022. 

• The bill seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 for the inclusion of certain communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes in relation to the State of Tripura. 

• The Bill proposes to add the "Darlong" community as a sub-tribe of "Kuki" to the list of Scheduled Tribes.

• The bill was moved in the Lok Sabha by, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda 

Important for Exam-

Article 342 in The Constitution Of India 1949

(1) The President may, with respect to any State or Union territory, specify certain tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities as Scheduled Tribes in relation to that State or Union territory, only after consultation with the Governor of the state.

(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude, any tribe or tribal community or part of or group within any tribe or tribal community, from the list of Scheduled Tribes.

Important Schedules-

• Fifth Schedule(Article 244) - It contains provisions in relation to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes

• Sixth Schedule (Article 244 and 275) - It contains provisions in relation to the administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram

2. Pramod Sawant Sworn in as Goa Chief Minister for the second time

Tags: Popular State News

Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader Pramod Sawant was sworn in for the second time as the Chief Minister of Goa on 28 March 2022.

He and 8 other ministers were  administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Goa Governor Mr.  PS Sreedharan Pillai  at the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Stadium, Panaji.

The event was attended by Prime Minister Modi  and other top BJP leaders and Ministers.

Highlights 

• Pramod Swant became the chief Minister of Goa in 2019 after the death of the incumbent Chief Minister Manhoar Parrikar.

• He  won his  Sanquelim Assembly seat by defeating Dharmesh Saglani of the Congress party in the recently held Goa Legislative Assembly election in 2022. 

• The election to constitute the 8th Goa Legislative Assembly was held on 14 February 2022.

• BJP won 20 seats in the  40 member Goa Assembly . 

• The party enjoys the support of three Independents and two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) legislators. This is the third consecutive government of the BJP in the coastal state.  

• Pramod Sawant is the 13 Person to become the Chief Minister of Goa.

• He is an Ayurvedic medical practitioner by profession.

3. UP Government extends free ration scheme

Tags: State News

The first decision taken by the Yogi Adiyanath  government after coming to power in Uttar Pradesh was to extend the free ration scheme to 15 crore  people of the state by three more months till 30 June, 2022. The scheme was to end in March 2022. The  free food scheme was considered to be one of the main reasons for the success of the BJP in the recently concluded state legislative Assembly election.

• The Government of India had launched the  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) in April 2020 to provide relief to the poor and migrant population suffering due to corona -19 pandemic  induced  lockdown and the consequent hardship faced by them. The  beneficiaries were provided 5 kg of wheat/rice per unit (family member) per month through the Public Distribution System (PDS). 

• The scheme continued till November 2021, after which the Uttar Pradesh government decided to continue with the scheme on its own.

• In addition, the state government also decided to provide 1 kg of whole chana, 1 litre of edible oil and 1 kg of salt once every month to the beneficiaries.

• The people of Uttar Pradesh get ration under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and the National Food Security Act (NFSA). 

• The estimated expenditure of the project is around Rs 4000 crore. 

Also see 25 march 2022 post for UP

4. Western Naval Commands conducts security exercise Prasthan

Tags: Defence State News

The Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy conducted an offshore security exercise, ‘Prasthan’ off the coast of Mumbai . The exercise is conducted by the Western  Naval Command every six months .

Led by the Navy, the exercise saw participation from the Indian Air Force, Coast Guard, ONGC, Mumbai Port Trust, JawaharLal Nehru Port Trust, Customs, state fisheries department, Mercantile Marine Department and the Marine Police.

Important for exam 

 Current Chief of Navy : Admiral R.Hari Kumar 

Navy Day : 4 December 

The Headquarters of the Indian Navy is at New Delhi 

Operational Naval Commands     Headquarters 

Western Naval Command             Mumbai 

Southern Naval Command             Kochi 

Eastern Naval Command             Visakhapatnam

5. Delhi Per Capita Income is third highest in the country

Tags: State News

According to the Economic Survey 2021-22 presented by the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia,Delhi per capita income was third highest in the country in 2021-22 after Sikkim and Goa.

• According to the survey, Delhi's per capita income grew 16.81 per cent to Rs 4,01,982 in 2021-22 as compared to 2019-2020.

• According to the first advance estimate of the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) the per capita Income of India at constant price in 2021-22  was Rs 93973.

• Per Capita Income is calculated by dividing the total national income of the country by the total population of the country.

• In states the total Gross Domestic State Product (GDSP) is divided by the population of the state in a particular time period.

6. Yogi Adityanath sworn in second time as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

Tags: Popular State News

The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP ) leader  Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the  22nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the Governor Mrs. Anandiben Patel on 25 March 2022. Yogi Aditya nath who was made Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2017 was sworn in for the second time as the Chief Minister.

• The swearing in ceremony was held at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana cricket stadium , Lucknow. The ceremony  was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders and Ministers.
• The swearing-in ceremony was attended by the Chief Ministers of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the center . Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar ,Assam Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma , Uttarakhand Chief Minister  Pushkar Singh Dhami, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan , Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Das , Manipur Chief Minister  N.Biren Singh, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Karnataka Chief Minister  Basavraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Prema Khandu, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur were present during the ceremony.
•  52 ministers were sworn in including Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya as Deputy Chief Minister
• The BJP won 255 seats in the 403 Uttar Pradesh legislative Assembly which went to the polls in 2022. The alliance partner Apna Dal won 12 seats and the NISHAD party won 6. The total seats won by BJP and its alliances are 273.
  The election to constitute the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held in seven phases from 10 February to 7 March 2022.
  
  

About Yogi Aditya Nath 

• Yogi Adityanath contested the assembly election from Gorakhpur Urban seat and won it by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Sabhawati Shukla by a margin of 1,03,390 votes.

• He is a five time Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur constituencies (in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 )

• Yogi Adityanath has become the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to return to power after completing a full tenure of five years. 

• The last chief minister to win consecutive terms in Uttar Pradesh (undivided) was Narayan Dutt Tiwari in 1985. This makes Yogi Adityanath the first chief minister to retain power in 37 years.

• He was born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Pauri Garhwal in Uttrakhand .

• In 2014 he became the head mahant of the Gorakhnath Math located  in Gorakhpur  after the death of mahant  Aavaidyanath. 

• The first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh was Gobind Ballabh Pant (1950-1952) of the Congress party. 

7. Curfew in Kota on Kashmir files movie

Tags: Popular State News

The District administration in Kota, Rajasthan has imposed section 144 of the Cr Pc(Code of Criminal Procedure ) 1973,  to maintain law and order in view of the screening of the film “The Kashmir Files “ and forthcoming festivals in the area. The Kota district authorities imposed Section 144 of the CrPC from 22 March to 21 April.

• As  per the orders, four or more people won't be allowed to gather at any place in the district. Further, no meetings, demonstrations, or processions are allowed. However, government events, recruitment processes, police departments, and COVID-19 vaccination centers have been exempted from this.

• The district administration's move to impose Section 144 of the CrPC had sparked a controversy as the order mentioned that law and order may be affected by anti-social elements during festivals to be held in these periods  and due to the screening of "The Kashmir Files".

•  However, there has not been any ban on the screening of the film .

The Kashmir File Film 

•  The film is based on events in 1990 when more than 2 lakh Kasmiri Pandits (Hindus) fled from Jammu and Kashmir. It was the start of the Pakistan sponsored militancy in Jammu and Kashmir which took an  Islamist colour and Kashmiri pandits were threatened to either leave Kashmir or convert to Islam. Kashmiri pandits were selectively killed by the Islamic militants to scare the community.

• The film has become controversial as the film portrays the killing of Kashmiri pandits as a genocide and the critic accusses the film of increasing Islamophobia.

•  In New Zealand   a campaign has been launched against the screening of the film  as it is accused of being  anti- muslim.

What is Important for Exam 

Producer  of Film : Vivek Agnihotri, Abhishek Aggarwal ,Pallavi Joshi 

Director of the film : Vivek Agnihotri

Written By : Vivek Agnihotri and Saurabh Aggarwal 

Actor of the film : Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Pallavi Joshi, Mithun Chakraborthy;  

The movie was released in 2022 and has been made in Hindi language.

8. Legislative Assembly’s can impose a tax on other States’ lotteries

Tags: State News

The Supreme Court of India held that a State legislature has the right to impose tax on lotteries conducted by other States within its jurisdiction

• The apex court observed that ‘lotteries’ is a “species of gambling activity” and ‘betting and gambling’ is part of the State List as per Entry 34 of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.

• Court clearly mentioned that lotteries, irrespective of whether it is conducted or organised by the Government of India or the Government of State is ‘betting and gambling.

• So, the power to tax is on all activities which are in the nature of ‘betting and gambling,’ including lotteries, as per Entry 62 of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution under State List.

• The judgment came on appeals filed by the Karnataka and Kerala governments against the decisions of their respective High Courts to quash laws enacted by their legislatures to tax lotteries organized and promoted by other States.

Important Note for Exam-

• Kerala High Court is a common High Court established in 1948 and located at Kochi. It is the highest court both for the state of Kerala and also the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

• Common High Courts can be formed by Parliament as per provisions of 7th Amendment Act, 1956

• List of other common High-Courts-

9. Pushkar singh Dhami sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Tags: Popular State News

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pushkar singh Dhami was sworn in again as the 12th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand by the Governor of Uttarakhand, (Retd) Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh on 23 March 2022 in Dehradun.

• Pushkar singh Dhami who was the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand  lost his Khatima legislative assembly seat to Congress candidate Bhuwan Chandra Kapri in the recently held legislative Assembly election 2022.

• BJP won 47 seats in the 70 member Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. 

• The election to constitute the 5th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly was held on 14 February 2022.

• BJP became the first party ever in Uttarakhand’s 21-year-old history to return to power in consecutive elections.

• The first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand was Nityanand Swami.

• Narayan Dutt Tiwari of Congress Party is the only Chief Minister of Uttrakhand who has completed his five year term(2002-2007)

• Pushkar Singh Dhami is the youngest Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

• He became Chief Minister at the age of 45  in 2021.

10. N Biren Singh sworn as Manipur CM

Tags: Popular State News

Nongthombam Biren Singh of Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) was sworn in for the second term as the Chief Minister of Manipur on 21 March 2022. He was administered the oath of office by the Manipur Governor La Ganeshan .

• N. Biren Singh was the Chief Minister of Manipur from 2017-22 and  was reelected form his assembly constituency of  Heingang  at the recently held Manipur  legislative assembly election  2022.

• BJP won 32 seats in the 60 member Manipur Legislative Assembly election held  in two phases on 28 February and 5 March 2022.

• N.Biren Singh before joining politics was a footballer and a journalist . He played for the Border Security Force (BSF) football team.

• He is the 12th Person to be the Chief Minister of Manipur . The first Chief Minister was M.Koireng Singh.

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