1. Over 47.58 crore COVID vaccine doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
2. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said procurement at Minimum Support Price (MSP) by central and State agencies said over three years the number of farmers benefited from Government procurement at MSP rose from One crore 71 lakh 50 thousand in 2018-19 to Two crore 10 lakh Seven thousand in 2020-21.
3. The Pegasus snooping, farm laws & other issues are burning topics of both the Houses of Parliament.
4. BILLS PASSED RECENTLY.
The Loksabha on 03 Aug passed :
The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021 : Essentially, the Essential Defence Services Bill is aimed at preventing the staff of the government-owned ordnance factories from going on a strike. Around 70,000 people work with the 41 ordnance factories around the country.
5. The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 , which proposes to abolish certain more tribunals and authorities and to provide for a mechanism to file appeal directly to the Commercial Court or the High Court.
6. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021. : Amendment Bill provides district and additional district magistrates the power to issue adoption orders and examine the work of various child welfare authorities, including the child welfare committee and district child protection unit. It also categorises many undefined crimes where no minimum sentence was prescribed.
7. Factoring Amendment Bill, 2021 : The passed Bill in the Rajya Sabha on July 28. It aims to aid the MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) sector.
8. The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021: on 02 Aug, Lok Sabha passed the Bill which will allow the govt to reduce its share in the state-owned general insurance companies, helping achieve its divestment targets. Divestment refers to the government’s selling of part of its ownership in state-run corporations.
9. Law & Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju will attend the eighth meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on 06 August.
10. PM Modi interacted with beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in Gujarat on 03 Aug, via video conferencing.
11. India’s e-Commerce market continues to grow at Year on Year rate of 5 percent despite COVID challenge, as per National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM).
12. PM Modi to invite Indian Olympics contingent to be special guests at Independence Day.
13. Andhra Pradesh govt intends to take up certain grievances vis-à-vis the declaration of gazette notification on Godavari and Krishna River Management Boards with the Centre for their quick redressal.
14. SpiceJet to Commence 16 New Flights on Domestic Routes From August 2021. Bhavnagar will now be connected to Delhi, Mumbai and Surat with direct flights starting 20 Aug.
15. Goan MSMEs have a major opportunity to participate in ministry of defence contracts by partnering with Goa Shipyard Limited, which has an order book of Rs 14,000 crore, said chairman and managing director, Goa Shipyard Limited B B Nagpal.
16. Leaders of thirteen like-minded non-BJP parties attended the breakfast meeting hosted by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi at the Constitution Club to forge a joint opposition strategy in the face of parliamentary disruptions over the issue of debate on Pegasus spyware matter.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), however, skipped it. After the meeting, Gandhi and other opposition leaders cycled to Parliament to highlight the issue of high fuel prices.
17. An Army helicopter crashed in the Ranjit Sagar Dam lake in Pathankot at 10.35 am on 03 Aug (Tuesday).
The pilot and the co-pilot are missing. Divers of the dam have been pressed into action to look for them. The chopper belonged to the 254 Army Aviation Squadron and had taken off from Mamun cantonment 10 minutes before it came down.
18. The Indian intelligence agencies, along with Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, are conducting forensic analysis of the three iPhones recovered from killed Muhammad Ismail Alvi alias Lambu, to extract the links that the terrorist had with Bahawalpur-based headquarters of the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad.
19. Air Marshal Suraj Kumar Jha Ati Vishisht Seva Medal assumed the appointment of Air Officer in Charge Personnel at Air HQ on 01 Aug 21.
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