Export of Organic Millets

In a major lift to export of Organic items from the country, the first transfer of millets filled in quite a while would be exported to Denmark. 

APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) has sourced ragi (finger millet), and jhingora (farm millet) from ranchers in Uttarakhand for sends out. 

As per the present , natural food are sent out gave they are created, prepared, pressed and named according to the prerequisites of the National Program for Organic Production (NPOP). 

Main key points 

National Program for Organic Production (NPOP): 

The NPOP has been implemented by the APEDA since its origin in 2001 as told under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulations) Act, 1992. 

NPOP covers norms for crops and their items, live stocks and poultry items, hydroponics, apiculture and so forth The fares from the nation are according to the arrangements in NPOP. 

The NPOP confirmation has been perceived by the European Union and Switzerland which empowers India to trade natural plant items to these nations without the prerequisite of extra affirmation. 

It likewise works with fare of Indian natural items to the United Kingdom even in the post Brexit stage. 

NPOP has additionally been perceived by the Food Safety Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) for exchange of natural items in the home-grown market. 

Natural items covered under the two-sided concurrence with NPOP need not to be recertified for import in India. 

Natural Farming: ( organic farming)

As per FSSAI, 'natural Farming is an arrangement of ranch plan and the executives to make a biological system of horticulture creation without the utilization of engineered outer data sources like compound manures, pesticides and manufactured chemicals or hereditarily changed living beings. 

Related Initiatives: 

Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCDNER). 

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), and so on 

The Indian territory of Sikkim accomplished the accomplishment of being the world's first natural state and was granted the UN Future Policy Gold Award 2018, otherwise called the Oscar for best strategies. 

Status of India's Export of Organic Food: 

India's fare of natural food items rose by over 51% to Rs. 7078 crore during April-February (2020-21) contrasted with a similar period in the past monetary (2019-20). As far as amount, the fares of natural food items developed by 39%. 

Oil cake supper is a significant ware of the natural item sends out from the nation followed by oil seeds, organic product pulps and purees, grains and millets, flavour’s, tea, therapeutic plant items, dry organic products, sugar, beats, espresso, fundamental oil and so on 

India's natural items have been traded to 58 nations including USA, European Union, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Switzerland, Israel and South Korea. 

Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 

APEDA was set up by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985. 

It capacities under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The Authority has its base camp in New Delhi. 

It has been ordered with the duty of fare advancement and improvement of the booked items viz. organic products, vegetables, meat items, dairy items, drunkard and non-cocktails and so on 

It has additionally been endowed with the duty to screen import of sugar.

Model Insurance Villages

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has mooted the concept of 'Model Insurance Village (MIV)' to support protection penetration in country territories. 

As per the recent Economic Survey for 2020-21, India's protection entrance, which was at 2.71% in 2001, has consistently expanded to 3.76% in 2019, yet remained much underneath the worldwide normal of 7.23%. 

According to the recent news, the Parliament has passed the Insurance Amendment Bill 2021 to expand the unfamiliar direct venture (FDI) limit in the protection area to 74% from 49%. 

Main key points 

The concept of Model Insurance Village (MIV): 

The thought is to offer thorough protection assurance to every one of the major insurable dangers that townspeople are presented to and make accessible covers at moderate or financed cost. 

To make the exceptional reasonable, monetary help should be investigated through NABARD, different organizations, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) reserves, government backing and backing from reinsurance organizations. 

It very well might be executed in at least 500 towns in various areas of the country in the main year and expanded to 1,000 towns in the ensuing two years. 

Each broad insurance agency and reinsurance organization tolerating general protection business and having workplaces in India should be included for steering the idea. 

Possible Offerings under MIV: 

Climate Index item or half and half item joining climate file and repayment based protection assurance for different harvests that stays uncovered under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY). 

Adaptable Farm Insurance Package Policies focusing on thorough requirements of yields, domesticated animals, rancher, ranch executes. 

Separate items for high worth agribusiness, contract cultivating and corporate cultivating local area as their necessities are unique. 

States can be offered full scale protection covers dependent on predefined parametric climate lists covering huge complex dangers emerging out of characteristic disasters influencing the agribusiness environment and rustic economy. 

Difficulties in Spreading Insurance to Rural Areas: 

Absence of mindfulness, restricted decision of protection items, nonattendance of human cordial and straightforward case settlement components, and feeble organization of protection firms, are a portion of the issues and difficulties in propelling development of provincial protection business. 

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India 

Following the proposals of the Malhotra Committee report, in 1999, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) was comprised as a self-sufficient body to direct and build up the protection business. 

The IRDA was joined as a Statutory body in April 2000. 

The critical destinations of the IRDA incorporate the advancement of rivalry to improve consumer loyalty through expanded purchaser decision and lower charges while guaranteeing the monetary security of the protection market. 

It is headquarter in Hyderabad. 

Re- insurance 

It is a like process where by one element (the reinsurer) takes on all or some portion of the danger covered under an arrangement gave by an insurance agency regarding an exceptional installment. All in all, it is a type of a protection cover for insurance agencies.

The SVAMITVA  Scheme

According to the recent news, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has delivered the new structure for implementation of the SVAMITVA Scheme. 

SVAMITVA represents Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas. 

Main key points 

Launch: It is a central sector Scheme which was launched nation wise on the event of National Panchayati Raj Day on 24th April 2021. 

It’s Aim: To give an integrated property approval answer for provincial India. 

Highlights the features: 

The boundary of provincial occupied regions would be finished utilizing Drone overview and CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Stations) Networks which gives planning precision of 5 cms. 

This would give the 'record of rights' to town family proprietors having houses in possessed rustic regions in towns. 

It will cover around 6.62 Lakh towns of the whole country during 2021-2025. 

Objectives: 

Its aim To bring financial stability to the residents rural India by empowering them to utilize their property as a monetary resource for taking advances and other monetary advantages. 

Making of precise land records for rural arranging. 

Determination of the property taxes.

Making of review foundation and GIS (Geographic Information System) maps that can be utilized by any division for their utilization. 

To help in planning of better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) by utilizing GIS maps. 

To lessen property related questions and lawful cases 

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) 

Overview of India is a Technology Implementation Agency.

Maratha Reservation Struck Down - SC

According to the recent news, the Supreme Court (SC) announced a Maharashtra law which gives reservation advantages to the Maratha people group, taking as far as possible in the State in excess of 50%, as unconstitutional. 

Main key points 

Background: 

2017: A 11-part commission headed by Retired Justice N G Gaikwad suggested Marathas ought to be given reservation under Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC). 

2018: Maharashtra Assembly passed a Bill proposing 16% booking for Maratha people group. 

2018: The Bombay High Court while maintaining the booking brought up that rather than 16% it ought to be diminished to 12% in schooling and 13%in positions. 

2020: The SC remained its execution and alluded the case to Chief Justice of India for a bigger seat. 

Current Ruling: 

Violation of Fundamental Rights: 

A separate reservation for the Maratha people group abuses Articles 14 (right to balance) and 21 (fair treatment of law). 

Reservation penetrating as far as possible will make a general public dependent on "standing guideline". 

The Maratha reservation of 12% and 13% (in training and occupations) had expanded the general reservation roof to 64% and 65%, individually. 

In the Indira Sawhney judgment 1992, SC had completely said half will be the standard, just in certain uncommon and exceptional circumstances for bringing distant far off zones' populace into standard said half guideline can be loose. 

No Further Benefits: 

Appointment made under the Maratha quota following the Bombay High Court judgment embracing the State law would hold, however they would get no further advantages. 

Deprived States of the Power to Identify SEBCs: 

There may be a single list of SEBC regarding each State and Union Territory told by the President of India, and that States can just make suggestions for incorporation or avoidance, with any ensuing change to be made exclusively by Parliament. 

The Bench consistently maintained the Constitution validity of the 102nd Constitution Amendment however varied on the inquiry whether it influenced the force of states to recognize SEBCs. 

Direction to NCBC: 

Asked the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) to speed up the proposal of SEBCs so the President can distribute the warning containing the rundown of SEBCs corresponding to States and Union Territories speedily. 

102nd Amendment Act of 2018 

It presented Articles 338B and 342A in the Constitution. 

Article 338B arrangements with the recently settled National Commission for Backward Classes. 

Article 342A engages the President to indicate the socially and instructively in reverse networks in a State. 

It says that it is for the Parliament to remember a local area for the Central List for socially and in reverse classes for award of reservation benefits.