Current Affairs 3rd June 2019
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- The first session of 17th Lok Sabha from June 17th.
-The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha will commence on 17th of this month. The Rajya Sabha will have its sitting from 20th onwards. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javedkar stated the session will continue till 26th of next month.
- Nirmala Sitharaman To Present First Union Budget On 5th July.
-The first session of the newly-elected Lok Sabha has been convened from 17th June to 26th July 2019 and the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present its first Budget on 5th July 2019 by Nirmala Sitharaman, who is Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs. The 40-day session will have 30 sittings.
- Union Cabinet approves the extension of PM-KISAN scheme.
-The newly-sworn in NDA government at the Centre has taken four major decisions related to farmer’s and traders welfare in the first meeting of the Union Cabinet. It has approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi to all the farmers in the country. Earlier the benefit of the scheme was applicable to farmers having two hectares of land.
4.PM Modi hikes National Defence Fund Scholarship assistance.
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved changes to the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for wards of deceased defense personnel under the National Defence Fund. The quota of new scholarships for children of state police officials will be 500 in a year. The rates of scholarship have also been increased from Rs. 2000 per month to Rs. 2250 per month to Rs. 3000 per month for girls.
5.Indian-origin Anita Bhatia appointed UN Deputy Executive Director.
-Indian-origin Anita Bhatia, a veteran in strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and management, has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the Deputy Executive Director in the global body’s agency focused on women empowerment and gender equality.
- India removes restriction on air space usage.
-The Indian Air Force has removed all the temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian air space. The Indian Air Force had put temporary airspace restrictions on Indian air space on February 27.
- Kasturirangan committee submits new draft education policy to HRD Ministry.
-Former ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan led Committee submitted the draft National Educational Policy to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in New Delhi. The policy draft recommends incorporations of Indian knowledge systems in the curriculum, constituting a National Education Commission and curbing arbitary fees hikes by private schools.
- Assam govt hikes parental income limit under the fee waiver scheme.
-Assam government has waived admission fees for students taking admission up to Post Graduate level whose parental income is less than 2 lakh rupees per year.
