Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items

B2B #1: From news- Only 20% of Clean Ganga Mission funds spent till March 2018

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

1. NMCG was registered as a society on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
2. It acted as implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA) which was constituted under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act (EPA),1986.
3. The Act envisages five tier structure at national, state and district level to take measures for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution in river Ganga and to ensure continuous adequate flow of water so as to rejuvenate the river Ganga as below;

• National Ganga Council under chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
• Empowered Task Force (ETF) on river Ganga under chairmanship of Hon’ble Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
• National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG).
• State Ganga Committees and
• District Ganga Committees in every specified district abutting river Ganga and its tributaries in the states.

1. MCG has a two tier management structure and comprises of Governing Council and Executive Committee.

 

B2B #2: From news-India merges anti-dumping, import safeguard bodies

Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)

1. The Government of India carried out an Amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 for the creation of an integrated single umbrella National Authority to be called the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) for providing comprehensive and swift trade defense mechanism in India
2. The amendment of Allocation of Business Rules has also mandated Department of Commerce with work pertaining to the recommendation of Safeguard measures
3. The DGTR will bring DGAD, DGS and Safeguards (QR) functions of DGFT into its fold by merging them into one single national entity
4. DGTR will deal with Anti-dumping, CVD and Safeguard measures
5. The DGTR will function as an attached office of Department of Commerce
6. The recommendation of DGTR for the imposition of Anti-dumping, countervailing & Safeguard duties would be considered by the Department of Revenue

As a part of revision for Prelims 2018, Here’s a Factoid to brush up your concepts

Name :  Joint Polar Satellite System-1

Details :  The satellite is the first of four next-generation spacecraft for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Agency :  NASA