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platform for NGOs and Civil village heads from Uttarakhand, Uttar SC asks Centre, States to
Societies to interact with the Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West set up panels on
Ministry of Women & Child Bengal. Mullaperiyar dam
Development, e-Samvad portal has
Despite the Centre’s assurance that
also been developed. Cabinet nod for Rs 6,809-
the Mullaperiyar dam is “safe,” the
crore Zojila tunnel project
India has largest Supreme Court on 11 January
connecting Jammu and 2018, directed it to constitute a
diaspora population in
Kashmir with Ladakh special committee to prepare for
world: UN Report The Cabinet, on 4 January 2018, disaster management for the 122-
India has the largest diaspora approved the construction of a 14.2 year-old dam. The three-judge
population in the world, with 16 km tunnel in Zoji La, to provide all- Bench, led by Chief Justice of India
million Indians living outside the weather connectivity between Ladakh Dipak Misra, also directed Tamil
country they were born in, according and Kashmir, while also giving a Nadu, which owns the dam, and
to United Nations report on strategic edge to the armed forces in Kerala, where it is located, to set up
migration trends released on the region. The project, said to be special committees to prepare
December 18, 2017. The survey, Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel, is disaster management plans. It
conducted by the UN Department of estimated to cost Rs 6,809-crore. The ordered that the three committees
Economic and Social Affairs, found tunnel is estimated to be completed in work in harmony.
224 million people lived as seven years. The 14.1 km two-lane bi- The court clarified that these
international migrants, or in a directional single tube tunnel will have committees had nothing to do with
country other to the one they were a parallel 14.2 km egress tunnel, the dam’s lifespan or safety. Their
born in, in 2015— a 41 per cent excluding approaches between Baltal brief would be restricted to
increase from 2000. Twenty million and Minamarg in the Valley. preventing a disaster or containing
of these migrants are refugees, the The construction of approaches of the loss of life and damage to
survey found. this tunnel is being undertaken property in case a tragedy hit the
Mexico had the second largest separately. dam.
diaspora population at 12 million,
followed by Russia and China. Two- Cabinet approves Bill to set up National
thirds of all international migrants continuation of MPLADS Medical Commission
lived in only 20 countries - introduced

predominantly the US, which hosted beyond 12thPlan
47 million, or a fifth, of all migrants - The Cabinet Committee on Economic A Bill for setting up a National
followed by Germany, Russia, Saudi Affairs, on 10 January 2018, gave its Medical Commission that seeks to
Arabia, Britain, and the United Arab approval to continuation of Members replace the Medical Council of India
was introduced in the Lok Sabha on
Emirates. of Parliament Local Area Development
December 29, 2017. The Bill would
Scheme (MPLADS) till the term of the
‘Ganga Gram’ project for 14 th Finance Commission i.e. lead to the constitution of a National
Medical
for
Commission
villages launched 31.03.2020. The MPLADS funds are
released to the nodal District development and regulation of all
Minister for Drinking Water and aspects relating to medical
Authorities on receipt of requisite
Sanitation Uma Bharti, on 23 education, medical profession and
December 2017, launched the documents and as per provisions of medical institutions and a Medical
‘Ganga Gram’ project as part of the Guidelines on MPLADS. Advisory Council to advise and
government’s clean Ganga mission, The MPLAD Scheme is an make recommendations to the
named Namami Gange, for holistic ongoing Central Sector Scheme which Commission.
sanitation development in 4,470 was launched in 1993-94. Since the The Bill would also lead to
villages on the banks of the river. inception of the Scheme till August, constitution of four Autonomous
The project was launched at the 2017, a total number of 18,82,180 Boards. These would include the
Ganga Gram Swachata Sammelan works for Rs. 44,929.17 crore Under-Graduate Medical Education
which was attended by more than have been sanctioned from MPLADS Board to regulate medical education
1,400 delegates including 500 fund. at undergraduate level.

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