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National News
Modi clears PM-Kisan 17th instalment
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed the release of the 17th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN Nidhi) scheme.
- The move will benefit more than 93 million farmers by disbursing more than Rs 20,000 crore.
- The 16th Installment of the PM KISAN scheme was released on 28th February 2024.
What is PM-KISAN Nidhi?
- PM-KISAN Nidhi is a central government scheme launched in December 2018 to support the income of farmers by providing an annual financial assistance of Rs 6,000.
- The money is given in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 every four months directly into the beneficiaries’ bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer.
- More than 93 million farmers had received Rs 2000 as the 16th instalment of PM Kisan Yojana.
The PM was also approved a proposal for constructing three crores more houses under the PMAY.
- The government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) since 2015-16 to provide assistance to the eligible rural and urban households for construction of houses with basic amenities.
- Under PMAY, 4.21 crore houses have been completed for eligible poor families under the housing schemes in the last 10 years.
- All the houses constructed under PMAY are provided other basic amenities such as household toilets, LPG connection, electricity connection, functional household tap connection and so forth.
Centre releases ₹1.39 lakh crore to States
- The Union Government released over ₹1.39 lakh crore to the States under the devolution mechanism.
- Based on the Finance Commission’s formula, 41 per cent of the Centre’s tax revenue is given to the States through the devolution mechanism.
- Uttar Pradesh got the highest share with more than ₹25,000 crore, followed by Bihar (₹14,000 crore) and Madhya Pradesh (over ₹10000 crore).
- The Interim Budget 2024-25 has a provision of over ₹12 lakh crore towards devolution of taxes to States. With this release, the total amount devolved (for FY 2024-25) to States till June 10, 2024, is over ₹2.79 lakh crore.
List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2024
- The 18th Lok Sabha General Elections recently ended, and the results were announced on June 4, 2024.
- The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Narendra Modi, won enough seats to form the government.
- On June 9, 2024, Narendra Modi made history by becoming India’s Prime Minister for the third time in a row, a feat last achieved by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
- Along with Modi, 30 cabinet ministers, 5 ministers with independent charge, and 36 ministers of state took the oath, forming the Modi 3.0 government.
- Shri Narendra Modi- Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
- Here is the complete List of Cabinet Ministers 2024
| S.No | Cabinet Ministers | Portfolio |
| 1 | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2 | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of Cooperation. |
| 3 | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 4 | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare,
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5 | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Minister of Rural Development. |
| 6 | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance
Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 7 | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 8 | Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister of Power. |
| 9 | Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries
Minister of Steel. |
| 10 | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 11 | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education |
| 12 | Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 13 | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 14 | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 15 | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 16 | Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 17 | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 18 | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 19 | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Textiles. |
| 20 | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| 21 | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Communications
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 22 | Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 23 | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Culture
Minister of Tourism. |
| 24 | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| 25 | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 26 | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 27 | Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Labour and Employment
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 28 | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal
Minister of Mines. |
| 29 | Shri Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 30 | Shri C R Patil | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
| 1 | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture. |
| 2 | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Science Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy Minister of State in the Department of Space. |
| 3 | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 4 | Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 5 | Shri Jayant Chaudhary | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education. |
MINISTERS OF STATE
| 1 | Shri Jitin Prasada | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 2 | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 3 | Shri Pankaj Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 4 | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation |
| 5 | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6 | Shri Ram Nath Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 7 | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8 | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 9 | Shri V. Somanna | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 10 | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications. |
| 11 | Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| 12 | Sushri Sobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 13 | Shri Kirtivardhan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 14 | Shri B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 15 | Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 16 | Shri Suresh Gopi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 17 | Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 18 | Shri Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 19 | Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20 | Shri Kamlesh Paswan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| 21 | Shri Bhagirath Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 22 | Shri Satish Chandra Dubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines. |
| 23 | Shri Sanjay Seth | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 24 | Shri Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 25 | Shri Durgadas Uikey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 26 | Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 27 | Shri Sukanta Majumdar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 28 | Smt. Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| 29 | Shri Tokhan Sahu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| 30 | Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| 31 | Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 32 | Shri Harsh Malhotra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 33 | Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| 34 | Shri Murlidhar Mohol | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
| 35 | Shri George Kurian | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 36 | Shri Pabitra Margherita | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
International News
BRICS Foreigners Ministers meeting held in Russia
- BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) Foreign Ministers meeting begins in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod.
- The two-day meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov comes ahead of the BRICS Summit slated to be held this October.
- Last year, S Jaishankar represented India at the BRICS foreign ministerial meeting held in South Africa’s Cape Town.
- This is the first meeting of foreign ministers since the expansion of BRICS in 2023.
- The 10 full members of the association include Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa with new members Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia joining the grouping in 2023.
- Russia took over the chairmanship of BRICS on January 1, 2024.
Appointment
Indian Navy gets its first Woman Helicopter Pilot
- Sub Lieutenant Anamika B. Rajeev became the Indian Navy’s first woman helicopter pilot during a passing out parade held in the naval air station INS Rajali at Arakkonam in Ranipet district.
- A total of 21 officers were awarded the prestigious ‘Golden Wings’ by Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.
- The trainees completed an intensive 22-week training programme encompassing rigorous flying and ground training at the Indian Naval Air Squadron 561, the alma mater of all helicopter pilots of the Indian Navy.
Prem Singh Tamang sworn in as Sikkim CM for 2nd time
- Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) supremo Prem Singh Tamang took oath as the Chief Minister of the Himalayan state for the second consecutive term.
- The 56-year-old politician was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at a function held in Paljor Stadium in Gangtok.
- Twelve ministers, including the chief minister, were also sworn in. According to the constitution, the maximum strength of the Sikkim Council of Ministers shall be twelve.
- The SKM was swept back into power in the recentl concluded state legislative assembly election by winning 31 out of 32 seats of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly.
About Sikkim
- Capital – Gangtok
- Chief Minister – Prem Singh Tamang (2nd time)
- Governor – Lakshman Prasad Acharya
Awards
SEBI bags ‘Best Conduct of Business Regulator’ award
- SEBI has been given ‘Best Conduct of Business Regulator’ award in Asia Pacific by The Asian Banker for its role in enhancing the regulatory framework for securities markets in India.
- The award was received by Sebi’s Whole Time Member Kamlesh Chandra Varshney in a ceremony held in Hong Kong.
- SEBI has been actively working towards instantaneous settlement. In 2021, T+1 settlement was introduced in a phased manner, which was fully implemented from January 2023.
- This move has provided investors with faster access to their funds following trade execution and settlement, enhancing market efficiency and liquidity.
Recent Award
- Hindi Sahitya Bharati Award – Krishna Prakash,
- EY World Entrepreneur of The Year 2024 – Vellayan Subbiah
- Dilip Bose Lifetime Achievement Award – Nar Singh & Rohini Lokhande
- Gudleppa Hallikeri Award 2024 – Siddhalinga Pattanashetti
- Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion 2024 – National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru
Sports
UP to organize 2025 edition of MotoGP Bharat in Noida
- MotoGP India will be held in Buddha Circuit, Greater Noida Gautam Buddha Nagar from 2025 to 2029.
- The Uttar Pradesh government will sign a contract with Dorna Sports and its Indian partner, Fairstreet Sports, to organize the MotoGP event in Noida.
- To organize the event through its Invest UP department, the state government will raise crore.
Sumit Nagapal wins his 6th ATP Challenger Tennis Title
- The Indian men’s tennis player Sumit Nagpal won the men’s singles title at the Heilbronn Neckarcup 2024 ATP Challenger Tennis tournament in Germany.
- It was the sixth ATP Challenger title for India’s top-ranked men’s tennis singles player.
- In the final, Sumit Nagpal defeated Alexander Ritschard of Switzerland in three sets 6-1, 6(5)-7(7), 6-3.
- This win will improve the ATP ranking of Sumit Nagpal making him eligible for the 2024 Summer Paris Olympics.
- The ATP Challenger Tour Tennis Tournament is organised by the apex men’s professional tennis organisation, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- It is the second-highest-ranking tennis tournament organised by the ATP after the ATP tour.
Saurabh Sharma strikes Twin Gold in World Para Athlete Grand Prix
- Saurabh Sharma, an athlete from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, has won two gold medals in the ongoing World Para Athlete Grand Prix in the Nottwil city of Switzerland.
- Sharma emerged victorious in 155-metre and 5000-metre races.
- Sharma, who hails from Ropa Khayah village of Nadaun area in Hamirpur district, is representing the Indian team in the T12 category.
- He had earlier won seven gold medals at the national level.
Puja Tomar becomes first Indian to win in UFC
- Puja Tomar made history as the first Indian to win a fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), defeating Brazil’s Rayanne dos Santos at UFC Louisville 2024.
- Hailing from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, Puja had already broken new ground last year by becoming the first Indian woman to secure a UFC contract.
- In her debut fight in the women’s strawweight division, she triumphed by split decision with scores of 30-27, 27-30, and 29-28.
Max Verstappen won Canadian Grand Prix 2024
- Dutch-Belgian racing driver Max Verstappen of Red Bull has won the Canadian Grand Prix 2024.
- Verstappen’s triumph at the Canadian Grand Prix 2024 marked his 60th Formula 1 win and his sixth victory in nine races this season.
- McLaren’s Lando Norris secured an impressive second-place finish, while Mercedes’s George Russell clinched the third spot, achieving the team’s first Grand Prix podium finish for the 2024 Formula 1 season.
- The Canadian Grand Prix 2024 is also known as the AWS GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2024.
Recent 2024 Grand Prix Winner
- Monaco Grand Prix – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc (Monacco)
- Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Miami Grand Prix – McLaren’s Lando Norris (British)
- Chinese Grand Prix – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Japanese Grand Prix – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Australian Grand Prix – Ferrari’s Carlos Saina (Spain)
- Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Bahrain Grand Prix 2- Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
Important day
11 June – International Day of Play
- International Day of Play is observed on 11 June. This year, It is the first edition of International Day of Play.
- The Day of Play on 11 June was added to the list of global annual observances recognised by the United Nations, following a successful campaign by Save the Children, the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation and other partners, to recognise play as a critical developmental activity for children.
- Children have a right to play under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, yet around 70% of adults aren’t aware of this right, according to toy manufacturer LEGO’s global Play Well Study 2024, underscoring the need for an international day.
Obituary
Mumbai Cricket Association honorary president Amol Kale passes away during India-Pak match
- Amol Kale, aged 47, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) honorary president, passed away following a cardiac in New York.
- Kale, along with MCA secretary Ajinkya Naik and apex council member Suraj Samat, had watched India’s thrilling win against Pakistan in T20 World Cup from the stadium on June 9.
- Kale was elected as the MCA president, after defeating World Cup champion Sandeep Patil in a closely-contested battle in October 2022.
- He was instrumental in the MCA deciding to double Mumbai’s senior men’s match-fees starting the forthcoming season.
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