ASSAM
CEC pats Assam for high electoral gender ratio
Assam’s women voters are just inches away from equaling their male counterparts in the electoral roll, a feat that has earned a big pat from the chief election commission of India himself.
The fresh electoral roll published on Monday has 1,13,55,79 female voters which is 49.30% of the total electorate size of 2,29,92,505. In terms of the gender ratio, the state has 972 female voters per thousand male voters, which is way above the national gender ratio.
The state’s women folk also come out in large numbers to cast their votes. In 2016 assembly polls 84.81% of female voters cast their votes and outnumbered the turnout registered by the male voters. In 2019 Lok Sabha polls female voters registered 81.34% turn out, but just fell short of the 81.75% turnout by their male counterpart.
The state has so far seen 20 chief ministers and of them only one was a woman—Anowara Taimur for a brief stint from December 6, 1980 to June 30, 1981.
On the other hand, since 1937, there have been as many as three women deputy speakers in the legislative assembly but none have been adorned the Speaker’s post yet. The first woman deputy speaker was Bonily Khongmen (1946), followed by Renupoma Rajkhowa(1999) and Pranati Phukan (2006).
NORTH-EASTERN STATES
Manipur celebrates Statehood Day
The 50th Statehood Day of Manipur was observed today. A parade was held on the 1st Manipur Rifles ground.
Acknowledging the contribution of everybody to the development of the State, the Chief Minister stated that the recognition given by the NITI Aayog has proved that Manipur is moving ahead with new ideas, development at the grassroots level and considerable improvement in law and order.
Informing that the foundation stone of a water amusement park has been laid in Imphal East district, Biren Singh stated that the State Government would construct children’s parks in seven districts including Chandel, Churachandpur, Jiribam, Kangpokpi, Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul, apart from setting up 47 primary health sub-centres in the rural and hilly areas under the Minority Department.
INTERNATIONAL
International Day of Education: 24 January
International Day of Education is an annual international observance day held on January 24 and is dedicated to education.
On December 3, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming January 24 as International Day of Education.
This year the closure of schools, universities, and other learning institutions, as well as the interruption of many literacy and lifelong learning programmes, has affected the lives of 1.6 billion students in over 190 countries.
2020 theme ‘Recover and revitalize education for the COVID-19 generation’
Nation Girl Child Day: 24 January
The National Girl Child Day is observed every year on 24 january.
The day is observed for focusing attention on ensuring equal opportunities to the girl child.
Founded by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, in 2008, the annual celebration of National Girl Child Day is meant to provide support and opportunities to the girls of our nation.
The day is celebrated by organizing various programs including awareness campaigns on Save the girl child, child sex ratios, and creating a healthy and safe environment for a girl child.
NATIONAL
Parakram diwas: 23 January
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary on 23 January 2021 is observed as Parakram Diwas.
The day is celebrated to honour and remember Netaji’s indomitable spirit and selfless service to the nation.
With the slogan “Give me blood and I will give you freedom”, he awakened the country towards fighting against the British.
Netaji built a force known as the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) giving the slogan of “Dilli Chalo”.
National Voters’ Day: 25 January
The National Voters’ Day (NVD) is observed every year on 25 January every year.
The Election Commission was founded in 1950 on this day.
The occasion was first celebrated in 2011.
This year’s theme is “Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed”.
One focus this year is highlighting the EC’s feat of running elections safely during the pandemic.
The National Voters Day ceremony is aimed at increasing voter enrolment, with special focus on new voters.
National Tourism Day of India: January 25
Every year, January 25 is celebrated as National Tourism Day in India.
The day was established by the Government of India to promote tourism and raise awareness of the importance of tourism for the country’s economy.
India is a country where ethnicity, practice, culture, etc changes with every kilometre as one moves from North to South.
It has mountains and the sea, which makes the country a distinct geographical entity.
This year, the theme of National Tourism Day is ‘Dekho Apna Desh’.
Union Minister Arjun Munda Virtually Launches “Shramshakti” Portal for Migrant Workers
The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda launched a National Migration Support Portal “ShramShakti”.
The portal will help the government in smooth formulation of state and national level programs for migrant workers.
Shram Shakti portal will address the data gap and empower migrant workers who generally migrate in search of employment and income generation.
Government would also be able to link the migrant population with the existing Welfare Scheme- under Atam Nirbhar Bharat.
The minister also launched “ShramSaathi”, a training manual for migrant workers, to ensure that the process of livelihood migration is safe and productive.
India’s largest multi-model logistic park to come up at Virochan Nagar in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat
India’s largest multi-model logistic park will come up at Virochan Nagar near Sanand in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat.
A Memorandum of Understanding-MoU was signed between the Gujarat Government and Adani Port and SEZ Ltd.
The proposed 1,450-acre park will also have a dedicated air cargo complex with 4.6-kilometre long runway to handle even large sized cargo aircraft.
It will provide direct air, rail and road connectivity. The park will have provision of direct rail connectivity with a dedicated freight corridor which is part of the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor.
The multi-model logistic park will be set up with an estimated investment of Rs 50,000 crore.