Daily Current Affairs 3 June 2020 | UPSC Current Affairs 2020

Current Affairs Of Today Are

1) Changpa community

The Chinese Army’s intrusion in Chumar and Demchok since January has left Ladakh’s nomadic herding Changpa community cut off from large parts of summer pastures.
The People’s Liberation Army has taken over 16 kanals (two acres) of cultivable land in Chumur and advanced around 15 km inside Demchok, taking over traditional grazing pastures and cultivable lowlands. This has destabilized the movement of over 2,000 members of the nomadic community. In a cascading effect, this has resulted in a sharp rise in the deaths of young Pashmina goats this year in the KorzokChumur belt of Changthang plateau in Ladakh.
The muchvalued wool from the Ladakh herds is essential for the prized Pashmina shawls woven in Kashmir and famous for their intricate handwork.
Since 2017, the vital winter grazing grounds of the Guntcsay Phu-Tagapank Nak lowlying belt have witnessed heightened tension between the Indian and Chinese armies.
The ChusholDemchokChumur belt border areas are home to the maximum number of Pashmina goats, which graze at altitudes above 13,000 feet, and the belt contributed 25 to 30 tonnes out of 4550 tonnes of the finest wool produced annually in Ladakh.

Changpa

The Changpa or Champa is a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the Changtang in Ladakh and in Jammu and Kashmir. A smaller number resides in the western regions of the Tibet Autonomous Region and was partially relocated for the establishment of the Changtang Nature Reserve. As of 1989, half a million nomads were living in the Changtang area.

Changpa of Jammu and Kashmir

The Changpa of Ladakh is high altitude pastoralists, raising mainly yaks and goats. Among the Ladakh Changpa, those who are still nomadic are known as Phalpa, and they take their herds from in the Hanley Valley to the village of Lato. Hanley is home to six isolated settlements, where the sedentary Changpa, the Fangpa resides. Despite their different lifestyles, both these groups intermarry. The Changpa speak Changskhat, a dialect of Tibetan, and practice Tibetan Buddhism.
Only a small part of Changthang crosses the border into Ladakh, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is, however, on a historically important route for travelers journeying from Ladakh to Lhasa, and now has many different characteristics due to being part of India. Historically, the Changpa of the Ladakh would migrate with their herds into Tibet, but with the Chinese takeover of Tibet, this route has been closed.
As of 2001, the Changpa were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of affirmative action

Source: The Hindu

2) Three Electronics incentive schemes launched

To build a robust manufacturing ecosystem that will be an asset to the global economy, we are looking forward to developing a strong eco-system across the value chain and integrating it with global value chains. This is the essence of these three Schemes namely, the (i) Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing, (ii) Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) and (iii) Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) Scheme.
The PLI Scheme shall extend an incentive of 4% to 6% on incremental sales (over a base year) of goods manufactured in India and covered under the target segments, to eligible companies, for five years after the base year. The SPECS shall provide a financial incentive of 25% on capital expenditure for the identified list of electronic goods, i.e., electronic components, semiconductor/ display fabrication units, Assembly, Test, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) units, specialized sub-assemblies and capital goods for manufacture of aforesaid goods. The EMC 2.0 shall provide support for the creation of world-class infrastructure along with common facilities and amenities, including Ready Built Factory (RBF) sheds / Plug and Play facilities for attracting major global electronics manufacturers, along with their supply chains.
The trilogy of Schemes entails an outlay of about Rs. 50,000crore(approximately USD 7 billion).The Schemes will help offset the disability for domestic electronics manufacturing and hence, strengthen the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country. The three Schemes together will enable large scale electronics manufacturing, the domestic supply chain of components and state-of-the-art infrastructure and common facilities for large anchor units and their supply chain partners. These Schemes shall contribute significantly to achieving a USD 1 Trillion digital economy and a USD 5 Trillion GDP by 2025
The three new Schemes are expected to attract substantial investments, increase the production of mobile phones and their parts/ components to around Rs.10,00,000 crore by 2025, and generate around 5 lakh direct and 15 lakh indirect jobs.

Source: PIB

3) India’s Rating Downgraded

Recently, rating agency Moody’s Investors Service downgraded India’s sovereign ratings from Baa2 to Baa3.

Key Points

Reason:

The rating agency cited slow reform momentum, constrained policy effectiveness, and slower growth compared to India’s potential among the reasons for the downgrade.
Covid-19 pandemic has only amplified the vulnerabilities in India’s credit profile that were present and building before the shock.
The rating has been downgraded in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, it was not driven by the impact of the pandemic.

Lowest Grade:

Baa3 is the lowest investment grade in Moody’s rating ladder.
This means India is just one notch above the non-investment grade or junk grade.
Moody’s had upgraded the country’s rating to Baa2 in November 2017.

Lowers Growth Forecast:

According to Moody, India’s real GDP growth rate will contract by 4% in 2020-21 due to the shock from the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdown measures.
It expects the economy to grow 8.7% next financial year and closer to 6% in the subsequent year.
India’s GDP growth slipped to an 11-year low of 4.2% in 2019-20. The fiscal deficit also expanded to 4.6% of the GDP as against the revised estimate of 3.8% of GDP in the previous financial year.

Other Economic Issues:

Credit Crunch: The rating agency did not expect the credit crunch in the country’s under-capitalized financial sector to be resolved quickly.
High Debt Burden: The fiscal constraints point to a higher debt burden for a longer period.
The lower GDP growth over the medium term will diminish the government’s ability to reduce its debt burden after a significant rise due to the coronavirus economic shock.
Lower Tax Revenue: India’s large low-income population will limit the government’s tax revenue base.

Government effort not adequate for sustainable growth:

The government response to the growth slowdown before the coronavirus outbreak as well as the recent support package for vulnerable households and small businesses is not enough to restore sustainable GDP growth.

Credit Rating

A credit rating is a quantified assessment of the creditworthiness of a borrower in general terms or concerning a particular debt or financial obligation.
A credit rating can be assigned to any entity that seeks to borrow money—an individual, corporation, state or provincial authority, or sovereign government.
A sovereign credit rating is an independent assessment of the creditworthiness of a country or sovereign entity.

Sovereign credit ratings can give investors insights into the level of risk associated with investing in the debt of a particular country, including any political risk.
Investors use sovereign credit ratings as a way to assess the riskiness of a particular country's bonds.
Obtaining a good sovereign credit rating is usually essential for developing countries to access funding in international bond markets.

A rating agency is a company that assesses the financial strength of companies and government entities, especially their ability to meet principal and interest payments on their debts.
The Big Three Credit Rating Agencies: Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) are the big three international credit rating agencies controlling approximately 95% of the global rating business.
In India, there are six credit rating agencies registered under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) namely, CRISIL, ICRA, CARE, SMERA, Fitch India, and Brickwork Ratings.

Moody’s downgrades 11 banks

Rating agency Moody’s has taken rating action on 11 banks as well as 11 companies
Among banks, Moody’s has downgraded the long-term local and foreign currency deposit ratings of HDFC Bank and State Bank of India to Baa3 from Baa2, and the longterm issuer rating of EXIM India to Baa3 from Baa2, while maintaining ‘negative’ outlook.
HDFC Bank’s Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) has been downgraded to Baa3 from Baa2. In the case of SBI, Moody’s expects its asset quality and profitability to weaken, which could hurt its capitalization. Punjab National Bank’s ratings were affirmed at Ba1 and its baseline credit assessment at b1.
The rating outlook of PNB is changed to ‘stable’ from ‘positive’. Moody’s has placed Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank and Union Bank of India’s baseline credit assessment under review for downgrade.
In the case of Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank, Moody’s has affirmed their longterm local and foreign currency deposit ratings at Ba2 and their BCAs at b2. The rating outlook of these issues is maintained as ‘stable’.
Moody’s also downgraded the ratings of major Indian companies such as ONGC, HPCL, Oil India Limited, IOCL, BPCL, Petronet LNG Limited, TCS, and Infosys Limited to negative
The rating agency also downgraded seven leading Indian infrastructure issuers by one notch.
These include National Thermal Power Limited, NHPC Limited, National Highways Authority of India, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Gail (India) Limited, Adani Green Energy and Adani Transmission.

Source: The Hindu

4) 2nd Advance Estimates of 2019-20 of Horticulture Crops

Department of Agriculture, Cooperation, and Farmers Welfare have released the 2nd Advance Estimates of 2019-20 of Area and Production of various Horticulture Crops.

Highlights of 2019-20 (2nd Advance Estimates)

Total Horticulture production in 2019-20 (2nd Advance Estimates) is estimated to be 3.13% higher than 2018-19.
Increase in Vegetables, Fruits, Aromatics, and Medicinal Plants and Flowers, while a decrease in Plantation Crops and Spices, over the previous year, is observed.
The Fruits production is estimated to be 99.07 Million Tonne compared to 97.97 Million Tonne production in 2018-19. It is mainly due to an increase in the production of Banana, Apple, Citrus, and Watermelon.
The production of Vegetables in 2019-20 is estimated to be 191.77 Million Tonne, compared to 183.17 Million Tonne in 2018-19. The increase is mainly due to the increased production of Onion, Tomato, Okra, Peas, Potato, etc.
Onion production is estimated to be 26.74 Million Tonne, as compared to 22.82 Million Tonne in 2018-19.
Tomato production is estimated to be 20.57 Million Tonne (an increase of 8.2%) as compared to 19.01 Million Tonnes in 2018-19.

Source: PIB

5) PM SVANidhi: Micro Credit Scheme for Street Vendors

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor's Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), for providing affordable loans to the street vendors.

Earlier, the Scheme was announced as a part of the Economic Stimulus-II under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
The scheme would benefit vendors, hawkers, thelewale, and people involved in goods and services related to textiles, apparel, artisan products, barbers shops, laundry services, etc. in different areas.

Key Points

Loan facility:

The vendors can avail of a working capital loan of up to Rs. 10,000, which is repayable in monthly installments within a year. The loans would be without collateral.

It is for the first time that Microfinance Institutions, Non-Banking Financial Company, Self Help Groups have been allowed in a scheme for the urban poor due to their ground-level presence and proximity to the urban poor including the street vendors.

There will be no penalty on the early repayment of the loan.

Early repayment (or resettlement) is a clearance of debt or loan before the scheduled time. Many banks and lenders charge penalties for repaying loans early.

Those who were vending till 24th March 2020 can avail of the benefits of the scheme.

This is for the first time that street vendors from peri-urban/rural areas have become beneficiaries of an urban livelihood program.

The scheme is valid until March 2022.

Interest Subsidy:

On timely/early repayment of the loan, an interest subsidy of 7% per annum will be credited to the bank accounts of beneficiaries through direct benefit transfer on a six-monthly basis.

Escalation of credit limits:

The scheme provides for the rise of the credit limit on timely/ early repayment of loans i.e. if a street vendor repays the installments on time or earlier, he or she can develop his or her credit score that makes him/her eligible for a higher amount of term loan such as Rs. 20,000.

Encourage digital transactions:

The scheme incentivizes digital transactions by the street vendors through monthly cashback.

Focus on capacity building:

MoHUA in collaboration with State Governments will launch a capacity building and financial literacy program of all the stakeholders and Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) activities throughout the country during June, and loaning will commence in July.

Role of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs):

ULBs will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the scheme by ensuring to target the beneficiary and efficiently reaching to them.

E-governance:

In line with the vision of leveraging technology to ensure effective delivery and transparency, a digital platform with a web portal/ mobile app is being developed to administer the scheme with end-to-end solutions.
This platform will integrate the web portal/ mobile app with the UdyamiMitra portal of SIDBI for credit management and the PAiSA portal of MoHUA to administer interest subsidy automatically.
It will help in integrating the vendors into the formal financial system.

Way Forward

The loans through the scheme would help to kick-start activity for vendors who have been left without any income due to the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown.
Despite multiple schemes running for the street vendors, there are various gaps in implementation, identification, awareness, and accessibility of various schemes which should be plugged promptly.
Benefits like maternity allowances, accident relief, natural death compensation, education support for children for higher studies, pension during any crisis should be provided to them.

Source: PIB

6) PM-CARES Not Under RTI

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has clarified that the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES Fund) is not a public authority under the ambit of the Right To Act (RTI), 2005.

PM-CARES Fund was set to accept donations and provide relief during the Covid-19 pandemic, and other similar emergencies.
The PMO’s response came in the backdrop of the RTI query filed to know the Fund’s trust deed and all government orders, notifications, and circulars relating to its creation and operation.

Key Points

PM-CARES Not a Public Authority:

It has been stated that the PM-CARES Fund is not a Public Authority under the ambit of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, 2005.
However, relevant information in respect of the PM-CARES Fund may be seen on the website pmcares.gov.in.

Ambiguous Nature of PMNRF Under RTI:

There is ambiguity regarding whether the PMNRF (Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund) is subject to the RTI Act.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed PMNRF to disclose information as a result of the Delhi High Court’s split opinion on the question of whether PMNRF is a public authority under the Act.

The split opinion signifies that some Justices from the Delhi High Court Bench held PMNRF as a public authority, whereas some Justices held that PMNRF is not a public authority.

Audit of PM-CARES and PMNRF:

Earlier, the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) office had clarified that it wouldn’t audit the PM-CARES Fund as it is ‘a charitable organization’ and is also based on donations from individuals and organizations.
The PMNRF too is not audited by CAG but it is audited by an independent auditor outside of the government.

PM-CARES Fund

Description:

PM-CARES was set up as a public charitable trust with the trust deed registered on March 27, 2020.
It can avail donations from the foreign contribution and donations to fund can also avail a 100% tax exemption.
PM-CARES is different from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).

Purpose:

It is meant for supporting relief or assistance of any kind relating to a public health emergency or any other kind of emergency, calamity, or distress, either man-made or natural.
It includes the creation or upgradation of healthcare or pharmaceutical facilities, funding relevant research, or any other type of support.

Composition:

Prime Minister as chairperson
Defence Minister, Home Minister, Finance Minister
Three trustees nominated by the Prime Minister “who shall be eminent persons in the field of research, health, science, social work, law, public administration, and philanthropy”

Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF)

Description:

PMNRF was instituted in 1948 by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, to assist displaced persons from Pakistan.
The fund is recognized as a Trust under the Income Tax Act and the same is managed by the Prime Minister or multiple delegates for national causes.
The contributions towards PMNRF are notified for 100% deduction from taxable income under section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Purpose:

The fund is currently used primarily to tackle natural calamities like floods, cyclones, and earthquakes.
The fund is also used to help with medical treatment like kidney transplantation, cancer treatment, and acid attack.

Contributions:

The fund consists entirely of public contributions and does not get any budgetary support. It accepts voluntary contributions from Individuals, Organizations, Trusts, Companies, and Institutions, etc.
The corpus of the fund is also invested in various forms with scheduled commercial banks and other agencies. Disbursements are made with the approval of the Prime Minister.

Section 2 (h) of the RTI Act

Under section 2(h) of the RTI Act "Public authority" means any authority or body or institution of self-government established or constituted—

by or under the Constitution;
by any other law made by Parliament/State Legislature.
by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government, and includes any—

body owned, controlled or substantially financed;
non-Government organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government.

Earlier in 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.

Source: The Hindu

7) Coronal heating puzzle: Nanoflares

A group of scientists working at the Punebased National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) has recently discovered tiny flashes of radio light emanating from all over the sun, which they say could help in explaining the longpending coronal heating problem
These radio lights or signals result from beams of electrons accelerated in the aftermath of a magnetic explosion on the sun. While scientists have not seen the magnetic explosions, these weak radio flashes that we have discovered are ‘smoking guns’ or the evidence for the same and hence bring closer to explaining the coronal heating problem
These observations were the strongest evidence to date that the tiny magnetic explosions, originally referred to as ‘nanoflares’ by eminent American solar astrophysicist Eugene Parker, can indeed be heating up the corona (the aura of plasma that surrounds the sun and other stars).
while the phenomenon of coronal heating has been known for the last 70 years, the availability of cutting edge data from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope proved to be a gamechanger
With this work, NCRA scientists have the strongest evidence to date of these magnetic explosions or ‘nanoflares’ as called by Prof. Parker in a theory he put forth in 1988. NCRA discoveries were greatly facilitated by the availability of data from the MWA and our work at the NCRA
The strength of the magnetic fields varies a lot from one place on the surface of the Sun to another, by more than a factor of 1,000. But the corona is hot everywhere. So, this heating process has to work all over the corona, even in regions of weak magnetic fields. Until now, the process of how this magnetic energy is deposited in the corona had remained a mystery. Now, our observations can bring us closer to solving this
The three scientists (Surajit Mondal, Divya Oberoi, and Atul Mohan of the NCRA team) have jointly written a paper on their discoveries titled ‘First Radio Evidence for Impulsive Heating Contribution to the Quiet Solar Corona’, which was published in Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Source: The Hindu

8) Antifa in the USA

The USA is experiencing a ‘law and order’ situation due to the violent nationwide protests triggered by anger over racial inequities and excessive use of police force.
The unrest began with peaceful protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody in Minneapolis city of the USA.
Subsequently, many cities across the USA remain under curfews at a level not seen since riots following the 1968 assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.

Key Points

Blame for Ongoing Violent Protest :

The USA President has blamed an organization namely, Antifa for the violent protest that erupted in the country.
The Antifa movement gained more visibility in 2017 after a series of events that put a spotlight on anti-fascist protesters.

Declaration as a Terrorist Organisation:

It has been also argued that the USA will be designating Antifa as a terrorist organization in the future.
Although, the USA has no statute that permits designating violent domestic groups terrorists, as it has for international groups like Islamic State or Al-Qaeda.

Antifa

Description:

The word “Antifa” was first used in 1946, Antifa stands for “Anti-fascism”.
The name comes from early 1930s Germany, where socialist "anti-fa" groups attempted to stand up to the rise of Adolf Hitler's Nazis.
Antifa was started in the Rose City Antifa of Portland, Oregon (USA) in 2007 to shut down a neo-Nazi skinhead music festival called Hammerfest.

Principles:

The organization covers a range of social justice issues. It believes in a world free of fascism, racism, sexism, homo/transphobia, and islamophobia.
It also focusses on countering the resurgence of neo-nazi and white supremacist groups.
It is also only one activist movement that has come together in the past few years to oppose the far right.

Members:

Antifa is more of a movement of activists whose followers share a philosophy and tactics.
The movement is secretive and has no official leaders.
It is organized into autonomous local cells.

Unique Ways to Protest:

Antifa members typically dress in black and often wear a mask at their demonstrations, and follow far-left ideologies such as anti-capitalism.
What makes them stand out is the violence, although the group also participates in non-violent protests.
It criticizes mainstream liberal politicians for not doing enough, and Antifa members have often physically confronted their conservative opponents.
Apart from public counter-protests, Antifa members run websites that track white extremist and ultra-right groups.

Fascism

Features:

Fascism is a form of authoritarian ideology that promotes ultranationalism.
Opposed to liberalism, Marxism, and Anarchism, Fascism is placed on the far-right within the traditional left-right spectrum.
It is usually characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, as well as strong regimentation of society and of the economy.

Origin and Spread:

The term ‘fascism’ is of Italian origin. It was first used for the movement which started in Italy under the leadership of Benito Mussolini.
It came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. The first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before spreading to other European countries.
Several other countries also have experienced fascist regimes or elements of them which include Adolf Hitler in Germany, Francisco Franco in Spain and Juan Perón in Argentina, etc.

Source: The Hindu

9) Cyclone Nisarga

A fast-moving depression in the Arabian Sea is predicted to be intensified into a severe cyclone named ‘Nisarga’.

The name ‘Nisarga’ has been suggested by Bangladesh.

Key Points

As per the India Meteorological Department, the impact of the cyclone is likely to be felt in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
There is a concern about the impact of the cyclonic storm on the battle against Covid-19, as the rain and flooding may set back social distancing and other necessary measures at evacuation centers, and even at some Covid-19 facilities located in low-lying areas.
A few days back, super cyclone Amphan - one of the strongest cyclones the country has seen in the last few decades - hit West Bengal, Odisha, and Bangladesh.

Cyclone Nisarga is expected to be weaker than Cyclone Amphan in strength and intensity.
However, in the case of both the cyclones, the exceptional warm ocean temperatures seem to be behind the intense storms.

Cyclones in the Arabian Sea:

While cyclones have always been more frequent in the Bay of Bengal, they have been less frequent off of India’s western coast — a trend that has been gradually changing, according to scientists.
Further, cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal are stronger than those on the Arabian Seaside. The relatively cold waters of the Arabian Sea discourage the kind of very strong cyclones that are formed on the Bay of Bengal side.
The year 2019 was slightly unusual as the Arabian Sea saw the most frequent and intense cyclonic activity in more than 100 years. Five cyclones originated in the area in 2019 — Vayu, Hikka, Kyarr, Maha, and Pavan – when normally only one or two are formed.

The Arabian Sea saw more cyclonic storms than the Bay of Bengal during 2019. The Bay of Bengal reported less than a normal number of cyclones. The three cyclones formed were — Cyclones Pabuk, Fani, Bulbul.

Post-monsoon cyclones have been seen in the Arabian Sea. However, pre-monsoon cyclones, such as Nisarga, have so far been rare.

Tropical Cyclone

A Tropical cyclone is an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain.
A characteristic feature of tropical cyclones in the eye, a central region of clear skies, warm temperatures, and low atmospheric pressure.
Storms of this type are called hurricanes in the North Atlantic and eastern Pacific and typhoons in Southeast Asia and China. They are called tropical cyclones in the southwest Pacific and Indian Ocean region.
In the southern hemisphere, storms rotate clockwise and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.

India Meteorological Department

IMD was established in 1875.
It is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.
It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting, and seismology.

Source: Indian Express

10) SPIC MACAY

Recently, the Prime Minister of India addressed the SPIC MACAY's International Convention via video conference.

He appreciated the new elements in the SPIC MACAY convention this year like nature walk, heritage walk, literature, and holistic food along with Yoga and Naad Yoga.
He also stated that music is strengthening the idea of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.

Key Points

SPIC MACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth) is a non-political, nationwide, voluntary movement founded in 1977 by Dr. Kiran Seth.

He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to the arts in 2009.

It is a participatory student movement registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
In 2011, it was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award in recognition of its contribution to youth development.
Its intention is to enrich the quality of formal education by increasing awareness about different aspects of Indian heritage and inspiring the young mind to imbibe the values embedded in it.
It is supported nationally by the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
It has been organizing national and international conventions for the last 35 years.

Anubhav, a week-long online project, seeks to help youngsters indulge in mystical and diverse aspects of Indian art, culture, and heritage. It is expected to reduce the stress triggered by Covid-19.

The movement has a central executive body in New Delhi and organizes its programs through a worldwide network of schools, colleges, and educational institutions.

Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award

In 1992, a year after Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) instituted the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in memory of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
This award is presented every year to those who have devoted their lives to understanding and promoting social harmony. It constitutes a citation and cash Prize of Rs. 10 Lakh.

Source: PIB

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