Current Affairs 15 Nov 2020

“Your Best Day is Today”

  • “Your best day is today” titled/named book has been written by famous actor Mr. Anupam Kher.
  • Anupam Kher shared his experience of lockdown and ups and downs during the pandemic. His autobiography named “Lessons Life taught me unknowingly” was released on 5 Aug,2020.

  Atamnirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojna

  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a new scheme called Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana, this scheme will create more jobs and tax relief for the housing sector.
  • Government’s Stimulus 3.0
      • Infrastructure, system, vibrant demography, economy and demand are the five pillars of Atamanirbhar Bharat.
      • Special economic and comprehensive package of INR 20lakh crore, Its equal to 10% of GDP.
      • Package to serve various sections including cottage industry, labourer’s, MSME, middle class etc.

These reforms will drive India push towards self reliance(Atmanirbhar), PM Narendra Modi pushed that its time to become vocal for local products and make them global.

      17th ASEAN India Summit

 The current chair of ASEAN, Prime Minister of Vietnam H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc invited Indian counter part Narendra Modi to participate in 17th ASEAN India summit 2020 on 12th Nov. This time this summit was organized virtually.
  • PM Narendra Modi announced a contribution of 1 million US dollar to the covid-19 ASEAN response. India pressurized for an early review of ASEAN India trade in goods agreement (AITIGA) which is pending for a long time.

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