Feb 06 2016: MGNREGS, Section 377 of Indian Penal Code

Feb 06 2016: MGNREGS, Section 377 of Indian Penal Code

General Studies: Daily Capsule

Curtain Raiser –News Update

MGNREGS completes 10 years:

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)	Purpose: provide employment to India’s rural poor and improve their livelihoods
MGNREGS launched in	2006
Design of MGNREGS	Demand driven welfare scheme
Issues with MGNREGS	·         Efficiency varies across states ·         Wastage of Resources ·         Delayed payments

Source: A job scheme that steadied India, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 06, 2016, Delhi Edition

Section 377:

Section 377 of Indian Penal code

Matter referred to a five-judge constitution bench

Source: Hope floats again on Section 377, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2016, Delhi Edition

Julian Assange:

Julian Assange	Wikileaks Founder
Assange urges Sweden and Britain to honour UN verdict

Source: Assange calls on Sweden, Britain to honour UN verdict, by Parvathi Menon,  The Hindu, Feb 06, 2016, Delhi Edition

Principle of non-refoulement:

UN convention on the Status of Refugees	The principle of non-refoulement stipulates that ‘no one shall expel or return (refouler) a refugee against his or her will, in any manner whatsoever, to a territory where e or she fears threats to life or freedom’
Edward Snowden	US whistleblower now in exile in Russia since 2013 after leaking classified NSA documents

Source: US jet waited in Copenhagen to extradite Snowden, The Hindu, Feb 06, 2016, Delhi Edition