02.09.2017 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN

The state government’s order making it mandatory for citizens to have Bhamashah cardsto claim birth, death and marriage certificates remained on paper on day one as there was complete confusion among authorities on how to execute it.

Beginning September 1, the applications for birth, death and marriage certificates should compulsorily mention an applicant’s Bhamashah card number. The need to furnish Bhamashah card number has been added to the existing condition of submitting the Aadhaar card number.

Until now the Bhamashah card, a pet project of chief minister Vasundhara Raje, was meant for below poverty line(BPL) families that availed benefits of different welfare schemes of the state government.

There was utter confusion among authorities on how to issue any of the three certificates to people from other states who moved to Rajasthan recently and did not have Bhamashah cards. To get a Bhamashah card, one has to furnish Aadhaar number and an address proof, preferably a ration card. The Bhamashah card is a family card and is issued in the name of a woman who can be considered as the head of the family.

INTERNATIONAL

The world’s largest and powerful X-ray laser- EuropeanX-ray Free Electron Laser(XFEL) unveiled in Hamburg, Germany.
The XEFL is series of 3.4-kilometer tunnels up to 38 meters underground near the city of Hamburg.
It took 8 years to build 1.5-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) facility.
It has the capacity to generate extremely intense laser flashes, at a rate of 27,000 per second generated by Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission(SASE).

The world’s highest sandcastle is now standing 68 meterstall in the German cityof Duisburg.
A German travel operator organized the construction of the mammoth sandcastle, bringing in 3,500 tons of sand over the past three and a half weeks to the site at a former steelworks in the inland city.
The new sandcastle is decorated with sand models of tourist attractions such as Athens’ Acropolis, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

NATIONAL

Railways to rename trains after famous literary works
The Railways Ministry is looking at a proposal to rename trains after famous literary works, referencing not just their authors, but the region they come from.
So, passengers travelling to West Bengal could soon board a train named after a novel by Mahashweta Devi and a train ride to Bihar could reference a work by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

The Indian Railways also launched the Deen Dayalu coaches to commemorate Upadhyaya.

The railways is a secular integrating factor in the country and the names of the trains can be used to showcase varied cultural identities.

Union Minister launches scheme for senior citizens belonging to BPL category

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot has launched a scheme that provides for physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to the BPL category in Gujarat.

This ambitious scheme, is expected to benefit 5, 20,000 senior citizens over a period of three years.

The centrally-sponsored scheme, `Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana’, was unveiled on April 1 this year and since then it has already been launched in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba took charge as the Union Home Secretary after incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi superannuated
A 1982 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, Mr. Gauba will have a fixed two-year tenure.
Gauba served as Officer on Special Duty in the Home Ministry since June 27 after his name was announced as the new Home Secretary.