Land Acquisition Bill 2013 Highlights

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 in India was a bill passed that was passed on August 29, 2013. As per the bill the much-awaited land acquisition and rehabilitation bill that aims to provide fair compensation to those whose land is taken away, brings transparency to the process of acquisition of land to set up factories or buildings and assures rehabilitation of those affected. The bill establishes meaningful regulations for land acquisition as a part of India's massive industrialisation drive driven by public-private partnership. The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha in India on 7 September 2011.

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill Highlights:
-Payment of compensations that is up to 4 times the market value in rural areas and 2 times the market value in urban areas.
- To address historical injustice the Bill applies retrospectively to cases where no land acquisition award has been made.
- No law can be acquired in Scheduled Areas without the consent of the Gram Sabhas.
-No one shall be dispossessed until and unless all payments are made and alternative sites for the resettlement and rehabilitation have been prepared.
-Compensation to those who are dependent on the land being acquired for their livelihood.
-In cases where PPP projects are involved or acquisition is taking place for private companies, the Bill requires the consent of no less than 70 per cent and 80 per cent respectively (in both cases) of those whose land is sought to be acquired.
-To safeguard food security and to prevent arbitrary acquisition, the Bill directs States to impose limits on the area under agricultural cultivation that can be acquired.
-In case land remains unutilised after acquisition, the new Bill empowers states to return the land either to the owner or to the State Land Bank.
-No income tax shall be levied and no stamp duty shall be charged on any amount that accrues to an individual as a result of the provisions of the new law.
-Where acquired land is sold to a third party for a higher price than 40 per cent of the appreciated land value (or profit) will be shared with the original owners.
-In every project those losing land and belonging to the SC or ST will be provided land equivalent to land acquired or two and a one-half acres, whichever is lower (this is higher than in the case of non-SC/ST affected families) -Where the affected families belonging to the SC and the ST are relocated outside of the district then they shall be paid an additional 25 rehabilitation and resettlement benefits to which they are entitled in monetary terms along with a one-time entitlement of fifty thousand rupees.

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www.rajpanchayat.gov.in Revised Result / Cutoff List of 3rd Grade Teachers Exam 2012 Rajasthan

Rajasthan Panchayat Raj Department Rajpanchyat.gov.in will declare the Revised Result / Cutoff List of 3rd Grade / Third Grade Teachers Result 2012. Panchyati Raj department has already declared the revised result of Teacher Grade 3rd Examination 2012 of both level ( Level-I and Level-II). Teacher Grade III Examination conducted in 2012 due to some error in question paper Panchyat Raj Department revised teacher result on 21/08/2013. As per report on Hindi Daily New Paper Bhaskar there are still some modification / change in result so once more revised results will be declared today, 30th August 2013 for Grade III Teacher Exam 2012 Results under Level-II which will be uploaded on website today. Candidates can check Revised Results, Cut-Off marks from official website  of  Rajasthan Panchayat Raj Department which is

www.rajpanchyat.gov.in

Rajasthan 3rd Grade Teacher Exam 2013 Results District Wise by Panchayati Raj Department www.examtgt.rajasthan.gov.in

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Geographic Coordinates: Latitude, Longitude, Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Capricorn, Hemispheres, Torrid, Temperate zone

Geographic Coordinates system : Geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers or letters. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation.

Geography of World and India

Latitude indicates the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. Latitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the poles (90° N for the North Pole or 90° S for the South Pole).

Longitude is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and is used to describe the location of a place on Earth east or west of the zero or prime meridian. In 1884, the International Meridian Conference adopted the Greenwich Meridian as the universal prime meridian or zero point of longitude. Longitude is measured in degrees ranging from 0° at the Prime Meridian to +180° eastward and -180° westward. Each degree of longitude is further sub-divided into 60 minutes, each of which is further sub-divided into 60 seconds.

Equator: Located at zero degrees latitude (North or South,) is 24,901.55 miles long and divides the Planet Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 

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RPSC Programmer Exam Admit Card 2013

RPSC Programmer Written Exam Admit card 2013: Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Ajmer has issued issued the Admit cards for the 173 post of  "PROGRAMMER" in Pay Band-2 of Rs.9300-34800 + Grade Pay Rs.4200/-. 
RPSC will held exam on 6th September 2013 at Ajmer and Jaipur. 
Candidates can check, Download admit card / Call Letters with exam centers Address / Details from official website of RPSC Ajmer Link i.e. http://rpsconline.rajasthan.gov.in/admissionCard:

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Food Security Bill Highlights 2013

Food Security Bill passed in Lok Sabha today after minor amendment from UPA. The amendments moved by MPs Gurudas Das Gupta and Sampath were defeated. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav contended that the bill was being brought with an eye on elections and said it should be kept in abeyance till Chief Ministers are consulted as it would put additional burden on states. The ambitious bill was adopted by the House through a voice vote after a combined discussion on the measure and a statutory resolution seeking to disapprove the ordinance promulgated on July 5. Over 300 amendments moved by the opposition were rejected. The bill is a pet welfare legislation of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was taken ill during the eight hours long debate and was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here for observation. The bill, a part of the Congress election manifesto of 2009, is widely expected to be a game-changer for the ruling party as it prepares for the 2014 general election. 
Food Security Bill, 2013 Highlights:
Coverage of two thirds population to get highly susidized foodgrains
Upto 75% of the rural population and upto 50% of the urban population will have uniform entitlement of 5 kg foodgrains per month at highly subsidized prices of Rs. 3, Rs. 2, Rs. 1 per kg. for rice, wheat, coarse grains respectively . It will entitle about two thirds of our 1.2 billion population to subsidised foodgrains under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS.
Poorest of the poor continue to get 35 kg per householdThe poorest of poor households would continue to receive 35 Kg foodgrains per household per month under Antyodaya  Anna Yajna  at subsidized prices of Rs 3, Rs 2 and Rs 1. It is also proposed to protect the existing allocation of foodgrains to the States/Uts, subject to it being restricted to average annual offtake during last three years. Children aged six months to 14 years would get take-home ration or hot cooked food.
Eligible households to be identified by the StatesCorresponding to the coverage of 75% rural and 50 % of urban population at all India level, State wise coverage will be determined by the Central Government. The work of identification of eligible households is left to the States/UTs, which may frame their own criteria or use Social Economic and Caste Census data, if they so desire.
Women Empowerment-- Eldest women will be Head of the householdEldest woman of eighteen years of age or above will be head of the household for issue of ration card, and if not available, the eldest male member is to be the head of the household.
Grievance redressal mechanism at district levelThere will be state and district level redressal mechanism with designated officers.  The States will be allowed to use the existing machinery for District Grievance Redressal Officer (DGRO), State Food Commission, if they so desire, to save expenditure on establishment of new redressal set up. Redressal mechanism may also include call centers, helpline etc.
Social audits and vigilance committees to ensure transparency and accountabilityProvisions have also been made for disclosure of records relating to PDS, social audits and setting up of Vigilance Committees in order to ensure transparency and accountability. The central government also would provide money to states and union territories if it runs low on grain.
Penalty for non complianceThe Bill provides for penalty to be imposed on public servants or authority, if found guilty of failing to comply with the relief recommended by the District Grievance Redressal Officer (DGRO).
ExpenditureAt the proposed coverage of entitlement, total estimated annual foodgrains requirement is 612.3 lakh tons and corresponding estimated food subsidy for 2013-14 costs is about  Rs.1,24,724 crore.

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RPSC 1st 2nd Grade Teachers Syllabus

Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), Ajmer has issued issued Syllabus for the Post of 1st / First Grade, 2nd Grade Teachers jobs as on official website of RPSC, Ajmer. 
Candidates can check RPSC Lecturer / 1st / 2nd Grade Teachers, RAS or any examination held by RPC, Ajmer. RPSC 1st 2nd Grade Teachers Syllabus can be downloaded from website of RPSC Ajmer at official website link:

Download RPSC 1st 2nd Grade Teachers Syllabus
www.rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in/rpsc_Syllabus.aspx

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Major Stock Exchanges of World | List of Share Markets

Major Stock Exchanges of World Name, Country, List:  Stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Securities traded on a stock exchange include shares issued by companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds.

International Stock Markets:
BBC Global 30: World stock market index of 30 of the largest companies by stock market value in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) - provides investment results generally equivalent to publicly traded securities in the European, Australasian and Far Eastern markets. Maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International.
MSCI World - free-float weighted equity index. Index includes stocks of all the developed markets. Common benchmark for world stock funds.
S&P Global 1200 - global stocks index covering 31 countries and around 70 percent of global market capitalization.
United States:

Dow Jones Indexes - leading global index provider.
NASDAQ - broad market index of all of the common stocks and similar securities traded on the NASDAQ stock market.
NYSE - covers all common stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
S&P 500 - stock market index containing the stocks of 500 Large-Cap corporations. Comprises over 70% of the total market cap of all stocks traded in the U.S. Owned by Standard & Poor's.

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