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A welcome sale Intro:-Sale of Air India and five of its subsidiaries, a long-standing demand on the reform. The rationale for the government- Loss making airline Today. Private airlines already cater to well over 85% of the air travel demand. Used to fund important social and infrastructure programmes. Airline has a debt load of over 50,000 crore. Well-executed asset sale may not fully cover its present liabilities. Directly in case the Government pays of the airline s creditors, or Indirectly if the public sector banks write of their loans to the airline. It is not yet clear whether the airline will be fully privatised or Some part A ministerial panel under Mr. Jaitley is expected to begin working on the details soon. Politically courageous decision to privatise Air India. The government would do well to go for the sale of its entire stake Aim of the sale should be to get the best price
Continue Both domestic and foreign buyers to bid freely for stakes. IndiGo has already expressed interest in buying a stake in Air India, with other domestic airlines reported to be serious about making a bid too. Finding a way to deal with Air India s debt load will be the main challenge for Mr. Jaitley s panel. If it goes relatively smoothly, that would make the task of moving forward on the disinvestment of other public sector units that much easier.
About Air India The airline was founded by J. R. D. Tata as Tata Airlines in 1932. From Karachi to Bombay. Air India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is the fourth largest domestic airline in India in terms of passengers carried, after IndiGo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet with a market share of 13% as of March 2017 It is headquartered in New Delhi. Air India has its main hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi and Secondary hub at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
The plains truth Nepal s Madhesis are seeking both grassroots democracy and state restructuring. Two months after the first phase of local elections,nepal has completed the second- More tricky. This week s polling in provinces in the Terai plains and in the far-eastern and far-western parts completed the first elections to local bodies in two decades. First phase, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unifid Marxist-Leninist) was in the lead Nepali Congress coming a distant second. The UML had steadfastly(लग त र) opposed any change to the Constitution finalised in 2015. Specifially amendments- Redrawing of the provinces, as demanded by the Madhesis. This approach helped it strengthen its nationalist image in the hills. Second phase- Voter turnout in this phase was close to 70.5%, while it was 74% in the first phase. Despite incidents of violence in areas- Indicates deepening of democratic institutions Among the Madhesi parties, the newly formed Rashtriya Janata Party-Nepal. Demand for federalisation was repeated in the agitations in the Terai in 2015 Madhesi faith in democracy must be secured with the promised amendments.
Making the House rules Intro:- Parliament must codify the legislature s privileges to prevent misuse of power. Karnataka Legislative Assembly has found two journalists guilty of breach of its privilege and sentenced them to jail. Case once again raises the question of what should constitute privilege of the legislative bodies. Idea of privilege emerged in England As Parliament started to protect itself from excesses by the monarch. Rights and privileges including the freedom of members of Parliament to freely speak and vote in Parliament (including its committees). Indian Constitution powers and privileges of Parliament in u/a- 105 - State legislatures u/a- 194. (a) Provide freedom of speech in Parliament (b) Give immunity for all speeches and votes in Parliament from judicial scrutiny; and (c) Allow Parliament (and State legislatures) to codify the privileges Till now, Parliament and State legislatures have not passed any law to codify their privileges
Continue The power of privilege has been used against journalists in several instances. For example, in 2003, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly sentenced the publisher, editor, executive editor and two senior journalists of The Hindu and the editor of Murasoli to 15 days imprisonment for contempt. Better to restrict the use of privilege. Therefore, it is important to codify them. While the British Parliament has not used it since 1880. Australia passed the Parliamentary Privileges Act in 1987. Dr. Rajendra Prasad said,- Parliament will define the powers and privileges, but until Parliament has undertaken the legislation and passes it. In 2008, the Committee of Privileges of Lok Sabha felt that there was no need for codification Time for the courts find the right balance between fundamental rights of citizens and privilege of the legislature. The recent case in Karnataka gives another opportunity to examine the issue.
Cutting tribunals to size Intro:- The rationalisation of tribunals has raised questions about their independence. The controversy over the Finance Bill, 2017, being passed as a money bill may have died down, but questions about the legality of the merger of several tribunals remain alive. Bill included amendments to legislation on multiple subjects, in an attempt to rationalise the functioning of multiple tribunals. As a result, what used to be 26 tribunals are now down to 19. For instance, 1)-Competition Appellate Tribunal will be merged with the National Company Law Tribunal 2)-Telecom Dispute Appellate Tribunal will also do the work of the a)-cyber Law Appellate Tribunal and the b)-airports Economic Regulatory Authority Appellate Tribunal. 3)-Tribunal relating to Employees Provident Fund will be subsumed in the Industrial Tribunal.
Continue This rationalisation- raised questions about the independence of these adjudicatory bodies. 1)- Qualifications, 2)-Tenure, 3)-Conditions of service, 4)-Removal and 5)-Emoluments of the chairpersons and members of these tribunals All be under the control of the Centre. Madras Bar Association has challenged in Madras High Court the validity of these amendments Essential question is whether the doctrine of separation of powers has been violated and the independence of judicial bodies compromised by the Finance Act.
News Analysis Page-1,11- Rawat in Sikkim as China demands troop withdrawal Doklam -Tri-junction between India, Bhutan and China, where military units of India and China are believed to be in a standoff(गततर ध). Chinese authorities have closed the Nathu La pass to Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims, forcing them to return
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Continue Page-1- Horn? Not OK please! In Maharashtra, adding to noise pollution on road will soon cost 2000 Bombay High Court was hearing a bunch of petitions related to the effective implementation of the Noise Pollution Rules, 2000. Maharashtra s Legislative Assembly had enacted the Maharashtra Transport and Roads Safety Act, 2017, which, among other issues, tackled the noise pollution problem. Not use the horn needlessly or continuously or more than necessary to ensure safety. It also disallows the use of any multitone horn giving a harsh, shrill, loud or alarming noise.
Continue Page-2- Experts for steps to limit availability of tobacco After the release of the results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey-2 (GATS-2). Tobacco use across the country decreased by 6% from 34.6% in 2009-10 to 28.6% in 2016-17. However, 19% of men and 2% of women currently smoke tobacco. Experts in Rajasthan have urged the State government to take steps to limit availability of tobacco products to save public health. Rajasthan has taken the lead in higher taxation on tobacco products and pictorial warnings on cigarette packets Medical expert said that the results had proven that negative advertisements leave an impact on people s mind just like pleasant ones. The government should expand pictorial warning to 100% from the current 85% of the packets.
Continue Page-5 Odisha moots irst night safari Authorities are eyeing 1,000 hectares of forest land- comprising 4.37 sq km forest of the Nandankanan sanctuary and close to 6 sq km area of the Chudanga reserve forest that comes under the Chandaka sanctuary limits. Chudanga forest, the rights of 70 families have been settled under the Forest Rights Act. If the night safari plan is pursued, the forest department would seek rehabilitation of these forest dwellers.
Continue Page-7- Heaviest satellite of ISRO launched GSAT-17 will join 17 communication satellites in orbit South American space port of Kourou placed GSAT-17 in space as the newest Indian communication satellite. The 3,477-kg spacecraft, the heaviest built by the Indian Space Research Organisation, Provide for broadcasting, telecommunications, meteorology, search and rescue
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Continue Page-12- Modi s visit to upgrade relationship with Israel Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to Israel next week will be reciprocated by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this year We are not looking at [Mr. Modi s] as a one-off visit, but a whole year to celebrate the 25th year of full relations between India and Israel. India signed a $2 billion deal with an Israeli firm for advanced missiles. Other sides will also commit $40 million to an Industrial Research & Development fund to encourage applied scientific research, using Israeli innovation and Indian expertise
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