07th March 2017
1)Cabinet approves MoU between India and the United Nations Entity of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).
In the long run, it will enable an improvement in the status of rural women in India, as well as contribute to meeting India’s commitment to the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform for Action and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Read Everything You need to know about UN-WOMEN
2)The Union Cabinet has given its approval for India’s accession to the Customs Convention on International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) and for completion of necessary procedures for ratification, for its entry into force.
Advantages: Indian traders will get access to fast, easy, reliable and hassle free international system for movement of goods by road or multi-modal means across the territories of other contracting parties.
3)The Trade Mark Rules, 2017 have come into effect, streamlining and simplifying the processing of Trade Mark applications. The new rules were released by Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry and will replace the erstwhile Trade Mark Rules, 2002
Features:
I) Number of TM(Trade Mark) Forms reduced:
Earlier: 74
Now : 8
II)Online fee has been kept 10% lower than Physical Payment.
III)Expedited processing of an application for registration of a trade mark extended upto registration stage. Earlier, it was only upto examination stage).
IV)Hearings through Video Conerencing has been introduced.
V)Modalities for determination of well-known trademarks have been laid out for the first time.
The Trade Marks Registry was established in India in 1940 and presently it administers the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the rules made thereunder. It acts as a resource and information Centre and is a facilitator in matters relating to trademarks in the country.
4)Koteshwar Hydroelectric Project is in Uttarakhand.
(recently Approved by Cabinet).
Mains Question:
What should be the India's Stand on Donald Trump's ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’ order?
Prelims Question:
When Were there Bodies established :
1) SEBI
2)NABARD
3)NHB
4)RBI
5)SBI
1)Cabinet approves MoU between India and the United Nations Entity of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).
- The proposal seeks to provide technical support to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj in strengthening capacities of governance institutions including Panchayati Raj Institutions(PRIs) to better leverage opportunities created for gender equality through legislation, policies and programmes.
In the long run, it will enable an improvement in the status of rural women in India, as well as contribute to meeting India’s commitment to the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform for Action and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Read Everything You need to know about UN-WOMEN
2)The Union Cabinet has given its approval for India’s accession to the Customs Convention on International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) and for completion of necessary procedures for ratification, for its entry into force.
Advantages: Indian traders will get access to fast, easy, reliable and hassle free international system for movement of goods by road or multi-modal means across the territories of other contracting parties.
3)The Trade Mark Rules, 2017 have come into effect, streamlining and simplifying the processing of Trade Mark applications. The new rules were released by Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry and will replace the erstwhile Trade Mark Rules, 2002
Features:
I) Number of TM(Trade Mark) Forms reduced:
Earlier: 74
Now : 8
II)Online fee has been kept 10% lower than Physical Payment.
III)Expedited processing of an application for registration of a trade mark extended upto registration stage. Earlier, it was only upto examination stage).
IV)Hearings through Video Conerencing has been introduced.
V)Modalities for determination of well-known trademarks have been laid out for the first time.
The Trade Marks Registry was established in India in 1940 and presently it administers the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the rules made thereunder. It acts as a resource and information Centre and is a facilitator in matters relating to trademarks in the country.
4)Koteshwar Hydroelectric Project is in Uttarakhand.
(recently Approved by Cabinet).
Mains Question:
What should be the India's Stand on Donald Trump's ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’ order?
Prelims Question:
When Were there Bodies established :
1) SEBI
2)NABARD
3)NHB
4)RBI
5)SBI
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