THE EXAMS MADE SIMPLE: 12th September 2017 The Hindu and PIB Daily Current Affairs

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12th September 2017 The Hindu and PIB Daily Current Affairs

1)A new Platform for Food Inspection and sampling:-

What is the Name of the Platform:-  ‘FoSCoRIS’

Who has Launched this Platform:- FSSAI

What this New Portal will do :- 

  • The web-based ‘FoSCoRIS’ system will help verify compliance of food safety and hygiene standards by food businesses as per the government norms.
  • The new system will bring together all key stakeholders — food businesses, food safety officers (FSOs), designated officers, state food safety commissioners — on a nation-wide IT platform and data related to inspection, sampling and test result data will be shared seamlessly by all the officials.
  • This system will give a clear picture to the FSSAI on the real-time basis and helps eliminate any discrepancy, hence inspection is accountable.


How Will it be impleented :- The new system requires a hand-held device with internet connectivity with FSOs.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled food related issues in various Ministries and Departments.

2)Bharat Yatra:- Launched by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi against child trafficking and sexual abuse.

3)Philip’s Curve : This is an economics concept which states that there is an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment. 



4)Hybrid Poll System :- Hybrid poll system is a system under which polls in India would be conducted by two methods – First Past the Post System for majority of seats and for a small number of seats through proportional representation.

What is First Past the Post System? 
It is an election system in which the candidate securing the majority of votes get elected that is the candidate getting the maximum number of votes get elected.


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