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- Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of Swachh Survekshan League 2020, for first and second quarters in New Delhi on 31st December, 2019. In the 10 lakh plus population category, Indore secured first place in both the quarters. In one lakh to 10 lakh population category, Jamshedpur in Jharkhand got the 1st spot in both quarters. Swachh Survekshan League is a cleanliness survey that helps in competitive federalism.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released a report of task force on National Infrastructure on Pipeline (NIP) 2019-2025 on 31st December, 2019. Task Force was constituted to draw up the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) for each of the years from FY 2019-20 to FY 2024-25. The report says that between 2020 and 2025, GoI has planned 70% investment in infrastructure sectors such as roads, railways, urban, energy. As per the report, the total capacity of Indian Energy Sector is 356 GW.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 31st December, 2019 announced Rs 102 lakh crore of infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the next five years. The projects identified are in sectors such as power, railways, urban irrigation, mobility, education and health. These projects will help India achieve its goal of 5 trillion-dollar economy by 2025.
- Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a web portal – www.ceir.gov.in on 30th December, 2019 that helps to trace and block stolen or lost mobile phones for residents of the Delhi-NCR region. The initiative was launched in Mumbai in September 2019 and will be extended to other parts of the country in 2020. The project is backed by the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) system.
- India is expected to overtake Germany to become the fourth-largest economy in 2026 and Japan to become third largest in 2034, according a recent report by the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) titled ‘World Economic League Table 2020’. The report also stated that India would achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) of $5 trillion by 2026, two years later than the current government target.
- The Jharkhand cabinet led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren in its first meeting decided that all cases related to Pathalgadi movement of tribals, which were registered in 2018 by the previous state government, will be withdrawn. It includes all cases registered during the Pathalgadi movement and protests against the amendments to Chotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNT Act) and Santhal Paragana Tenancy Act, 1949 (SPT Act). JMM executive president Hemant Soren took oath as the 11th chief minister of Jharkhand on 29th December, 2019.
Amitabh Bachchan - President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award upon veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th December, 2019 for his outstanding contribution to the film industry. Amitabh Bachchan made his debut in Hindi film industry in 1969 with “Saat Hindustani”. The award is named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke who is revered as the father of Indian cinema. It was instituted in the year 1969.
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