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The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2020 was passed in Lok Sabha on 21st September, which proposes a number of drastic changes to the law governing the receipt of foreign contributions in India. It amended the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 which regulates the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution by individuals, associations and companies. The Amendment act make ‘Aadhaar’ a mandatory identification document for registration of all the office bearers of an NGO or an association seeking foreign donations. Further the act prohibits any sub granting which implies that an institution registered or having prior permission under FCRA cannot make sub-grant/s to any other intuition from foreign contributions received in its designated FCRA Bank account even if the second recipient or sub-grantee has registration or prior permission under FCRA.

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To mark the 75th anniversary of UN in 2020, a meeting of the UN General Assembly was organized virtually on 21st September 2020. It released a declaration titled “The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism”. Year 2020 marks 75th anniversary of UN which was established on October 24, 1945.

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The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed in Lok Sabha on 22nd September, 2020. The Bill replaces an ordinance which was issued by the Government of India on 22 April for amending the the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 in order to make the incidents of violence on health workers treating the COVID-19 patients a non-bailable offence, with provision of a penalty and a jail up to seven years.

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The Project Shield is launched in five districts of Tamil Nadu; Tiruchi, Pudukottai, Karur, Perambalur and Ariyalur in order to combat crimes against women and children and to create a sage and violence free communities for them in these five districts along in collaboration with the International Justice Mission and stakeholders working for the welfare of women and children in Tiruchi range.

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After the Parliament passed two agricultural sector reforms bills, The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Rabi crops for marketing season 2021-22 to encourage farmers ahead of sowing the operations of winter crops. The biggest crop of Rabi season, Wheat has been hiked by Rs. 50 to Rs. 1975 per quintal along with other five Rabi crops(Lentil (masoor), gram, barley, safflower and mustard/rapeseed).