Union Home Minister Current Affairs, GK & News

Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation awarded

August 13, 2020

Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation for 2020 have been awarded to 121 police personnel, including 21 women police officers. Among these awardees, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation, 10 each are from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 8 are from Uttar Pradesh Police and seven each are from Kerala and ..

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Supreme Court Calls for Uniformity in Fees for Covid-19 Testing

June 19, 2020

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in India, the testing fees charged has been a point of discussion. On 19th June 19, 2020, during a hearing at the Supreme Court, it was observed by the bench comprising of Justice S.K Paul, M.R Shah, and Ashok Bhushan that the fee for Covid-19 testing must be uniform or ..

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What is Private Security Agency Licensing Portal?

September 25, 2019

Emphasising the need to increase the number of licensed private security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the ‘Private Security Agency Licensing Portal’ in New Delhi. It is a web portal to help private security agencies get licenses. About Private Security Agency Licensing Portal It is a single-window system for issuing licences to private security ..

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Census 2021: Digital Collection of Data and Multipurpose Card Proposed

September 24, 2019

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has mooted the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities such as Aadhaar, bank accounts, passport and driving licence. He also announced that for first time in 140-year history of census in India, data is proposed to be collected through a mobile app and people who ..

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Census 2021: Foundation stone of Janganana Bhawan (Census building) laid

September 24, 2019

Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Janganana Bhawan or Census Building in New Delhi. It is the office of the census authority. The upcoming Janganana Bhawan is being built on a Green Building concept. This shows Government’s commitment of taking forward and popularising the concept of Green Buildings in the country. ..

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National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) to be ready by January 2020

September 23, 2019

The work on National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) set up to track any terror suspect and prevent terrorist attacks with real time data, has been accelerated. This move comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently reviewed the progress of NATGRID project. In all probability, NATGRID will start functioning by January 2020. What is National Intelligence ..

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