Daily Updates on 27th may, 2015

1. Blue is the colour of hope in Kashmir

i. Thousands of devotees gathered at the annual mela of Kheer Bhawani, Kashmir’s largest Hindu festival, the interdependence and mutual respect that Pandits and Muslims have enjoyed for centuries was also on display.

2. DD Kisan, India’s first television channel dedicated to farmers launched by PM Narendra Modi

Daily Updates on 26th may, 2015

1. To quell labour unrest, smart cards for unorganised sector in the works

i. Unorganised sector workers, who account for an estimated 82.7 per cent of the country’s total labour force, have largely been out of the ambit of labour regulations and most social schemes.

ii.  Under the new scheme, they are expected to get multiple facilities through new smart cards called U-WIN, or the unorganised workers’ identification number.

iii. The cards will be marketed as a starting point for the formulation of schemes to provide life and disability cover including health and maternity benefits as well as old-age protection for unorganized sector workers.