Key Highlights
- Union Cabinet prolongs the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis until 31 March 2025.
- Domestic defence manufacturing reaches a historic ₹1.27 lakh crore.
- MoHUA’s "Culinary, Crafts & Clicks" festival showcases Indian food, art and photography.
- Lok Sabha adds translation services for six additional languages, bolstering parliamentary accessibility.
- RBI introduces Additional Factor Authentication for cross‑border card‑not‑present transactions.
Detailed Insights
The Cabinet’s decision to extend the Safai Karamcharis Commission safeguards the welfare schemes for sanitation workers for another year, allowing continuity in grievance redressal and skill‑development programmes. In defence, India’s push for self‑reliance paid off as domestic producers reported a record‑high output of ₹1.27 lakh crore, reflecting the success of the Make‑in‑India agenda.
MoHUA, in partnership with MyGov, inaugurated the cultural extravaganza "Culinary, Crafts & Clicks" at Kartavya Path and Amrit Udyan, creating a platform for regional cuisines, traditional handicrafts and photography. Simultaneously, the Lok Sabha’s language‑inclusion drive now covers Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit and Urdu, reinforcing multilingual democracy.
On the financial front, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mandated Additional Factor Authentication (AFA) for all international “Card Not Present” (CNP) transactions, a move aimed at curbing fraud and enhancing consumer confidence in digital payments. The measure complements ongoing efforts such as the Variable Rate Repo infusion of ₹2.5 lakh crore to sustain banking liquidity.