Benefits of advancing women�s equality: It will add $4.

5 trillion to collective GDP

of Asia Pacific
countries annually in 2025, a 12% increase over business-as-usual GDP trajectory.
This presumes
best-in-region scenario in which each country matches rate of progress of fastest-
improving
country in its region � China in the case of the Asia-Pacific. In case of India, it
will add $770
billion in 2025 over and above its business-as-usual GDP
17. India � U.K
? Prime minister of India called India � U.K relations as the �Living Bridge�
? U.K remain the largest G20 investor in India (More business visas)
? U.K did not want to intervene in the Kashmir issue
? As British diplomat said �Post Brexit, U.K focus shifted from west to east, India
is the
heart of Indo � Pacific, India is adopting to changes even U.K adopted to changes
18. National Register of Citizens
? The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the register containing names of
Indian
CITIZENS.
? Assam, which has faced influx of people from Bangladesh for over many years now,
is the
only state having an NRC.
? National Register of Citizens (NRC) was prepared first in 1951 after the conduct
of the
Census of 1951
? The NRC will be now updated to include the names of those persons (or their
descendants)
who appear in the NRC, 1951, or in any of the Electoral Rolls up to the midnight of
24th
March, 1971 or in any one of the other admissible documents issued up to midnight
of 24th
March, 1971, which would prove their presence in Assam or in any part of India on
or
before 24th March, 1971.
? All the names appearing in the NRC, 1951, or any of the Electoral Rolls up to the
midnight
of 24th March 1971 together are called Legacy Data. Thus, there will be two
requirements
for inclusion in updated NRC � 1.) existence of a person�s name in the pre-1971
period &
2.) providing linkage with that person.
? The provisions governing NRC update in Assam areThe Citizenship Act, 1955, and
The
Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity cards)
Rules,2003.
19. Smart cities mission
What is Smart City
To provide for the aspirations and needs of the citizens, urban planners ideally
aim at developing
the entire urban eco-system, which is represented by the four pillars of
comprehensive
development-institutional, physical, social and economic infrastructure. This can
be a long term
goal and cities can work towards developing such comprehensive infrastructure
incrementally,
adding on layers of �smartness
? Promoting mixed land use in area based developments
? Housing and inclusiveness - expand housing opportunities for all
? Creating walkable localities �reduce congestion, air pollution and resource
depletion, boost
local economy, promote interactions and ensure security. The road network is
created or