Meetings
1. 15th Asia Security Summit 2016 organized by International Institute of Strategic Studies in Singapore. Attended by Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar on India's Behalf.
2. 19th Plenary Session of Contact Group on Piracy off Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) held in Mahe (Seychelles). India chosen to cochair
important Working Group on Improving Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) in Region.
3. 20th Ex MALABAR2016,
Joint Naval Exercise of India, USA & Japan started. Harbour phase will be held at Sasebo (Japan)
from 10 13
June 16 and sea phase in Pacific Ocean from 14 17
June 16.
4. 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) and the inaugural Mission Innovation (MI) Meet held at San Francisco (USA). India was
represented by Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan. India announced to double investment in
Clean Energy Research in next five years (72 million USD to 145 million dollars).
5. 9th India Chem 2016 event will be held in Mumbai from September 13,
2016. Purpose is to develop Indian Chemical and
Petrochemical Industry.
6. Asia's largest technology trade fair Computex Taipei 2016 held in Taiwan, to promote internet computing ecosystems.
7. Asia's largest annual security forum ShangriLa
Dialogue held in Singapore to talk about security issues in AsiaPacific
region,
organised by Londonbased
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). India represented by Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar.
8. First All India Women Journalists' Workshop organized by Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi.
9. Plenary session of 105th Session of International Labour Conference held in Geneva (Switzerland), attended by Shankar
Aggarwal (Secretary (Labour and Employment)).
10. St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) summit held in Russia. Attended by Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister of
State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas) on India's Behalf.
1. Expert Committee under Anand Desai has submitted its report about examining Specific Relief Act 1963. Committee
recommended that courts' intervention in public works should be minimal, specific performance of contracts be made the rule and
damages or compensation be the exception and a separate class of contracts for public utility contracts should be created.
2. Government made a selection committee headed by P K Sinha to shortlist candidates for Reserve Bank of India governor post.
3. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has set up Suresh Mathur committee to study scope of title
insurance in Indian market.
4. Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises constituted 3rd Pay Revision Committee for executives of Central Public Sector
Undertakings under chairmanship of Justice Satish Chandra (Retd.).
5. Parliamentary committee under chairmanship of E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan has been constituted to review Model code of
conduct (MCC) for election polls and suggest ways to check malpractices ahead of polls.
6. Rajiv Gauba Committee on Decongestion of Traffic in Delhi submitted its report to Ministry of Urban Development.
7. University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a 5member
committee under V S Chauhan for pay revision of academic
staff of Universities and Colleges.
8. Uttar Pradesh Government appointed judicial commission under Mirza Imtiyaz Murtaza to probe into recent Mathura violence.
9. government constituted Financial Sector Search and Recruitment Committee headed by P K Sinha to decide on members and
heads of financial regulatory agencies.
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