Prelim Bits 18-03-2017

International Buddhist Conference

• It is a three days conference organized by Ministry of Culture and Nava Nalanda Mahaviahra University and inaugurated by The Dalai Lama.
• There were two highlights to this inaugural session.
• One is the release of the reprint of the PaliTripitaka in Devanagri script.
• The second was the announcement of the opening of the department of the Buddhist science for the first time n Asia.

Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY)

• AABY is a Government of India Social Security Scheme administered through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
• It provides Death and Disability cover to persons between the age group of 18 yrs to 59 yrs.
• It is a group insurance scheme providing insurance cover for a sum of Rs 30,000/- on natural death, Rs. 75,000/- on death due to accident, Rs. 37,500/- for partial permanent disability due to accident and Rs. 75,000/- for total permanent disability due to accident.
• The total annual premium under the scheme is Rs. 200/- per beneficiary of which 50% is contributed from the Social Security Fund created by the Central Government and maintained by LIC. The balance is contributed by the State Government / Nodal Agency / Individual.

Joint Exercises

Minister of State for Defence recently released the joint military exercises conducted by India in the past 3 years.

Joint Exercises conducted by Army

Joint Exercises conducted by Navy

Joint Exercises conducted by Air Force