Current Affairs 24th December 2020| Current Affairs News

 CURRENT AFFAIRS: DAYS 

National Consumer Rights Day 2020: Observed on Dec 24

• National Consumer Rights Day is observed on December 24, every year in India.
• The Consumer Protection Act 1986 came into effect on this day.
• The theme of the National Consumer Day is The Sustainable Consumer. The theme is in view of the urgent need for action to approach the worldwide crisis, global temperature change and biodiversity loss.

Aim of the act:

• The main objective of the Consumer Protection Act is to provide consumers with effective safeguards against different types of exploitation such as defective goods, unsatisfactory services, and unfair trade practices.

Significance:

• This day provides an opportunity for individuals to highlight the importance of the consumer movement and the need to make every consumer more aware of their rights and responsibilities.

Important Awards In India: Check the Specifications

 Introduction to Important awards in India:

These important awards in India are given by authoritative institutions to celebrate the outstanding achievements or performances of individuals in their respective fields. The category of important awards in India comprises many awards covering fields like defense, medicine, cinema, sports, business, etc. Here we will talk about a few of them which are of utmost national pride:

1. Gallantry award
2. Civilian awards
3. National Sports awards
4. Dada saheb phalke award

Gallantry Award

The gallantry awards are of the utmost honor bestowed to the bravest of brave personnel of the defense forces. These are awarded to signify the courage shown by the warriors during difficult times.  

The distribution of the gallantry awards along with their peculiar details is given below:

• Param Vir Chakra
• Mahavir Chakra
• Vir Chakra
• Ashok Chakra
• Kirti Chakra
• Shaurya Chakra

The Param Vir Chakra, Mahavir Chakra, and Vir chakra were designed after independence. The gallantry awards are given twice a year on republic day and independence day. Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya chakra were designated in 1952. Colonel N. J. Nair is the only soldier to be awarded both the Kirti Chakra and the Ashok Chakra.

How are awardees selected?

The awardees are selected through the following process:

• The process starts with the name of the candidate provided by the unit to which personnel belongs.
• All the nominated candidates’ names are presented to the supreme commanders at the headquarters of the force.
• The selection of the awardees is done on the combined recommendation of the defense forces and the ministry of defense. 
• The list of awardees is finalized by the committee.

Important Awards In India – Param Vir Chakra

Word ‘Param’ means ‘Ultimate’ and ‘Vir’ means ‘Brave’ which translates to the Ultimate Brave. It is the supreme gallantry award of our country. It is a wartime award given to persons who have shown extreme courage during wartime i.e. in presence of an enemy. The Param Vir chakra was designed by Savitri Khanolkar and the first recipient of the award was Major Somnath Sharma.