Current Affairs 20th October 2018

Current Affairs 20th October 2018 - Important Points

• Sajjan Jindal elected as Treasurer of World Steel Association on - 18th October 2018
• Union HRD Ministry releases revised CBSE affiliation bye-laws for smooth functioning on - 18th October 2018

 Current Affairs 20th October 2018 - Details

Sajjan Jindal elected as Treasurer of World Steel Association on - 18th October 2018

JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal was elected as the Treasurer of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) on 18th October 2018. The association has also appointed Tata Steel MD TV Narendran and ArcelorMittal Chief LN Mittal as its members.

The appointments were also made during the worldsteel General Assembly in Tokyo, Japan during which the Board of Directors have elected new officers for the period of 2018-19. The new officers were elected for a duration of one-year.

More about World Steel Association

• It is a non-profit organisation with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium and its second office in Beijing in China.
• It was also founded as the International Iron and Steel Institute in July 1967. It changed its name to the World Steel Association in October 2008.
• It represented more than 160 steel producers national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes.
• The worldsteel members cover approximately 85 percent of world steel production.
• The association celebrated its 50th year anniversary back in 2017.

Union HRD Ministry releases revised CBSE affiliation bye-laws for smooth functioning on - 18th October 2018

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar on 18th October 2018 released the revised CBSE Affiliation Bye Laws to ensure hassle-free procedures, speed,
transparency and business ease with the CBSE Board.

The revised affiliation byelaws has indicated a major shift from the highly complex procedures to a simplified system based on preventing process duplication. In the beginning of this year, the HRD Ministry had directed the Board to completely revisit its affiliation bye laws to make the system more robust and quality driven.