Today's GK(3-10-13)

Lalu sentenced to 5 years in fodder scam

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad was on Thursday sentenced to five years imprisonment in a 17-year-old fodder scam case by a special CBI court after he was convicted on corruption and other charges four days back.

The sentencing by special CBI judge Pravas Kumar Singh disqualifies Mr. Prasad from Parliament and renders him ineligible for contesting elections for 11 years. Sixty-five-year-old Prasad and other convicts are currently lodged in the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi.

The former Bihar Chief Minister, who was convicted on September 30, 2013 dealing a body blow to RJD ahead of next Lok Sabha polls, was also fined Rs. 25 lakh.

Another former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the case.

Six other politicians and four IAS officers, among the convicted, were also sentenced to prison terms for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 37.7 crore from the Chaibasa treasury when Mr. Prasad was heading the RJD government in the early 1990s.

Google to create 360-degre online view of 100 Indian monuments

Archaeological Survey of India has joined hands with Google India for an endeavour to create 360-degree online panoramic imagery of 100 “nationally-important monuments” in the country like Taj Mahal, Humayun’s Tomb, Khajuraho and the Ajanta and Ellora caves, etc.

The internet giant and the Ministry of Culture on Thursday signed a memorandum at the Qutub Minar complex as the first step towards the project which would see the company creating an application using its ‘Street View Trekker’ technology for the first time in India.

“The collaboration, which will create virtual walkthroughs of our sites, is a gigantic step and, with ASI completing its 150th year, this will prove to be a big milestone for us. The aim of this project is to bring the heritage of our country closer to the people and to disseminate among the youth our rich cultural legacy,” Union Minister of Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch said at the project’s launch.

Commenting on the criteria for choosing the sites, the minister said, “100 nationally-important monuments have been chosen on priority basis... the list will soon be finalised.”

Google India said this was an opportunity for them to make these monuments accessible to people in the far-flung and rural areas of the country at the click of a button and to digitally preserve the heritage for posterity.

“With this, rural India will be able to see heritage online despite time and distance constraints. Information is transforming our future and with this we seek to bring more Indians on the internet,” said the Vice-President and Managing Director of Google India, Rajan Anandan.

The ‘Street View Trekker’ has been used to create “virtual walkthroughs” for sites like Eiffel Tower in France, Grand Canyon in the US, and Mt Fuji in Japan, among others

First National Award for Senior Citizens- Vayoshreshtha Samman, 2013 Presented

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the First National Award for Senior Citizens - Vayoshreshtha Samman, 2013 on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons at a function in New Delhi on 1 October 2013.

/>The First National Award For Senior Citizens - Vayoshreshtha Samman, 2013 were given in the following categories:

• National Award for Best Institution for providing services to senior citizens and Awareness Generation
• National Award for Best State in implementing the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act, 2007, & providing services and facilities to senior citizens
• National Award for Centenarian Senior Citizen
• National Award for Iconic Mother
• National Award for Lifetime Achievement
• National Award for Creative Art
• National Award for Sports & Adventure Award (Male)
• National Award for Sports and Adventure (Female)

Steps taken for senior citizens by the Government of India

• In context with the senior citizens of India, The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 was enacted.
• Apart from this, Model Rules were also brought out by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment explained that ageing posed two main challenges- the need to ensure care and protection of the elderly so that they live a healthy, dignified and productive life and secondly, the older people must be looked at as partners in progress rather than a burden on society.
• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment announced National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP) in 1999 to ensure active and productive ageing by evolving a framework of providing financial, medical, social and emotional support.
• Another policy called National Policy for Senior Citizens 2011 was also introduced.
• The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 essentially aims at creating an enabling mechanism to make the claim for maintenance simpler, speedier and affordable.
• The grant-in-aid scheme called the Integrated Programme for Older Persons extends grants to NGOs for supporting old age homes, day care centres and mobile medi-care units.
• The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment launched the Project ‘NICE’ (National Initiative on Care for Elderly). This is implemented through National Institute of Social Defence (NISD), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in 2000.
• National programme for Health care of Elderly (NPHCE) has been formulated and implemented in the country through the ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The major objectives of the NPHCE include provision of dedicated health care facilities for elderly at various levels of State healthcare delivery system

India Blue Won NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2013-14

India Blue cricket squad won the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy by defeating Delhi by 50 runs in the final at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on 29 September 2013.

Electing to bat first, the Indian blue posted a total of 274 for nine in their 50 overs before bowling out the strong Delhi batting line-up for 224 in 44.4 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar selected for Man-of-the match for his four wickets.

Yuvraj singh captained the India Blue team, whereas Virat Kohli captained the Delhi team.

The teams which are participated in the tournament are India Blue, India Red and Delhi.  The 2012-13 edition of the tournament was won by India B Squad.

About N.K.P. Salve Challenger Trophy

The NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, commonly referred to as the Challenger Trophy, is an Indian List A cricket tournament organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Established in the 1994–1995 season, it is played with the purpose of showcasing the talent that the country has, as well as providing opportunities for younger players to make an impression.

MOM leaves for launch centre

At the crack of dawn on Wednesday, the Mars orbiter spacecraft ceremoniously rolled out of its nest here and took the first baby step of its 400-million-km journey. But before its grand voyage, it is first headed for the Sriharikota launch centre in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Amidst chants of prayer and loads of good wishes and in the presence of large gathering of scientists, ISRO Satellite Centre Director S.K. Shivakumar flagged off the mother of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s ventures — the Mars Orbiter Mission or MOM — at 6 a.m from the second advanced satellite integration and testing campus, ISITE, at Marathahalli.

The spacecraft, sent by road in a safe cocoon, will reach the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Thursday afternoon and undergo further tests and checks until its launch, ISRO spokesman Deviprasad Karnik told The Hindu .

‘Satisfying day’

“It has been one satisfying day for our team,” said Mars project director S.Arunan, describing the mission’s kick-off from Bangalore. “We achieved it in a short time [after the project was approved in September 2012] within a tight deadline. Today, all those sleepless months did not matter.”

MOM, carrying five ISRO instruments, is a Rs. 450-crore Indian space dream that is devised to study the atmosphere, surface and chemicals of Mars, just 372 km from the red planet’s surface.

ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan earlier said the scientists aimed to launch the spacecraft from Sriharikota around 4.30 p.m. on October 28. After days of complex manoeuvring, the spacecraft is slated to be slung off Earth’s orbit on November 30 and it will begin its 300-day journey to Mars. It is expected to reach the Martian zone in mid-September 2014 and orbit it for at least six months.

Mars missions become possible once in 26 months based on the positions of Earth and Mars. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S. is also sending its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission on November 18.

In Bangalore, the spacecraft cleared the mechanical solar panel and antenna movements and vibration and acoustic tests, Mr. Karnik said. On reaching Sriharikota, it would go through electrical and other checks. A week ahead of the launch, it would be sent away for being fitted into the launch vehicle. The launcher, PSLV-C25, is an extended XL version, currently being readied for the mission.

As the mission unfolds, Mr. Arunan’s team is bracing itself for many more sleepless nights and nail-biting moments.

Indian Railways Signed Pact with RINL to Set up India's Biggest Forged Wheel Plant in UP

The Indian Railways on 3 October 2013 signed a pact with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) to set up the country's biggest Forged Wheel plant at Lalganj, Raebarelli in Uttar Pradesh.

About the Forged Wheel Plant

• The Plant to be set with an investment of about 1100 crore Rupees will produce one lakh numbers of Forged Wheels per annum in the First phase for Locos and High speed trains. The capacity of the plant can be doubled in the Second phase for a production of over two lakh wheels per annum.
• The steel requirement for the plant located in 40 acres is to be supplied by the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).

• The Factory expected to be operational in over three years, could provide employment to about 600 people.

• The Forged wheel plant will reduces India's dependence on imports of high speed forged wheels for trains.

• The quality of wheel manufactured in the plant will be tested and certified by International certifying agency TTCI, USA.

• Forged wheels are essentially required in the rolling stock for running longer trains at higher speed.

Food Security Scheme Launched by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Gambia Decided to Withdraw from the Commonwealth

The Gambian Government on 2 October 2013 announced that it is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect.  Gambian, a West African country joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1965

The Gambian also stated that it will never be a member of any neo-colonial institution and will never be a party to any institution that represents an extension of colonialism.

The decision came after the Government rejected a proposal by the Commonwealth in 2012 to create commissions in Banjul (capital of Gambia) to protect human rights, media rights and fight against corruption.

The last country to be withdrawn from the Commonwealth group was Zimbabwe in 2003.

About the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 54 countries, many of them former territories of the British Empire. It was established in 1949.

Member countries

Fifty-four countries are members of the Commonwealth. These Countries are from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific and are diverse – they are amongst the world’s largest, smallest, richest and poorest countries. Thirty-two of our members are classified as small states – countries with a population size of 1.5million people or less and larger member states that share similar characteristics with them.

Leaders of member countries shape Commonwealth policies and priorities. Every two years, they meet to discuss issues affecting the Commonwealth and the wider world at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). 

All members have an equal say regardless of size or economic stature. This ensures even the smallest member countries have a voice in shaping the Commonwealth.

The last two countries to join The Commonwealth - Rwanda and Mozambique - have no historical ties to the British Empire.

About Gambia

The Republic of the Gambia, also commonly known as Gambia is a country in West Africa. It is surrounded by Senegal, apart from a short strip of Atlantic coastline at its western end. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa. Banjul is the Gambia’s capital. Gambia is a republic and its current President is Yahya Jammeh.

Tom Clancy, the US Thriller Author, Died At 66 in Baltimore

Tom Clancy, the writer known for thrillers, especially The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games, died in Baltimore, US on 1 October 2013. He was 66 years old. He was credited with 17 New York Times bestsellers and had launched into the career of writing with the help of the then US president Ronald Reagan

India and World

INDIA AND HUNGARY

Gujarat Info Petro Ltd (GIPL), the subsidiary of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation signed an agreement with Cason Engineering Plc, Hungary, for gas monitoring system. This agreement was in accordance with the MoU signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2013. This agreement was signed between VK Sharma, CEO, Gujarat Info, and Ferenc Szakács, Chairman and CEO of Cason. Gujarat Info Petro Ltd offers the IT services to government departments, corporate houses, corporations as well as boards. Cason Engineering Plc, on the other hand, is the Hungary-based technology company which offers services such as implementation, manufacturing as well as development of the systems which are responsible for gas distribution network monitoring. It also developed as well as installed new solutions that are equipped with leading technologies. These are meant for large oil pipeline operators in various countries as well as Europe. The aim of the agreement is providing automation services for oil as well as gas companies in India. This will provide joint technical solutions, which will generate fast accessibility as well as ease for development of city gas distributor industry. Primary advantages of these joint technical solutions are to provide the tool in order to control the sales procedures as well as procurement procedures of daily purchased gas volume. Also, these solutions will provide access for stakeholders to everyday business data along with the technology reports and alarms through the Web-based applications. Apart from this, the special pipeline monitoring system as well as leak detection for leading oil pipeline operators will also be offered. This would result in less number of accidents as well as incidences such as pilferages and thefts. This will also help in solutions for disaster management as well as security issues of cross-country pipelines. The Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban will visit India in October 2013 in order to launch the product.

INDIA AND SAUDI ARABIA

India and Saudi Arabia on 26 May 2013 decided to further strengthen and deepen their counter-terrorism cooperation. This was decided during the 4-day visit of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to Saudi Arabia. The counter-terrorism issue is emerging as a key area of cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia deported deported Abu Jundal, wanted in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack about a year back. Saudi is concerned about the rise of extremism in the region, including in Pakistan, notwithstanding their close ties. Both nations discussed the menace of terrorism the world continues to face and agreed to further strengthen our counter-terrorism cooperation which is an essential element of the Riyadh Declaration signed in 2010. India held talks with Saudi Arabia on a number of issues including the controversial ‘Nitaqat’ law, counter-terrorism measures and energy security. Saudi Arabia also tried to allay India’s fears over the Nitaqat law and stated that the procedures are being taken in the best interest of Indian workers.The Nitaqat law and the ongoing drive to identify workers who are overstaying in the Arab Kingdom was one of the main area of focus during the talks held between the two nations. Khurshid’s visit is the first by an Indian External Affairs Minister in the last five years to Saudi Arabia, India’s biggest supplier of oil.
The Indian Embassy in Riyadh on 21 June 2013 appealed the migrant Indian nationals in Saudi Arabia to avail concessions granted by the Saudi authorities and get the exit passes issued to return to India or to get their job or visa or residency status in the country corrected by the deadline of 3 July 2013. About 60000 Indian nationals have approached to the embassy to avail the concessions announced by the Saudi Authorities. About 30000 out passes were issued for the Indian nationals who wished to return back to India. More than 20000 migrated Indian Nationals have applied for visa or the legal resident status corrected. About 10000 persons are in a process of getting their job status corrected.
About 200 companies have approached to the Embassy with job opportunities for eligible Indians in past two months. Earlier on 6 May 2013, Authorities of Saudi Arabia announced that there would be no extension over the three month grace for foreigners staying in the country illegally. The Interior Ministry has urged people to take advantage of the grace period provided to them for regularization of their situation.

INDIA AND SINGAPORE

India and Singapore on 3 June 2013 reaffirmed their strong and long-standing defence ties as they renewed a bilateral agreement for the conduct of joint army training and exercises.
The agreement was signed after visiting Defence Minister A K Antony held bilateral talks with his Singapore counterpart Ng Eng Hen. The Agreement for the Conduct of Joint Army Training and Exercises was first established on 12 August 2008. Its renewal allows the Singapore Army to train and exercise with the Indian Army in India for another five years. The armies of India and Singapore jointly conducted bilateral armour and artillery exercises, codenamed Ex Bold Kurukshetra and Ex Agni Warrior respectively. The bilateral exercise was successfully conducted in March 2013 and a combined artillery live-firing was carried out in December 2012.

Today's GK(1,2-oct-13)

Abdullah Abdullah to contest

Prominent Afghan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah declared his candidacy on Tuesday for next year’s presidential election, a key vote that will help determine the success or failure of 12 years of U.S.-led military and political intervention.

Mr. Abdullah Abdullah was the runner up to President Hamid Karzai in the 2009 elections, dropping out just ahead of a runoff vote following allegations of massive fraud in the first round.

The April 5 vote will elect the President and provincial councils countrywide. They are considered critical in determining Afghanistan’s future following the withdrawal of all foreign combat troops at the end of 2014.

Coal India reports 4.7 per cent growth in first half of 2013-14

BNP MP given death for 1971 war crimes

A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal on Tuesday awarded death penalty to Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a top ranking opposition leader, for murder and genocide during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

Nine of the 23 charges levelled against Chowdhury (64) were proved “beyond doubt”. He was a leading youth activist of Muslim League then, became Minister later and is now a presidium member of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),

A firebrand critic of the liberation war and secular politics, Chowdhury received death penalty for four charges, including genocide; 20-years for three charges; and five-years each for two other charges.

15.7 million undernourished people live in developed countries: U.N.

About 842 million people, or roughly one in eight, suffered from chronic hunger in 2011-13, down from 868 million people reported for the 2010-12 period, according to the new State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2013 report released on Tuesday by United Nations food agencies.

Interestingly, the agencies observed that while a vast majority of hungry people lived in developing regions, 15.7 million lived in developed countries.

This does not surprise Supreme Court-appointed Food Commissioner and National Advisory Council (NAC) member N.C. Saxena who told The Hindu that although hunger has reduced in China and South-east Asia, there always has been some hunger even in the U.S. and some European countries. “It is not as if everything is hunky-dory in developed countries. I was reading a report that said that 16 per cent people in the U.S. are below poverty line.”

At the same time, he said that “the record of reducing hunger in India and South Asia is not so good. If you look at the cereal consumption of the poor in India, it has remained stagnant or even gone down because they tend to spend their incremental income on health, transport or even tobacco. It is not just high prices of food but lack of demand. It is very unfortunate.”

The report, published every year by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the International Fund for Agriculture Development and the World Food Programme, defined chronic hunger as “not getting enough food to lead active and healthy life.”

Continued economic growth in developing countries improved incomes and access to food. Higher farm productivity growth, supported by increased public investment and renewed interest of private investors in agriculture improved food availability.

In addition, in some countries, remittances from migrants were playing a role in poverty reduction, leading to better diets and food security, the report noted.

Calling for nutrition-sensitive interventions in agriculture and food systems as a whole as well as in public health and education, the report said policies aimed at enhancing farm productivity and food availability could achieve hunger reduction even where poverty was widespread.

Substantial reductions in both, the number of hungry and prevalence of undernourishment, have occurred in most countries of East Asia, Southeastern Asia and in Latin America. Sub-Saharan Africa has made only modest progress in recent years and has the highest prevalence of undernourishment with one in four people (24.8 per cent) estimated to be hungry.

The developing regions, the report says, have made a significant progress towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of halving the proportion of hungry people by 2015. It says that if the average decline since 1990 continues till 2015, then the prevalence of undernourishment will reach a level close to the MDG hunger target.

The report underscored that “economic growth is the key for progress in hunger reduction,” but added that growth may not lead to more and better jobs and incomes for all, unless policies specifically target the poor, especially those in rural areas.

“In poor countries, hunger and poverty reduction will only be achieved with growth that is not only sustained but also broadly shared,” the report observed.

The findings and recommendations of the report will be discussed by representatives of governments, civil society and private sector next week at a meeting of the Committee of Food Security at the FAO headquarters in Rome.

Slum population up by 25% in 10 years

Newly released census data shows families living in slums have a far better child sex ratio than the urban Indian average. Over a third of India’s slum-dwellers live in unrecognised slums.

Over 65 million people lived in slums in 2011, up by 25 per cent from 52 million in 2001, but slum populations have grown slower than the average urban population over the last decade. The average household living in a slum is no larger than an average urban Indian household, with 4.7 family members. The child sex ratio (0-6 years) of an average slum household is 922 girls for every 1,000 boys, compared to 905 for urban India.

Scheduled Castes (SCs) are over-represented in slums, with one out of every 5 slums residents belonging to SC, compared to just over one out of 10 for urban India as a whole. The proportion of SCs living in slums has risen over the last decade. They have far better sex ratios than other urban communities.

The literacy rate in slums is now up to 77.7% but still lags behind the urban average. Both men and women living in slums participate at a higher rate in the workforce than the urban average, even though fewer have employment through the year.

Newly released census data shows families living in slums have a far better child sex ratio than the urban Indian average. Over a third of India’s slum-dwellers live in unrecognised slums.

Over 65 million people lived in slums in 2011, up by 25 per cent from 52 million in 2001, but slum populations have grown slower than the average urban population over the last decade. The average household living in a slum is no larger than an average urban Indian household, with 4.7 family members. The child sex ratio (0-6 years) of an average slum household is 922 girls for every 1,000 boys, compared to 905 for urban India.

Scheduled Castes (SCs) are over-represented in slums, with one out of every 5 slums residents belonging to SC, compared to just over one out of 10 for urban India as a whole. The proportion of SCs living in slums has risen over the last decade. They have far better sex ratios than other urban communities.

The literacy rate in slums is now up to 77.7% but still lags behind the urban average. Both men and women living in slums participate at a higher rate in the workforce than the urban average, even though fewer have employment through the year.

Cabinet withdraws ordinance on lawmakers

The National Voluntary Blood Donation Day observed on 1 October

The National Voluntary Blood Donation Day on 1 October celebrated every year in India since on 1 October 1975.It is organised by National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) and National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Government of India.

The main objectives of National Voluntary Blood Donation Day

• To increase awareness among the people and the importance of voluntary blood donation.
• To achieve 100 percent Voluntary Blood Donation, so as to be able to give the safest blood to the needy patients.
• To have enough blood stock in our blood banks for any eventuality.
• To give our thanks and reinforce the self esteem of those who donate blood voluntarily, so that they continue to do so regularly.
• To inspire those who has not donated blood but are in good health, to start donating blood.
• To inspire those donors who donate blood only for their relatives or friends, to donate voluntarily.

Health Ministry launched Several Schemes for Assam

Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on 1 September 2013 launched several new health initiatives worth 500 crores rupees under NRHM for the strengthening of healthcare services in Assam at Guwahati today. The new initiatives are - Free Generic Drug Service, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya karyakram (RBSK), National Iron Plus Initiative, Fleet of 359 New Ambulances for National Ambulance Service. Shri Azad also inaugurated Mother & Child Tracking System Call Centre and Tele-Radiology Project under NRHM.

In addition, Health Ministry also laid the foundation stone of 14 MCH Wings of various District Hospitals which are being constructed at the cost of more than 320 crores rupees to cater to the increased demand of institutional deliveries, as also improve the maternal & child health. These MCHs wings upon becoming functional will provide 1400 additional beds to the health system of Assam.

The National Coalition Won The Parliamentary Elections in Australia

The National coalition won the Parliamentary elections in Australia .The result of the House of Representatives (Lower house of Parliament of Australia) was declared by the Australian Electoral Commission on 8 September 2013. The National coalition is a coalition of four Parties the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal National Party, National Party of Australia and Country Liberal Party.
The National coalition appointed Tony Abbott of The Liberal Party as leader of the National coalition. He will become the Prime Minister of Australia and successor of Kevin Rudd of the Labor Party.

The National coalition got 90 seats out of 150 seats in The House of the Representative. The ruling Labor Party was successful in winning 57 seats. The Green Party and Katter’s Australia Party got 1 seat each. The total turnout of the voters was 77.26 percent. The National coalition got 53.15 percent and Labor Party got 46.85 percent.

Ranjan Mathai Appointed as India's High Commissioner to United Kingdom

Former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on 20 September 2013 was appointed as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He will succeed noted economist and veteran diplomat Dr Jaimini Bhagwati. However, he will take up the charge of the office later.

Italy PM Letta wins confidence vote after Berlusconi U-turn

Premier Enrico Letta has won a confidence vote in the Italian Senate after Silvio Berlusconi delivered an about-face and announced he would support the government.

With a few dozen votes still being counted, Mr. Letta had more than 230 “yes” votes in the 321-member Senate, far more than he needed to keep his five-month-old coalition alive.

The actual voting was anticlimactic after Mr. Berlusconi acknowledged defeat and said he would support Mr. Letta after defections in his party robbed him of the backing he needed to bring down the government.

Vice President of India released a commemorative postage stamp of Baba Jumdev

The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari released a commemorative postage stamp in the memory of Baba Jumdev at a function in Gondia, Maharashtra on 30 September 2013. Baba Jumdev was a prominent spiritual leader and revered social activist. He was a spiritual guide and a social reformer for who worked towards the service of humanity.