# Centre-states relations

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that fuel prices were too high in Some states ruled by Non – BJP parties and they were not passing on the benefits of the Centre’s excise duty cuts to the people.
• He appealed to the states to ensure centre states cooperation, stating that it is the need of the hour to provide relief to the people troubled by rising fuel prices.
• PM Modi also said that states like Karnataka and Gujarat undertook the tax reduction for the welfare of the people despite revenue loss, while their neighbouring states earned revenue by not reducing tax.

# Small satellite launch vehicle

• The Indian space research organization (ISRO) is hoping to have all three development flights planned for its ‘baby rocket’ – the small satellite launch vehicle – in 2022 itself.
• All three missions will be carried out from Satish Dhawan space centre, Sriharikota.
• SSLV is designed as a ‘launch on demand’ and a cheaper alternative for placing small payloads in orbit.
• All three stages of SSLV will be solid propulsion state.
• Being developed with private participation, the SSLV will be able to place 500 Kg payloads in low earth orbit.

# Civil registration system

• The central government is planning to revamp the Civil registration system (CRS) to enable the registration of birth and death in real time with minimum human intervention and independent of location, according to the 2020-21 annual report of the Union home ministry.
• The CRS run by the registrar general of India is linked to the national population register, which already have a database of 119 crore residents.
• The NPR is to be updated with decennial census exercise that had been postponed indefinitely due to covid-19.

# PM Modi

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three nation Tour of Germany, France and Denmark from May 2 to 4, the ministry of external affairs has announced.
• PM Modi will travel to Copenhagen to participate in the second India-Nordic summit, which is being hosted by Denmark.