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Jaipur to set up soon: India’s First Regional Voters’ Awareness Centre

Election Commission of India
  • Centre will soon set up the country’s first regional voters’ awareness centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan which will cater to four states, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.

New guidelines on PSL released by RBI

Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released revised priority sector lending guidelines.
  • New categories eligible for finance under the priority sector now include:
  • Bank finance of up to ₹50 crores to start-ups,
  • Loans to farmers so as install solar power plants for solarisation of grid-connected agriculture pumps,
  • Loans for setting the compressed biogas (CBG) plants

Ayushmann Khurrana appointed as Brand Ambassador of Bajaj Allianz Life

Ayushmann Khurrana
  • Private life insurer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited has appointed bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana as its brand ambassador. As the brand ambassador of the life insurer, the actor will be promoting the products as well as the digital services of the Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited.
  • The bollywood actor is also set to feature in the upcoming campaign “Smart Living”.

“The Little Book of Green Nudges”: UN Environment Programme

The Little Book of Green Nudges
  • “The Little Book of Green Nudges” has been launched by the United Nations Environment Programme.
  • “The Little Book of Green Nudges” is UNEP’s first on behavioral science and nudge theory.
  • These measures can be deployed by the universities to encourage students and staff to embrace more sustainable behaviors.

Affordable Solar Powered Battery Developed by CMERI

Affordable Solar Powered Battery Developed by CMERI
  • To tackle the Water Crisis in Agriculture, CSIR-CMERI developed an affordable Solar Powered Battery based Sprayers. Recently CMERI has already developed the world’s largest solar tree in Durgapur, West Bengal.

September 2020: Third Rashtriya Poshan Maah being celebrated

Poshan Abhiyan
  • The 3rd Rashtriya Poshan Maah is being celebrated in September 2020 to address the problem of malnutrition among women and young children.
  •  Every year Poshan Maah is celebrated all over the country under POSHAN Abhiyaan, launched in 2018.

Karnataka govt approved a watershed project called ‘REWARD’

REWARD
  • A project titled ‘Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agriculture Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD)’ recently approved by the Karnataka govt.
  • The purpose of the project is to ensure soil and water conservation in 20 taluks with low groundwater levels in Karnataka.
  • The total cost of this project is Rs 600 crore out of which World Bank will fund 70% of the project amount, which amounts to Rs 420 crore, whereas, 30% of the expenses (Rs 180 crore) will be borne by the state government itself.

SVAYEM scheme relaunched by Assam govt

SVAYEM scheme
  • The ‘Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment (SVAYEM)’ scheme relaunched by the Assam govt. with a total budget of Rs 1000 crore.
  • The objective behind relaunching the scheme is to provide self-employment to around 2 lakh youths of the state.

Vodafone Idea now called as ‘Vi’

Vi
  • Vodafone Idea has announced its new unified brand identity by renaming all its products under a new name and logo “Vi” with an effort to reduce the cost of maintaining two brands.

Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of states 2019

Business Reform Action Plan
  • The 4th edition of the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of states for 2018-19 announced by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
  • Andhra Pradesh has topped the ranking which is followed by Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.

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