Funds deposited by Indian individuals and enterprises in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches, sank nearly 6 percent in 2019 to 899 million Swiss francs (Rs 6,625 crore), annual data from Swiss National Bank revealed on 25th June.
The Union Ministry of Culture has declared on 27th June 2020 that on the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the Ministry has selected to commemorate a 2-week long tree plantation campaign called ‘Sankalp Parva’ from 28th June to 12th July 2020. This was told by the Union Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge) Prahlad Joshi.
India has rolled down three spots to 77th rank in terms of money deposited by its citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks at the end of 2019, while the UK has maintained its top position, as per the recent data from Switzerland’s central bank. India was placed 74th in the previous year.
NASA declared that its headquarters will be entitled after one of its history-making engineers. In a news release, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told that the agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters building will be named after Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female engineer.
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) announced the Indian economy could be developing at 1.3% in FY21 as a base case scenario. This prediction is based on the incorporation of the monetary and fiscal stimulus measures undertaken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the central government.
India has fixed its spot as the third-largest economy after China and the US in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) for 2017, stated the government citing the World Bank data.
On June 28th annually, National Insurance Awareness Day inspires us to review our insurance policies. While the beginning of this day is a mystery, what’s widely recognized is how important insurance is in many aspects of our lives.
Madhya Pradesh’s government will start a ‘Kill Corona campaign’ from July 1 to screen the whole population of the state in a fortnight. This was planned at a meeting led by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Delhi government on 29th June planned for introducing up of a plasma bank for the treatment of COVID-19 sufferers. Delhi was one of the first states to have provided a go-ahead for plasma therapy in April.
The State Government of Andhra Pradesh will take up the building of 3 Million (30 lakh) houses under the YSR Jagananna Colonies plan after distributing the house localities to the recipients on 8th July 2020. Jagananna Colonies is part of the State Government’s Navratnalu- Pedalandariki Illu (houses for all the poor) Program.
The government on 29th June started the PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme as a part of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ and as a part of Prime Minister’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’. It will serve 8 lakh units through access to information, training, better exposure and formalization.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on 29th June started convalescent plasma therapy-cum- trial project for treatment of severe COVID-19 patients with a state medical education department official terming it the largest initiative of its kind in the world.
India and Bhutan inked a pact for the construction of the 600 MW Kholongchhu project, their first hydropower joint venture project in Bhutan’s less advanced eastern region of Trashiyangtse. The project’s “Concession agreement,” which was inked in the presence through video-conference.
ArjunUnion Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda started via a video conference the tribes India stocks on Government e-Marketplace – GeM and a new website of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India(TRIFED)-(https://trifed.tribal. gov.in).
Micheál Martin has been appointed as Ireland’s new prime minister nearly five months after an indecisive election that smashed the twin pillars of Irish politics and pushed them to finally govern together.
The Central Government has invested special financial powers of Rs 500 crore as emergency funds to armed forces for war preparation between ongoing border tensions with China.
The World Bank on 28th June declared its Board of Executive Directors has permitted USD 500 million (about Rs 3,700 crore) loan to upgrade quality and governance of school education in six Indian states. The board authorized a loan for Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS) on June 24, 2020.
India’s Nitin Menon on 29th June became the youngest ever to be involved in the International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel of Umpires for the forthcoming 2020-21 season, substituting England’s Nigel Llong.
The Government has been observing the Statistics Day on 29th June, to spread the use of Statistics in normal life and sensitize the public as to how Statistics assists in shaping and framing policies.
Theme 2020: SDG- 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) & SDG- 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls).