Category: National Current Affairs

MP to be country’s top wheat procurer; farmers get Rs 25,000 crore hike

June 14, 2020

• Madhya Pradesh is set to bounce in around Rs 25,000 crore into its rural economy by the time its all-time high wheat procurement brings to a close. This has made the state the country’s largest wheat buyer in 2020-21.

Odisha to be the first state to get ISO certification for tribal hostels

June 14, 2020

• Odisha has become the first state in the country to obtain International Organization for Standardization(ISO) certification for hostels for tribal students.
• The ST&SC Welfare Department had earlier began the ‘Mission Suvidya’ project to give all the tribal hostels of the state uniform standards of infrastructure, amenities and human resources.

“Ghar Ghar Nigrani”: Mobile Application started by Punjab Government

June 14, 2020

• The Punjab government on 12^th June started a mobile application named “Ghar Ghar Nigrani”.
• Purpose: Undertaking house to house monitoring to check the spread of COVID-19. The application is to be utilized as a tool for early detection and testing of COVID-19 and stop community spread.

NHAI to be the first construction sector organization to go ‘Fully Digital’

June 14, 2020

• National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) under Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has turned ‘Fully Digital’, with the start of unique cloud-based and Artificial Intelligence-powered Big Data Analytics platform – Data Lake and Project Management Software.

CM Yogi starts ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’ scheme for child laborers in UP

June 13, 2020

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday (13 June) started the ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’, a scheme to educate child laborers in the state. The scheme’s release coincides with the ‘World Day Against Child Labour’.

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar virtually started ‘Shakar Mitra’ scheme to give paid internship to the Youth

June 13, 2020

• Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister released a “Sahakar Mitra” Scheme Internship Program (SIP)of the NCDC(National Cooperative Development Corporation ) to give paid internship to the Youth

India, Bhutan ink MoU on environment cooperation

June 13, 2020

• Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bhutan for environment security and cooperation in the areas involving air quality, waste, chemical management and climate variation.

GMR inks agreement with Andhra govt to make greenfield airport at Bhogapuram

June 13, 2020

• The Andhra Pradesh government on 12th June inked a concession agreement with GMR Airports Ltd for making a greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district which will be ready by 2023.

Andhra Pradesh CM starts “Jagananna Chedodu” scheme

June 13, 2020

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has been launching welfare schemes for the prosperity of the poor, has embarked on another scheme. He started the Jagananna Chedodu scheme on Wednesday.
• Goal:  Rs. 10,000 to Nayi Brahmins, Laundrymen and Tailors as financial support.

India’s economy to shrink by 3.7% (means -3.7%) in the fiscal year 2020-21 stated OECD

June 12, 2020

• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) declared India’s growth at -3.7% for the ongoing fiscal with a rider that growth could decline further to -7.3% in the event of a second COVID-19 outbreak, according to its Economic Outlook (EO) published on 10th June.