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Five Star Villages Scheme for 100% rural coverage launched by Indian Post

September 12, 2020
indian post
  • With an aim to achieve 100% rural coverage a five-star scheme launched by Indian Post.
  • The objective of the scheme is to bridge the gaps in public awareness and reach of postal products and services, especially in interior villages.

Moody’s revises estimate of India’s Growth

September 12, 2020
Moody’s
  • Global rating agency Moody’s has revised its forecast of India’s growth. It has estimated a double-digit contraction to be at 11.5% during the current fiscal year.

RBI is set to launch Digital Payments Index (DPI)

September 12, 2020
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)
  • RBI is planning to launch Digital Payments Index (DPI) soon to assess accurately about the penetration and deepening of various digital payment modes.

Five-point consensus between India & China

September 12, 2020
Five-point consensus
  • Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow (Russia) on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) reached a five-point consensus regarding the border-standoff between the two nations.

Scheme ‘Garima’ launched by Odisha

September 12, 2020
Garima
  • With an objective to provide social security and financial benefits for the sanitation workers and their families the scheme ‘Garima’ was launched by the Odisha government.

Heritage Tourism Policy introduced by Gujarat

September 12, 2020
Heritage Tourism Policy
  • With an aim to attract tourism in the unused historical buildings Gujarat state govt recently introduced Heritage Tourism Policy.

India’s largest “Piggery Mission” launched Meghalaya

September 12, 2020
Piggery Mission
  • India’s largest “Piggery Mission” launched Meghalaya with an outlay of Rs 209 Crores to reduce the annual import of Pork worth Rs 150 Crore and make Meghalaya self-sufficient (“Aatma Nirbhar”) in pork production over the next 3 years.

J&K launched ‘Integrated Grievance Redress and Monitoring System’

September 12, 2020
Jammu and Kashmir
  • J&K launched ‘Integrated Grievance Redress and Monitoring System’ (JK-IGRAMS) with an objective to provide a grievance redressal mechanism that will ensure good governance.

“School Education in 21st Century” begins

September 12, 2020
School Education in 21st Century
  • The Ministry of Education organised “School Education in the 21st Century” as part of Shikshak Parv 2020 under National Education Policy- 2020 (NEP-2020).

DIAL launches country’s first Covid-19 testing facility at an airport

September 12, 2020
DIAL
  • Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) launched the country’s first airport Covid-19 testing facility at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi for arriving international passengers.