Action speak louder than words
1. Department of Post extend all saving scheme up to the branch of post office level.
- Savings scheme to doorstep of rural India.
- Empower rural India.
There are 1,31,113 branch post office functioning in the rural area.
Till now functioning facility- Letter, speed Post, parcel, electronic money order, rural post Life insurance, savings account, recurring deposits, time deposit, sukanya samriddhi account.
New order offering facilities- public provident fund, monthly income scheme, national saving certificate, kisan vikas Patra, senior citizen saving scheme.
Que- how post office step to extend schemes to branch post office, will beneficial to rural India?
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2. Union home minister distributed hundred electric Potter wheel under KVIC's Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana.
Lives easier and increase in production.
Kumhar sashaktikaran yojana- An initiative of Khadi and Village Industries Commission of India for empowerment of potters community in the remotest of location in the country.
Program provides support in-
- Training in advance pottery products
- New technology pottery equipment like the electrical chaak
- Market linkage and through KVIC exhibition
Que- Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana is an initiative of.....
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3. World class state-of-art Honey testing lab inaugurated at Anand Gujarat.
Lab- Will help in quality production of honey and its export to other country.
Promotion of beekeeping- Mission on integrated development of horticulture and national mission for beekeeping.
Lab established by- National dairy development board in Anand with support of National beekeeping board.
- Vision to bring sweet revolution.
- Empowerment of farmer and further encouragement for production.
Que- state-of-art Honey testing lab situated at......... Gujarat established by....... With the support of.......
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4. Ultra rapid testing kit of Covid-19 with the result within 30 second developed jointly by India and Israel.
Scientist of DRDO and Defence research wing of Israel.
Integrating of many technology like isothermal testing, breath analyser test, online voice test based on artificial intelligence.
Que- India and Israel developed fast testing kit of covid-19 name of two agencies which developed this test kit......
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5. Nicaragua becomes the 87 country to join ISA.
ISA- A worldwide initiative for the implementation of objective of Paris climate agreement.
It is a alliance of 121 countries, most of these Being Sunshine countries, between tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn.
Launched by- India and France
Headquarter- Gurugram India
Que- Maximum alliance countries of international solar alliance lies between latitude.....
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6. Income tax department to provide pan data to financial intelligenc unit
Financial intelligence unit is a central noodle agency which has been authorised to acquire the cash transaction report from private and public sector banks monthly.
Further send suspicious report to law enforcement investigative and intelligence agencies to check possible case of terror financing tax evasion and money laundering.
CTR- transaction 10 lakh or above.
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7. Global forest resources assessment 2020- Food and agriculture Organisation.
Assessment- Every 5 year since 1990.
World total forest area- 4.06 million hectare, 31% of total land area.
Net gain of forest in 2010-20 in Asia. Africa is largest annual rate of Lost in same period.
India has ranked third among countries have gained. To 5 countries- China Australia India Chile and Vietnam.
Credited- India's joint forest management program.
12.5 million people employed in forestry globally, India accounted 6.23 million.
India accounts 2% of total global forest.
FAO- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to "let there be bread". It was founded in October 1945.
HQ- Rome, ItalyParent Organisation- UN Economic and Social CouncilFound - 16 Oct 1945
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