Current Affairs –15th May 2020

3rd TRANCHE UNDER AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYAN

Union Finance Minister announced the third Tranche over measures under AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT in conformity with fortify Agriculture, Fisheries or Food Processing Sectors. dedicating it in accordance with agriculture then allied activities.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced the important points over the 3rd tranche regarding Economic Relief Package because “AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT Abhiyan” amid COVID-19 pandemic. This third tranche is the piece of the monetary package over Rs 20 lakh tip has been introduced including the top goal concerning construction India self-reliant.

Measures to toughen Infrastructure Logistics or Capacity Building because of Agriculture & Allied Sectors: Financing advantage over Rs. One Lakh end pleasure lie provided because of funding Agriculture Infrastructure Projects at farm-gate & total points. It choice lie financed and managed by way of the National Bank for Agriculture yet Rural Development (NABARD). An Rs. 10,000 ten million intention wish remain launched because Formalisation regarding Micro Food Enterprises (MFE). It will help 2 lakh MFEs anybody necessity pragmatic up-gradation to achieve FSSAI meals standards, construct manufacturers yet marketing.

Logistics capacities than other system concerning facilities beneath the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMY).

Government concerning India has announced the support about Rs 20,000 tip for Fishermen via Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana which would be launched because of integrated, sustainable, ubiquitous development concerning marine then inland fisheries.

From Rs 20,000 crore, aggregation of Rs 11,000 extremity would stay used for things to do in Marine, Inland Fisheries then aquaculture.

The remaining total regarding Rs 9,000 end would remain ancient because of Infrastructure such namely fishing harbours, bloodless chain, markets, etc.

Cage culture, seaweed farming, Ornamental Fisheries as like develop as new fishing vessels, traceability, laboratory network, and many others choice lie the answer activities.

During the embargo period i.e. the period so the fishermen are not allowed to unite the briny then the fishing is prohibited, so would stand a regulation over Ban Period Support according to fishermen between the shape regarding Personal insurance plan namely nicely namely Boat insurance.

This is expected to commend employment in accordance with on 55 lakh people or desire duplicate the exports in conformity with Rs 1,00,000 Crore, yet administration in accordance with extra fish production over 70 lakh tonnes above a length concerning 5 years.

National Animal Disease Control Programme.

An Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund on Rs. 15,000 crore will lie accept upon in conformity with help private investment into Dairy Processing, value collection then cattle eat infrastructure.

National Animal Disease Control Programme because of Foot yet Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis launched with total charge concerning Rs. 13,343 crores.

It ensures a hundred per cent vaccination concerning cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and pig populace (total fifty-three end animals) because Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) yet because of brucellosis.

Till date, 1.5 edge cows & buffaloes among the USA bear been tagged or vaccinated.

For building capacities in Animal Husbandry

The government on India has planned after embezzle Rs 15,000 crores because of the improvement regarding Animal Husbandry Infrastructure along one-of-a-kind focal point concerning the dairy sector. Beekeeping initiatives (worth Rs 500 crore):

Government wish to implement a schedule because of Infrastructure improvement associated with conformity with Integrated Beekeeping Development Centres, Collection, Marketing yet Storage Centres, Post-Harvest & price Addition facilities etc; then Implementation of requirements & Developing a traceability system.

GoI has determined after put in upon an Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund about Rs 15,000 crore. It also goals in accordance with guide personal funding in the Dairy processing, charge summation yet cattle eat infrastructure.

Government pleasure also offer incentives because of establishing vegetation for export on the area of interest products such namely cheese, processed milk, water powder, butter etc.

Slovenia becomes the first country in Europe for Free Coronavirus

European countries easing journey then ignoble restrictions, while instant flare-ups manifest some other place around the globe. Germany then various vile European international locations where the coronavirus length has slowed have been shifting beforehand Friday together with enjoyable resemble restrictions, while flare-ups within Mexico then some other place served namely a reminder the pandemic is some distance from over. Slovenia, which has been step by step easing proper lockdown measures, declared to that amount the thoroughness regarding the mischievous is currently under the monitoring and so European Union residents may want to in modern times enter from a neighbor Austria, Italy yet Hungary. It grew to become the first European USA in conformity with formally naming an end in accordance with its coronavirus outbreak. Germany has viewed more than 170,000 COVID-19 infections or almost 8,000 deaths, however, extra than 150,000 human beings have recovered yet the united states of America has been seeing fewer than 1,000 latter cases by day.

Important Point for Exams:

1. Capital of Slovenia: Ljubljana.
2. The Currency of Slovenia: Euro
3. Prime Minister of Slovenia: Janez Janza

 Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicates COBAS 6800 testing machine to the nation.

Nearly 20 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 through more than 500 labs: 

Dr. Harsh Vardhan. Doubling time for the last three days slows down to nearly 14 days.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister about Health & Family Well-being visited the National Centre because of Disease Control (NCDC) and committed the COBAS 6800 trying out desktop to the nation, right here today. This is the advance certain trying out desktop to that amount has been procured by using the Government for checking out about COVID-19 cases and is hooked up at the National Centre because of Disease Control.

The Union Health Minister also visited the Control Room or the Testing Laboratories, yet reviewed the modern fame of COVID-19 checking out along with Dr. S K Singh, Director (NCDC) yet senior officials. Highlighting the achievements within ramping up the testing capability, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “We bear at last flourished a capacity in conformity with government 1,00,000 tests by day. 

Today marks an essential milestone so we hold examined nearly 20 lakh assessments because of COVID-19 mark at stability extra than 500 laboratories together with 359 Government laboratories or one hundred forty-five personal laboratories between the country”. 

He further added, “NCDC has been at present geared up including the COBAS 6800, an absolutely automated, high stop desktop for body real period PCR trying out COVID-19 in the situation over the nation. COBAS 6800 wish grant quality, high-volume trying out together with an excessive throughput about take a look at around 1200 samples in 24 hours. It wishes generally enlarge the trying out capability together with a reduction between pendency.”

Highlighting its ignoble features, Dr. Harsh Vardhan mentioned to that amount COBAS 6800 is a sophisticated computer-enabled together with robotics so much minimizes the hazard on infection namely well so the hazard concerning infection in imitation of the health care people on the grounds that it do stand split remotely including limited ethnical intervention. As the computer requires a minimal BSL2+ disposal stage because testing, that can't lie positioned at simply some facility. COBAS 6800 can also detect ignoble pathogens kind of Viral Hepatitis B & C, HIV, MTb (both rifampicin yet isoniazid resistance), Papilloma, CMV, Chlamydia, Neisseria etc.

Expressing his awful gratefulness according to the selfless applications animal executed every day due to the fact the starting regarding the pandemic, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “I salute the pathologists, lab technicians, scientists yet ignoble rod anybody are our ‘Corona Warriors’ and assignment under widespread volatile prerequisites into their tier over duty, time then night time according to save the fellow countrymen.” He delivered up to expect the country desires after being shy stain then applaud the performance concerning this frontline healthcare providers.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan also lauded the dedication, stiff job, or sincerity regarding all the surveillance officers then influenced them to continue the combat with renewed vigor. The Union Health Minister emphasized about the quality or sturdiness over the neighborhood surveillance or touch tracing. “It is the necessity regarding the gong so much all the human's anybody are both among home and facility quarantine, want in accordance withhold appropriate vigil, and practice the laid down protocols on neighborly distancing and non-public hygiene. Special seriousness wants after stay made regarding the elderly, big ladies then tiny children”, that state.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan added to that amount it is a piece of heartening

news to that amount today, the final iii days’ doubling era has slowed below after 13.9 days, while the doubling day into the previous 14 days used to be 11.1. He further delivered to that amount the fatality dosage is 3.2% and the lifting quantity has, in addition, multiplied then as of late stands at 33.6% (it used to be 32.83% yesterday). He also brought so much (as concerning yesterday) so are 3.0% lively COVID-19 sufferers in ICU, 0.39% concerning ventilators or 2.7% about oxygen support. “Today, like are 14 States/UTs so much have no longer pointed out any instances over COVID-19 among final 24 hrs. i.e. A&N Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Puducherry, Telangana. Also, Daman & Diu, Sikkim, Nagaland yet Lakshadweep hold now not suggested anybody cases till”, she stated.

As concerning 14th May 2020, an amount about 78,003 cases hold been acknowledged beyond the united states of America between which 26,235 humans have been cured then 2,549 deaths had occurred. In the last 24 hours, 3,722 current proven cases bear been added.

Important Point for Exams:

1. National Centre for Disease Control Founded: 1909.
2. National Centre for Disease Control Headquarters: New Delhi
3. National Centre for Disease Control Director: Sujeet Kumar.

Admiral GM Hiranandani Memorial Rolling Trophy.

Lieutenant Commander Sarang Joshi was once nowadays awarded the prestigious Admiral GM Hiranandani Memorial Rolling Trophy by Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command.

The trophy was committed in the memory on the advanced Vice Admiral GM Hiranandani through the Hiranandani household among 2013, and is awarded for the superior performance at some point of the year-lengthy Naval Warfare Specialisation Courses performed by means of the Southern Naval Command.

At a solemn ceremony, in the Naval base, here, Lieutenant Commander Suraj Aiyappa, Lieutenant Commander Aditya Sheoran, and Lieutenant Commander N Syam Prasad won book prizes namely runners-up.

Speaking on the occasion, Admiral Lanba emphasized that the specialist Officers armed including theoretical competencies would at last have in imitation of honing their professional knowledge concerning plank collection ships also as like those conferee base Officers.

Other Awards:

Book prizes were awarded via the Commander-in-chief in conformity with commissioned naval officer Anshu Bhau because of standing 2nd then after commissioned naval officer Kuldeep Tyagi because of the 0.33 position.

Lieutenant Commander Mohit Kumar was also commended because of the body much well inside the oral wood as a Viva.

On the Occasion, A.K. Chawla also emphasized the position on expert officers stumped & the utility for officers in conformity with stand worthy professionals.

Important Point for Exams:

• Chief of the Naval Staff (CNC): Admiral Karambir Singh.

G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

The Saudi G20 Presidency choice begin from 1 December 2019 and give up over 30 November 2020. The Leaders’ Summit choice be finished on 21-22 November 2020 among Riyadh. In the run-up in conformity with the Summit, the Presidency will army greater than 100 meetings or conferences, including executive meetings, as much properly as many meetings of officials then representatives from civil society.​​​

The 2d version regarding Extraordinary G20 Virtual Trade yet Investment Ministerial Meet used to be last below the priesthood on Saudi Arabia. The assembly was chaired through the Saudi Minister regarding Commerce, Majid Al Qasabi, between the presence over the Minister of Investment, Khalid Al-Faleh. In the virtual meeting, India used to be represented with the aid of the Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

Important Point for Exams:

1. The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for international economic cooperation which brings together the leaders of both developed and developing countries from every continent. ​
2. The members of the G20 group are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, ​Republic o​f Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union (EU)​.

"Rice Export Promotion Forum" for the government of India

Rice Export Promotion Forum (REPF), beneath the vindication concerning the Agricultural yet Processed Foods Export Promotion Development Authority (Apeda). Considering the respect concerning export about rice, its native potentials and the multifarious issues, which are faced between the process, such is determined in imitation of representing a Rice Export Promotion Forum The recent body will include representatives beyond the maneuver industry, exporters, officials out of Apeda, Commerce Ministry, Agriculture Ministry then Directors about Agriculture besides the principal manner producing states certain as West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. 

The EPF desire make concerted efforts in accordance with identifying, report particulars or attain outdoors according to stakeholders across the entire production/ furnish band regarding export concerning manner for increasing these exports drastically according to the world market, thru various interventions India, the second-largest creator on rice into the world, has been the largest exporter regarding the cereal then the shipments about the non-basmati have been allowed from 2011. India’s manufacturing has been effective over step by step upon the past quite a few years. From round 96 pile tonnes into 2010-11, trick manufacturing is seen in relation to a report 117.47 pile tonnes among 2019-20, per Second Advance Estimates.

Federal Bank ties up with Magicbricks(Direct- to-Bank Deposits Services)

Private region lender Federal Bank has tied on with on-line real manor flooring Magicbricks for list and re-auctioning about solid residences repossessed by way of it in recovery proceedings. The move is aimed at speedy recovery over the bank's impaired assets while helping customers arrive the best rate between the need for their properties, Federal Bank said. The lender has obtained in a pan-India arrangement along with the housing portal between system to recover rent roll within 30 essential money owed amounting in imitation of Rs 50 crore into the fourth bottom regarding it year. Under the deal, Federal Bank desire leverage regarding Magicbrick's reach across demographic profiles or customer categories, removing somebody geographical restrictions because buyers, such added. Sudhir Pai, CEO, Magicbricks, spoke of its e-auction podium has, for the duration of the previous two years, evolved so a comparatively cheap path for banks after collapse theirs re-possessed property yet lessen their economic burden.

Important Point for Exams:

1. Federal Bank Establishment: 1939 (as Travancore Federal Bank); December 1949 (Federal Bank).
2. Federal Bank Headquarter: Kochi, Kerala.
3. Federal Bank Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer: Shyam Srinivasan.
4. Federal Bank Tagline: Your Perfect Banking Partner.

World Bank Approves $1 billion Social Protection for India

COVID has emitted India or the ball in extraordinary ways, spoke of Junaid Ahmad, World Bank Country Director in India. These measures, supposed to incorporate the spread about the naughty have, however, impacted economies or jobs – especially of the casual sector. India along with the world's greatest lockdown has now not been a deduction in imitation of it trend, The World Bank on Friday elected USD 1 billion 'Accelerating India's COVID-19 Social Protection Response Program' according to support the country's efforts because of offering conventional help after the bad and prone households, severely impacted through the pandemic. This takes the aggregation dedication besides the World Bank toward chance COVID-19 report among India in accordance with USD 2 billion. A USD 1 billion guide was once announced a remaining month after support India's health sector. The new help pleasure remains funded into pair phases.

First Segment: An assignment regarding $750 bags of — more than ₹5,600 ten million — choice stand committed directly in accordance with assist savings the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, which the Centre announced among March in conformity with the strip upon cash transfers yet arbitrary meals corn dole according to vulnerable communities, pensioners or poor workers, or furnish insurance plan help in accordance with fitness workers.

The 2nd segment pleasure grant $250 pile — almost ₹1,900 ten million — submit July, who choice resources extra money yet in-kind advantages based concerning provincial needs through the State governments yet transportable neighborly safety transport systems. World Bank's India conductor Junaid Ahmad said, “The COVID-19 pandemic has also eked out the highlight on incomplete on the gaps within the existing neighborly safety systems. This program pleasure help the Government over India’s efforts closer to a greater rigid delivery platform – available after each rural and town populations throughout government boundaries.”

Important Point for Exams:

1. President of World Bank: David Malpass.
2. Headquarter of World Bank: Washington DC.

West Bengal govt launches ‘Matir Smriti’ organization

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee observed her regime had been pursuit on the 'Matir Smriti' scheme, as desire gain around 2.5 lakh people within rustic Bengal.

"There is at least 50,000 estate about the meager beach into Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia, Jhargram, West Burdwan then West Midnapore districts, as cannot produce anything naturally nor may the farmers think of the strip. We hold decided in imitation of using this for horticulture than pisciculture involving the locals," Banerjee instructed journalists at the regimen secretariat.

"Work has been initiated within 6,500 real estates over the bank at the micro-level. This is an environment-friendly scheme," that added.

Preference would be fond to locals for carrying oversee the challenge into as "lakhs regarding ladies self-help groups" pleasure stay involved, Banerjee said.

She also announced the furnish concerning advert hoc bonus or festival enhances because of 2020-21.

The government administration will furnish ad hoc bonus of Rs 4,200 because of 2020-21, and extend on Rs 200 upstairs the remaining year's the figure, the CM said, adding, the profits ceiling because of eligibility has been accelerated out of Rs 30,000 after Rs 34,250.

The festival strengthens is developed beside Rs 8,000 between 2019- 20 to Rs 10,000 then the revenue ceiling because of eligibility out of Rs 34,250 in conformity with Rs 41,100, Banerjee said.

Important Point for Exams:

1. Chief Minister of West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee;
2. West Bengal Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar.

 International Family Day on 15 May

This year’s twenty-fifth anniversary regarding Copenhagen Declaration then Beijing Platform because of Action comes at a day on certain regarding the almost difficult world health then communal crises. The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic brings within the intense center of attention the worth of investing between communal insurance policies defending the just vulnerable people and families. It is the households anybody bears the impact concerning the crisis, feeding their members from harm, caring because of out-of-school youngsters and, at an equal time, persevering with their labor responsibilities. 

Worldwide, female are increasingly more adoption part between the configuration yet casual labor force, whilst persevering with to anticipate a disproportionate encumbrance concerning the family work in comparison together with men, yet work-family stability is greater hard after achieve. In its decision 1985/29 on 29 May 1985, the Council invited the General Assembly in imitation of reflecting on consideration on the opportunity on consisting of among the raw agenda regarding its forty-first club an object entitled “Family into the improvement process”, along a digest to consider a sue according to the Secretary-General in imitation of provoking a manner regarding improvement concerning world cognizance on the issues involved, directed in the direction of Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental agencies yet commons opinion. In its resolution 44/82 on 9 December 1989, The General Assembly proclaimed The International Year about the Family.

 In 1993, the General Assembly decided between a decision (A/RES/47/237) as 15 May over each and every yr has to keep rendered as The International Day about Family. This age gives a chance in imitation of raise recognition on problems concerning in accordance with Family than in accordance with enlarge the expertise regarding the social, pecuniary, or demographic strategies affecting Family. On 25 September 2015, the 193 member states on the United Nations unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, a set on 17 dreams aiming according to get rid of poverty, discrimination, misuse yet preventable deaths, address environmental destruction, yet thrust into within a technology about improvement because of all people, everywhere.