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Q. Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) is recently subsumed under the

Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) Scheme. Now the
dairy cooperatives will avail benefit of interest subvention of 3% under AHIDF
instead of ____ %, which was received in DIDF.

A. 2.5%

B. 1.5%

C. 4%

D. 3.5%

E. 5%

Q. Ministry of MSME has launched Scheme for Informal Micro Enterprises by

Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises to provide financial
assistance for informal micro-enterprises. Micro enterprises can get loan facility
upto what amount?

A. 35 Lakhs

B. 45 Lakhs

C.10 Lakhs

D. 15 Lakhs

E. 20 Lakhs.

Ans

15th February
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Merger of KIRAN Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline with Tele-

MANAS
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• KIRAN Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline was launched in 2020.
• The merger between the two aims to optimize resources, enhance service quality,
and address the increasing demand for mental health support in India

Tele-Manas: Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (14416
24/7)

- It is a National Tele-Mental Health Programme.

- It was launched on 10 October 2022 on World Mental Health Day.

- It was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

- Tele-MANAS aims to provide free tele-mental health services all over the country
round the clock, particularly catering to people in remote or under-served areas.

- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore

will work as its nodal centre.

- International Institute of Information Technology- Bangalore (IIITB) will

provide the necessary technological support.

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- It will include 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence.

Ministry of AYUSH

National Ayush Mission

• It was launched in 2014 by the Department of AYUSH under the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare during 12th Five-year plan.
• Now, it is implemented by the Ministry of AYUSH.
• It is a centrally sponsored scheme.
• It is extended till 2026.
• Total Cost: Rs.4603 crore (Centre share Rs.3000 crore)
• The budgetary provisions for the NAM Scheme has also increased from Rs.800
crore to Rs.1200 crore with reference to the last year.
• Government has approved for operationalization of 12,500 Ayush Health and
Wellness Centres (AHWCs) by the Ministry of Ayush through State/UT
Governments as a component of NAM by the year 2023-24.

Q. When was Ayushman Bharat PM-Jan Arogya Yojana launched?

Q. PM-JAY provides primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities to

households. Is this statement correct?

Q. This scheme covers 3 days pre-hospitalization and ____ days post-

hospitalization expenses.

Phase I News

Amrit Kaal Vision 2047

• It aims to operationalize 50 waterways by 2047, facilitating efficient
transportation networks nationwide.

Q. According to the Maritime Vision 2030, Govt. wants to increase the share of
inland waterways to _____% by 2030.

300 MW Nokhra Solar Project

• It is project of NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL).
• Spread over 1,550 acres in Bikaner district of Rajasthan, the project is being
executed under the CPSU Scheme (Phase-II) with an investment of Rs. 1,803
crores to ensure green power to the state of Telangana.

• NTPC has partnered with NITI Aayog to strengthen India’s Net Zero Efforts.
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Sevottam Scheme Portal

• It is developed by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances (DARPG).
• 16 States are using this portal.
• It is developed to monitor the real time status of trainings being conducted by the
State/UT under the Sevottam Scheme.

World Bank Webinar

• CMD of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd India needs Rs. 30
lakh crores investment during FY 2024-2030 to meet its COP Climate
Pledges.

• India wants to become energy independent by 2047 and has set an ambitious
goal of achieving Net-Zero emissions by 2070.

Workshop on ‘Offshore Exploration: Synergies and Opportunities

(OESO)
• The Marine and Coastal Survey Division (MCSD) of the Geological Survey of
India (GSI) successfully concluded this workshop.
• It held in Mangalore.

International Conference and Exhibition on Broadcast and Media

Technology

• It held at New-Delhi.
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting inaugurated it.

National Capital shines amongst swachh cities

• With 5-star Garbage Free Rating, New Delhi ranks 7th amongst the cleanest
cities in India in the more than 1 lakh population category in Swachh
Survekshan 2023.
• New Delhi ranked 1st among UTs.

Q. Which is the cleanest state capital according to the swachh Survekshan 2023
awards?

19th Foundation Day celebrations of Security Printing and Minting

Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)
• It is a Miniratna Category-I, Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE).

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• It is under the administrative control of Department of Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance.
• The Union Finance Minister launched three souvenir coins at this foundation day:

1. Coloured souvenir coin on Endangered Animals of India - Greater One Horned

Rhino;
2. Bi-metallic clad souvenir coin on Enlightenment of Buddha; and
3. Coloured souvenir coin of Ral Lalla and Ayodhya Ram Mandir.

Assam 1st ever Semiconductor Packaging Plant

• It is worth Rs.25,000 Crore.

• It will be established in partnership with the Assam Government and TATA
Group.

NAFED: Pulse 2024 Convention

• It is organized by Global Pulse Confederation in co-operation with co-operative
major National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).
• India is the largest producer and 5th largest exporter of millets in the world.

Committee is set up chaired by Shri Rohit Kumar Singh

• Department of Consumer Affairs has set up this committee.
• To address the issue of pesky/promotional or unsolicited commercial calls
received by the consumers.
• Financial services sector and real estate sector are the major sectors from which
such calls received.

300 MW Barsingsar Solar Power Plant with investment of over ₹ 1756

Crore
• It is established by the NLC India Limited (NLCIL) under Ministry of Coal.
• It is set up at Barsingsar, Bikaner District, Rajasthan.
• It is part of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s CPSEs Scheme.
• NLCIL stands as the first CPSE to reach a 1 GW Solar capacity milestone in the
country

National Coal Index Shows Decline of 4.75% in December, 2023

• It stands at 155.44 points in December, 2023.

• This notable decrease indicates sufficient availability of coal in market to meet the
growing demands.

• The National Coal Index (NCI) is a price index that combines coal prices from all
sales channels, viz. Notified Prices, Auction Prices, and Import Prices.

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• It considers prices of coking and non-coking coal of various grades transacted in the
regulated (power and fertilizer) and non-regulated sectors.

• Its base year is FY 2017-18

• The peak of NCI was observed in June 2022 when the index reached 238.83
points.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Niryat Suvidha Kendra

• It will be set up in Chunar, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry data related to the Export and

Import

Note: This is not for the RBI, SEBI and NABARD Students, you have to do the data of
only latest months that is data of 2 months before the exam. This is for other students
who are giving any other exams now-a-days.

• India’s merchandise exports in Jan 2024 registers 3.12 % growth at USD 36.92
Billion over USD 35.80 Billion in Jan 2023.

• Merchandise trade deficit improves by 9.66% from USD 229.37 Billion in April-Jan
2022-23 to USD 207.20 Billion in April-Jan 2023-24.

• Merchandise imports in January 2024 were USD 54.41 Billion, as compared to USD
52.83 Billion in January 2023.

• Main drivers of merchandise export growth in Jan 2024 include Petroleum

Products, Engineering Goods, Iron Ore, Electronic Goods, Drugs &
Pharmaceuticals, etc.

• Overall trade deficit improves by 37.11% from USD 111.99 Billion in April-Jan
2022-23 to USD 70.43 Billion in April-Jan 2023-24.

Second International Quantum Communication Conclave

• The Conclave is being organised by Telecommunication Engineering Centre

(TEC) under Department of Telecommunications in association with Centre for
Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and Telecommunications Standards
Development Society India (TSDSI).

Sangam Digital Twin initiative

• It is an initiative of Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

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• DoT invites Expressions of Interest from industry pioneers, startups, MSMEs,
academia, innovators and forward-thinkers to be part of Sangam.

• It harnesses Unified Data and Collective Intelligence for Transformative

Infrastructure Planning and future Design.

• It offers a solution by creating virtual replicas of physical assets, allowing for real-
time monitoring, simulation and analysis for experimental iterations and feedback
loop to adapt to the changes for achieving the best outcomes.

• It has two stages:

- First stage is about gathering information and exploring possibilities to

understand what the future holds for the projects and using creativity and
imagination to unlock the full potential of the project.

- Second stage is for practical demonstration of specific use cases generating a

future blueprint that may be used in future infrastructure projects through
collaboration.

16th February
Ministry of Jal Shakti

Compendium Of Behavioural Best Practices And Integrated

Communications Strategy For Jal Jeevan Mission

• Ministry of Jal Shakti in collaboration with - NITI Aayog, Global Health

Strategies, and Behavioural Insights Unit released this.

Q. When was Jal Jeevan Mission launched?

Q. As it is a centrally sponsored scheme, cost will be shared between centre and

state in what ratio?
Q. Total Outlay?

'Citizen Corner' On Dashboard of Jal Jeevan Mission

• It is a one-stop solution with an easy interface with real-time details on water

quality.
• It is devised by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
• It allows people to raise concerns about water quality through an online complaint
form or a toll-free number provided by States/ UTs.
• It is initiated with the idea of ‘Stay Informed, Stay Empowered’

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100% coverage under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)

• Recently, Arunachal Pradesh attained 100% coverage.

• Now, Total states/UTs with 100% saturation has increased to 10.

Phase I News

National Workshop on “Harnessing Potential of Fisheries in Inland

States”

• NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Government of Andhra Pradesh organized

this workshop.
• It held in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

National Commission for Scheduled Castes

• It is set up under Article 338 of the Constitution of India.

“Sagar Aankalan” Guidelines

• It is launched by the Ministry of Ports, Waterways & Shipping.

• It is launched for National Benchmarking of Indian Ports Performance with

respect to logistics performance and efficiency, Harmonization of standards,
definitions and performance with global benchmarks, sustainability and customer
satisfaction.

• These guidelines are launched for implementation of the MoUs signed earlier at
the Global Maritime India Summit 2023 (GMIS 2023).

- This summit was emerged as one of the largest maritime summits globally,
attracting a record-breaking investment commitment of ₹10 lakh crore.

1st International Conference on Traditional Medicine and

Phytopharmaceuticals and 11th International Congress of the Society
for Ethnopharmacology
• It held at Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)- Indian Institute
of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu.

Centralised Processing Centre (CPC)

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs has operationalized CPC.

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• It is established to process forms filed as part of various regulatory requirements
under Companies Act and Limited Liability Partnership Act (LLP Act) in a
centralized manner, requiring no physical interaction with the stakeholders.

Centralised Processing for Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE)

• It was announced in the Union Budget Speech 2022-23.
• C-PACE was established and operationalized on 01.05.2023.
• It comes under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
• It is launched for expeditious voluntary closure of companies under the
provisions of Section 248(2) of Companies Act, 2013 from more than 2 years to
less than 6 months.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) India and

Colombia Signs an MOU
• It is for the Cooperation in the field of Sharing Successful Digital Solutions
Implemented at Population Scale for Digital Transformation.
• MoU intends to promote digital transformation via India Stack.

16th National Youth Parliament Competition, 2019-20 for

Universities/Colleges

• Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs organized this award function at GMC

Balayogi Auditorium Parliament House Complex, New Delhi.
• The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda won First Place.

300 MW Karnisar-Bhatiyan, Bikaner Solar Power Plant with investment

of over ₹ 1732 crores

• It is a project of NHPC Ltd.

• It is set-up in Bikaner, Rajasthan
• The Power Usage Agreement for the project has been inked with Punjab State
Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).

WePOWER SAR100
• Under this series of trainings for 100 women professionals from Southeast
Asian Region in the energy sector is provided.

• South Asian Region (SAR), namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka, are participating in this training series.

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• This initiative aims to empower women and promote gender diversity in the power
sector across South Asia.

• WePower has a partnership of approximately 38 South Asian energy

organisations.

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