DAILY GK 28 DEC 2019
1. Mandatory
linkage of Aadhar for PMVVY
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Union Ministry of Finance has made it
mandatory to submit the proof of Aadhaar number of senior citizens who have
invested in the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY). PMVVY is a
senior citizen pension scheme launched by the govt. on May 4, 2017, as a way of
providing additional investment to senior citizens.
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Investment of upto Rs. 15 lakhs can be made
in this scheme.
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Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) of India is
the sole operator of PMVVY.
2. India
to cross 100-GW renewable energy capacity
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Union Minister of Power and New &
Renewable Energy (MoP,NRE) Shri Raj Kumar Singh has announced that India is
likely to cross its 100 GigaWatt (GW) energy capacity mark
in 2020.
3. More
than 1 crore houses sanctioned under PMAY(U)
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As per the Hardeep Singh Puri,
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs ,the Centre has approved construction of 6.5 lakh houses under
the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-PMAY (Urban).
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With this, Government will sanction all
the 1.12 crore houses under affordable housing programme –
PMAY (Urban), a target set by the centre & deliver them to the
beneficiaries by 2022.
4. “Eat Right Station”
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The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Terminus (CSMT) railway station of Mumbai, Maharashtra has been
conferred with ‘Eat Right Station’ certification with the four-star
rating by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for
food safety and hygiene. With this, CSMT becomes the first Central Railway
station to get this certification.
5. 20th Financial
Stability Report (FSR)
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According to the 20th issue
of the Financial Stability Report (FSR) 2019 released by Reserve
Bank of India(RBI), the gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio of
all scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) can increase from 9.3% in
September 2019 to 9.9 % in September 2020 due to changes in
macroeconomic conditions, modest growth in new NPAs and the impact of declining
credit growth rate.
6. SBI
OTP-based cash withdrawal system
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State Bank of India going to provide
secure banking to its customers by launching new OTP(one-time-password
) based ATM withdrawal of above Rs 10,000
during 8 PM to 8 AM. The new system will be implemented across
the country from 1 January 2020.
7. CK
Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
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Krishnamachari Srikkanth Former
Indian cricket team captain & former Indian women’s Cricket team
captain Anjum Chopra (42) will be the recipient of prestigious Board
of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s CK Nayudu Lifetime Award for the year
2019.
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Anjum Chopra became
the first Indian player to score an ODI century for India, first captain to win
a Test Series abroad, first player to play 100 ODIs for India.
8. Most
famous teenager of the decade
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Malala Yousafzai a Pakistani
activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize
(2014) laureate, was named as “the most famous teenager in the
world” by the United Nations (UN) in its ‘Decade
in Review’ report .
9. Book
-“Politics of Opportunism”
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Book titled “Politics of Opportunism”
written by R P N (Ratanjit Pratap Narain ) Singh former Intelligence
Bureau(IB) officer.
10. Tropical
Cyclone Sarai
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Tropical Cyclone Sarai has lashed the Pacific
island nation Fiji, with 140km/h winds forcing hundreds of people to evacuate
to higher ground ahead of possible flooding.
