DAILY CA :1, 2 MAY
1.
ZERO DEFECT ZERO EFFECT (ZED) CERTIFICATION SCHEME
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Union
Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Narayan Tatu Rane
launched the Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) Certification Scheme.
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Under
the ZED certification scheme, the MSMEs will get subsidies in enterprises such
as, Micro Enterprises: 80%,Small Enterprises: 60%,Medium Enterprises: 50%
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An additional subsidy of 10% provided for the MSMEs
owned by Women/Schedule Caste (SC)/Schedule Tribe (ST) Entrepreneurs or
MSMEs in North Eastern Railway (NER) /Himalayan/Left Wing Extremism
(LWE)/Island territories/aspirational districts.
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Also
there will be an additional subsidy of
5% for MSMEs which are a part of the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of
Traditional Industries (SFURTI) OR Micro & Small Enterprises –
Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) of the Ministry.
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Also a joining reward of Rs. 10,000/- will be offered to each MSME once they take the ZED Pledge.
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A provision of up to Rs 5 lakh (per MSME) will be made available for handholding and consultancy
support for MSMEs under ZED Certification to move towards ZED solutions.
2.
FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA SITHARAMAN VISIT TO US
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India’s
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance was on an official visit
to the United States (US) to attend the Spring Meetings of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) Group, and the G20 (Group of Twenty)
Finance Ministers and the Central Bank Governor (FMCBG) Meeting.
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The G20
FMCBG 2022 meeting was held in Washington DC under Indonesia’s Presidency.
3.
WHITLEY GOLD AWARD 2022
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Charudutt
Mishra have been honoured with the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN)’s Whitley Gold
Award 2022 for his work in 12 snow leopard range countries including
Afghanistan, China and Russia.
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Dr Charudutt
Mishra is the Founder Trustee of Bengaluru-based Nature Conservation
Foundation,a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) established in 1996 to promote
science-based wildlife conservation in India.
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Whitley
Awards, often referred to by others as ‘Green
Oscars’, are the flagship prizes of the WFN.
4.
INDIA USE SATELLITE-BASED LANDING PROCEDURE,”GAGAN”
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India
became the first country in the Asia-Pacific to have satellite-based landing
procedure (SBAS) using the GAGAN System.
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This
feat was achieved after Indigo operated ATR 72-600 aircraft using indigenously
developed Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) GAGAN (GPS-Aided GEO
Augmented Navigation) to land at the Kishangarh Airport, Rajasthan.
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LPV (Localiser Performance with Vertical Guidance) is a Satellite-Based Procedure that has been used by the
aircraft for landing purposes at Kishangarh Airport (Rajasthan).
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The three other Countries which use their own SBAS system are – US (Wide Area Augmentation System), Japan (MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System) and Europe (European Geostationary
Navigation Overlay Service).
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Aircrafts
rely on radio navigation aids and visibility
requirements for precision landing and approaches. For instance, visibility
requirement for regular passenger flights at Kishangarh is 5,000 metres (m).
Using the GAGAN-based technology, an aircraft will be able to operate with a
visibility of around 800 m.
5.
GAGANYAAN UNCREWED MODULE TO BE INJECTED IN 170X408KM
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The
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), as part of its Human Spaceflight
(Gaganyaan) mission has finalised the launch of the first uncrewed mission or
G1 into the orbit module 170×408 kilometre (KM) orbit through the
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (GSLV-Mk3) or Human-Rated Launch
Vehicle (HRLV) by 2023.
6.
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY 2022 – APRIL 30
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International
Jazz Day is observed to raise awareness about the importance of jazz as an
educational tool, and a force for promoting peace and dialogue among people
from diverse cultures
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The theme for
International Jazz Day 2022 is ‘A Call
for Global Peace and Unity’
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In
December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) formally welcomed the
decision by the UNESCO General Conference to proclaim April 30 as International
Jazz Day.
