DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 26TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
ASSAM CM LAUNCHES HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME ATAL-AMRIT ABHIYAN IN THE STATE
i.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has launched 'Atal-Amrit Abhiyan' health insurance Scheme.
ii.
The scheme will offer coverage against 437 illnesses in six disease and cover
all individuals in eligible families with annual income below Rs 5 lakh.
2.
GOVT. LAUNCHES LUCKY GRAHAK YOJANA, DIGI DHAN VYAPAR YOJANA
i.
GOI has launched Lucky Grahak Yojana for Consumers and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana
for Merchants to promote digital transaction.
ii.The
first Lucky Grahak Yojana draw was held in the presence of Union Ministers Arun
Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad.
ii.
The main aim of the step is to encouraging people to move towards significantly
higher usage of digital transactions.
3.
GOVT. TO SET UP INDIA’S FIRST 2G ETHANOL BIO-REFINERY IN PUNJAB
i.
The foundation stone of India’s first 2G Ethanol Bio-refinery was laid at
Tarkhanwala village in Bathinda, Punjab
ii.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is setting up this project at a cost of
600 crore Rupees.
4.
UP CM INITIATES POWER PROJECTS WORTH RS 52,000 CRORE
i.
UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has laid the foundation stone of power
projects worth over Rs 52,000 crore across the state.
ii.
Along with projects covering transmission and distribution of electricity, three
thermal power plants with a total capacity of 33,000 MW will be built in the
state.
5.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES NUCLEAR CAPABLE MISSILE AGNI-V
i. India tested its Agni-V intercontinental
ballistic missile in its final operational configuration from Wheeler Island
off Odisha.
ii.
With this, India will join the super exclusive club of countries with ICBMs
(missiles with a range of over 5,000-5,500km) alongside the UK, China, Russia,
France and the US.
iii.
The nuclear-capable Agni-V, which can even reach the northernmost parts of
China with its strike range of over 5,000-km, test-fired from its canister on a
launcher truck.
6.
SBI ADOPTS SHIRKI VILLAGE IN PEN FOR AADHAAR-BASED PAYMENTS
i.
The State Bank of India has adopted Shirki village in Pen taluka in Maharashtra
for driving the Aadhaar-based merchant payments.
ii.
The merchants in the village have been provided with simple android phones with
a USB-based fingerprint capture device.
iii.
The consumer pays the merchant by selecting the bank name in the App where
he/she has an account and providing the fingerprint in the biometric device
attached to the mobile phone
iv.
This unique payment mode will enable the lower end of the pyramid in quickly
adopting digital payments.