DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 MARCH 2016
(Daily News India)
1. SC ALLOWS PICTURES OF CMS, GOVERNORS AND MINISTERS IN
GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENTS
i. The Supreme Court has allowed publication of photographs of
Governors, CM and the Ministers of the department concerned in government
advertisements.
ii.The Ruling was given by a SC bench headed by Justice Ranjan
Gogoi.
iii.Earlier the Supreme Court has modified its earlier 2015 order
which only had permitted photographs of President, Prime Minister and Chief
Justice of India in the government
advertisements.
2. INDIA INKS $35 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT WITH WORLD BANK FOR
MADHYA PROJECT
i. India has signed loan agreement of 35 million dollars with the
World Bank for Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The objective of the project is to improve availability and
quality of public services in the state through implementation of the Public
Service Delivery Guarantee Act, 2010.
iii. It is expected to provide improved access to services and
citizen outreach, performance management, simplification of government services
and strengthening the capacity of implementing agencies.
3. GOA GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIED FENI AS HERITAGE SPIRIT OF GOA
i. Goa government classified the country liquor, Feni as Heritage
Spirit of Goa.
ii.Feni is the form of spirit produced exclusively in the coastal
state.
iii.Feni is the first liquor product in the country to obtain such
status and got its Geographical Indication certification in 2000.
iv.Feni is a brew made from coconut or cashew fruits
4. RUSA SCHEME TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE EQUITY, QUALITY OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
i. Central government is going to implement the Centrally
Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan also known as RUSA.
ii.The scheme is started to provide
a.
financial
support to proposals relating to promote State Higher Education Plan
b.
to Ensure
adequate availability of quality faculty in all higher educational institutions
c.
to ensure
capacity building at all levels.
5. MORE THAN RS 1 LAKH CRORE DISBURSED UNDER MUDRA YOJANA
i. Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Loans worth Rs 1.09 lakh
crore have been sanctioned to small entrepreneurs.
ii. According to Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha loans
worth over Rs 1.09 lakh crore were given to over 2.96 crore beneficiaries.
iii. Under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, which was launched in
April 2015 loans between Rs 50,000 and Rs 10 lakh are provided to small
entrepreneurs.
iv. MUDRA stands for Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency a
new institution being set up by Government of India for development and
refinancing activities relating to micro units.
6. ACTRESS MICHELLE YEOH APPOINTED AS UNDP GOODWILL AMBASSADOR
i. Michelle Yeoh, the action heroine has been appointed as United
Nations Development Programme Goodwill
Ambassador.
ii. The main aim of the UNDP is to eradicate poverty and reduce
inequality.
iii. She will focus on raising awareness and mobilising support
for the recently launched Sustainable Development Goals.
iv.Earlier the goodwill ambassador was Russian tennis player Maria
Sharapova, she has been susupended after
she was tested positive on doping allegations.
7. PM NARENDRA MODI NAMED AMONG 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ON
INTERNET LIST OF TIME MAGAZINE
i. Time Magazine has named PM Narendra Modi among the 2016 edition
list of 30 most influential people on the internet.
ii.He was placed at 15th position and the list has been topped by
the American hip hop artist and entrepreneur Kanye West.
