DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 16TH MAR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. ANDHRA
PRADESH PRESENTS AROUND 1.57 LAKH CR BUDGETS FOR 2017-18
i. The Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu
presented Rs 1,56,999 cr budget for the financial year 2017-18 in the
Legislative Assembly.The proposed budget for 2017-18 is about 15.70% more than
the budget for 2016-17.
ii. The objective of the gender budget is to save
women and girls from discrimination and neglect in matters of development,
progress, security and human rights.
iii. Revenue expenditure: Rs 1.25 lakh cr, Capital
expenditure: Rs 31,087 cr, State’s revenue deficit in 2017-18: Rs 416 cr.
iv. Fiscal deficit: Rs 23,054 cr. Under Vision
2029, the state is targeting a growth rate of 12% every year.
2. CENTRE
LAUNCHES NEW SCHEME TIES FOR DEVELOPING EXPORT LINKED INFRASTRUCTURE
i. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Commerce and Industry
Minister launched a new scheme named Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme for
developing export linked infrastructure and boost the competitiveness of
India’s shipments.
ii. TIES aims to bridge the infrastructure gap in
India to ensure smoother movement of export cargo and also ensure quality
standards and certification measures to promote outbound shipment.
iii. The scheme will have a total budgetary
allocation of Rs 600 cr for 3 years with an annual outlay of Rs 200 cr.
3. ANNUAL
KRISHI UNNATI MELA BEGINS IN NEW DELHI
i. The 3-day annual Krishi Unnati Mela was
inaugurated by Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, at the Indian
Agriculture Research Institute in Pusa, New Delhi.
ii. Its aim is to provide information on new farm
schemes and technologies and other welfare scheme that will help to double the
farmer’s incomes by 2022.
iii. The 3 day fair has been organized by the
Indian Agricultural Research Annual Krishi Unnati Mela 2017 Institute jointly
with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
iv. As a part of the event, the Minister also gave
away Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Puraskar 2016
to recognise contribution of Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
4. MEGHALAYA
CHIEF MINISTER MUKUL SANGMA PRESENTS RS 1236 CRORE DEFICIT BUDGET
i. The CM of Meghalaya, Mukul Sangma, who also
holds charge of Finance department, presented Rs 1236 cr deficit budget for the
financial year 2017-18 in the state assembly with focus on development
expenditure.
ii. In order to synchronize with the budgetary
framework of the Union Government, the Meghalaya CM also announced the merger
of the plan and non-plan expenditure and has increased the tax slabs for
transportation to raise additional revenue.
iii. Fiscal deficit is pegged at Rs 1236 cr which
is around 3.8 % of the GSDP.
iv. Rural Development: Rs 1731.57 cr, Road and
Bridges: Rs 712.8 cr, Education: Rs 909.94 cr, Health and Family Welfare: Rs 420.93 cr.
5.
INTERNATIONAL VISION ZERO CONFERENCE ON OCCUPATIONAL, SAFETY AND HEALTH BEGINS
IN NEW DELHI
i. The International Conference on the Vision Zero
and its relevance to Occupational Safety and Health, began at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi.
ii. Its aim is to focus on the Occupational Safety
and Health issues and challenges in the Manufacturing, Construction and Mining
sector and provide a forum for promoting safety and health at work by
exchanging knowledge, practices and experience.
iii. The 3 day conference has been jointly
organized by the Directorate General Factory Advice and Labour Institutes,
Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment and German Social
Accident Insurance, Germany in association with International Social Security
Association.
iv. The conference is expected to introduce the
fast emerging internationally accepted concept of ‘Vision Zero’ in India to help the government to raise the
occupational safety and health standards in the country.
6. BHEL’S 1ST
800 MW SUPERCRITICAL PLANT OPERATIONAL
i. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited owned by the
Government of India partnered with Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd has
commenced commercial operations of its 1st highest-rating coal-based
supercritical thermal power plant 800 MW unit.
ii. The company has supplied and executed 4,010 MW
of coal-based sets for KPCL and its joint ventures, which account for 95% of
the utility’s coal-based installed capacity.
iii. BHEL is also executing KPCL’s 1st gas-based
combined cycle power project of 370-MW capacity involving a fuel-efficient
advanced-class gas turbine at Yelahanka, Bengaluru
7. JUSTICE
SHARMA SWORN IN AS UPALOKAYUKTA OF ASSAM
i. Former Judge of the Gauhati High Court
Chittaranjan Sharma has sworn in as Assam’s Upalokayukta by Governor Banwarilal
Purohit.
ii. Lokayukta is an anti corruption ombudsmen
appointed in states.
iii. For the very 1st time the Maharashtra state
has been initiated Lokayukta in year 1971 and at present the Lokayukta system
is functioning in 17 states.
8. JOANNA
ROWSELL SHAND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL CYCLING
i. 2 times Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell
Shand announced her retirement from international cycling.
ii. The 28-year-old track cyclist won gold in the
women’s team pursuit at London Olympics 2012 and Rio Olympics 2016.
iii. In a career spanning 10 years, Rowsell Shand
was a 5-time world Champion and 4-time European champion. She has also won gold
in individual pursuit at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
9. WORLD
CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY: MARCH 15, 2017
i. Every year, World Consumer Rights Day is
celebrated on March 15th to pay more attention to promote basic
rights of consumers
ii. Its objective is to promote the basic rights of
all consumers, demanding that those rights are respected and protected, and a
chance to protest against the market abuses and social injustices which
undermine those rights.
iii. 2017 Theme was ‘Building a Digital World Consumers can Trust’.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTION BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. WHAT IS
THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR 2017-18 PRESENTED BY THE ANDHRA PRADESH
GOVERNMENT?
a) Rs.
2,90,155 crore
b) Rs,
1,25,110 crore
c) Rs.
2,15,890 crore
d) Rs
1,56,999 crore
Q2. A NEW
TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EXPORT SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR
DEVELOPING EXPORT LINKED INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST ALLOCATED FOR
THE SCHEME?
a) Rs. 615
crore
b) Rs. 600
crore
c) Rs. 820
crore
d) Rs. 750
crore
Q3. THE
KRISHI UNNATI MELA 2017 HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN WHICH CITY?
a) Shimla
b) Bhopal
c) New Delhi
d) Panaji
Q4. THE 3 DAY
INTERNATIONAL VISION ZERO CONFERENCE ON OCCUPATIONAL, SAFETY AND HEALTH HAS
BEEN ORGANIZED IN WHICH CITY?
a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) Karnataka
Q5. WHAT IS
THE THEME OF THE WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY 2017?
a) Our
Money, Our Rights
b) Fix Our
Phone Rights
c) Building
a Digital World Consumers can Trust
d) Antibiotics
Off the Menu
ANS: 1 – D 2 - B 3
- C 4 - A 5 - C
