DAILY GK 21 JUNE 2019


DAILY GK 21 JUNE 2019
1. G20 MINISTERIAL MEETING ON ENERGY TRANSITIONS AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH HELD IN KARUIZAWA, JAPAN
G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth for the year 2019 was held at Karuizawa Prince Hotel Japan.
Ministers and Representatives exchanged views on the key themes of “Accelerating the Virtuous Cycle of Environmental Protection and Economic Growth by Innovation”, “Resource Efficiency Marine Plastic Litter” and “Adaptation and Resilient Infrastructure including Ecosystem-based approaches”.


2. RBI PANEL ON MSMES HEADED BY U K SINHA RECOMMENDED TO DOUBLE COLLATERAL-FREE LOANS LIMIT TO RS 20 LAKH
The 8 member panel on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, constituted by the Reserve Bank of India in January 2019, headed by the former Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman U K Sinha submitted its report to RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
The panel was formed to suggest long-term measures for the economic and financial sustainability of the MSME sector.
The Committee suggested doubling collateral-free loans for MSMEs to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh. This is also applicable to Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency and Self-Help Groups.

3. BANGLADESH EMERGED AS THE FASTEST ECONOMY IN ASIA-PACIFIC: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
ADB stated that Bangladesh emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
Higher public sector investment, stronger consumption demand, revival in exports, improved power supply and higher growth in private sector credit were the key factors of the high growth performance of Bangladesh.

4. LT GEN FAIZ HAMEED APPOINTED AS PAKISTAN’S NEW ISI CHIEF
The Pakistan Army appointed Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency.
He succeeded Lt General Asim Munir.

5. WORLD REFUGEE DAY: 20 JUNE
World Refugee Day is observed across the world on June 20, 2019, to raise awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world.
It seeks to draw attention to the plight of refugees across the world and celebrate their courage and resilience and renew global commitment to solve refugee problems.
The Theme for the 2019 World Refugee Day is #Step with Refugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day.