DAILY GK 28 FEB 2020

DAILY GK 28 FEB 2020

1.    Operation Green Scheme

ü The government approved Rs 162 crore under Operations Green(OG) Scheme which was announced in 2018-19 budget with an outlay of 500 crore to stable the supply of TOP crops( Tomato, Onion & Potato) & to confirm their availability throughout the year without price volatility.

2.    land records and services index 2020

ü According to the 1^st edition of  NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2019-20) released by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) , Madhya Pradesh (MP) emerged as the best performing state in terms of digitising land records with the score of 74.9.It was  followed by Odisha (67.5points) and Maharashtra (65.3 points).

ü While Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh ranked at bottom at 33^rd position with a score of 2.0.

3.    Diplomat Abhishek appointed as next Ambassador of India to Venezuela

4.     ‘ICGS Varad’ commissioned

ü The Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) 98 meter long 5^th Offshore Patrol Vessel called “ICGS Varad” was inducted into service at LOT Kattupalli shipyard, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The vessel has been designed and built by the L&T (Larsen & Toubro Limited).

5.    National Science Day-Feb 28, 2020

ü National Science Day (NSD) was observed all over India on Feb 28, 2020. This day marks the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir ChandraShekhara Venkata Raman on 28th February 1928.
Theme of the NSD 2020: “Women in Science”.

6.    World NGO Day-27th Feb, 2020