DAILY GK : 03 JULY 2021
1.REPORT
ON UDISE+ 2019-20 FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION
• Union Minister for Education Ramesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ released the report on ‘United District Information System
for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20’ for School Education in India.
• It is the official statistics system of the
Ministry of Education (MoE).
• Enrolment of girls from primary to higher
secondary is more than 12.08 crore, an increase of 14.08 lakh compared to
2018-19.
• Total Students in school education from
pre-primary to higher secondary has crossed 26.45 crore in 2019-20, which is an
increase of 42.3 lakh compared to 2018-19.
2.AJNIFM
PARTNERS WITH MICROSOFT
• Arun Jaitley National Institute of
Financial Management (AJNIFM) made a strategic partnership and signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to build a Centre of Excellence
at AJNIFM, enabled with AI (Artificial Intelligence) and emerging technologies.
• AJNIFM, registered society under Ministry
of Finance, Government of India.
3.WORLD’S
5TH LARGEST HST IN PITHAMPUR, INDORE (MP)
• On the lines of Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Initiative, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, Ministry of Heavy Industries and
Public Enterprises (MoHI&PE) virtually inaugurated Asia’s longest and
world’s 5th largest 11.3 km NATRAX (National Automotive Test Tracks) High-Speed
Track (HST) in India’s Pithampur district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
• It is designed for neutral speeds of 250
kmph (kilometre per hour) and maximum speeds of up to 375 kmph on curbs.
• There is no limit to maximum speed on the
straight patch.
4.RBI’S
23RD FSR 2021
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the
23rd issue of its bi-annual Financial Stability Report (FSR) 2021.
• It estimated the Scheduled Commercial Banks
(SCBs) Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPAs) to rise by 9.8 percent in March 2022
(as per the baseline scenario), from 7.48 percent in March 2021.
• GNPAs in March 2022 is estimated to be
11.22 percent as per the severe stress scenario.
• The report stated economic recovery in May
and early June 2021.
• H2 FY21 PROJECTION OF SCBS’ GNPA AND NNPA
RATIO:
TYPE GNPA RATIO NET
NON-PERFORMING ASSETS (NNPA) RATIO
All SCBs 7.5% 2.4%
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) 9.5% 3.1%
Private Banks (PVBs) 4.8% 1.5%
Foreign
Banks (FBs) 2.4% 0.6%
5.66TH
FOUNDATION DAY OF SBI
• On July 1 2021, the State Bank of India
(SBI), the largest lender and the oldest commercial bank in India, has
celebrated its 66th Foundation Day.
• On the same day in 1955, the Government of
India took control of the Imperial Bank of India, with the Reserve Bank of
India taking a 60 percent stake, renamed it as the State Bank of India.
• It has allocated Rs 62 crore to PM CARES Fund on its foundation day to support the fight against Covid-19.
