DAILY GK: 03, 04 OCT 2021

 DAILY GK: 03, 04 OCT 2021

1.PPC 2021

      Union Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Giriraj Singh launched the People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) 2021- Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas and Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard.

      PPC-2021 is a strategy for ensuring the preparation of GPDP (Gram Panchayat Development Plan) in a campaign mode.

      PPC 2021 meetings will be rolled out from October 2, 2021, to January 31, 2022.

 

2.2ND PHASES OF SWACHH BHARAT MISSION-URBAN

      PM Narendra Modi launched the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U 2.0) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0).

      The SBM-U 2.0 aims to make cities completely ‘free of garbage’ and ensure grey and black water management in all cities other than those covered under AMRUT.

      The outlay of SBM-U 2.0 is around Rs 1.41 lakh crore.

      AMRUT 2.0 intends to improve sewage and septic management, making the cities into water safe cities and ensuring that no sewage drains anywhere in rivers.

      It will benefit more than 10.5 crore people in urban areas and the outlay of AMRUT 2.0 is around Rs 2.87 lakh crore.

 

3.NUTRITIONAL PROFILE FOR 19 STATES AND UTS

      NITI Aayog, in a joint effort with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), UNICEF and Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) launched ‘The State Nutrition Profile’ for 19 States and Union Territories.

 

4.NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME’S MASCOT

      The Union government unveils Chacha Chaudhary, a popular comic book character, as a mascot for ‘Namami Gange Programme’, for sensitising children and youths about the cleaning of Ganga and other rivers during the 37th executive committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) which was chaired by Director General Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.

      Public engagement activities like ‘Ganga ki Baat, Chacha Choudhary Ke Sath’ will be initiated with the character.

      Chacha Chaudhary character was created by cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma in 1971 for the Hindi magazine Lotpot.

 

5.ADANI GROUP TO DEVELOP SRILANKA’S PORT

      Adani group signed a more than $700-million build-operate-transfer agreement with the Sri Lankan government-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and John Keells Holdings (from Sri Lanka) for 35 years to jointly develop a Colombo Western Container Terminal (WCT).

      Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Limited is the largest developer and operator company in India which holds 24 percent of the overall port capacity in India.

 

6.BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRES INDEX

      According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s richest people, as of 28th September 2021, with a total net worth of 213 billion USD, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla has overtaken Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon,(total net worth of 197 billion USD) to become the world’s richest person.

      Elon Musk gained 13 billion USD in net worth with a rise in the share price of tesla.

      Mukesh Ambani Topped among Indians & ranked 11th globally.

 

7.BRAND AMBASSADOR OF UP GOVT  ‘ODOP’ SCHEME

      The government of Uttar Pradesh (UP)  appointed Indian actor Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its ” one district-one product” programme (ODOP).

      The ODOP aims to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75 districts of the state.

      It facilitates development of ingenious and specialized products and crafts of UP that are not found anywhere else.

      Under the initial phase of the ODOP programme, 106 Products have been identified from 103 districts across 27 States.

 

8.CENTRE APPOINTS BC PATNAIK MD OF LIC

      The Union government appoints BC Patnaik Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on October 1, 2021.

      Currently, LIC has one chairman and four Managing Directors.

 

9.ISRO’S FIRST DEMAND-DRIVEN COMMUNICATION SATELLITE

      The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) commercial arm, New Space India Limited (NSIL) announced its first ‘demand-driven’ communication satellite mission as part of Space reforms announced by the government in June 2020.

      As part of this initiative, NSIL is undertaking its 1st demand driven communication satellite mission named GSAT-24, a four-tonne class Ku- band satellite.

      The entire satellite will be leased to Tata Sky for meeting their DTH application needs.

 

10.INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 1

      International Coffee Day is annually observed across the globe on October 1st to celebrate the diversity, quality and passion of the coffee sector.

      The day also highlights the challenges faced by the farmers of coffee beans.

 

11.WORLD VEGETARIAN DAY 2021 – OCTOBER 1

      World Vegetarian Day is annually celebrated across the globe on October 1st to promote compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.

      The day celebrates the benefits of being vegetarian.