DAILY GK : 14 JAN 2021
1. PMFBY COMPLETES 5
YEARS OF OPERATION
• Government of India’s Crop Insurance
Scheme – Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has completed 5 years of its
operation.
• It was launched by the Government on 13th
January, 2016.
• The Scheme is in line with One Nation –
One Scheme theme.
• It replaces 2 existing Crop Insurance
schemes – National Agricultural Insurance Scheme & modified NAIS (National
Agricultural Insurance Scheme).
• The scheme was made voluntary for all
farmers post revamp in February, 2020.
• Union Agriculture Ministry has stated that
around INR 90, 000 Crore has been disbursed to farmers since the launch of the
scheme.
2. ‘SEA VIGIL 21’-
LARGEST COASTAL DEFENCE EXERCISE
• The Second Edition of the Biennial
Pan-India, Largest Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil-21’ coordinated by
Indian Navy.
• It was conducted along the entire 7516 Km
coastline & Exclusive Economic Zone of India.
• The Defence Exercise involved 13 Coastal
States/Union Territories.
• It also included the fishing and coastal
communities.
3. INDIA’S 1ST FIRE
PARK
• Naveen Patnaik virtually inaugurated
India’s first ‘Fire Park’ at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
• On that occasion CM Patnaik also launched
the virtual platform ‘Agnishama Seva’ to provide through which 16 fire related
services can be availed.
• The Fire Park is a first of its kind
initiative to provide awareness on fire safety measures, mainly focusing on
School and College students.
4. INDIA, VIETNAM HOLD
DEFENCE SECURITY DIALOGUE
• 13th India-Vietnam Defence Security
Dialogue was held virtually.
• Dr Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary,
Government of India & Lt Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Defence Minister,
Socialist Republic of Vietnam co-chaired the meeting.
5. COLLABORATATION
TO STOCKPILE A GLOBAL EBOLA VACCINE
• World’s four leading Health and
Humanitarian organisations UNICEF, World Health Organisation (WHO),
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) collaborated to stockpile a global Ebola Vaccine
with financial assistance from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
• The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts
(SAGE) on Immunization has recommended 500,000 doses of Ebola vaccine to be
stockpiled, as a precautionary measure to the sudden Ebola outbreak.
6. TESLA INC
REGISTERS INDIA SUBSIDIARY IN BENGALURU
• Tesla Inc, United States based Electric
car maker has incorporated a fully owned subsidiary in Bengaluru, Karnataka as
a first step to establish a Research & Development (R&D) unit in India.
• It has registered with the Registrar of
Companies in Bengaluru, Karnataka as ‘Tesla India Motors and Energy Private
Limited’.
• It is also in the process of setting up a
manufacturing plant at Dharwad, Karnataka for producing electric vehicles in
India.
7. HURUN GLOBAL 500
• list – a list of 500 most valuable
companies across the globe, of Hurun Research features a total of 11 Indian
companies.
• According to the report India secured the
10th rank with 11 companies whose total values grew 14% and reached 805 billion
USD (around one third of Indian GDP).
• Topped by United States with 242
companies.
• Apple tops the list with a value of 2.1
Trillion USD followed by Microsoft with a value of 1.640 Trillion and Amazon
with a value of 1.610 Trillion and Alphabet with 1.2 trillion USD.
Rank Company Name Value(billion USD) % Change Country
54 Reliance
Industries 168.8 21% India
73 Tata
Consultancy Services 139 30% India
105 HDFC
Bank 107.5 11.5% India
8. TECH MAHINDRA TO
ACQUIRE PTSL
• IT services major, Tech Mahindra is set to
acquire 100% share of Hong Kong based Payments Technology Service Ltd (PTSL) a
subsidiary of Fidelity Information Services (FIS) for $9 million (about Rs.66
Crore) to scale its enterprise payments and banking capabilities.
• In regard to this acquisition, Tech
Mahindra had signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with FIS.
• The transaction is expected to completed
by 31 March 2021.
9. 83 TEJAS MK-1A FOR
INDIAN AIR FORCE
• In a big push to “Make in India”, the
Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday approved the procurement of 83
Tejas Mk-1A fighter jets for the Indian Air Force from Hindustan Aeronautics
Ltd, in the largest-ever indigenous military aviation deal worth around Rs
48,000 crores.
• “The CCS today approved the largest
indigenous defence procurement deal worth about Rs 48,000 crores to strengthen
the IAF’s fleet of home-grown fighter jet LCA-Tejas.
• This deal will be a game-changer for
self-reliance in Indian defence manufacturing,” defence minister Rajnath Singh
tweeted.