DAILY GK : 25 AUG 2021
1.NATIONAL
MONETISATION PIPELINE
• Minister
of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman launched the asset
monetisation pipeline of Central ministries and public sector entities named
National Monetisation pipeline (NMP).
• The
NMP report was developed by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming
India) in consultation with infrastructure line ministries.
• Objective:
To list out the government’s (govt) infrastructure assets that are to be sold
in the next 4 years.
• The
aggregate monetisation potential under NMP through core assets of the central
govt over the 4-year period (i.e. from FY22 to FY25) is estimated at Rs 6 lakh
crores.
• Monetisation:
It is the process of earning revenue from an asset business by converting the
assets into cash or a form that is easily convertible into cash.
2.LOCKHEED
MARTIN GETS USD 328 MN INDIAN CONTRACT
• Lockheed
Martin, US based Company has received USD 328 Million worth Contract from the
Indian Government to provide comprehensive support for the Indian Air Force
(IAF) fleet of 12C-130J-30 Super Hercules Aircraft for a period of 5 years.
3.‘FORUM
FOR DECARBONIZING TRANSPORT’
• As
a part of the Nationally Determined Contributions-Transport Initiative for
Asia(NDC-TIA) project, NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute(WRI), India has
jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India.
• The
forum will act as a channel to bring in the diverse needs to adopt an
integrated approach for greening the transport sector in India.
• Amitabh
Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog inaugurated the forum over the virtual event.
4.‘OPERATION
DEVI SHAKTI’
• The
Government of India (GoI) has launched a rescue mission named ‘Operation Devi
Shakti’ to evacuate stranded Indians from the Taliban-Captured Afghanistan.
• The
operation is carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air India & the
officials at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in collaboration with the
US and several other countries.
• Amrullah
Saleh, Afghanistan’s 1st Vice President declared himself as the caretaker
president of Afghanistan, after former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
5.‘OPERATION
BLUE FREEDOM – LAND WORLD RECORD AT SIACHEN GLACIER’
• People
with disabilities from across the country will undertake an expedition till
Siachen Glacier to create a new World Record for the largest team of people
with disabilities to reach the world’s highest battlefield.
• The
Government of India has permitted a team of people with disabilities to scale
Siachen Glacier.
• The
team of people with disabilities trained by ‘Team CLAW’ a team of Armed Forces
veterans.
• The
successful execution of this pioneering expedition will be named as ‘Operation
Blue Freedom’ and empowering Divyangjan to set a benchmark for other nations to
emulate.
6.NCCR
REPORT
• In
accordance with the recent technical report by the National Centre for Coastal
Research (NCCR) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, 32% of India’s coastline
underwent sea erosion and 27% of it expanded in a time span of 28 years i.e.
between 1990 and 2018.
• This
information was provided by Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala, Union Minister of
Fisheries, Animal, Husbandry and Dairying in response to a question in the Lok
Sabha.
7.CUSHMAN
GLOBAL MANUFACTURING RISK INDEX 2021
• In
accordance with the Cushman & Wakefield’s 2021 ‘Global Manufacturing Risk
Index-Assessing Costs, Risks and Conditions Impacting Manufacturing‘, India
became the world’s second most desired manufacturing destination globally
surpassing the United States (US) which stood at 3rd place.
• The
top position is retained by China.
8.RBI
TO LAUNCH GAAR REGULATIONS FOR ROUND-TRIPPING
• Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) released the recommendation report of the Expert Committee
on Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) under the chairmanship of N. S.
Vishwanathan, which was constituted by RBI to review the issues of UCBs and to
provide a road map for strengthening the sector.
• Committee’s
Recommendation:To ease the regulatory process, the committee has recommended a
4-tier structure for the UCBs, based on their capital availability and other
factors.
• Tier
1 – All unit UCBs and salary earner’s UCBs (irrespective of deposit size), and
all other UCBs having deposits up to Rs 100 crore
• Tier
2 – UCBs with deposits between Rs 100 crore – Rs 1000 crore
• Tier
3 – UCBs with deposits between Rs 1000 crore – Rs 10,000 crore
• Tier
4 – UCBs with deposits more than Rs 10,000 crore
9.GEOSPATIAL
PLANNING PORTAL ‘YUKTDHARA’
• Government
of India had launched a new geo-spatial planning portal ‘’Yuktdhara’’ under
Bhuvan.
• It
would enable MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
assets planning by using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)
data.
• The
portal Yuktdhara was launched by Giriraj Singh, Minister of Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj.
• Objective–
Yuktdhara platform will serve as a repository of assets and facilitate the Gram
Panchayat level planning of MGNREGA activities across India.
10.WTT
CONTENDER 2021
• The
Indian duo of table tennis players
Manika Batra and G Sathiyan defeated Hungary’s Dora Madarasz and Nandor
Ecseki with 3-1 in the final match of World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender 2021
which held at Budapest,capital of Hungary.
• With
this achievement, they became the first table tennis players from India to win
a WTT Contender title.
11.‘THE
KAPIL SHARMA STORY’
• The
renowned writer Ajitabha Bose wrote a book ‘The Kapil Sharma Story’, a
biography of the famous Indian Stand-up comedian and self-made superstar, Kapil Sharma.
• The
book narrates about the journey and struggling life of Kapil Sharma.
12.NATIONAL
RENEWABLE ENERGY DAY – AUGUST 20
• Akshay
Urja Diwas also known as National Renewable Energy Day, is annually observed
across India on 20th August to create awareness about the benefits of natural
energies such as Biogas, Solar Energy, Wind Energy and Hydroelectric Power.
• The
day also marks the birth anniversary of Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
13.WORLD
WATER WEEK 2021 – 23 TO 27 AUGUST
• World
Water Week(WWWeek) is annually celebrated across the globe in the month of
August to address the major water issues across the globe.
• The
WWWeek 2021 is being held as an online event from 23rd to 27th August.
• WWWeek
has been an annual event organised by Stockholm International Water
Institute(SIWI) since 1991.
• The
theme of 2021 World water Week is “Building Resilience Faster”.