Current Affairs SSC CGL UPSC 20 March 2020
Fdaytalk Current Affairs Daily Alerts National and International Google Current affairs for SSC CGL UPSC and other competitive exams 2020
♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Bhutan, Dr. Lotay Tshering for contributing $100,000 to the COVID-19 Emergency Fund. India proposed SAARC countries to create COVID-19 Emergency Fund. India already declared $10 million SAARC Emergency Fund on 19 March 2020
- After India, Butun is the second country to contribute for COVID-19 Emergency Fund
♦ Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar in a reply to Rajya Sabha mentioned Various beneficial Schemes in India provided to farmers, which were given as below
- Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
- Sub Mission on Agriculture Mechanization (SMAM)
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)
- Sub Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)
- Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Cooperation (ISAC)
- Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS)
- National Food Security Mission (NFSM)
- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
- Agri Clinics and Agri-Business Centres Schemes (ACABC)
- Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA)
- National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture-Rainfed Area and Development (NMSA-RAD)
- Mission Organic Value Chain Development North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
- Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
- Direct Benefit Transfer in schemes- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN)
Under PMKISAN Scheme, Rs. 6000/- per year is transferred in installments of Rs. 2000/- directly into the bank accounts of farmers
♦ Lok Sabha passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Its an amendment to existing 2 Acts 2014 and 2017 i.e., Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act, 2014 and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act, 2017
♦ Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 will grant statutory status to 5 IIITs-PPP at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur along with the existing 15 Indian Institutes of Information Technology in Public-Private Partnership mode as ‘Institutions of National Importance’ with powers to award degree
Fdaytalk GK Point
1) Who monitors the earthquake activities in India round the clock 24/7?
a) Ministry of Earth and Science
b) India Meteorological Department
c) The National Centre of Seismology
d) All the above
2) Which research center/ Institute in India publishes documents and estimates regarding shortages of green, dry fodder and concentrated feed?
a) Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi
b) Indian Council of Agricultural Research
c) Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Patna
d) All the above
3) Which Institute developed a pest-resistant variety of cotton in India?
a) National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow
b) National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Hyderabad
c) National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Chennai
d) All the above
4) By which genetic disorder disease, the human brain is getting affected and causes uncontrolled movements, impaired coordination of balance and movement, memory lapses?
a) Down syndrome
b) Thalassemia
c) Tay-Sachs disease
d) Huntington disease
5) Huntington disease is caused by?
a) Mutation in a gene, Huntingtin
b) Mutation in a gene, Trinucleotide
c) Mutation in a gene, Tolyglutamine
d) All the above
Answers
1) c 2) a 3) a 4) d 5) a
Learn More
Link: Current Affairs Month March 2020
Link: History of Indian constitution
Link: Download GK 2020 eBook
Related Search:
current affairs SSC cgl, current affairs for students, current affairs 2020 for UPSC, current affairs 2020 for tspsc, current affairs 2020 for appsc, current affairs 2020 for state service exams
