Contraction from a growth rate of 4.2% in 2019-20 mainly due to Covid-19 impact.Contraction in almost all sectors except agri & electricity generation.Advance estimates of GDP are released before Union Budget & aids in budget-making process.
Agri & elec gen growth rate estimated at 3.4% & 2.7%.
The Committee will be headed by the Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy and will include elected representatives from Ladakh, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, central government, and the Ladakh administration.
Ladakh Lt.Governor - Radha Krishna Mathur.
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has administered the oath of office to Justice Hima Kohli. She is the first woman Chief Justice of Telangana HC which was carved out of the Hyderabad HC for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on January 1, 2019.
Tamilisai Soundararajan is state's first woman governor.
Theme:Envisioning Education for Transforming Youth to Restore Global Peace;Organized by Central University of Punjab in collaboration with Global Educational Research Association;first of its kind conference in India with nonstop marathon sessions.
Scholars across world will be discussing the theme for 31 hours.
It is in recognition of critical contribution of MSMEs in supporting economy; to become AEOs CBIC has relaxed compliance criteria provided MSMEs have a valid certificate from their line-Ministry; MSMEs can avail faster clearances & related benefits.
CBIC(1944):
Chairman: M.Ajit Kumar;
HQ: New Delhi
The President of India, in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed Shri Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court, as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
Minister of law and justice:Ravi Shankar Prasad
Right-hand batsman & left-arm spinner,he played 11 first-class matches for Canterbury between 1940-41 &1951-52 out of 14 first-class games overall,scoring 466 runs and picking up 16 wickets. Also a World War II veteran.
Now Raghunath Chandorkar is oldest living 1st class cricketer.
Fintech Innovation Centre (FIC) at IIT Kanpur campus will act as a vehicle to research and develop technological solutions to address challenges and explore opportunities in the BFSI space.PNB will get access to the pool of Fin-Techs incubated by IIT-K.
PNB:
MD&CEO:S S Mallikarjuna Rao;
HQ: New Delhi.
Policy can be availed instantly on PhonePe app without any health check-ups & paperwork through an all-digital customer experience.Users aged 18 to 50 years & earning Rs 1 lakh or above per annum can avail this instantly.
PhonePe:
CEO: Sameer Nigam;
HQ: Bengaluru.
App purpose to facilitate seamless flow of information about corruption and enable citizens to submit their grievances with ease and mobility;Portal has been designed to enable an online communication channel with the DVOs of various departments.
Anand Jain, Director Anti Corruption Bureau, J&K
Scheme while encourage new investment by providing GST incentive & interest subvention;nurture existing industries in J&K by providing working capital support at the rate of 5% for 5 years;boost economy & generate employment in manufacturing & services.
J&K LG: Manoj Sinha
The Standard Fire & Special Perils (SFSP) Policy will be replaced by 3 standard products-Bharat Griha Raksha(for home buildings), Bharat Sookshma Udyam Suraksha (for enterprises risk upto Rs.5 crore)& Bharat Laghu Udyam Suraksha(above Rs.5 cr to Rs.50 cr)
IRDAI:
Chairman: Subhash Chandra Khuntia;
HQ: Hyderabad
IDFC Mutual aims to shift the conversation regarding wealth creation from the traditional to the contemporary.Urges savers to overcome their inertia and become investors by exploring the smart and modern mutual fund vehicle for their investments.
IDFC Mutual is managed by IDFC AMC;
CEO & MD: Vishal Kapoor
Additional borrowing permission of Rs.7,406 crore granted so far to 3 States(Andhra Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh &Telangana) for urban local bodies reforms.Reforms in ULB include financial strengthening & enable them to provide better public health & sanitation.
Telangana has done EODB reforms & ONORCS implementation as well.
Standing Committee of National Board of Wildlife(SC-NBWL) approved it.The advisory makes important prescriptions for the States/ UTs for dealing with Human-Wildlife conflict situations & seeks expedited inter-departmental coordinated & effective actions.
NBWL constituted under Section 5A Wildlife (Protection)Act,1972.
National Board for Wildlife approved a recovery program for Caracal,a medium sized wild cat,which is now critically endangered species found only in Gujarat & Rajasthan.There are now 22 species on critically endangered species recovery programme.
NBWL,advisory body chaired by PM;
Constituted in 2003.
AQC evaluates performance of participating 145 labs in terms of analytical activities, robustness of instruments used & expertise of manpower.9 metals:As,Cd,Cr,Cu,Fe,Mn,Ni,Pb & Zn assessed for pollution in air and water.
Instrumentation Laboratory,CPCB, Delhi organised this 33rd AQC.
LTHE,a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen and Toubro secured the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning(EPICC) contract for ONGC's new living quarter and revamp at NQ Complex in ONGC's Mumbai High Asset.
LTHE CEO & MD:Subramanian Sarma.
Elon Musk had a net worth of more than $188.5 billion, $1.5 billion more than Bezos,who has held the top spot since October 2017. China’s Zhong Shanshan has vaulted past Warren Buffett to claim 6th slot after shares of his bottled-water company surged.
Musk is founder of SpaceX,Tesla,The Boring Company etc.
Held meetings with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena etc; met the Tamil leadership in Sri Lanka to discuss issues pertaining to the development & devolution and the role of provincial councils etc.
SL legislative capital is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte