The Ministry of Personnel statement in a statement said that the appointments committee of the cabinet had accepted Kumar’s resignation and appointed Suman Bery as the full-time member of the NITI Aayog and later as the vice chairperson from May 1.
Bery has served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) and the National Statistical Commission.
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) on 22 April to synergize the activities in the interest of agriculture and allied sectors.
The MoU was signed by Secretary APEDA, and NRDC CMD Commodore (Rtd) Amit Rastogi.
APEDA Chairman : Dr M. Angamuthu.
Swimming’s world governing body FINA suspended Russian Olympic gold medallist Evgeny Rylov for nine months after he attended a rally in Moscow in support of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
Rylov, who won gold in 100 and 200 metres backstroke events at last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
FINA, Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the 98th round of the quarterly industrial outlook survey of the country’s manufacturing sector for the reference period April-June 2022.
The survey assesses business sentiment for the first quarter of 2022-23 and expectations for the ensuing quarter July-September 2022-23 period.
Genesis Management & Market Research Pvt Ltd has been authorised to conduct the survey.
In 2022, the Mexican city of Guadalajara is taking up the mantle of World Book Capital, with a year-long programme that focuses on the role of books and reading in triggering social change, combating violence, and building a culture of peace.
The theme for 2022 is “Read, so you never feel low".
Amit Shah inaugurated 48th AIPSC being organised by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) held at the Central Academy of Police Training (CAPT) in Bhopal.
For the first time,the 2-day AIPSC will be attended by police forces, units, social scientists, forensic experts and stakeholders along with the officers of the department of correctional administration.
Madhya Pradesh:
CM: Shivraj Singh Chouhan;
Governor: Mangubhai Patel;
Apple announced a new partnership with the Applied Environmental Research Foundation(AERF) and Conservation International to protect the mangrove ecosystem and the livelihoods that depend on it in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.
Apple awarded a grant to AERF in 2021 to work with the local community to protect a 2,400-hectare mangrove forest in the region.
English Language Day is observed annually on April 23, the aim is to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity by exploring the language. English Language Day marks both the birthday and date of the death of famed writer William Shakespeare.
The day was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010.
This day makes up one of six UN language days.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved financial assistance of seven lakh rupees per month to re-hire Mathias Boe as the badminton doubles coach of India.
The assistance has been approved under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).
Boe’s hiring has been done until Asian Games 2022.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened JCB’s new export-focused factory in Halol near Vadodara.
Set up at an investment of £100 million (over Rs 990 crore) in Gujarat, the factory will fabricate parts for global production lines. Built on a 47-acre site, the new facility will be capable of processing 85,000 tonnes of steel annually.
JCB:
Chairman: Lord Bamford;
India CEO and MD: Deepak Shetty.
Government think tank Niti Aayog released a draft battery swapping policy under which all metropolitan cities with a population above 40 lakh will be prioritised for development of battery swapping network under the first phase.
State capitals, UT headquarters and cities with population above 5 lakh will be covered in second phase.
According to the policy, vehicles with swappable batteries will be sold without a battery
India’s general government fiscal deficit (states and Centre combined) has been projected at 9.9 per cent of GDP for FY23 as rising energy and food prices will put renewed pressure on the fiscal gap, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its report.
The Reserve Bank of India set a three-year timetable for non-individual borrowers with aggregate exposures of Rs 5 crore or more to obtain LEI.
Those with exposure above Rs 25 crore will have to get LEI code on or before April 30, 2023; exposure between Rs.10 to 25 crore by April 30,2024 and those with Rs.5 and 10 crore exposure on or before April 30,2025.
The LEI is a 20-character alpha-numeric code.
Banks with a net worth of Rs 100 crore and above are permitted to undertake credit card business either independently or in tie-up arrangement with other card issuing banks/NBFCs.
Urban cooperative banks (UCBs) with minimum networth of Rs 100 crore and a core banking solution in place can also issue credit cards after RBI approval.
RBI has also introduced penalties to be levied on banks & NBFCs in case of non-compliance
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has released two books. The first one is a coffee table book titled “The Magic of Mangalajodi” by Avinash Khemka & the second one is a compilation of the Sikh history of eastern India, “The Sikh History of East India” by Abinash Mohapatra.
Mangalajodi in Chilika is known for scripting a remarkable story of successful nature conservation.
NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payment Corporation of India said BHIM UPI is now live on NEOPAY terminals, across the UAE.
NIPL and NEOPAY, the payment subsidiary of Mashreq Bank, partnered last year, to create the acceptance infrastructure in the UAE.
CEO:
NIPL: Ritesh Shukla;
NEOPAY: Vibhor Mundhada
The celebrated wildlife filmmaker and zoologist David Attenborough has been honored with the UN Environment Programme’s most illustrious title, the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award, granted in recognition of his “outsized impact on the global environmental movement.”
UNEP:
Executive Director: Inger Andersen;
HQ: Nairobi,Kenya
The Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy have tied up with the DRDO to get the CHAFF technology, a critical defence technology used to protect fighter aircrafts or naval ships from enemy radar-guided missile during war.
India is now the second country after the United States to develop this ability.
Technology includes 3 variants of CHAFF rockets.
CHAFF creates a metal particle cloud near the warship and deflects the missiles from it.
Bharti group-backed OneWeb and New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme.
The first launch with New Space India is expected in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.