Top GKToday’s News Headlines-1 March 2020

March 1, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 1 March, 2020

PM lays foundation stone of the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway in Chitrakoot (UP)
PM launches Har Ghar Jal Scheme to provide piped water to the households in Bundelkhand region which comprises certain districts of UP & MP
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launches ‘Suposhit Maa Abhiyan’ in Kota, Rajasthan to provide nutritional support to pregnant women and adolescent girls.
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) to organise conclave ‘CPR Dialogues 2020: Policy Perspectives for 21st Century India’ in New Delhi on March 2-3
Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein participates in Mithi river clean up in Mumbai
Indian Railways launches its first ‘Restaurant on Wheels’ at Asansol Railway station in West Bengal
Janata Dal (United) Lok Sabha Member Baidyanath Prasad Mahto from Valmiki Nagar constituency passed away on February 28, 2020 at the age of 72 in New Delhi.

PM distributed Assistive Aids and Devices to senior citizens and differently-abled at ‘Samajik Adhikarta Shivir’ (camp) in Prayagraj (UP)
Senior citizens received them under the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)
Differently-abled received them under Assistance to Disabled Persons for aids and appliances (ADIP) scheme

PM launched 10,000 Farmers Producer Organisations (FPO) all over the country at Chitrakoot (UP)
FPOs will provide small, marginal and landless farmers access to agricultural inputs and marketing help for selling their products
The Centre will provide fund of Rs 15 lakh to each FPO.

PM launched saturation drive for distribution of Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) Chitrakoot (UP) to ensure that all beneficiaries of PM-KISAN Scheme have KCCs
Beneficiaries of PM-KISAN scheme who do not possess KCCs will be given KCCs under this drive.
These cards will help farmers in availing short term loans.

US, Taliban sign deal in Doha, Qatar for full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan within 14 months
Muhyiddin Yassin appointed new Prime Minister of Malaysia
World Health Organization raises Novel Coronavirus threat assessment to highest level