Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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As per the data released by National Savings Institute under the Ministry of Finance, West Bengal has made the highest contribution to government’s small savings schemes and has a share of more than 15% in deposits at post offices and banks.
West Bengal is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu in the list.

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The Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) under the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has recently launched “Sankalp se Siddhi” – Village & Digital Connect Drive. This drive has commenced on April 1, 2021.
This is a 100-day drive that would include participation of 150 teams and would cover 1500 villages of the country. The main aim of this drive is to activate the van dhan kendras of these villages.

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India has fixed a target of 10% ethanol blending in petrol by the year 2022.
Recently, India has achieved more than 7.2 per cent of ethanol blending in fuel, for the first four months of ethanol supply. Some stated like Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra have achieved 9-9.5% ethanol blending. This shows that India is on track to reach 10% ethanol blend by 2022.

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International Day of Conscience is celebrated all around the world on April 5th. The UN General Assembly declared April 5 as the International Day of Conscience in 2019.
UNGA adopted the draft resolution laid by the Kingdom of Bahrain called ‘Promoting the Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience’ in 2019. UN aims to create conditions of stability, well-being as well as peaceful relations throughout the world.

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The Union Finance Ministry has stated that India has witnessed a strong Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) inflow of Rs.2.74 lakh crore during the FY 2020-21, into the equity market.
This has been achieved amidst international financial uncertainty due to COVID 19 pandemic and reflects the confidence of investors on Indian Market.

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Recently, Forbes has released the list of rich billionaires for the year 2021. The number of Indians in the list rose from 102 last year to 140, with their combined wealth being $596 billion.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked at the top spot in the Forbes list of India’s 10 richest billionaires.

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The Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister has approved a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods (i.e) Air Conditioners and LED Lights. The scheme has been approved with a budget of Rs.6238 crores.
This scheme aims to make manufacturing in India globally competitive and enhance the manufacturing efficiency.

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INS Sarvekshak is a hydrographic survey ship, is on a deployment to Mauritius for conducting joint hydrographic surveys along with their Mauritian counterparts.
The ship visited Port Louis, Mauritius and has started the hydrographic survey of ‘Deep sea area off Port Louis’. The survey will also include training of Mauritian personnel on advanced hydrographic equipment and practices.

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Meghalaya’s Assembly Committee on Women Empowerment has said that three out of every 1,000 pregnant women test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The panel headed by Ampareen Lyngdoh has also sought a scheme to rehabilitate commercial sex workers in the state. The increase in HIV cases observed in the state is increasing at an alarming rate.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $484 million to improve transport connectivity and road maintenance in the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC).
CKIC extends from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu and it connects India to the production networks of Southeast and East Asia. This project will upgrade about 590 km of State highways in the CKIC influence area.