Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

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The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has recently released a report titled “Women and Men in India 2020”.
This report has been published by MoSPI since 1995 and this year’s report is 20th in the series. It provides gender related data for policy makers, planners and other stakeholders.

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Under the PM SVANIDHI scheme, urban street vendors are sanctioned with working capital credit facilities upto Rs,10,000 per year by banks. This scheme was launched by the Government of India to provide micro-credit facility to vendors during Covid-19 lockdown.
As per a recent data by the Ministry of Home Affairs, out of the total disbursement under the scheme, private banks have contributed only 1.6%.

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The 1.3-kilometre-long Chenab Bridge is being constructed in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. It is being placed 359 metres above the bed of the Chenab river and is considered the world’s highest railway bridge.
Recently, construction of the arch of the bridge has been completed, which is termed as a milestone achievement by the Northern Railways zone of Indian Railways.

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The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy (second) Ordinance 2021.
It aims to reduce tenancy disputes as it makes signing of contract compulsory to rent out a property. There is no clear mechanism for conflict resolution under the present law. It was promulgated and implemented in the state of January 2021.

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A massive data leak has been recently reported on Facebook. Information of about 533 million Facebook users has been leaked online, which includes contact numbers, IDs, birth dates and more personal information.
Among the affected, were the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other co-founders.

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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.

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The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries and the Ministry of Rural Development has agreed to converge for successful implementation of Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme.
Under the convergence, MoFPI and DAY NRLM (Ministry of Rural Development) agreed to work together on implementation of PM-FME to support Self Help Groups (SHGs) in food processing.

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The Reserve Bank of India undertakes the consumer confidence survey and publishes an index in this regard.
As per the latest rounds of Consumer confidence and future expectations survey for March 2021, consumer confidence index fell to 53.1 in March 2021 from 55.5 in January 2021, indicating deteriorating sentiments on general economic situation, income and prices.

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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal chaired a high-level meeting on implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
A suggestive implementation plan for school education named ‘Students’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement through Quality Education (SARTHAQ) was also released.

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BASIC countries or bloc of four newly industrialised nations has four countries namely Brazil, South Africa, India and China. BASIC was initiated by China in 2009.
The 30th session of the ministerial committee on climate change was held recently, which was chaired by India’s Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. The BASIC nations asked the developed economies to provide climate finance to developing nations.