Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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The Central Vista Avenue redevelopment project has been awarded to Ahmedabad-based Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited.
The redevelopment project has recently begun with a ceremony at the India Gate. The construction of the new Parliament building began last month. The project is estimated to cost Rs 608 crores and is expected to be completed by 2022.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it will provide access to retail investors to participate in the Government Securities market.
The retail investors shall have the facility to open a gilt securities account with the RBI. The RBI also announced to set up a 24×7 helpline for digital payment services. It directed all bank branches to participate in CTS clearing.

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State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) delivered three Mk-III Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) to the Indian Navy.
The indigenous naval version of the helicopters is customised for coastal security, to detect intrusions on Indian waters. These three helicopters are among the 16 Mk-III helicopters ordered from the HAL.

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After the Glacier burst occurred in the state of Uttarakhand, over hundred persons are missing in the massive flash flood.
The flood washed away two hydel power projects namely the Rishiganga small hydro project and National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Tapovan project. The projects are located on the banks of the Dhauliganga river in the state.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to purchase four government securities (G-Secs) amounting Rs.20,000 crore under the Open Market Operations (OMO).
The motive behind this move is to bring down the yield on securities, that has reached a intra-day high of 6.1634% recently.

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Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted permission to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for using drones
The conditional exemption has been provided for live aerial shooting of the Indian Cricket tournaments in 2021, including the Indian Premier League. Drone operator Quidich will deploy the vehicles to capture the matches.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Annual Report of the Ombudsman Schemes for the year 2019-20.
As per the report, all the three Ombudsmen- Banking, NBFC and Digital transactions received around 3.3 lakh complaints in 2019-20 as compared to around 2 lakh in 2018-19. It was an increase of around 65 per cent, out of which over 92 per cent were disposed off.

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the ‘India Energy Outlook 2021’ recently. As per the report, India is the world’s fourth-largest energy consuming country.
The report also highlighted that India will have the biggest share of energy demand growth at 25% over the next two decades. It will overtake EU as the third largest energy consumer by 2030. India’s energy consumption could touch USD 8.6 trillion by 2040.

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As per the information provided by the Health Ministry, Tamil Nadu tops the beneficiaries list with around 25.56 lakh people getting treatment worth Rs 3,239.5 crore, since 2018.
Till February 4 this year, there were around 1.6 crore hospital admissions worth Rs 19, 714 crores under the scheme. Tamil Nadu is followed by Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. The scheme aims to provide a health assurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year to poor families.

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As per the recent data given by the Agriculture Ministry, the Government has procured over 620 lakh tones of paddy, in the current Kharif Marketing Season.
This is said to be an increase of 17.60 per cent against the last year of around 527 lakh tonnes. Punjab contributed over 202 lakh tonnes, 32.71 per cent of total procurement. Over 1,17,000 crores have been spent for Minimum Support Price.