Current Affairs Quiz - January 2022

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The YSR Rythu Bharosa – PM Kisan Samman scheme provides eligible farmers with financial assistance of Rs.13500 per acre in three annual instalments.
For the third consecutive year, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy released the third tranche of the YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme. Rs.7500 is deposited in May for  Kharif crops, Rs.4000 is deposited in October for Rabi crops, and Rs.2000 is deposited for Sankranti.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a framework to allow offline payments up to Rs 200 per transaction.
This framework is subject to an overall limit of Rs 2,000. An offline digital payment is a transaction that does not require internet or telecom connectivity. These transactions will not require an additional factor of authentication (AFA).

 

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The Mines Ministry has created a joint venture company called ‘Khanij Bidesh India (KABIL)’. The equity participation of National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Hindustan Copper (HCL) and Mineral Exploration Corporation (MECL) is 40:30:30.
India is working to acquire mines of strategic minerals such as lithium and cobalt in countries like Australia, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. India aims to ensure a committed supply of raw materials for renewable energy (RE) and e-mobility sectors.

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Alka Mittal has been appointed as the first female Chairman and MD of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
NTPC is the country’s largest oil and gas producer.  The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for this appointment.

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Delhi Assembly passed an amendment Bill to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1971, to recognise Takht Damdama Sahib as the fifth Takht of Sikhs.
A Takht, or a throne, is a seat of temporal authority for Sikhs. There are five Sikh Takhts, three in Punjab and one each in Maharashtra and Bihar. The amendment also adds one more ex officio member in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Managament Committee (DSGMC) house from the earlier 4.

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The Reserve Bank of India announced that SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs).
These banks are Too big to fail and they need to maintain an additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital, in addition to the capital conservation buffer. The update is based on the data collected from banks as on March 31, 2021.

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Mud Crab Reovirus (MCRV) has been found in the samples collected from ponds and markets in Andhra Pradesh
MCRV is found to be the reason for the mass mortality of wild crab (Scylla serrate) in Andhra Pradesh. The MCRV, known as Sleeping Disease, has caused mass mortality of wild crabs in all methods of farming since 2019.

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Japan recently signed a historic Defence Agreement with Australia, to ensure a secure and stable Indo-Pacific region.
This agreement has been signed amidst the expansion of China’s military and economic influence in the region. Called the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA)’, this is Japan’s second such agreement. Japan’s only other military pact is with the United States.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked the Directors General of Police to share adequate information and actionable inputs through Multi Agency Centre (MAC).
MAC is a common counter-terrorism grid under the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which was made operational in 2001 after the Kargil war. Over 25 organisations, including the R&AW, Armed forces and State police are part of the platform and various security agencies share real-time intelligence inputs.

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Around 8 to 12 Cheetahs, which became extinct in independent India since 1950s, are set to be translocated from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana to Kuno Palpur National Park – Madhya Pradesh.
In this regard, the Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has released an ‘Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’.