DAILY GK 2 JUNE 2019
1. CABINET
APPROVED HIKE IN RATES OF SCHOLARSHIP UNDER NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND
✔In
the first meeting of Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
approved major changes in the PM’s Scholarship Scheme under the National
Defence Fund. The Cabinet has increased the rates of scholarship from Rs 2,000
per month to Rs 2,500 per month for boys and Rs 2,250 per month to Rs 3,000 per
month for girls.
✔The
scope of the PM’s Scholarship has also extended to the wards of State Police
officials who were martyred during the terror and naxal attacks.
✔This
has been implemented under scheme of ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme’ for
encouraging technical and post-graduate education for the widows and wards of
the deceased and ex-service personnel of Armed Forces, Para Military Forces and
Railway Protection Forces.
2. CABINET
APPROVED RS 3,000 PENSION FOR SMALL TRADERS
✔Cabinet
meeting chaired by PM Modi has approved to give monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to
small traders, businessmen, and shopkeepers after they attain the age of 60
years.
✔The
aim is to provide universal social security to all shopkeepers, retail traders
and self-employed persons a monthly pension under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension
Yojana.
✔Those
person who have attained 29 years of age will have to make a monthly investment
of Rs 100 and those who have attained the age of 40 years will have to make a
monthly investment of Rs 200.
3. CABINET
APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF PM-KISAN YOJANA
✔The
newly-sworn in NDA government at the Centre has taken four major decisions
related to farmers’ and traders welfare in the first meeting of the Union
Cabinet.
✔It
has approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi to all the
farmers in the country. Earlier the benefit of the scheme was applicable to
farmers having two hectares of land.
✔Agriculture
Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated that nearly 14 crores 50 lakh farmers will
be now covered under the revised scheme. Total burden on the exchequer will be
over 87,000 crore rupees for the year 2019-20. Over three crore farmers have
been benefited so far. Six thousand rupees per year is being given in three
installments to the farmers, under the scheme.
4. CABINET
APPROVED A NEW INITIATIVE TO CONTROL FMD AND BRUCELLOSIS TO SUPPORT LIVESTOCK
REARING FARMERS
✔The
Cabinet, first since the outcome of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, approved a new
initiative to control Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis to support
livestock rearing farmers.
✔The
Information and Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javadekar announced that the
initiative will benefit the crores of farmers and improve the health of
livestock.
✔The
Cabinet sanctioned Rs 13,343 crores for the implantation of the initiative.
5. KASTURIRANGAN
COMMITTEE SUBMITTED THE DRAFT NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY TO THE NEW UNION HRD
MINISTER RAMESH POKHARIYAL
✔Former
ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan led Committee submitted the draft National
Educational Policy to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in New Delhi.
✔The
policy draft recommends incorporation of Indian knowledge systems in the
curriculum, constituting a National Education Commission and curbing arbitrary
fees hikes by private schools.
✔The
existing NEP was framed in 1986 and revised in 1992.
6. INDIA
HAS 20 HEALTH WORKERS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: NSSO STUDY
✔A
recent study based on NSSO data, India has 20.6 health workers per 10,000
people. This is less than the World health Organization’s minimum overreach of
22.8 per 10,000 people.
✔Distribution
of health workers: This is uneven between the urban and rural areas. Rural
areas with 71% of India’s population have only 36% of health workers.
✔Delhi
has the highest concentration of health workers followed by Kerala, Punjab, and
Haryana.
7. PUERTO
WILLIAMS NAMED AS THE WORLD’S SOUTHERNMOST CITY
✔Puerto
Williams in Chile has become the southernmost city in the world after getting its
status upgraded to city category. Previously, the southernmost city was Ushuaia
in Argentina.
8. FITCH
CERTIFIED LONG-TERM RATINGS TO SIX BANKS AT ‘BBB-‘WITH STABLE OUTLOOK
✔International
rating agency Fitch Ratings certified long-term Issuer Default Ratings to six
banks.
✔It
affirmed the long-term IDRs to State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab
National Bank, Canara Bank and Bank of India with ‘BBB-‘ a stable outlook.
✔The
rating of IDBI Bank’s long-term IDR was certified at ‘BB+’.
✔As
the banks are likely to receive extraordinary government support as a result of
high systemic importance and majority government ownership, the long-term IDRs
were given to SBI, BOB, PNB, Canara Bank and BOI.
9. GDP
GROWTH SLIPS TO 5.8% IN Q4 IN 2018-19: CSO
✔As
per the data released by the Central Statistics Office, the rate of GDP growth
in the January-March quarter of 2018-19 decreased to 5.8% as compared to the
forecast of 6.5%. The economic growth rate for the full 2018-19 financial year
stood at a 5-year low of 6.8% in comparison to 7.1%.
✔The
reason behind the slip is the slowdown in the country’s key sectors like
agriculture, industry and manufacturing in the past nine months.
✔The
country’s fiscal deficit in full 2018-19 stood at 3.4% of GDP.
✔Gross
value added growth for FY19 came in at 6.6%.
10.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MOHANA SINGH BECAME THE FIRST IAF WOMAN PILOT TO FLY HAWK
JETS
✔Flight
Lieutenant Mohana Singh became the first IAF woman pilot to become completely
operational by day on Hawk advanced jet aircraft. She landed the grueling 4
aircraft combat sortie at the Kalaikunda Air Force Station in West Bengal.
✔At
the training period, she was trained to fly air-to-air combat and air-to-ground
missions. She has the experience of more than 500 hours of incident-free flying.
✔In
June 2016, she along with two other women pilots Bhawana Kanth and Avani
Chaturvadi had joined the fighter stream.
11.
ANTON ADITYA SUBOWO RE-ELECTED AS A PRESIDENT OF BADMINTON ASIA
✔Indonesia’s
Anton Aditya subowo re-elected as a president of badminton for another four
year period.
✔There
were seven people selected as the vice-presidents. India’s Badminton Asia’s
president Himanta Biswa Sarma was one among them. Moosa Nashid from the
Maldives named as its Secretary-General while Jassem Kanso (Lebanon) appointed
as Treasurer.
12.
GLOBAL DAY OF PARENTS: JUNE 1
✔Global
Day of Parents is observed globally on 1st June to honor parents all around the
world. It aims to celebrate the parent’s selfless love to shape their
children’s future.
✔First
ever global day of Parents was declared by UN general assembly in 2012 with
resolution A/RES/66/292.
✔Theme
for this year is “Honor your parents”
13.
IMD ISSUED ‘RED-COLOUR’ WARNING FOR DELHI DUE TO RISE IN TEMPERATURE
✔India
Meteorological Department issued ‘Red-colour’ warning for Delhi-NCR with as the
temperature had reached 46.8 degree Celsius, the highest since May 2013. It
forecasted that the heat waves are expected to reach 50 degree Celsius.
✔The
maximum temperature of 49.6 degree Celsius was recorded in Sri Ganganagar,
Western Rajasthan and Prayagraj (Earlier-Allahabad) recorded 48.6° Celsius, the
highest in 25 years.
