DAILY GK: 26 , 27 SEP 2021
1.
ACQUISITION
OF 56 C-295MW AIRCRAFT
• On
the lines of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approval, the Ministry of
Defence (MoD) signed a contract with M/s Airbus Defence and Space, Spain worth
Rs.22, 000 Crore on September 24, 2021, for acquisition of 56 C-295MW transport
aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
• Of
the 56 aircraft, 16 will be delivered in flyaway condition from Spain within 48
months.
• The
remaining 40 will be manufactured in India by Tata Advanced Systems Limited
(TASL), in partnership with Airbus and will be installed with indigenous
Electronic Warfare Suite.
2.
THE HIMALAYAN FILM FESTIVAL AT LEH
• Anurag
Singh Thakur, Union Minister of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
inaugurated the first edition of the Himalayan Film Festival organised by the
Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh in collaboration with the Directorate of Film
Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).
• The
event is hosted by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh.
3.
SAUBHAGYA COMPLETED 4 YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION
• Saubhagya
– Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, one of the largest household
electrification drives in the world, has completed 4 years of successful
implementation.
• As
of March 2021, 2.82 crore households across India have been electrified under
the SAUBHAGYA since its launch.
• Saubhagya
– Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana was announced by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on 25th September 2017, the birth centenary of Pandit Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya.
4.
RBI ISSUED MASTER DIRECTIONS
• Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) issued the master directions of RBI (Securitisation of
Standard Assets) Directions, 2021, and RBI (Transfer of Loan Exposures)
Directions, 2021.
• Master
Directions on Securitisation of Standard Assets:
• Eligibility:
Loans with tenor up to 24 months extended to individuals for agricultural
activities (where both interest and principal are due only on maturity) and
Trade receivables with tenor up to 12 months (discounted/purchased by lenders
from their borrowers) will be eligible for securitisation.
• Minimum
Retention Requirement (MRR):
• For
loans with maturity of 24 months or less, the MRR should be 5 percent of the
book value of the loans being securitised.
• For
loans with original maturity of more than 24 months and loans with bullet
repayments, the MRR shall be 10 percent of the book value of the loans being
securitised.
• Master
Directions on Transfer of Loan Exposures:
• Transfer
of stressed loans: RBI has allowed the transferring of loan exposures
classified as fraud (i.e. the stressed loans) to Asset Reconstruction Companies
(ARCs).
• This
direction came as a backdrop of the banks reported frauds aggregating Rs
3.95-lakh crore between FY19 and FY21.
• Minimum
Holding Period (MHP): MHP is 3 months in case of loans with tenor of up to 2
years and 6 months in case of loans with tenor of more than 2 years.
5.INDIA’S
CAG ELECTED AS EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR IAEA
• India’s
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) GC Murmu was elected as the external auditor
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the General Conference of
the IAEA in Vienna, Austria on September 24.
• His
tenure will be for six years, from 2022 to 2027.
6.WORLD
PHARMACISTS DAY 2021 – SEPTEMBER 25
• World
Pharmacists Day is annually observed across the globe on September 25th to
recognise the role of pharmacists towards improving health across the globe.
• The
day also marks the foundation day of the International Pharmaceutical
Federation (FIP- Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique).
7.STATUE
OF BITCOIN FOUNDER SATOSHI NAKAMOTO UNVEILED IN HUNGARY
• Bitcoin’s
pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s first statue was unveiled in Budapest,
Hungary.
• Although
the legendary creator’s identity is still a mystery to the world, the bronze
statue acknowledges the immense contribution to the disruption of traditional
currency.
• It
has been put on display at Graphishop Park, Budapest.
• The
sculpture is the bust of a person wearing a hoodie that has the Bitcoin (BTC)
logo engraved on it.
