DAILY CA 4-5 SEPT
1.
INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER INS VIKRANT
COMMISSIONSED IN KOCHI
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Prime
Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenous
aircraft carrier Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited
(CSL) in Kochi, Kerala.
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Designed
by Indian Navy’s in-house Warship
Design Bureau (WDB) and built by CSL, a Public Sector
Shipyard under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
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Prime
Minister also unveiled the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan) showcasing Indian
maritime heritage. He dedicated the new ensign to Chhatrapati Shivaji.
2.
C&W REPORTSTOP TECHNOLOGY HUBS LIST
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According
to property consultant Cushman & Wakefield report titled, ‘Tech Cities: The
Global Intersection of Talent and Real Estate’, Beijing, China tops the
technology hubs list in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and is followed by
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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The report studied around 115 different
tech cities across the world and has also identified Chennai, Hyderabad, and
Delhi as the top technology hubs in the APAC region after Beijing.
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Mumbai and Pune also made it to the top-10
list with eighth and ninth position in a list of 14 cities from the APAC.
3.
UIDAI TOPS IN RESOLVING PUBLIC GRIEVANCES
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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
topped amongst all Ministries/Departments for resolving Public Grievances in
the ranking report published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances (DARPG) for the month of August 2022.
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UIDAI is the top performer in resolution
of cases received through the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and
Monitoring System (CPGRAMS).
4.
INDIA OVERTAKES UK TO BECOME WORLD’S 5TH BIGGEST
ECONOMY
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According
to Bloomberg, which has cited GDP (Gross Domestic Product) figures from the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), India has overtaken the United Kingdom (UK) to become the
fifth largest economy in the world.
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India pushed the UK to the 6th spot in the
final three months of 2021 to become the fifth-biggest economy.
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The calculations were done using the IMF
database and historic exchange rates on the Bloomberg terminal.
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The size of the Indian economy with
regards to ‘nominal’ cash was $854.7 billion during the quarter through March
2021 on an adjusted basis and using the dollar exchange rate on the last day of
the relevant quarter.
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In contrast, the UK was at $814 billion.
5.
NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRY DAY 2022 – AUGUST 30
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National Small Industry Day is annually observed across
India on 30th
August to recognise the importance and contribution of the
small-scale businesses in India.
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The
erstwhile Ministry of Small-Scale Industries (now, Ministry of Micro Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSME)) decided upon celebrating 30th August as
National Small Industry Day annually in 2000.
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A comprehensive policy
package for small-scale industries (SSI) in India was announced
30th August 2002.
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Small Scale Industries Initiatives in India :CHAMPIONS portal
– CHAMPIONS (Creation and Harmonious Application
of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength) is the
single window system and a unified, empowered, robust, bundled and technology
driven platform for promoting the MSMEs.
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UDYAM – Udyam is a free
registration portal for MSMEs launched in 2020 for availing the benefits
of schemes or programmes of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises.
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Udyam Registration Certificate,
an e-certificate is issued after the registration process which has a dynamic
QR Code through which the web page of the registration portal and details about
the enterprise can be accessed.
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National SC-ST Hub – The
National SC/ST Hub, implemented by the Ministry of MSME through National Small
Industries Corporation (NSIC), to provide professional support to Scheduled
Caste and Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneurs to fulfil the obligations under the
Central Government Public Procurement Policy for MSME.
