DAILY GK 21 JUNE 2019
1. G20
MINISTERIAL MEETING ON ENERGY TRANSITIONS AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FOR
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH HELD IN KARUIZAWA, JAPAN
✔G20
Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for
Sustainable Growth for the year 2019 was held at Karuizawa Prince Hotel Japan.
✔Ministers
and Representatives exchanged views on the key themes of “Accelerating the Virtuous Cycle of Environmental Protection and
Economic Growth by Innovation”, “Resource Efficiency Marine Plastic Litter” and
“Adaptation and Resilient Infrastructure
including Ecosystem-based approaches”.
2. RBI
PANEL ON MSMES HEADED BY U K SINHA RECOMMENDED TO DOUBLE COLLATERAL-FREE LOANS
LIMIT TO RS 20 LAKH
✔The
8 member panel on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, constituted by the
Reserve Bank of India in January 2019, headed by the former Securities and
Exchange Board of India Chairman U K Sinha submitted its report to RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das.
✔The
panel was formed to suggest long-term measures for the economic and financial
sustainability of the MSME sector.
✔The
Committee suggested doubling collateral-free loans for MSMEs to Rs 20 lakh from
Rs 10 lakh. This is also applicable to Micro Units Development and Refinance
Agency and Self-Help Groups.
3.
BANGLADESH EMERGED AS THE FASTEST ECONOMY IN ASIA-PACIFIC: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
✔ADB
stated that Bangladesh emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45
countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
✔Higher
public sector investment, stronger consumption demand, revival in exports,
improved power supply and higher growth in private sector credit were the key
factors of the high growth performance of Bangladesh.
4. LT
GEN FAIZ HAMEED APPOINTED AS PAKISTAN’S NEW ISI CHIEF
✔The
Pakistan Army appointed Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as the Director General of
Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency.
✔He
succeeded Lt General Asim Munir.
5.
WORLD REFUGEE DAY: 20 JUNE
✔World
Refugee Day is observed across the world on June 20, 2019, to raise awareness
of the situation of refugees throughout the world.
✔It
seeks to draw attention to the plight of refugees across the world and
celebrate their courage and resilience and renew global commitment to solve
refugee problems.
✔The
Theme for the 2019 World Refugee Day is #Step
with Refugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day.
