DAILY GK 5 JULY 2019
1. UIDAI
started its first Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Delhi and Vijayawada
✔The
Unique Identification Authority of India has operationalized its first “Aadhaar
Seva Kendra” in Delhi and Vijayawada on pilot basis.
✔UIDAI
has a plan to set up 114 such centres by the end of 2019 covering 53 Indian
cities. The estimated cost of the project is between Rs 300-400 crore. i. It is
owned by UIDAI.
✔ASK
centres are addition to thousands of centers that are currently being run by
post offices and banks and even in government premises (offering similar
Aadhaar services).
2. Airtel
Payments Bank ties up with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer the Bharti AXA
Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana
✔The
first live payments bank in the country, Airtel Payments Bank has partnered
with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer Bharti AXA Life Point of Sale Saral
Jeevan Bima Yojana, a pure life term insurance plan up to Rs 5 lakh which is
aimed at the under-insured and uninsured segments in India.
✔The
policy available at Airtel Payments Bank’s 25,000 retail outlets will be
expanded to cover over 60,000 banking points.
✔The
customers are offered the option of life cover between 3-5 lakh and it will
soon be extended up to Rs 25 lakh.
3. Karnataka
Bank launches web tool for NPA recovery process named ‘Vasool So-Ft’
✔Karnataka
Bank Ltd’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mahabaleshwara MS
launched the web tool named ‘Vasool So-Ft’ (Vasool So-Fast) for digitising the
Non-Performing Asset recovery process of the bank in Mangalore, Karnataka.
✔The
tool will enable easy and faster processing, real time information and
immediate decision making in the recovery area.
✔It
will also enable easy follow-up and enhance overall efficiency in recovery
efforts of the Bank.
4. Economist
David Lipton appointed as IMF interim leader
✔International
Monetary Fund’s appointed American economist David Lipton as its interim
leader.
✔He
replaces Christine Lagarde who was nominated to head the European Central Bank.
✔Prior
to this, Lipton was Special Assistant to the President and served as Senior
Director for International Economic Affairs at the National Economic Council
and National Security Council at the White House.
