DAILY GK – 7, 8 DEC 2019
1.
India’s top 10 Police Stations 2019
ü Ministry
of Home Affairs has released the list of best performing Police Stations across
the country for the year 2019. Aberdeen police station from the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Balasinor police station from Gujarat and AjkBurhanpur from
Madhya Pradesh take the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
2.
Only 3% target achieved under the
PM-AASHA
ü Only
3% target of pulses and seeds achieved under the
PradhanMantriAnnadataAaySanrakshanAbhiyan (PM-AASHA) scheme according to the
data released by the Agriculture Ministry in the LokSabha on 3rd December 2019.
The production of pulses has been only 1.08 lakh tons so far but the target of
the PM-AASHA scheme is to produce 37.59 lakh metric tons of crops.
3.
15th Finance commission submits its 1st
report
ü 15th
Finance Commission headed by Nand Kishore (NK) Singh and its members S/Shri
Ajay Narayan Jha, Ashok Lahiri, Ramesh Chand, Anoop Singh and Secretary
ShriArvind Mehta has submitted its report for the financial year (FY) 2020-21
to President Ram NathKovind.
ü The
Commission sets the formula for sharing of tax and other resources between the
Center and the States.
4.
4th India water impact summit 2019
ü Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat has addressed the 4th India Water Impact Summit 2019 with the
theme “Valuing Water | Transforming Ganga” held at New Delhi.
ü As
per Shekhawat recently, a massive 34-day journey river rafting expedition
covered around 2,500 km length called ‘Ganga AamantranAbhiyan’ was launched
from Devprayag till Ganga Sagar in West Bengal.
5.
7th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial
Meeting
ü 7th
edition of the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and
non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting was held in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was held
under the Co-Chairmanship of OPEC’s President, Manuel Salvador Quevedo
Fernandez, and Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
ü Cut
in oil production: During the meeting, the oil producing countries decided to
cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day with effect from January 1, 2020.
6.
NEFT transaction facility to be
available 24×7 for customers
ü RBI
has allowed the round-the-clock (24×7) transactions facility under the National
Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system to customers on all days including
weekends and holidays from December 16,2019.
ü This
direction was issued by RBI under Section 10(2) read with Section 18 of the
Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (Act 51 of 2007).
7.
Girish Chandra Chaturvedi appointed as
chairman of NSE
ü India’s
leading stock exchange the National Stock Exchange(NSE) has appointed public
interest Director Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as its new chairman. The
appointment was done after market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of
India’s (SEBI) approval. Chaturvedi replaced Ashok Chawla, who resigned as a
chairman in January 2019.
8.
International Civil Aviation Day (ICAD)
-7th December
ü The
theme of ICAD 2019-2023 is “75 years of connecting the world”.
9.
Armed Forces flag Day-7 December 2019
