DAILY Current Affairs 3 JUNE 2020
1. ‘PM SVANIDHI’ FOR PROVIDING AFFORDABLE
LOANS TO STREET VENDORS LAUNCHED
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Ministry
of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched a scheme PM SVANidhi– PM Street
Vendor’s AtmaNirbharNidhi under which the street vendors, who had their
businesses operational on or before 24 March, 2020 can avail a
working capital loan of up to Rs. 10,000 which is repayable in
monthly instalments in the tenure of one year.
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The
loaning will commence from July 2020.
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The
scheme will cover vendors, hawkers, thelewalas, rehriwala, theliphadwala etc.
in different areas/ contexts to help them in resuming their businesses being
affected by COVID-19 crisis.
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Importantly,
this is for the first time that street vendors from peri-
urban/ rural areas become beneficiaries of an urban livelihood programme.
2. KISAN
CREDIT CARDS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
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Government
under a special drive will provide Kisan Credit Cards(KCC) to 1.5
crore dairy farmers belonging to milk unions and milk producing
companies within the next two months (1st June-31st July 2020).
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The
general limit for KCC credit without collateral is Rs. 1.6 lakhs, if the milk
is directly procured by Milk Unions from the farmers it falls under tie up
arrangements between the producers and processing units without any
intermediaries & so the credit limits without Collateral can be upto Rs.3
lakh.
3. ‘ONE
NATION-ONE RATION CARD’ SCHEME
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The
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Ram
Vilas Paswan informed that Odisha, Sikkim and Mizoram have
joined the ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ scheme on ‘Integrated
Management of Public Distribution System’(IM-PDS) a total of 20 states/Union
Territories(UTs) in the scheme.
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All
states will be added in the scheme & the scheme will be operational all
over India by March 2021
4. COMMITTEE
FOR MSME LOAN IMPLEMENTATION
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PM Narendra
Modi appointed a committee headed by Rajnath Singh to solve the difficulties
faced in the implementation of Rs.3 Lakh crore collateral-free
loan for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(MSME) announced by
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 13th May 2020 as a part of Rs.20 Lakh
crore Covid-19 aid to raise the economy.
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According
to the revision of definitions,
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Micro
enterprises – investment upto Rs.1 crore and turnover under Rs.5 crore
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Small
enterprises – investment upto Rs.10 crore and turnover upto Rs.50 crore
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Medium
enterprises – investment upto Rs.50 crore and turnover under Rs.250 crore
5. ‘CHAMPIONS’
PORTAL TO EMPOWER MSMES
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PM
Narendra Modi has launched CHAMPIONS
(Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the
Output and National Strength) to help the smaller MSMEs (Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises) by resolving their grievances and the complaints
received on the portal will also be redressed within the prescribed limit.
6. ‘ONE YEAR
OF MODI 2.0 – TOWARDS A SELF-RELIANT INDIA’
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A
92-page e-booklet called ‘One Year of Modi 2.0 – Towards A Self-Reliant
India’ on the key achievements of the Modi government during
its second term was released on June 1, 2020, by the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting (I&B).
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This
marks the first anniversary of the second term of the government.
Highlights in the book
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Abolition
of Article 370 Article 370 (35a)
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Settlement
of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya
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Criminalisation
of triple talaq
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Bodo
accord
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The
amendment to the Citizenship Act (CAA)
7 . GLOBAL DAY
OF PARENTS 2020: JUNE 1
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Global
Day of Parents is celebrated every
year on June 1 globally.
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The day
was organized by the United Nations (UN) to emphasize the critical role that
the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of
children.
