DAILY GK C.A 30 MAY
1. INSTANT ALLOTMENT FACILITY OF PAN
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Nirmala
Sitharaman launched the Instant Permanent Account Number (PAN) facility of
Income Tax (IT) Department through Aadhaar based e-KYC (Electronic Know your
Client) to provide further ease to taxpayers, from New Delhi.
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This launch has been made on the lines of the
para 129 of the FY20-21 Budget stating a simplified allotment process of PAN.
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It
is a system under which PAN will be instantly allotted online for those who
possess a valid Aadhaar number.
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The
allotment process is paperless and an electronic PAN (e-PAN) is issued to the
applicants free of cost.
2. 22ND MEETING OF THE FSDC
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Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 22nd Meeting of the Financial Stability
and Development Council (FSDC) via video conferencing, which was the first meet
since the coronavirus outbreak.
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The
meet was held to review the various measures to maintain financial stability in
the context of COVID-19.
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The
economy is expected to contract by 5% by some estimates amid
the virus crisis.
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The
FSDC is the apex body of sectoral regulators, headed by the finance
minister.
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The
idea to create this regulatory body was mooted by the Raghuram
Rajan (ex RBI Governor) Committee in 2008.
3. NEW CEO AND MD OF WIPRO
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Wipro
appointed Thierry Delaporte, COO of Capgemini, as the new Chief Executive
Officer(CEO) and Managing Director(MD) effective from 6th
July 2020.
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He will
take over the position from Adidali Neemuchwala who will be stepping down from
his position on June 1.
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The
operation of Wipro until July 5th will be monitored by its chairman Rishad
Premji.
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Wipro is
one of the companies that outsourced four top executives as the head in almost
10 years.
4. SANDIP MUKUND PRADHAN GETS TWO-YEAR EXTENSION AS
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SAI
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Sandip
Mukund Pradhan, the Director-General (DG)
of Sports Authority of India (SAI) was given an extension for a period of 2
years and it will come into effect from June 6, 2020.
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The Sports
Authority of India (SAI) has deposited Rs 30,000 each as out of pocket
allowance (OPA) in accounts of 2,749 Khelo India athletes, a total of Rs. 8.25
crores.
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The
allowance is for the first quarter of 2020-21.
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The
Sports Authority of India is the apex national sports body of India,
established in 1984 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government
of India (GOI) for the development of sport in India.
5. AI VIRTUAL ASSISTANT PAI LAUNCHED: NPCI
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On May
27, 2020 National Payment Corporation of India(NPCI) has launched
an artificial intelligence(AI) based chatbot, PAi, to
create awareness around its products like FASTag, RuPay, Unified Payments
Interface(UPI), Aadhaar Enabled Payment System(AePS) on a real time basis &
to improve digital financial inclusion in India.
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It is
developed by Bengaluru based startup CoRover Private Limited.
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The AI
virtual assistant can be accessed 24/7 & provides accurate
information on NPCI products. Customers can ask their queries in English and
Hindi, through text or voice on the websites of NPCI, RuPay, and UPI
Chalega.
6. UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS 800 KM ROADS AS
HERBAL ROADS
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On 28th
May 2020, The Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and PWD Minister of State
Keshav Prasad Maurya, announced the development of 800 km herbal roads along
the state and national highways through the state.
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These
herbal roads will have herbal and medicinal trees on the both sides of the
road.
