DAILY GK : 3 FEB 2021
1. ‘STARTUP INDIA SEED
FUND SCHEME (SISFS)’
• Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry has given the approval for setting up of Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
(SISFS) with a Corpus of INR 945 crores for the period 2021-25.
• The Scheme will come into force from April
1, 2021 & DPIIT will be the implementing agency of the scheme.
• During the Budget 2020-21, Union Finance
Minister proposed the setting up of a National Seed Fund for development of
startups & provide Credit Guarantee for startups.
2. AADI MAHOTSAV 2021
• VP of India inaugurated the National
Tribal Festival ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ 2021 at Dilli Haat, New Delhi.
• The festival will be held from February
1-15, 2021 will showcase Tribal art, crafts, medicine, cuisine & folk
performances from Tribal Artists and chefs from more than 20 states of the
country.
• The festival is a joint initiative of the
Ministry of Tribal Affairs & Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development
Federation of India (TRIFED).
3. 14 NEW MFP ITEMS
UNDER MSP SCHEME FOR TRIBAL GATHERERS
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has
included 14 additional Minor Forest Produce (MFP) items under the Minimum
Support Price (MSP) Scheme to ensure that Tribal Gatherers get fair prices for
their Forest Produces.
• The 14 new items have been added to MSP
under the ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce through Minimum
Support Price (MSP) & Development of Value Chain for MFP’ scheme.
4. INDIA INTERNATIONAL
SILK FAIR
• Union Minister for Women & Child
Development and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani virtually addressed the inaugural
session of India’s Biggest Silk Fair, the 8th India International Silk Fair.
• The 5 daylong event was virtually
organised by Indian Silk Export Promotion Council (ISEPC), a non-profit
organisation under the Ministry of Textiles & Sponsored by Department of
Commerce.
• India is the only country in the world to
produce all 4 varieties of Silk – Mulberry, Eri, Tassar (Tropical &
Temperate), and Muga.
5. WORLD’S 1ST
COMMERCIAL ROCKET POWERED BY BIOFUEL
• US based Startup bluShift Aerospace
launched ‘Stardust 1.0’ from Loring Commerce Centre in Maine, US. It is the
World’s 1st Commercial Rocket launch powered by Biofuel.
• It uses Nitrous Oxide bubbled with Oxygen
as an oxidizer.
• Stardust 1.0 is a launch vehicle which is
capable of launching tiny nanosatellites.
6. BOOK-“THE LITTLE
BOOK OF ENCOURAGEMENT”
• His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama authored
a new book titled “The Little Book of Encouragement”.
• The book edited by Renuka Singh is
published by Penguin Random House is set to be released.
• He was Born as Lhamo Thondup on 6th July
1935 and was officially installed as the 14th Dalai Lama in 1940 and renamed as
Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (Tenzin Gyatso).
• He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989
for his campaign of over 40 years to end the domination of China in his
homeland.
7. WORLD WETLANDS DAY
2021
• World Wetlands Day is annually observed
across the globe on 2nd February to create awareness about the importance of
wetlands and their roles towards humans and the planet.
• The theme of World Wetlands Day 2021 is
“Wetlands and Water”.
8. PUNJAB’S ‘HAR GHAR
PANI, HAR GHAR SAFAI’ MISSION
• Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder
Singh virtually launched ‘Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai’ mission, aimed at
providing 100% potable water supply to all rural households of the state by
March, 2022.
