DAILY GK: 1 MAY 2021
1. MAXIMUM SUM ASSURED UNDER EDLI SCHEME HIKED
• Ministry of
Labour & Employment implemented the Employees Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) board’s decision to increase the maximum sum assured payable under the
Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme, 1976 to Rs 7 lakh from Rs 6
lakh and approved the extension of minimum assurance benefit of Rs 2.5 lakh
payable to family members of deceased employees who die while in service.
2.
INDIA’S CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION FELL BY 5%
• According
to the data of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas(MoPNG), the crude oil
production of India fell by 5% to 30.5 million tonnes in FY21 from 32.17
million tonnes in 2019-2020.
• The data
also shows that Natural Gas production has also fallen by 8% to 28.67 billion
cubic metres(BCM) in FY21 from around 31BCM in FY20.
• The
production of petroleum products fell by 11.2% at 233.4 million tonnes.
3.
IEA REPORT
• ‘Global EV
Outlook 2021’ – the recently released Annual Report of International Energy
Agency (IEA) has stated that the sale of Electric Vehicles (EVs) will be more
than 30% in new vehicle sales in India by 2030.
• In 2020 the
global car sales fell by 16% in 2020 due to COVID-19, but the Global EV sales
increased by 41% to around 3 Million vehicles in 2020.
4.
HIGH-YIELDING AND PEST-RESISTANT VARIETY OF SOYBEAN
• High-yielding
and pest-resistant variety of soybean named MACS 1407 has been developed by
Indian Scientists by the method of conventional cross breeding.
• This
variety of Soya bean has been developed by Scientists from MACS (Maharashtra
Association for the Cultivation of Science Research Institute)-Agharkar
Research Institute, Pune, in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural
Research(ICAR), New Delhi.
5.
OXYGEN PRODUCED ON MARS FOR THE 1ST TIME
• NASA’s
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Rover ‘Perseverance’ landed on
Mars in February, 2021.
• It has
produced Oxygen from Mars using an instrument called ‘MOXIE’ – Mars Oxygen
In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment.
• MOXIE produced
5 grams of Oxygen from Carbon dioxide which is enough for an astronaut to
breathe for 10 minutes on Mars.
6.
ASTRONAUT MICHAEL COLLINS PASSES AWAY AT 90
• American
astronaut, Apollo 11 pilot Michael Collins passed away due to cancer.
• He was born
on 31st October 1930 in Rome, Italy.
• He is also
known as the ‘forgotten’ astronaut of Apollo 11,as Michael Collins never set
foot on the lunar surface like his crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.
7.
AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIWAS 2021
• Ayushman
Bharat Diwas is annually celebrated across India on 30th April to promote
affordable medical facilities in the remote parts of India.
• TheAyushman
Bharat comprises 2 interrelated components
• Health and
Wellness Centres (HWCs)
• Pradhan
Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PM-JAY)
8.
INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY 2021
• The
International Dance Day is annually celebrated across the world on 29th April
the birth anniversary of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet.
