Current Affairs February 2021

Top 10 Current Affairs – 1 February 2021

Top 10 Current Affairs – 1 February 2021

Daily Current Affairs 1 February 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains. We are trying our best to create daily national and international Current Affairs articles from various newspapers, journals, magazines, TV etc. 1. Pulse Polio Programme […]

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Improved Monetary Policy transmission; Repo Rate cut by 115 BPS

Improved Monetary Policy transmission; Repo Rate cut by 115 BPS

Monetary policy was significantly eased from March 2020 onwards owing to the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic and remained accommodative in 2020, said the Economic Survey 2020-21. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The repo rate has been cut by 115 bps since March 2020, with 75 bps cut in first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in March

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India’s Sovereign Credit Ratings do not capture its Fundamentals

India’s Sovereign Credit Ratings do not capture its Fundamentals

The Economic Survey has called for sovereign credit ratings methodology to be made more transparent, less subjective and better attuned to reflect an economy’s fundamentals. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Never in the history of sovereign credit ratings, has the fifth largest economy in the world been rated at the lowest rung of the investment

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Strong Positive Impact of PMJAY on Health Outcomes

Combined Social Sector Expenditure by Centre and States as Per Cent of GDP

The Economic Survey 2020-21 states that the combined (Centre and States) social sector expenditure as per cent of GDP has increased in 2020-21 compared to last year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The expenditure on social services (education, health and other social sectors) by Centre and States combined as a proportion of GDP increased from

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EPFO net new Enrollments rise 29% to 78.58 lakh in FY21

EPFO net new Enrollments rise 29% to 78.58 lakh in FY21

Net new enrolments with retirement fund body EPFO rose by 28.60 per cent to 78.58 lakh during the financial year 2019-20 compared to 61.1 lakh in the last fiscal, according to the Economic Survey 2021, which also provided a perspective on formal sector employment amid the coronavirus pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The country

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India reaping ‘lockdown dividend’ by saving lives and livelihood

India reaping ‘lockdown dividend’ by saving lives and livelihood

India is reaping the “lockdown dividend” from the preventive measures it adopted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic indicating its willingness to take short-term pain for long-term gain. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 COVID-19 pandemic engendered a once-in-a-century global crisis in 2020 where 90 per cent of countries are expected to experience a contraction

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Strong Positive Impact of PMJAY on Health Outcomes

Strong Positive Impact of PMJAY on Health Outcomes

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), an ambitious program and a crucial component of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, launched by Government of India in 2018, to provide healthcare access to the most vulnerable sections, has had a strong positive impact on the healthcare outcomes of those States that have adopted the healthcare scheme. Daily Current

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SJVNL bags 679 Megawatt hydro electric power project in Nepal

SJVNL bags 679 Megawatt hydro electric power project in Nepal

State-owned SJVN Ltd has bagged a 679 MW hydro electric project in Nepal, the power ministry said in a statement. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Nepalese government has allotted 679 MW Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in Nepal to SJVN through international competitive bidding. The Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project is located in Sankhuwasabha

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