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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled Economic Survey 2020-21 in the Parliament on January 29, 2021. The survey is generally presented a day before the Union Budget. 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 […]
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
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) celebrates its 45th Raising Day on 1 February 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The ICG was raised on 1 February 1977, with the enactment of Coast Guard Act 1978, as a full-fledged independent Armed Force of the Union under the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Its primary task is to
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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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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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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Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the 8th India International Silk Fair on Virtual Portal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The fair is considered to be India’s biggest silk fair, being held under one roof on Indian Silk Export Promotion Council’s virtual platform. India has long history of silk production and is the 2nd largest producer
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 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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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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