UPSC QUIZ 05.09.2023

Explanation:

• National Nutrition Week is an annual observance in India that occurs from 1 to 7 September. During this week, the nation comes together to raise awareness about the importance of proper nutrition and its role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
• Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) is celebrating the 6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah throughout September 2023.

Key Highlights About Poshan Maah 2023

• The focus is on comprehensively addressing malnutrition using a life-cycle approach, which is a key component of Mission Poshan 2.0.
• The main objective is to raise awareness about critical life stages, including pregnancy, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, in order to promote better nutrition across India.
• ‘Suposhit Bharat, Sakshar Bharat, Sashakt Bharat’ (Nutrition-rich India, Educated India, Empowered India), emphasising the importance of nutrition, education, and empowerment in building a healthier and stronger country.

Explanation:

• Central Government's innovative employment incentive scheme, the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY), has exceeded its initial employment generation goals, showcasing its success in fostering job creation and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana

• It was launched in 2020.
• This was designed to stimulate the creation of new job opportunities by extending financial support to employers of establishments registered with the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).
• This scheme aimed to incentivise employment of unemployed individuals, including those who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, by covering both the employee and employer contributions (24% of wages) for establishments with up to 1000 employees.

Explanation:

• CSIR’s Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) has indigenously designed and developed compact 100% Pure Electric Tractor named CSIR PRIMA ET11 mainly to cater small and marginal farmers of India.
• Additionally, in a major step towards encouraging Ease of Doing Business and promoting trust-based governance, the Government has simplified the process of testing tractors for performance evaluation.

Important Features of CSIR PRIMA ET11

• The introduction of the CSIR PRIMA ET11, a 100% Pure Electric Tractor, underscores India's commitment to sustainable agriculture.
• The entire tractor has been designed and manufactured with indigenous components and technologies and to cater the demand of agriculture field application.
• The developed technology is designed to be user-friendly, with particular consideration for the convenience and ease of use by women.

Explanation:

• Recently, the Centre's fiscal deficit in the first four months of 2023-24 touched 33.9% of the full-year target.
• In the Union Budget, the government projected to bring down the fiscal deficit to 5.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the current FY.
• The deficit was 6.4% of the GDP in 2022-23 against the earlier estimate of 6.71%.

Fiscal Deficit

• Fiscal deficit is the difference between the government's total expenditure and its total revenue (excluding borrowings).
• It is an indicator of the extent to which the government must borrow in order to finance its operations and is expressed as a percentage of the country's GDP.

Explanation:

• The Government recently exempted imports of LPG, liquified propane and liquified butane from 15 per cent Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC).

Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)

• It was introduced in the Union Budget 2021-22.
• It is a tax that the government imposes on the commercial production of agricultural produce.
• The cess is imposed at a specific rate on the value of these goods.
• The primary objective of AIDC is to provide financial support for the development of agricultural infrastructure in India.