ALL EXAM QUIZ 12.03.2024

Explanation:

• State Widow Remarriage Promotion Scheme was launched by the Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on 6 March.
• Under the scheme, the government will give an amount of Rs 2 lakh to the widow who remarries.
• The scheme aims to empower widows by providing financial assistance and encouraging remarriage within a year.
• This scheme has been started so that widows can be brought into the mainstream and they can live with dignity.

Explanation:

• Operation Kamdhenu has been launched by J&K police.
• To curb the issue of cattle smuggling, J&K police launched "Operation Kamdhenu".
• A comprehensive strategy will be devised to scrutinize the activities of cattle smugglers.
• Its main aim is to tackle not only the smuggling activities but to also catch the masterminds behind these illicit operations.
• Additionally, the assets of the accused will be assessed as part of the investigation process.

Explanation:

• Karnataka and the World Economic Forum joined hands to set up a centre for Artificial Intelligence.
• It will be the only World Economic Forum’s centre dedicated to AI in India.
• It will be part of the WEF Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR).
• This centre will play a key role in establishing industry-academia networks and facilitating the exchange of technological trends.
• It will also help in fostering research collaboration, and actively responding to global issues.
• Its main goal is to contribute to the global dialogue on the ethical and practical dimensions of AI.
• It will foster collaboration and networking opportunities for startups within the AI domain.
• Bengaluru is considered one of the top five cities globally for Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Explanation:

• Poshan Pakhwada 2024 is being organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development from 9 March to 23rd March.
• Community events and widespread sensitization campaigns will take place during Pakhwada.
• Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi, dietary practices centred on raising awareness about nutrition and the health of pregnant women will be the themes for these events.
• States and affiliated Ministries and Departments have the option to plan extra sensitization campaigns centred on other crucial issues in addition to these themes.

Explanation:

• In the current year, enrollment under PMFBY has increased by 27%.
• In the last 8 years, 56.80 crore farmer applications have been enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). 23.22 crore farmers have received claims.
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a demand-driven scheme for farmers.
• During 2021–22 and 2022–23, the number of farmer applications has grown by 33.4% and 41% year-on-year, respectively.
• In 2023-23, the enrolment under the scheme increased by 27%. 42% of the total farmers insured under the scheme in FY 2023–24 are non-loaned farmers.
• Around Rs 500 was paid as claims to farmers under PMFBY for every 100 rupees of premium paid.
• PM Fasal Bima Yojana was launched in 2016. It is the third largest scheme globally in terms of premium.

Explanation:

• The National Cooperative Database has been launched by Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah.
• It will help the expansion and development of cooperatives in the country.
• There are more than 8 lakh registered societies in India. More than 30 crore people are connected with them.
• The National Cooperative Database is a web-based digital dashboard. It has information about 8 lakh cooperatives.
• This cooperative database will play a critical role in the expansion of cooperatives, digital development, and delivery through databases.
• The database has the potential to connect primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) to Apex, villages to cities, and mandis to the global market.
• Amit Shah also released 'National Cooperative Database 2023: A Report'.
• The National Cooperative Database has been created in three phases.

• In the first phase, about 2.64 lakh societies have been mapped in three sectors: Primary Agricultural Credit Societies, Dairy, and Fisheries.

Explanation:

• Department of Telecom will auction eight bands from May 20.
• In the upcoming spectrum auction, the Department of Telecom will auction eight bands.
• The government will auction eight spectrum bands for mobile phone services at a base price of Rs 96,317.65 crore, or $11.6 billion.
• In February, the Union Cabinet approved these auctions. All the available spectrum in 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300, 2500, 3300 MHz and 26 GHz bands will be put on auction.
• The companies seeking to buy spectrum can apply till April 22. A total of 10,523.8 Mhz spectrum will be auctioned.
• In the upcoming auction, 10 GHz of radiowaves will be available for the sale.
• Jio emerged as the top buyer in the 2022 telecom spectrum auction.

Explanation:

• Meghalaya State Skill Development Society in association with SANKALP & MSDE launched Skillerate Connect.
• The Meghalaya State Skill Development Society in collaboration with Skill Acquisition & Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP), and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched Skillerate Connect.
• In the last five years, several skilling initiatives have been started in Meghalaya.
• Around 70,000 youth are joining the workforce in Meghalaya every year.
• Youths can choose the skill programme through different providers that are available on the Youth Portal.
• 40 crore rupees have been allocated in the state budget for this programme.
• The skill development of youths will bring down the unemployment rate.

Explanation:

• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated India’s first dolphin research center in Patna.
• Built at a cost of Rs 30 crore, the National Dolphin Research Center (NDRC) has been built on the banks of the Ganga in the Patna University campus which will help students and researchers to understand the behavior of freshwater dolphins, especially the Ganges dolphins.

Explanation:

• IIHR’s three-day National Horticulture Fair 2024 began at Hesarghatta site near Bengaluru. Bengaluru, known as the Garden City, is moving towards becoming the center of cutting-edge progress in the horticulture sector.
• The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) is preparing to host the three-day National Horticultural Fair 2024 at its Hesarghatta campus on the outskirts of Bengaluru.