Fast Track series for RBI Gr B and NABARD Gr A 2019

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Fast Track series for RBI Gr B and NABARD Gr A 2019

What will this series cover?

Economics and Social Issues (ESI) Current Finance Current Affairs for RBI and
Affairs for RBI and NABARD 2019 NABARD 2019

Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD)

in news for NABARD 2019 Covered separately in ARD in news videos

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 Fast Track series for RBI Gr B and NABARD Gr A 2019
Our results

RBI Gr B 2017 27 got selected in the final list

26 got selected in the final list

NABARD Gr A 2018
(Total generalist seats – 46)

RBI Gr B 2018 280 selections is Phase 2

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 TOPIC

ESI in news

November 10th to 12th (2018)

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 ADB Agreement
➢ EESL and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for a Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant of USD 13
million to establish an Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund (EERF)

➢ The aim is to support investments in new, innovative and scalable business models

➢ Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund (EERF) will boost four of EESL’s existing technologies : street lighting, domestic lighting,
five-star rated ceiling fans and agricultural pumps

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➢ INSPIRE 2018 has been organized in collaboration with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), The Energy & Resources
Institute (TERI), Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the
Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)

➢ The event brings together various stakeholders to deliberate on key energy policies, market transformation strategies,
and sustainable business models that will help leverage the full potential of energy efficiency and bring its multiple co-
benefits to the fore

➢ During INSPIRE 2018, EESL and GAIL have signed an MoU to develop natural gas based cogeneration and
trigeneration projects in Commercial & Industrial Sectors in India

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➢ The first unit of the device provides storage facility with temperature ranging between four and 10 degree Celsius ,
was deployed at a farm near Chennai
➢ Vegetables, leaves, flowers and fruits can be stored for 24 hours in the device
➢ Each device would be enough for 5 or 6 acres of land or for a group of three to four farmers
➢ Each unit would cost between Rs 5.5 to Rs 6 lakh and storage capacity could be scaled down based on requirement

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✓ According the report, each year more than half of all globally-produced fruits and vegetables are lost or wasted

✓ FAO has urged policymakers to reduce food loss and waste to improve access to nutritious and healthy food as it
concluded that regularly eating poor-quality food has become a greater public health threat than malaria,
tuberculosis or measles

✓ Approximately one-third of food produced for human consumption never reaches the consumer's plate or bowl

✓ Nutrient-rich foods, such as fruits, vegetables, seafood and meats are highly perishable, rendering them
susceptible to losses throughout increasingly complex food production systems

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 MCQs

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 MCQs
Q1. International Symposium to promote innovation and research in energy
efficiency (INSPIRE) 2018 has been organized recently by EESL in collaboration
with which of the following?

a) WEF

b) NDB

c) World Bank

d) GCF

e) GEF

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Q2. Energy efficiency revolving fund (EERF) is going to be established to support EESL
in India has been granted funds by which of the following?

a) World Bank

b) Green Climate Fund

c) Asian Development Bank

d) Green Environment Facility

e) All of the above

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Q3. A portable cold storage device has been recently in news. It has been developed by
which of the following Institutes?

a) IISC Bangalore

b) IIT Madras

c) IIT Bombay

d) Delhi Technical University

e) IIT Kanpur

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Q4. Child stunting is an important indicator of the mortality of children under the age of
5 .What is the percentage of stunted children in India?

a) 39

b) 42

c) 36

d) 28

e) 25

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 MCQs
Solutions

Q1. - c

Q2. - d

Q3. - b

Q4. - a

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