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 AFFAIRSCLOUD TODAY MAY 4 2020
Current Affairs 4 May 2020
1. Five more States/UTs integrated with ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ platform, taking the total to
17
2. Maharashtra the first state government to announces free and cashless insurance to the people
3. 200 new mandis added to the e-NAM platform from 7 States: Narendra Singh Tomar
4. IIT-Madras Professor & Padma Shri awardee Thalappil Pradeep named for 25th Nikkei Asia
Prizes 2020 in S&T
5. Professor Shobana Narasimhan of JNCASR elected as International Member to American
Academy of Arts and Science
6. Traders’ body CAIT to launch national e-commerce marketplace ‘bharatmarket’ for retail
traders
7. US Scientists discover 1st known aquatic Dinosaur ‘Spinosaurus aegyptiacus’
8. BWF postpones World Championship 2020 to November 2021
9. Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon retires from sport
10. Union Culture Minister released e-book “Prof. B. B. Lal -India Rediscovered” to mark the
centenary year of Prof B. B. Lal

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 NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Five more States/UTs integrated with ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ platform, taking the total to 17
On May 1, 2020, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri RamVilas Paswan approved the
integration of 5 more States and Union Territories under “One Nation One Ration Card” plan with the already 12
existing states taking a total number of states/UTs to 17.

The newly approved states/UTs under this plan are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Dadra &
Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
Already this plan has been initiated in 12 states viz. Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala,
Karnataka Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tripura.
All 17 States/UTs are instructed to formally commence seamless inter-State/national portability operations in a
single cluster w.e.f. May 1, 2020 or at the earliest, depending upon their on-field readiness.
Benefit of One Nation One Ration Card:
With this, the facility of national/inter-State portability will be available for nearly 60 Crore beneficiaries of 17
States/UT under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and they may lift their entitled quota of food grains from any Fair
Price Shop (FPS) anywhere in these 17 States/UT by using their same/existing ration card.
Reason behind the move:
This decision to integrate 5 more states has been taken as per the Supreme Court direction to the Centre for taking
the appropriate decision regarding the implementation of “one nation-one ration card” under the lockdown scenario,
as there have been reports of problems faced by migrant workers in getting subsidised food grains.
About one nation, one ration card:
The scheme announced in June 2019 allows portability of food security benefits across the country from 1st June
2020. This means poor migrant workers or the beneficiaries who are taking food grains under the Public Distribution
System (PDS) will be able to buy subsidized rice and wheat from any ration shop in the country. Simply, it is inter-
state portability of ration cards.
The rest of the country will be included in the portability scheme by June this year.
This will benefit 600 million beneficiaries out of 810 million covered under the Food Security Act, 2013.

Maharashtra the first state government to announces free and cashless insurance to the people
On 1st May 2020, The Health Minister of Maharashtra Rajesh Tope announced that Maharashtra will be the first state
to provide free and cashless insurance protection to the people and the covered under the state governments health

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scheme and for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the private hospitals in Pune and Mumbai the government has
signed an MoU with the General Insurance Public Sector Association(GIPSA).

Key Points:
i.Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope mentioned that the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya
Yojana (MJPJAY) will cover 85% of the population and it will be extended to the remaining 15%.
ii.To include the government, semi-government employees and white ration card holders under the scheme to
prevent private hospitals from overcharging the patients the government has signed a memorandum.
iii.To standardise the treatment fees at all the hospitals different packages will be designed for all diseases.
iv.The Maharashtra government has capped the fees for the treatment of private hospitals based on the Disaster
Management Act and Epidemic Act and the hospitals without the tie-up with the GIPSA to standardise their treatment
fees.
About MJPJAY:
Implemented under the name of Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY) on 1st April 2012 throughout
Maharashtra in a phase manner for 4 years period. On 13th April 2012 the name of the scheme is changed to
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY).
CEO– Dr. Sudhakar Shinde
Deputy CEO– Jyotsna Padiyar

200 new mandis added to the e-NAM platform from 7 States: Narendra Singh Tomar

On May 1, 2020 The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has added 200 new
mandis to the e-National Agriculture Market(e-NAM) platform from 7 States & stated that by May 2020 there will be

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around 1,000 Mandis joining the e-NAM platform for marketing of Agricultural produce at a function in Krishi
Bhawan through video conference.
Key Points
i.Live trading between mandis from Kurnool and Hubli in groundnuts and maize took place
ii.The 200 markets integrated with the e-NAM platform are: Andhra Pradesh (11 mandis), Gujarat (25 mandis),
Odisha (16 mandis), Rajasthan (94 mandis), Tamil Nadu (27 mandis), Uttar Pradesh (25 mandis) & Karnataka (02
mandis).
iii.Currently there are 585 e-NAM mandis in 16 States and 02 Union Territories on adding the new mandis it will
come to the total of 785.
iv.It is the 1st milestone achieved in the path of integrating 415 new markets across the country & is the 1st time
Karnataka is added to the list of e-NAM States.
v.It has gained more strength by reaching out to more farmers & traders of these new mandis, aiming to reach the last
mile farmer and change the way they sell agricultural produce.
e-NAM integrated with UMP
For the 1st time in India 2 different e-trading platforms e-NAM & Unified Market Platform(UMP) of Karnataka’s
Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS), an e-trading platform promoted by the Karnataka State Agriculture Marketing
Board for Agri commodities of the scale will be made interoperable
Benefits
Facilitate traders across both platforms & e-NAM to execute flawless trading in both the platforms by using Single
Sign On framework.
Help farmers of Karnataka to sell their produce to a large number of traders registered with e-NAM and even farmers
from e-NAM mandis in other States will be able to sell their produce to Karnataka traders who are enrolled with
ReMS platform of Karnataka & will promote inter-State trade between the States on-boarded on e-NAM platform &
Karnataka.
Highlights of e-NAM
As of 30th April 2020, total trade volume of 3.41 Crore MT & 37 Lakh numbers (Bamboo & Coconut) collectively
worth approximately Rs 1 lakh crore have been recorded on e-NAM platform.
1.66 Crore Farmers & 1.28 lakh traders have registered on e-NAM platform, currently there are more than 1,000
Farmers Producer Organisations(FPOs) on-boarded on e-NAM platform.
It facilitates trade beyond mandi/ state borders. A total of 233 mandis have participated in inter- mandi trade within
12 States, where 13 States/UTs have participated in the inter-state trading on e-NAM platform which allows farmers
to interact directly with distantly located traders.
Participants
The Ministers of State(MoS) for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Parshottan Rupala & Kailash Choudhary, Secretary
of Department Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare(AC&FW), Sanjay Agarwal, and senior officers of the
Ministry.
Few launches by the ministry to tackle COVID-19:
i.2 modules: FPO module- To help the farmer members of FPO to trade from their collection center; Warehouse
module- farmers can sell their stored produce in Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority(WDRA)
registered warehouses, which are declared as deemed mandi by States.
Aim– To help farmers to sell their produce without bringing them to mandi
ii.“Kisan Rath” mobile app to help farmers to find suitable transport vehicles/tractors to carry their produce to
nearby mandi and warehouse etc.
Constituency of Ministers:
Narendra Singh Tomar- Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Parshottan Rupala- Gujarat
Kailash Choudhary- Baytoo, Rajasthan

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 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
IIT-Madras Professor & Padma Shri awardee Thalappil Pradeep named for 25th Nikkei Asia Prizes
2020 in S&T
A faculty member at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras and Padma Shri awardee Professor Thalappil
Pradeep has been conferred with the 25th Nikkei Asia Prizes (2020) in Science and Technology (S&T) category in
recognition of his pioneering work in nanotechnology-based water purification.

Prof T. Pradeep is Institute Professor and Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor at the Department of Chemistry,
IIT Madras and honoured with Padma Shri award in January 2020.
The prize includes a cash component of 3 Million Yen and an award certificate and is scheduled to be awarded in
Tokyo, Japan later 2020.
It should be noted that Nikkei Asia Prizes are awarded in three categories. The winners of 2020 of each category are
as follows:

25th Nikkei Asia Prize Winners 2020

Category Winner

Economic and Business Innovation Mr. Anthony Tan (CEO,Grab,Malaysia)

Ms. Tan Hooi Ling
(Co-Founder,Grab,Malaysia)

Science and Technology

Dr. Thalappil Pradeep
Institute Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Culture and Community Mr. Ram Prasad Kadel

Founder Music Museum of Nepal, Nepal

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About Prof T. Pradeep
Prof T. Pradeep & his team have developed nanotechnology-enabled water filters which provide clean water at a cost
of just 2 paisa per litre in India. His involvement in the development of affordable technologies for drinking water
purification has benefitted more than one crore Indians.
He is also an author of over 470 scientific papers in journals and is an inventor of 110 patents or patent applications.
He developed pesticide removal technology which is estimated to have reached about 9 million people.
His arsenic removal technology, approved for national implementation, is delivering arsenic free water to about one
million people every day.
Along with his associates, he has incubated five companies and three of them have production units.
In 2018, he was awarded with the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize in Chemistry.
About Nikkei Asia Prizes
First Presented in 1996 by Japan, these annual awards recognize individuals who contribute towards sustainable
development and to the creation of a better future in Asia.
Past awardees from India include Dr. Manmohan Singh, Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Prof. C. N. R. Rao, Ms. Kiran
Majumdar-Shaw, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Mr. Nandan Nilekani and Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, among others.
Click Here for Official Site
About IIT Madras:
Director– Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi
Location– Chennai, Tamil Nadu

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Professor Shobhana Narasimhan of JNCASR elected as International Member to American Academy
of Arts and Science
On 1st May 2020, Professor Shobhana Narasimha head of the Computational Nanoscience group from the Theoretical
Science Unit(TSU), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research(JNCASR), an autonomous institute
under the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India has been elected as an International
Honorary Member to the American Academy of Arts and Science.

Key Points:
i.Prof. Shobana Narasimhan worked on the rational design of nanomaterials, examining how the lowering of
dimensionality and reduction of size affect material properties.
ii.She actively promotes the women in STEM in India and abroad. And has been co-organizing Career Development
Workshops for Women in Physics since 2013 at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics(ICTP),
Trieste, Italy and ICTP-EAIFR,Kigali, Rwanda.
iii.She was a member of the National Task Force on Women in Science, and the Standing Committee on Women in
Science of the Government of India to advise the government on promoting the cause of women scientists.

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Achievements:
i.She became a fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India in 2011
ii.She won the Stree Shakti Samman Science Award in 2010 and the Kalpana Chawla Women Scientist Award of the
Government of Karnataka in 2010.
Studies:
She completed her Masters in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Bombay in 1996 and PhD in
Physics from Harvard University under the supervision of Prof.David Vanderbilt.
About American Academy of Arts and Science:
Chair of the Board– Nancy C.Andrews(Duke University School of Medicine)
President– David W. Oxtoby (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Vice Chair of the Board– Diane P.Wood(U.S. Court of Appeals)
Location– Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Founded in– 1780

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Traders’ body CAIT to launch national e-commerce marketplace ‘bharatmarket’ for retail traders
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the leading advocate for small traders and businesses in India, in
association with several technology partners, will soon launch a national e-commerce
marketplace ‘bharatmarket’ (www.bharatemarket.in) for all retail traders in India, who have served Indian
consumers for years.

Key Points:
i.Bharatmarket: CAIT will combine the capabilities of various technology companies in this marketplace. So that it can
integrate the logistics and supply chain across the country through this portal including delivery of goods at the home
of consumers from manufacturers.
ii.Aim:
CAIT has pledged to connect 95% of India’s retail business in this marketplace with the initial collaboration of DPIIT
(Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade), Ministry of Commerce and Industry to implement the
Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India and Digital Payments.
It also aims to enroll about 1 Crore Retailers on this eMarketplace in very quick time and make it the world’s largest
and most unique eMarketplace ever.
iii.Active support: CAIT first started this program as a pilot, initially distributing essential commodities in 6 cities. It
included the cities of Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur and Bengaluru. All these cities got
tremendous support from retailers and consumers. Encouraged by this, it has reached more than 90 cities in the last
two weeks.

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About Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT):
Location– New Delhi
Secretary General– Praveen Khandelwal
National President– BC Bhartia
About Ministry of Commerce and Industry:
Headquarters– New Delhi
Union Minister– Piyush Goyal

ENVIRONMENT
US Scientists discover 1st known aquatic Dinosaur ‘Spinosaurus aegyptiacus’
A team of scientists from various Universities of US(United States) have discovered a carnivorous (meat
eating) swimming dinosaur named “Spinosaurus aegyptiacus” at the Kem Kem region of the Moroccan Sahara
in North Africa.

Key Points:
i.About Spinosaurus aegyptiacus:
Unlike other theropod dinosaurs, the 50-feet (15 meters) long Spinosaurus used its tail for swimming to actively hunt
for prey in rivers. By the end of the tail, it has bony bumps that help adjacent vertebrae disappear & assist the tail’s tip
move back and forth in a way that would propel through water.
Lived about 95 million years ago (Cretaceous period), spinosaurus was even longer than an adult Tyrannosaurus rex
(T-rex).
ii.Discovery:
Scientists used a flexible model to quantitatively assess the performance of the tail &they attached it to a robotic
system that mimics swimming movements.
After that, they compared the swimming performance of the model Spinosaurus tail to those from crocodiles, newts
and other dinosaurs, which gave consistent results.
iii.Benefit: The new findings help scientists a deeper understanding of the appearance, lifestyle and capabilities of the
longest meat-eating dinosaur on record.
iv.Journal: The discovery supported by assistance from the National Geographic Society, is published in the journal
Nature. Lead author of the study was Nizar Ibrahim, US based University of Detroit Mercy paleontologist and
anatomist.

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 SPORTS
BWF postpones World Championship 2020 to November 2021
On 1st May 2020, The Badminton World Federation (BWF) postponed Badminton World Championship 2020 to the
November 29 to December 5,2021 which is traditionally held in August. The tournament will take place at the
Caroline Marin Stadium, Huelva, Spain.

Key Points:
i.The BWF and Spanish Badminton Federation (Federacion Espanola de Badminton – FESBA) confirms the reschedule
of the Badminton World Championship and assures that the Olympic badminton competition and the World
Championships will be conducted with equal fairness.
ii.The BWF announced the schedule for the tournaments to take place in May, June and July which were the qualifiers
for the Olympic 2020 were all suspended and are now scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
iii.Poul-Erik Hoyer the President of BWF declared that the potential procedure for the Olympic and therefore the
Paralympic Games and the World Championships will be made in the future.
About FESBA:
President– David Cabello Manrique
General Secretary– Dolores Moreno Cope
Sports Director– David Serrano Vilchez
Headquarters– Madrid, Spain
About BWF:
President– Poul-Erik Hoyer
Founded– 1934
Headquarters– Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon retires from sport

On April 31, 2020 United Kingdom’s(English/England) former world snooker champion Peter David Ebdon
(49) announced his retirement from a 29 years career in the sport to avoid having to undergo spinal surgery.
Has chosen to end his career rather than have spinal surgery after suffering from neck, back, shoulder and arm pain
Achievements
i.Won the 2002 world championship, beating Stephen Hendry in a 18-17 final thriller, reached the 1996 and 2006
finals(runner-up), 2006 Maplin Electronics UK Championship, UK Championship runner-up in 1995.
ii.Hit two maximum breaks in his career but remarkably not since 1992, 1st- came a year earlier at the Strachan
Professional, 2nd- the 1992 UK Championship which earned him World Professional Billiards and Snooker
Association(WPBSA’s) Newcomer of the Year award.
iii.Became the 1st to make 4-century breaks in five frames, in the European Open qualifying competition at Blackpool
on 6 Sep 1992 & is one of 9 players to win both the World and the UK Championships.

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iv.Other ranking titles- 1993 Grand Prix, 1997 Thailand Open, 2000 British Open, 2001 Regal Scottish Open, 2004

Citywest Irish Masters, 2009 Bank of Beijing World Snooker China Open, 2012 Bank of Beijing China Open. Runner-
up- in the 1994 Dubai Classic, 1996 European Open, 1999 British Open, 2001 LG Cup, 2012 Australian Open, 2018
Paul Hunter Classic.
v.Achieved a career high world ranking of number 3 during the 1996-1997 season and 2002-2003 season.
Gist about Peter Edbon
He was born on 27 August 1970,Islington, is nicknamed as ‘The Force’, his last victory came at a ranking event at the
2012 China Open. Last match was at December’s German Masters qualifiers, after which he subsequently pulled out
of several ranking events because of injury.
About WPBSA:
It is the world governing body for the sports of snooker and billiards
Formed– 1968
Headquarters– Bristol, England
Chairman– Jason Ferguson(one of Playing director)

BOOKS & AUTHORS

Union Culture Minister released e-book “Prof. B. B. Lal -India Rediscovered” to mark the centenary
year of Prof B. B. Lal

On May 2, 2020, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Culture Minister, released an e-book “Prof. B. B. Lal- India
Rediscovered” in New Delhi, on the occasion of centenary year (100th birthday) of the great archaeologist Professor
Braj Basi Lal. Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Culture was also present on this occasion.

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Key Points:
i.About the book: The centenary special edition book was prepared by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with
Prof B B Lal Centenary Celebration Committee for his immense contribution to the field of archaeology over 5
decades.
ii.On this occasion, Shri Prahlad Singh also added that Prof Lal is a precious gem of Indian archaeology who
rediscovered civilizational India buried under the colonial past. He is a living legend and an eternal inspiration not
only for archaeologists but also for every citizen of India.
iii.About Prof B.B. Lal: Prof Lal was born on May 2, 1921, in Baidora village, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh (UP). Prof
Lal was trained by Sir Mortimer Wheeler at Taxila in 1944 and later joined the Archaeological Survey of India.
iv.Works of Lal: He excavated several important landmark sites including Hastinapura (U.P.), Sisupalgarh (Orissa),
Purana Qila (Delhi), Kalibangan (Rajasthan). From 1975-76 onwards, he investigated sites like Ayodhya, Bharadvaja
Ashrama, Sringaverapura, Nandigrama and Chitrakoota under the Archaeology of Ramayana Sites.
v.Positions of Lal: He served as the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1968 to 1972
and has served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Prof Lal also
served on various UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) committees.
vi.Awards: B.B. Lal received the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 2000.
vii.Lal has authored 20 books and over 150 research articles on various national and international journals.
About Archaeological Survey of India (ASI):
The Archaeological Survey of India is an Indian government agency attached to the Ministry of Culture that is
responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural monuments in the country.
It was founded in 1861 by Alexander-Cunningham who also became its first Director-General.
Headquarters– New Delhi.
Director General– Usha Sharma.

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