Optimum Daily Current Affairs 1st -2nd January By Karan Sinha

1. Recently as per report _________ edition of Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be held at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University in
Maharashtra.
A. 101st
B. 108th
C. 112th
D. 115th
E. 106th

 The 108th Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be held at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur
University in Maharashtra.
 The 108th Indian Science Congress (ISC) focuses on ways to increase the representation of women in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
 Also provide them with equal access to STEM education, research and economic participation.
 This year’s theme: Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment.
 A special programme to showcase the contribution of women in science and technology.
 Children’s Science Congress - To help stimulate scientific interest and temperament among children.
 Farmer’s Science Congress – To provide a platform to improve the bio-economy and attract youth to
agriculture.
 Tribal Science Congress – Acts as a platform for scientific display of indigenous ancient knowledge
system and practice, along with focusing on the empowerment of tribal women.
 The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a professional body under Department of science and
technology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
 The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) organizes the annual Indian Science Congress.
 The Indian Science Congress was first held in 1914.

2. Consider the following statement regarding Free Foodgrain Scheme under National Food Security Act
(NFSA) during 2023. Which of the following statement is correct ?
1. Centre decided to provide 5 kg of free food grains per month for the 81 crore beneficiaries of the
National Food Security Act (NFSA) during 2023.
2. This will soften the blow of the termination of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
(PMGKAY).
3. Rather than charging an amount of Rs.3 for a kg of rice, Rs.2 for a kg of wheat and Rs.1 for a kg of
coarse cereal the government will give them at free of cost.
4. Only 1 and 2
5. All of the above are correct

 The Centre decided to provide 5 kg of free food grains per month for the 81 crore beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) during 2023.
 Rather than charging an amount of Rs.3 for a kg of rice, Rs.2 for a kg of wheat and Rs.1 for a kg of coarse cereal the government will give them at free of
cost.
 This will soften the blow of the termination of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
 The scheme has provided an additional 5 kg of free grains every month to NFSA beneficiaries after being launched as an emergency measure in response
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 The new integrated scheme will subsume two current food subsidy schemes of the Department of Food and Public Distribution
 Food Subsidy to Food Corporation of India (FCI) for NFSA, and
 Food Subsidy for decentralized procurement states, dealing with procurement, allocation and delivery of free food grains to the states under NFSA.
 In a normal year, without COVID disruptions, the Centre’s food subsidy bill on account of the NFSA amounted to ₹2 lakh crore.
 The PMGKAY effectively doubled that sum for the past two years.
 Now that the Centre plans to give free food grains under the NFSA for a year, it will spend an additional ₹15,000 crore to ₹16,000 crore on that.
 However, the Centre will save around ₹2 lakh crore by ending the PMGKAY scheme.

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 Overall, the move will relieve a
major burden on the Union Budget.
 The annual food grain requirement
for the NFSA is about 520 lakh
tonnes, while the PMGKAY required
an additional 480 lakh tonnes.
 The difference comes from the fact
that the poorest families coming
under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana
category received 35 kg a family
every month under the NFSA, but
received 5 kg per person under the
PMGKAY.
 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna
Yojana (PMGKAY)- In April 2020, the
Union government announced the
Yojana under which an extra 5 kg of
free food grains (wheat or rice) was
provided per person, per month to all
families holding a ration card in
addition to the NFSA entitlement.
 Therefore, ration card holders were
entitled to 10 kg ration per person.
 It was initially launched for three
months from April 2020 till June 2020
(Phase I) and then extended several
times. It is in its final, seventh phase
now and will end on 31st December,
2022.
 The scheme covered about 35 crore
people over a span of 2 years.

3. Recently as per report Government

will launch the Digital India
Innovation Fund to support which of
the following ?
A. Tech Startups
B. Rural Development
C. Rural Education
D. Women Enterpreneurs
E. All of the above

 The government will launch a Digital India Innovation Fund which will support
deep tech startups.
 Deep technology (deep tech) or hard tech is a classification of organisation, or
more typically startup company, with the expressed objective of providing
technology solutions based on substantial scientific or engineering challenges.
 India had over 3,000 deep-tech start-ups, dabbling in new-age technologies like
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things, Big Data,
quantum computing, robotics, etc., at the end of 2021.
 India’s deep-tech ecosystem has grown 53% in the last decade and is now at
par with that in developed economies like the US, China, Israel, and Europe.
 From drone delivery and cold chain management to climate action and clean energy, deep-tech start-ups are making their presence felt across sectors.
 Bengaluru accounts for 25-30% of India’s deep-tech start-ups, followed by Delhi-NCR (15-20%) and Mumbai (10-12%). Overall, the share of deep-tech
start-ups in India’s overall entrepreneurial ecosystem stands at 12% now.

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4. Recently as per ‘Global Firepower (GFP) annual defense review’, India is ranked __________ for the year 2022 with a strength of 45 lakhs of active
military manpower.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
E. 7th

 As per the ‘Global Firepower

(GFP) annual defense review’,
India’s performance in 2022 is
as follows-:
 With a strength of 45 lakhs of active military manpower, India is ranked fourth for the year 2022 as per the report.
 A total of 140 countries were considered.
 Each country is evaluated on a multitude of factors related to a prolonged offensive or defensive military campaign and the GFP list was compiled on the
basis of the ‘PwrIndx rating’.
 India holds a power index score of 0.0979.
 The country’s total aircraft strength is 2,182, which includes both fixed-wing and rotorcraft platforms from all branches of services. India has 12,000
armoured vehicles and 4,614 tanks.
 The armed forces started procurement of a significant number of military platforms and weapons including light tanks, anti-ship missiles, long-range
guided bombs, futuristic infantry combat vehicles, mounted gun systems and different types of drones.
 India tested a ballistic missile fired from its first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arihant which was seen as a major milestone to further boost
the country's strategic strike capabilities.
 India has become only the sixth country, alongside the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China and France, to have nuclear-powered submarines
armed with ballistic missiles.
 In December, India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5 which can strike targets at ranges up to 5,000 km.
 The Agni-5 project is aimed at boosting India's nuclear deterrence against China which is known to have missiles like Dongfeng-41 having ranges between
12,000-15,000 km.
 Agni-V can bring almost the entire Asia including the northernmost part of China as well as some regions in Europe under its striking range.
 India also carried out a test firing of the extended-range version of the Brahmos missile, the Prithvi-II missile, the Agni-4, Agni-3 and Helina missiles.
 In September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India's first indigenously-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (IAC I) that made the country part of
an elite group of nations capable of manufacturing aircraft carriers above the 40,000 tonnes category.
 The Indian Air Force (IAF) inducted the first fleet of indigenously-built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), 'Prachand', 23 years after the need for such a lethal
platform for mountain warfare was felt following the Kargil conflict with Pakistan.
 The defence ministry also rolled out the 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme with an aim to bring down the age profile of the armed forces and make them
more agile.
 Gen Anil Chauhan became India's new Chief of Defence Staff with a mandate to implement the ambitious catheterisation plan that aims to ensure tri-
services synergy and prepare the armed forces for future security challenges facing the nation.
 In a boost to India's focus on defence indigenisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in Vadodara for the production of European
C-295 military transport aircraft on October 30.

5. In December as per report ____________ government’s plan to create a women-friendly tourism network in the State, to redress the gender balance in
the tourism enterprise of ‘Aymanam’ by showcasing women’s talent.
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Odisha
C. Kerala
D. Karnataka
E. Andhra Pradesh

 In line with the Kerala government’s plan to

create a women-friendly tourism network in
the State, authorities have embarked on a
plan to redress the gender balance in the

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 tourism enterprise of ‘Aymanam’ by
showcasing women’s talent.
 The plan envisages turning the village into a hub of women-friendly destinations in Kottayam, which extends across a vast area from Kumarakom to
Maravanthuruthu.
 A model Responsible Tourism (RT) village in Kottayam is set to include women across the state of Kerala to become part of it.
 Its Objective is establishment of women-friendly networks that give women an equal voice in tourism is one of the key benchmarks for achieving the
status of a model RT destination.
 The village has also been included in the Agri Street project in the State.

6. Recently as per report proportion of women workers participating in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
has touched a ten-year high in the ongoing financial year to __________% of the workers.
A. 54.9 %
B. 47.8 %
C. 57.8 %
D. 56.7 %
E. 59.6 %

 The proportion of women workers

participating in the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme (MGNREGS) has touched a ten-year
high in the ongoing financial year.
 According to the latest statistics 57.8% of
the workers who used the scheme this year
were women, their highest level of
participation since 2012-13.
 Out of the 15 States (Kerala, Bihar, Tamil
Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka,
Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Odisha,
Jharkhand, Assam, Gujarat and Uttar
Pradesh) being surveyed, 14 States reported
an upward trend in women’s participation
except Kerala.
 The drop in Kerala is miniscule. For the last
five years, in Kerala and Tamil Nadu,
women’s share in the MGNREGA workforce
has been hovering between 85-90%.
 The proportion of women workers in Bihar grew 3.7 percentage points this year, while UP saw a 3.3 percentage
point hike.
 Despite this, U.P. has participation in MGNREGS around 37%.
 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme (MNREGS) is Indian legislation enacted on August 25, 2005.
 The MGNREGA provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to
do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage.
 The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Govt of India is monitoring the entire implementation of this scheme in association with state governments.

7. Recently as per report most Central government offices are expected to go fully digital by the end of February 2023.
E-Office is designed and developed by which of the following ?
A. National Informatics Centre
B. Information & Public Relations Department
C. All India Institute of Medical Sciences
D. IIT Madras
E. IIT Delhi

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 As most Central government offices are expected to go fully digital by the end of
February 2023, several security measures have been put in place to avoid any
cybersecurity incidents such as the recent cyber and ransomware attack at the All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
 E-Office is designed and developed by National Informatics Centre, Ministry of
Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY).
 E-Office is a cloud enabled software that can be deployed/hosted in any data
centre or in any cloud identified by the organization.
 NIC team shall help the organization in setting up of e-Office environment, master
data preparation and in initial rollout.
 The e-Office aims to support Governance by ushering in more effective and
transparent inter and Intra-Government processes. The vision of e-Office is to
achieve a simplified, responsive, effective and transparent working of all
Government Offices.
 The Open Architecture on which e-Office has been built, makes it a reusable
framework and a standard reusable product amenable to replication across the
Governments, at the Central, State and District levels.
 e-office is for unclassified files with two-factor authentication and is not available
on the Internet, but on NICNET. It has mandatory features of authentication of
documents with digitally signed certificates and e-signatures.
 So far, 74 ministries and departments have migrated to e-office version 7.0.
 CERT-In is an organisation of the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology, Government of India, with the objective of securing Indian
cyberspace.

8. Recently as per report India and _______ signed an agreement on

“Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement” (MMPA) on 2
January 2023.
A. Japan
B. Austria
C. Indonesia
D. Sri Lanka
E. Maldives

 India and Austria will sign five agreements on 02 January 2023.

 One of these five agreements is an agreement on 'migration and mobility'. India will
sign a “Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement” (MMPA) with
Austria on 2 January 2023.
 The second agreement is on the ‘Working Holiday’ program. This will enable Indian
students in Austria to work for 6 months.
 The agreement on migration and mobility will benefit students, academics,
professionals and business people in Austria.
 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is on a trip to Cyprus and Austria.
 This is the first trip to Austria by an Indian Foreign Minister in 27 years.
 Mr. Jaishankar and Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg also held a
meeting with Foreign Ministers of Czech and Slovakia, under the “Slavkov” trilateral
format for the Central European countries.
 Its capital is Vienna and currency is Euro.

9. Recently as per report Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has taken oath as the 39th president of
_________ after the 2022 general election.
A. Iran
B. Italy
C. Brazil
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 D. France
E. Japan

 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has taken oath as the 39th president of Brazil
after the 2022 general election.
 Lula defeated Jair Bolsonaro in October. He will start 3rd presidential
term.
 Lula has returned to power after corruption allegations that led to his
imprisonment for a year and a half.
 Lula governed Brazil for two consecutive terms between 2003 and
2010.
 It is the largest country in South America. It is the fifth-largest country
in the world by area.
 Its capital is Brasilia and the currency is the Brazilian Real. It is a
federal presidential constitutional republic.

10. In December as per report ___________ won all three world chess
championship titles for third time in his career as he won World Rapid
and World Blitz chess titles in Almaty.
A. Magnus Carlsen
B. Aravindh Chithambaram
C. R Praggnanandhaa
D. D Gukesh
E. Nihil Saran

 Magnus Carlsen wins all three world chess championship titles. He has won all three world chess championship titles for third time in his career.
 He achieved this feat by winning both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles in Almaty.
 No other player has ever won the Rapid and Blitz titles in the same year.
 Carlsen won the World Classical Championship in November 2021 by defeating grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi.
 According to the International Chess Federation, his 2882 rating in 2014 is the highest in the history of chess.
 He has currently 2859 rating in classic and 2839 rating in rapid.
 Carlsen became the youngest person to be ranked number one in the world in 2010.
 Gambit, move, Stalemate, Check, Grand master, Castling, etc. are some important terms related to Chess.

11. Recently as per report Koustav Chatterjee has became India’s ________ Grandmaster.
A. 76th
B. 77th
C. 78th
D. 79th
E. 80th

 Koustav Chatterjee became India’s 78th Grandmaster in MPL 59th National Senior Chess
Championship in New Delhi.
 Koustav earned his maiden GM-norm in 2021 October at Sheikh Russel GM 2021 in Bangladesh.
 He got his second GM norm at the Asian championship in the first week of November 2022. He
crossed FIDE rating 2500 in August.
 Koustav hailing from Kolkata becomes West Bengal’s tenth Grandmaster. Koustav has managed
his chess and studies well on his journey from IM to GM title.

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12. Recently as per report Pritzker Prize laureate Arata Isozaki passed away in december. He hails from which of the following country ?
A. Singapore
B. Japan
C. China
D. South Korean
E. Bhutan

 2019 Pritzker Prize laureate Arata Isozaki passed away.

 As one of the first Japanese architects to work globally, his prolific career spanned more than six decades, with over 100 completed buildings erected in
Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australia.
 The Sidra tree-inspired Qatar National Convention Center in Doha and the Palau Saint Jordi arena, created for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, are
among his best-known works.
 Isozaki was born in Oita, Japan in 1931.
 In 2019, Isozaki became the seventh Asian architect to win the Prizker Prize, or the industry's "Nobel," in a ten-year period. The jury pointed to the
architect's first international commission, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, as particularly noteworthy.
 Among many accolades, he was also awarded the prestigious RIBA gold medal for architecture in 1986 and the Leone d'Oro at the Venice Architecture
Biennale in 1996.

13. In December as per report ____________has created a ‘centre of excellence’ at a campus unit set up by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) to develop advanced technologies for national defence and security.
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Kanpur
D. IIT Ropar
E. IIT Bomaby

 IIT-Madras has created a ‘centre of excellence’ at a campus unit set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop
advanced technologies for national defence and security.
 The interdisciplinary research group will bring in faculty and researchers from multiple departments for translational research.
 Called ‘DRDO Industry Academia-Ramanujan Centre of Excellence’ (DIA-RCoE), it will also work towards the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ goal in the defence
sector.
 It will provide a first-of-its-kind opportunity for start-ups and MSMEs to participate in this critical nation-building activity, he said.
 Set up under the ‘long-term directed research policy’ of the Defence Ministry, the centre will undertake basic and applied research in verticals like
electronics and computational systems; naval systems and naval technologies; advanced combat vehicle technologies; high-power CW laser sources; and
next-generation communication and networking technologies.

14. Recently as per report Payments transactions via the UPI (Unified
Payments Interface) network surged 7.7 per cent on-month to high of
____________lakh crore in December.
A. ₹14.9 lakh crore
B. ₹12.8 lakh crore
C. ₹11.6 lakh crore
D. ₹14.5 lakh crore
E. ₹13.2 lakh crore

 Payments transactions via the UPI (Unified Payments Interface) network

surged 7.7 per cent on-month to high of ₹12.8-lakh crore in December
against a drop of 1.7 per cent in November.
 The volume of transactions, too, rose by a sharp 7.1 per cent to ₹783
crore during the month, according to data by NPCI (National Payments
Corporation of India).

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 As a result, the UPI network ended 2022 with a growth of 90 per cent in the volume of transactions and a 76 per cent rise in the value of transactions
over the year-ago period.
 The network processed around 7,404 crore transactions worth ₹126-lakh crore compared with 3,800 crore transactions worth ₹72-lakh crore in 2021.
 For FY23 so far, the network has seen 5,949 crore transactions worth ₹99.8-lakh crore. In comparison, UPI had processed 4,597 crore transactions
amounting to ₹84-lakh crore in FY22.
 On the other hand, data by NPCI showed that transactions via the AePS (Aadhar-enabled payments service) platform fell to ₹25,972 crore in December
from ₹26,058 crore in the previous month, and also lower than ₹31,113 crore registered in October.
 In terms of volume, the number of AePS transactions fell to a multi-month low of 9.5 crore from 9.6 crore in November and 11.8 crore in October.

15. Recently as per report ____________app won Google Play’s Best of 2022 Award.
A. Riafy Technologies
B. GoMechanic Riafy Technologies
C. Niyo
D. VineHealth
E. Dataships

 The outgoing year gifted Riafy Technologies with a milestone achievement, as users chose the company’s novel
app as their ‘favourite’, finding ‘Dance Workout for Weight Loss’ among Google Play’s Best of 2022 Awards.
 The app provides original and customised ways to support people in maintaining their physical and mental fitness.
With a creative solution to add fun to daily workouts, it mixes dance with a workout routine, guaranteeing a
holistic experience.
 Riafy is being incubated under Kerala Startup Mission, the nodal agency of the government for entrepreneurship
development and incubation activities in the State.
 The app, available in 11 languages, is used by lakhs of users in 176 countries. With the ‘pandemic pounds’
phenomenon, several individuals suffered from acute weight problems and associated health issues, unable to
access fitness regimes.
 The award, which was announced in September at the Google Developer summit in Bengaluru, was given over to
the company at the Global Huddle meet in Thiruvananthapuram recently.
 Company’s Co-founder and CEO John Mathew.
 The company was the first Indian developer to be featured at Google I/O, the world’s largest Android conference (2015), and has since been showcased
for four consecutive years. Riafy’s consumer-end products are used by 45 million people in 160 countries and 27 global languages.

16. Recently as per report by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) India's unemployment rate rose to the highest in _________ months at 8.30 per
cent in December.
A. 12 months
B. 16 months
C. 19 months
D. 9 months
E. 7 months

 India's unemployment rate rose to 8.30 per cent in December, the highest in 16 months, from 8
per cent in the previous month, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
 The urban unemployment rate rose to 10.09 per cent in December from 8.96 per cent in the
previous month, while the rural unemployment rate slipped to 7.44 per cent from 7.55 per cent,
the data showed.
 The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) is an independent private limited entity that
serves both as an economic think-tank as well as a business information company.
 Headquarters- Mumbai, India, Chairman- Mahesh Vyas.

17. Recently SEBI has levied a penalty of ___________ lakh each on DSP Investment Managers and
DSP Trustee for bearing extra expense ratio of its DSP Nifty 50 ETF on its books.

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 A. Rs 1 Lakh
B. Rs 2 Lakh
C. Rs 3 Lakh
D. Rs 4 Lakh
E. Rs 5 Lakh

 Market regulator SEBI has levied a penalty of ₹1 lakh each on DSP Investment Managers and
DSP Trustee for bearing extra expense ratio of its DSP Nifty 50 ETF on its books.
 DSP Mutual Fund in its compliance test report for the March quarter and Half Yearly Trustee
Report ended March informed SEBI that the total expense as a percentage to average asset
under management (AUM) was higher than the total expense ratio (TER) charged to the
scheme (DSP Nifty 50 ETF); the excess expenses were borne by DSP Investment Managers. The
reason for the AMC bearing the excess expenses is the competitive market. Increasing of TER
would have restricted the ability to increase the scheme’s AUM.
 The AMC has violated SEBI circular which requires all scheme-related expenses to necessarily be paid from the scheme only within the regulatory limits
and not from the books of the AMC, its associate, sponsor, trustee or any other entity through any route.

18. Recently seen in news Pokhara International Airport is situated in which of the following country ?
A. India
B. Bangladesh
C. Pakistan
D. Nepal
E. Bhutan

 As Pokhara International Airport, a national pride project of Nepal, was inaugurated, Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal laid emphasis on its
contribution to national and regional development.
 A Buddha Air flight carrying the prime minister was saluted with water cannon when it landed at the new airport.
 Pokhara is a popular tourist destination in central Nepal.
 The Pokhara airport, a 4D-standard facility, was contracted with loan from the Export-Import Bank of China (China EXIM Bank) by China CAMC
Engineering Co., Ltd., a company directly affiliated with China National Machinery Industry Corporation which ranks among the top 500 enterprises in the
world. The construction started in July 2017.
 The new airport in Pokhara, the third international airport in Nepal, was designed and built on Chinese and ICAO standards, and it is a good example of
China and Nepal working together under the Belt and Road Initiative, said Wang Xin, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal.

19. In January as per report ___________ became the first state to set up a Rs 1,000 crore Green Climare Fund to support various Climate Changeinitiatives,
mitigation and greening projects.
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Karnataka
E. Kerala

 In a first of its kind initiative in India, the Tamil Nadu Government has set up a Rs 1,000 crore TN Green Climare Fund (TNGCF) to support various Climate
Changeinitiatives, mitigation and greening projects.
 A Government Order (GO) was issued by the Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department in line with the announcement made in the State
budget.
 The TNGCF will support various Climate Change initiatives, mitigation and greening projects.
 The fund will mobilise necessary resources from Government, development finance institutions, international climate funds etc. It will be managed by the
Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Corporation (TNIFMC) Limited with fund size of Rs 1,000 crore with a greenshoe option for another Rs 1000
crore.
 This fund is to be set up as a Category I (Social Venture Fund) under the SEBI Alternative Investment Fund Regulations, 2012.

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20. Recently as per report ______________ will become the first city in India to be treating 100 percent of its sewerage.
A. Bengaluru
B. Hyderabad
C. Delhi
D. Pune
E. Mumbai

 Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) said that 31 Sewerage Treatment Plants (STP) are
being constructed and by May, Hyderabad will become the first city in India to be treating 100 percent of its sewerage.
 Addressing the press after inaugurating Kothaguda multi-level flyover at Gachibowli here, KTR said that the Kothaguda Flyover is the 34th project to be
completed under Strategic Road Development Programme (SRDP), and 11 more will be completed in 2023.
 The Strategic Nala Development Programme (SNDP), taken up in Hyderabad and eight municipalities around it, is scheduled to be completed by April.

21. In January as per report ___________ state government has signed an agreement for an ADB-assisted project of Rs 2,275 crore (US $275 million) for the
Improvement of Tripura Power Distribution Strengthening and Generation Efficiency.
A. Assam
B. Meghalaya
C. Tripura
D. Mizoram
E. Nagaland

 Tripura government has signed an agreement for an ADB-assisted project of Rs 2,275 crore (US $275 million) for the Improvement of Tripura Power
Distribution Strengthening and Generation Efficiency.
 The project would have an Rs 1820 crore loan from ADB and Rs 455 crore of direct investment by the State government to improve energy security, quality
of supply, efficiency, and resilience of the power sector in Tripura.
 Deputy CM said detailing that the existing 63 MW (3X21 MW) Open Cycle power project with a 120 MW Combined Cycle power project in Rukhia in
Sepahijala district would reduce greenhouse gas emissions after improvement of the generation infrastructure.
 The State government is implementing result-based reform linked RDSS Scheme to improve the operational and financial viability of the Corporation at an
investment of Rs 800 Cr.
 Under this Scheme, 5.47 lakh Smart and Prepaid Meters would be installed on Consumer premises. In addition, 8720 km LT Aerial Bunched (AB) Cable and
830 Distribution Transformers (DTs) would also be installed.
 The efficiency of the Gomti Hydel Power Project would be increased through its modernization.

22. Consider the following statement regarding International Year of Millets 2023. Which of the following statement is correct ?
1. United Nations General Assembly has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
2. The year 2018 was declared the National Millet Year.
3. India is the world leader in the production of millets with share of around 41% of total world production in 2020.
4. Only 1 and 2
5. All of the above are correct

 Recently, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM), a proposal sponsored by the Government
of India to promote these "nutri-cereals."
 The declaration will be helpful to the Government of India in articulating its goal of making IYM 2023 a "People's Movement" as well as presenting India
as the "Global Hub for Millets," as India produces one-fifth of the world's millets.
 Millets are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.
 They are important crops in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa (especially in India, Mali, Nigeria, and Niger), with 97% of millet production in
developing countries.
 India is the largest producer of millet in the world.
 Currently, India is the fifth largest exporter of millets in the world, according to 2020 data with exports continuously increasing at around 3% CAGR in the
last five years ending with 2020.
 The global market for millets is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.5 percent during the forecast period, 2021-2026.

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 India is the world leader in the production of millets with share of around 41% of total
world production in 2020. India produces around 12 million MT of millets annually,
according to Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare data.
 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations organized the opening
ceremony of the International Millet Year- 2023 on 6 December 2022 in Rome, Italy.
 Earlier in April 2018, millet was promoted as a "nutritional grain".
 After this, the year 2018 was declared the National Millet Year.
 In India, millets are primarily a kharif crop, requiring less water and agricultural inputs
than other similar staples.
 The main millet-growing states in India are Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.
 Odisha already has a dedicated millet mission that undertook procurement of 32,302
tonnes worth Rs 109.08 crore, mainly of ragi, in 2021-22.
 Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare will participate in the trade exhibition
organized in Belgium during January, 2023.
 The ministry has planned 15 activities over 15 days in January, which include engaging
sports persons, nutritionists, and fitness experts through video messages.

23. In December as per report ___________ Starlink satellites have been launched by SpaceX
onboard its Falcon 9 launch vehicle under Starlink’s upgraded network.
A. 36
B. 54
C. 58
D. 60
E. 46

 SpaceX has launched 54 Starlink satellites onboard its Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
 These satellites have been launched under Starlink’s upgraded network.
 The launch marks the first of Starlink’s upgraded network.
 SpaceX has launched these satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
 The satellites will be deployed in low-Earth orbit. The satellites will enable the company to add customers to internet service.
 Falcon 9 first-stage booster has completed 10 missions. These include 5 Starlink missions, GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4,
Ax-1, and Nilesat 301.
 As per reports, SpaceX will launch 7,500 satellites this decade. It will raise the number of Starlink low-orbiting satellites to over 10,000 during the next ten
years. SpaceX already has 3,500 first-generation Starlinks.

24. In Janaury as per report India received its first In vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile device in which of the following place ?
A. Karnal
B. Pune
C. Kalol
D. Amreli
E. Jayanagar

 India got its first In vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile unit for animals in Gujarat's Amreli. The mobile IVF lab was inaugurated by union minister Purushottam
Rupala.
 According to the minister, the IVF mobile van was "dedicated in a joint venture of the Government of India and Amar Dairy."
 This is India's first IVF mobile unit. With the help of this unit, the work of providing IVF technology to the cattle rearers of Amreli has started.
 Notably, the IVF is a complex series of procedures used to help with fertility and assist with the conception of a child. In animals, it is an advanced
reproductive technology for the multiplication of superior female germplasm at a higher rate.

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