PIB

24*7
1st – 3rd January 2024
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Q1: The Ministry of Heavy Industries recently has extended the tenure of Production
Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automobile and Auto Components by 1 year and made
partial amendments to it. This PLI scheme was launched in ___________ with a
budgetary outlay of ___________. Fill the gaps
[a] 2022, Rs. 18,750 crores
[b] 2021, Rs. 25,938 crores
[c] 2023, Rs. 23,893 crores
[d] 2020, Rs. 27,334 crores
[e] 2019, Rs. 29,987 crores

Solution: [b]
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PLI Scheme for

Automobiles and Auto
Components
The Ministry of Heavy Industries has made
following announcements with respect to
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for
Automobile and Auto Components
• Extended the tenure of the Scheme by 1
year.
• Made partial amendments to scheme
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About PLI Scheme for Automobiles and Auto

Components
• Objectives:
▪ To boost domestic manufacturing of advanced automotive
technology (AAT) products and attract investments in the
automotive manufacturing value chain.
▪ To overcome cost disabilities, create economies of scale, and
build robust supply chain in areas of advanced automotive
technology products.

• Launch Year: 2021

• Budgetary outlay: Rs. 25,938 crores.

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About PLI Scheme for Automobiles and Auto

Components

• Beneficiaries: Both existing automotive companies as well as

new investors.

• Two parts of Scheme:

▪ Champion OEM: For electric or hydrogen-powered vehicles.
▪ Component Champions: For high-value and high-tech
components.
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About PLI Scheme for Automobiles and Auto

Components
Recent Amendments
• Incentive will be applicable for 5 consecutive financial years,
starting from the FY 2023-24.
• Disbursement of the incentive will take place in the following FY
2024-25.
• Approved applicant will be eligible for benefits for 5 consecutive
financial years, but not beyond the FY ending on March 31,
2028.
• If an approved company fails to meet the threshold for an
increase in sales in first year, it will not receive any incentive for
that year.
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Q2: Which program has been launched by Ministry of AYUSH to promote robust clinical
studies in priority areas of Ayurveda with Ayurveda academic institutions/hospitals
across the country through mutual collaboration?
[a] SMART 2.0
[b] AYUSHAM
[c] TRADMED
[d] PROAYUSH
[e] AYUSH AAROGYA

Solution: [a]
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SMART 2.0 Program

Ministry of AYUSH has launched 'SMART
2.0' (Scope for Mainstreaming Ayurveda
Research among Teaching
professionals) Program to promote
robust clinical studies in priority areas
of Ayurveda with support of Ayurveda
academic institutions/hospitals
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About SMART 2.0

• Launched By: Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences
(CCRAS) along with National Commission for Indian System of
Medicine.

• It will focus on safety, tolerability and adherence to Ayurveda

formulations in the priority research areas of Malnutrition,
Insufficient lactation, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Osteoporosis
in post-menopausal women and Diabetes Mellitus II.

• SMART 1.0: Under it, around 10 diseases were covered with the
active participation of teaching professionals from 38 colleges.
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Q3: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently achieved milestone of screening
more than 1 crore people under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission.
This mission targets screening approximately __________ people over a period of
_________ years. Fill the gaps
[a] 4 crore, 4 years
[b] 5 crore, 5 years
[c] 7 crore, 3 years
[d] 6 crore, 2 years
[e] 3 crore, 6 years

Solution: [c]
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National Sickle Cell

Anaemia
Elimination Mission
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
has achieved milestone of screening
more than 1 crore people under the
National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination
Mission.
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National Sickle Cell Anaemia

Elimination Mission
• Objective: To eliminate sickle cell genetic transmission by the
year 2047.

• Launch Year: 2023 (from Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh).

• It is being implemented in a mission mode as part of the

National Health Mission (NHM) for screening, prevention, and
management of sickle cell anemia disease in high prevalent
States/UTs of India.
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National Sickle Cell Anaemia

Elimination Mission
• Focus Districts/States: 278 districts with higher prevalence of
SCD in 17 states viz., Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil
Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Uttar
Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar and Uttarakhand.

• Screening Target: 7.0 crore people over a period of three years,

spanning from the fiscal year 2023-24 to 2025-26
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Q4: With which organisation has NHAI signed an MoU to develop "Green Cover Index"
for the extensive network of National Highways in India?
[a] TERI
[b] IIT New Delhi
[c] IISc Bengaluru
[d] NITI Aayog
[e] NRSC

Solution: [e]
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Green Cover Index:

NHAI-NRSC MoU
National Highways Authority of India has
entered into an MoU with the ISRO’s
National Remote Sensing Centre to
develop and report a "Green Cover
Index" for the extensive network of
National Highways in India
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About MoU

• Under it, NRSC will undertake a comprehensive pan-India

estimation of green cover, called as "Green Cover Index" for
National Highways using high-resolution satellite imagery.

• Duration: 3 Years

• Background
▪ As per the Green Highways Policy 2015, Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways and NHAI has prioritize greening
highway corridors.
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Q5: Where has India’s first all-girls ‘Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School’ been
inaugurated recently?
[a] Vrindavan
[b] Jaipur
[c] Ludhiana
[d] Pune
[e] Patna

Solution: [a]
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India’s First All-Girls

Sainik School
Union Defence Minister Rajanath
Singhhas has inaugurated India’s first
all-girls sainik school – ‘Samvid
Gurukulam Girls Sainik School’ in
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh.
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About India’s 1st All-Indian Girls Sainik School

• Objective: To provide quality education, better career

opportunities, and encourage girls to join the Armed Forces.
• It will offer a CBSE curriculum along with military training for its
students.

• It will have capacity for 120 seats and admission will be done
through a written test.

• It will play important role in furthering the Government's

initiative to establish 100 new Sainik Schools across all
States/UTs, aligned with the objectives of the National
Education Policy 2020.
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Q6: Kochi-Lakshadweep islands submarine optical fibre connection (KLI-SOFC) project

has been inaugurated recently to provide submarine cable internet connectivity from
Mainland (Kochi) to eleven Lakshadweep Islands. What is total link distance of this
project?
[a] 1,868 kilometres
[b] 1,540 kilometres
[c] 1,356 kilometres
[d] 1,267 kilometres
[e] 1,097 kilometres

Solution: [a]
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KLI-SOFC project
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
inaugurated Kochi-Lakshadweep islands
submarine optical fiber connection (KLI-
SOFC) project to provide submarine
cable internet connectivity from
Mainland (Kochi) to eleven
Lakshadweep Islands.
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About KLI-SOFC Project

• Total link distance: 1,868 kilometres.

• Total cost of project: Rs.1072 crore plus taxes.

▪ It is funded by Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF),
Department of Telecommunications

• Project Executing Agency: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)

• It will enable faster and more reliable internet services,

telemedicine, e-governance, educational initiatives, digital
banking, digital currency usage, digital literacy, etc
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Q7: India is the _______________ culture shrimp producer in the World. Shrimp
contributes to more than ___________ of the total seafood export of India in value
terms. Fill the gaps
[a] 5th, 40%
[b] 4th, 45%
[c] 3rd, 50%
[d] 2nd, 55%
[e] 1st, 65%

Solution: [e]
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Q8: Which state has recently created Guinness World Record for the most people
performing Surya Namaskar simultaneously at 108 venues?
[a] Uttarakhand
[b] Maharashtra
[c] Gujarat
[d] Uttar Pradesh
[e] Bihar

Solution: [c]
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Q9: India is now the world’s …….. largest energy consumer, …………. largest consumer of
oil, ……………. Largest LPG consumer, ………….. largest LNG importer, ……………. largest
refiner and …………… largest automobile market in the world. Fill the gaps

[a] 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th

[b] 4th, 4th, 4th, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd
[c] 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 4th
[d] 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 5th,3rd
[e] 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th

Solution: [c]
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Q10: Which States/UTs are being covered under the

Sagar Parikrama (Phase X) organised by Ministry of
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying? [a] 1, 2 and 3 Only
(1) West Bengal [b] 2, 3 and 5 Only
(2) Puducherry [c] 1 and 3 Only
(3) Odisha [d] 2 and 4 Only
(4) Andhra Pradesh [e] 4 and 5 Only
(5) Tamil Nadu

Solution: [d]
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