Episode-: 10 Current Affairs: Engineering Services-2021

Engineering Services-2021
Episode-: 10 Current
Affairs
ABOUT ME : ASHUTOSH SAXENA
 10+ Years' Teaching Experience
 M.Tech from IIT B.H.U. (2010)
 Books Written : Engineering Ethics, Power System.
 Area of Expertise: Power System, Electrical Machines
Electromagnetic Field Theory, Material Science,
Engineering Ethics.
Episode-10: Current Affairs
 Digital Quality of Life Index, 2020
• India ranks among the lowest in the world in terms of
Internet quality, according to the Digital Quality of Life
Report.
• Digital Quality of Life Index
• It is global research released by online privacy solutions
provider SurfShark.
• It releases a report on the quality of digital wellbeing in 85
countries (81% of the global population), in terms of e-
infrastructure.
• India occupies 79th place, ranking below countries
including Guatemala and Sri Lanka.
• India makes it into the top 10 in terms of Internet
affordability. With a ranking of nine, it outperforms
countries such as the U.K., the U.S. and China.
• Additionally, when it comes to e-government, India
occupies the 15th place globally, just below countries
like New Zealand and Italy.
• However, at position 78, India’s Internet quality is one of
the lowest across 85 countries analysed in the research.
 Krishi Megh: A Cloud-based Data Recovery Centre
• Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has

launched the Krishi Megh Data Recovery Centre.
• The Krishi Megh has been set up at National Academy
of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM),
Hyderabad.
• It has been set up under the National Agricultural
Higher Education Project (NAHEP), funded by both the
government and World Bank.
• It has been built to mitigate the risk, enhance the

quality, availability and accessibility of e-
governance, research, extension and education
in the field of agriculture in India.
• Currently, the main data centre of the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is at the
Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
(IASRI) in New Delhi.
Bharat Airfiber
The Union Ministry of Communications has inaugurated “Bharat Air Fibre
Services” at Akola in Maharashtra.
• The Bharat Air Fibre services are introduced by BSNL as part of Digital
India initiates by the GoI.
• It aims to provide Wireless Connectivity in the range of 20 KMs from the
BSNL Locations.
• It provides internet connectivity upto 100 Mbps speed.
• It is completely wireless and offers broadband up to 10Mbps up to a
distance of 5 Kms.
• These services are special and different from other operators as BSNL is
providing unlimited free voice calling.
• Customers at remote places also will be benefitted as BSNL comes with
the cheapest services with the support of Telecom Infrastructure Partners
(TIPs).
Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
• It was launched in April 2016 and in the last two years, the platform has
emerged as a popular choice among users for sending and receiving
money.
• UPI is a payment system that allows money transfer between any two
bank accounts by using a smartphone.
• UPI allows a customer to pay directly from a bank account to different
merchants, both online and offline, without the hassle of typing credit card
details, IFSC code, or net banking/wallet passwords.
• It also caters to the “Peer to Peer” collect request which can be scheduled
and paid as per requirement and convenience.
PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education
Union HRD Ministry has released PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital

Education through online medium.
• The guidelines highlight 3 modes of online
education:
• The guidelines outline suggestions for
administrators, school heads, teachers, parents
and students in the following areas:
• Need assessment
• Concerns while planning online and digital
education like duration, screen time,
inclusiveness, balanced online and offline
activities etc level-wise
• Modalities of intervention including resource

curation, level-wise delivery etc.
• Physical, mental health and wellbeing during
digital education
• Cyber safety and ethical practices including
precautions and measures for maintaining cyber
safety
• Collaboration and convergence with various
initiatives
Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021
• The Rajya Sabha has passed the Insurance Amendment Bill 2021 that
increases the maximum foreign investment allowed in an insurance
company from 49% to 74%.
• The Bill seeks to amend the Insurance Act, 1938.
• The Act provided the framework for functioning of insurance businesses
and regulates the relationship between an insurer, its policyholders and its
shareholders.
• It also had provisions regarding the regulator (the Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority of India).
FDI and FPI
Parameters FDI FPI
Definition FDI refers to the FPI refers to investing

investment made by in the financial assets
foreign investors to of a foreign country,
obtain a substantial such as stocks or
interest in the bonds available on an
enterprise located in a exchange.
different country.
Role of investors Active Investor Passive Investor

Type Direct Investment Passive Investor
Degree of control High Control Very low control
Term Long term investment Short term investment
Management of Projects Efficient Comparatively less

efficient
Investment has done on Physical assets of the Financial assets of the

foreign country foreign country
Entry and exit Difficult Relatively easy
Leads to Transfer of funds, Capital inflows to the

technology, and other foreign country
resources to the foreign
country
Risks Involved Stable

Volatile
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Engineering Services-2021

 10+ Years' Teaching Experience

 M.Tech from IIT B.H.U. (2010)

 Books Written : Engineering Ethics, Power System.

 Area of Expertise: Power System, Electrical Machines

Electromagnetic Field Theory, Material Science,

• Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has

• It has been built to mitigate the risk, enhance the

PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education

Union HRD Ministry has released PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital

• Modalities of intervention including resource

Definition FDI refers to the FPI refers to investing

Role of investors Active Investor Passive Investor

Degree of control High Control Very low control

Term Long term investment Short term investment

Management of Projects Efficient Comparatively less

Investment has done on Physical assets of the Financial assets of the

Entry and exit Difficult Relatively easy

Leads to Transfer of funds, Capital inflows to the

Risks Involved Stable

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