1.In a bid to ease the travelling experience of the passengers Ministry of Railways launched Rail MADAD mobile app.Rail MADAD (Mobile Application for Desired Assistance During travel) registers a complaint with minimum inputs from passenger and issues unique ID instantly.Rail MADAD also displays various helpline numbers (eg. Security, Child helpline etc) and provides direct calling facility.
2.The Ministry of HRD along with AICTE, Persistent Systems, i4C and IIT Kharagpur is all set to host the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2018, Hardware edition from Jun 18-22, 2018.The Smart India Hackathon 2018 is in line with the ‘Make in India’ initiative.Hardware edition is the first of its kind innovative initiative to provide a national platform to young technical minds of India.
3.India will host the first military exercise of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) group focussing on counter-terrorism in September.The aim of the exercise is to promote strategic alignment among the member-states and to share best practices in the area of counter-terrorism.The exercise is scheduled to be held in Pune.
4.The government is set to unveil a ₹500-crore credit enhancement fund in July to facilitate infrastructure investments by insurance and pension funds.The fund was first announced in the Budget for fiscal year 2016-17.The initial corpus of the fund, to be sponsored by IIFCL (India Infrastructure Finance Company), will be ₹500 crore, and it will operate as a non-banking finance company.
5.Shri Narendra Singh conferred the National Awards on Best Performing Self Help Groups under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM).It will provide public recognition to the outstanding performance of the community institutions.As part of the Award, each SHG received a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000 along with a commemoration and a certificate of appreciation.
6.The Ministry of Railways launched a new app called ‘Menu On Rails’ through which passengers can see meals on offer onboard trains.The ‘Menu on Rails’ is developed by IRCTC for creating awareness about the food items served to passengers on their rail journey.At present, for mail and express trains, food items are covered in four categories namely beverages, breakfast, meals and a-la-carte.
7.In a move to enhance credit discipline among larger borrowers, the RBI proposed a “minimum level of loan component” of 40 percent for borrowers having an aggregate fund-based working capital limit of Rs. 150 crores and above from the banking system.It will be proposed to be effective from October 1, 2018.The 40 percent loan component will be revised to 60 percent from April 1, 2019.
8.Green Mizoram Day was observed on 11 June across the Mizoram state.CM Lal Thanhawla inaugurated the Green Mizoram Day, 2018 at a function attended by his cabinet colleagues, legislators and senior government officials where they undertook ceremonial planting of trees along the river Chite in Aizawl.
9.ILO launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.Each year on 12 June, the people from around the world come togather to highlight the plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them.The theme for World Day against Child Labour 2018 is Generation Safe & Healthy.
10.India extended a financial aid of Rs 99 mn to Nepal for the construction of 2,700 shallow tube well irrigation systems in 12 districts of the country.The assistance has been extended as part of the final payment for the Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation Project, which was launched to boost growth to the Himalayan nation’s agricultural sector.Manjeev Singh Puri is India’s Ambassador to Nepal.
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