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Current Affairs 10 August 2019

Air India launches ‘Discover India’ scheme

The government-owned airline, Air India, has launched a ‘Discover India’ scheme valid for sale and travel up to March 31, 2020.
Purpose: to meet the growing demand of passengers to fly to different places of tourist and religious interest within the country by the Indian diaspora and foreign tourists.
Benefits: The scheme has various benefits like cheaper flight tickets for Non-Resident Indians (NRI)s, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Foreign nationals. Re-booking, which is permitted without penalty till 4 hours prior to scheduled departure. It also provides free baggage related allowance.

UP sets Guinness record at ‘Vriksharopan Mahakumbh’

The Uttar Pradesh government set a Guinness world record for maximum distribution of saplings from one point by distributing 76,824 saplings in eight hours on August 09, 2019. The previous record was held by the state of Maharashtra for distribution of 32,000 saplings from one point.
The UP government has achieved its target of planting 22 crore saplings in one day across the state under its ‘Vriksharopan Mahakumbh’ campaign.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, also announced that 25 crore saplings would be planted in 2020

‘Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana’ launched by Jharkhand Government

Jharkhand government has launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana’ under which money would be directly transferred into the bank accounts of farmers in the state. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu launched the scheme.
Benefit: Under the scheme, Rs 5,000 is given to those farmers having one acre or less agricultural land, Rs 10,000 to those having two acres, Rs 15,000 for having three acres, Rs 20,000 for having four acres and Rs 25,000 for having five acres of agricultural land.
This is a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme and hence complete amount will be directly paid to the farmer in his bank account. This is scheme apart from the benefits the farmers are getting under Centre’s PM-Kisan Yojana.

Haryana govt to roll out Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana from Aug 21

Haryana Government has announced the launch of ‘Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna’ for its people on August 21, 2019.
Under this scheme, Rs 6000 per year will be given to each eligible family. The scheme will provide social security to people in the form of life insurance, accidental insurance and pensionary benefits.
Eligibility: Families with Annual Income less than Rs 1,80,000 and land less than two hectares.
Insurance Benefits: Life Insurance of at least one family member. The cover provided is for an amount of two lakh in case of death of the beneficiary. Premium of Rs 330 per year would be deducted from that Rs 500 per month amount provided.
Additionally, an amount of Rs 12 per annum would be paid on account of Accidental Insurance of at least one family member under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana.
Pension Benefit: A contribution from Rs 55 to 200 per month will be paid automatically from the bank account as a premium for providing pension to the beneficiary under Pradhan Mantri Shram Maan-Dhan Yojana. On attainment of the age of 60 years, the pension will be given at the rate of Rs 3,000 per month.

SCO’s Multilateral Military Drill TSENTR-2019 To be Held in Russia in September

The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) multilateral military exercise ‘TSENTR-2019’ is scheduled to be held from 10 September to 21 September at Orenburg in Russia.
India will be participating in “Ex TSENTR (Centre)” for second time in a row after becoming a full member of the SCO in June 2017 along with Pakistan.
Apart from all the 8 SCO member-states (People’s Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan), Russia has also invited Iran, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and Belarus to participate in the 12 day exercise.
The purpose of the exercise is execution of fighting international terrorism and providing security in Central Asian Region.

NITI Aayog Collaborates with UN and WhatsApp for 2019 Women Transforming India Awards

The NITI Aayog launched the Fourth Edition of Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards on August 9, 2019 in New Delhi.
The Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards is being organized in collaboration with the United Nations and will recognize women entrepreneurs from across India.
The theme for 2019 WTI Awards is ‘Women and Entrepreneurship’, in continuation of the theme for WTI Awards 2018.
Nominations for the awards was opened immediately after the launch.
WhatsApp has collaborated with Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) for WTI Awards 2019 and will provide a financial support of US$100,000 to the award winners.

MSDE Announces 4th Edition of National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019

The fourth edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 has been announced for nomination by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
The award recognise and honour Young Entrepreneurs upto the age of 40 years and Ecosystem Builders in the field of entrepreneurship development for their outstanding contribution.
The call for nomination will be open from August 1 to September 10, 2019.
A total of 45 awards to be bestowed that will include 39 Enterprise Awards and 6 Awards for Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Builders.
The award ceremony will take place on November 9, 2019.

India’s Surya Shekhar Wins Belt and Road China International Chess Open 2019

Kolkata based Surya Shekhar Ganguly made India proud, as he won the 2019 Belt and Road China Hunan International Chess Open held at Hunan Province, China from 28 July to 7 August 2019.
The 36-year-old ONGC staffer, finished unbeaten with seven points from nine rounds (five wins and four draws) to collect 27.5 Elo points and $50,000 at the tournament regarded as one of the richest chess events globally.
The second seed Yu Yangyi of China and 5th seed Amin Bassem of Egypt scored 6 points each to be placed second.

World Biofuel Day: August 10

World Biofuel Day is observed on August 10 annually to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels and highlight the various efforts made by Government in the biofuel sector.
2019 Theme – “Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)”.

Daily Current Affairs – 10 August 2019