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MARCH CURRENT AFFAIR NATIONAL AFFAIRS Shah, Minister of State (Mos) for Home Affairs - G 1 MARCH CURRENT AFFAIR NATIONAL AFFAIRS Shah, Minister of State (Mos) for Home Affairs - G. Kishan Reddy & Nityanand Rai. 1. Name the Campaign which was launched by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla in Kota, 3. ‘Chowk’ the Historic city of Jammu & Rajasthan to provide nutritional support Kashmir(J&K) has been renamed as to pregnant women and adolescent girls ‘Bharat mata chowk’. Who is the present (Feb 2020). governor of J&K? 1) Poshan Abhiyan 1) Radha Krishna Mathur 2) Eat right movement 2) Droupadi Murmu 3) Poshan Maa 3) Jagdish Mukhi 4) Suposhit Maa Abhiyan 4) Girish Chandra Murmu 5) Fit India 5) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan 1. Answer – 4) Suposhit Maa Abhiyan 3. Answer – 4) Girish Chandra Murmu Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has launched The Jammu & Kashmir’s historic City Chowk, ‘Suposhit Maa Abhiyan’ in his constituency Kota, which was a commercial center in Old Jammu, has Rajasthan, to provide nutritional support to been renamed as ‘Bharat Mata Chowk’. The Capital pregnant women and adolescent girls. Smriti Irani, of the J&K - Srinagar (May–October) Jammu Ministry of Women & Child Development & (Nov–April) & Governor - Girish Chandra Murmu Ministry of Textiles, also presided over the function. 4. Name the Indian state which prohibits the About Suposhit Maa Abhiyan: In the first phase online supply of food from Food Business of the campaign, 1,000 kits of 17 kg balanced diet Operators (FBOs) who don’t possess each was provided to 1,000 pregnant women. hygiene rating. 2. Union Home ministry has appointed S N 1) Punjab Shrivastava as additional charge of Delhi 2) Haryana Police Commissioner (Feb 2020). Who is 3) Gujarat the present Home minister of India? 4) Goa 1) Rajnath Singh 5) Kerala 2) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 4. Answer – 1) Punjab 3) Amit Shah Punjab government’s Food and Drug 4) Smriti Irani Administration has prohibited Online Food Supply 5) Piyush Goyal Aggregators (OFSAs) related to those Food Business Answer – 3) Amit Shah Operators (FBOs) who are not possessing hygiene The Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer S rating, by invoking provisions under Section N Shrivastava who was appointed as the Special 18(1)(a) of food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 to Commissioner of Delhi Police (Law & Order), is ensure safe food to public. The prohibition orders given additional charge of the Delhi Police would be effective for one year beginning April 30, Commissioner by the Union Home Ministry. The 2020. Union Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs – Amit 5. The Central government notifies National Chambal sanctuary as Eco-sensitive zone 2 recently (March 2020). The National Tool (UDIT) in association with US based Chambal sanctuary is located at which World Resources Institute (WRI) to Indian state? facilitate data on energy efficiency. 1) Tamil Nadu 1) Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) 2) Madhya Pradesh 2) Central Electricity Authority (CEA) 3) Gujarat 3) Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) 4) Odisha 4) Central Electricity Regulatory Commission 5) West Bengal (CERC) 5. Answer – 2) Madhya Pradesh 5) Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) Centre notified 870 sq km around the National 7. Answer – 3) Bureau of Energy Efficiency Chambal Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh(MP) as (BEE) eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) to prohibit polluting Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), an agency activities like industries, major hydroelectric of the Government of India, under the Ministry of project, mining, stone quarrying & big construction Power, has developed 1st of its kind Urja Dakshata within the ‘no-go area’ for the purpose of Information Tool (UDIT) in association with US conservation of water bodies, unique geographical based World Resources Institute (WRI) to facilitate features(ravines), flora & fauna. It is the first and data on energy efficiency. only tri-state riverine protected area in India for the 8. The 35th edition of Food and Hospitality breeding population of Gharial. It is also called as fair ‘AAHAR 2020’ held at which Indian the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary. city? 6. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi 1) Lucknow K. Palaniswami has launched World Bank 2) Pune funded Programme Tamil Nadu Health 3) Kolkata System Reform Programme (TNHSRP) on 4) Noida March 2020. Who is the present Governor 5) New Delhi of Tamil Nadu? 8. Answer – 5) New Delhi 1) Banwarilal Purohit A 5-day-long 35th edition of the Food and 2) Ramesh Bais Hospitality fair ‘AAHAR 2020’ has commenced in 3) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. It was inaugurated by 4) Anandiben Patel Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush 5) Tamilisai Soundararajan Goyal. This fair has been specially focused on 6. Answer – 1) Banwarilal Purohit promoting the agriculture-community as well as Tamil Nadu (TN) Chief Minister (CM) Shri tourism sectors especially hospitality companies. Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched Tamil Nadu The event is jointly organized by India Trade Health System Reform Programme (TNHSRP) in Promotion Organisation (ITPO) in partnership with Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The programme will be the Agriculture and Processed Food Products implemented with the World Bank’s fund. This was Development Authority (APEDA), Union Ministry the first Program-for-Results (PforR) project for the of Food Processing Industries and several apex Bank in India and the first for Tamil Nadu. The industry associations. total cost is Rs 2,857.003 crore, of which World Bank 9. The Union Ministry of Environment, has provided Rs 1999.902 crore and it is a 5 year Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has programme. The Governor of TN is Banwarilal sanctioned Rs 33 Crore financial assistant Purohit to Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, under Project 7. Name the Government agency which Tiger scheme. The Kaziranga National developed Urja Dakshata Information Park is located in which Indian state? 3 1) Maharashtra 5) Vistara 2) Assam 11. Answer – 5) Vistara 3) Uttarakhand The central government has approved airlines 4) Madhya Pradesh companies operating in India to provide in-flight 5) Mizoram wi-fi services to its passengers upon permission 9. Answer – 2) Assam from the pilot-in-command. However, while using The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Wi-Fi, the passengers’ gadgets must be on flight Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified that under mode. According to the Vistara CEO Leslie Thng, the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management the first Boeing 787-9 aircraft would be the first and Planning Authority (CAMPA), a financial aircraft to provide Wi-Fi during flight in India. assistance of Rs 1.51 crore has been sanctioned to 12. The Union Cabinet approves the Kaziranga National Park in Kanchanjuri, Assam amalgamation of 10 Public Sector Banks during the financial years 2018-19 and into _____ Public Sector Banks in effect 2019-2020.For the financial years 2018-19 Rs from April 1, 2020. 94,46,585 was sanctioned while Rs 51,24,670 was 1) 2 2) 4 3) 5 4) 3 allocated for 2019-2020. Also under the Project 5) 6 Tiger scheme, Rs 33 crore was sanctioned to 12. Answer – 2) 4 Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, which includes Kaziranga The Union Cabinet has approved the mega National Park. consolidation of following ten PSBs into four which 10. As per Ministry of Personnel, Public would be effective from 1.4.2020. grievance and Pensions (MoPP&P), the fine for false complaint under Lokpal Amalgamating Bank Amalgamated Bank extends upto Rs. ___________. Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) Punjab National Bank and United Bank of India (UBI) (PNB) 1) 50,000 Syndicate Bank Canara Bank 2) 10 Lakh Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank Union Bank of India 3) 5 Lakh Allahabad Bank Indian Bank 4) 1 Lakh 5) 15 Lakh 13. Name the Public Sector Bank (PSB) which 10. Answer – 4) 1 Lakh is going to be Amalgamated with Indian The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances Bank in effect from April 1, 2020. and Pensions (MoPP&P) has issued a format for 1) Indian Overseas Bank filing complaints of corruption against public 2) Canara Bank servants with the Lokpal or anti-corruption 3) Andhra Bank ombudsman under Lokpal (Complaint) Rules, 2020. 4) Allahabad Bank The Lokpal rules has been laid down under the 5) Corporation Bank Section 59 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013. Any false and vexatious complaint is punishable 13. Answer – 4) Allahabad Bank with imprisonment for a term which may extend to The Union Cabinet has approved the mega one year and with fine which may extend to Rs 1 consolidation of following ten PSBs into four which Lakh. would be effective from 1.4.2020. 11. Name the airline company which could be Amalgamating Bank Amalgamated Bank 1st in India to provide in-flight Wi-Fi Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab National Bank (PNB) facilities to its passengers (March 2020). (OBC) and United Bank of 1) Alliance Air 2) GoAir India (UBI) 3) SpiceJet 4) IndiGo 4 Syndicate Bank Canara Bank The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has Andhra Bank and Corporation Union Bank of India approved the automated facial recognition system Bank (AFRS) by the National Crime Records Bureau Allahabad Bank Indian Bank (NCRB) for better identification of unrecognized bodies, missing children, persons and criminals The above amalgamation will be in addition to without violating the privacy. AFRS is world’s State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB), largest facial recognition system for automatic and Bank of India (BoI) comprises of 7 Big PSBs. tracking, identification, and verification of person There were 27 PSBs in 2017 and now there would be from digital images, photos, digital sketches, video 12 (7 big PSB + 5 Small PSB). The five smaller PSBs frames and video sources. The Headquarters of are Central Bank of India (CBI), Indian Overseas NCRB is located at New Delhi. Bank (IOB), UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra 16.
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