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www.gradeup.co w 1 www.gradeup.co Current Affairs GK Tornado for IBPS Clerk Mains 2018 Exam Dear readers, This GK Tornado is a complete docket of important Current Affairs news and events that occurred in last 8 months (1 May 2018 – 31st December 2018). Tornado is important and relevant for all competitive exams like Banking, Insurance, SSC and UPSC Exams. Schemes launched by Union/State Govt. December 1. Odisha CM announces Rs10,000 cr KALIA Scheme for • Under AFCSS, whatever amount of loan the farmers Farmers took from banks and whatever amount they repaid, • Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced a 25% of the money will be reimbursed by the state Rs10,000 crore scheme for the overall government. development of farmers. • On AFIRS, the Minister Stated that currently 3% of • Named Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and the 7% interest against farm loan is paid by the Income Augmentation (KALIA), the scheme will Central government and the remaining 4% is provide farmers with ₹10,000 a year at the rate required to be paid by farmers. The state of Rs5,000 each for Kharif and Rabi season. government has decided to pay the remaining 4% • Additionally, crop loans of up to Rs50,000 will be loan. interest-free under the scheme. • About AFIS, Mr. Sarma stated that the government is 2. Assam Govt announces 3 Schemes for Farmer’s focusing on bringing back the defaulting farmers into Welfare the banking system. • Assam government has announced three 3. Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana launched in schemes for the welfare of farmers. Uttarakhand • The schemes are the • Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana' has been • Assam Farmers’ Credit Subsidy Scheme (AFCSS), launched in Uttarakhand. • Assam Farmers’ Interest Relief Scheme (AFIRS) • Under the scheme, each household in the state and will be able to avail medical treatment of up to • Assam Farmers’ Incentive Scheme (AFIS). 5 lakh rupees annually. Note: • The scheme will benefit 23 lakh households and cover 1,350 critical diseases. Launching the 2 www.gradeup.co Yojna in Dehradun yesterday, Chief Minister 6. Jammu & Kashmir Govt. launches AB-PMJAY Trivendra Singh Rawat distributed scheme- Scheme related golden cards to beneficiaries. • Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik • All the households have been included under the launched the ambitious “Ayushman Bharat- scheme. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB- 4. SC introduced Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 in PMJAY)” scheme which would benefit over 31 India lakh residents in the state. • The Supreme Court (SC) introduced a witness • The governor distributed golden cards among protection regime in the country noting that 10 eligible beneficiaries for availing the annual one of the main reasons for witnesses turning health cover facility, marking the launch of the hostile is that they are not given security by scheme in the state. the State. 7. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana • It also announced that the Witness Protection • Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana is a Scheme, 2018 will come into effect conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant immediately across all States. and lactating women of 19 years of age or • This scheme is aimed at enabling a witness to above. depose fearlessly and truthfully, would be the • The scheme is launched by the Ministry of law of the land till Parliament enacted suitable Women and Child Development Government legislation. of India. • The Witness Protection Scheme 2018 was • The programme, which became applicable framed by the Central government based on from January 1, 2017 provides a cash incentive the inputs received from 18 States/Union of Rs 5,000 in three instalments to pregnant Territories, 5 States Legal Services Authorities women and lactating mothers for the first child and open sources including civil society, three through Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT). High Courts and police personnel, as well. 8. PRASAD Scheme of Ministry of Tourism 5. Delhi Govt. launches Free Pilgrimage Scheme for • The Centre has included Gangotri and Senior Citizens Yamunotri in Uttrarakhand, Amarkantak in • Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched Madhya Pradesh and Parasnath in Jharkhand the 'Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana' which under a central scheme to develop pilgrimage offers free travel packages for senior citizens and heritage destinations in the country. from Delhi to five religious circuits. • With the new additions, the number of sites • Under this free pilgrimage scheme, a Delhi under the PRASAD scheme has now become resident above 60 years will be eligible to take 41 in 25 states. free pilgrimage along with his or her spouse. • The scheme was launched by the Ministry of • 1100 senior citizens from each Assembly Tourism in 2014-15. Constituency would now undertake free pilgrimage every year, the expenses for which will be borne by the government. 3 www.gradeup.co • PRASAD stands for -Pilgrimage Rejuvenation (CFA) to State Governments/Union Territory and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Administrations for development and Drive. beautification of the identified pilgrimage • Under the scheme ‘Prasad’, the Ministry of destinations. Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance November 1. Ministry of HRD launches faculty development University of Delhi, IIT Bombay and TISS programmes - LEAP & ARPIT Mumbai, among others. • A unique initiative of online professional development of 15 lakh higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM, Objective of LEAP Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching • The objective is to prepare second tier (ARPIT) was launched on 13th Nov. academic heads who are potentially likely to • The ministry of human resource development assume leadership roles in the future. also launched Leadership for Academicians About ARPIT programme Programme (LEAP) which will be • ARPIT is a 40-hour module with 20 hours of implemented through 15 top institutions like video content offered in a highly flexible IITs, TISS, DU, JNU and IISERs and also include format and can be done at one’s own pace and a week training in a foreign campus of the likes time. of Harvard University, Oxford University, • There are built-in assessment exercises and Purdue University and NTU Singapore, among activities as part of the academic progression others. in the course. • At the end of the course, they will be a terminal About LEAP programme assessment which can be either online or a • LEAP is a three-week flagship leadership written examination. development training programme (two-weeks • All faculties who have successfully completed domestic and one-week foreign training for the online refresher course will be certified. second level academic functionaries in public 2. Eight States achieve 100% household funded higher education institutions. electrification under Saubhagya scheme • LEAP programme will be offered by 15 NIRF • 8 States which achieved 100% household top ranked Indian Institutions namely, IIT electrification under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, NIT Trichy, Indian Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya scheme are Institute of Science Education and Research Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, Jammu and (IISER) Kolkata, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Kashmir, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West Bengal. 4 www.gradeup.co • With this, total 15 States in India have 100 per 5. Gau Samridhi Scheme launched by Kerala govt. cent household electrification. • Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Rs launched the ‘Cow Samridhi Plus Scheme’ to 16320-Crore ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har provide insurance coverage to dairy farmers in Ghar Yojana'- Saubhagya on September 25, the state. 2017 to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit • The government subsidized scheme, as Deendayal Upadhyaya. proposed, will give insurance coverage to dairy • The scheme aims to achieve the goal of farmers at low premium rates. universal household electrification in the 6. Yuva Sahakar Scheme launched by Agriculture country by March 31, 2019. Ministry 3. Gujarat tops in implementing Ayushman Bharat • Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ • Gujarat has emerged as the top performer of Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh launched the the Centre’s ambitious health financing ‘Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Support scheme - Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri and Innovation Scheme. Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), which was • Aim - The schemes aim for attracting youth to launched on September 23, promises health cooperative business ventures. coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family to over 10 • The scheme will be linked to Rs 1000 crore crore poor families. ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund • Over 3.4 lakh beneficiaries have been treated (CSIF)’ created by the National Cooperative under the scheme since its launch until Development Corporation (NCDC). November 24, according to the National Health 7. CCEA approves ACROSS scheme Agency. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired Cabinet • Tamil Nadu ranked second at 54,273 hospital Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has and Chattisgarh third at 53,180. approved continuation of nine sub-schemes of umbrella scheme “Atmosphere & Climate 4. Health Ministry launches Integrated Disease Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Surveillance Programme (IDSP) Services (ACROSS)” during 2017-2020. • Ms. Preeti Sudan, Union Health Secretary did • The scheme aims at improving skill of weather soft-launch of the Integrated Disease and climate forecast through sustained Surveillance Programme (IDSP) segment of the observations, intensive Research & Integrated Health Information