16-03-22 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

Five mega projects have been proposed under the Haryana Enterprise and Employment Policy 2020 and are expected to generate over 31,000 jobs.

This was stated by Industries Minister Dushyant Chautala in response to a question by Congress MLA Varun Chaudhry, who sought to know the outcome of the policy since its inception.

The reply was tabled during the ongoing Budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha today. Chautala, in his reply, said while Maruti Suzuki India Limited had proposed an investment of Rs 18,000 crores in Sonepat, which was expected to generate 10,000 jobs. This is also the biggest project that has come in, he added.

While a proposed investment of Rs 1,389 crores is expected to come to Gurugram, expecting to generate 13,286 jobs, another project worth Rs 1,140 crores will come up in Panipat. Two projects worth nearly Rs 650 crore each are proposed to come in Palwal and Rewari and provide 7,000 and 600 jobs, respectively.

The Capital Employer Initiative is a programme financed by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), which is a nationwide placement-linked skill training program.

Captive Employer, is a first of its kind initiative that is aimed at addressing the vision of a demand-based and dynamic skilling ecosystem that caters to the requirements of the industry while assuring sustainable placements for the rural poor youth of the country. Under this initiative, post-training placement of candidates for at least six months with a minimum CTC of Rs 10,000 has been assured.

An online portal My EV was launched by the Delhi government for the purchase and registration of electric autos in Delhi.

The portal is accessible to all users on the website of the Delhi governments transport department.

The portal will enable holders of the Letter of Intent (LoI) to purchase electric autos and also claim the incentives provided by the Delhi government. Around 4,261 Letters of Intent (LoIs) for electric autos are being given by the Delhi government. Also, there is a 33% reservation provided for women.

The online portal will ensure that the interest subvention on the loans is provided to beneficiaries via a smooth automated channel.

The My EV Portal is an online portal developed by the Delhi government in collaboration with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL).

IIFL Securities on Friday launched OneUp, Indias first primary markets investment platform for investing in initial public offerings (IPOs), non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and sovereign gold bonds (SGBs), among others.

As per the brokerage, on the OneUp platform, the IPO applications are accepted 24×7 and up to three days before the IPO bidding opens. Another unique feature of the OneUp platform is that it allows investors to place bids for others as well, be it, friends or family members, which can increase chances of allotment.

Every year, March 16 is observed as National Vaccination Day in India to increase the importance of vaccines in the human health system. The Covid-19 has made us understand the importance of vaccines and their role in benefitting our lives.

This day creates awareness regarding how effective vaccination is to prevent deadly diseases. Mostly, this day celebrates India’s victory over polio disease along with an improvement in the health and life expectancy of an individual.

The first dose of oral polio vaccine got started in the year 1995 in India.

U.S. and others in the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies would end normal trade relations, known as Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia as it pursues its invasion of Ukraine.

PNTR is USAs version of Most Favored Nation (MFN).

In international trade, MFN status (or treatment) is awarded by one nation to another.

Most Favoured Nation status designation means two countries have agreed to trade with each other under the best possible terms: low tariffs, few barriers to trade and the highest possible imports allowed.

A nation with MFN status will not be discriminated against and will not be treated worse than any other nation with MFN status.

In USAs case, granting of permanent normal trade relations status is automatic, except where specifically denied by law.

Yoga will soon be introduced in schools in Saudi Arabia as part of the sports curriculum due to its significance for mental and physical health, the president of theSaudi Yoga Committee, Nouf Al-Marwaai, said. Notably, thecommerce ministryapproved the teaching and practice of yoga as a sport in the Kingdom in 2017.

With the cooperation of theministry of education, the president said that yoga will be introduced in the curriculum because of its multitude of health benefits. Earlier this week, there was an introductory lecture highlighting the cooperation between the Saudi Yoga Committee and theSaudi School Sports Federation.