09-10.06.19 Orrisa (OPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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ODISHA

 

  • Connectivity funds in Red Zones: Odisha to gain most

 

  • While the Centre has decided to pump in a whopping Rs 29,000 crore for road and mobile connectivity in the Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected areas of the country to improve governance there, Odisha among some other affected States stands to get benefit from such an initiative.
  • Sources said the move is on to construct 11,000 km of new roads and 4,000 more mobile towers to improve connectivity in such areas.
  • This move of the Centre will provide a fillip to the action plans undertaken by LWE affected States including Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sanctioned an ambitious project for installation of over 4,000 mobile towers at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore in the Maoist-affected districts of the country.
  • For improving telecom connectivity, as many as 2,335 mobile towers have already been installed in these States.
  • Similarly, as far as road connectivity is concerned, the Centre has already constructed over 5,500 km of roads in the Mao affected areas, revealed the latest report on road connectivity by the NITI Aayog.
  • Sources said the Union Government has envisaged to construct 11,000 km road with an investment of Rs18,000 crore.Road Requirement Project (RRP) I and II has already been completed and the RRP III is being taken up in the Maoist hit States.
  • In Odisha, 17 battalions of CAPFs have been deployed in Red Corridors and Odisha is asking for two more CAPF battalions for deployment in border zones.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • Maldives confers its highest civilian award on PM Modi

 

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the Maldives’ highest civilian award, the ‘Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzudeen’, by the President of the host country, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

 

  • The award is in recognition of the many services Prime Minister Modi has offered to cement the longstanding and amicable ties between the two countries.

 

  • Also for the magnanimous assistance that the Indian government continues to provide to the Maldives under his stewardship.

 

  • Forex reserves increase by 1.8 billion to 421.8 billion

 

  • The country’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 1.875 billion to USD 421.867 billion in the week ending May 31.

 

  • Reserve Bank weekly data released showed that foreign currency assets, which is a major component of the overall reserves, rose by USD 1.946 billion to USD 394.134 billion.

 

  • According to the RBI data, after remaining stable for the past few weeks, gold reserves declined by USD 62.9 million to USD 22.958 billion.

 

NATIONAL

  • Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Siddhi Scheme

 

  • Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Siddhi  It will cost over Rs.87,000 crore a year to the exchequer. The government has announced its decision to extend the benefit of Rs.6,000 per yearunder the PM-KISAN scheme to all 14.5 crore farmers in the country, irrespective of the size of their landholding.

 

  • The scheme was launched on 24th February 2019in the run-up to the 2019 Parliamentary elections in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh where the first rounds of installments were paid to several farmers.

 

  • The government so far distributed thefirst installment to 3.11 crore beneficiaries and second installment to 2.66 crore beneficiaries into their bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer mode.

 

  • Bancha, the first solar kitchen only village in India

 

  • Bancha in Betul district is the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves and almost no use for LPG cylinders with all its 75 houses relying on solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs.
  • The project of installing solar power plates, batteries and stoves in all the 74 houses was started in September 2017 and got completed by December 2018.

 

  • French Open 2019 Concludes

 

  • The 123rd edition of the French Open took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

 

  • The winners of the various categories are as follows:

 

  • Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain)

 

  • Women’s Singles: Ashleigh Barty (Australia)

 

  • Men’s Doubles: Kevin Krawietz (Germany) and Andreas Mies (Germany)

 

  • Women’s Doubles: Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France)

 

  • Mixed Doubles: Latisha Chan (Chinese Taipei) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia)

 

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