- Static Part:
- CM of Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan
- Governor of Kerala: Arif Mohammad Khan
- The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in partnership with the Border Security Force (BSF) launched the first of its kind project called ‘Project Bold’ with an aim to develop green cover in the deserts of Rajasthan. Under the ‘Project Bold’, the officers of BSF along with KVIC planted 1000 bamboo saplings in Tanot village in Jaisalmer of Rajasthan. The Project BOLD signifies ‘Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought’.
- The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has entered into 10 years of partnership with IBM to set up the ‘Airport in a Box’ platform. The platform will help BIAL to enhance its productivity, get automation to its IT services, enhance operational flexibility so that it can handle passenger traffic.
- Important Days and Themes:
- 30th July: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- Theme: ‘Victims’ Voices Lead the Way.’
- Pramod Bhagat (World No1 Para Shuttler): He was named as Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year by Indian Sports Honour for 2019.
- The RBI’s Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) and its report was released, which mentioned that at the end of March 2021, the index rose to 270.59 from 207.84 in March 2020. Also, the digital payments in India have observed a growth of 30.19% during the financial year 2021. The RBI-DPI is released semi-annually by RBI and is based on the parameters like
- (a) Payment Enablers
- (b) Payment Infrastructure – Demand-side factors
- (c) Payment Infrastructure – Supply-side factors
- (d) Payment Performance
- (e) Consumer Centricity
- Karnataka: It has become the 1st state of India to provide 1% reservation for the transgender community in all the government services.
- Static Part:
- CM of Karnataka: Basavaraj S Bommai
- Governor of Karnataka: Thawar Chand Gehlot
- The ‘InCred’ which is the financial service platform has partnered with Amazon India to offer collateral-free, working capital loans of up to Rs 50 lakh to the e-commerce merchants working in Amazon India.
- Static Part:
- HQ of InCred: Mumbai
- Awards and Recognition:
- Edible Routes Private Limited, Oorja Development Solutions India and Taru Naturals: These are the 3 Indian SME units, which have won UN Food Systems Summit Competition called ‘Best Small Business: Good Food for All’
Question:
Ques: 1: Which entity launched Pink Protection Project to protect women in public, private and digital spaces?
a. Kerala Police
b. Delhi Police
c. CRPF
d. Indian Army
a. Kerala Police
b. Delhi Police
c. CRPF
d. Indian Army
