VisionIAS
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1) International Everest Day: 29th May
•Nepal decided to observe the day as International Everest Day since 2008 when the legendary climber Hillary passed away. Everest Day on May 29 every year in memory of the first summit of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on the day in 1953. The day is celebrated with memorial events, processions, and special events in Kathmandu and the Everest region.
2) MP govt starts ‘Rozgar Setu’ scheme for skilled workers
Eligibility for the scheme:
•Workers with a permanent resident of Madhya Pradesh.
•Holders of Samagra ID, if not generate the same.
•The last date for submitting the online application is 3rd June 2020.
3) U’khand govt starts “Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana” for returnee migrants
What is Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana?
•Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana is self-employment opportunities to youth and a boost to reverse migration, especially entrepreneurs returning to Uttarakhand and encourage skilled and unskilled artisans, handicrafts and unemployed youths to start their own business.
•Information about this scheme should be conveyed to every village so that the youth can avail of this scheme.
•This scheme should be widely publicised through public representatives and district level officers so that the maximum number of villagers can take advantage of it.
•Under this scheme, the district magistrate should coordinate with the bankers so that the beneficiaries do not have any problem in taking a loan.
•The migrants who apply under this programme will get quick approval from the authorities concerned and their applications will be forwarded to banks with immediate subsidy which will be 25% in the hill districts and 15% in the plain districts.
•A person needs to be at least 18 years of age to be able to apply under the scheme. The applicant or his family member will be benefited only once under the scheme.
4) Russia hosts BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities meet
•The meeting was scheduled to be held in Moscow, but was held through video conference in view of COVID-19. Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey represented India at the meeting. The Finance Secretary, while extending India’s support to the ongoing work in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and G-20 project on addressing tax challenges posed by digitalization, underlined the need to ensure that the new tax rules are fair and simple.
5) Missile park “Agneeprastha” to be set up at INS Kalinga
•The park also commemorates the award of the prestigious Unit Citation to INS Kalinga for 2018-19 and aims to capture glimpses of missile history of Kalinga since 1981 till date. The park has been set up with a replica of missiles and ground support equipment (GSE) that showcase the evolution of missiles handled by the unit. The exhibits have been created from scrap/obsolete inventory which have been reconditioned in-house.
•A 2-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant was also commissioned at INS Kalinga by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain. It is the largest plant in the Eastern Naval Command and has an estimated life of 25 years.
6) India’s GDP growth slows to 11-year low of 4.2%
•India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fourth quarter of 2019-20 has been provisionally estimated at 3.1 per cent as against a rise of 5.7 per cent in the same period last year. Due to the slow growth rate, per capita income in real terms was unable to cross the Rs 1 lakh mark. The decline had an impact on the well-being of the people who withdrew their savings, leading to bank deposits falling by minus 53 per cent.
7) Venkataramani Sumantran becomes new independent director of Indigo
•Dr Sumantran, with a rich experience of over 35 years having worked in the USA, Europe and Asia, has been an industry leader, technocrat, academic and author.
8) SAI’s extends Sandip Pradhan tenure as DG for 2 year
