05th July, 2022

1. Launched in June 2020, the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme has completed two years.
2. National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) have entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement with DB India for the comprehensive operation and maintenance of the 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor for a period of 12 years.
3. IRDAI and National Health Authority (NHA) have announced to develop a National Health Claims Exchange as a digital platform to settle health claims.
4. Kerala government has announced to implement a medical insurance scheme for government employees and pensioners.
5. India’s exports of marine products in 2021-22 have reached a record high at USD 7.76 billion, an improvement of 30.26%.
6. Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has received the GI tag for Kai Chutney.
7. Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, has signed an MoU with the Incubation and Enterprise Support Centre of the IIM-Shillong (IIMS) to boost the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the north-eastern region (NER).
8. UN Office on Drugs and Crime has released the World Drugs Report 2022.
9. Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has partnered with Avanse Financial Services, an education-focused NBFC, to provide student travel insurance to overseas academic aspirants financed by Avanse.
10. SBI Card has joined hands with Aditya Birla Finance to launch a new credit card named Aditya Birla SBI Card.
11. World Sports Journalists Day
12. 2022 Malaysia Open badminton tournament – Men’s Singles: Viktor Axelsen (Denmark); Women’s Singles: Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
13. Parul Chaudhary has become the first Indian runner to clock a sub-9 minutes time in the women’s 3000m at the Jack Kemp Stadium in Los Angeles.
14. “The Life and Times of George Fernandes”, biography of India’s most firebrand union leaders and former Central minister George Fernandes, has been written by Rahul Ramagundam.

National News

1. Launched in June 2020, the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme has completed two years.
   • Journey of the Scheme –
     • Union Bank of India is the nodal bank.
     • The digital GIS One District One Product (ODOP) map of India was launched to provide details of ODOPs of all the States and UTs.
     • National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K) and the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) have been providing capacity building training.
     • 75 Incubation Centres have been approved under the scheme.
     • Ministry in collaboration with the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) has also developed an online portal for submission of Incubation Centre proposals and a digital map for the facilitation of details of Incubation Centres across the country.
     • Financial support of 40,000 is given for working capital and purchase of small tools for each member of the Self-Help Group (SHG) engaged in food processing activities.
     • Over 1 lakh SHG members have been identified and the seed capital amount of Rs. 203 Cr. has been released so far.
     • As of now, 2 State-level brands have been successfully launched, including the brand “AASNAA” from Punjab and the brand “BHIMTHADI” from of Maharashtra.
2. National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) have entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement with DB India for the comprehensive operation and maintenance of the 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor for a period of 12 years.
3. IRDAI and National Health Authority (NHA) have announced to develop a National Health Claims Exchange as a digital platform to settle health claims.
   • NHA is the implementing agency of the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

State News

1. Kerala government has announced to implement a medical insurance scheme for government employees and pensioners.
   • MEDISEP scheme is applicable to government employees, pensioners/family pensioners and their eligible family members and employees and pensioners of universities that receive grant in aid from the state government and the local self-government institutions.

Agriculture and Rural Development

1. India’s exports of marine products in 2021-22 have reached a record high at USD 7.76 billion, an improvement of 30.26%.
   • In rupee terms, the export improved by 31.71%.
   • In terms of quantity the exports improved by 19.12%.
   • India had exported 11,49,510 MT of seafood worth Rs 43,720.98 crore.
   • Frozen shrimp remained the major export item in terms of quantity and value.
2. Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has received the GI tag for Kai Chutney.

Memorandum of Understanding

1. Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, has signed an MoU with the Incubation and Enterprise Support Centre of the IIM-Shillong (IIMS) to boost the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the north-eastern region (NER).

Reports and Indices

1. UN Office on Drugs and Crime has released the World Drugs Report 2022.
   • Around 284 million people aged 15-64 used drugs worldwide in 2020, a 26% increase over the previous decade.
   • Women now represent an estimated 45-49% of users of amphetamines and non-medical users of pharmaceutical stimulants, pharmaceutical opioids, sedatives, and tranquilizers.

Banking and Economy

1. Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has partnered with Avanse Financial Services, an education-focused NBFC, to provide student travel insurance to overseas academic aspirants financed by Avanse.
2. SBI Card has joined hands with Aditya Birla Finance to launch a new credit card named Aditya Birla SBI Card.

Important Days

1. July 2 –
   • World UFO Day
   • World Sports Journalists Day

Sports

1. 2022 Malaysia Open badminton tournament – Men’s Singles: Viktor Axelsen (Denmark); Women’s Singles: Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
2. Parul Chaudhary has become the first Indian runner to clock a sub-9 minutes time in the women’s 3000m at the Jack Kemp Stadium in Los Angeles.

Miscellaneous

1. “The Life and Times of George Fernandes”, biography of India’s most firebrand union leaders and former Central minister George Fernandes, has been written by Rahul Ramagundam.

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