Current Affairs - February 2022
The PM-KISAN Scheme completed three years of successful implementation in February 2022. So as per the data, approximately how much amount has been released to the beneficiaries under the scheme to date?
The scheme has provided benefits to about 11.78 Crore farmers and funds amounting to Rs 1.82 lakh crore in various instalments have been released to the eligible beneficiaries.
The Reserve bank of India authorizes all Pre-paid Instruments (PPI) in India, under the powers conferred under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act).
India will host the 2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) session in Mumbai. India will be hosting the prestigious IOC meeting for the first time since 1983 when the 86th Session was held in New Delhi.
The Union Defence Ministry had launched the 'Services e-Health Assistance and Teleconsultation (SeHAT)' scheme. It aims to provide home delivery of medicines for veterans and serving military personnel.
India's teen chess Grandmaster Ramesh Babu Praggnanandhaa created history as he defeated world number one chess champion, Magnus Carlsen, of Norway in an online chess tournament.
The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day came first from Bangladesh. The idea was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference. The day has been observed every year since the year 2000.