10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #47 December 26, 2019

Explanation: India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative has released the first report on disease burden attributable to mental health from 1990. The study finds that roughly one in seven Indians or 197 million people suffered from mental disorders of varying severity in 2017.Among these, depression and anxiety disorders are the commonest mental disorders in India. The prevalence of mental disorders is increasing and is relatively higher in the southern states and in females. The Southern states namely Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh accounted for a higher prevalence of mental disorders.

Explanation: The first tripartite Memorandum of Agreement has been signed between the department of Fisheries Government of India, NARBARD and the Government of Tamil Nadu for the implementation of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Fund (FIDF). The Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) has been formed in 2018. The main aim of the fund is to boost fish production to achieve the target of producing 15 million tonnes of fish production by 2020 and 20 million tonnes by 2022-23 from current production of 11.4 million tonnes. The main aim of the fund is to boost fish production to achieve the target of producing 15 million tonnes of fish production by 2020 and 20 million tonnes by 2022-23 from current production of 11.4 million tones.

Explanation: The Eurasian Economic Union is an international organization for regional economic integration. It was established in 2015 by the Treaty of the Eurasian Economic Union. The EAEU provides for free movement of goods, services, capital and labor, pursues coordinated, harmonized and single policy in the sectors determined by the Treaty and international agreements within the Union. The Member-States of the Eurasian Economic Union are the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation.

Explanation: National Green Corps is a programme started in 2001-02 by the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change. The programme aims to provide opportunities for children to understand the environment and environmental problems through school eco-clubs. The programme is a sub part of Environment Education Awareness and Training (EEAT) which is a central sector scheme of the Ministry of the Environment continuing since 1983-84.

Explanation: Microdots are a globally proven technology to ensure originality in spare parts of machines and components including in the automobile sector. The microdot technology involves spraying thousands of microscopic dots onto vehicles or other assets to form a unique identification. Each microdot carries this identification which is registered to the owner, but is not visible to the naked eye.