10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | March 1 2021

Statement 1 is correct. In the budget speech of Union Budget 2018-19, a new Scheme “Operation Greens” was announced on the line of “Operation Flood”, with an outlay of Rs.500 crore to promote Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), agri-logistics, processing facilities and professional management.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) extended the Operation Greens Scheme from Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) to all fruits & vegetables (TOTAL) for a period of six months on pilot basis as part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

Statement 2 is incorrect. While presenting the Union budget for the FY 2021-22, Finance Minister announced that Operation Green (OG) will be expanded beyond tomatoes, onions, and potatoes (TOP) to 22 perishable commodities.

Perishable foods are those that spoil the most quickly and require refrigeration such as fruits and vegetables, dairy, fish, and meat products.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in consultation with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has finalized the products for One District One Focus Product (ODOFP). The products have been identified from agricultural, horticultural, animal, poultry, milk, fisheries and aquaculture, marine sectors for 728 districts across the country.

The list of products has been finalized after taking inputs from the States/UTs and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). These products will be promoted in a cluster approach through convergence of the Government of India schemes, to increase the value of the products and with the ultimate aim of increasing the income of the farmers.

These identified products will be supported under the PM-FME scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries which provides incentives to promoter and micro-enterprises.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 and section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000, the Central Government promulgated Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009.

Statement 1 is incorrect. Section 9 of the said rules empower the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT to issue interim directions for blocking of content.

Under the rules issued on 25th February, 2021, this provision has only been replaced with Secretary, Ministry of I&B because Part III of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 would be administered by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

Statement 2 is correct. Rule 16 of the IT Blocking Rules provide that strict confidentiality shall be maintained regarding all the requests and complaints received and actions taken thereof.

Option 1 is correctly matched. Nirmal toys are world famous traditional wooden toys that are exclusively made in the town of Nirmal in Adilabad district of Telangana. Nirmal Art is 400-year-old rich tradition that encompasses soft wood toys and attractive paintings as well as furniture.

Option 2 is correctly matched. Channapatna in Karnataka is known as the ‘Land of Toys’. This 200-year-old art form, has a GI tag and are made from wood and natural colors.

Option 3 is incorrectly matched. Kondapalli toys are made in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. These toys are made of soft wood called Tella Poniki that’s procured from the adjacent hills of Kondapally.

# India’s first Toy Fair is being held virtually from February 27 to March 2, 2021.

The COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support (CARES) program, under the Countercyclical Support Facility COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option (CPRO) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), provides critically needed support to help the Government of the Philippines mitigate the severe health, social, and economic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

# India Mobile App for price monitoring for 22 essential commodities has been launched by Department of Consumer Affairs starts providing effective real time information about retail and whole sale prices from 127 locations across the country. The Department has also proposed to DEA for Technical Assistance Fund under CARES Progamme of Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improving price monitoring and analysis.

Statement 1 is correct. India was the first country to recognize Bangladesh as a separate and independent state and established diplomatic relations with the country immediately after its independence in December 1971.

Statement 2 is correct. India and Bangladesh share 54 common rivers. A bilateral Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) has been functioning since June 1972 to maintain liaison between the two countries to maximize benefits from common river systems. The Ganges Waters Treaty was signed in 1996 for the sharing of waters of the River Ganges during the lean season (January 1-May 31).

# The 19th Home Secretary Level Talks (HSLT) between India and Bangladesh were held recently in the backdrop of ‘MujibBarsho’ and 50 years of Bangladesh Liberation War and establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Statement 1 is correct. Raman Effect is a phenomenon in spectroscopy discovered by the eminent physicist while working in the laboratory of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.

Raman Effect, change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules. When a beam of light traverses a dust-free, transparent sample of a chemical compound, a small fraction of the light emerges in directions other than that of the incident (incoming) beam. Most of this scattered light is of unchanged wavelength. A small part, however, has wavelengths different from that of the incident light; its presence is a result of the Raman Effect.

Statement 2 is correct. The 28th February is celebrated as National Science Day in India, on this day in 1928, C.V Raman discovered a phenomenon of scattering of photons which was later known as ‘Raman Effect’.

In 1986, the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) asked the Government of India to designate 28 February as National Science Day which the then Govt. of India accepted and declared the day as National Science Day in 1986.

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellites on February 28, 2021) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

Amazonia-1 of Brazil is the optical earth observation satellite of National Institute for Space Research (INPE). This satellite would further strengthen the existing structure by providing remote sensing data to users for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon region and analysis of diversified agriculture across the Brazilian territory.

# PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 is the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under Department of Space.

Definitions have been interchanged.

Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. It is one method of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with the goal of reducing global climate change.

Decarbonization tends to refer to the process of reducing ‘carbon intensity’, lowering the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the burning of fossil fuels. Generally, this involves decreasing CO2 output per unit of electricity generated. Reducing the amount of carbon dioxide occurring as a result of transport and power generation is essential to meet global temperature standards set by the Paris Agreement.

The Ao are one of the major Naga tribes of Nagaland, Northeast India. The AO Nagas are divided into six major sub-tribes namely Jamir, Longkumer, Pongen, Imchen, walling and Longcherthe Ao region and the distancing of the region is bounded by the Tzula river.

Some villages in Nagaland are trying to revive a traditional form of punishment in which offenders of Naga customary laws are put in triangular cage made from the logs of an indigenous tree that irritates the skin. The Aos call it Shi-ki that means flesh-house.