03 February 2023 | Current Affairs & Banking Awareness
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Current Affairs: 03 February 2023
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Kerala’s economy showed significant improvement in FY 2021–22.
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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Engineers India Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build waste-to-energy facilities in cities with populations greater than one million.
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A “National workshop on LiFE” was organised by the EIACP in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History.
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The passenger segment revenue for Railways increased by 73%.
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Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister, will open the Manesar event “Towards Panchamrit.”
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DCPCR launched a WhatsApp chatbot to make government more accessible to the public.
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Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team, has been named PUMA India’s brand ambassador.
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The Odisha CM’s secretary, VK Pandian, was given the FIH President award.
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A digital epigraphy museum called Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (BharatSHRI) will be established.
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K. Vishwanath, a well-known filmmaker, passed away at 92 years old.
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In Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, the first floating festival in Asia got underway on February 1.
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Pushkar Singh, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, declared that the state would be drug-free by 2025.
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The Adani Group is accused of “stock manipulation and accounting malpractices” in a report by Hindenburg Research.
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By December 2023, India will have its first locally built and designed hydrogen train operating on the famed Kalka-Shimla route.
Banking Awareness: 03 February 2023
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From 349.30 in March to 377.46 in September, the Digital Payments Index (DPI) of the RBI increased.
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V Ramachandra has been named to the Srei NBFCs advisory committee.
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On February 1st, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the Union Budget for 2023–2024 to Parliament.
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As of December 31, 2022, there are 1.87 crore payment acceptance devices deployed under the PIDF Scheme.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance, presented the Economic Survey 2022–2023 to both Houses of Parliament.
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While presenting the Union Budget for 2023–2024, FM Nirmala Sitharaman made five significant announcements regarding personal income tax.
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The fiscal deficit for the fiscal year 2022-2023 is anticipated to be 6.4% of GDP.
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The S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index fell from 58.5 in December to 57.2 in January after being seasonally adjusted.
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The updated MSMEs credit guarantee programme will go into effect on April 1, 2023.
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In December 2022, the output of eight core industries reached a three-month high of 7.4%.