Today Current Affairs: 5th April 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: April 5, 2021
HSN Code Now Mandatory
Harmonized System of Nomenclature Code: It has been made mandatory for a GST taxpayer having a turnover of more than Rs 5 crore in the preceding financial year, to furnish 6 digits HSN Code (Harmonized System of Nomenclature Code). This comes into effect from April 1. Harmonised System, or simply ‘HS’: It is a six-digit […]
Odia Adikabi Sarala Das’s 600th Birth Anniversary
Odia Adikabi Sarala Das’s 600th Birth Anniversary: The Vice President addressed Odia Adikabi Sarala Das’s 600th birth anniversary function in Cuttack. Sarala Das was one of the great scholars of Odia literature. He was the first scholar who wrote his works in Odia in 15th century A.D. Best known for three Odia books, Mahabharata, Vilanka […]
Production Linked Incentive Scheme For Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)
Production Linked Incentive Scheme For Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI): The Union Cabinet has approved the Central Sector Scheme – “Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)” entailing an outlay of Rs. 10,900 crore. PLI Scheme: In order to boost domestic manufacturing and cut down on import bills, the central government in March 2020 […]
National Policy For Rare Diseases 2021 : Important Points
National Policy For Rare Diseases, 2021: Caregivers to patients with ‘rare diseases’ and affiliated organizations are dissatisfied with the National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021. The policy specifies increasing the government support for treating patients with a ‘rare disease’— from ₹15 lakh to ₹20 lakh. But, caregivers say this doesn’t reflect actual costs of treatment. […]
Supreme Court on Rejection of Candidate by Public Employer
Serious Crime Merely On The Benefits Of Doubt: The Supreme Court has held that a public employer can reject a candidate as unsuitable if he/she had, in the past, been acquitted of a serious crime merely on the benefit of the doubt. The benefit of the doubt is granted to the accused when there is […]
Maoist Attack In Sukma : Important Points
Maoist Attack In Sukma: A team of security forces was attacked by a People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) unit in the Tarrem area near the Sukma-Bijapur district border, Chhattisgarh. Several security personnel were killed and many were injured. PLGA was founded in 2000. It has been declared as a terrorist organisation and banned under the […]
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity : NASA
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity :NASA: In another major success for the US space agency NASA, its Mars helicopter Ingenuity has been dropped on the surface of the Red Planet ahead of its historic first flight scheduled for April 11. Ingenuity is a small robotic helicopter located on Mars since February 18, 2021, that is intended to […]
What is E-Courts Project?
E-Courts Project: E-Courts Project is a mission mode project undertaken by the Department of Justice, Government of India. The Chairperson of eCommittee is Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India. The eCommittee of the Supreme Court has been overseeing the implementation of the eCourts Project, conceptualized under the “National Policy and Action […]
Sankalp Se Siddhi Scheme : TRIFED
Sankalp Se Siddhi: TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs has now launched “Sankalp se Siddhi” – Village and Digital Connect Drive. It is a 100-day drive that was stared on April 1, 2021. The drive will entail 150 teams visiting ten villages each of which 10 in each region from TRIFED and State Implementation Agencies, […]
