Daily Current Affairs 23 July 2020 With Video Lecture

What is Swamitva scheme?

• Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas
• Launched by Ministry of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj.
• On National Panchayati Raj Day – April 24.
• Aim: To provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India.
• The residential land in villages will be measured using drones to create a non-disputable record.
• Property card for every property in the village will be prepared by states using accurate measurements delivered by drone-mapping.
• These cards will be given to property owners.
• Benefits of the scheme:
• It will help in streamlining planning and revenue collection.
• Better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs).
• The accurate property records can be used for facilitating tax collection, new building and structure plan, issuing of permit etc.

Vriksharopan Abhiyan

• Today, Home Minister Amit Shah will launch “Vriksharopan Abhiyan”.
• The scheme will focus on creating green spaces by planting tree saplings in mined out areas.
• Vriksharopan Abhiyan will be organized by Ministry of Coal involving all Coal/Lignite PSUs today.
• During this large-scale plantation would be carried out in mines, colonies, offices and other suitable areas of Coal/Lignite PSUs and seedlings will be distributed in the nearby areas for promoting plantation by the society.
• Going Green is the key thrust area of coal sector, It involves maximization of green cover through ecological reclamation

Delhi Sero-Survey

• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare [MoHFW] commissioned a sero-surveillance study in Delhi.
• Survey is done by the National Center for Disease Control [ NCDC] in collaboration with Govt of National Capital Territory of Delhi, following a rigorous multi-stage sampling study design.
• What is a serological survey?
• A serological survey seeks to assess the prevalence of disease in a population by detecting the presence of specific antibodies against the virus.
•  It can also be conducted to check if a person has developed immunity to certain diseases.
• It indicates past infections (and which triggered an immune response) and is not used to detect active infections.
• The Sera (a part of blood) of samples were tested for IgG antibodies and Covid-19 infection using Covid Kavach ELISA kits approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
• Key findings:
• A total 21,387 samples were randomly collected across the 11 districts of the capital, which were then divided into two groups, of less than 18 years and older.
• 22.86% of the people surveyed had developed IgG antibodies, indicating they had been exposed to the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19.

G20 Digital Minister’s Meet

• The Digital Economy Ministers Meet is hosted by Saudi Arabia.
• Theme: Realizing Opportunities of the 21st century for all
• Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology represented India during this virtual meeting.
• Digital platforms have to be responsive and accountable towards the sovereign concerns of countries.
• India to put in place a robust personal data protection law which will address the data privacy related concerns and ensure availability of data for innovation.
• There is a need for building trustworthy Artificial Intelligence systems that can transform the society.

India – Maldives agreements

• Contract for setting up Neighborhood Fish Processing Plants
• These fish-processing plants are the first in a series of High Impact Community Development (HICDP) projects that India and Maldives have committed to execute together under a total grant of USD 5.5 million.
• India-Maldives sign agreement to establish “Emergency Medical Services”.
• Financed by India under grant assistance of 20 million USD for neighbouring countries.
• This will help to increase the collaboration between the countries, especially in the areas of health care facilities, disaster responses during critical times, etc.

23rd July

• National Broadcasting Day – It is on 23 July in 1927, the 1st ever radio broadcast in country went on the air from Bombay Station under a private company called the Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC).
• 23rd marks the birth anniversaries of two great sons of India—Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad.

Current COVID19 Situation in India

QUIZ TIME

Vriksharopan Abhiyan will be organized by:

1. Ministry of Coal
2. Ministry of Home Affairs
3. Both A and B
4. None of the above

Answer – A

What is Sera?

1. Part of Eye
2. Part of Blood Sample
3. Drink
4. Virus

Answer – B

The Digital Economy Ministers Meet is hosted by:

1. India
2. Saudi Arabia
3. US
4. UK

Answer – B

Who is Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology?

1. Prahlad singh
2. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
3. Ravi Shankar Prashad
4. Amit Shah

Answer – C

Question of the Day

What is Enhanced Access and Service Excellence?

Answer in next session…