Inspired by: [pib] Kisan Credit Cards for Fishermen

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/pib-kisan-credit-cards-for-fishermen/

Answer: (b)

• The GoI has extended the facility of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to fisheries and animal husbandry farmers to help them meet their working capital needs.

Kisan Credit Card Scheme

• The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme is a credit scheme introduced in August 1998 by Indian banks.
• This model scheme was prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on the recommendations of RV Gupta to provide term loans and agricultural needs.
• Its objective is to meet the comprehensive credit requirements of the agriculture sector by giving financial support to farmers.
• Participating institutions include all commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks, and state co-operative banks.
• The scheme has short term credit limits for crops, and term loans.
• Kisan Credit Card (KCC) offering credit to the farmers in two types viz, 1. Cash Credit 2. Term Credit ( for allied activities such as pump sets, land development, plantation, drip irrigation).

Inspired by: Coral Rehabilitation Programme

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/coral-rehabilitation-programme/

Answer: (c)

Coral Rehabilitation Programme

• The GoM Marine National Park had been implementing the corral rehabilitation programme since 2002.
• It has so far covered eight sq km areas in GoM region, where coral reefs suffered bleaching and degradation due to climate change and high temperature.
• The program employs ‘concrete frame slabs’ method.
• As the sea would be rough during the southwest monsoon season, they commence the insertion of slabs after the end of the season.
• Corals would start growing in 60 days using the concrete frames as sub-state. The acropora coral species grow by 10 to 12 cm per year on these slabs.

Inspired by: Explained: Hong Kong political crisis

https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/explained-hong-kong-political-crisis/

Answer: (b)

Umbrella Revolution

• A series of sit-in street protests often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement or Occupy Movement occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014.
• The protests began after the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) issued a decision regarding proposed reforms to the Hong Kong electoral system.
• The decision was widely seen to be highly restrictive, and tantamount to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s pre-screening of the candidates for the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

Inspired by: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/artificial-gravity-space-5813743/

Answer: (c)

Artificial Gravity

• It is not caused by the attraction to the Earth but is instead caused by acceleration or centrifugal force.
• There is a need for artificial gravity in spacecraft to counter the effect of weightlessness on the astronauts.
• Artificial gravity is the creation of an inertial force that mimics the effects of a gravitational force, usually by rotation.

Inspired by: CSP 2015

Answer: (c)

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) is the apex body constituted in the Ministry of Environment and Forests under ‘Rules for Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous Microorganisms/Genetically Engineered Organisms or Cells 1989’, under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.