DAILY DOSE 6TH JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVN)
- It is a Mini Ratna Category-I Central public Sector Enterprises Company under the Union Ministry of Power.
- The company is a joint venture of the Government of India and Himachal Pradesh government with the government of India holding the majority shares.
- It was set up in 1988 for hydroelectric power generation and transmission.
- Chairman and Managing Director: N L Sharma
2) 26th National Youth Festival Will Take Place at Hubballi-Dharwad
- India’s 26th National Youth Festival Will Take Place at Hubballi-Dharwad in Karnataka.
- It will be celebrated from 12th to 16th January 2023.
- The youth festival will mark the birth. anniversary of Swami Vivekananda which falls on 12 January.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 26th National Youth Festival.
3) Tamil Nadu to set up Green Climate Fund to support mega green project
- Tamil Nadu is setting up Green Climate Fund worth Rs 1000 crore with a greenshoe option of another Rs 1000 crores.
- Fund will be created for a period of 10 years, subject to extension of another 2 year.
- It will support climate change initiative, mitigation and greening projects.
- The fund will mobilize necessary resources from development finance institutions, international climate funds etc.
4) PM Modi to launch world’s longest river cruise “Ganga Vilas”
- PM Modi will launch the world’s longest river cruise, “Ganga Vilas” from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh (Assam) on 13 Jan 2023.
- It will make stops at more than 50 significant architectural locations including World Heritage Sites, as it will travel through rivers of India and Bangladesh.
- The Uttar Pradesh government was striving to improve the amenities for visitors to Varanasi.
5) Union Government approves the National Green Hydrogen Mission
- The Union Cabinet headed by PM Modi on 4 Jan’23 approved the National Green Hydrogen Policy, which aims to make India a Global Hub for producing, utilizing, and exporting Green. Hydrogen and its derivatives.
- The initial outlay for the Mission is Rs.19, 744 crores.
- The aim of the National Hydrogen Mission is to enable India to meet its climate change target of net zero carbon emission by 2070.
6) 50 Electric Buses launched in Delhi under FAME India Phase II scheme
- 50 electric buses launched in Delhi with support under the FAME India Phase II scheme of the Min of Heavy Industries on 2 jan’23
- In 2019, the govt approved Rs 10,000cr for a period of 3 years.
- The Govt formulated a Scheme FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) in 2015, to improve the infrastructure required for the large-scale use of electric vehicles.
7) Know About: European Union (EU)
- European Union (EU) is an international organization comprising 27 European countries and governing common economic, social, and security policies.
- The union was established along with its citizenship when the Maastricht Treaty came into force in 1993.
- The EU was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, to promote peace and democracy in Europe.
- It is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
8) Odisha wins World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission
- Odisha government’s slum improvement and land titling program, JAGA (Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission) Mission has won the UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards’23.
- This award is given by World Habitat, a United Kingdom-based organization, in partnership with UN-Habitat every year.
- It aims to make Odisha the first state in India to be slum-free by the end of 23.
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