Daily Current Affairs Quiz 3 January 2023

c) Ministry of Rural Development

Ministry of Rural Development’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) has launched the Prajjwala Challenge.
Under the challenge, ideas are invited from individuals, Enterprises, Start ups, Private Sector, Civil Society and others to transform the rural economy.

a) Department of Economic Affairs

The Ministry of Finance’s Department of Economic Affairs announces modifications in rates on modest savings plans. The government recently raised the interest rates on many minor savings plans, including the senior citizen savings scheme, for the January-March quarter. The PPF will continue to earn 7.10%, while the Sukanya Samriddhi account programme will earn 7.6%.

d) Croatia

Croatia has formally embraced the euro as its currency, making it the 20th member state of the European Union. The Balkan country joined the EU about a decade ago but had to wait until now to become a Eurozone member. When the clock struck midnight, Finance Minister Marko Primorac and National Bank Governor Boris Vuji took the first euro notes from a Croatian cash machine.

a) 2 and 3

Nilgiri Tahr is the State animal of Tamilnadu.
· The Nilgiri Tahr had multiple references in Tamil Sangam literature.

· The late Mesolithic (10,000-4,000 BC) paintings also highlights the Nilgiri Tahr’s cultural significance. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

They are endemic to the Western Ghats and used to inhabit a large part of the Western Ghats between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

Conservation Status
· IUCN – Endangered

· Wildlife (protection) Act of India, 1972 – Schedule I
Hence, statement 3 is correct.

The Tamil Nadu government launched an initiative for the conservation of the Nilgiri Tahr at a cost of Rs 25 crore.

b) SEBI

Markets regulator SEBI has asked stock exchanges to set up an Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform
The platform will give investors an opportunity to square off their position or cancel pending orders in case of disruption of trading services. There is a rise in instances of glitches in systems of trading members, some of which lead to disruption of trading services.