Monthly Current Affairs (Beepedia) April 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Monetary Policy Statement, 2023-24 Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

• RBI to issue new 5-year bond on April 6, seeks to raise Rs 8,000 cr

• Neeraj Nigam new RBI executive director, will lead consumer education dept

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI takes some measures to take disciplinary measures on misleading investment ads

• SEBI issues guidelines for usage of brand or trade name by advisors, analysts

• SEBI has asked AIF to provide option of direct plans

NABARD AND AGRICULTURE

• Govt to launch technology scheme ‘Smart PDS’ for PDS reforms

• KVIC Distributes Margin Money Grants and Bee Boxes in Kaithal, Haryana

• Rajasthan govt approves Rs 463 cr to strengthen micro irrigation system

NATIONAL

• India, Malaysia can now trade in Indian rupee

• India became first country to develop its own system for estimating TB cases

• India could become the world’s second-largest solar photovoltaic manufacturer by 2026

INTERNATIONAL

• Colombia opened military service to women for first time in 25 years

• Ales Bialiatski: Nobel Prize-winning activist sentenced to 10 years in jail

• Poland to be first NATO member to give MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

STATES

• Haryana became first state in India to have 100% electrified railway network

• Basohli Painting from Jammu Got GI Tag

• 'Mircha' rice of Bihar's West Champaran got GI tag

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• India jumps 6 places on World Bank’s Logistic Performance Index

• India’s foreign trade set to cross US$ 1.6 trillion mark this fiscal: GTRI

• India rises five places to 101 in latest FIFA rankings

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• ISRO successfully carried out Re-usable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission

• ISRO to launch Singaporean Earth Observation satellite TeLEOS-02

• Isro to launch Singaporean Earth Observation satellite TeLEOS-02

DEFENCE

• MoD signed Rs 470 crore contract with Ultra Dimensions Pvt Ltd for modernisation of Naval Aircraft Yards at Goa & Kochi

• Vice-Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh is new Vice-Chief of Navy

• India-U.S. air exercise to begin from April 10 to 21, Japan to be observer

EVENTS

• PM took part in Combined Commanders’ Conference in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

• High Commissioner Pranay Verma released the special edition of Bharat Bichitra magazine in Dhaka

• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated scientific convention on World Homoeopathy Day in New Delhi

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• NGO from Assam honoured with Children’s Champion Award

• Kashmir’s Aliya Mir Gets Wildlife Conservation Award

• Bangladesh: Special literary award conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

SPORTS

• Daniil Medvedev reigned supreme in Miami Open, won 4th title of 2023

• Sri Lanka failed to qualify directly to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

• RCB Announced Retirement of Jersey Numbers 17 & 333