1st April 2022 Current Affairs

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1st April 2022 Current Affairs is provided below:

1. Uttar Pradesh(29.58MT) – Top Vegetable Producer in 2021-22:

Followed by West Bengal(28.23MT) and Madhya Pradesh(20.59MT).
Andhra Pradesh – Top Fruit Producer(18.01MT) followed by Maharashtra(12.30MT) and Uttar Pradesh (11.26MT).
MIDH Scheme: Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture scheme.
It is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare from 2014-15.
Objective: To have holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew and cocoa.

2. Cabinet Approval:

The Union Cabinet has approved $808 million for a new World Bank assisted scheme ‘Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP)’.
RAMP – it was formulated along the lines of the recommendations made by the Upendra Kumar Sinha Committee, K V Kamath Committee.
Objective: Strengthening institutions and governance of the MSME programme, and support to market access, firm capabilities and access to finance.

3. UNFPA report:

The report titled: “State of World Population 2022: Seeing the Unseen”
The report states that nearly half of all pregnancies are Unintended annually.
The report examines how unintended pregnancies represent a global failure to uphold basic human rights.
The report states that more than 60% of unintended pregnancies end in abortion.
Around 45% of all abortions are unsafe which accounts for 5 to 13% of all maternal deaths recorded.
Only around 57% of women are able to make their own decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive rights.
About UNFPA:
United Nations Population Fund formerly known as the United Nations Fund for Population.
HQ: New York, USA.
Executive director: Natalia Kanem

4. Book Released:

Book: The Tiger of Drass, Capt. Anuj Nayyar,23, Kargil Hero.
Author: Meena Nayyar and Himmat Singh Shekhawat.

5. Utkal (Odisha) Day:

Observed on 1st April.
It is celebrated in memory of the formation of the state as a separate state out of Bihar and Orissa Province on 1 April 1936.
Under British rule, Odisha was part of the Bengal presidency, which consisted of the present-day Bihar, West Bengal, and Odisha.

6. “FASTER” Software:

‘Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records’.
Launched by the CJI N.V. Ramana to transmit court orders swiftly.
The platform would be used by the court officials to instantly send e-copies of the orders through a secured electronic communication channel to the intended parties.

7. Loans for Prisoners:

Launched by the Government of Maharashtra.
It allows prisoners to obtain personal loans from banks of up to Rs. 50,000 to help their families improve their living conditions and meet expenses related to their legal matters.
This type of loan is called a “Khavti” loan.
It will be a first of its kind initiative in our country.

8. S. Raju takes over as Director-General of Geological Survey of India:

Estb: 1851
HQ: Kolkata, West Bengal.

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