CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 12th MARCH 2022
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Indian Space Research Organisation is organising a special programme for School Children called "Young Scientist Programme" "YUva VIgyani KAryakram", YUVIKA, to impart basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Applications to the younger students with a preference to rural areas.
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In an attempt to ensure social security of over 7,000 tea garden workers of Tripura, the state government has announced a special scheme named "Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa".
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West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on 11 March 2022 presented a Rs 3.21-lakh crore budget for the 2022-23 fiscal.
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Maharashtra is set become the first state in India to have a trillion-dollar economy. This was informed by Maharashtra’s Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, while presenting the state’s Budget for 2022-23, in March 2022.
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The Dept of Expenditure on 11 March 2022 released an amount of Rs 2,221.2 cr to Bihar, Karnataka and West Bengal for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies.
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on 12 March 2022 resigned from the post to pave the way the formation of a new government in the state.
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The government has identified 18 major platforms for industry-led design and development in defence sector under various routes. Defence Ministry has said, this is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision on Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
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Bihar's Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Ramsurat Kumar told the assembly that the Bihar government would soon deliver the digital documents of land including Khatian and Map from door-to-door in the state.
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The union Government has appointed former Financial Services Secretary Debasish Panda as Chairman of IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India).
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The President of India has appointed Justice Vipin Sanghi, the senior-most Judge of the Delhi High Court (HC) as its Acting Chief Justice according to Article 223 of the Constitution of India.
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The Supreme Court has appointed its ex-judge A. K. Sikri as Chairperson of a High Powered Committee.
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Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of Rural Development, honoured the Jammu and Kashmir Bank (J & K Bank) with the “National Award for outstanding Performance for FY 2020-21” in recognition of its best performance in Self-Help Group Bank Linkage.
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Prabha Narasimhan has been appointed as the CEO and MD of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited.
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11 March 2022 India and Canada have decided to restart talks for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA)
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The latest edition of Democracy Report was released recently by the V- Dem Institute at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg. The Study was titled ‘Democracy Report 2022: Autocratisation Changing Nature?’.
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From March 8 to 10, 2022, Lt Gen Richard Burr, the Chief of the Australian Army, was in India for three days. The Australian Army Chief paid a visit to the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), an Indian Army think tank in New Delhi.
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Mithali Raj on 12 March 2022 broke the record for most matches captained in the ICC Women’s World Cup, surpassing former Australian counterpart Belinda Clark.