Current Affairs Exam

INS Airavat – Covid Relief Supplies

Covid relief supplies were delivered by INS Airavat to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

As part of the ongoing SAGAR mission, INS Airavat arrived at the port of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam with COVID relief supplies. The ship is carrying a hundred Metric Tons of Liquid Medical Oxygen in 5 ISO Containers and 300 Oxygen Concentrators of 10 LPM capability each based on the requirement projected through the Government of Vietnam in its combat towards the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

New Central Sector Scheme for Industrial Development

The Union Home Minister has launched a portal for registering units under the “New Central Sector Scheme” for industrial development in Jammu & Kashmir.

Highlights:

This scheme has an economic outlay of 28,400 crore is open for any eligible service sector enterprise registered business enterprise under GST or eligible manufacturing entity.

It is expected that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir will have an extra funding of about 12,000 crore for the establishment of 1,200 industrial units.

The complete method under the scheme i.e. applying for registration, submitting claims and their processing inside the department, is via the portal intentionally achieved to keep away from human interface.

The scheme consists of 4 kinds of incentives: capital interest subvention, capital incentive, GST-linked incentive and WORKING CAPITAL interest subvention.

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