14.07.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GUJARAT

Exports from Gujarat special economic zones slide 6%

Cumulative exports in June — both merchandise and services — from functioning special economic zones (SEZs) in Gujarat declined by 5.6% from May,2021.

Gujarat’s SEZ exports fell to Rs 17,408 crore in June 2021 against exports worth Rs 18,441 crore in May. However, exports were 60% higher than exports of Rs 10,901 crore in June last year, government data shows. In June 2020, the state’s SEZ exports were hit by the nationwide lockdown.

Industry players attributed the June fall to the second wave of the pandemic and a container shortage, among other factors.

On month-on-month basis, exports from Surat SEZ declined by 59% to Rs 726.27 crore in June from Rs 1,790.73 crore in May. Exports from the Reliance SEZ dipped by 4% to Rs 13,283.63 crore from Rs 13,868.63 crore in the same period.

 

INTERNATIONAL

 

India-UK Financial Markets Dialogue

 

The Financial Market Dialogue between India and the United Kingdom was conducted virtually.

Highlights:

The dialogue was established at the 10th Economic and Financial Dialogue in October 2020 to strengthen the bilateral financial relationship between the United Kingdom and India.
The discussion revolved around four main topics:

♦ GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City), India’s premier international financial centre

♦ Banking and payment systems

♦ Insurance

♦ Capital markets

 

 

NATIONAL

 

India Industrial Land Bank – IILB

 

The Industrial Land Bank of India is a GIS-based portal that contains all information related to industrial infrastructure, such as connectivity, infrastructure, natural resources and topography, plot-level information about open spaces, activity lines, and contact information.

♦ It serves as a one-stop shop for all industrial infrastructure-related data.

♦ It acts as a decision-support system for investors scouting land remotely.

♦ It is currently integrated with industry-based GIS systems from 17 states, allowing details on the portal to be updated in real time.

♦ The IILB has planned about 4,000 industrial parks on 550,000 hectares of land and is expected to achieve pan-Indian integration by December 2021.

♦ It is administered by the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

 

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund – Central Sector Scheme

 

Union Cabinet has approved changes to the Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under the ‘Agriculture Infrastructure Fund’.

Highlights:

♦ State Agencies/APMCs, National and State Federations of Cooperatives, Federations of Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs), and Federations of Self-Help Groups are now eligible (SHGs).

♦ Currently, the scheme allows for interest subventions on loans of up to Rs. 2 crore in a single location.

♦ If an eligible entity other than a private sector entity (i.e., state agencies, national and state federations of cooperatives, federations of FPOs, and federations of SHGs) establishes projects in multiple locations, all such projects will now be eligible for interest subsidies of up to Rs. 2 crore.

♦ However, a private sector entity will be limited to a maximum of 25 such projects.

♦ For APMCs, an interest subvention of up to Rs. 2 crore will be provided for each project of different infrastructure types, such as cold storage, sorting, grading, and assaying units, silos, and so on, within the same market yard.

 

INS Tabar Exercises was Held

 

The INS Tabar exercise was  held with the Italian Navy near Naples, Italy, as part of a continuous deployment to the Mediterranean

Highlights:

♦ The exercise covered a broad range of naval operations, such as air defence procedures and communication drills.

♦ The exercise benefited both parties by improving interoperability and consolidating combined operations against maritime threats.

Major Indian Maritime Exercises:

♦ SLINEX – Sri Lanka
♦ Bongosagar and IN-BN CORPAT – Bangladesh
♦ JIMEX –  Japan
♦ Naseem-Al-Bahr – Oman
♦ Indra – Russia
♦ Za’ir-Al-Bahr – Qatar
♦ Samudra Shakti – Indonesia
♦ Indo-Thai CORPAT – Thailand
♦ IMCOR – Malaysia
♦ SIMBEX – Singapore
♦ AUSINDEX – Australia
♦ Malabar Exercise – Japan, and the USA
 

 

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