Current Affairs - May 3

In Today's article, you will read:-

• Indian Railways signed MoU with Haryana and Punjab (plantation of trees alongside Railway Track)
• Andhra Pradesh CM Launched Chandranna Bima Yojana
• 5 new classical languages of India
• India's 1st solar-powered e-boats launched in varanasi

Indian Railways signed MoU with Haryana and Punjab

The Union Ministry of Railways and Forest Department of Haryana & Punjab have inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for plantation of trees alongside Railway track on Railway Land Boundary. The MoU paves way for planting around 5 lakh trees alongside Railway Track on Railway land Boundary prior to Monsoon Season.

This agreement paves way improvements with regard to afforestation on railway land.

With this indian Railways can contribute substantially towards the Green India Mission. Tree plantation will be done without declaring such land as protected forest, thus it will be no hindrance to railway works and developmental projects.

Questions

1. Indian Railways inked an MoU with which two states for plantation of trees?
2. Through this Railways has planned to contribute towards which mission?

Answers

1. Haryana & Punjab
2. Green India Mission

Andhra Pradesh CM Launched Chandranna Bima Yojana

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 1 may 2016 launched Chandranna Bima Yojana in Vijaawada. The Yojna launched on the occasion of May Day is an insurance scheme for the working class people. Under the scheme any insured worker who meets an accidental death and permanent disability will be paid 5 lakh rupees.

That worker who suffers partial disability will be paid a sum of 3 lakh rupees. Besides, the chief Minister asked officials to conduct enumeration and enroll all the eligible workers under the scheme. He said, government would earmark 132 crore rupees for its implementation.

Questions

1. Chandranna Bima Yojana was launched in which state?
2. Who has launched this scheme?

Answers

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. N Chandrababu Naidu

5 new classical languages of India

All four Southern languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, malayalam and Odia are now the classical languages of India. Earlier, Sanskrit alone had this status. Demands have come to grant the classical status to Marthi as well.

Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma gave this information in the Lok Sabha. He elaborated that any language to have a classical status must have high antiquity going back to 1500 to 2000 years. Ancient texts and literature are also considered a valuable heritage. The literary traditions must be original and not borrowed from another speech community.

Questions

1. How many languages recently got the status of classical languages of India?
2. How many languages had this status before?
3. Who is culture minister of India?

Answers

1. 5
2. 1 (Sanskrit)
3. Dr. Mahesh Sharma 

India's 1st solar-powered e-boats launched inVaranasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the country's first solar powered e-boats at the Assi Ghat in the river Ganga, Varanasi.

The initiative is aimed at reducing pollution and keeping the Ganga river clean. With the help of this e-boats, the boatmen will be able to save rs. 500 a day without spending on diesel.

Questions

1. India's first solar powered e-boats launched in which city?
2. Who has launched this innovation?
3. This initiative is for reducing pollution on which river?

Answers

1. Varanasi
2. Narendra Modi
3. Ganga

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