RBI OFFICER GRADE ‘B’ PHASE-I EXAM Held on : 06.03.2021 (Shift-I) (Part-IV)

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is a skill development initiative scheme of the Government of India for recognition and standardisation of skills.
● It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) implemented by National Skill Development Corporation.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKSN) is an initiative by the government of India in which all farmers will get up to Rs. 6,000 per year as minimum income support.
● The complete expenditure for the scheme is borne by the Union Government.

The present level of CRR is 6.5%.
● Previously, there was a floor of 3% and ceiling of 20% on the CRR that could be imposed by the RBI.
● However, under the Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2006, there is no minimum or maximum level of CRR that needs to be fixed by the central bank of India.

Amrabad Tiger Reserve lies in Nallamala hills of Telangana.
● It is India’s second-largest tiger reserve, next only to Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana)

A first-of-its-kind Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC) was inaugurated in Chandigarh on 2 February, 2018.
● The Skill Center is a CSR initiative of Airports Authority of India (AAI) in collaboration with National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) and Aerospace & Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC).

India was ranked 111th in the Human Freedom Index 2020.
● New Zealand was ranked one in the index, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong.

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year on December 22 in India.
● It honours the birth anniversary of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.
● National Mathematics Day was first observed in 2012.

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is a Central Government-backed saving scheme targeted at the parents of girl children.
● It is targeted towards a girl child and her financial needs such as education and marriage.
● The scheme encourages parents to build a fund for future expenses for their female child.

“Parakram Divas” is celebrated on 23 January to mark the birthday of a prominent Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
● It also known as "Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti".
● Netaji Jayanti was observed as Parakram Divas for the first time in 2021 on his 125th birth anniversary.

Southeast Asia consists of eleven countries that are generally divided into “mainland” and “island” zones.
● Mainland Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
● Island Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, and East Timor.
● Myanmar is the largest in mainland Southeast Asia with a total land area of 676,577 square kilometers.