Important government initiatives and Union Budget 2020 - CSEET 2020

1. Vivad se Vishwas’ scheme - ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ scheme, a taxpayer would be required to pay only the amount of the disputed taxes and will get complete waiver of interest and penalty , provided he pays by 31st March , 2020.

2. Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana – The Scheme shall secure the lives of 5 Crore Small and Marginal Farmers by providing a minimum pension of Rs 3000 per month on attaining the 60 years of age. 3. Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan Scheme - All shopkeepers and self-employed persons, as well as retail traders with GST turnover below Rs 1.5 crore and aged between 18-40 years, can enrol for the scheme. The government will make a matching contribution in the subscribers' account.

4. National Digital Library - more than 3 crore digital resources available

5. National Digital Library has been integrated with UMANG App 6. More than 50 lakh students have registered themselves in the National Digital Library with about 20 lakh active users.

7. Forever 21 fast fashion retailer has filed for bankrupcy.

8. Shyam srinivasan was appointed as MD and CEO of federal bank .

9. Shivraj singh chauhan is cuurent chief minister of Madhya Pradesh .

10. Om birla is the current speaker of lok sabha .

11. Aarogya setu is the central government first comprehensive Covid-19 tracking app .

12. Dr. Harsh vardhan is the union minister of health and family welfare of India .

13. Ministry of home affairs has issued the advisory to safeguard private individuals from using zoom video conferencing application. 14. Acronym of MGNREGA – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act .

15. Rajnath singh has recently attended Russia`s victory day parade which commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory of the soviet people in 2nd world war.

16. 59 chinese app were banned by the ministry of electronics and information technology under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

17. In New Delhi , India’s 1st plasma bank was inaugurated for covid-19 treatment .

18. Michael martin has been elected as the prime minister of Ireland in June 2020.