Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 12th January 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• B2B payments firm EnKash gets RBI nod for payment aggregator license

• Gross direct taxes grew 24.58 per cent to Rs 14.71 trillion in January 2023

• Cabinet provides additional Rs 2,600 cr to promote RuPay debit card, BHIM transactions

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI has allowed active to passive ELSS switch for asset management companies

NATIONAL

• Cabinet approved ex post facto renaming of National Centre for Drinking Water, Sanitation & Quality at Joka, Kolkata as ‘Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institution of Water and Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS)

• Centre named new integrated food security scheme launched from 1 January 2023 as “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY)”

STATES

• PM to flag off World’s Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas and inaugurate Tent City at Varanasi on 13th January

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Delhi to be most polluted city in India according to CPCB report

• Start-up funding declines by 33% YoY in CY22, early-stage funding grows: PwC India

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• White tufted royal butterfly, a rare species, found in Kerala’s Kannur

• FADA, Meta ally to connect auto dealers with consumers

EVENTS

• 83rd All India Presiding Officers conference opened in Jaipur

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• RRR’s Naatu Naatu won Golden Globe

SPORTS

• ICC Men and Women Player of Month December 2022