Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 16th January 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Bank credit to retail, wholesale trade increases by 16% YoY in November: RBI data

• GST not payable on Govt incentive to banks for promoting RuPay card, low-value BHIM-UPI transactions

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• UBI sanctions 150 agri drone loans for Garuda Kisan Drones under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

NATIONAL

• Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal handed over 9th to 10th century Nataraja idol to Archaeological Department official in Chittorgarh Fort

• PM Modi announced ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project

STATES

• Rajasthan: For the first time in the country right to sight vision the Rajasthan government has implemented the blindness control policy

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 700 million Indians – Oxfam report

• 1.44 lakh women entrepreneurs have fulfilled 14.76 lakh orders on GeM since 2019: Govt Data

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• EU's first mainland satellite launch port

SPORTS

• Virat Kohli became fifth highest run scorer in ODI