25-12-22 Daily -Goa- GPSC Current Affairs

Goa Affairs

Goa CM Pramod Sawant seeks 90:10 fund sharing ratio with Centre

Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that he has requested Prime MinisterNarendra Modito allow fund sharing ratio of 90:10 between Centre and state in the case of implementation of central schemes in Goa. Sawant said that Goa has suffered due to delayed Liberation and stop in mining operations for the last 10 years.

The chief minister said that Goa will now require greater funding to create to support increased tourist numbers due to the opening of the new airport at Mopa.

National and International Affairs

17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023 announced

17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award:27 Indians living overseas have been chosen by the Indian government for thePravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards(PBSA), for outstanding achievements both in India and abroad. The award is the highest honour conferred upon Indians living abroad, including Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) or organisations/institutions established and run by them.

Food and fertiliser subsidies alone account for aboutone-eighth of Indias total budgetary spendingof 39.45 trillion this fiscal year, but reducing these subsidies could be politically sensitive given theimpending elections.

The government anticipates allocating roughly 2.3 trillion for food subsidies in the upcoming fiscal year as opposed to 2.7 trillion for the year that has just ended on March 31.

The amount spent on fertiliser subsidies will probably decrease to roughly 1.4 trillion in contrasts to 2.3 trillion this year.

Dirtiest Railway Stations in India list

Indian RAILWAY is well-known not just in India but even outside. Some railway stations, in addition to trains, are well-known worldwide. India is Home to the second-largest platform in the world. In addition, one of the main train stations in India are the New Delhi Railway Station and Mumbai Central Railway Station. Usually, the question is that which are the cleanest railway stations in India, but here we will see the dirtiest railway stations in India.

In addition to direct observation, QCI assessors gathered comments from 1.2 million passengers to determine which Indian railway stations were the cleanest and dirtiest.

In accordance with revenue creation, the ranking has classified Indian railway stations into a number of categories for the third consecutive year.

There are 75 railway stations in the A1 category that generate more than 75 crore in annual passenger income.

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