Daily Current Affairs Quiz : August 22, 2023

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The Cabinet has approved a bus scheme “PM- eBus Sewa” for augmenting city bus operation by 10,000 e-buses on PPP model.
The scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs.57,613 crore, out of which support of Rs.20,000 crore will be provided by the Central government. The Scheme will support bus operations for 10 years. Under this scheme priority will be given to cities having no organized bus service.

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The ‘Digital India programme’ was launched on 1st July, 2015 to enable digital delivery of services to citizens. The total outlay is ₹14,903 crores.
The Union Cabinet recently approved the expansion of the Digital India programme. This would enable 6.25 lakh IT professionals will be re-skilled and up-skilled under the FutureSkills Prime Programme; 2.65 lakh persons will be trained in information security under the Information Security Education Awareness Phase (ISEA) Programme; 540 additional services will be available under UMANG app/ platform.

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The Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the signing and ratification of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) between the Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC), India and the Department of Home Affairs incorporating the Australian Border Force, Australian Government.
The arrangement is aimed at providing reciprocal benefits to accredited and trusted exporters of both the signatories in the clearance of goods by the Customs authorities of the importing country.

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The Election Commissioner of India, Arun Goel, has participated in a significant international conference focused on ‘Preserving Information Integrity and Public Trust in Elections’.
The conference held in Brasilia, Brazil was hosted by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, Brazil.

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Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar inaugurated the G20-Digital Innovation Alliance Summit in Bengaluru.
As part of India’s G20 Presidency, G20 Digital Innovation Alliance (G20-DIA) initiative was launched under MeitY Startup Hub.