Daily Current Affairs Quiz : October 8, 2021

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The “SVAMITVA” stands for “Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas” is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Under the scheme, clear ownership of property in rural inhabited areas is established by mapping land parcels using Drones.
Recently, the Prime Minister distributed e-property cards to over 1,71,000 beneficiaries of Madhya Pradesh under the scheme.

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The PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (MITRA) was announced in the Union Budget 2021-22 for growth of the textile sector and place India as a global leader in Textiles.
The Government has approved setting up of 7 Mega Textile parks at a proposed cost of Rs.4445 crore. These parks are expected to provide job opportunities to 21 lakh people.

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Mihidana is a sweet dish of West Bengal and is a GI (Geographical Indication) tagged product. This is in news recently as the very first consignment of Mihidana sourced from Bardhaman has been exported to Bahrain.
The export was made by DM Enterprises, Kolkata which is an APEDA registered exporter. A GI tag can be issued for agricultural, natural or manufactured goods that have a unique quality, reputation or other characteristics related to its geographical origin.

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A Business Summit on National Mission on Edible Oil – Oil Palm for North East was held recently at Guwahati, which was presided over by Narendra Singh Tomar – the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
The National Mission on Edible Oil – Oil Palm is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which aims to add 6.5 lakh hectares for palm oil by 2025-26.

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The Government of Delhi has approved the proposal for issue of a unique health card to “each and every citizen” of the UT under the UT’s Health Information Management System (HIMS) project.
The Government has decided for minimum eligibility criteria for obtaining the card. Voter ID would be the only mandatory document for adults for the health card and children would be issued health card based on the IDs of their parents.