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Questions of the day: 

Q.1 Which Ministry is the nodal agency of the ‘Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission’? 

Q.2 Which country has developed an artificial intelligence Nanny (AI Nanny), to monitor embryos? 

Q.3 Which state launched ‘Project Sadbhawana’ to improve Governance? 

Q.4 Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved to set up India’s first Geo-Park in which state? 

Q.5 Union Budget announced a fund to finance start-ups for agriculture and rural enterprise, facilitated through which institution? 

Answers: 

1) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change - The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the constitution of a ‘Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission’ in its order. The Secretary of MoEF&CC will be the nodal agency.

It aims to coordinate and monitor issues relating to the handling and disposal of fly ash and related issues. It is to be jointly headed by the Secretaries of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Ministry of Coal and Power and Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. 

2) China - Chinese researchers have claimed to develop an artificial intelligence nanny (AI Nanny), which can monitor and take care of embryos as they grow into foetuses in an Artificial womb. 

3) Assam - Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched “Project Sadbhawana”. It aims to dispose over 4-5 lakh pending files lying in the State secretariat within a year.

A portal will be created where people can inform of their pending files. Along with project Sadbhavana, a Swachhata Abhiyan in Janata Bhawan will also be launched to promote cleanliness in all the departments in the Secretariat. 

4) Madhya Pradesh - The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved to set up India’s first Geo-Park at Lamheta village on the banks of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh.

A Geo-Park is a unified area which aims to protect the geological heritage in a sustainable way. The site is already in the UNESCO Geo-heritage tentative list. Several dinosaur fossils had been found in the Narmada valley, in the Bhedaghat-Lameta Ghat area of Jabalpur. 

5) NABARD - The Union Budget announced a fund with blended capital, raised under co-investment model, will be facilitated through NABARD. It will be used to finance start-ups for agriculture and rural enterprise.

The Government would promote the use of ‘Kisan Drones’ for crop assessment, digitisation of land records and spraying of insecticides.