TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - February 22, 2018 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.in 2018

TNPSC Current Affairs - February 2018 by TNPSC Guru

1.e-NAM platform. 

• Union Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh has launched 6 six new features of e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) Platform to make it more users friendly.
• The 6 new features include e-NAM mobile app, BHIM Payment Facility, New and improved Website with eLearning Module, MIS Dashboard, Grievance Redressal Management System for Mandi Secretaries and Integration with Farmer Database.
• e-NAM implemented with aim to provide competitive and remunerative price to farmers through online competitive bidding process for their produce.
• It was implemented by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare 

2.Northeast’s first regional Centre for Agriculture 

Ministry for Development of North-East Region  said  that First Regional Centre of Agriculture in North east State will inaugurate with Israeli collaboration in Mizoram.

3.New list of Sick PSUs 

• Niti Ayog CEO Amitab Kant said Niti Ayog is preparing another set of sick Public sector units that can be privatised.
• He said Niti Ayog is already recommended to disinvestment of 40 PSUs of their 4 list which already sent. 

4.Light transport aircraft SARAS 

• India successfully tested its Indigenously developed Light transport Aircraft SARAS .
• It was designed and developed by  Council of Scientific & Industrial Research( CSIR)-National Aerospace Laboratories, NAL. 

5.Avani Chaturvedi 

• Avani Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo.
• she flew a MiG-21 Bison in her first solo flight. 

6.International Mother Language Day 

International Mother Language Day has been celebrated across the world on February 21.