February 2018 current affairs for SBI PO, RBI grade B officers, Nabard grade A, UPSC exams

- According to the latest India Research report by green energy market tracker mercom capital, India has achieved how many Watts cumulative solar power capacities?
- Government has set up a mechanism in the Council of scientific and Industrial Research for regular interface with which industry for transfer of technologies from CSIR Laboratories to industries?
- What has been introduced by the Indian Railways for the first time for services which defines terms and conditions for contractors engaged in service contracts for non operational areas?
- Who is the Union Minister of Commerce and industry?
- What are the three tools launched by the Union Minister of Commerce and industry for ranking states and union territories on startup ecosystem?
- How much amount has been allocated for different Railway projects in Odisha under Union budget 2018 by the central government?
- What is the convention on Mercury for which the Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for ratification there by enabling India to become a party to the convention?
- What did the Union Cabinet approved for 60 un-monitized discoveries of ONGC and oil?
- Which railway zone has become the first railway zone in India to achieve hundred percent LED lighting in all 733 stations under its jurisdiction?
- Which authority is launching a pilot project which includes developing a satellite based electronic toll collection system that works on GPS / GSM technology on Delhi Mumbai national highway?
- What is the report launched by the Niti Aayog on February 9th 2018?
- Which states have emerged as the best performers among largest states in terms of overall performance?
- Under which scheme did the central government announced that it has approved the construction of over 1.86 lakh more houses for urban poor?
- Where is INS Garuda, a Naval air station located?
- What is the Indian navy's project that is aimed at modernizing the Meteorological infrastructure of the 9 Naval air stations, that was inaugurated at INS Garuda?
Answers
- 20 gigawatts
- Small scale industry
- New general conditions of contract
- Suresh Prabhu
- States and union territories startup ranking Framework; compendium of good practices for promoting startups in India; startup India kit;
- Rupees 5252 crore
- Minimata convention on Mercury
- DSF policy big round 2
- South Central Railway
- National Highways Authority of India
- Healthy States, progressive India
- Kerala, Punjab and Tamilnadu
- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
- Kochi, Kerala
- Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological system
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