Income Tax Department (IT Department) launched HARIT (Hariyali Achievement Resolution by
Income Tax) Aaykar initiative on the occasion of National Unity Day to increase greenery and
create a micro forest.
ReNew Energy Global PLC announced its ESG (environmental, social, and governance) targets
including a commitment to achieve net-zero by 2040 through its sustainability report for 2021-22
titled ‘Partnering for transition, progressing sustainably, prospering together’.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has commenced its first pilot project to implement Central Bank
Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Rupee (e₹) in the Wholesale Segment (e₹-W) for secondary
trade in government securities (G-secs) beginning on
November 1, 2022.
The first pilot in the Digital Rupee – Retail segment
(e₹-R) is set to debut in a month in chosen regions with
limited user groups comprising customers and
merchants.
India donated the second tranche aid of USD 2.5 million (from a total tranche aid of USD 5
million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the financial year 2022-2023 (FY23) towards the development of Palestine refugees.
HDFC ERGO launched a farm Yield Insurance Policy which is first of its kind insurance solution, where a satellite-based index will be used to provide localized coverage at the farm level. This is completely technology based, means, no manual examination is required in the claim assessment of the crop.
Target Group: Farmers under Corporate/Farm Input
Company (FIC)
Responsible Steel Site Certification has been conferred for 3 production facilities – Steel Works,
Tubes Division and Cold Rolling Mill (Bara)- of Tata steels in Jamshedpur Steel Plant in
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
The Jamshedpur Site becomes India’s first site to join the exclusive group of steel producing sites around the world to receive the ResponsibleSteel Certification.
The certification means that the the production of 103.5 million tonnes of steel and the working lives of 157.4 thousand people are managed by sites that are now independently audited every 18 months.
Droupadi Murmu, President of India, presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard (PBG) at a ceremony held at the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.
China launched a lab module named Mengtian to be part of its space station, which is currently under construction and will be completed by the end of
2022.
India Water Week (IWW) is a regular forum organised by the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR), the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India to promote awareness about the importance of available water.
IWW 2022 organised from 1st November to 5th November 2022 marks the observance of the 7th Edition of IWW. The 6th edition of India Water Week was observed from 24th September to 28th September 2019, which was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, Delhi.
World Vegan Day is annually observed across the globe on 1st November to promote veganism and vegan diet. The day also aims to encourage and motivate people to avoid animal-based products and the killing of animals for selfish motives and prevent the exploitation of animals across the globe.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has approved the greenfield
Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) to be set up in Ranjangaon Phase III, near Pune in
Maharashtra at a financial outlay of Rs 492.85 crores.
Objective – To strengthen the electronics manufacturing
ecosystem in India.