16 June CA — ca quiz Current Affairs

• PM Narendra Modi received this highest national award from Slovak President Peter Pellegrini.

• It is the highest civilian and military state decoration of Slovakia, usually granted to foreign citizens.

• This visit marked the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Slovakia.

• Extra Fact: France and India recently collaborated on the 'Bharat Innovate 2026' platform for deep-tech innovators.

• The record was achieved ahead of the International Day of Yoga, celebrated on June 21st.

• The main event for Yoga Day 2026 is scheduled to take place in Kolkata.

• The ministry successfully mobilized a massive digital audience for this live session.

• Extra Fact: The PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors has recently completed 6 years since its launch.

• Launched by Minister Pralhad Joshi during the Global Wind Day Conference in Goa.

• It is India's first dedicated digital platform for wind turbine management and resource utilization.

• The portal aims to improve visibility across the wind energy supply chain and strengthen domestic manufacturing.

• Extra Fact: The Global Wind Day is observed annually on June 15th.

• The scheme stands for Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi and is managed by MoHUA.

• It provides initial working capital loans of ₹10,000 (now ₹15,000 for the first loan) to urban street vendors.

• The government has extended the deadline for this scheme to 31st March 2030.

• Extra Fact: The scheme offers a 7% interest subsidy and a cashback incentive of up to ₹1600.

• The first commercial flight landed at Noida International Airport (Jewar) from Lucknow.

• This airport is the second major airport in the National Capital Region (NCR) after Delhi's IGI.

• Around 170 farmers who provided land for the airport were part of the inaugural flight experience.

• Extra Fact: The Veer Savarkar International Airport is located in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

• PMMY provides loans up to ₹20 lakh (Tarun Plus) to non-corporate, non-farm small/micro-enterprises.

• The 'Shishu' category covers loans up to ₹50,000, while 'Kishore' covers up to ₹5 lakh.

• In FY 2025-26, the scheme disbursed an all-time high of ₹5.64 lakh crore in loans.

• Extra Fact: The scheme recently completed 11 years of its operation in 2026.

• India ranks 1st with $137 billion in remittances, while Mexico is 2nd and Philippines is 3rd.

• France is actually ranked 4th in the list of remittance-receiving countries.

• The report was released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

• Extra Fact: Pakistan is ranked 6th, while Egypt held the 5th position previously.

• WPI data is actually released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DPIIT), not the NSO.

• The total number of articles was increased from 697 to 957 in the updated series.

• Primary articles now consist of 129 items with a weightage of 22.76%.

• Extra Fact: Retail inflation (CPI) data is the one released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).

• The Ministry of Defense gave in-principle approval for this hub with an investment of ₹500 crore.

• IIT Hyderabad, on the other hand, is setting up the country's first Nuclear Engineering Design Centre (CODEN).

• The drone hub project was initially proposed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA).

• Extra Fact: India's first DORIS ground beacon for satellite tracking was also established at IIT Kanpur.

• APY is a flagship social security scheme aimed at providing old-age income security to the unorganized sector.

• The total enrollment under the scheme has recently crossed the 9 crore mark.

• Subscribers must contribute for at least 20 years to start receiving pension after the age of 60.

• Extra Fact: In FY 2025-26 alone, the scheme recorded 1.35 crore new subscribers, the highest ever in a single year.