Daily Current Affairs For UPSC 07 January 2023, Prelims Bits

Daily Current Affairs For UPSC 07 January 2023: We bring to you ”Daily Current Affairs for UPSC Exam” based on the principle of updating UPSC CSE aspirants with Most Important Daily UPSC Prelims Specific Current Affairs. These Daily Current Affairs are prepared by our team in Bit Form/Abridged Form to save the precious time of UPSC Aspirants. In Today’s Prelims Bits we are covering Daily Current Affairs Bits for the below mentioned topics: Kala Ghoda Arts festival, UNISFA, Fit India Movement and Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).

UNISFA

Why In News?

• India deploys a women-only platoon of peacekeepers to the UN Mission in Abyei on the border of Sudan and South Sudan as part of the Indian Battalion in the United Nations Interim Security Force, Abyei (UNISFA).

Prelims Bits

Know About women-only platoon of peacekeepers to the UN Mission in Abyei

• Women-only platoon of peacekeepers to the UN Mission in Abyei is the single largest deployment of women peacekeepers in recent years.
• The Indian contingent, which consists of two officers and 25 other ranks, will work as a platoon in an engagement and specialise in community outreach in addition to carrying out numerous security-related duties.
• The action indicates India’s intention to substantially increase the proportion of women in peacekeeping contingents.India is among the largest troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping.

Know About UNISFA

• The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) was established by the UN Security Council in response to the critical situation in the Abyei area of Sudan by resolution 1990 of 27 June 2011.
• The violence, rising tensions, and population dislocation gravely alarmed the Security Council.

Fit India Movement

Why In News?

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ flagship programme, Fit India Movement to start special online series titled ‘Fit India-Sunday Talks’.

Prelims Bits On Fit India Movement

• The Fit India Movement was launched on 29th August 2019 by PM Modi with a view to making physical fitness a way of life.
• The movement aims at behavioural changes – from a sedentary lifestyle to a physically active way of living.
• As part of the movement, individuals and organisations have undertaken various efforts for the health and well-being of people.

The objectives of the movement are:

1. To promote fitness as easy, fun and free activity.
2. To spread awareness on fitness and various physical activities that promote fitness through focused campaigns.
3. To encourage indigenous sports.
4. To make fitness reach every school, college/university, panchayat/village, etc.
5. To create a platform for citizens of India to share information, drive awareness and encourage sharing of personal fitness stories.

Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)

Why In News?

The first meeting of Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) Working Group of G20 under India’s Presidency is scheduled to be held in Kolkata from 9th to 11th of this month.

Prelims Bits On GPFI

• The Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) is an inclusive platform for all G20 countries, interested non-G20 countries and relevant stakeholders to carry forward work on financial inclusion, including implementation of the G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan, endorsed at the G20 Summit in Seoul.
• At the G20 Summit in Seoul, the Leaders of the G20 announced the establishment of the GPFI to institutionalize and continue the work began by the Financial Inclusion Experts Group (FIEG) in 2010.
• The GPFI was officially launched on 10 December 2010 in Seoul.

Kala Ghoda Arts festival

Why In News?

• One of the country’s largest multicultural festivals, the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival — which takes place in February each year — will begin on February 4 2023 and will go on till February 12.
• The nine-day festival, organised by the Kala Ghoda Association, takes place in the Kala Ghoda area of South Mumbai.

Prelims Bits On Kala Ghoda Arts festival

• The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival was Founded in 1999.
• It become one of the biggest street art festivals in the country, drawing visitors in large numbers, not just from Mumbai but all over the country and the world.
• Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is celebrated across 14 sections or verticals, namely children, cinema, dance, food, heritage walks, literature, music, stalls, stand-up comedy, street, theatre, urban design and architecture, visual art, and workshops.

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