* The correct answer is 'Anant Maheshwari'.

Other Information:

* Microsoft India President, Anant Maheshwari has been appointed as the chairperson of Nasscom for 2023-24.

* Earlier, he served as the vice-chairperson of Nasscom'.

* He has succeeded the president of business and technology services at TCS, Krishnan Ramanujam.

* Meanwhile, Nasscom has also appointed chairman and managing director of Cognizant India, Rajesh Nambiar as its vice-chairperson for 2023-24.

* Nasscom refers to the National Association of Software and Service Companies.

* The correct answer is 'Uttar Pradesh'.

Other information:

* The Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Uttar Pradesh has been awarded the country’s prestigious HUDCO Award for 2022-2023.

* It was awarded in the Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment 2022-23 category for cleanliness.

* The award was presented by the secretary of MoHUA, Manoj Josh to Neha Sharma (State mission director, UP).

* An amount of ₹one lakh was also given to the UP government as part of the award.

* This campaign was organized by the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Uttar Pradesh from January 14 to 24, 2023.

* The correct answer is 'Power Grid Corporation of India Limited'.

Other information:

* Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(PGCIL), a Maharatna CPSU of the Ministry of Power has been conferred the Global Gold Award 2023 by The Green Organization.

* Reason: For improving Agriculture Productivity and Rural Livelihood through watershed management, community participation, and better crop management practices in 10 villages of Jaipatna Block of Kalahandi District in Odisha

* The Director (Personnel) of POWERGRID, Dr. V. K. Singh received the award on behalf of the organization.

* The correct code is 'Only 2'.

Statement 2 is incorrect:

* Reason: The regulatory minimum Net Owned Fund (NOF) for NBFC-ICC, NBFCMFI, and NBFC-Factors has increased to INR 10 crore.

* The following glide path is provided for the existing NBFCs to achieve the NOF of ₹10 crore:

Other Information:

* Neobanking platform Jupiter has received a non-banking financial company (NBFC) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enter into the lending business.

* The startup, Jupiter will be offering the loan under Amica Financial Technologies.

* Jitendra Gupta (founder of Jupiter) has informed that there will be an equity infusion of Rs 100 crore from Jupiter to develop the NBFC product and the startup will be looking to raise a loan from banks for an additional Rs 100 crore.

* The correct answer is 'Shreekant M Bhandiwad'.

Other information:

* Shreekant M Bhandiwad has taken charge as the new chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB).

* KVGB is an Indian RRB sponsored by Canara Bank headquartered in Dharwad, Karnataka.

* He has replaced the current chairman P Gopikrishna, who was repatriated to Canara Bank as Circle Head, Bengaluru, in Karnataka.

* He has an experience of 29 years in Canara Bank, having worked across India (Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Karnataka) in various capacities.

* The correct answer is 'Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank'.

Other Information:

* The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the banking licence of Kerala-based Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank, with effect from the close of business on April 24, 2023.

* RBI has allowed Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank to function as a non-banking institution.

* RBI has also stopped to conduct the banking business, including acceptance of deposits from non-members with immediate effect.

* The bank shall also ensure to repay unpaid and unclaimed deposits of non-members held by it.

* The correct answer is 'DIPR'.

Other information:

* The Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), a Delhi-based laboratory DRDO, has organized a four-day International Conference on ‘Optimising Human Capital of Armed Forces: Psychological Perspective’ in Delhi on April 25, 2023.

* Aim: To deliberate recent advances, emerging trends, and challenges of psychology with respect to the human capital of the Armed Forces upon world over

* The conference has participation from the three Services, DRDO labs, and academia.

* The correct answer is 'Gujarat'.

Other information:

* PM Narendra Modi will attend the 20th anniversary of the State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology (SWAGAT) initiative in Gujarat via video conferencing on April 27.

* This scheme was started by PM Modi in April 2003 during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

* The main purpose of the scheme was to act as a bridge between the citizens and the government using technology by solving their day-to-day grievances in a quick, efficient, and time-bound manner.

* The correct answer is 'SECURE-SCO'.

Other Information:

* The present Chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), India will host the SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting on 28 April 2023 in New Delhi.

* Aim: To discuss amongst other issues matters concerning regional peace and security, counter-terrorism efforts within SCO, and effective multilateralism.

* The theme of India’s Chairmanship of SCO in 2023 is ‘SECURE-SCO’.

* SCO was established in 2001.

* Members: Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, India, and Uzbekistan

* The correct answer is 'Punjab'.

Other information:

* Former Chief Minister of Punjab and senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal, Parkash Singh Badal passed away at the age of 95 in Mohali, Punjab.

* He became the Chief Minister of Punjab for the first time in 1970.

* Later, he became the Chief Minister four times, from 1977 to 1980, 1997 to 2002, 2007 to 2012, and from 2012 to 2017.

* He briefly joined Morarji Desai's government as the Agriculture minister at the Centre in 1977.

* The Government of India awarded him the second-highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, in 2015.