Current Affairs 2012 - Questions and Answers

106. As per an announcement made by Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma on 16th July, 2012, the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) would be continued in the XII Plan for which sector with an allocation of Rs 15,886 crore?

107. For setting up a 0.5 million tonne per annum iron ore nugget plant at the Alloy Steel Plant in which place, did SAIL and Kobe Steel of Japan enter into a MoA in Tokyo in July 2012?

108. Which of the following was adjudged the best university in the country, according to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council?

109. The U.N. food agency FAO and the OECD said on 11th July, 2012, that the world farm production must rise by what percent by 2050 to meet the needs of a growing population but this has to happen in a ‘more sustainable way’?

110. Which country, on 29th July, 2012, won the exclusive right to exploit a deep-sea mine in the Indian Ocean that could produce more than $300 million worth of minerals a year?