Current affairs 12 April 2023

UIDAI, IIT Bombay join hands to develop touchless biometric capture system.

• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) to develop a robust touchless biometric capture system.
• They will carry out joint research to build a mobile capture system for fingerprints along with a liveness model integrated with the capture system.
• The touchless biometric capture system will allow fingerprint authentication from home alike face authentication.

Exercise Cope India 23 kicks off in Panagarh, Kalaikunda, and Agra.

• A bilateral air exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) named Cope India 23 is being started on April 10, 2023.
• It is being held at Air Force Stations Arjan Singh (Panagarh), Kalaikunda, and Agra.
• Aim: To enhance mutual understanding between the two Air Forces and share their best practices.
• This exercise was started in 2004 as a fighter training exercise held at Air Station Gwalior, India.

State Energy Efficiency Index 2021-22 released.

• According to the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) report 2021-22, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, and Telangana are the front-runners in the SEEI 2021-22.
• Achiever category (score between 50-60): Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Punjab.
• Based on their efforts and achievements, states have been classified into four categories: Front runner, Achiever, Contender, and Aspirant.
• This report was released by Power Minister R. K. Singh in New Delhi.

India releases 1st edition of Dogri version of Indian Constitution.

• Union Minister of Law, Kiren Rijiju has released the first edition of the Dogri version of the Constitution of India at the University of Jammu.
• During the event, he informed that the government is digitizing about 65,000 words of the legal glossary to frame a core vocabulary for the understanding of all citizens.
• About Dogri Language:
• It is one of the 22 official languages of India.
• It is widely spoken in the Jammu region of J&K, India.

Sixteenth Finance Commission will be constituted in November 2023.

• The government official has informed that the union government may set up the 16th finance commission this FY 2023-24.
• Aim: To suggest the ratio in which tax is to be divided between the Centre and states for five years, beginning April 1, 2026.
• Finance Commission is a constitutional body that gives suggestions on Centre-state financial relations.
• The 15th Commission, under NK Singh, had kept the tax devolution ratio at 42%.