current affairs 7 May 2015

Union Government launched Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for Scheduled Castes

• A sum of 200 crore rupees was allocated towards Credit Enhancement Guarantee scheme for young and start-up entrepreneurs belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) to avail financial assistance.

India Moves Up on Global Travel, Tourism List to 52nd Place

• The list has been topped by Spain, which is followed by France, Germany, US, UK, Switzerland, Australia, Italy, Japan and Canada in the top ten.

NASA successfully flight tested Ten-Engine Electric Plane GL-10 Prototype.

• It will be an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and could be used for small package delivery, mapping, long endurance surveillance for agriculture and for many other tasks.

 Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar launched Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in Goa.