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1) Every year World Bicycle Day is observed all around the world on ____________ to encourage and motivate people to adopt Cycling in their daily lives for physical fitness.
A) 1st June
B) 2nd June
C) 3rd June
D) 4th June
E) None of these
2) Recently in June _____________ has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal.
A) S L Thaosen
B) Zulfiquar Hasan
C) Pankaj Sharma
D) Mridul Sagar
E) None of these
3) Recently in June ___________ state government has announced caste-based Census will be carried out in state and has approved ____________ amount for its implementation .
A) Jharkhand, Rs 100 Cr
B) Bihar, Rs 500 Cr
C) Rajasthan, Rs 300 Cr
D) Uttar Pradesh, Rs 200 Cr
E) None of these
4) Recently Telangana celebrated its formation day on ___________ .
A) 1st June
B) 2nd June
C) 3rd June
D) 4th June
E) None of these
5) Recently In June 2022, the Union Cabinet expanded the mandate of the Government e-Marketplace and allowed procurement by which of the following as buyers on it?
A) Public sector enterprises
B) Local bodies
C) Cooperatives
D) Private sector buyers
E) None of these
6) Recently in June ____________ State Government has announced Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be started in the state for sportspersons.
A) Rajasthan
B) Bihar
C) Maharashtra
D) Odisha
E) None of these
7) Recently India’s merchandise export rises 15.46% to_____________ in May, 2022 recording highest ever exports in the month of May 2022.
A) USD 77.08 billion
B) USD 37.3 billion
C) USD 32.30 billion
D) USD 63.05 billion
E) None of these
8) Consider the following statement regarding RBI’s first global hackathon Harbinger 2021.
- The Reserve Bank launched its first global hackathon – “Harbinger 2021 – Innovation for Transformation” with the theme ‘Smarter Digital Payments’ in November 2021.
- Tone Tag, a brand of Naffa Innovations Pvt Ltd, has been declared the winner in two categories in the RBI’s first global hackathon Harbinger 2021
- There were total 4 Categories
Which of the following statement is correct?
A) Only 1 & 2
B) Only 2 & 3
C) Only 1 & 3
D) All of the above
E) None of these
9) Consider the following statement regarding RBI All-India House Price Index (HPI) for Q4:2021-22
- All India HPI recorded an annual growth (y-o-y) of 1.8 percent in Q4:2021-22
- Bengaluru recorded the highest sequential contraction of 11.1 percent.
Which of the following statement is correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 & 2
D) none of the above
E) None of these
10) Recently in May, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, a monetary penalty of ___________ on MUFG Bank Ltd. (the bank), for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on “Time-bound implementation and strengthening of SWIFT-related operational controls”.
A) Rs 45 Lakh
B) Rs 50 Lakh
C) Rs 30 Lakh
D) Rs 90 Lakh
E) None of these
11) Consider the following statement regarding the agriculture land price index.
- IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has joined hands with an e-marketplace for agricultural land, SFarms India, to develop a farmland price index based on the sales and purchases done on the platform.
- Currently, ISALPI is based on land listing data from six states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
Which of the following statement is correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 & 2
D) None of the above
E) None of these
12) Consider the following statement and match them correctly which of the following is correct?
A) Manimekhalai – Union Bank Of India
B) Swarup Kumar Saha – Punjab & Sind Bank
C) Ajay Kumar Srivastava – Indian OverSeas Bank
D) All are correct
E) None of the above
13) Recently in June ______________has partnered with Muthoot Finance to offer gold loans.
A) Airtel Payment Bank
B) State Bank Of India
C) Indian Bank
D) ICICI Bank
E) None of these
14) Recently in June HDFC Ltd has collaborated with ___________ to digitally transform its lending business.
A) Wipro
B) Infosys
C) Accenture
D) Paisalo
E) None of these
15) Consider the following statement regarding Crypto Rupee Index CRE8.
1. Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch launched CRE8, a crypto rupee-based index
2.. It will track the performance of eight cryptocurrencies (traded on CoinSwitch).
Which of the following statement is correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 & 2
D) None of the above
E) None of these
16) Recently In June SBI Research has projected the Indian economy to grow at ___________ percent in 2022-23, an upward revision of 20 basis points from its earlier estimate.
A) 8.5 %
B) 7.5 %
C) 6.9 %
D) 6.4 %
E) None of these
17) Recently In June The International Chess Federation and the All India Chess federation strengthened their partnership with ____________ to provide a next-generation digital fan experience by leveraging Fan Nxt.
A) Tata Consultancy
B) Tech Mahindra
C) Reliance Ltd
D) Infosys
E) None of these
18) Recently in June India and ____________ signed MOU to further strengthen their defense and strategic ties and also adopted a ‘vision statement’ to expand their defense and military cooperation.
A) Israel
B) Japan
C) Senegal
D) Hungry
E) None of these
19) Recently India’s Trade deficit widened to a monthly record of __________ in May.
A) $23.33 billion
B) $60.62 billion
C) $40.19 billion
D) $36.18 billion
E) None of these
20) Recently in June Kotak Mahindra Bank, through its subsidiary Kotak Investment Advisors, launched an investment management app ______________ that will provide investment solutions ranging from stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc.
A) Kotak Cherry
B) Kotak Plus
C) Kotak Xpress
D) Kotak Credit
E) None of these
21) The Book titled “Diagnostic Strategies for Covid19 and other Coronovirus” was honored Fift best book in the field of the medicine and medical science by Book Authority is edited by IIT BHU Professor named _____________.
A) Pranjal Chandra
B) Mridual Sagar
C) Ashwini Kukreja
D) Soumya Ranjan
E) None of these
22) Recently in June ____________ extended the “Use and File” procedure to all health insurance products, facilitating faster customer access to health policies.
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) SIDBI
D) IRDAI
E) None of these
23) Recently in June Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, (HAL) will convert ____________ Boeing-767 civilian aircraft into mid-air refuellers for the Indian Air Force (IAF), for which it had agreed with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in April.
A) 6
B) 7
C) 9
D) 8
E) None of these
24) Recently in June Santoor legend Pandit Bhajan Sopori who passed away hailed from which of the following state?
A) Jammu & Kashmir
B) Haryana
C) Uttarakhand
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) None of these
25) Consider the following statement regarding the International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights currency basket.
- The IMF raised the yuan’s weighting to 12.28 percent from 10.92 in its first regular review of the SDR evaluation
- The weighting of the US dollar rose to 43.38 percent from 41.73 percent.
Which of the following statement is correct?
A) None
B) Only 1
C) Only 2
D) All of the above
E) None of these
26) Recently in May _____________ announced to launch of India’s first air taxi provider using e-planes, named “e200” which was showcased at Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022.
A) JetsetGo
B) ePlane
C) Switch Mobility
D) GoJet
E) None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: C
- Every year World Bicycle Day is observed all around the world on 3 June.
- It is observed to encourage and motivate people to adopt Cycling in their daily lives for physical fitness.
- In 2018, the United Nations adopted 3 June as World Bicycle Day. this year’s theme, “Our Planet, Our Health
- On the occasion of World Bicycle Day, Cycle Rallies will be organized across the country.
- Union Minister Anurag Thakur will launch a nationwide program of cycle rallies from Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Delhi.
2) Answer: A
- S L Thaosen was appointed as the new Director-General of Sashastra Seema Bal.
- Zulfiquar Hasan has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
- He was serving as the special director-general of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Delhi.
- S L Thaosen was working as special director-general in the Border Security Force (BSF).
- Bureau of Civil Aviation Security works under the Ministry of Home affairs. It is responsible for civil aviation security in India.
- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB): It was formed in 1963. Headquarters: New Delhi Its motto is “Service, Security, and Brotherhood.”
3) Answer: B
- Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has announced that caste-based counting will be carried out in Bihar.
- He chaired an all-party meeting on caste census. The meeting was attended by all parties which have representation in the Bihar legislature.
- The consensus was reached in the meeting and the unanimous decision was taken to start caste-based counting.
- CM Nitish Kumar said the state government will bear the cost of the caste census exercise.
- The caste-based census would be a time-bound exercise. Bihar legislature has earlier passed resolutions twice for the caste-based census.
- The first decadal census was carried out in 1881; it included data on caste. 1931 Socio-Economic and Caste Census was the last caste census data that was made public.
4) Answer: B
- Telangana is celebrating its formation day on 2 June 2022. The government of India is for the first time celebrating ‘Telangana Day’ or ‘Telangana Formation Day.
- Ministry of Culture is organizing Telangana Formation Day celebrations in New Delhi on 2nd June 2022. Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah will be the Chief Guest at the program. Telangana was formed on 2 June 2014 and the day is celebrated as ‘Telangana Day’ or ‘Telangana Formation Day.
- Telangana became India’s 29th state, however, at present, it is the 28th state as Jammu and Kashmir were made UT in 2019.
5) Answer: C
- Union Cabinet has expanded the mandate of Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
- Union Cabinet has allowed procurement by cooperatives as buyers on GeM.
- The decision would help cooperatives in getting competitive prices through an open and transparent process.
- Ministry of Cooperatives will decide on the validated list of cooperatives to be onboarded on GeM.
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched Government e-Marketplace on August 9, 2016.
- It was launched to create an open and transparent procurement platform for Government buyers
- At present, there are about 8.54 lakh cooperatives in India with about 29 crore members.
- Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has been set up as a National Procurement Portal to provide an end-to-end online marketplace for Central and State Government Ministries/ Departments, PSUs, etc. for procurement of common-use goods and services transparently and efficiently.
6) Answer: A
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be started in Rajasthan for sportspersons.
- Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot made this announcement recently while addressing a ceremony at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
- CM inaugurated Rajasthan High-Performance Sports and Rehabilitation Centre, Renovated Synthetic Hockey Astro Turf and Badminton Indoor Hall, Olympic.
- He also awarded medalists of Para Olympic and players of Asian Games-2022 and Commonwealth Games-2022.
- He said that Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympics will begin on August 29, 2022.
7) Answer: B
- India has achieved a monthly value of merchandise export in May 2022 amounting to USD 37.29 billion, an increase of 15.46% over USD 32.30 billion in May 2021. India’s merchandise export in April -May 2022-23 was USD 77.08 billion
- India’s merchandise import in May 2022 was USD 60.62 billion
- India’s merchandise imports in April -May 2022-23 were USD 120.81 billion
- Export merchandising is a method of offering retail goods for sale in a foreign consumer market.
8) Answer: D
- Tone Tag, a brand of Naffa Innovations Pvt Ltd, has been declared the winner in two categories in the RBI’s first global hackathon Harbinger 2021, organized to encourage entrepreneurs to suggest innovative solutions for smarter digital payments.
- The Reserve Bank had launched its first global hackathon – “Harbinger 2021 – Innovation for Transformation” with the theme ‘Smarter Digital Payments’ in November 2021.
- The RBI said the hackathon had received an encouraging response with 363 proposals submitted by teams from within India and 22 other countries, including the US, UK, Sweden, Singapore, Philippines, and Israel.
- The hackathon ran in three phases, with shortlisting of proposals in the first phase, solution development in the second phase, and the final evaluation in the third phase.
- India-based Tone Tag has been declared the winner in two segments — ‘Innovative, easy-to-use, non-mobile digital payment solutions for converting small-ticket cash transactions to digital mode’ and ‘Context-based retail payments to remove the physical act of payment’.
- In all, there were four categories.
- nap Cybersec Pvt Ltd (INDIA) and TrustCheckr (INDIA) were the winners of the other two categories. The alternate authentication mechanism for digital payments and Social Media Analysis and Monitoring tool for detection of digital payment fraud and disruption respectively
9) Answer: C
- Reserve Bank released its quarterly house price index (HPI)1 (base: 2010-11=100) for Q4:2021-22, based on transaction-level data received from the housing registration authorities in ten major cities
- All India HPI recorded an annual growth (y-o-y) of 1.8 percent in Q4:2021-22 as compared with 3.1 percent in the previous quarter and 2.7 percent a year ago; the y-o-y movements in HPI varied widely across the cities
- On a sequential (q-o-q) basis, all India HPI registered a contraction of 1.1 percent in Q4:2021-22; only Kolkata, Chennai, and Kanpur recorded sequential growth; whereas the index contracted for the remaining cities, with Bengaluru recorded the highest sequential contraction of 11.1 percent.
10) Answer: A
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated May 25, 2022, a monetary penalty of ₹45 Lakh (Rupees Forty-five lakh only) on MUFG Bank Ltd. (the bank), for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on “Time-bound implementation and strengthening of SWIFT-related operational controls” dated February 20, 2018. This penalty has been imposed in the exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with sections 46 (4) (i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the Act).
- MUFG Bank, Ltd. is the largest bank in Japan. It was established on January 1, 2006, following the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and UFJ Bank Ltd. MUFG is one of the three so-called Japanese “megabanks”.
11) Answer: C
- In a unique initiative, IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has joined hands with an e-marketplace for agricultural land, SFarms India, to develop a farmland price index based on the sales and purchases done on the platform.
- The index has been designed to record and present the “quality-controlled” data on the prices of agricultural land in the country.
- The Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIM-A, under which this index is being launched, will host this on its official website and it will be called IIM-Ahmedabad SFarmsIndia Land Price Index (ISALPI).
- SFarms India is an agricultural-land discovery platform, having more than 25,000 registered buyers and sellers. The platform has over 7,000 land listings, which are growing at around 15 percent a month, according to its website.
- Currently, ISALPI is based on land listing data from six states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. With the arrival of more data from other states of India, the index could be more valuable in two ways. First, it will offer a superior representation of the national context. Second, it will offer a more granular index at regional levels.
12) Answer: D
- Canara Bank ED A Manimekhalai has been appointed as the MD of the Union Bank of India. This is the first time that a woman has been appointed as the head of the Mumbai-based bank.
- The government has also named the MDs who will take charge of Indian Overseas Bank and Punjab & Sind Bank as recommended by the appointment committee of the Cabinet. Punjab National Bank ED Swarup Kumar Saha has been appointed MD to succeed S Krishnan as MD & CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank. Krishnan retired in May 2022. In Indian Overseas Bank, Ajay Kumar Srivastava, ED of the bank, has been identified to succeed Partha Pratim Sengupta as MD & CEO who retires at the end of the year.
- Manimekhalai was appointed to succeed Rajkiran Rai G, whose tenure ended on May 31. Her appointment is for three years or until further orders. The government notification said that she would be available for an extension of the term by two years or until her retirement date (March 2026).
13) Answer: A
- Airtel Payments Bank on Thursday said it has partnered with Muthoot Finance to offer gold loans through the Airtel Thanks app.
- There will be no-processing charge on the loan and Muthoot Finance will provide up to 75 percent of the pledged gold value as a loan,
- Gold Loans are secured loans that can be availed to cater to a variety of needs, from personal to professional.
- “The partnership will give access to secured and affordable credit to customers looking for quick liquidity against their gold assets.
14) Answer: C
- Housing finance company HDFC Ltd on Thursday said it has collaborated with Accenture to digitally transform its lending business.
- The transformation exercise is aimed at making the mortgage financier’s lending lifecycle paper-less and nimble
- The collaboration — powered by cloud-native applications, machine learning, automation, and advanced analytics — will revamp the HDFC’s customer experience and business processes to provide greater operational agility and efficiency and drive business growth
15) Answer: C
- Crypto investing app CoinSwitch has launched the cryptocurrency rupee Index (CRE8), a benchmark index to measure the performance of the Indian rupee-based crypto market.
- CRE8 tracks the performance of eight crypto assets representing over 85 percent of the total market capitalization of cryptos traded in the Indian rupee. The index is based on real trades on the CoinSwitch app.
- Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), Polkadot (DOT), and Dogecoin (DOGE) will be the eight tokens constituting the index.
- Ashish Singhal, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CoinSwitch, The index will be rebalanced monthly and reconstituted every quarter to stay up to date with the market.
- Founded in 2017 as a single window to purchase crypto from global exchanges, CoinSwitch expanded to INR-crypto trading in June 2020. It is backed by investors such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase Ventures, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, and Paradigm, the company is valued at $1.9 billion.
16) Answer: B
- SBI Research has projected the Indian economy to grow at 7.5 percent in 2022-23, an upward revision of 20 basis points from its earlier estimate.
- As per official data, the economy grew by 8.7 percent in FY22, net adding Rs 11.8 lakh crore in the year to Rs 147 lakh crore, the report said, adding this was however only 1.5 percent higher than the pre-pandemic year of FY20.
- Nominal GDP expanded by Rs 38.6 lakh crore to Rs 237 lakh crore, or 19.5 percent annualized. In FY23 also, as inflation remains elevated in the first half, nominal GDP will grow 16.1 percent to Rs 275 lakh crore.
- On rising corporate growth, the report notes that in FY22, around 2,000 listed companies reported 29 percent top-line growth and a 52 percent jump in net profit over the previous year.
17) Answer: B
- The International Chess Federation and the All India Chess federation strengthen their partnership with Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, to provide a next-generation digital fan experience by leveraging Fan Nxt. Now. As part of this global tie-up, Tech Mahindra will come on board as a digital partner for the FIDE chess Olympiad which will take place in India for the first time.
- Fan Nxt. Now will drive hyper-personalized data-driven fan experiences by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR)/ Virtual Reality (VR), and other cutting-edge technologies to bring fans closer to the game and action in real-time
- This will be the 44th edition of the FIDE chess Olympiad which will be hosted in Chennai from 28th July to 9th August with the Government of Tamil Nadu as host and principal sponsor.
- In the Olympiad, Viswanathan Anand, five-time world chess champion and Indian chess legend, will work with Tech Mahindra and advise on next-generation chess tech and fan engagement.
- Tech Mahindra will be the first corporate to come on board for the FIDE chess Olympiad.
- Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE President.
18) Answer: A
- India and Israel resolved to further strengthen their defense and strategic ties during the talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart Benjamin Gantz.
- The two sides also adopted a ‘vision statement’ to expand their defense and military cooperation.
- Besides reviewing the regional security scenario and the situation in Ukraine and the Gulf region, the two ministers also deliberated on the co-development and co-production of military equipment in sync with growing India-Israel strategic ties.
- Israel has emerged as one of the major defense equipment exporters to India since diplomatic ties were established between the two nations 30 years ago.
19) Answer: A
- India’s trade deficit widened to a record $23.33 billion in May as imports grew at a faster pace compared to exports amid high commodity prices owing to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the preliminary data released by the commerce and industry ministry showed
- The previous highest monthly trade deficit was $22.91 billion in November 2021. The deficit stood at $6.28 billion in May last year
- Imports surged 56.14 percent to $60.62 billion in May
- India’s merchandise exports grew 15.46 percent YoY to $37.29 billion in May
20) Answer: A
- Kotak Mahindra Bank, through its subsidiary Kotak Investment Advisors, launched an investment management app, Kotak Cherry. The platform will provide investment solutions ranging from stocks, bonds, mutual funds, fixed deposits, and national pension schemes to progressive investment opportunities like exchange-traded funds
- The app is enabled as a do-it-yourself (DIY) execution platform. The bank plans to add more features to the platform such as stock baskets, Robo advisory, life, medical, and general insurance and enable international investing.
- In this digital age of automation and one-size-fits-all, we at Cherry believe in offering curated solutions that will help de-clutter investment options for our customers.
21) Answer: A
22) Answer: D
- The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) extended the “Use and File” procedure to all health insurance products, facilitating faster customer access to health policies. It was set up as an autonomous body under the IRDA Act, 1999.
- Objective: To protect the interests of policyholders, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the insurance industry, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- IRDA is the apex body that supervises and regulates the insurance sector in India.
23) Answer: A
- Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, (HAL) will convert six Boeing-767 civilian aircraft into mid-air refuellers for the Indian Air Force (IAF), for which it had agreed with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in April.
- The IAI has expertise in undertaking such conversion. The overall process is expected to take at least three or four years. The IAF has been looking to procure mid-air refuellers for some time.
- Mid-air refueling significantly enhances the range and payload of fighter jets.
- It also allows aircraft to stay in the air much beyond their normal limits allowing better exploitation of the platform’s capabilities.
24) Answer: A
- Santoor legend Pandit Bhajan Sopori (1948-2022), a Padma Shri winner, passes away.
- Known as the Saint of Santoor, Pt. Sopori composed a collection of prayers and Tarana-e-Watan (patriotic songs), sung by large public choirs as a common prayer in the Valley.
- His vast repertoire has compositions derived from Naats (Islamic devotional songs) and Vedic chants. He drew his inspiration from the fountain of saints like Lalleshwari and Gani Kashmiri.
- Born in Srinagar, Pt. Sopori inherited the Sufiana tradition of santoor from his great grandfather Shankar Pandit and grandfather Samsar Chand Sopori.
25) Answer: D
- The International Monetary Fund lifted the yuan’s weighting in the Special Drawing Rights currency basket, prompting the Chinese central bank to pledge to push for a further opening of its financial markets.
- The IMF raised the yuan’s weighting to 12.28 percent from 10.92 in its first regular review of the SDR evaluation since the Chinese currency was included in the basket in 2016
- The weighting of the US dollar rose to 43.38 percent from 41.73 percent, while those of the euro, Japanese yen, and British pound declined.
- SDRs are international reserve assets that can be converted into five currencies. The yuan’s entry into the SDR signaled it became one of the five global reserve currencies in 2016, after years of effort by Chinese authorities to promote its global use.
- The ranking of the currencies’ weighting remains the same after the review, according to an IMF statement released late Saturday, with the yuan continuing to be in third place. The change will be effective Aug 1, and the next review will be in 2027.
- Created in 1945, the IMF is governed by and accountable to the 190 countries that make up its near-global membership. India joined in December 1945.
26) Answer: B
- Electric flying taxis to Indian skies The ePlane Company hopes to achieve in two years, The company, founded by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras looks to revolutionize urban mobility with its fleet of compact electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
- ePlane claims that its electric flying taxi, dubbed “e200”, will make door-to-door travel 10 times faster at twice the price of a comparable Uber ride
- ePlane claims that its electric flying taxi, dubbed “e200”, will make door-to-door travel 10 times faster at twice the price of a comparable Uber ride
- The plane is an eVTOL with a five-meter wingspan and five-meter from nose to tail and is a 2-seater that will include a pilot and one passenger,”
- ePlane plans to start setting up a plant in 2023 with an initial annual production capacity of 100 planes, with Bengaluru and Mumbai as its entry markets. It also wants to enter the logistics segment eventually.