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1. BANKING NEWS: Current RBI Rates a. CRR 4% c. Repo Rate 7.25% e. MSF 10.25%
Important Fact and news of RBI: 1. RBI has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes with a tagline 'Pehchano Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai'. 2. R.B.I. directed Banks to follow Clean Note Policy. 3. RBI started Plastic Money Project on Trial Basis in 5 cities of India with the denomination of 10 rupees and will continue with other small denominations depending upon the success of these notes. 4. The Union Government and RBI on 12 March 2013 decided to introduce one billion pieces of 10 Rupees bank notes made of plastic on a field trial basis in five cities of Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhubhaneswar and Shimla. 5. RBI guide lines for the clearance of all the cheques is 2 days. 6. RBI hiked the investment limit in government securities by FIIs and long-term investors $25 billion from $20 billion and in corporate bonds $50 billion from $45 billion. 7. Under the 'Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) scheme, any individual, including poor or those from weaker section of the society, can open zero balance account in any bank (including foreign banks). 8. RBI permitted the premature encashment of 8% savings (Taxable) Bonds for individual investors who are 60 years and above in age. 9. RBI issued norms for currency swap window for fresh foreign currency non-resident bank- FCNR(B) deposits mobilized for a minimum tenor of 3 years. 10. RBI allowed the Non-Resident Investors including NRIs to buy Shares under FDI Scheme. Till now, the FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investor), QFIs (Qualified Foreign Investors) and NRIs were eligible to invest and acquire the shares on the recognized stock exchanges of India in compliance with the FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) regulations. But the NRIs were not allowed to acquire shares on exchange (bourses) under the FDI Scheme. 11. The RBI said, min paid-up equity of 25 % should be held directly by the lender. Also, repayment of the principal will commence only after completion of minimum average maturity of 7 years and no prepayment will be allowed before maturity. 12. RBI opens special dollar window for 3 oil marketing firms: the central bank has activated the forex swap window, whereby it will undertake sell/buy of dollar-rupee forex swaps for a fixed period with Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum through a designated bank. 13. The RBI imposed restrictions on banks and NBFCs for providing loans against gold coins as well as units of gold ETFs and mutual funds to curb demands for gold. Also banks were asked to ensure that the amount of loan to any customer against gold ornaments, gold Jewellery and gold coins (weighing up to 50 grams) should be within the board approved limit. 14. UAE Exchange, one of the largest foreign exchange firms in the United Arab Emirates, has applied to RBI for a banking license in India.
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2. India ranking in different Indexes for 2013: a) Global Hunger Index- 66. b) Global Peace Index 141 c) Human Development Report 136 d) Global Corruption Index 94 e) Global Competitiveness Index-60 for 2013 (Switzerland top in this report) f) Gender Inequality Index - 132nd (UN Human Development (Index) Report) g) In List of High Net worth Individuals (5th acc to the Knight Frank Wealth Report 2013) h) In The List of Spam Spewing Nation in the World- 3rd (after US and China): as per the new report of Sophos Labs. i) India has been ranked as the 119th freest country in the world out of 177 in the 2013 index of economic freedom. 3. Global Competitiveness Report released by World Economic Forum (WEF): World Bank Forecast GDP growth rate for India: a) 5.7% in 2013-14 b)6.5% in 2014-15 c) 6.7% in 2015-16 4. Indias GDP growth: a) The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (of India) lowers growth projection for 2013-14 to 5.3 pc from 6.4 percent projected earlier. b) Indias GDP growth likely to be at 5.2% in 2013: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). c) RBI recently in its quarterly review has scaled down the growth projection for the current fiscal to 5.5 per cent from its earlier estimate of 5.7 per cent. d) Asian Development Bank lowered its growth projection for India to 5.8 per cent in calendar 2013 from 6 per cent estimated earlier, citing the slow progress of economic reforms. e) International Monetary Fund outlook projects Indias economic growth at 5.6 per cent this year. 5. IMFs GDP growth: a) 5.7 %- For India (According to World Economic Outlook ) for 2013. b)3.3%- For global growth. 6. Faced with a weakening rupee, the Reserve Bank announced it will sell government bonds worth Rs 22,000 crore every Monday to check volatility in the forex market. 7. Muthoot Fincorp, which is actually a part of Muthoot Pappachan Group, announced launching 100 crore Rupees nonconvertible debenture (NCB) issue in order to fund the expansion of microfinance as well as small and medium enterprise (SME) business 8. According to the World Bank India is Largest Recipient of Remittances in the World, receiving 69 billion US Dollars in 2012. India is followed by China (60 billion US dollars), the Philippines (24 billion US dollars), Mexico (23 billion US dollars) and Nigeria and Egypt (21 billion US dollars each) are Other large recipients include Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Lebanon. 9. World Bank recorded that remittance flows to developing countries grew by 5.3 per cent to reach an estimated 401 billion dollar in 2012. 10.Remittances to developing countries are likely to grow by an annual average of 8.8 per cent for the next three years and are expected to reach 515 billion US dollars in 2015. 11.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a commemorative stamp of Rs 5 in memory of freedom fighter and veteran journalist Lala Jagat Narain. Nagaland became the first state to use the high-tech voter recording system 'Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail' (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machines for the by-elections to Noksen Assembly constituency. 12.Chhattisgarh has been selected for this year's prestigious National Literacy Award for the first time since its formation in November 2000. The award was presented on the International Literacy Day celebrated on September eight. 13.Aditya Birla Group ( Ultra Tech Cement) to acquire Gujarat cement for Rs 3,800 crore.
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2012 that confers legal rights to the beneficiaries to receive food grains and food items at highly subsidized prices. 2. E-stamping launched in Delhi on 28 June of all denominations. 3. Chhattisgarh became the first state in the country to bring legislation on food security. 4. Arunachal Pradesh became the First State to Introduce e-GPF. st 5. Odisha became the 1 Indian state to commence e-payment facility for government employees. 6. Second all-woman employees post office inaugurated at the Delhi. 7. Union government launched Direct cash transfer scheme in 20 districts, It will cover 26 schemes such as educational scholarship for SC/ST and OBC, and widow pension. 8. Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Kumari Selja on 5 April 2013 launched a Website (http://www.jagjivanram.nic.in/) on Babu Jagjivan Ram on the occasion of his 106th Birth Anniversary. 9. Govt. launched Child health Screening service in Maharashtra. 10. HRD Ministry Launched Sanskrit Caravan. 11. The official online portal http://intraips.gov.in of INTRA-IPS was launched by S. Jayaraman (Special Secretary-Internal Security), Minister of Home Affairs at New Delhi. 12. Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra. 13. Andhra Pradesh on occasion of Ugadi Festival launched a new scheme named Amma Hastham (mother's hand) to supply nine essential food items to poor at subsidized rates. 14. Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system. 15. Haryana bags Krishi Karman Award for highest wheat production. 16. Odisha decided to set up the first public health university under Public-Private Partnership mode at Gramadiha village in Jatni tehsil on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar with the colaboration State Health Department and Asian Institute of Public Health in Bhubaneshwar. 17. M.P. announced Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojna for provinding bank guarantee & loans to youths to set up their own industries or business of worth up to 25 lakh rupees and 5% loan subsidy for 5 years. 18. Madya Pradesh starts new scheme Sampark Setu. 19. M.P. govt launched Atal Jyoti scheme in Bhopal district under the scheme 24 hour power is supplied in the rural areas. 20. M.P. govt decided to declare Malkhamb as the State Sport. 21. Nirmal Bharat Campaign had started in Sevagram, Maharashtra. 22. India's first automatic toll collection system launched in Maharashtra. 23. Maharashtra Govt. creates special bank account for drought relief. 24. U.P started Ashirwad Bal Swasthya Guarantee Yojna under NRHM. 25. UP govt. launched unemployment allowance scheme. 26. UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state. 27. Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav launched free laptop scheme for intermediate pass. 28. Uttarakhand govt to strictly implement 'no work no pay' rule. 29. Kerala Govt. Raised Age Limit (18 to 21 ) for Buying and Selling Liquor. 30. Rajasthan Govt will establish Kisan Service Centers and Village Knowledge centers at all Panchayat headquarters. 31. West Bengal to give fixed Salary to ASHA workers. 32. MP leads in growth rate with Gross State Domestic Product for 2012-13 is likely to be 14.28 % and agriculture growth rate about 10.02%. 33. Cairn India has said it has made the 26th oil discovery in its prolific Rajasthan block, the discovery follows allowing the company to explore for oil on block well after expiry of the exploration phase. 34. Govt decided to transfer cash subsidy to domestic cooking gas (LPG) consumers under its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme from LPG from May .LPG consumers will get about Rs 4,000 per annum in cash from the government, and they will have to then buy LPG at a market price of Rs 901.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder. 35. The official online portal of INTRA-IPS (http://intraips.gov.in) was launched by S. Jayaraman (Special Secretary-Internal Security), Minister of Home Affairs at New Delhi. The online portal will facilitate information about the Indian Police Service Civil List, Immovable Property Returns, Latest notifications/circulars, Rules, Police Medal Awardees list etc. related to all IPS officers all over India.
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cater mainly to people in rural and semi urban India. AISECT is planning to have over 10 lakh job seekers and an equal number of jobs registered with Rojgar Mantra in the next 5 years. 37. Cairn India makes new oil discovery in Rajasthan block. 38. Goa Government launched Krishi Card for Farmers which is supposed to help farmers in making use of benefits such as subsidies and loans given by the State Government 39. A unique scheme, Golden Girl (Bangaru Talli) launched in Andhra Pradesh, to protect girl child and ensure her education. The scheme is limited to two children of each BPL family. The scheme provides periodical payment of financial benefit for the education and nutrition needs of the girls who born in a BPL family right from their birth. The state will pay 1000 Rs per month to the mother from the time she conceives till childs birth and if a girl child is born, mother will be given 2,500 Rs at the delivery time. Till the girl attains five years age, the family will be given 1500 Rs every year. When she is admitted in school she will be paid 1000 Rs and 2000 Rs every year till she completes fifth standard. The amount will be 2,500 rupees per year till she completes 8th class and 3000 rupees till 10th class. It will be 3,500 rupees till plus two and 4000 per year till she completes graduation. If the girl stops her education at plus two, 50 thousand rupees will be paid towards her marriage expenses and it will be one lakh rupees if she opts marriage after graduation. 40. Puducherry Government launched Dairy Development Scheme to promote dairy activities and to enhance socio-economic status of the farmers in the Union Territory, As per the scheme, each farmer is supposed to get 50000 Rupees to launch a mini-dairy project with three milch cows. 41. Union Government of India decided to launched DBTL (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG) scheme in 20 high Aadhaar coverage districts on 1 June 2013. 42. Centre set up National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) to meet the growing need for skilled work force in both the public and private sectors. 43. Centre launched skill development and job placement scheme 'Roshini' for rural youth and women in maoist affected 24 districts in 9 states. 44. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) launched for BPL families in Assam. The scheme is being implemented in 24 districts. 45. IIFCL Mutual Fund launched Infrastructure debt fund (IDF) with the support of Canara Bank and HUDCO being the strategic investors and Corporation Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce & IIFCL being the other investors. 46. Army launched website on Uttarakhand relief: suryahopes.in. 47. The Rajasthan government launched a unique scheme called Mukhyamantri Bijli Bachat Lamp Yojna for energy conservation. The State government will provide 2 CFL bulb free of cost to all electricity consumers of villages and BPL consumers in urban areas. This unique scheme will continue till August 2013. 48. Govt. launched medi claim facility for farmers holding kisan Credit cards issued by Dena Bank. Launching the scheme, Finance minister P Chidambaram handed over medi claim policies and ID cards to six farmers of different states holding KCC of the bank. He said it is an innovative and noble scheme for the benefit of farmers at large. 49. Vodafone India, along with ICICI Bank, launched its mobile money transfer and payment service, targeting mainly migrant workers Called M-Pesa, the service was launched across the eastern states of India that include West Bengal (including Kolkata), Bihar and Jharkhand. 50. The Union Cabinet has given nod to the proposal to divest 10% government stake in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). 51. Singapore Finance minister M Shanmugam visited India 52. Railways launched ticketing through SMS with two dedicated numbers - 139 and 5676714 - for the servic. 53. HP launched Officejet Pro X 500 series world's fastest desktop printer that can deliver professional documents at up to 70 pages per minute 54. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) launched broad-based Islamic Equity Index.) on 30 April 2013 based on the wide-measure S&P BSE 500 index. It will provide a new benchmark for Islamic investors in one of the world's largest stock exchanges. 55. Valuemart Gold and Jewels launched 1 lakh Gold coins (each of 10 grams) bearing Sachin's face, signature . 56. Britain launched Super Priority same-day visa service for urgent Travellers from India. 57. Rahul to launched scheme Umeed for poor women in J&K, this scheme is launched to help the women organised into Self Help Groups and then form federations of such groups. The programme planned to include nine lakh women and cover about two-third of the state's rural households. It has a budget of Rs 755 crore that will be shared 90:10 by the Centre and the state government.
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long section between Banihal in Jammu and Qazigund in Kashmir. The Banihal-Qazigund section, which includes an 11-kmlong tunnel, will reduce the distance from 35 km (by road) to 18 km. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,691 crore. 59. The West Bengal Government decided to set up a holding company to bring all state corporations marketing different products under the MSME sector under a single umbrella. Also cleared allocation of Rs 492 crore for Kanyashee project to be launched on October 1 this year to benefit the girl child. 60. Government will soon launch Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to make the country Slum Free. This programme will cover all towns, cities 61. Punjab State Govt launch bed and breakfast scheme for tourists. To give a boost to tourism and provide a home-like affordable accommodation to visitors, the Punjab government is set to promote high-end bed and breakfast scheme.and urban agglomerations in the country during its implementation phase. 62. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has proposed to launch a National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) in 12th Five Year Plan, which will replace the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).The NULM would focus on organizing urban poor in self help groups, creating opportunities for skill development leading to market-based employment and helping them to set up self-employment ventures by ensuring easy access to credit. 63. LIC Housing Finance Ltd has launched a public deposit scheme Sanchay whereby it will offer the highest interest rate of 9.5 per cent on five-year deposits.The term period for deposits ranges from one to five years with the minimum amount of deposit being Rs 10,000 and thereafter in multiples of Rs 1,000 64. Bhumi Sena Scheme launched in UP for transformation of Barren Land. The scheme would help in increasing cultivation area in the state. 65. In Punjab, fearing trouble from some anti-social elements, Stri Shakti, an NGO providing mid-day meal in six districts has decided to wind up their operations. 66. P. Chidambaram launched the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme in New Delhi. This scheme is likely to benefit about one million young men and women in the next 12 months.This scheme will set the curriculum and standards for training in different skills and any institution or body may offer training courses. Upon completion the candidate then has to take a test conducted by authorised agencies.upon passing the test, the candidate will be given a certificate as well as a monetary reward of an average of 10,000 rupees per candidate. 67. 50,000 girl students in Tripura living below the poverty line would get a bicycle each free as an incentive to reduce the school drop out rate. Girl students in Class XI and XII with a family income less than 1.25 lakhs per annum would get the benefit. 68. The Parliament has passed the historic Companies Bill 2012.The new law will facilitate business-friendly corporate regulation, improve corporate governance norms, enhance accountability on the part of corporates/ auditors, raise levels of transparency and protect interests of investors, particularly small investors. 69. Delhi government is all set to launch food security programme and it is first state in India to launch Union governments food security programme. 70. Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma launched a Centre for Adaptation to Climate Change which aims to engage government departments and civil societies to address the issue of climate change. 71. The Union government of India planned to launch Bharat Mobile Scheme under which one member of every rural household who has completed 100 days of work under MGNREGA can get free mobile device. 72. A free insurance scheme covering nearly 3 lakh drivers of public transport vehicles run on Compressed Natural Gas-CNG was launched in the national capital.The Indraprastha Gas Limited Suraksha Yojana was jointly launched by Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.A sum of 1.5 lakh rupees will be paid to the nominee of the driver in case of death. An additional amount of 25,000 rupees per child will be paid towards education allowance, subject to a maximum of 50,000 rupees. 73. The National Teeka Express was launched by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare at Alwar, Rajasthan.It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases. 74. under the Ksheera Bhagya scheme launched in karnataka over 65 lakh school children in 51,000 Government schools and 39 lakh children in anganwadi centres across the State will now receive 150 ml of milk three times a week
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crop loans at concessional rate of 7 percent, "This scheme has already been extended to crop loans borrowed from private sector scheduled commercial banks in respect of loans given within the service area of the branch concerned 76. A modern and sophisticated breast milk bank, stated to be the first in India in the public sector, was inaugurated at the premier state-run SSKM hospital in kolkata. The bank was being funded by the National Health Renewal Mission and equipment procured and the recruitment process done. 6. INFORMATION BASED ON AGRICULTURE AND CULTURE: a) Top 5 production states and countries: Wheat: states : Uttar Pradesh(34%),Punjab(22%), Haryana(13%), Madhya Pradesh(10%), Rajasthan(9%), Bihar(6%),Gujarat(2%). Countries: China, India, USA, Russia, France, Pakistan Major export destinations: Bangladesh, Korea, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Indonesia Rice: states: West Bengal, Andhra pradesh, Utter pradesh, Punjab, Orissa Countries: China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam Major exporters in world: Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Combodia Sugarcane: States: Uttar pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andhra pradesh Countries: Brazil, India, China, Thailand, Pakistan Pulses: States: Madhya pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar pradesh, Karnataka Milk: States: Uttar pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab Countries: India, USA, China, Pakistan, Russian federation b) Revolutions in the field of agriculture in India: Black Revolution - Petroleum Production Blue Revolution - Fish Production Brown Revolution - Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production Golden Fiber Revolution - Jute Production Golden Revolution - Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production Green Revolution - Food grains Grey Revolution - Fertilizer Pink Revolution - Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Productio Round Revolution - Potato Silver Fiber Revolution - Cotton Silver Revolution - Egg/Poultry Productio White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) - Milk/Dairy production Yellow Revolution - Oil Seeds production Evergreen Revolution - Overall development of Agriculture . c) Crop Seasons: Rabi Crop:The term Rabi means "spring" in Arabic, and the rabi crops are grown between the months mid November to April. Sowing season: October - December
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7. OTHER INFORMATION: 1. Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai has given her first public speech in New York on her 16th birthday on July 12, a day that would now be marked as 'Malala Day'. 2. A New Variety of Mango was named Nirbhaya after Delhi Rape Victim at Uttar Pradesh's famous mango centre Malihabad. 3. The Central Information Commission (CIC) in a landmark judgement held political parties are answerable under the Right to Information Act, setting a new bench mark in transparency in politics. 4. First all-women police station opened in Arunachal. 5. The Tourism Ministry has roped in ONGC to maintain cleanliness and hygiene at 6 tourist destinations across the country, as part of its Clean India campaign. According to the action plan finalised by the Ministry, ONGC will adopt 6 monuments - Taj Mahal at Agra, Ellora Caves and Elephanta Caves in Maharashtra, Red Fort in Delhi, Golkonda Fort in Hyderabad and Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. 6. India proposed China to be principal guest country at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2014. 7. Government constituted a Committee headed by JS Mathur to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates. 8. The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has been set up a committee headed by WCD Additional Secretary K. Ratna Prabha to finalize modalities for a media campaign against indecent portrayal of women in mass media. 9. Canara Bank to open MSME branches in Tiruchi, Perambalur. 10. The 7th Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in Sydney from the 10th to 12th of November this year. The aim of the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or Overseas Indian Conference - is to connect India with its vast Indian Diaspora and bringing their knowledge, expertise and skills together. 11. Pipavav Port the first private sector port of India located in Saurashtra, Gujarat Regained Top Position in Seafood Exports on the basis of quantity. 12. The Assam government has decided to promote religious tourism in the state and In "Ambubachi Mela" at the famous Kamakhya Temple is the first step in this direction. 13. The worlds tallest twisted tower Infinity Tower was launched in Dubai Marina on 10 June 2013,Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, Bangladeshi singer Runa Lailaand Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy have been named as SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS. 14. India Proposed Hydrocarbon Pipeline from Kazakhstan like TAPI. 15. AirAsia ties up with TATA to start Airline in India. 16. Ajmal Kasab hanged and buried in Pune's Yerwada Jail. 17. Mangalam village became the first village in India where all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry. 18. Indias First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand.
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and Mauritius signed several agreements in areas of health and medicine, tourism and welfare of senior citizens and the disabled. 30. Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav Selected For Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. 31. Union minister Kapil Sibal launched (a web based) Electronics Project Proposal System (e-PPS) in march 2013, which will Support Online submission of project proposals, Evaluation of proposals by experts, Project recommendations, Project Monitoring. 32. The Communications and Information Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal has inaugurated India's First All Women Employees Post Office at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the International Women's Day, All the counters of this Post Office will be manned by women employees only. 33. Postage Stamp Released on the Commemorative Sahir Ludhianvi (a renowned Urdu poet)by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8 March 2013 on occasion of his birth anniversary. 34. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone of a residential, educational-cum- vocational training centre ANANDA for persons with autism spectrum disorders at village Gairatpur Bass in Gurgaon. the centre will be developed by an NGO named Action for Autism on about 10 acres of land. 35. S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology for his contributions towards developing technologies for production of clean bio-fuels from waste, won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 in Hyderabad. 36. Rajasthan celebrated its 63rd foundation day On 30th March, it was formed on 30th March 1949. st 37. Odisha celebrated its 77th foundation day on 1 april. 38. New tough anti-rape law comes into force, it will now be called the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. 39. Wi-Fi, internet facility in Howrah Rajdhani launched. 40. Param Yuva II - India's fastest supercomputer and the 62nd fastest supercomputer in the world. 41. PM of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong visited India. 42. London became no.1 Fashion City of the world (earlier it was Paris) 43. Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 44. Japan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030. 45. South Korea Became first country in Asia to Order Chemical Castration of Child Rapist. 46. Iran and Pakistan launched Gas Pipeline Project of 7.5 billion dollar gas pipeline project which will link Iran's gas pipeline to that of Pakistan. 47. Japan Became First Country in the World to Extract Natural Gas from Methane Hydrate by March 2013. 48. World Celebrates Earth hour on 23 March With the ongoing theme will if you will " to save the planet earth & Save energy, the fuels, the bills over the fuels and reduce Carbon emissions for a cleaner and better tomorrow is the message from Earth Hour. 49. Kuwait is the fattest country in the world, with the highest average body mass index or the BMI. The Men in Kuwait have BMI of 27.5 while the women have a BMI of 31.4. 50. MoU Signed Between Mysore Zoo and Leipzig Zoo in Germany for Transporting Four Sloth Bears. 51. North Korea declares 'state of war' with South Korea and warned that any provocation would swiftly escalate into a nuclear conflict. 52. The most powerful ever seen cyberattack in history "bazooka" slowed down traffic on internet. 53. United Arab Emirates (UAE) Inaugurated Worlds Largest Solar Power Plant of cost 600-million dollar project named Shams 1 at Madinat Zayed by the President of UAE and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on 17 March 2013 which is aimed at providing electricity to 20000 homes.
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turbines ad two diesel engines, the Azzam can reach speeds of over 55.5kph, which makes it one of the fastest yachts in the world. 55. India's first interoperable RIFD-based (interoperable Radio Frequency Identification Device) electronic automatic toll collection system launched in Maharashtra at Charoti Toll Plaza, Dahanu in Thane District, system was rolled out on the AhmedabadMumbai National Highway.," 56. Courts in Pakistan have disqualified former president Pervez Musharraf for contesting parliamentary elections for suspending the constitution and imposing emergency in 2007 during his rule. 57. Croatia becomes 28th EU member state . 58. According to UN report India is on track to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of poverty reduction by 2015 59. The European Union has officially approved Latvia as the 18th member of the eurozone, which uses the blocs common currency. Latvia will adopt the euro on January 1, 2014. 60. The Union Cabinet approved setting up of two National level universities in Uttar Pradesh. The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University and Indira Gandhi National University for Women, IGNUW, will be set up in Rae Bareli district. will be the first university in the country exclusively for women. 61. The 163-year old telegram service in the country comes to an end. Started in 1850. 62. The city of Incheon in South Korea has been named World Book Capital for the year 2015 by an international committee of experts representing the book industry and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 63. UNESCO included the writings of Cuban Revolution leader Ernesto Che Guevara in its Memory of the World Register. 64. Ford Motor Company became First Automaker to Participate in the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programme in India.Voluntary reporting enables a complete transparency in terms of the carbon dioxide emissions. 65. Bollywood actor and UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan joined the UN and its humanitarian partners to promote The World Needs More global campaign. 66. Group of Twenty (G-20) summit was held at St. Peters burg in Russia.The summit will focus on issues pertaining to the economic growth throughout the developed world. 67. In defiance of the United States, two Latin American countries Venezuela and Nicaragua offered asylum to Edward Snowden, leaker of the US secretive surveillance programme. 68. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Europe's longest-serving leader that he would step down over a scandal involving the secret services, who allegedly indulged in a spate of misconduct on his watch 69. The Union Health Ministry announced former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign. 70. China seeks to boost military ties with Bangladesh 71. London will host the ninth World Islamic Economic Forum in October 72. For the first time, the Election Commission used the paper trail system along with the Electronic Voting Machines in the Nagaland by-election.The system, called the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail system (VVPAT), will accompany the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM). 73. DRDO developing chilli-spray for women's self-defence 74. INS Arihant nuclear reactor activated 75. The insurance arm of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has announced its entry into India's agriculture insurance business, saying it would offer farmers insurance cover for their crops against adverse weather conditions. 76. The state-owned iron National Mineral Development Corporation Power Ltd. signed an Mou with the IL&FS Energy Development Ltd to set up a 500-MW power plant at Gonda in Uttar Pradesh. 77. Tata Steel was adjudged the Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant in the country for the year 2011-12 78. Kudankulam to start generating 1,000 MW of power by the end of October 79. Yahoo beats Google in US with 197 million visitors in July 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. NEW APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA Justice P Sathasivam - next (40th) Chief Justice of India (CJI) (by suceeding Altamas Kabir). K N Shanth Kumar - PTI Chairman (succeeded R Lakshmipathy) K R Kamath Re-Elected - Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA). Rami Hamdallah - New Prime Minister of Palestine. Sudha Sharma - New CBDT chief. Thomas Mathew - New Chairman Of LIC succeeded D K Mehrotra, retired on 31 May. Mahendra Mohan Gupta -Vice Chairman of PTI.
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15.IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION AND SUMMIT 1. New Member United Nation Total 193 (Last South Sudan) WTO Total 159 (Last - Tajikistan) World bank and IMF Total 188 (Last South Sudan) European Union Total 28 (Last- Croatia) 1. UN Human Rights forum held in Beijing (CHINA) 2. World Economic Forums summer Davos meeting held in the north-eastern Chinese city of Dalian ( China). 3. The 7th India-Laos Joint Commission Meeting on bilateral cooperation was held in Vientiane. 4. 31st meeting of Health Ministers of WHO South-East Asia countries held in India. 5. Sixth Global Skills Summit held in New Delhi. The Theme of the Summit is Industry Leads. New Zealand is the country partner this time for the Summit. 2. Nuclear security summit 2nd Summit 2012 Seoul (South Korea), 3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Netherland 3. BRICS summit Country: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa. 4th Summit 2012: New Delhi 5th Summit 2013 : South Africa: Held in Durban from 26 to 27 March 2013 at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC). PM Manmohan Singh attended the BRICS Summit from India. The central area of discussion was under the overarching theme, BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation. The possibility of setting up of a development bank and investment fund and promoting trade within this group in local currencies are particularly encouraging and progress in finalising these. Brazil and China Signed the Currency Swap Agreement: BRICS Summit 2013. 4. G 8 Summit: 38th Summit 2012 :David camp, USA 39th Summit 2013: United Kingdom 40th Summit (next 2014): Russia G-8 Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain and the US 5. G 20 Summit: 7th Summit 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico 8th G-20 Leaders Summit held in St. Peters burg (Russia). G-20 Labour Summit held in Mosscow (Russia). 6. NAM Summit: 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit 2012- Tehran(Iran) 17th Summit(Next)-In 2015-Caracus (Venezuela) 26-31 August at Attended By(India): Prime Minister Theme: Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance. Country:120,New-Fiji, Azerbaijan 7. ASEAN Summit: 20th ASEAN Meeting April 2012 Phnom penh (Cambodia). 21st ASEAN Summit Nov 2012 - Phnom Penh (Cambodia ). 22nd ASEAN Summit 2013 Brunei 8. SCO Summit: 13th Summit 2013-Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) Attended by:Salman Khurshid(Forgien Minister) 12th Summit 2012-Beijing Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgien Minister) 9. National youth Festival: 17th-Mangalore (Karnataka) 18th Patna(12-16) January
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Heads Raghuram Govinda Rajan U.K. Sinha Prakash Bakshi Naina Lal Kidwai K.R. Kamath Alok Joshi Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim Ranjeet Sinha D.P. Agarwal Amitava Bhattacharyya Ved Prakash Gen. Bikram Singh Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne Admiral D.K. Joshi Subhash Joshi Dr. K. Radhakrishnan Krishna kumar Natrajan Rana Kapoor Avinash Chander Pratip Chaudhary T.S.Vijayan Rahul Khullar Ashok Chawla Jim Yong Kim Christane Legarde Jim Yong cai Margrate Chan Roberto Azevedo Chitra Ramkrishna Ashish Chauhan Sudha Sharma Yakov Amridor Shivashankar Menon Raghuram Raja G.E. Vahanvati C.Rangrajan Shashi Kant Sharma V.S.Sampath Mamta Sharma Sam Pitroda Marandey Katju
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18.IMPORTANT COMMITTEES 1. Parthasarathi Shome. for Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a system to enforce better tax compliance 2. B. Shivraman Committee - Nabard 3. Suma Verma Committee - to update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006 4. Damodran Committee: on improvement of customer services in banks 5. Shri M. Narasimham Committee: on Banking Sector Reforms 6. Shri Raghuram Rajan Committee: on Financial Sector Reforms, 7. Shri B. Mahapatra Committee: to review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring of advances by banks/financial institutions 8. Shri Aditya Puri Committee: Dissemination of Credit Information 9. Shri K.U.B. Rao Committee: recommended aligning gold import regulations 10.K M Chandrasekhar committee : for rationalization of foreign investment norms 11.Shri Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee: to study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of card present transactions 12.Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities to enter India 13.MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank 14.Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII), 15.Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods: The committee will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna) 16.JS Mathur committee : to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates. 17.K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media 18.Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities to enter India 19.Mukul Mudgal Committee: to look at process of film clearance 20.MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank 21.SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output 22.K M Chandrasekhar Committee for rationalization of foreign investment norms 23. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII) 24.Janakiraman Committee - To investigate the security transactions of the bank 25.MS Ahluwalia committee - to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University 26.Sitakant Mahapatra committee - for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution 27.N R Narayana Murthy committee - for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education. 28.C Rangarajan committee - for poverty scale estimates in the country 29.MB Shah committee - for inspection of illegal mining activities 30.N Rangachary committee - to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector 31.Parthasarathi Shome committee - implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule) 32.Deepak Parekh committee for Financing Infrastructure sector 33.Naresh Chandra committee - 14 member task force on security issues 34.Bhandari Committee - Reconstruction of RRBs 35.RS Gujral Committee - suggest measures to boost MSME exports. 19.DEFENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1. Missiles in use of Indian Army: a) Prithvi I - 150km b) Prithvi II - 350km c) Prithvi III - 350km - 600km d)Agni I - 700km -1250km e) Agni II - 2000km -3500km f) Agni III - 3500km -5000km
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DAY National Youth day (Birthday of Vivekananda). Army day. National Girl Child Day. National tourism day/ Voters day National Martyrs day & World anti Leprosy Day
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