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1. Appointment (National/ International) (Covered Jan to April 2019)

3

2. Awards (64th Filmfare Awards 2019, Pulitzer Award 2019, Bhart rattan, Padma Vibhsan, Pdma bhusan, Grammy award, Nobel price 2018, 64th

Filmfare Awards 2019, Oscar award, Befta Award

8

3. Budget (2019) 20

4. Insurance Awarness 21 5. India’s Ranking Index (Covered Jan to April 2019) 31 6. Important MoU (Covered Jan to April 2019) 34 7. Web Portal/ App (Covered Jan to April 2019 37 8. Scheme (State gov/ Centre Gov) (Covered Jan to

April 2019) 39

9. Important Loan (Covered Jan to April 2019) 44 10. Company Merger List (Covered Jan to April 2019) 45 11. Important Summit (Covered Jan to April 2019) 46 12. Partnership and Agreement (Covered Jan to April

2019) 50

13. Defence News (Covered Jan to April 2019) 55 14. Important Current Affairs in short (Covered Jan to

April 2019) 59

15. Important Banking and finance in short (Covered Jan to April 2019

68

16. GDP FORCASTING 77 17. Payment Bank, Public bank, Private bank, Small

Finacial bank 79

18. Obituary 87 19. Book and Author 88 20 Government Sponsored Socially Oriented Insurance

Schemes 89

21. Most Important Financial Term 94 22. Sports Affaris 101 23. Important Days and Theme 113


Part 2 (Static GK)

1. Important Dam in India 119 2. Mojor Sea port 120 3. Lake (State –wise) 120 4. Importatnt National Park 124 5. Flok Dance (State-wise) 125 6. Stadium Game Realted 126 7. Important Temple in India 127 8. Founder of Fomous Website 128 9. River and City 129

10. List of Countries –Capital and Currencies 132 11. Wildlife Sanctuaries (State-wise) 136 12. Chief Ministers And Governors 143 13. States Festivels 145 14. International Orgnisations headquater 147 15. List of Important Airport 150 16. International Stoke exchange list 152 17. Census-2011 153 18. Revolutions in the filed of Agriculture in India 154 19. International Boderline and Boundaries Line 155 20. Important Static Questions 156


1. APPOINTMENTS

ORGANIZATION PERSON New Member of 15th Finance Commission Ajay Narayan Jha

New Non-executive chairman of Bank of Baroda

Ex-Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia

Senegal’s President Macky Sall (Second term) Chairman of National Commission for Backward

Classes Bhagwan Lal Sahni

President of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah New Chairman of Coordination Committee for

2022 Asian Games

Randhir Singh

New Prime minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas (First Female) New Secretary-General of the Medical Council of

India Rakesh Kumar Vats

Chief Scientist at WHO Soumya Swaminathan New Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Ajit Kumar Mohanty

Head committee on Comprehensive Insurance Scheme for Advocates (5 members Committee)

Dr Alok Srivastava

Citibank India New head

Ashu Khullar

Goodwill Ambassador of UNDP Padma Lakshmi New Finance Secretary Subhas Chandra Garg

New Prime Minister of Palestine Mohammad Shtayyeh Special directors in the Enforcement Directorate

(ED).

Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil Kumar

OIC body’s deputy chairman

Pakistan

New Agricultural Scientific Recruitment Board (ASRB) Chief

Aditya Kumar Misra

First Lokayukta Chairman of Mizoram C Lalsawta sworn Non-executive Chairman of Axis Bank Rakesh Makhija

New chairman of LIC

M.R. Kumar

Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant India’s first Lokpal Ex-Supreme Court judge Justice PC Ghose

PhonePe Brand Ambassador Aamir Khan Basketball Federation of India (BFI) President

Govindaraj re-elected

President of Comoros

Azali Assoumani re-elected


New President of Slovakia Zuzana Caputova (First Female) Chief Justice of Telangana HC Justice T B N Radhakrishnan Chairman of Railway Board VK Yadav

Axis Bank MD & CEO Amitabh Chaudhry New Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro

New LIC’s Acting Chairman Hemant Bhargava Competition Commission of India secretary (CCI) P K Singh

RBL Bank chief operations officer Pankaj Sharma Executive Chairman of National Legal Services

Authority (NALSA) Justice AK Sikri

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Khosa Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy V Subramanian

New JIPMER director (Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research )

Dr Rakesh Aggarwal

GST panel headed Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi RBI set up 5-member panel for boost digital

payments head

Nandan Nilekani

IMF as 1st woman and 11th Chief Economist India-born Gita Gopinath New Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal

(SSB) Rajesh Chandra

Facebook India as VP and MD

Ajit Mohan

New Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro (2nd Term) New Taiwan PM

Su Tseng-chang

New chief credit officer (CCO) of Axis Bank Deepak Maheshwari New independent directors of ICICI bank B Sriram, Rama Bijapurkar

New ICC’s chief executive Manu Sawhney New Women Team’s Coach Mohammed Ali Qamar

Supreme Court Justice Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Ambassador of 16th Tata Mumbai Marathon Mary Kom

New Director General (Investigation) in the National Human Rights Commission.

Prabhat Singh

New Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Khosa MD, CEO of IDFC First Bank V Vaidyanathan

New Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Lofven New President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina

Interim Finance & Corporate Affairs minister Piyush Goyal Yes bank’s MD and CEO Ranveet Gill

new Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah New IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta

MD of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Parthasarathi Mukherjeet reappointed for another two years Brand Ambassdor for Flamingo Hrithik Roshan

Regional Director WHO SOUTH EAST Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh (reappointed) Part time Chairman of Federal Bank Dilip Sadarangani


BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) India chairman

Punit Goenka

New director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Rishi Kumar Shukla

CEO of Corporation Bank

P V Bharathi

New President of El Salvador

Former mayor Nayib Bukele

New civil aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola

Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs

Shri Sailesh

New Union Sports Secretary Radheyshyam Julaniya

New chairman of African Union Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi

New Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra

Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India

Ashwani Lohani

new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

Pramod Chandra Mody

German sports and lifestyle brand PUMA have appointed as women’s training Ambassador

6 times world champion woman M C Mary Kom

CEO of PayU India Anirban Mukherjee

President of the Foundation Board for Better Boxing of AIBA (International Boxing

Association)

Ajay Singh

First ombudsman for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

D.K. Jain

Brand ambassador of Swasth Immunised India Kareena Kapoor Khan

President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)

Brij Bhushan Sharan

Sudan’s Prime Minister Mohamed Tahir Ayala

Amazon’s Board of Directors

PepsiCo’s former CEO Indra Nooyi

Non-Executive Chairman of IDBI Bank Hemand Bhargava

New Chairman of National Book Trust (NBT) Govind Prasad Sharma


Nigeria’s President

Muhammadu Buhari

New Managing Director of LIC

Vipin Anand

Industry Head of Google India

Former Bollywood Actress, Mayoori kango

Indian Overseas Bank’s new MD & CEO Karnam Sekar

52nd Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Rajendra Kumar Nayak

Twitter New India Head Manish Maheshwari

New Chairman of Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH)

Ravinder Kumar Passi

Deutsche Bank head for India Kaushik Shaparia

New Executive Director of Punjab National Bank Rajesh Yaduvanshi

New brand ambassador of redBus

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Goodwill Ambassador of Street Child Cricket World Cup 2019

Mithali Raj

New Secretary, Defence Finance Gargi Kaul,

Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of National Buildings Construction Corporation

(NBCC)

Shiv Das Meena

First Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh HC Justice Vikram Nath

Algeria’s first new president Abdelkader Bensalah

Haiti’s New Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (5th Term)

New President of ICC India Vikramjit Sing Sahney

First woman CMD of Pawan Hans Ltd Usha Padhee

president of Asian Football Confederation Sheikh Salman

New Nasscom Chairman Keshav Murugesh

New president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Vikram Kirloskar

World bank’s new President David Malpass


New RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

New Chief Election Commissioner of India [23rd Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)]

Shri Sunil Arora

Finance Secretary Shri A. N. Jha

New Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath

Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghe

Member of UPSC Shri Bharat Bhushan Vyas

Director, National Crime Records Bureau [NCRB] Shri Ramphal Pawar

New Indian Ambassador to US Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Assumes charge of secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)

Shri Ashok Kumar Singh

New president of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society and Chairman of Governing

Council.

Brijendra Pal Singh

Technical Member in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity.

Shri Ravindra Kumar Verma

Archery association president B.V.P Rao

India’s chief boxing coach CA Kuttappa

Mexico president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).

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2. AWARDS

Award PERSON /

ORGANIZATION PURPOSE/ FIELD

Legion of Honour

French World Cup champions Sport

World Memory Championships (Gold)

Dhruv Manoj “names and faces” , “random words

African Football Player of the Year(2018)

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah

Sport

‘Exhibitor of the Year Award’

Defence Research and Development Organisation

(DRDO)

Defence

Sushila Devi Literature Award

Namita Gokhale Literature (“Things to Leave Behind)

First-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award

PM Narendra Modi Politics

Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018

WHO Goodwill ambassador Yohei Sasakawa


EkalAbhiyan Trust Its work in the field of education for rural and tribal children, rural empowerment and gender and social equality.


AkshayaPatra Foundation Its work towards providing midday meals to children across India, and Sulabh International for its contribution towards the improvement of sanitation facilities in India and the emancipation of manual scavengers.

Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials

Research

Bharat Ratna CNR Rao Eminent Scientist

Sansad Ratna Award BJP MP Anurag Politician ICC Cricketer of the Year Virat Kohli Cricketer

ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year

Virat Kohli Cricketer

ICC Men’s ODI Player of the year

Virat Kohli Cricketer

“International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Emerging

Player of the year”

Rishabh Pant Cricketer

IRCTC’s Trains Cleanliness Survey Award

Southern Railway


Best Tableau in Republic Day Parade

ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its representation of Tableau on ‘Kisan Gandhi’ with the theme: “Mishrit Kheti, Khushiyon Ki Kheti” Tripura- best state tableau with the theme: ‘Empowering Rural Economy the Gandhian Way’whereas the second position was bagged by Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab was placed in the third spot.

Best marching contingent trophy of the Republic Day

parade

Gorkha Brigade

Australian literary prize

Manus Island ’s refugee Behrouz Boochani

Debut book “No Friends But the Mountains”

K.Veeramani Award for Social Justice

P.S.Krishnan

“Freedom of the City of London”

The State Bank of India’s UK head Shri Sanjiv Chadha

Contribution in promoting the bilateral relations

France’s highest civilian honour

Francois Laborde

Old Bengal Priest

Aegis Graham Bell Award 2018

Yes Bank ‘Innovation in Data Science’

Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize

Sanjay Subrahmanyam ‘Past time dimension’ for his work in macro history.

EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018

Siddhartha Lal MD & CEO of Eicher Motors

Swachhata Excellence Awards 2019

AMRUT cities and Municipal Corporations of Raigarh(1st),

Ambikapurand (2nd) Kumbakonam(3rd)

International Hockey Federation’s Players of the

Year for 2018

Eva de Goede from Netherlands and A

rthur van Doren of Belgium

Hockey Player

International human rights prize

Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Manus Island refugee,

Sudanese refugee

Laureus Sports for Good Honour

Jharkhand’s NGO Yuwa Working for girl empowerment

“Football Ratna” Sunil Chhetri Indian Football Team Captain Top Employers Institute Tata Consultancy Services

(TCS) TCS the only firm among the top 10 IT services brands which has received this certification.



Vivekanand Kendra, Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari, gets the award for 2015 for their contribution to rural

development, education, development of natural resources.


Akshaya Patra Foundation and Sulabh International (jointly)

For 2016, it has been jointly given to Akshaya Patra foundation for its

contribution in providing mid-day meals to children and Sulabh

International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation

and emancipation of manual scavengers.


Ekal Abhiyan Trust Ekal Abhiyan Trust has won the award for 2017 for their

contribution in providing education for rural and tribal children in

remote areas, rural empowerment, gender, and social equality.


Yohei Sasakawa Yohei Sasakawa for 2018, who is Goodwill Ambassador of the World

Health Organisation for Leprosy Elimination, for his role in leprosy

eradication. Russia’s highest State

Honour “Order of Saint Andrew the

Apostle”

PM Narendra Modi Russia for exceptional services in promoting bilateral ties.

“Global Slag Company of the Year”

Tata Steel For its innovative practices in the development of new applications

for Steel by-products (Slag). Presidential Award of

Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman 2019

Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya Prize money of INR 1,00,000 and a certificate. He accepted award from Vice- President of India M Venkaiah

Naidu. “Next Billion Edtech Prize

2019” Dost Education ‘Dost Education’, which is India’s

education technology startup won a $25,000 (Rs 17 lakhs)tech

prize for its ability to empower parents to take charge of their child’s

early education. UAE’s highest civilian award, Zayed Medal

PM Modi For boosting the bilateral ties between both of the nations.

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

awards of the United Nations (UN).

“Utkarsh Bangla” and “Sabooj Sathi”

The schemes under the West Bengal government, namely, “Utkarsh Bangla” (Skill training of the

youth) and“Sabooj Sathi” (cycles for students)

“Best Digital Agency Award”

Sudhanshu Kumar, the founder of Digital Sukoon


Saraswati Samman 2018 Telugu poet K Siva Reddy Telugu poet K Siva Reddy has been honoured with the

prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018with a cash prize of 15 lakh rupees for his collection of poetry

titled ‘Pakkaki Ottigilite’. World Press Photo award

2019 “Crying Girl on the Border” An image of a little girl crying,

titled “Crying Girl on the Border”, as she and her mother have been taken into custody by US border officials in Texas, won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year. Veteran Getty photographer John Moore took the picture in the Rio Grande Valley on 12th June 2018.

Celent Model Bank 2019

Award Fincare Small Finance Bank Financial Inclusion category, for

‘Redesigning Lending to Reach Small Businesses’.

UN Medal for their service in UN Mission in South

Sudan (UNMISS)

150 Indian peacekeepers For serving the mission with extreme dedication and sacrifice.

National Intellectual Property Award 2019

The Intellectual Property Rights cell (IPR cell) of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU)

Contributions in best facilitation for registration of Geographical

Indications and promotion of registered GI in the country.

Best cinematography award at Beijing

International Film Festival

Malayalam film “Bhayanakam”

Malayalam film Bhayanakam (Fear) which was

directed by Jayaraj won the best cinematography award at the

Beijing International Film Festival and had also won the best

cinematography award at the 65th National Film Awards.

World Press Freedom Hero in 2019

Dawn Journalist Cyril Almeida Dawn editor and Columnist Cyril Almeida from Pakistan has won the IPI’s (International Press Institute)

World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019 for his “critical” and

“tenacious coverage” of the civil-military relations in Pakistan.

Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019

Madhur Bhandarkar, Salim Khan, diva Helen

Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan charitable trust, Pune,

aims to encourage legends from the fields of music, drama, art and social

work. Rabindranath Tagore

Literary Prize 2019 Rana Dasgupta For his 2010 novel “Solo”, deals with

a tale of estrangement and the


ultimate failure of material existence. The Award included a Tagore statue,

a certificate for contribution to literature and a cash prize of

$10,000. ‘Public Water Agency of the

Year’ National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) or Namami

Gange

Namami Gange which is India’s flagship programme, was presented,

with the ‘Public Water Agency of the Year’ award by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water

Summit held in London on 9th April, 2019.

National Water Awards

2018 Madurai district Rejuvenations and creating new

water bodies National Water Awards

2018 Maharashtra (State) Resource management in India

‘Non-Life Insurer of the Year Award 2019’

Bharti AXA General Insurance

Best Bank Award from the state government of Tamil

Nadu

Indian Bank Successfully meeting the needs of women’s self-help groups (SHGs).

International Sustainability

Award TVS Motor Awarded the ‘Green Era Award for

Sustainability’ at Lisbon, Portugal. Swachh Survekhshan 2019

Awards

Indore bagged award for cleanest city

New Delhi Municipal Council area gets cleanest small

city award

ASQ (Airport Service Quality) award 2018

Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik International Airport

Award for being the best airport in size and region (2-5 million passengers in Asia-Pacific) for the year 2018.

Golden Peacock Award

2019 ACKO General Insurance For their contextual micro insurance

product -“Ola Ride Insurance“.

Chameli Devi Jain Award BBC Journalist Priyanka Dubey Outstanding women journalist.

Yaswantrao Chavan National Award

Ex-RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

Contribution towards economic development

Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region

Padmanaban Gopalan Social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, Padmanaban Gopalan, founder

of No Food Waste SKOCH Award 2018

Odisha State Disaster

Management Authority (OSDMA)

For its remarkable achievements in the field of disaster management.

Nari Shakti Puraskar Kathak dancer Seema Mehta Contribution towards women

empowerment over the last 15 years


Vyas Samman 2018 Leeladhar Jagudi Collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne Prem” published in 2013. He also

authored several poetry anthologies. Abel Prize

American professor Karen

Uhlenbeck first woman to win the prestigious

math award Global Teacher Prize for

2019 Peter Tabichi Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan math and

physics teacher and a member of the Franciscan religious order has been

conferred with the prestigious $1 million Varkey Foundation

Oxford University’s Bodley award

Amartya Sen The highest honour bestowed by the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries for his contribution in literature, culture, science, and communication.

Martha Farrell Award 2019

Delhi government school

teacher Manu Gulati Promoting gender quality and women’s empowerment.

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Award Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi

Amitav Ghosh Jnanpith Award, 2018 Jnanpith Selection Board Shree Saini Miss India Worldwide 2018 New York-based India Festival

Committee (IFC) Uttar Pradesh based startup HelpUsGreen

Nations Climate Action Award United Nation

Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar

Mohammed Rafi Award NGO Spandan Arts

Usha Timothy Mohammed Rafi Award NGO Spandan Arts Manju Mehta Tansen Samman, 2018 Madhya Pradesh Government Luka Modrić FIFA Ballon d'Or Award FIFA and France Football Association

Eliud Kipchoge IAAF Male Athlete of the year International Association of Athletics Federations

Caterine Ibarguen IAAF Female Athlete of the year International Association of Athletics Federations

Rattan Lal Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Vanessa Ponce de Leon Miss World 2018 Miss World Organization Prathamesh Maulingkar Mister Supranational 2018 World Beauty Association, S.A.

Salman Khan Asian Academy Creative Award 2018

Asian Academy Creative Award(AAA)

Anurag Kashyap Asian Academy Creative Award 2018

Asian Academy Creative Award(AAA)

Kanimozhi Best woman Parliamentarian Award 2018

Indian Parliamentary Group


64th Filmfare Awards 2019 was held at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai.

Category Winner Best Film Raazi

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt (Raazi) Best Director Meghna Gulzar (Raazi)

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) Gajarj Rao (Badhaai Ho), Vicky Kaushal (Sanju) Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female) Surekha Sikhri (Badhaai Ho)

Best Music Album Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Padmaavat)

Pulitzer Prize

Category Winner

Public service Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel

Criticism Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post

Editorial writing Brent Staples of the New York Times

Breaking News Reporting Staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Investigative Reporting Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times

Explanatory Reporting David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times

Local Reporting Staff of The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La.

National Reporting Staff of The Wall Street Journal

International Reporting Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of Associated Press

Staff of Reuters, with notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo

Feature Writing Hannah Dreier of ProPublica

Commentary Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial Cartooning Darrin Bell, freelancer

Breaking News Photography Photography Staff of Reuters

Feature Photography Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post

BOOKS, DRAMA, AND MUSIC

Category Winner

Fiction “The Overstory” by Richard Powers Drama “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury


History “Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight Biography or autobiography “The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart

Poetry “Be With” by Forrest Gander General nonfiction “Amity and Prosperity” by Eliza Griswold

Music “p r i s m” by Ellen Reid Special Citation Aretha Franklin

Bharat Ratna

Name Filed

Pranab Mukherjee former President

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Musician (posthumously)

Shri Nanaji Deshmukh social activist (posthumously)

Padma Vibhushan

Name Field State/Country Intro

Ms. Teejan Bai (Art-Vocals-Folk) Chhattisgarh 1st female Pandvani folk singer - promoting Chhatisgarh's 3,000 year old traditional art form

Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh

(Public Affairs) Djibouti President of Djibouti- extended support during Operation Rahat, for rescuing Indians and foreigners from war-hit Yemen

Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik

(Trade & Industry-Infrastructure)

Maharashtra Group Chairman of engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro

Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare

(Art-Acting-Theatre)

Maharashtra Marathi Theatre legend and historian - especially known for his play 'Jaanta Raja' on Chhatrapati Shivaji

Padma Bhushan

No. Name Field State/Country Intro

1. Shri John Chambers (Trade & Industry-Technology)

USA American Technology Business Leader – Formal CEO of CISCO System

2. Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

(Public Affairs) Punjab Formal Minister in Central and Punjab Govt


3. Shri Pravin Gordhan (Public Affairs) South Africa South African anti-Apartheid Leader and current Minister

4. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati

(Trade & Industry-Food Processing)

Delhi Founder CEO and Iconic Face of MDH Masala

5. Shri Darshan Lal Jain (Social Work) Haryana Social Worker Providing Free Education to poor student- Founder president of Saraswati Nadi shodha Santhan

6. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade

(Medicine-Affordable Healthcare)

Maharashtra Doctor and Founder of Vivekananda Hospital - serving the needy in the backward, drought-prone Latur region

7. Shri Kariya Munda (Public Affairs) Jharkhand Veteran Tribal Leader and 8 times MP

8. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee

(Art-Music-Sitar) West Bengal Veteran Sitar and Surbahar Artist

9. Shri S Nambi Narayan (Science & Engineering-Space)

Kerala

10 Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair

(Art-Acting-Film) Kerala Malayalam Film Superstar- acted in 350+ films

11. Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous)

Literature & Education (Journalism)

Delhi Veteran Journalist & Author

12. Ms. Bachendri Pal (Sports-Mountaineering)

Uttarakhand Woman mountaineer who has lead multiple mountaineering and rafting expeditions - first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest

13. Shri V K Shunglu (Civil Service) Delhi

14. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav

(Public Affairs) Bihar

Grammy Award

Category Winner Album of the Year Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Record of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino


Best New Artist Dua Lipa

Best Rap Album Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Best R&B Album Winner H.E.R.

Best Rap Song “God’s Plan” by Drake

Best Country Album Golden Hour by Kacey Musgarves

Song of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino

Best Rock Album From the Fires by Greta Van Fleet

Best Rock Song “Masseducation” by St. Vincent

Dance/Electronic Album Woman Worldwide, Justice

Producer of the Year Blanton Alspaugh

Best Music Video “This is America”, Childish Gambino

Best Country Song “Space Cowboy” by Kacey Musgraves

Best Folk Song All Ashore by Punch Brothers

Best Comedy Album Equanimity & the Bird Revelation by Dave Chappelle

BAFTA 2019 Winners List

Category Winner Best Film Roma

Best Director Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Best Actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Best Actor Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Best Supporting Actress Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Outstanding British Film The Favourite

Best Animated Film Spiderman : into the Spider-verse

Best British Short Animation Roughhouse

Best British Short Film 73 Cows

Best Documentary Free Solo

Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Producer

Beast-Michael Pearce (Writer/Director Category),

Lauren Dark (Producer) Best Film Not in the English Language Roma

Best Costume Design The Favourite

Nobel Prize 2018

S. No.

Field Winner Description

1. Physiology or

Medicine James P Allison (USA) and Tasaku

Honjo (Japan) “for their discovery of cancer therapy by

inhibition of negative immune regulation”


2. Physics Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard

Mourou (France) and Donna Strickland (Canada)

"for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics"

3. Chemistry

(a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA)

(b) other half jointly to George P. Smith (USA) and Sir Gregory P.

Winter (UK)

(a) "for the directed evolution of enzymes" (b) "for the phage display of peptides and

antibodies"

4. Peace Denis Mukwege (Congo) and

Nadia Murad (Iraq)

“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed

conflict”

5. Economic Sciences

(a) William D. Nordhaus (USA) (b) Paul M. Romer (USA)

(a) “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” (b) “for integrating technological

innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.”

Oscar Awards 2019

Sl. No.

Category Winner

1. Best Picture Green Book

2. Best Actress in a Leading Role Olivia Colman for The Favourite

3. Best Actor in a Leading Role Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody

4. Best Directing Alfonso Cuarón for Roma

5. Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali for Green Book

6. Best Supporting Actress Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk.

7. Best Original Score Ludwig Goransson for Black Panther

8. Best Original Song Lady Gaga, Mike Ronson, Anthony Rossomondo and Andrew Wyatt for A Star Is Born


9. Best Adapted Screenplay Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee for Blackkklansman

10. Original Screenplay Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly for Green Book

11. Best Live Action Short Skin

12. Best Visual Effects Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm for First Man

13. Best Animated Short Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb for Bao

14. Best Documentary Short Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton for Period. End of Sentence

15. Best Animated Feature Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse

16. Best Film Editing John Ottman for Bohemian Rhapsody

17. Best Foreign Language Roma

18. Best Cinematography Alfonso Cuarón for Roma

19. Best Sound Editing John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone for Bohemian Rhapsody

20. Best Sound Mixing Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali for Bohemian Rhapsody

21. Makeup & Hairstyling – Vice Makeup & Hairstyling – Vice

22. Best Costume Design Ruth Carter for Black Panther

23. Best Production Design Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Jay Hart (Set Decoration) for Black Panther

24. Best Documentary Feature Free Solo


4. BUDGET

Scheme Amount About

PM Kisaan Samman Nidhi 75000 crs.

MGNREGA 60,000 crs. Under PM gram sadak yojana

Rural roads under Gram

Sadak Yojana.

19000 Crs.

Railways 64,587 Crs.

Mudra Yojana 7.23 Crs.

Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi

Mandhan

launched to provide assured monthly pension of

3000 rupees per month, with contribution of 100

rupees per month, for workers in unorganized

sector after 60 years of age.

Pradhanmantri Shramyogi Mandhan

yogna

500 Crs. to be launched for poor people

Gokul Scheme 7500 crs. The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” has been launched

by the Government for

conservation and development of indigenous

breeds in a focused and scientific

manner. The mission also envisages establishment

of integrated cattle development

centres „Gokul Grams to develop indigenous

breeds including upto 40% nondescript

breeds.

Standard deduction limit limit increased to INR 50, 000 from INR 40,000

earlier

Food for all 1.7 lakhs crs

Defence budget 3 lakhs crs


4. INSURANCE AWARENESS

LIST OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN INDIA

Insurers Foreign Partners

PRIVATE

1. Aditya Birla Sunlife Insurance Company Ltd.

Sun Life Financial (India) Insurance Investment Inc, Canada

2. Aegon Life Insurance Company Ltd. Aegon India Holdings BV, Netherlands

3. Aviva Life Insurance Company India Ltd. Aviva International Holdings Ltd. UK

4. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd. Allianz, SE Germany

5. Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd. AXA India Holdings, France 6. Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company

Ltd. HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific) Holdings Ltd. UK 7. DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance Company

Ltd. Prudential International Insurance Holdings Ltd. USA 8. Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company

Ltd. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Company Ltd. Japan

9. Exide Life Insurance Company Ltd. ---

10. Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Participatie Maatschapij Graafsschap Holland NV, Netherlands

11. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Standard Life (Mauritius Holdings) 2006, Ltd. UK

12. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. Prudential Corporation Holdings Ltd. UK

13. IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company Ltd. Aegis Insurance International NV Netherlands

14. India First Life Insurance Company Ltd. Legal & General Middle East Ltd.

15. Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Ltd. ---

16. Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Ltd. Japan

17. PNB Metlife India Insurance Company Ltd. Metlife International Holdings Inc, USA 18. Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company

Ltd. Nippon Life Insurance Company Ltd. Japan

19. Sahara India Life Insurance Company Ltd. ---

20. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. BNP Paribas Cardif, France

21. Shriram Life Insurance Company Ltd. Sanlam Emerging Markets (Mauritius) Limited

22. Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd. Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd. Japan


23. TATA AIA Life Insurance Company Ltd. American International Assurance Company (Bermuda) Ltd.

PUBLIC SECTOR

1. Life Insurance Corporation of India ---

LIST OF GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANIES IN INDIA

Insurers Foreign Partners/Investors

PRIVATE SECTOR

1. Acko General Insurance Ltd. ---

2. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. Allianz, SE Germany

3. Bharti AXA General Insurance Company Ltd. M/s. Societe Beaujon, France

4. Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd.

Mitsui Sumitomo, Japan

5. DHFL General Insurance Ltd. ---

6. Edelweiss General Insurance Company Ltd. ---

7. Future Generali India Insurance Company Ltd. Participatie Maatschapij Graafsschap Holland NV, Netherlands (“Generali”)

8. Go Digit General Insurance Ltd. ---

9. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. FAL Corporation, Canada

10. IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd. Tokio Marine Asia Pte. Ltd. Japan

11. Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Ltd. ---

12. HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Ltd. ERGO International AG, Germany

13. Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company Ltd. Liberty City State Holdings Pte Ltd., USA

14. Magma HDI General Insurance Company Ltd. HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG, Germany

15. Raheja QBE General Insurance Company Ltd. QBE Holdings (AAP) Pty.Ltd. Australia

16. Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. ---

17. Royal Sundaram General Insurance Company Ltd. ---

18. SBI General Insurance Company Ltd. IAG International Pty Ltd. Australia

19. Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd. Sanlam, South Africa

20. TATA AIG General Insurance Company Ltd. AIG MEA Investments and Services Inc., USA

21. Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd. Sompo, Japan. Insurance Inc.

PUBLIC SECTOR

1. National Insurance Company Ltd. ---


LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES HEAD OFFICE AND THEIR HEAD

2. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. ---

3. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. ---

4. United India Insurance Company Ltd. ---

STANDALONE HEALTH PRIVATE

1. Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd. MMI Strategic Investment (Pty) Limited , South Africa

2. Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Ltd. Munich Health Holding AG, Germany

3. Cigna TTK Health Insurance Company Ltd. Cigna Holdings Overseas Inc. USA

4. Max BUPA Health Insurance Company Ltd. BUPA Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd. UK

5. Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd. ---

6. Star Health & Allied Insurance Company Ltd. Oman Insurance PSC, UAE, Alpha FDI Holding Pte Ltd & Alpha TC Holdings Pte Ltd. and NRIs

SPECIALISED INSURERS

1. Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. ---

2. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. ---

REINSURER

1. General Insurance Corporation of India ---

2. ITI Reinsurance Limited ---

Ref: Name of the Company &

Head Office

Name of the Chairman / MD & CEO

1 Life Insurance Corporation of India

MUMBAI

Mr. Hemant Bhargava

Chairman (In – Charge) & Managing Director

2 HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd Ms. Vibha Padalkar

MUMBAI MD & CEO

3 Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Prashant Tripathy

GURUGRAM MD & CEO


4 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd,

MUMBAI

Mr. N S Kannan MD & CEO

5 Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI

Mr. G. Murlidhar MD & CEO

6 Aditya Birla SunLife Insurance Co. Ltd.

Mr. Pankaj Razdan

MD & CEO

MUMBAI.

7 TATA AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Rishi Srivastava

MUMBAI MD & CEO

8 SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI

Mr. Sanjeev Nautiyal MD&CEO

9 Exide Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Kshitij Jain,

MD&CEO

BENGLURU

10 Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Mr. Tarun Chugh

Ltd.

PUNE MD&CEO


13 Aviva Life Insurance Company India

Ltd.

GURUGRAM

Mr. Trevor Bull MD & CEO

14 Sahara India Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Lucknow

Mr. A K Dasgupta CEO & President

15 Shriram Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Hyderabad

Mr. Mr Casparus Jacobus Hendrik Kromhout, MD

& CEO

16 Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company

Ltd,

MUMBAI

Mr. Vikas Seth, MD & CEO

17 Future Generali India Life Insurance

Company Limited, MUMBAI

Mr. Munish Sharda MD &CEO

18 IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company

Limited, MUMBAI

Mr. Vighnesh Sahane MD & CEO

19 Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of

Commerce Life Insurance Company

Limited,

GURUGRAM

Mr. Anuj Mathur,

MD & CEO

11 PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd,

Goregaon (West)

Mr. Ashish Kumar Srivastava MD & CEO

12 Reliance Nippon Life Insurance

Company Limited

MUMBAI.

Mr. Ashish Vohra, CEO & ED


20 Aegon Life Insurance Company

Limited,

MUMBAI

Mr. Vineet Arora, MD & CEO

21 DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance Co. Mr. Anoop Kumar Pabby

Ltd.

MD & CEO

GURUGRAM

22 Star Union Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Mr. Girish Kulkarni

Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI MD&CEO

23 IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company

Ltd.,

MUMBAI

Dr. R M Visakha MD & CEO

24 Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance

Company Limited,

Mr. Sumit Rai

MUMBAI MD&CEO

LIST OF GENRAL INSURANCE COMPANIES HEAD OFFICE AND THEIR HEAD

Company Headquarter CEO/CMD

1. Acko General Insurance Ltd.

Mumbai

Mr. Varun Dua

2. Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd.

Mumbai Mr. Mayank Bathwal


3. Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.

New Delhi

Mrs. Alamelu T.

Lakshmanachari

4. Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd

Gurgaon

Mr. Antony Jacob

5. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Co. Ltd

PUNE

Mr. Tapan Singhel

6. Bharti AXA General Insurance

Co. Ltd.

Mumbai

Mr. Sanjeev Srinivasan

7. Cholamandalam MS General

Insurance Co. Ltd.

CHENNAI

Mr. S S Gopalarathnam

8. CIGNA TTK Health Insurance Co.

Ltd.

GOREGAON

Mr. Prasun Kumar Sikdar

9. DHFL General Insurance Ltd.

MUMBAI Mr. Vijay Sinha

10. Edelweiss General Insurance Co.

Ltd.

MUMBAI Mr. Anup Rau

11. ECGC Ltd.

MUMBAI Mrs. Geetha Muralidhar

12. Future Generali India Insurance

Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI


13. Go Digit General Insurance Ltd

PUNE

Mr. Vijay Kumar

14. HDFC ERGO General Insurance

Co.Ltd.

MUMBAI Mr. Ritesh Kumar

15. ICICI LOMBARD General

Insurance Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI Mr. Bhargav Dasgupta

16. IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance

Co. Ltd.

GURUGRAM

Mr. Warenadra Sinh

17. Kotak Mahindra General

Insurance Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI Mr. Mahesh Balasubramanian

18. Liberty General Insurance Ltd.

MUMBAI Mr. Roopam Asthana

19. Magma HDI General Insurance

Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI Mr. Rajive Kumaraswami

20. Max Bupa Health Insurance Co.

Ltd

New Delhi Mr Ashish Mehrotra

21. National Insurance Co. Ltd.

Kolkata

Mrs. Tajinder Mukherjee

22. Raheja QBE General Insurance

Co. Ltd MUMBAI Mr. Praveen Gupta

23. Reliance General Insurance

Co.Ltd

MUMBAI Mr. Rakesh Jain


24. Religare Health Insurance Co.

Ltd

GURUGRAN

Mr. Anuj Gulati

25. Royal Sundaram General

Insurance Co. Ltd.

CHENNAI

Mr. M S Sreedhar

26. SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI

Mr. Pushan Mahapatra

27. Shriram General Insurance Co.

Ltd.

Jaipur

Mr. Anil Kumar Aggarwal

28. Star Health & Allied Insurance

Co.Ltd.

CHENNAI

Mr. V. Jagannathan

29. Reliance Health Insurance Ltd MUMBAI Mr. Ravi Vishwanath (ED & CEO)

30. Tata AIG General Insurance Co.

Ltd

MUMBAI

Mr. Neelesh Garg

31. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd

MUMBAI

Mr. Atul Sahai

32. The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.

NEW DELHI

Mr. A. V. Girija Kumar

33. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

CHENNAI

Mr. Girish Radhakrishnan

34. Universal Sompo General

Insurance Co. Ltd

MUMBAI

Mr. Rajiv Kumar


Public Sector Insurance Co. And Their Headquarter.

Oriental Insurance

Company New Delhi Prithvi, Agni, Jal, Akash, Sabki Suraksha Hamare Paas

Life Insurance

Corporation of India Mumbai

Yogakshemam Vahamyaham (I shall ensure the safety

and well-being of my devotees)

National Insurance

Company Kolkata Trusted since 1906, Thoda Simple socho

General Insurance

Corporation of India Mumbai Aapatkale Rakshisyami

United India Insurance

Company Chennai At United India ,it’s always U before I

New India Assurance

Company Mumbai India’s Premier General Insurance Company

General Insurance

Company Mumbai Aapatkale Rakshisyami

Agriculture Insurance

Company of India Limited New Delhi सम्पन्न भारत की पहचान , बीमित फसल खुशहाल कसान


5. Ranking Index

Index Index released by India’s

Rank 1st Rank

Global Corruption Perception Index

Transparency International 78 Denmark

Most Powerful Passports

Henley Passport Index 79th Japan

EIU Democracy Index 2018

Economist Intelligent Unit 41st Narway

global talent competitiveness

INSEAD business school in partnership with Tata

Communications and Adecco Group

80th Switzerland

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) readiness index.

CISCO

6th Italy

Bloomberg 2019 Innovative Index

54th South Korea

Online Companies positioned

Stripe, a San Francisco-based online payment processing firm

11th Singapore/Hongkong

International IP Index US Chambers of Commerce 36th US

FIFA ranking FIFA 103rd Belgium

‘Inclusive Internet Index 2019’

‘Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for Facebook

47th Sweden

2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index

Report”

Think Tank 1ST India

Most live able location for Asian

ECA international survey Singapore (14th consecutive year)

World’s most polluted city in 2018

Swiss based company IQ Air AirVisual and non profit

organization Greenpeace

Gurugram

Forbes World’s Billionaires

Forbes Mukesh Ambani ranks 13th richest person with

$50 bn

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and family

with USD 131 billion


Gold holding World Gold Council (WGC) 11th US

Highest number of impacted species in

hotspots

PLOS Biology 16TH Malaysia

Quality of Living Survey 2019

Mercer’s Austria’s capital city Vienna

World’s Most Expensive Cities

Survey

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey

Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong shared top

spot World Happiness

Report Sustainable Development

Solutions Network 140th Finland

World’s busiest airports

Airports Council International (ACI)

12th Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International

Airport (US) Global Energy

Transition index World Economic Forum (WEF) 76th Sweden

World’s best aviation hub

59th (Indira Gandhi

International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi)

Singapore airport

World Press Freedom Index 2019

International NGO, Reporters without Borders

140th Norway

Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019

StartupBlink. 17th United States

2019 Index of Cancer Preparedness (ICP)

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 19th Australia

FIFA Rankings FIFA (The Federation Internationale de Football

Association)

101st Belgium

Targeted nation by hackers in 2018

Akamai Technologies 2nd US

❖ Telangana secured top spot in eLearning Training for Field Staff

Telangana has secured the first rank for the second year in a row in the e-Learning training programme of Department of Personal and Training (DoPT), Government of India. The training is being imparted to achieve the goal of “training for all”. 1) Over 20, 000 field staff in different districts of Telangana was imparted training on 12 soft skills modules and 3 domain-specific modules on RTI, Office Procedures, and Finance & Accounts, by Dr MCR HRD Institute. 2) The institute is also mentoring other states to spread the Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) Programme as a national mission.


❖ President Ramnath Kovind Released NIRF, ARIIA 2019 Rankings : IIT Madras ranked No.1 On 8th April 2019,President Ramnath Kovind Published National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2019and Atal Ranking of Institutions for Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2019 ranking for higher educational institutes in India at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The rankings are as follows: Category Winner

Overall Indian Institute of Technology Madras

University Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras

College Miranda House, Delhi

Management Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Pharmacy Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

Law National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

Architecture Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur




6. IMPORTANT MoU’s

MoU Between Two Countries MoU on Tax info exchange India and Brunei

MoU on field of food and agriculture Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Council of Scientific and Industrial

Research (CSIR) MoU on Cooperation in the field of

Renewable Energy

India and Tajikistan

MoU on Cooperation in Weather and Climate Sciences

India and the UK

MoU on Undertaking non-intrusive Geological Surveys and Investigations

India and Norway

MoU on Cooperation in the field of Medical Products Regulation

India and Argentina

MoU on reports on Missing and Exploited Children

India and USA

MoU on Cancer Research Initiative

India and UK

MoU on Cooperation in the field of Occupational Safety and Health

India and Germany

MoU on Technology Cooperation in the Road Infrastructure Sector

India and Austria

MoU on Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) in Civil and Commercial Matters.

India and Belarus

MoU on Collaborate On Digital Education Initiatives

India and Afghanistan

MoU on Cooperation on youth affairs

India and Morocco

MoU on Exchange of information and technical cooperation cooperation in the field of Housing and Human Settlement.

India and Morocco

MoU on Antarctic Cooperation India and Argentine MoU on Cooperation in the field of Housing India and Saudi Arabia

MoU on Startup Cooperation India and Republic of Korea


MoU on Combating illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and

its precursors

India and Indonesia

MoU on strengthen cooperation in the healthcare sector

India and African

MoU in the field of coal mining and clean coal technologies

signed between India and Poland

Mutual Cooperation in the field of company secretaryship

MoU between India and Malaysia

MoU for cooperation in the field of electoral management and administration

India and the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) & Electoral Tribunal of Panama (ETP)

Ocean Dialogue to promote cooperation in the areas of mutual interest pertaining to the

development of blue economy.

between India and Norway

MoU on cooperation in the field of medicine and homeopathy

between India and Brazil

Establishing mutual cooperation to improve the ecosystems for agriculture

between India and Maldives

MoU on development cooperation in Africa between India and United Arab Emirates. Cooperation in agriculture and food industry between India and Ukraine

MoU on field of biotechnology between India and Finland MoU on promoting bilateral cooperation in

the area of e-Governance between India and Uzbekistan

MoU on establishing ISRO’s TTC station Between India and Indonesia MoU on agreement for digital learning Between Sikkim and Microsoft

MoU on Marine Pollution Initiative between India and Norway MoU on Security Protection Agreement between India and Sweden

MoU on strategic partnership

Edelweiss and Bank of Singapore

MoU on Reciprocal Facilitation of procedures for issue of Business Visa

Between India and Morocco

Facilitate Mutual Recognition of Academic Qualifications

between India and Morocco

MoU on Cooperation in the field of Communications

between India and Vietnam

MoU on simplification of visa requirements between India and South Africa MoU on combating Transnational Crime and

developing Police Cooperation between South Korea and India

MoU on establish business centre for ICT incubators in Jaffna

Between India and Sri Lanka

MoU on Renewable Energy India and Denmark MoU on area of Biotechnology between India and Brazil

MoU on field of Communications India and Cambodia MoU on Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy

India and Bolivia

MoU on issue jointly Postage Stamp India and Republic of Korea


MoU on Geology and Mineral Resources India and Bolivia MoU on smart cities, clean tech India and Sweden

MoU on bilateral cooperation in various fields, including political, economic scientific

and cultural

India and Netherlands

MoU on joint research and development of advanced technologies for the Indian

Navy.

Indian Navy and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

MoU to conserve smaller wetlands to combat effects of climate change

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has partnered with the Central Marine Fisheries

Research Institute (CMFRI) MoU on research and education Ministry of Ayush and Council of Scientific and

Industrial Research (CSIR) MoU on Cyber Security Services Network Intelligence and Bombay Stock

Exchange (BSE) MoU on Standardisation and Conformity

Assessment Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and IIT Delhi


7. WEB PORTAL/ APP

Web portal/App ORGANIZATION PURPOSE

‘Banglar Shiksha’ West Bengal Government West Bengal Education Minister, Partha Chatterjee unveiled a web portal, “Banglar Shiksha“(banglarshiksha.gov.in), to provide real-time data on state-run and aided schools.

“Bolo App” Google Help children in India with reading,

comprehension skills

‘One Delhi’ App Delhi government Obtaining the estimated time of arrival for buses and metros. Providing information about their fares. Providing the best route and mode of travel between two places. List of tourist spots in Delhi.

e-Dharti App Hardeep S Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

Allow the lessee of the property to see the basic details of property along with its location on map.

“YONO Cash” SBI For its customers using which

customers can withdraw money from ATMs without using debit cards.YONO – You Only Need One.

“Observer App” Election Commission Electoral Observers can submit the relevant document and material to Election Commission directly.

‘Conquer Exam, Be a Warrior’ App

Indian Institute of Public Health

Reduce the exam pressure

‘Mi Pay’ Xiaomi i Xiaomi launched Mi Pay, a UPI (Unified Payments Interface) Based mobile payment service in India to send money from one bank account to another or between UPI (Unified Payments Interface) accounts.

http://banglarshiksha.gov.in/


The service provider of this application is ICICI Bank

“My Circle” Airtel collaboration with FICCI Ladies Organisation

(FLO)

women’s safety

ETMONEY ETMONEY ETMONEY India’s largest app for financial services has integrated with UPI as a payment method. ET Money has clocked Rs 2,000 crore of mutual fund sales on its app

Voter Turnout App Election commission of India

People of India to watch realtime voter turnout.After collecting all the information from officers, it will be compiled and displayed in the app

e-AUSHADHI portal Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso

Naik

e-AUSHADHI portal for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters.


8. GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

SCHEME PURPOSE Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan

– Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana. It will provide financial support integrated Bioethanol projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstock. The total financial outlay is of Rs.1969.50cr for the period from 2018-19 to 2023-24.

Arun-3 Hydro Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project (Nepal portion) by Sutlej Jal Vikas Nigam (SJVN) Limited. The project is on Arun River in Sankhuwasabha district of Eastern Nepal.

Gram Samridhi Yojana (Ministry of Food

Processing Industries )

The scheme is aimed at helping the cottage industry, farmer producers’ organisation and individual food processors to increase capacity, upgrade technology besides skill improvement, entrepreneurship development and strengthening the farm-to market supply chain.

Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi Yojana

2019 (Haryana)

It is primarily meant for farmers of the state who cultivate on land with areas upto five acres and the families with an income of less than Rs. 15,000 per month. The scheme would provide a sum of Rs. 6,000 yearly and each family has to nominate a member who will be provided with this amount.

‘Jal Amrutha’ (Karnataka Government

For the purpose of inauguration of the scheme, a function was organized by

the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department at Dr B R Ambedkar Bhavan

in Bengaluru. The scheme plans to make people aware

about the importance of conserving water


and to prompt them to come up with ways to avoid wastage of water.

STARS scheme (HRD Ministry) i)Funds worth Rs 250 crore have been approved by the HRD ministry which will be utilised to sponsor about 500 science projects, selected on the basis of competitions. ii) The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is the coordinator of the project, to whom the interested candidates would submit their applications.

Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme

Government of India with a view to boost to export of farm commodities to certain countries in Europe and North America introduced a scheme for providing financial assistance for transport and marketing of agriculture products.

‘Mukhya Mantri Karigar Sahayata’ (Odisha) The nodal department of the scheme is the Directorate of handicrafts. i)Craftsmen with 10 years of experience and having annual income below Rs.1 lakh are eligible to get an assistance of Rs.800 per month. ii) For craftsmen above 80 years of age would get Rs.1000 per month allowance for those has the same experience and annual income as above.

Yuvashree Arpan scheme (West Bengal) Yuvashree Arpan under which 50,000 youths will receive financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh for setting up an their own business initiatives.

Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana (Uttarakhand)

The scheme aims to provide 100 ml milk twice a week, free of cost, to 2.5 lakh children at 20,000 Anganwadi kendras of Uttarakhand.

‘Atal Aahar Yojna’ (Maharashtra) The target is set to cover 20000 workers and provide them with good quality food at a nominal cost of Rs.5 in the first phase of the scheme. The government is already providing a Subsidy of Rs.4.5 lakh to labourers for house construction and is planning to provide help in education, income and health as well.


Doorstep Banking (SBI) The State Bank of India has initiated a new

‘doorstep banking’ service for senior citizens, differently-abled and infirm account holders as well as visually impaired customers.

‘Wings’ (Aviva Life Insurance) It will helps women dream about what they will become, giving them a clearer picture of their future and their growth prospects. The programme will give them an avenue to freely communicate in a safe environment, allowing them to focus on growth and improvement.

‘The Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA)’

Chief Minister of Odisha,Naveen Patnaik, launched a Rs 10,180-crore scheme,for overall development of small, marginal and landless farmers.

‘Krishi Krishak Bondhu’ (West Bengal) (i)If a farmer aged between 18 to 60 years dies naturally or unnaturally,the state government will pay his family Rs 2 lakh. (ii) Under the second initiative, farmers would get Rs 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop on one acre of land.

Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana(Maharashtra ) Encouraging farmers to enrol farmers The things included: two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile charging socket.

Mission Shakti scheme (Odisha) Interest-free loans of up to Rs.3 lakh for six lakh women self-help groups (WSHGs) benefitting about 70 lakh women in Odisha.

‘Ama Ghare LED’ (Odisha)

Under which about 95 lakh families in the State will each get four LED bulbs free of cost.

‘One Family, One Job’ (Sikkim) Under which for every family one

government job has been allotted ‘Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana (MP) “Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana” scheme was

launched by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri. Kamal Nath.It is Rs 50,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme for farmers. The loan waiver forms could be submitted till February 5 and farmers would start getting the benefits from February 22.

UNNATI programme (ISRO) Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly and Training programme.


It has been launched by ISRO as part of initiative by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE-50).

Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (Odisha) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced extension of free health services to all medical colleges and hospitals of Odisha from 1st February 2019.

“Yuva Swabhiman Yojana” (Madhya Pradesh) For youths of the weak section in urban areas of Madhya Pradesh. Under this scheme, 100 days of employment will be provided.

Jiban Sampark (Odisha) “Jiban Sampark” Project in partnership with UNICEF India (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) while inaugurating Tribal Fair also known as “Adivasi Mela” on Republic day. The Adivasi Mela’ is an annual event to showcase the lifestyle, artefacts, culture, tradition and music of the tribal people community of Odisha.

Kalia scholarship scheme (Odisha) Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA). The beneficiaries will be provided scholarships to pursue higher education in professional courses at free of cost. Children of farmers who have taken admission at Government Professional colleges on merit basis are eligible for this scheme.

Shehri Samridhi Utsav (Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs)

Aim to extend the reach of Deendayal Antyodaya Mission – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), (Bihar)

The scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pension for all in the state above the age of 60 years who are not getting pension

from the government. ‘Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan’ (Finance

Minister) Under this scheme, workers of unorganized sectors whose monthly income is less than

Rs. 15,000 may avail the benefits by contributing Rs. 100 per month to


further get Rs. 3000 per month after 60 year of age.

KALIA Chhatra Bruti’ (Odisha) It aims at providing financial assistance for technical and professional education to farmers’ children by incurring all expenses involved in various levels of education, such as course fee, hostel fee, mess fee by state govt.

Khusi scheme (Odisha) Aimed at improving menstrual hygiene

among adolescent girl students in the state, with an outlay of Rs 466.08 crore over a period of 5 years.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme (i)The scheme will provide Rs 6,000 per year to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding/ownership of upto 2 hectares. (ii). The amount will be given in three installments of Rs 2,000 each and will be transferred directly to the bank account of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer, ensuring transparency in the entire process and saving time for the farmers.

‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’ (MP) Guarantees 100 days of employment every year to urban youth from Economically Weaker Sections(EWS).


9. LOAN

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank (AIIB) USD 455 Million Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Project

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

USD 926 Million Mumbai Metro Rail Project

ADB USD 26 million For improving drainage infrastructure in Dibrugarh town of Assam

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

USD50 million Invest in India’s renewable energy producer company Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL).

World Bank USD 25.2 Million Chhattisgarh Public Financial Management

and Accountability Program World Bank USD 96 Million Additional Financing for Uttarakhand

Disaster Recovery Project

World Bank 250 Million For National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP)

World Bank Rs. 2200 crores ($328-million)

For Andhra Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project (APHSSP)

World Bank $137 Million For the Additional Financing of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement

Project (DRIP), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and

Uttarakhand.


10. COMPANY MERGER LIST

Merge Company About Telecom Department sanctions merger of

TTSL and Bharti Airtel The Telecom Department has sanctioned the merger of TTSL (Tata Teleservices Limited) consumer mobility business with Bharti Airtel, subject to the condition that Sunil Mittal led firm provides bank guarantees of about Rs. 7,200 crore.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank got merge with Indiabulls Housing Finance

The board of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB), has approved the merger of private sector lender with Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd, mortgage financier in an all-stock deal.

IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved merger of private sector lender IndusInd Bank with Bharat Financial Inclusion (BFIL), a microfinance company. Now, BFIL become the subsidiary of IndusInd Bank. Last year, IndusInd Bank had received ‘No Objection’ from Reserve Bank of India, National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange.

Chatbot Making Startup Haptik and Reliance Jio Digital

Reliance Jio Digital, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries has acquired a chatbot making startup firm Haptik forRs.700 Crore.

Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of Baroda

The government has decided to infuse a capital of 5,042 crore rupees into state-owned Bank of Baroda ahead of its merger with two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of Baroda which would be effective from 1st April 2019.

Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank merged

Under the sponsorship of Indian Bank, two regional rural bank – Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank will be amalgamated to form a single RRB i.e. Tamil Nadu Grama Bank in Tamil Nadu. The consolidation will be effective from April 1, 2019.


11. IMPORTANT SUMMIT

Summit Location About 17thedition of World

Economic Forum on the Middle East and North

Africa (MENA)

Dead Sea,Jordan Over 1000 representatives from more than 50 countries participated in the meeting.It is the 10th meeting in

Jordan .

Global Water Summit London National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) or Namami Gange which is India’s flagship programme, was presented,

with the ‘Public Water Agency of the Year’ award by Global Water Intelligence

21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials

New Delhi Improve the connectivity and strengthen the cooperation in the maritime sector between Indian and the ASEAN

countries. G20 summit Saudi Arabia

First edition of Naval Commanders’

Conference of 2019

New Delhi The Hon’ble Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed Naval Commanders Conference on the opening day. It is the apex forum within the Service for interaction between the Naval Commanders, Chief of the Naval Staff, with the Commanders-in-Chief. They will review operational, material, logistics, HR, training and administrative activities which were undertaken during the previous six months. The themes of ‘Functional Reorganization of Indian Navy towards enhancing Operational Efficiency’ and ‘Optimal Manning’ were the core of discussions in this conference.

5th Asia Pacific

Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on

Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness

Kathmandu, Nepal

The aim of this two day summit was to address the key issue of utilizing media’s full potential of accelerating climate action and disaster preparedness and connect different stakeholders to media professionals for collaboration and joint practical projects.

4th Session of India-Ukraine working group on Trade and Economic

Cooperation

New Delhi India and Ukraine have discussed bilateral trade featuring the importance of exports and imports between the 2

countries.

‘Indian Ocean Rim Association’

New Delhi Collaboration of Ministry of Home Affairs with the Ministry of External Affairs and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) solely based on Disaster Risk Management. IORA has set Disaster Risk Management its priority to


enhance resilience in IORA countries according to its ‘2017-2021’ Action plan.

2nd ASEAN – India Youth

Summit Guwahati Which was conducted to strengthen the mutual cooperation

among ASEAN countries. It was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons.

World Government Summit’s seventh

session

Dubai The seventh session of the World Government Summit began on Sunday, 10th February 2019, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). More than 4,000 people from 140 countries participated in the event.

5th International Dam

Safety Conference 2019 Bhubaneshwar, Od

isha State Water Resources minister Niranjan Pujari and Union Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation Secretary U.P. Singh inaugurated the 5th International Dam Safety Conference 2019 in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

55th Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Munich, Germany 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC), an annual meeting that brings together leaders and security experts

from across the world, was held from 15th to 17th February 2019.

Deputy National Security Adviser Pankaj Saran attended the conference and participated in various

events besides holding bilateral meetings with several countries.

4th Agri leadership Summit 2019

Sonipat district, Haryana

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Radha MohanSingh, inaugurated the 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 at the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM) in Ganaur, Sonipat district, Haryana. It was a 3-day summit which took place from 15th February 2019 to 17th February 2019.

Global Business Summit New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Global Business Summit in New Delhi. i)He announced that India would be a 10 trillion-dollar economy- the third largest in the world. ii)He highlighted the role of his government’s policies in establishing a high growth rate and controlling inflation. iii) The government would provide conducive environment for start-ups and promote renewable sources of energy.

4th India-ASEAN Expo

and Summit New Delhi Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil

Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, inaugurated the 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit, held from 21st to 23rd February, 2019, in New Delhi. It flagship event of Department of Commerce, being organised with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) to carry forward the


momentum and to further strengthen India-ASEAN relationsunder the Act-East Policy.

4th Global Digital Health

Partnership Summit New Delhi, India Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P

Nadda, inaugurated the ‘4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit ’, the global intergovernmental meeting on digital health, hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP).The summit held in New Delhi.

International Spice Conference 2019

Hyderabad International Spice Conference is considered as platform for all business houses, the spice associations, the policy makers, the farmers and the users, to connect and interact. The fourth edition of this conference was held in the City of Pearls and the capital city of Telangana-Hyderabad. The theme for the conference 2019 is ‘Challenges of Change, Redefining the Value Chain’.

North Korea – United

States Hanoi Summit has abruptly concluded

Hanoi, Vietnam

Inaugural Space Dialogue of India and

Japan

New Delhi, India

Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue – 2019

organised

Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi Countries of the Indo-Pacific, namely Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America participated in the event.

Indo-Japan workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction

New Delhi, India

FinTech Conclave commenced

New Delhi

Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo

(LIMA-2019)

Langkawi, Malaysia

US-India Counter-terrorism Joint Working

Group Meeting

Washington, DC, US



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12. PARTNERSHIP AND AGREEMENT

Partnership/ Agreement About

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission partners with Adobe

Statement of Intent (SOI) to collectively drive the charter of developing creative skills and spreading

digital literacy across all Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in India.

ATLs are being established in more than 5,000 schools in India where students of class 6th to class 12th acquire problem solving and innovation skills, developing innovative solutions leveraging Tinkering technologies like 3D printers, robotics, miniaturised electronics, IOT and programming, do it yourself kits with support from teachers.

ICICI Lombard partnered with ATL

(AnyTimeLoan.in) Provide insurance cover to its lenders and

borrowers Bancassurance Agreement signed by

IDBI Bank and LIC As part of the agreement, IDBI Bank will become the preferred bank for LIC premium payments and also

function as premium point to boost sale of LIC products, thereby gaining from fees and float income.

Ayushman Bharat and Uber ink

partnership A ride-hailing app to provide free healthcare services

to Uber drivers. Life Insurance Corporation Housing

Finance Ltd (LICHFL) partnered with India Mortgage Guarantee

Corporation (IMGC)

Offer home buyers enhanced loan eligibility and easy loans and it will now be in a position to offer extended loan tenure for borrowers till the age of 75 years, increasing the loan quantum and reducing the burden of monthly EMIs for borrowers.

SBI and Hitachi Payment Services launched SBIPSPL (SBI Payment

Services Pvt Ltd)

For establishing a digital payments platform for India and other countries in the region, in Mumbai.

Bancassurance deal signed between United Bank of India and HDFC Life

United Bank of India aims to provide the facilities of life insurance products to its customers through HDFC Life.

India & Russia Deals India entered into a deal with Russia for leasing of a nuclear – powered attack submarine for Indian Navy worth USD 3 billion for a period of 10 years.

AU Small Finance Bank partnered with

Acko General Insurance

AU Small Finance Bank is working on offering customers access to financial services and products directly through their digital channels and building a


robust digital banking platform to offer best in class products in Digital Loans, Deposits, and Investment segments.

IBBI inks cooperation deal with

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

The cooperation agreement provides a technical assistance by IFC to IBBI (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India ) until 30th June, 2021.It will provide training of insolvency professionals and trainers by the IFC to IBBI. IBBI provides a platform for re-organization and insolvency resolution of corporate persons, individuals and partnership firmsin a time bound manner for maximization of the value of assets.

Hinduja Global Solutions

(HGS) partnered with NASSCOM Foundation

launch a centre of excellence in Bengaluru for training differently-abled persons (PwDs) which will train a minimum of 100 PwDs making them industry-ready over the next 12 months with a goal to place at least 50% of them in companies already sensitised for hiring them.

US – India U.S.-India Strategic Security Dialogue held in

Washington DC, United States. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale led the Indian delegation and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Andrea Thompson led the US delegation.

Article 3 of the Agreement The Union Cabinet approved Amendment to

the Article 3 of the Agreement between India and Bhutan regarding Mandechhu

Hydro Electric Project (MHEP) in order to extend the loan repayment tenure by two years extended

by India to Bhutan, for implementation of the said Project in Bhutan from 15 to 17 years.

ISRO and IIT Roorkee Aim to strengthen institutional interactions and thereby enhance the scope of the activities pursued under STC commensurate with the programmatic goals of ISRO.

ICICI Lombard partnered with

MobiKwik ICICI Lombard and digital financial services company MobiKwik entered into a partnership to provide cyber insurance cover of Rs. 50000.

IBBI(Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Board of India) and SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seeking effective implementation of


the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) and its allied rules and regulations, which have redefined the debt-equity relationship and aims to promote entrepreneurship and debt market,at Mumbai.

eBay joined hands with google US-based e-commerce platform eBay has partnered

with Google to offer Google Pay as a form of payment option in its new “managed payments”

plan. The collaboration will enhance customer experience tailored to their personal preferences.

Ola and Telangana Govt. Ola and the Government of Telangana to support the government’s initiative to implement smart solutions to enhance mobility experience further strengthening traffic infrastructure in Hyderabad.

14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships

Three day 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships concluded in New Delhi. The Conclave will enhance the partnership between India and Africa in economic as well as business terms.

SBI signed MoU with Bank of China for

business opportunities State Bank of India (SBI) signed a pact with the third largest Bank in the world by capital size,Bank of China (BoC) to boost business opportunities. It will enhance the business cooperation between both the banks.

Apple partnered with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard

The Tech Giant Apple has partnered with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard to launch a new credit card called Apple Card.

GAIL and BHEL Sign an agreement GAIL India Ltd joined hand with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to cooperate in the development of solar power projects.

Canara Bank and its life insurance partner Canara HSBC OBC Life

Canara Bank and its life insurance partner Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life

Insurance launched ’Webassurance’ to enable its customers to purchase life insurance in a convenient and

hassle-free way.

NITI Aayog , UNICEF signed a LOI United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) India and NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to provide an open platform to

promote participation, skill and empowerment among young children across different communities.

Aegon Life Insurance collaborated with MobiKwik

Mobikwik, digital financial services company collaborated with pioneer of digital insurance in India, Aegon Life Insurance to launch a Rs 20 smart digital insurance


product in order to protect its wallet users from death and accident related disability cover for up to Rs 2 lakh.

Airtel Payments Bank joined hands with Bharti AXA General Insurance

Airtel Payments Bank joined hands with Bharti AXA General Insurance for a two-wheeler insurance product

offering which is available on MyAirtel App and at over 40,000 Airtel Payments Bank points across India.

Bank of Maharashtra and

M1Xchange join hands State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has partnered

with M1Xchange TReDSplatform for Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) bill discounting.Trade Receivables Discounting System (TreDS) is a digital

platform to assist MSMEs to get their bills financed at a competitive rate through a vendue where multiple

registered financiers can participate.

India join hands with Japan and UAE

India joined hands with Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement two projectsin Africa as it seeks to extend its footprint on the continent as a counter

to China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). i. India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan and will to set up an information and communications technology (ICT) center in Ethiopia in partnership with the UAE. ii. Through this partnership, India has undertaken many projects like the ambitious Pan African e-network project on tele-education and tele-medicine which provides “integrated” satellite, fiber optics and wireless network between educational and medical institutes in Africa and India.

Tata Trusts and Microsoft India for jointly collaborating

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Tata Trusts and Microsoft

India forjointly rejuvenating the handloom clusters in the eastern and north-eastern parts of India in order to

build a digitally-inclusive society. Google Pay partners with MMTC-

PAMP Google Pay has partnered with Bullion refiner MMTC-

PAMP India to initiate buying and selling of gold through the app to make Google Pay more useful for Indian

customers. MMTC-PAMP is India’s only London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)-accredited gold refinery.

RBL Bank partners with CreditVidya

RBL Bank has partnered with CreditVidya to enhance the lender’s customer experience (by offering them relevant credit products) and construct customised offerings for over 15 lakh customers.


PFS in a joint venture with USICEF finances

PTC India Financial Services (PFS) an Infrastructure finance company has partnered with the US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) to leverage funds for solar projects in India. PFS Managing Director and CEO Pawan Singh stated that this innovative venture can contribute to achieve India’s distributed energy target of 40 GW (gigawatt) by 2022.

BSE signed an agreement with

HDFC Bank Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Asia’s oldest exchange has signed an agreement with HDFC Bank to spread more awareness about the benefits of listing startups as well as to strengthen BSE startup platform.

NIIF and ROADIS on a joint venture The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and global private infrastructure operator ROADIS (owned by Public Sector Pension Investment board abbreviated as PSP investment) have jointly set up a platform for investing up to $2 billion in road projects in India.

Karnataka Bank Signs agreement With Bharti AXA

Karnataka Bank has signed a pact with Bharti Axa Life Insurance Company Ltd to distribute the latter’s life insurance products to provide insurance solutions to the customers of Karnataka Bank.

Tata Power joined hands with Indraprastha Gas ink

Tata Power has signed an agreement with Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) for green energy solutions including rooftop solar projects, setting up of commercial-scale EV

charging/battery swapping stations. India-Africa Institute of Agriculture

and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi, India signed an

agreement

India has signed an agreement with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Consultancy

Service (NABCONS) for setting up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural

Development (IAIARD) in Malawi to enhance capacity in the areas of agro-financing and entrepreneurship

development for African countries Reliance Mutual Fund partnering

with Google Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management (RNAM) has joined hands with Google to enable the customers of Reliance Mutual Fund to carry out voice-based financial transactions.

Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance

Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance signed a bancassurance pact aiming to offer a comprehensive financial planning solution to its customers. Through the pact, Syndicate Bank will provide penetration in the market with its 3,000 branches and SBI Life’s diverse range of protection, wealth creation and savings insurance products will be brought to the table to the customers.

ICICI Bank and Small Business FinCredit

ICICI Bank, in a first-of-its-kind programme, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small


Business FinCredit India Pvt. Ltd. (SBFC), a systemically important Non-Banking Finance Company for entrepreneurs, to jointly provide credit worth up to Rs 1 crore to MSMEs for a tenure of 15 years.

SBI Card & Etihad Guest SBI Card, the country’s second largest credit card issuer and Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways have weld their hand together for a specific visa credit card to come into play for members and Indian travellers. Etihad Guest SBI Card, Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card It has been launched in order to confront the constraints of international travel.

13. DEFENCE NEWS

Military Exercise Countries Purpose ‘Sampriti-2019’ India and Bangladesh Which aimed to increase

mutual cooperation and camaraderie with an impressive ceremony

in Tangail, Bangladesh. “Mainamati Maitree Exercise

2019” Border Security Force

(BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB)

The main objective of this exercise was to plan and

conduct anti-smuggling and anti-criminal activity related

operations with an aim to achieve better joint operational

efficiency and border management in the area.

Held in Tripura

“Foal Eagle 2019” and “Key Resolve”

U.S. and South Korea This is being done to ease tensions with North Korea

Al Nagah III India and Oman Where both the armies will be exchanging expertise in tactics, weapon handling and firing, in

order to enhance inter operability in counter-terrorist

operations in semi urban mountainous terrain.

Held in Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains in Oman


US-India security

partnership US army and NSG in

Hyderabad The aim of these exercises is to enhance preparedness and tackle any crisis that affects the public health and safety.

AFINDEX-19 India–Africa Between the Indian Army and

16 African nations was commenced in Pune, Maharashtra on March 18, 2019 for training the participating contingents in Humanitarian Mine Assistance (HMA) and Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) under the United Nations Charter.

MITRASHAKTI – VI Indian and Sri Lanka Between Indian and Sri Lanka

Army is being held at Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka to strengthen interoperability, mutual understanding and built a better relationship between both the armies.

‘Bold Kurukshetra–2019’ India and Singapore Started in Jhansi’s Babina Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh to strengthen cooperation against terrorism, develop defence technology and boost maritime security.

‘IN – VPN BILAT EX’ Indo-Vietnam The Indian Navy held the 2nd edition of the bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and Vietnam Peoples’ Navy, (IN – VPN BILAT EX) at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam during 13th to 16th April, 2019.

AFRICAN LION 2019 Morocco –US It was conducted from March 16 to April 7,2019. The annual Military exercise materialized in the region of Agadir,Tifnit,Tan-Tan, Tata and Ben Guerir with the participation of thousands of military personnel.


❖ India’s defence satellite EMISAT successfully launched by ISRO

ISRO’s workhorse launch vehicle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-45), in its 47th mission, has successfully launched the 436 kg Electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT and 28 co-passenger satellites into their designated orbits from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. This was the 71st launch vehicle mission for Sriharikota.

❖ COMCASA: First secure link between India, US navies set up India and the US have structured the first reliable communication link between the Indian Navy & US Central as well as Pacific Naval Commands under the COMCASA pact at New Delhi,India. i. The Indo-US military-information sharing pact, COMCASA was signed at the 2+2 bilateral summit on 6th September, 2018. ii. By implementing the path-breaking agreement, COMCASA the US has initiated the Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module GPS System in some of C-130 and C-17 transport aircraft. iii. US has given assurance of not disclosing India’s data with another country and without prior permission US couldn’t access it.

❖ US has consented the sale of 24 “MH-60R Seahawk” helicopters to India for $2.6 bn At an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the United States has approved the sale of 24 multi-mission Lockheed Martin-built MH-60 “Romeo'”Seahawk helicopters to India. These choppers designed for targeting ships, hunting submarines and conducting search-and-rescue operations at sea, would replenish the age-old fleet of British-made Sea King helicopters, used by India.

❖ Indian Navy inked a pact with CSIR On 5th April, 2019, Indian Navy and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have signed Memorandum of understanding to tackle joint research and development of advanced technologies for the Indian Navy.

❖ India, Sri Lanka agree to Strengthen Bond in Security and Defence Spheres India and Sri Lanka have agreed to enhance collaboration in security and defence spheres in several fields, including regional security, controlling drug smuggling and human trafficking. Defence Secretary of India Sanjay Mitra and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena‘s meeting in Colomboresulted in this agreement.

❖ Debrief of Indian Navy coastal defence exercise “Sea Vigil” was chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar in New Delhi The debrief of the Indian Navy exercise termed as ‘Sea Vigil’ (held from January 22 to 23) was conducted. The meeting was chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar, AVSM, VSM, the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS). It was conducted at the Naval headquarters, New Delhi.

❖ Indian Navy’s warships- INS Kolkata and INS Shakti at Busan, South Korea to participate in ADMM-PLUS INS Kolkata and INS Shakti arrived at Busan, South Korea to participate in ADMM-PLUS (ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting).

❖ By SIPRI report, India’s military expenditure rises by 3.1% to reach $66.5 billion and Pakistan’s by 11% to reach $11.4 billion in 2018 According to the report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a think-tank, the world’s military expenditure has risen by 2.6% to reach 1.82 $ trillion in 2018. This shows that military expenditure has increased for the 2nd consecutive year to the highest level since 1988 and is 76% higher than it was in 1998. In this total share, India, United States, China, Saudi Arabia and France altogether contributed to 60% per cent of the amount, with US and China being the 2 biggest spenders.

❖ Indian, US navies conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare drill in Indian Ocean Recently, Indian and the US navies conducted joint submarine hunting exercise near Diego Garcia in the Indian


Ocean in which India’s P8I Neptune Aircraft and US P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft along with the USS Spruance have participated. The objective of this exercise is to lay the groundwork for coordinating maritime patrol and reconnaissance.

❖ Indian Army inks MoU with NHPC to build tunnels on China, Pakistan borders Recently, Indian Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited, to build four underground tunnels along China and Pakistan borders for storage of ammunition and other war-related equipment. 1)Three tunnels will be built along Chinese border and one tunnel will be build along the Pakistan border. 2) The tunnel can store 175-200 metric tonnes of ammunition and the cost of this pilot project is around Rs 15

❖ Macedonia inked agreement to join NATO Military Alliance On February 6,2019, Macedonia signed an accord, to become the 30th member of the NATO military alliance. The historic agreement was signed between Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

❖ Multinational Maritime Exercise ‘Aman 19’ commenced in Karachi The 5-day multinational maritime exercise ‘AMAN-19’ in which 46 nations participated from all over the world was formally commenced at Pakistan Navy Dockyard, with a colorful flag hosting ceremony.Pakistan’s Naval Chief, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi welcomed the participations of Exercise AMAN-19, the 6th episode of the AMAN initiative,with motto “Together for Peace”. Principal aim to conduct this exercise is to facilitate a forum of understanding of each other’s maritime concepts and operation cultures and to produce ways and means to confront common threat at sea.

❖ Indian Army carried out the annual exercise named ‘Exercise Topchi’ Indian army demonstrated its artillery firepower, aviation and surveillance capacity at the annual ‘Exercise Topchi’ at Deolali Camp near Nashik. i. The latest ultra-light Howitzer M-777, self-propelled gun K-9 Vajra and indigenous Swathi weapon-locating radar was demonstrated. ii. The aviation assets showcased were the indigenous advanced light helicopter, light combat helicopter, Cheetah & Chetak helicopters

❖ IAF carried out ‘Vayu Shakti’ exercise at Pokhran On 16th February 2019, Indian Air Force conducted mega exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The exercise was conducted two days after 40 CRPF personnel killed in a suicide attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama.


14. IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SHORT

✓ AP gets separate HC from January 1

Andhra Pradesh got a separate high court which will temporarily function from the Chief Minister’s camp office in Amravati, the new capital of the state till a permanent building for the High Court is being set up at the ‘Justice City’in Amaravati.

✓ U.S., Israel quit UNESCO citing bias The United states of America (USA) and Israel officially quit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) amid concerns that the organization fosters anti-Israel bias. UNESCO was established in 1945 after the end of world war II to foster peace and it is best known for its World Heritage programs which designates cultural sites and aims to preserve traditions.Both the countries filed the notice to withdraw from the organization in 2017. The United states, one of the founding member of UNESCO has demanded “Fundamental Reform” in the organization.

✓ Govt Releases 6-Crore LPG Connections under PMUY Government gave out the 6-crore free cooking gas (LPG) connection as the scheme to make available cleaner fuel in every household kitchens under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu handed over papers for an LPG connection to Jasmina Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur in New Delhi to mark the 6 crore LPG connections under PMUY Under the scheme, the government provides a subsidy of Rs 1,600 to state-owned fuel retailers for every free LPG gas connection that they give to poor households.

✓ ISRO launches ‘Samwad’ with students to engage them on space science Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) as part of the enhanced outreach programme and to engage youngsters across India to capture their scientific temperament in Bengaluru. The first SwS event saw interaction of 40 students and 10 teachers from select schools with ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan during which the students were briefed about Indian space programme and their benefits to the common man at the Anthariksh Bhavan, Bengaluru. The Q&A session that followed saw Dr Sivan engaging students on a series of topics ranging from rockets, satellites, Chandrayaan, Gaganyaan and various space applications.

✓ Hundred percent household electrification achieved in 25 states under SAUBHAGYA scheme: Ministry of Power On December 31, 2018, the Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri RKSingh announced that 25 states have achieved 100 percent household electrification unde Centre’s ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’ (Saubhagya). The Government with the support of State Power Departments and DISCOMs have already connected about 2.39 Crore households since launch of scheme Only about 10.48 Lakh households are left to be electrified in 4 States viz., Assam, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh. The highest volume of electrification was done in the State of Uttar Pradesh with 74.4 Lakh willing households being electrified in all of its 75 districts.

✓ Andhra tops ACI’s Ease of Doing Business index


In the latest ranking of Singapore’s Asia Competitiveness Institute’s (ACI), Ease of Doing Business (EDB) index 2018, Andhra Pradesh emerged on top of the 21 states of India that were considered for the ranking,While Maharashtra and Delhi came in second and third place, respectively.

✓ Cyclonic Storm ‘PABUK’ over Andaman Sea & neighbourhood On 5th January 2019, a warning was issued by The India Meteorological Department (IMD) that a Cyclonic storm “PABUK” over Andaman Sea and neighbourhood is moving towards west-northwestwards with a speed of 21 kmph.Cyclone warning for Andaman Islands is “ORANGE MESSAGE”.

✓ Cabinet approved 10 pc quota for economically weaker sections in general category On January 7, 2019, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved 10 % quota in jobs and educational institutions for economically weaker sections in general category. For the implementation of the quota, Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution will have to be amended. This would be availed by those whose annual income is below Rs 8 lakh and have up to five acres of land. The quota will be over and above the existing 50 per cent reservation.

✓ Union Cabinet cleared the redrafted Citizenship Amendment Bill On January 7, 2019, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the redrafted Citizenship Amendment Bill thus providing Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Focus:

• First introduced in Parliament in 2016,the bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act 1955. • It enables grant of Indian nationality to people from minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs,

Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians— from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 even if they don’t possess any proper document.

• This would, however, nullify the 1985 Assam Accord under which any foreign national, irrespective of religion, who had entered the state after 1971 should be deported.

✓ Andaman to be First Island to operate seaplanes under UDAN-3 The Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved operations of seaplanes in the Andaman Islands under UDAN-3 (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) making Andaman the first island of India to operate seaplanes. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu has approved operations on 13 water aerodrome routes out of five are from Andaman islands which others are from dams in Gujarat and coastal areas in Kerala. The Islands of Andaman that would be connected through seaplanes are Campbell Bay, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Hutbay, Neil, Long island and Diglipur.

✓ Indian Army and Punjab National Bank (PNB) singed MOU for updated salary packages On January 8, 2019, Indian Army and Punjab National Bank (PNB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Defence Salary Package.

✓ IRCTC tied up with Bharti AXA General insurance company to offer free travel insurance for air travelers On 9th January 2019,IRCTC tied up with Bharti AXA General insurance company to provide free travel insurance to the air travellers. This insurance is applicable to only those who book ticket in the official website of air ticketing irctc,IRCTC Air – air.irctc.co.in.

✓ India’s GDP expected to grow at 7.3% in 2018-19: World Bank


On 9th January 2019, World Bank projected India’ GDP, expected to grow at 7.3% in the fiscal year 2018-19, and 7.5% in the following two years. The Bank said India will continue to be the fastest growing major economy in the world. In India, the growth has accelerated, driven by an upswing in consumption, and investment growth has firmed as the effects of temporary factors wane, the World Bank said in its latest report.

✓ 352nd Prakash Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh celebrated on January 13 On January 13, 2019, the 352nd birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Govind Singh ji, was celebrated as Prakash utsav at Patna Sahib, in Bihar, the birth place of Guruji. PM released commemorative coin on Sikh Guru Gobind Singh in New Delhi On January 13, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin of 350 rupees on Guru Govind Singh ji in New Delhi on the eve of 352nd birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru.

✓ DD Science and India Science: 2 National Level initiatives launched by DST and Prasar Bharti in field of Science Communication On January 15, 2019, Union Science & Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated 2 national level initiatives in the field of Science and Communications.These initiatives are the first step in creating a national science channel for the country.

✓ India-Myanmar bilateral army exercise, IMBEX 2018-19 held in Chandimandir On January 14, 2019, India-Myanmar bilateral army exercise, IMBEX begun at Chandimandir , headquarters of the Western Command in Chandigarh. It is the second edition of the IMBEX EXERCISE. The motive of IMBEX 2018-19 are: .To train the Myanmar delegation for participation in United Nations peace keeping operations under the UN flag.

✓ Indian universities move up in global ranking with 49 institutions On 15th January 2019, the London-based, Times Higher Education (THE) released the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 report which shows that India has improved its ranking and secured a higher position with 49 institutions making it to the list. According to this year’s report 25 Indian institutions figure in the top 200 institutes, a rise from 17 last year. The report stated that the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangaluru retains the highest spot for India (14th), followed by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (27th). Last year India had 42 institutions in the overall list.

✓ Mukesh Ambani in Top Global Thinkers List of Foreign Policy Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani who is also the Richest Indian, has been featured in the Top “Global Thinkers 2019”ranking released by the prestigious Foreign Policy publishing.

✓ Arunachal govt declares Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival as ‘state festival’ On 20th January 2019, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Pema Khandu declared Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the “State Festival” during a valedictory ceremony of the fourth edition of the festival at Seijosa in East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh.

✓ 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh On 21st January 2019, the celebration of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was commenced in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mr. Pravind Jugnauth was the chief Guest of Convention. The theme of this year’s Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) convention was “Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India”.


✓ Prime Minister launches Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana On 22nd January 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana in New Delhi. Under this scheme a group of Indian origin currently in different nations will be taken to all religious places in India twice a year. Focus i. Eligibility criteria for the scheme is the person should be Indian origin and aged between 45 to 65. The group will be selected out of them with first preference given to people from ‘Girmitiya Countries’ such as Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. ii. First batch with 40 members are at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and will begin their tour from there. iii. Religious places of all major religious in India are included in the scheme and Government will bear all the expenses including the airfare from their country of residence.

✓ Nari-Shakti’ is the Oxford Dictionaries Hindi Word of the year for 2018 On 26th January 2019, the Oxford Dictionaries announced that the word ‘Nari Shakti’ which is derived from Sanskrit has been chosen as the Hindi Word of the year for 2018.

✓ Train 18 named Vande Bharat Express: Piyush Goyal On 27th January 2019, Union Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal announced that Train 18 which is India’s first indigenously developed engineless semi high speed train has been named as Vande Bharat Express.

✓ Civil aviation ministry launched Country’s first GI store in Goa On January 29, 2019,Civil Aviation minister Suresh Pabhu launched the country’s first Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim International Airport in Goa. The GI stores will promote local products made by the artisans and handicrafts at the airport . ii. The store is set up by Airports Authority of India in partnership with The Cashew Export Promotional Council of India.The Plan of implementing 101 more stores are in cards,which may extend to 201 stores in near future.

✓ World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos From 22nd January 2019, the flagship event of World Economic Forum, The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting-2019 was held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The theme of the event was “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. The event concluded on 25th January 2019. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook Update in Davos, Switzerland. The report stated that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is poised to grow by 7.5% in the 2019-20 fiscal and 7.7% in 2020-2021.

✓ Dubai Airport retains top position as world’s Busiest Airport On 28th January 2019,Dubai International (DXB) airport became the world’s busiest airport for international passengers for the fifth consecutive year in 2018.

✓ K J Alphons Inaugurated first Swadesh Darshan Project in Sikkim On 28th January 2019, Union Tourism Minister K J Alphons Inaugurated first Swadesh Darshan Project in Sikkim. It was inaugurated in the presence of Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation for Sikkim Ugen T Gyatso in Zero Point, Gangtok, Sikkim.

✓ Pakistan Appoints Its First Ever Female Hindu Civil Judge On January 29, 2019,Suman Kumari became the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers. .


The first judge from the Hindu community was Justice Rana Bhagwandas,who served in pakistan from 2005-2007.

✓ ISRO launched Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru On 30th January 2019, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) which will act as the hub of ISRO’s future manned missions at the headquarters of ISRO in Bengaluru, Karnataka. India’s first manned mission was announced on 15th August 2018 and it is set to happen by 2022 which is going to be the 75th year of Independence. Former ISRO chairman K. Kasturirangan unveiled the full scale model of Gaganyaan’s crew module in the presence of ISRO’s chairman K. Sivan.

✓ Kala ghoda festival 2019 was held in Mumbai On 2nd February 2019, the Kala ghoda festival-KAGF, India’s largest multi-cultural street festival begins in Mumbai to celebrate it’s 20 years of art and culture through cinema, theatre, dance, literature and sculpture.

✓ World heritage centre to be set up at Mayapur in West Bengal International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has decided to set up a “World Heritage Centre” housing “spiritual camps” of 45 countries, at its headquarter, Mayapur in Nadia district of West Bengal. The camp of each country would reflect its culture, dress, lifestyle, food and ambiance.

✓ Words Count Festival 2019 was held in Pune On February 4, 2019, second edition of World Count festival 2019 was held in Pune, Maharashtra, with an aim to bring together speakers from several socio-political spheres and share their insights on various issues.

✓ India’s 40th Communication Satellite, GSAT-31 has been successfully launched from French Guiana On 6th February 2019, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its 40th communication satellite “GSAT-31” from French Guiana by Arianespace launch vehicle. It will replace the InSAT satellite.

✓ Boori Boot Yollo festival celebrated Nyishi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh Nyishi tribe celebrated ’52nd Boori Boot Yollo festival’ with great enthusiasm to welcome spring and a successful harvest.It is celebrated in the month of feb. Nyishi is the largest community in Arunachal Pradesh,found in Daporijo, Upper Subansiri Locale and Raga and Dollungmukh ranges of Lower Subansiri Region of Arunachal Pradesh.

✓ Hindi becomes the third high court language in Abu Dhabi Hindi is included as the third official language in the Abu Dhabi court system with a motive to improve access to justice for foreign workers . Authorities have created bilingual language guides to explain complex legal terms in an effort to help people understand court process. The other two official languages are Arabic and English.

✓ Facebook acquires GrokStyle virtual search start-up to boost AI capabilities In an attempt to enable users shop better using Artificial Intelligence(AI) capabilities, Facebook has acquired US-based virtual search start-up, GrokStyle, at an undisclosed amount. GrokStyle was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, USA.

✓ Meghalaya government to rename Dikki Bandi stadium after P A Sangma On February 9,2019,The Meghalaya Cabinet decided to rename the Dikki Bandi stadium in Tura town after former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma.


Purno Agitok Sangma served as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.Conrad K Sangma and James K Sangma are sons of Purno A Sangma.

✓ `Exercise Rahat´ concluded in Jaipur on 12th February On 12th February 2019, Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise `Exercise Rahat´ concluded in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It was demonstrated in Jaipur, Kota and Alwar in Rajasthan. Indian Army was represented by Jaipur based Sapta Shakti Command. Representatives from Armed Forces, National Disaster Management Response Mechanism (NDMRM), SDMA Rajasthan and DLMAs participated in the exercise. With a view to cooperate efforts for humanitarian assistance and Disaster Relief operations NDMA coordinated the exercise.

✓ Nation’s first Aqua Mega Food Park commissioned in AP by Harsimrat Kaur Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park, first aqua mega food park was commissioned by Secretary of Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Pushpa Subrahmanyam on behalf of Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal via video conferencing in Bhimavaram of West Godavari District ,Andhra Pradesh. The park is set up on 57.81 acre of land and the facilities at its Central Processing Centre (CPC) includes pre-processing line, freezing and cold storage of fish and shrimp, an ice plant and food testing laboratory..

✓ 13th edition of International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition ‘PETROTECH-2019’ held in New Delhi The 13th edition of PETROTECH-2019 was held at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida,National Capital Region,New Delhi from 10th to 12th February 2019. It was organised by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) in association with the Federation of Indian Petroleum Industries under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The theme of PROTECH-2019 was “Shaping the New Energy World through Innovation & Collaboration”.

✓ $40 million loan agreement signed between Centre, Himachal Pradesh and World Bank for Shimla water supply A loan agreement of $40 million (4 crore INR) was signed between the Government of India, Government of Himachal Pradesh and World Bank, for bringing clean and reliable drinking water to the citizens of Greater Shimla area, who have been facing severe shortages of water and water-borne epidemics in the last few years. Shimla Water Supply and Sewerage Service Delivery Reform Programmatic Development Policy Loan 1 is expected to improve Water Supply & Sanitation (WSS) services in and around Shimla.

✓ Thiruvananthapuram to host Attukal Pongala festival, world’s largest religious congregation of women Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala shall host the AttaukalPonkala festival-one of the largest religious gathering of women on a single day. The festival involves preparation of ‘Pongala’- a mixture of rice, jaggery and scraped coconut cooked in fresh earthen or metal pots,by lakhs of women, in order to worship the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathy temple.

✓ Tele-law mobile app, Nyaya Bandhu launched by Department of Justice On 19th February 2019, a tele-law mobile application ‘Nyaya Bandhu’ was launched by the Union Minister for Law and Justice and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad.


✓ Union Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti inaugurated first Mega Food Park of Tripura Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries,Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti,inaugurated Tripura’s first mega food park named Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Village Tulakona in Agartala.

✓ National War Memorial to the nation dedicated to the nation by PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the National War Memorial(NWM) near India Gate in New Delhi which commemorates the soldiers who participated and made the supreme sacrifice in Peacekeeping Missions and Counter Insurgency Operations. The complex includes a central obelisk, an eternal flame and six bronze murals depicting famous battles fought by Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. Busts of the 21 awardees of Param Veer Chakra have been installed at Param Yoddha Sthal.

✓ Piyush Goyal initiated Rail Drishti Dashboard for passengers to promote transparency Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched Rail Drishti Dashboard, an online portal containing information related to passenger and freight trains and links to live feeds of IRCTC kitchens.It has been developed by the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS). The URL of the dashboard is raildrishti.cris.org.in and it is very well optimized and user friendly so that those in remote villages can also access and know everything about railways. It can be accessed using desktop/laptop or a mobile device such as phone or tablet.

✓ Southern Coast Railway: Piyush Goyal Announces New Railway Zone For Andhra Pradesh Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced a new railway zone for Andhra Pradesh, that is the Southern Coast Railway and it will be headquartered in Visakhapatnam. it will be the 18th zone in the country. The new zone will comprise the existing Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada divisions that currently fall under the South Central Railway. The cost of creating infrastructure for a new zone is around Rs. 205 crore.

✓ Commemorative notes to be released to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary On 27th February 2019, a UAE based company will release 12 bank notes of zero value which is the first ever limited edition commemorative series to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

✓ Mukesh Ambani becomes first Indian to join top 10 richest list of Hurun Research Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani became the first Indian and the only Asian to enter the Global top 10 richest billionaire list compiled by Hurun Research, China after a USD 9 billion or 20% surge in his wealth to USD 54 billion. India is at 5th spot with 104 billionaires. Last year, the country had added 32 billionaires, but this year it lost 28. Mumbai and New Delhi are the billionaire capitals of the country.

✓ Prayagraj Kumbha Mela 2019 makes it to the Guinness World Records Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 organised from 15th January 2019- 4th March 2019 in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh has made it to the Guinness World Records in three sectors.

These sectors are: • The largest traffic and crowd management plan. • The biggest painting exercise of public sites under “Paint My City” scheme. • The biggest sanitation and waste disposal mechanism.

✓ Piyush Goyal dedicated NTPL’s 1,000-MW thermal power project to the country Coal Minister Piyush Goyal dedicated to the nation a 1,000-megawatt (MW) thermal power project of Neyveli Tamil Nadu Power Ltd (NTPL) at Thoothukudi and a 150-MW solar power projects of Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL) at Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar districts in Tamil Nadu.

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✓ Malaysia joined the International Criminal Court Malaysia became a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s only permanent war crimes court which aims to prosecute the worst abuses when national courts are unable or unwilling. Malaysia is the 124th member of the court since its establishment in 2002.

✓ A series of visually impaired friendly Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 coins unveiled by PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new series of visually impaired friendly coins of in the denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 20 at an event held in New Delhi where visually impaired children were specially invited. All the new series coins will be issued for circulation only through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in terms of the RBI Act. The exact date of issuance of new series coins is yet to be announced.

✓ Saudi Arabia became the world’s largest importer of weapons, the position held by India for a decade: SIPRI India lost its position as the world’s largest importer of weapons, which it held for over a decade, with Saudi Arabia topping the global share of arms imports between 2014 and 2018, as per the data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), the leading Stockholm-based think tank that measures weapons imports over five-year periods.

✓ India provides financial support of USD 250 million to Nepal for reconstruction of infrastructures after earthquake India has provided a financial support worth USD 250 million to Nepal, to reconstruct infrastructure in fields of housing, education, health and cultural heritage, which had been ruined by the earthquake that took place on April 2015.

✓ Brazil hosted first BRICS Sherpa Meeting On 15th March 2019, the first BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Sherpa meeting held in Curitiba, Brazil under the Presidency of Brazil. Indian delegation was led by Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs T S Tirumurti.

✓ Kazakhstan renames its capital Astana as Nursultan after ex-president On 20th March 2019,Kazakhstan has renamed its capital as Nursultan from its previous name Astana in order to recognize its outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev(78), who has served nearly 30 years as president of Kazakhstan. The name was changed after Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan.The new president will serve till April 2020.

✓ India becomes the 4th country to conduct A-SAT missile test “Mission Shakti” successfully On 27 March 2019, India has proved its capability of defending its outer space assets after Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted a successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test “Mission Shakti” from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island (earlier, Wheeler island) in Odisha. It took just 3 minute.This is India’s first successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test. The target was hit by the DRDO developed Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor Missile, in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in a “Hit to Kill” mode at a height of 300 km from the earth’s surface. The satellite used as target in the mission was one of India’s existing satellites. Mission Shakti is a joint programme of DRDO and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). There are many countries which have A-SAT capability but it has been demonstrated by only 4 countries: United States, Russia, China and India.

✓ South Korea unveils 5G networks early to secure world first South Korea has unveiled the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks. This has made South Korea to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology.

✓ NITI Aayog & Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) ensures success of the FAME II Scheme Under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles II (FAME II) scheme, the NITI Aayog and Rocky


Mountain Institute (RMI) have released a report titled ‘India’s Electric Mobility Transformation: Progress to Date and Future Opportunities’. The report is based on opportunities for the automobile sector and government.

✓ Around 5000 Konyak women dance to set a Guinness World Record at Mon, Nagaland On 8th April 2019, in the programme organized at Mon (Nagaland) during the Aoleang Monyu festival (usually held between 1st April to 3rd April every year) around 5000 Konyak Naga women in their traditional attire attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Traditional Konyak Dance’.

✓ Guwahati Railway station becomes the first to get ISO certification in India The Guwahati Railway Station has become the first ever railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

✓ London becomes first city to implement 24×7 pollution charge zone On 8th April, 2019, London became the first city in the world to implement a Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) for 24×7 hours a week, inside which vehicles will have to meet tough emissions standards. This zone aims to reduce toxic air pollution and protect public health.

✓ Between 2010-’19, India’s population grew at 1.2% average annual rate: UN report According to the United Nations Population Fund, India’s population grew to 1.36 billion at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010 and 2019 which stands more than double the annual growth rate of China.

✓ India to be Guest of Honour Country at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) 2019 On 12th April 2019, UAE selected India as the Guest of Honour country at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, ADIBF 2019, to attract a significant increase in the number of visitors with various events and activities.

✓ Union Territories and Twenty states join pan-India Single Emergency helpline Number ‘112’ On 19th April 2019, To get immediate assistance to the people who are in trouble, Union territories and Twenty states have joined in a pan-India network of single emergency helpline number ‘112’, which is implemented by central government’s Nirbhaya Fund( 2012 Delhi gangrape case). Police (100), women(1090) and fire(101) helpline numbers are amalgamated in this and is similar to ‘911’ in the US. Kerala, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Gujarat, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Andaman, and Nicobar Islands, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Jammu and Kashmir are the joined states and UTs.

✓ Indonesia releases Ramayana stamp On 23 April 2019, Indonesia released a special stamp on the theme of Ramayana at the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Indonesia event in the presence of India’ Ambassador Pradeep Kumar Rawat and Indonesia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir.

✓ First Global Conference on Synergies between the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement in Copenhagen, Denmark The first global multi-stakeholder conference on synergies is summoned by (UN DESA) the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the (UN FCCC) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changebetween the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change, was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate.

✓ India retains top spot with largest remittances globally, amounting to $79 in 2018: World Bank According to World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief; with the Indian diaspora sending 79$ billion back to their home country, India retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018.


15. Important Banking News

➢ Bharti AXA Life uses WhatsApp to deliver policy, renewal premium On 02nd January 2019, private sector insurer Bharti AXA Life Insurance started delivering policies and renewal premium receipt to customers via instant messaging platform WhatsApp as a part of its alternative service option to the policy holders. Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and French Insurance major AXA is one of the first few insurers to provide the option of policy contract, renewal premium receipts and claim intimation through whatsapp. The Policy contract will be available for download shortly after its issuance.

➢ Bancassurance pact was signed between Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance On January 2, 2019, Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance signed a bancassurance pact aiming to offer a comprehensive financial planning solution to its customers. Through the pact, Syndicate Bank will provide penetration in the market with its 3,000 branches and SBI Life’s diverse range of protection, wealth creation and savings insurance products will be brought to the table to the customers.

➢ HDFC MF surpassed ICICI Prudential MF to become largest AMC in India: AMFI On January 3, 2019, as per the latest data of Association of Mutual funds in India (AMFI), HDFC Mutual Fund has surpassed ICICI Prudential MF to become the country’s largest asset management company (AMC) after a gap of over two years.

➢ Government amalgamated three Regional Rural Banks-Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank into a single Bank With the effect from 1st January 2019, the three Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) – Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank has been amalgamated into a single RRB by the Government.

After consulting the sponsor banks of the three RRBs, the central government felt that in the interest of the banks and the areas served by them, they should be amalgamated into a single RRB. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the Government of Punjab, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and Punjab and Sind Bank are the sponsor banks of the said RRBs.

➢ IRDAI slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on United India Insurance Co for violating motor settlement norms On January 4, 2019, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on United India Insurance Co for violating norms regarding settlement of motor claims. The insurer also violated file and use guidelines issued by the Authority.

➢ Jana Small Finance Bank Launches Current Account with Unique Auto-Sweep Facility On 8th January 2019, the private sector Jana Small Finance Bank has launched a new Current Account with Auto-Sweep facility that will enable bank’s existing and potential new customers to auto sweep-in and sweep-out the idle funds in the current account to Sweep Fixed Deposit and earn high interest.

➢ Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Gets USD 400 Million Swap From RBI On January 9, 2019,the Reserve bank of India has agreed to disburse Sri lanka’s


loan amount of USD 400 million to boost the nation’s reserve.RBI has agreed to issue the fund under the SAARC(South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) SWAP facility system.It is also said that another request of currency SWAP USD 1 billion is under process .

➢ Iran’s Pasargad Bank received RBI’s nod to open its branch in Mumbai On January 8, 2019, the Union Road Minister Nitin Gadkari, on successful meeting with Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif, announced that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved Iran’s Pasargad Bank to open branches in Mumbai for easing trade related transactions.

➢ Rs 3 crore penalty slapped on Citibank India for non-compliance of criteria for directors: RBI On January 11, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), under the relevant provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, imposed a penalty of Rs 3 crore on Citibank India for non-compliance in criteria for directors of the bank.

➢ IDFC Bank re-named IDFC First Bank: Registrar of Companies, Chennai On January 13, 2019, private sector lender IDFC Bank changed its name to IDFC First Bank Ltd owing to the merge of the bank with Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) Capital First on December 2018.

The change was effective from January 12, 2019 by virtue of ‘Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to change of name‘ issued by the Registrar of Companies, Chennai. The board of IDFC Bank also approved the appointment of V Vaidyanathan, founder and chairman of Capital First Ltd, as managing director and chief executive officer of the merged entity. .

➢ RBI fined Bank of Maharashtra with 1 Crore On January 16, 2019,Reserve Bank of India (RBI),imposed a Rs 1-crore penalty on state-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) for non-compliance of Know Your Customer (KYC)guidelines and fraud-classification norms.

The penalty has been imposed on failure of the bank to follow the rules and regulation issued by the RBI. In the year 2018, the RBI had imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on BoM on account of delay on the part of the bank to detect and report fraud in accounts.

➢ GDP growth likely to be tad higher at 7.5% in FY20: India Ratings and Research On 17th January 2019, a Fitch group company India ratings and research estimated that India’s GDP growth to be a “tad higher” at 7.5% in financial year 2019-20. Earlier it was 7.2% during fiscal year 2018-19.

The economy seen a growth rate of 7.2% in the current financial year against 6.7% in the previous year estimated by Central Statistics Office (CSO). ii. According to India Ratings investments are slow but steady gaining traction with gross fixed capital formation growing 12.2% in FY19 and projected to grow at 10.3% in FY20.

➢ HDFC Standard Life Insurance renamed to HDFC Life Insurance On January 16, 2019, HDFC Standard Life Insurance renamed itself to HDFC Life Insurance.

➢ Nepal ‘s Central bank announces to ban the use of Indian rupee notes above 100 Nepal’s central bank has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations, a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the Himalayan nation where Indian currency is widely used. The decision to ban notes has come up with Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s decision that Indian denominations of Rs.200, 500 and 2,000 cannot be carried and used for trading.The notes with a


denomination of Rs.100 and below are freely exchangeable in Nepal and there is no ban lifted on it. With the implementation of this new rule, Nepali citizens cannot carry these denominations to other countries except India and Nepali people are also not allowed to bring in such notes from other countries.

➢ Bihar State GDP Growth outshines nation’s growth: CRISIL As per a report published by CRISIL (Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited), Bihar has been ranked the Top State in terms of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) by clocking a growth rate of 11.3 per cent in financial year 2017-2018. Focus i. Andhra Pradesh has been ranked at second spot with GSDP growth rate 11.2 per cent whereas Gujarat has been ranked at third spot with GSDP growth rate of 11.1 per cent. ii. Bihar was ranked at 8th spot with GSDP growth rate of 9.9 per cent in 2017. iii. Madhya Pradesh which was the top state in 2017 with GSDP growth rate of 14 per cent has lost its top spot with a growth rate of 7.3 per cent in 2018.

➢ Indian economy may grow 7.4% in FY19, 7.6% in FY20: UN report On 23rd January 2019, the United Nations released the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report which projected India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at 7.4 per cent during 2018-19 and improve to 7.6 per cent in the next fiscal. Besides the report projected that the gross domestic product (GDP) of India in 2020-21 will grow at 7.4 per cent. The robust private consumption, a more expansionary fiscal stance and benefits from previous reforms are the major pulling forces for India’s Economic growth.

➢ FDI grew 18% in FY18 to Rs. 28.25 lakh crore: RBI data On 28th January 2019, Reserve Bank of India released a data on “Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment Companies, 2017-18”which shows that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been increased by 18 per cent to Rs. 28.25 lakh crore.

➢ Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launches Kisan Suvidha loan product for small and marginal

farmers On 30th January 2019, ‘Kisan Suvidha loan’ for small and marginal farmers launched by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. The scheme will attempt to reach the bottom of the pyramid with products and services.

Kisan Suvidha loan can be used by farmers for both agriculture and allied activities. The product is specially designed to cater to the needs of customers for various allied and agricultural activities. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launched the product in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka and Odisha with an eye to expand the product offerings. It provides loans to individuals with an amount ranging from Rs. 60000 to Rs. 2 Lakh to fulfill the customized needs of the mass market segment.

➢ Asian Development Bank acquires 14% stake in Annapurna Finance On February 3,2019,The Asian Development Bank (ADB) bought 14% stake in micro-financier Annapurna Finance.

ADB Bank bought this stake with a motive of attracting long -term funds from global lenders and investors. ADB’s investment increased Annapurna Finance’s net worth by 580 crores. ADB’s investment is considered to be the second equity investment following Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF) Rs 155-crore investment.


➢ RBI Penalised a total of Rs.5.2 Crore on Axis Bank, UCO Bank and Syndicate Bank for violation of norms On 5th February 2019,Axis Bank, UCO Bank and Syndicate Bank are Penalised with a total of Rs.5.2 Crore by RBI for violating the guidelines in regulatory compliance.The Segregation of the Penalised amount are as follows: Axis Bank and UCO Bank has been imposed with a Penalty of Rs.2 Crore each for their not commiting with the norms related to payment through cheques. Further Axis Bank has also imposed a Penalty of 20 Lakhs for the detection and impounding of counterfeit notes. Syndicate Bank is imposed with a Penalty of Rs.1 Crore for contradicting the norms in Checking norms and Risk Management.

➢ Government forecasted 7.5 per cent GDP growth in FY20 On 5th February 2019, the Economic Affairs Secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg said that the finance ministry is expecting the GDP growth to reach 7.5 per cent in 2019-20 from 7.2 per cent projected for the current fiscal.

➢ Fino Payments Bank and Suryoday Small Finance Bank come together to offer sweep account facility Fino Payments Bank (FPB) has joined hands with Suryoday Small Finance Bank in order to initiate sweep account facility. As per Reserve Bank of India, Payments banks can only take deposits upto ₹ 1 lakhs but this partnership will allow customer to seamlessly transfer the excess amount from their Fino payment bank (FPB) account to Suryoday Small Finance bank (SSFB) account. The Customer who wants to use Sweep Account Facility needs to activate the facility by FPB’s Mobile App or by visiting FPB’s branch.

➢ 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Released By Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) On 7th February 2019,Reserve Bank of India(RBI)’s six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das released its 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy.This is the First Bi-Monthly Policy for Shaktikanta Das after he took charge as the RBI Governor.

RBI had reduced 0.25 basis points in the Policy Rates with immediate effect.The Change in Policy rates are as follows:

Policy Rates 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Feb 2019)

5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Dec 2018)

Repo Rate 6.25% 6.50% Reverse Repo Rate 6.00% 6.25%

Marginal Standing Facility Rate 6.50% 6.75% Bank Rate 6.50% 6.75%

Reserve Ratios 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Feb 2019)

5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Dec 2018)

Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) 4% 4% Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR) 19.25% 19.5%

➢ RBI penalized Rs 1 crore on State Bank of India Reserve Bank of India has slapped Rs 1 crore penalty on SBI for not monitoring the end use of funds in respect of one of its borrowers. RBI levied fine on State Bank of India,by exercising its powers under Section 47 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 .

➢ Asian Development Bank raised $100 million in international market On 8th February 2019, The Asian Development Bank raised $100 million from peso-linked bonds in the international market. It was their maiden issue of Philippine peso. The move will help to reduce foreign exchange risk for ADB’s borrowers and support its growing local


currency lending operations in Philippines. J P Morgan was the sole lead manager and bonds were fully placed with institutional investors in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Earlier in 2005 and 2007 ADB issued bond in the Philippine domestic capital market but it was the first time to mobilize Philippine peso funding from international investors through a currency linked structure.

➢ RBI slaps Rs 1.5 crore fine on Allahabad Bank for fraud reporting delay On Feb. 8 2019, Allahabad Bank said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.5 crore on them for not monitoring end use of funds, delay in classification and reporting of fraud and non-adherence with RBI guidelines during restructuring of accounts in respect of one of its borrowers.

➢ IRDAI imposes Rs 9 lakh fine on United India Insurance Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has imposed a fine of Rs nine lakh on state-owned United India Insurance. Insurance regulator IRDAI,imposed a sum of 5 lakh imposed for violation of regulations such as assigning of surveyors and submitting reports,insurer offering a settlement to the insured as well as paying the claim to the insured. The balance 4 lakh – 1 lakh each was for violations of circular and guidelines on rates and discounts an insurer can offer .

➢ RBI imposes penalties on Various Banks for violating various norms The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has penalised various banks for not complying with various norms of RBI.

HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Band and IDBI Bank were fined Rs 2 million each for non-compliance with respect to Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards. Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Indian Overseas bank and Bank of Maharashtra were penalised for not following directions set by RBI on monitoring end use of funds, exchange of information with other banks, classification and reporting of frauds and restructuring of accounts. The penalty was Rs 10 million for Andhra Bank and Rs 15 million each for others.Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore each for violating various banking norms.

➢ Amazon launched ‘Amazon Pay UPI’ in collaboration with Axis Bank for Indian android users On 14th February 2019, Amazon in partnership with Axis Bank launched ‘Amazon Pay Unified Payment Interface (UPI)’ to facilitate secure payments and financial transactions on its platform.

Amazon Pay UPI will be exclusively for Android users, where every customer will be able to use their Amazon Pay UPI ID to shop on Amazon.in, make payments including recharges and bill payments without entering bank credentials. Transactions held on Amazon is secured through mobile verification as well as with UPI pin. Customers can link their bank account with UPI pin.

➢ J P Morgan became First US Bank with Cryptocurrency On 14th February 2019, JP Morgan rolled out as the first US bank with cryptocurrency. The change in opinion of JP Morgan is the first step in the program of making it more competitive. The currency is designed to be decentralized so that no one has control over transactions being sent over the network.

➢ A Penalty of Rs 3.5 crore imposed on PNB, OBC and Bank of India by RBI On 14th February 2019, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed monetary penalty on three Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks due to deficiencies in regulatory compliance with the directions issued by RBI on monitoring end use of funds, information exchange with other banks and on restructuring of accounts.

Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) - Rs 1.5 crore, Punjab National Bank (PNB)- Rs 1 crore, Bank of India- Rs 1 crore.

➢ RBI approved transfer of Rs 28,000 crore as interim dividend to the Government of India The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to transfer Rs. 28,000 crore as interim dividend to the Government of India in the current Financial Year (FY) 2018-19, in order to enable the Centre to meet its revised fiscal deficit target of 3.4% of the GDP for FY19.Now, GoI have Rs 68,000 crore as dividend for the 2018-19 fiscal, as Rs 40,000 crore dividend was transferred to govt in August 2018.


➢ A deal of USD 1.5 billion signed by IOC to buy US crude oil Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has signed its very first annual deal to buy U.S. crude oil, paying USD 1.5 billion for 60,000 barrels a day beginning April 2019 to March 2020 to diversify its crude sources.

➢ Capital Infusion of Rs. 48,239 Crore into 12 State-Run Banks On 19th February 2019, the Finance Ministry announced a capital infusion of Rs 48,239 crore in 12 public sector banks (PSBs).

This has been done to enable them to meet their regulatory capital requirements and to increase the availability of credit for stronger lenders. The largest beneficiaries of this infusion are:

i) Corporation Bank- Rs. 9086 crores ii) Allahabad Bank- Rs. 6896 crores iii) Bank of India- Rs. 4,638 crores iv) Bank of Maharashtra- Rs. 205 crores v) Punjab National Bank- Rs. 5,908 crores vi) Union Bank of India- Rs. 4,112 crores vii) Andhra Bank- Rs. 3,256 crores viii) Syndicate Bank- Rs. 1,603 crores ix) Central Bank of India, United Bank, UCO Bank and Indian Overseas Bank- Rs. 12,535 crores

This infusion takes the total government infusion to Rs 1,00,958 crore out of the total of Rs 1.06-lakh crore capitalisation programme of PSBs for this financial year. The remaining Rs. 5,000 crore capital infusion would be used as buffer for any financial uncertainty or as a growth capital for the merger of BoB (Bank of Baroda), Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank.

➢ Zimbabwe Starts Trading New Currency RTGS dollar On 20th February 2019, Zimbabwe’s central bank announced the discontinuation of its official currency, quasi-currency bond note officially pegged at parity with the U.S. dollar and launched a new currency called RTGS dollars, to resolve a long-term monetary crisis.

➢ RBI formalised USD 75-billion swap pact with Bank of Japan The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)and the Bank of Japan formalised the USD 75- billion swap agreement, which would act as a cushion against any sharp swings in the local currency whenever the international financial markets turn volatile. i. It will enable the availability of USD 75-billion in foreign capital for use as and when the need arises, bringing greater stability to the foreign exchange and capital markets in India and serve as a second line of defence as India has about USD 398 billion foreign exchange reserves to cushion sudden dollar outflows.

➢ Corporation bank, Allahabad Bank and Dhanlaxmi bank are out of PCA framework On 26th February 2019, the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) of the Reserve Bank of India has removed 2 public sector banks- Corporation Bank and Allahabad Bank and 1 private sector bank – Dhanlaxmi Bank from PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) framework.

According to BFS, Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank had received Rs 6,896 crore and Rs 9,086 crore respectively which led to increase in their capital funds and also increased their loan loss provision. According to RBI, Dhanlaxmi bank was found to be not breaching any of the risk threshold of the PCA Framework, hence was removed out of the PCA Framework.

➢ RBI will infuse Rs. 37,500 Crore into the system through OMO On 26th February 2019, The Reserve Bank of India announced that in order to increase liquidity, it will infuse Rs. 37,500 crore into the system through purchase of government securities under Open Market Operations (OMOs) in February. The infusion will be made through three auctions of Rs 125 billion each during the 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. The aggregate amount will be Rs 375 billion.


➢ Cabinet approvedRs.1450 crore for share capital of RBI in NHB Cabinet approved Rs.1450crfor the share capital of RBI in National Housing Bank (NHB), which operate as the principal agency to promote housing finance institutions in India. The decision is the resultant of the amendments made to the NHB Act, 1987 in 2018.

➢ Moody has projected Indian economy growth at 7.3% for 2019-20 According to the US-based rating agency – Moody’s quarterly Global Macro Outlook which was released on 1st March, 2019, Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.3 per cent in 2019 and 2020.

➢ India Growth rate falls to 6.6% in Q3 On 28th February, 2019, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has estimated the India’s economy to have slowed to 6.6% in the December quarter (Q3) from 7% in the previous (July-September) quarter which is slowest in five quarters.

➢ RBI constituted a panel under Usha Thorat on Offshore Rupee markets On 28th February, 2019, Reserve Bank of India has constituted a task force which will be headed by its former deputy governor, Usha Thorat to examine issues related to offshore rupee markets and recommend policy measures.

The 8-member task force will aim to ensure stability of the external value of the domestic currency. The motive behind this is to develop deep and liquid on-shore financial markets that will act as a price setter of the Rupee globally.

➢ RBI slaps penalty of Rs. 11 crores on five banks for non-strengthening of ‘SWIFT’ related controls A penalty of the following amount has been imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on 4 PSU banks and 1 private sector bank:

• Union Bank– Rs. 3 crores • Dena Bank– Rs. 2 crores • IDBI Bank– Rs. 1crore • Karnataka Bank– Rs. 4 crores

The penalty has been imposed for the delay caused in following the guidelines mentioned in ‘Time bound implementation and strengthening of SWIFT related controls’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India on 20th February 2018. State Bank of India- Rs. 1 crore for delaying the implementation of the daily reconciliation of Swift transaction logs with effect from February 20, 2018 at 226 “low intensity branches” of the bank.

➢ India’s Unemployment Rate shot up to 7.2% in Feb’19: CMIE The unemployment rate in India rose to 7.2% in February 2019, the highest since September 2016, and up from 5.9% in February 2018, according to data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The number of employed persons in India was estimated at 400 million in February 2019 compared with 406 million last year.

➢ Bank of Baroda becomes the first PSBs to launch creche/day-care facility for employees’ children Bank of Baroda has become one of the first public sector banks to launch a crèche/child day-care facility for children of its employees. i.The day-care facility has been launched at its Mumbai corporate office in Bandra Kurla Complex and is being mulled further on being implemented at the head office in Vadodara, Gujarat. ii. The bank will bear 60% of the cost incurred every month and rest 40% will be borne by the parents. iii. The bank has tied up with Klay Prep Schools and Daycare for launching this facility.

➢ HDFC becomes the third Indian company to achieve a market value of more than Rs.6 trillion On 13th March, HDFC Bank became the third Indian company after Reliance Industries (Rs. 8.52


trillion) and TCS (Rs. 7.49 trillion) to achieve a market value of Rs. 6 trillion, owing to a sudden upsurge in its share prices.

➢ IDBI Bank categorized as Private Sector Lender by RBI On 14th March 2019, The Reserve Bank of India categorized IDBI Bank as a Private Sector Bank with effect from January 21, 2019 following Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is acquiring 51 per cent of the total paid-up equity share capital of the bank.

Following the appointment of MR Kumar as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Hemant Bhargava ceases to be the Non-Executive chairman of IDBI Bank as he no longer heads the parent company LIC. I IDBI Bank has been under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework of RBI which bans it from corporate lending, branch expansions, salary hikes and other regular activities. II. IDBI has charted out a revival strategy to bring banking and insurance under one roof along with LIC. The bank also informed about appointment of LIC as a corporate agent under bancassurance channel.

➢ SBI, ICICI and HDFC named as Systemically Important Banks by RBI On 15th March 2019, Reserve Bank of India named State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs). The banks which are too big to fail are named by the RBI annually since 2015.

➢ RBI has given its approval to Bandhan Bank to acquire Gruh Finance On 14th March 2019, Reserve Bank of India provided a no objection to Kolkata headquartered Bandhan Bank for the proposed acquisition of Gruh Finance.

Gruh Finance Limited,a Ahmedabad headquartered Subsidiary of HDFC Limited, is a Housing Finance Company (HFC) recognized by the National Housing Bank (NHB) and it was taken over in January by Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank in a share-swap deal.

➢ Exim Bank agreed to grant $83 million line of credit to Congo for financing 3 solar power projects On 19th March 2019, Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) signed a loan agreement on behalf of the government of USD 83.11 million (approx Rs.5,72,08,76,850) to Congo for financing three solar power projectsin the central African country. It aims to provide support for financing three solar photovoltaic power projects with a total capacity of 35 megawatts in the three provinces — Karawa, Mbandaka, and Lusambo.

➢ India’s GDP growth forecast trimmed to 6.8% for FY20 by Fitch Fitch rating in its Global Economic Outlook, has decreased the India’s economic growth forecast to 6.8% from 7% earlier for FY19-20 (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020). Fitch also slashed GDP growth forecast for FY19 (ending March 2019) to 7.2% from 7.8% that was projected in the December edition.

➢ India extends Rs. 35.5 million financial grant to Nepal India extended a financial grant of 35.5 million Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the construction of an educational campus to boost the learning environment of the students. The educational campus was jointly inaugurated by District Coordination Committee and Campus management committee on 22nd March 2019.

➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed a five-member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekhani to strengthen digital payments On 25th March 2019 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5-member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani to strengthen digital payments as well as to boost financial inclusion through Financial Technology.It will provide recommendations in 3 months. i. The decision regarding the formation of committee was taken during the first event of Financial Technology (Fintech) Conclave, which was organized by NITI Aayog in New Delhi. ii. The purpose of the event was to shape India’s predominance in FinTech, build the future strategy and policy to


uplift the financial inclusion. iii. With the revolution in the FinTech sector India’s aim is to emerge as a 10 trillion dollar economy.

➢ RBI slaps Rs 2 crore penalty on PNB for violation of SWIFT norms On 25th March 2019, The Reserve Bank of India slapped Rs.2 crore as penalty for non-compliance of regulatory directions regarding SWIFT operations on Punjab National Bank.

➢ Bank of Baroda inked MoU with 6 firms to develop “Baroda Kisan” Bank of Baroda has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with six firms namely Skymet Weather Services, Weather Risk Management Services, BigHaat, Agrostar India, EM3 Agri Services and Poorti Agri Services to develop “Baroda Kisan”. It will provide solutions for all major agricultural requirements through its holistic approach.

The execution of the platform will be done by IT Centre of Excellence (ITCoE) of Bank of Baroda in partnership with IBM India.

➢ Govt decides to infuse Rs 5042 Cr into Bank Of Baroda ahead of the merger On 28th March 2019, The government has decided to infuse a capital of 5,042 crore rupees into state-owned Bank of Baroda ahead of its merger with two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank,with Bank of Baroda which would be effective from 1st April 2019.

➢ Bank of Baroda becomes the 3rd largest bank after its merger with Dena Bank & Vijaya Bank On April 1, 2019, the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank into Bank of Baroda has come into effect. With this amalgamation, Bank of Baroda becomes the India’s second largest public sector bank and third largest commercial bank after State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank.

➢ Consulting arm of Infosys will buy 75% stake in Dutch Bank Subsidiary Consulting arm of Global IT Services major, Infosys will buy 75% stake in Starter NV which is a subsidiary of Dutch based ABN AMRO Bank for $144 million (approx. Rs 999 crore) in an all-cash deal. This move is aimed at strategic partnership in Netherlands. ABN Amro which is the third largest bank of Netherland will hold the remaining 25 per cent stake in Starter NV.

➢ One97 Communications-owned Paytm Money Gets SEBI Approval for Stock Broking On 2nd April 2019, One97 Communications-owned Paytm Money, the wealth management arm of Paytm, has got approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start offering a stock broking service such as the ability to trade in equities and cash segments, derivatives, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) among other exchange-traded products.

➢ Government infused Rs 205 crore into Bank of Maharashtra On 30th March 2019, Government infused a capital of Rs. 205 crore into the state owned Bank of Maharashtra in lieu of preferential allotment of shares. After the Capital infusion, the shareholding of government in Bank of Maharashtra has increased to 87.74 % from 87.01%.

➢ ADB cuts India’s growth rate from 7.6% 7.2% in 2019-20, as global risks to Brexit surge As global risks from trade tensions to Brexit surge, the ADB (Asia Development Bank) in its publication Asian Development Outlook 2019 has demoted growth forecasts for India and Southeast Asia for 2019. For India, it has been downgraded by 40 basis points to 7.2% for fiscal year 2019-20 while Southeast Asia’s growth estimate was lowered to 4.9% by 0.2 percentage point.

➢ First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2019-20-RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points On 6th April 2019, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das released its 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy for 2019-20

Policy Rates 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy 2019-2020(Apr-

2019)

6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy(Feb 2019)


Repo Rate 6.00 % 6.25% Reverse Repo Rate 5.75 % 6.00%

Marginal Standing Facility Rate

6.25 % 6.50%

Bank Rate 6.25 % 6.50% Reserve Ratios 1st Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy

2019-2020(Apr 2019) 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary

Policy(Feb 2019) Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) 4% 4%

Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR)

19.25% 19.25%

16. GDP FORECASTING

Organization 2018-19 2019-20

Fitch 7.2% 6.8%

UN report 7.4% 7.1%

Government of India

forecasted

7.2% 7.5%

Moody 7.3%

ADB 7.2%

World Bank 7.5%

International Monetary

Fund (IMF)

7.3% 7.3%

➢ World Bank estimates India’s GDP grow to 7.5% in Fiscal Year 2019-20 The World Bank notified that India’s consistent hold in investment sector, mainly private-improved export performance and resilient consumption, has led its GDP growth forecast to mount to 7.5 per cent for fiscal year 2019-20.

➢ India’s growth rate to increase from 7.3% in 2019 to 7.5% in 2020 According to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released by International Monetary Fund (IMF), India’s growth rate is estimated to rise from 7.3% in 2019 to 7.5% in 2020 provided it receives impetus from the fiscal policy and is backed by the ongoing recovery of investment and consumption within expanded approach of monetary policy.

➢ HDFC Bank ranked No. 1 in India by the survey of Forbes On 12th April 2019, as per the first edition of Forbes World’s Best Bank survey, HDFC Bank has been recognized as number 1 bank by customers in India.

➢ DBI Bank launches NRI-Insta Online, A paperless account opening facility for NRIs IDBI Bank has launched ‘NRI-Insta Online’ account opening process for NRIs residing in Financial Action Task


Force (FATF) member countries to open an account in the Bank without visiting the branch or submitting paper documents such as physical documents as well as KYC proofs. This online facility is available in IDBI Bank’s website.

➢ Bandhan Bank got the approval from CCI to acquire Gruh Finance On 16th April 2019, Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank has received the approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the acquisition of Gruh Finance which is the affordable housing finance arm of HDFC Ltd in a share-swap deal. The approval has been given under the sub-section (1) of Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002.

➢ BSE, India INX- the first ever Indian exchanges to sign MoU with MOEX BSE (earlier called Bombay Stock Exchange) and INX (India International Exchange) are the first Indian exchanges to sign MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with MOEX (Moscow Exchange) in order to allow capital formation platform and connect investor community and companies in both India and Russia.

➢ State Bank of India (SBI) launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles On World Earth Day- April 22, 2019 the State Bank of India (SBI) has launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. The new scheme ‘Green Car Loan’ will offer loan at 20 basis points lower than the interest rate on the existing car loan schemes.

➢ RBI is going to issue new Rs 20 denomination banknote with greenish-yellow colour The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue new Rs 20 denomination banknotes having a base colour of greenish -yellow with size of 63 X 129 mm. The first Rs 20 notes were issued in the Mahatma Gandhi Series in August 2001.

➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes the first Destination Bank to launch debit card based e-mandates On NPCI’s E-Mandate API Platform Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) has launched the first debit card-based authentication solution on NPCI’s (National Payments Corporation of India) e-Mandate (electronic mandate) API (Application Program Interface) platform, thus being the first ever Destination Bank to go live with both Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate authentication.

➢ SBI signs its first ever co-origination loan agreement with PAISALO Digital Limited With the profound vision of empowering the ‘Agri’, ‘MSME segment’ and small businesses, PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first co-origination loan agreement (designed at Rs.10,000 to 2 lakh) with State Bank of India (SBI). The company expects to pay out 200,000 loan applications in FY20.

➢ NTPC Inked Term-Loan Agreement of Rs.2,000 crore with Canara Bank On 5th April 2019, National Thermal Power Corporation(NPTC) has signed a term- loan Pact of Rs.2,000 crore with Canara Bank. The Loan facility prolonged at an interest rate linked to 3-Month MCLR of Bank. The lent amount would be utilized to part finance company’s capital expenditure.

➢ ADB agreed to grant highest-ever USD 3 billion in sovereign loans to India On 16th April 2019, Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to provide a total of USD 3.88 billion in sovereign loans to India in 2018, which is the highest ever loan amount since sovereign operations began in the country in 1986. 1) With this total USD 21.6 billion in loans, granted from ADB’s own resources, which exceeded the target of USD 19.71 billion and up 10 percent from 2017. 2) ADB committed several projects like a USD 100-million loan to Ostro Kutch Wind, which is a renewable energy company for constructing and operating a 250-megawatt wind power project in Gujarat, also provided USD 30 million in equity and USD 20 millionin debt security to Annapurna Finance, a microfinance company. 3) In 2018, ADB signed an arrangement with the International Solar Alliance for promoting solar energy deployment across Asia, the Pacific, and South Asia.


4). ADB continued to deliver climate financing to USD 3.6 billion in 2018 and has a target to double its annual climate financing to USD 6 billion in approvals by 2020.

➢ Exim Bank gives loans worth 267$ million for projects in Rwanda The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified that Exim Bank has proffered soft loans worth 266.6$ million to Rwanda for various projects.

• for supporting agricultural projects • for the development of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) • for financing road projects in Rwanda.

17. Payment Bank & Headquarter & Tagline & their Heads

Payment Bank

Headquarter Tagline MD/ CEO/ CMD Chairman

Airtel Payment Bank (1st Payment Bank, April 1 2016)

New Delhi

Banking Is Now At Your Fingertips India’s First Payment Bank

Anubrata Vishwas Sunil Bharti Mittal

FINO Payment Bank

Mumbai Qadar Aapki Mehnat Ki

Rishi Gupta Mahendra Kumar Chouhan

Indian Post Payment Bank

New Delhi Aapka Bank Aapka Dwar

Suresh Sethi Suresh Sethi

Jiyo Payment Bank

Mumbai

YOUR EVERYDAY BANK For all of your payments, banking and financial needs

H Srikrishnan Vivek Bhandari


Paytm Payment Bank

Noida Simplifying Payments For India

Satish Kumar Gupta

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Aditya Birla Payment Bank

Mumbai Get To Know Us Better

Sudhakar Ramasubramanian

Himanshu Kapania

NSDL Payment Bank

Mumbai Technology Trust and Reach

Mr. G. V. Nageswara Rao

Mr. B. A. Prabhakar

Vodafone M-Pesa Payment Bank

Mumbai -- Sunil Sood Suresh Sethi

Bank Name & CEO of Bank & Headquarter & Tagline

S.No.

Bank Name CEO of Bank Headquarter Tagline

1. Allahabad Bank S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao

Kolkata A tradition of trust

2. Andhra Bank J Packirisamy Hyderabad Where India Banks

3. Bank of Baroda P. S. Jayakumar

Vadodara India’s International

Bank

4. Bank of India Dinbandhu Mohapatra

Mumbai Relationships beyond Banking


5. Bank of Maharashtra

A. S. Rajeev Pune One Family One Bank

6. Canara Bank

Rakesh Kumar Sharma (lying vacant after his term completed)

Bangalore Together we can

7. Central Bank of India

Pallav Mahapatra Mumbai Central To you Since

1911, Build A Better Life Around Us

8. Corporation Bank P.V. Bharathi

Mangalore

A Premier Public Sector Bank, Prosperity for all

9. Dena Bank Karnam Sekar Mumbai Trusted Family Bank

10. Indian Bank Padmaja Chunduru

Chennai

Your Tech-friendly bank

11. Indian Overseas Bank

R. Subramanian Kumar

Chennai

Good people to grow with

12. Oriental Bank of Commerce

Mukesh Kumar Jain Gurugram Where every individual

is committed


13. Punjab & Sind Bank

S. Hari Shanker New Delhi Where Service Is A Way

Of Life

14. Punjab National Bank

Sunil Mehta New Delhi The Name you can

Bank Upon

15. State Bank of India

Rajnish Kumar (Chairman)

Mumbai

With you all the way, Pure Banking Nothing

Else, The Nation’s banks on us

16. Syndicate Bank Mrutyunjay Mahapatra

Manipal Faithful. Friendly

17. UCO Bank Atul Kumar Goel Kolkata Honors Your Trust

18. Union Bank of India

Rajkiran Rai G. Mumbai Good people to bank

with

19. United Bank of India

Ashok Kumar Pradhan

Kolkata The Bank that begins with “U”

20. Vijaya Bank R. A. Sankara Narayanan

Bangalore A Friend You Can Bank On


Private Sector Banks and their CEOs & MDs

Bank CEO / CMD / Head Headquarter Tagline

Axis Bank

Dr. Sanjeev Misra (Non-Executive Chairman) Amitabh Chaudhry (MD & CEO)

Mumbai Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi

Bandhan Bank

Chandra Shekhar Ghosh (MD & CEO) Anup Kumar Sinha (Part time Chairman)

Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai

Catholic Syrian Bank

S. Anantharaman (Chairman) C. VR. Rajendran (MD & CEO)

Thrissur Support all the way

City Union Bank

Mahalingam (Non-Executive Chairman) Dr. N. Kamakodi (MD & CEO)

Tamilnadu Trust and Excellene since 1904

Dhanalakshmi Bank

T Latha (MD & CEO) Thrissur,Kerela Tann. Mann. Dhan

Federal Bank Shyam Srinivasan (MD & CEO)

Kerala Your perfect banking

partner

HDFC Bank Aditya Puri (MD) Mumbai We understand your world


ICICI Bank

Girish Chandra Chaturvedi (Chairman) Mr. Sandeep Bakhshi (MD & CEO)

Mumbai Khayaal Apka

IDFC First Bank Vaidhnathan Mumbai

Banking Hatke

IndusInd Bank R Seshasayee (Chairman) Romesh Sobti (MD & CEO)

Mumbai We make money simple

Jammu & Kashmir Bank

Parvez Ahmed (Chairman & CEO)

Srinagar Serving to Empower

Karnataka Bank

Jayarama Bhat (Non-Executive Chairman) Mahabaleshwara M. S (MD & CEO)

Mangalore Your family bank across India

Karur Vysya Bank Swaminathan (Non-Executive Chairman) P. R. Seshadri (MD & CEO)

Tamilnadu Smart way to bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Dr. Shankar Acharya (Non-Executive Chairman) Uday Kotak (MD & CEO)

Mumbai Lets make money simple

Lakshmi Vilas Bank Parthasarathi Mukherjee (MD & CEO)

Tamilnadu The Changing Face of prosperity


Nainital Bank Mukesh Sharma (Cahirman & CEO)

Nainital Banking with personal touch

RBL Bank

Prakash Chandra (Non-Executive Chairman) Vishwavir Ahuja (MD & CEO)

Maharashtra Apno ka Bank

South Indian Bank

Salim Gangadharan (Non-Executive Chairman) V. G. Mathew (MD & CEO)

Kerala Experience next generation banking

Yes Bank Ltd.

Ravneet Singh Gill (frontrunner for MD & CEO) Brahm Dutt (Non-Executive Chairman)

Mumbai

Experience our expertise

DCB BANK Mumbai We Value You

Small Finance Banks and their Headquarters, Heads and Taglines:

Name of Small Finance Bank Headquarters MD & CEO Taglines

AU small

finance Bank Limited Jaipur ,Rajasthan Sanjay Agarwal ‘Chalo Aage Badhe’


Equitas small Finance Bank Chennai,Tamilnadu

P N Vasudevan

Arun Ramanathan(Chairman) ‘Its Fun Banking’

Capital Lab

Small Finance

bank Jalandar,Punjab

Sarvajit Singh Samra

Inder Krishan sardana(Chairman) Viswas se Vikas tak’

ESAF Small Finance Bank Thrissur,Kerala

K Paul Thomas

Raveendranathan Prabha (chairman) Joy of Banking’

FINCARE small finance Bank Bengaluru,Karnataka Rajeev Yadav

‘a new era in

smartbanking begins’

Janalakshmi

small Finance Bank (Jana SFB) Bengaluru,Karnataka Ajay Kanwal Likho Apni Kahaani

North East

Small Finance Bank Guwahati,Assam Rupali Kalita

Your Door step Banker’

Suryodaya

Small Finance Bank

Navi Mumbai,Maharashtra R Bhaskar Babu A bank of smiles

Utkarsh Small

Finance Bank Varanasi,U.P Raghvendra Singh

Aapki Umeed Ka

Khata’

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Bengaluru,Karnataka Samit Ghosh

We belive in your belief


18. Obituary

PERSON FIELD Kader Khan Veteran actor-writer CH Loknath Veteran Kannada actor

Dibyendu Palit Bengali writer and Sahitya Akademi awardee Ramakant Achrekar Dronacharya awardee and cricketer

Lenin Rajendran Malayalam Director Sir Michael Atiyah Fields Medal-Winning Mathematician

Vishnu Hari Dalmia Vishwa Hindu Parishad Mary Oliver Pulitzer Prize-winning

Sitanshu Yashaschandra Gujarati poet awarded Saraswati Samman (‘Vakhar)

Krishna Sobti Jnanpith awardee , Hindi fiction writer George Fernandes Former defence minister

Albert Finney Actor (five time oscar nominee) Mahesh Anand Bollywood actor Manfred Eigen German Nobel Prize winning Chemist

Andrea Levy Best-selling British Author Namwar Singh Hindi author and literary Zhores Alferov Russian Nobel Prize winner for physics in 2000

Bill Playle Former New Zealand batsman V. Dhananjaya Kumar Former Union minister

Jerry Merryman co-inventor of the World’s First Handheld Electronic Calculator Dies at 86

Kane Tanaka 116-year-old Japanese woman The world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records.

Manohar Parrikar Goa CM

L V Sharada Rao Veteran Kannada actress Ashita Veteran Malayalam writer and poet

Valery Bykovsky Russian cosmonaut, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, passed away at

the age of 84 years.

Viharidas Gopaldas Patel Padma Shri awardee, Noted economist and ‘Father of Entrepreneurship Movement’

Sydney Brenner Biologist ,Nobel Prize in 2002 in Physiology Nadja Regin James Bond Actress

SK Shivakumar Former Director of Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC).

Jerrie Cobb NASA’s first female astronaut candidate Amar Paul Famous Bengali Folk Singer

Negasso Gidada Former Ethiopian president


19. BOOK- AUTHOR

Book Author

‘Game Changer’ Shahid Afridi Released His Autobiography

‘Every Vote Counts’ Navin Chawla Launched

‘Mann Ki Baat – A Social Revolution on Radio’ Arun Jaitley

‘Quality, Accreditation & Ranking’ Dr. H Chaturvedi’s

‘Simplicity & Wisdom’ Mr. Dinesh Shahra

“Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India” P Chidambaram’s

‘We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories

from Refugee Girls Around the World,’

Malala Yousafzai

‘Changing India’ Formal PM Manmohan Singh

“The Republican Ethic” in English and

“Loktantra ke Swar” in Hindi

Vice President of India Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu

‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’ Admiral Sunil Lanba

“Making of New India” Arun Jaitley

“Law, Justice and Judicial Power – Justice P N

Bhagwati’s Approach”

Mool Chand Sharma

Jallianwala Bagh massacre, ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’ Abu Dhabi, UAE

“Indian Fiscal Federalism” Dr. Y.V. Reddy and G.R. Reddy

"Timeless Laxman" Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday

released a book "Timeless Laxman", based on

the life and times of legendary cartoonist, the

late R.K. Laxman.

"I am very happy to be part of Laxman's journey

in time," the PM remarked and added that he is

also happy that Laxman's cartoons are being

made available to all.


20. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SOCIALLY ORIENTED INSURANCE SCHEMES

• Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

• Life Cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

• Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

• Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)

• Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

The PMJJBY is available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account who give their consent

to join / enable auto-debit. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account. The life cover of Rs. 2 lakhs shall

be for the one year period stretching from 1st June to 31st May and will be renewable. Risk coverage under this

scheme is for Rs. 2 Lakh in case of death of the insured, due to any reason. The premium is Rs. 330 per annum which

is to be auto-debited in one installment f rom the subscriber’s bank account as per the option given by him on or

before 31st May of each annual coverage period under the scheme. The scheme is being offered by Life Insurance

Corporation and all other life insurers who are willing to offer the product on similar terms with necessary

approvals and tie up with banks for this purpose.

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

The Scheme is available to people in the age group 18 to 70 years with a bank account who give their consent to

join / enable auto-debit on or before 31st May for the coverage period 1st June to 31st May on an annual renewal

basis. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account. The risk coverage under the scheme isRs.2 lakh for

accidental death and full disability and Rs. 1 lakh for partial disability. The premium of Rs. 12 per annum is to be

deducted from the account holder’s bank account through ‘auto-debit’ facility in one installment. The scheme is

being offered by Public Sector General Insurance Companies or any other General Insurance Company who are

willing to offer the product on similar terms with necessary approvals and tie up with banks for this purpose.

Life Cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

https://financialservices.gov.in/insurance-divisions/Government-Sponsored-Socially-Oriented-Insurance-Schemes/Pradhan-Mantri-Jeevan-Jyoti-Bima-Yojana(PMJJBY)

https://financialservices.gov.in/insurance-divisions/Government-Sponsored-Socially-Oriented-Insurance-Schemes/Pradhan-Mantri-Suraksha-Bima-Yojana(PMSBY)

https://financialservices.gov.in/insurance-divisions/Government-Sponsored-Socially-Oriented-Insurance-Schemes/Life-Cover-under-Pradhan-Mantri-Jan-Dhan-Yojana-(PMJDY)

https://financialservices.gov.in/insurance-divisions/Government-Sponsored-Socially-Oriented-Insurance-Schemes/Varishtha-Pension-Bima-Yojana

https://financialservices.gov.in/insurance-divisions/Government-Sponsored-Socially-Oriented-Insurance-Schemes/Pradhan-Mantri-Fasal-Bima-Yojana(PMFBY)

https://financialservices.gov.in/insurance-divisions/Government-Sponsored-Socially-Oriented-Insurance-Schemes/Pradhan-Mantri-Vaya-Vandana-Yojana(PMVVY)

https://financialservices.gov.in/insurance-divisions/Government-Sponsored-Socially-Oriented-Insurance-Schemes/Restructured-Weather-Based-Crop-Insurance-Scheme-(RWBCIS)


The Hon’ble Prime Minister in his Independence Day Speech announced a comprehensive program of Financial Inclusion targeting a large number of people who are currently deprived of even rudimentary financial services. In this direction, the Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana (PMJDY) sets out to provide a basic Bank account to every family who till now had no account. The bank account comes with a RuPay debit card with a built-in accidental insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh. During the launch on 28.08.14 in New Delhi, Hon’ble Prime Minister also announced a life cover of Rs. 30,000/- for those subscribing to a bank account with a RuPay debit card before 26th January, 2015 to complement the Rs. 1 lakh accident insurance cover. This life insurance cover of Rs. 30,000/- under Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana, gives life insurance cover on death of the life assured, due to any reason, to the deceased’s family. The scheme aims to provide security to families from economically weaker sections who cannot afford direct purchase of such insurance. The premium subscription for the life cover under PMJDY is borne by the Government of India.

Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana

The NDA Government during its last term in office had introduced the Varishtha Pension BimaYojana (VPBY) as a

pension scheme for senior citizens. Under the scheme a total no. of 3.16 lakh annuitants are being benefited and the

corpus amounts to Rs. 6,095 crore. For the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above, the Hon'ble Finance Minister

in his Budget Speech for the year 2014-15 proposed to revive the scheme for a limited period from 15 August, 2014

to 14 August, 2015. Accordingly, the revived Varishtha Pension BimaYojana (VPBY) was formally launched by the

Finance Minister on 14.08.2014 and has been opened during the window stretching from 15th August, 2014 to 14th

August, 2015. Thus all those who subscribe to the VPBY during this period will receive an assured guaranteed

return of 9% under the policy. The scheme is administered through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). Under

the Scheme the subscribers on payment of a lump sum amount get pension at a guaranteed rate of 9% per annum

(payable monthly). Any gap in the guaranteed return over the return generated by the LIC on the fund is

compensated by Government of India by way of subsidy payment in the scheme. The scheme allows withdrawals

of deposit amount by the annuitant after fifteen years of purchase of the policy.

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna was launched on 18th February 2016 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. 21 states implemented the scheme in Kharif 2016 whereas 23 states and 2 UTs have implemented the scheme in Rabi 2016-17. Approximately 3.7 Crores farmers have been insured in the Kharif 2016 for 3.7 crore ha of land at premium of Rs 16212 crore for a sum insured of Rs 128568.94 crore as per figures available on 31.03.2017. PMFBY provides a comprehensive insurance cover against failure of the crop thus helping in stabilising the income of the farmers. The Scheme covers all Food & Oilseeds crops and Annual Commercial/Horticultural Crops for which past yield data is available and for which requisite number of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) are conductedbeing under General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES). The scheme is implemented by empanelled general insurance companies. Selection of Implementing Agency (IA) is done by the concerned State


Government through bidding. The scheme is compulsory for loanee farmers availing Crop Loan /KCC account for notified crops and voluntary for other others. The scheme is being administered by Ministry of Agriculture.

Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)

Based on the success and popularity of Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2003 (VPBY-2003), Varishtha Pension Bima

Yojana 2014 (VPBY-2014) schemes, and to protect elderly persons aged 60 years and above against a future fall in

their interest income due to the uncertain market conditions, as also to provide social security during old age, it is

decided to launch a simplified scheme of assured pension of 8% called the ‘प्रधानिंत्रीवयवन्दनायोजना’.

‘प्रधानिंत्रीवयवन्दनायोजना’ is being implemented through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. As per the scheme,

on payment of an initial lump sum amount ranging from a minimum purchase price of Rs. 1, 50,000/- for a minimum

pension of Rs 1000/- per month to a maximum purchase price of Rs. 7, 50,000/- for maximum pension of Rs. 5,000/-

per month, subscribers will get an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8% per annum, payable

monthly.

Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)

The RWBCIS was launched on 18th February 2016 by Hon’ble Prime Minister 12 states implemented the scheme

in Kharif 2016 whereas 9 states have implemented the scheme in Rabi 2016-17. Approximately 15 lakhs farmers

have been insured in the Kharif 2016 for 16.95 lakh ha of land at premium of Rs983.96 crore for a sum insured of

Rs8536.53 crore as per figures available on 31.03.2017.

Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) aims to mitigate the hardship of the insured farmers against the

likelihood of financial loss on account of anticipated crop loss resulting from adverse weather conditions relating

to rainfall, temperature, wind, humidity etc. WBCIS uses weather parameters as “proxy‟ for crop yields in

compensating the cultivators for deemed crop losses. Pay-out structures are developed to the extent of losses

deemed to have been suffered using the weather triggers.

Weather Station (RWS) or Backup Weather Station (BWS) as the case may be, and the claims process shall

commence once the weather data is received. Claims processing are strictly as per the insurance term sheets, payout

structure and the Scheme provisions. All standard Claims are processed and paid within 45 days from the end of

the risk period. The scheme is being administered by Ministry of Agriculture.

Ayushman Bharat

About Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

India has achieved significant public health gains and improvements in health care access and quality over the last three decades. The health sector is amongst the largest and fasting growing sectors, expected to reach US$ 280 billion by 2020. At the same time, India’s health sector faces immense challenges. It continues to be characterized by high out-of-pocket expenditure, low financial protection, low health insurance coverage amongst both rural and urban population. It is a matter of grave concern that we incur a high out-of-pocket expenditure on account of health and medical costs. 62.58% of our population has to pay for their own health and hospitalization expenses and are not covered through any form of health protection. Besides using their income and savings, people


borrow money or sell their assets to meet their healthcare needs, thereby pushing 4.6% of the population below the poverty line. The Government of India is committed to ensuring that its population has universal access to good quality health care services without anyone having to face financial hardship as a consequence. Under the ambit of Ayushman Bharat, a Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) to reduce the financial burden on poor and vulnerable groups arising out of catastrophic hospital episodes and ensure their access to quality health services was conceived. PM-JAY seeks to accelerate India’s progress towards achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goal - 3 (SDG3). Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) will provide financial protection (Swasthya Suraksha) to 10.74 crore poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational categories of urban workers’ families as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data (approx. 50 crore beneficiaries). It will have offer a benefit cover of Rs. 500,000 per family per year (on a family floater basis). PM-JAY will cover medical and hospitalization expenses for almost all secondary care and most of tertiary care procedures. PM-JAY has defined 1,350 medical packages covering surgery, medical and day care treatments including medicines, diagnostics and transport. To ensure that nobody is left out (especially girl child, women, children and elderly), there will be no cap on family size and age in the Mission. The scheme will be cashless & paperless at public hospitals and empanelled private hospitals. The beneficiaries will not be required to pay any charges for the hospitalization expenses. The benefit also includes pre and post-hospitalization expenses. The scheme is an entitlement based, the beneficiary is decided on the basis of family being figured in SECC database. When fully implemented, the PM-JAY will become the world’s largest government funded health protection mission.

Benefits of PM-JAY

Beneficiary Level

• Government provides health insurance cover of up to Rs. 5,00,000 per family per year. • More than 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) covered across

the country. • All families listed in the SECC database as per defined criteria will be covered. No cap on family size and age

of members. • Priority to girl child, women and and senior citizens. • Free treatment available at all public and empaneled private hospitals in times of need. • Covers secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. • 1,350 medical packages covering surgery, medical and day care treatments, cost of medicines and

diagnostics. • All pre-existing diseases covered. Hospitals cannot deny treatment. • Cashless and paperless access to quality health care services. • Hospitals will not be allowed to charge any additional money from beneficiaries for the treatment. • Eligible beneificiares can avail services across India, offering benefit of national portability. Can reach out for

information, assistance, complaints and grievances to a 24X7 helpline number - 14555


Health System

• Help India progressively achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

• Ensure improved access and affordability, of quality secondary and tertiary care services through a combination of public hospitals and well measured strategic purchasing of services in health care deficit areas, from private care providers, especially the not-for profit providers.

• Significantly reduce out of pocket expenditure for hospitalization. Mitigate financial risk arising out of catastrophic health episodes and consequent impoverishment for poor and vulnerable families.

• Acting as a steward, align the growth of private sector with public health goals. • Enhanced used to of evidence based health care and cost control for improved health outcomes. • Strengthen public health care systems through infusion of insurance revenues. • Enable creation of new health infrastructure in rural, remote and under-served areas. • Increase health expenditure by Government as a percentage of GDP. • Enhanced patient satisfaction. • Improved health outcomes. • Improvement in population-level productivity and efficiency • Improved quality of life for the population


21. Most Important Financial Term

➢ Banking Ombudsman: Banking Ombudsman is a quasi-judicial authority, which functions under India's Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006. It was created by Government of India with a purpose to deal with the complaints of customers of the banks related to various services rendered by the banks.

➢ Deflation: It is a decrease in the general price level of goods and services. ➢ Inflation: It can be defined as a sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and

services. ➢ Liquidity: Liquidity describes the degree to which an asset or security can be quickly bought or

sold in the market without affecting the asset's price. ➢ Merchant Banking: It is a combination of Banking and consultancy services. ➢ Monetary Policies: It refers to the use of instruments by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to

regulate the availability, cost and use of money and credits. ➢ Plastic Money: It is a term used in reference to the hard plastic cards we use every day in place

of actual bank notes. ➢ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have

to keep with the RBI. ➢ Refinance Facilities: RBI offers refinance facility to help out the exporters by replacing an

existing debt obligation with another. ➢ Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR): SLR is the minimum proportion of their Net Demand and Time

Liabilities, which every bank maintains in the form of cash, gold and securities, at the close of business every day.

➢ Bank rate: The rate of interest which the RBI charges on the loans and advances to a commercial bank.

➢ Liquidity adjustments facility (LAF): It’s a monetary policy tool which allows banks to borrow money through repurchase agreements and adjusting the day to day mismatches in liquidity.

➢ Marginal standing facility (MSF): It’s a window for banks to borrow from the RBI in an emergency situation when inter-bank liquidity finishes completely.

➢ Market Stabilization scheme (MSS): Securities that are issued with the objective of providing a stock of securities to the RBI to intervene in the market for managing liquidity.

➢ Open Market Operations (OMO): It’s an activity by a RBI to give or take liquidity in its currency to or from a bank or a group of banks.

➢ Repo rate: The rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds.

➢ Reverse Repo Rate: The rate at which the RBI borrows money from commercial banks within the country.

➢ Term Repo: A repurchase agreement with a term of more than one day. ➢ Authorized Capital: The authorized capital/ registered capital/nominal capital of a company is

the maximum amount of share capital that the company is authorized by its constitutional documents to issue to shareholders.

➢ Bonds: It is an instrument of indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holders. ➢ Call Money: Money loaned by a bank or other institution which is repayable on demand.


➢ Commercial Bills: A bill of exchange issued by a commercial organization to raise money for short-term needs.

➢ Commercial Papers: An unsecured, short-term debt instrument issued by a corporation for the financing of accounts receivable, inventories and meeting short-term liabilities.

➢ Certificates of deposits (CD): A savings certificate entitling the bearer to receive interest. ➢ Dated government securities: These are long-term securities and a fixed or floating

coupon/interest rate which is paid on the face value, payable at fixed time periods. ➢ Debentures: A long-term security bearing a fixed rate of interest, issued by a company and

secured against assets. ➢ Issued Capital: The share capital that has been issued to shareholders. ➢ Mutual Funds: It is a professionally managed investment fund that pools money from many

investors to purchase securities. ➢ Net Asset Value (NAV): A mutual fund's price per share or exchange-traded fund's (ETF) per-

share value. ➢ Paid up Capital: The amount of a company's capital that has been funded by shareholders. ➢ Treasury bills: A short-dated UK/US government security, bearing no interest but issued at a

discount on its redemption price. ➢ Bill of Exchange: A bill of exchange is a binding agreement by one party to pay a fixed amount of

cash to another party as of a predetermined date or on demand. ➢ Cheques: An order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a

specially printed form. ➢ Ante Dated Cheque: Cheques which have been written by the maker, and dated at some point in

the past. ➢ Bounced Cheque: Check that cannot be processed because the writer has insufficient funds. ➢ Crossed Cheque: These cheques can only be deposited directly into a bank account and cannot

be immediately cashed by a bank or any other credit institution. ➢ Post Dated Cheque: Cheque that is written by the drawer (payer) for a date in the future. ➢ Stale Cheque: A cheque which a bank will not accept and exchange for money or payment

because it was written more than a certain number of months ago. ➢ Cheque Truncation: It is the conversion of a physical cheque into a substitute electronic form

for transmission to the paying bank. ➢ Promissory Note: A financial instrument that contains a written promise by one party to pay

another party a definite sum of money either on demand or at a specified future date. ➢ Current Account/Demand deposit Account: An active account catering for frequent deposits

and withdrawals by cheque. ➢ DeMat Account: This account is opened by the investor while registering with an investment

broker (or sub-broker). ➢ Fixed deposit account or time deposit account: It is a financial instrument provided by banks

which provides investors with a higher rate of interest than a regular savings account, until the given maturity date.

➢ NOSTRO Account: A bank account held by a UK bank with a foreign bank, usually in the currency of that country.

➢ Recurring Deposit Account: It is opened by those who want to save regularly for a certain period of time and earn a higher interest rate.


➢ Saving Account: A deposit account held at a bank or other financial institution that provides principal security and a modest interest rate.

➢ Current Account Deficit: A current account deficit is when a country's government, businesses and individuals import more goods, services and capital than they export.

➢ Financial Inclusion: Financial inclusion is the delivery of financial services at affordable costs to massive sections of disadvantaged and low income groups.

➢ Fiscal Deficit: When a government's total expenditures exceed the total revenue. ➢ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): It is a controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one

country by an entity, based in another country. ➢ Foreign Institutional Investors (FII): FIIs are those institutional investors which invest in the

assets belonging to a different country other than that where these organizations are based. ➢ General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR): A GAAR is a statutory rule that empowers a revenue

authority to deny taxpayers the benefit of an arrangement that they have entered into for an impermissible tax-related purpose.

➢ Money Laundering: Any act to hide the identity of illegally obtained proceeds so that they appear to have originated from genuine sources.

➢ Participatory notes or P-Notes: These are instruments, issued by registered foreign institutional investors (FII) to overseas investors, who wish to invest in the Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

➢ Quantitative easing and tapering: A monetary policy in which RBI purchases government securities or other securities from the market in order to lower interest rates and increase the money supply.

➢ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI): NPCI is an umbrella organization for all retail payments system in India.

➢ Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL): It is a joint stock company with share capital contribution by major banks and financial institutions.

➢ Electronic Clearing Service (ECS): ECS is an electronic mode of funds transfer from one bank account to another and can be used for both

➢ Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): It is a system of transferring credit and debit purposes.money from one bank account directly to another without any paper money changing hands.

➢ National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) System: It is an Indian system of electronic transfer of money from one bank or bank branch to another.

➢ Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System: These are specialist funds transfer systems where the transfer of money or securities takes place from one bank to another on a "real time" and on "gross" basis.

➢ Acquiring Bank: A bank or financial institution that processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.

➢ Adjustable-Rate Mortgages (ARMS): The initial interest rate is normally fixed for a period of time after which it is reset periodically, often every month.

➢ Amortization: It is an accounting term that refers to the process of allocating the cost of an intangible asset over a period of time.

➢ Annuity: A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life.


➢ Arbitrage: It is basically buying in one market and simultaneously selling in another, profiting from a temporary difference.

➢ Automated Teller Machine (ATM): A machine that automatically provides cash and performs other banking services on insertion of a special card by the account holder.

➢ Authorization: A document giving official permission. ➢ Bancassurance: The selling of life assurance and other insurance products and services by

banking institutions. ➢ Banker's Lien: Type of charge that gives a bank automatic claim over a borrower's property or

assets that come in bank's possession in the normal course of its business. ➢ BASEL Committee: A committee established by the Central Bank governors of the Group of ten

countries in 1974 that seeks to improve the supervisory guidelines that central banks or similar authorities impose on both wholesale and retail banks.

➢ Basis Point: One hundredth of one percentage point, basically used in expressing differences of interest rates.

➢ Blue Chips: They generally sell high-quality, widely accepted products and services. ➢ Bull Markets: A market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying. ➢ CAMELs rating system: An international bank-rating system where bank supervisory

authorities rate institutions according to six factors. The six factors are represented by the acronym "CAMELS".

C - Capital adequacy A - Asset quality M - Management quality E - Earnings L - Liquidity S - Sensitivity to Market Risk

➢ Capital Adequacy Ratio: It is the ratio of a bank's capital to its risk. ➢ Capital Gain: A profit from the sale of property or an investment. ➢ Credit Rating Agencies of India: An independent company that evaluates the financial condition

of issuers of debt instruments. ➢ Collateral: Property that a borrower offers a lender to secure a loan. ➢ CORE Banking Solution (CBS): It is networking of branches, which enables Customers to

operate their accounts, and avail banking services from any branch of the Bank on CBS network, regardless of where he maintains his account.

➢ Coupon Frequency: The yield paid by a fixed income security. ➢ Debtor: A person, country, or organization that owes money. ➢ Derivative Instrument: Financial instruments whose value is derived from the value of

something else. ➢ Demand Deposits: A deposit of money that can be withdrawn without prior notice. ➢ Earnings per Share (EPS): The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share

of common stock. ➢ Earnings Yield: The quotient of earnings per share divided by the share price. ➢ Equity: The value of an asset less the value of all liabilities on that asset. ➢ Ex-dividend (XD): A security which no longer carries the right to the most recently declared

dividend.


➢ Face Value: The nominal value of a security stated by the issuer. ➢ Forfeiting: The purchasing of an exporter's receivables at a discount by paying cash. ➢ Forgery: It is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents with

the intent to deceive for the sake of altering the public perception. ➢ Garnishee Order: A legal procedure by which a creditor can collect what a debtor owes by

reaching the debtor's property when it is in the hands of someone other than the debtor. ➢ General Lien: The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged. ➢ Hedge: An investment to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in an asset. ➢ Hypothecation: Refers to securities in a margin account that an investor uses as collateral to

borrow funds from a brokerage. ➢ Indemnity: Security against a loss or other financial burden. ➢ Initial Public Offering (IPO): It is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually

are sold to institutional investors [1] that in turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time.

➢ Insolvent: Insufficient to meet all debts, as an estate or fund. ➢ Intrinsic Value: A value which exists as part of something, such as the value of an option. ➢ JHF (Joint Hindu Family) Account: JHF is account of a firm whose business is carried out by

Karta of the Joint family, acting for all the family members. ➢ Joint Account: Bank account in the name of two or more individuals who jointly share its

concomitant rights and liabilities. Joint holders of an account are regarded in law as together making up the 'owner.'

➢ Junk Bond: The first sale of stock by a private company to the public. ➢ Karta: Karta means manager of joint family and joint family properties. ➢ Kiosk Banking: It is self-service solutions, allowing customers to service themselves with

computer based touchscreen and making different sort of transactions. ➢ KYC Norms: The process of Banks verifying the identity of its clients. ➢ Lease Financing: A legal document outlining the terms under which one party agrees to rent

property from another party. ➢ Leverage Ratio: Ratio that measures a company's leverage. ➢ Libor: The interest rate that the banks charge each other for loans. ➢ Listing: Reference of the Initial Public Offering Company’s shares on the stock exchange for

public trading. ➢ Margin Call: A broker's demand on an investor using margin to deposit additional money or

securities so that the margin account is brought up to the minimum maintenance margin. ➢ Mandate: Written authorization by a person, group, or organization (the 'mandator') to another

(the 'mandatary') to take a certain course of action. ➢ Micro credit/micro finance: The lending of small amounts of money at low interest to new

businesses. ➢ Moratorium: The suspension of repayment of DEBT, or INTEREST, for a specified period of time. ➢ Non-Performing Assets (NPA): It is defined as a credit facility in for which the interest and/or

installment of Bond finance principal has remained “past due” for a specified period of time. ➢ Negotiation: An act of transferring or assigning a money instrument from one person to another

person in the course of business.


➢ Non-Resident Accounts: These are accounts maintained by Indian nationals and Persons of Indian origin resident abroad, foreign nationals and foreign companies in India.

➢ Notary Public: It is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business.

➢ Open Offer: It is an exit route, which is given to the existing shareholders by the acquirer of shares through a public announcement.

➢ Option: A financial derivative that represents a contract sold by one party to another party. ➢ Par Value: The nominal value of a bond. ➢ Personal Identification Number (PIN): A number allocated to an individual and used to

validate electronic transactions. ➢ Pledge: It's a kind of charge created when the lender (pledgee) takes actual possession of assets. ➢ Power of Attorney: It is a legal document that allows someone else to act on your behalf. ➢ Portfolio: Refers to any collection of financial assets such as cash. ➢ Preference Shares: It is a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment

takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends. ➢ Premium: The amount of money that an individual or business must pay for an insurance policy. ➢ Prime Lending Rate (PLR): The interest rate charged by banks to their largest, most secure, and

most creditworthy customers on short-term loans. ➢ Privatization: The transfer of ownership, property or business from the government to the

private sector is termed privatization. ➢ Provisioning: Can be defined as loss in the profit and loss account while finalizing accounts of

banks. ➢ Relative Strength Index (RSI): It is a technical indicator used in the analysis of financial

markets. ➢ Rights Issue: An issue of shares offered at a special price by a company to its existing

shareholders in proportion to their holding of old shares. ➢ Rate of Return: The gain/loss on an investment, expressed as a percentage increase over the

initial investment cost, over a specified period. ➢ Real Interest Rate: An interest rate that is adjusted for inflation. ➢ Self Help Groups (SHGs): It is a village-based financial intermediary committee usually

composed of 10–20 local women or men. ➢ Speculation: The act of trading in an asset, or conducting a financial transaction, expecting a

substantial gain, but with a risk of losing most or all of the initial outlay ➢ Stock Splits: A corporate action in which a company/Bank divides its existing shares into

multiple shares. ➢ Substantial Shareholder: A person, who acquires an interest in relevant share capital equal to,

or exceeding, 10% of the share capital. ➢ Teller: A person employed to deal with customers' transactions in a bank. ➢ Time Horizon: The length of time over which an investment is made or held before it is

liquidated. ➢ Trust Deed: A formal document which outlines the terms of a trust agreement. ➢ Time Horizon: The length of time over which an investment is made or held before it is

liquidated.


➢ Underwriting: The process by which investment banks raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments by issuing securities.

➢ Underlying Security: It is a financial instrument whose price is derived from a different asset. ➢ Universal Banking: A banking system in which banks provide a wide variety of financial

services, including both commercial and investment services. ➢ Valuation: The process of determining the current worth of an asset or property. ➢ Virtual Banking: Handling all transactions of banks via the Web, e-mail, mobile check deposit

and ATM machines. ➢ Warrant: Official guarantee by a bank. ➢ Wholesale Banking: Banking services between merchant banks and other financial institutions. ➢ Window Dressing: It refers to actions taken prior to issuing financial statements in order to

improve the appearance of the financial statements. ➢ Yield to Maturity: It is the internal rate of return of an investment in a bond if the investor holds

the bond until maturity and if all payments are made as scheduled. ➢ Zero Coupon Bond: A debt security that doesn't pay interest but is traded at a deep discount,

rendering profit at maturity when the bond is redeemed for its full face value.


21. SPORTS

➢ Hopman Cup: Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic retain title for Switzerland

From 29 December 2018, the Hopman Cup which is an annual international eight-team indoor hard court tennis tournament was held in Perth, Western Australia. It is a mixed competition in which male and female players are on combined teams and represent their countries. The Event was concluded on 5th January 2019.

➢ Maharashtra to host Khelo India Youth Games 2019 From 9th January 2019, Maharashtra is going to host the second edition of the Khelo India Youth Games which includes completions in 18 different disciplines at Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune. The event will conclude on 20th January 2019.

➢ Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations On 08th January 2019, Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Executive Committee announced that Egypt will host African Cup for the fifth time in 2019. South Africa was the other country who made a bid to host the event.

➢ Mary Kom attained number one position in AIBA rankings On 10th January 2019, 36 years old boxer, M C Mary Kom attained the first position in the latest women ranking released by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in the Light Fly 45-48 kilograms category with 1700 points.

➢ 80th National Table Tennis Championship begins in Cuttack On 4th January 2019, 80th National Table Tennis Championship organized by Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) began at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. The event concluded on 9th January 2019.

➢ Khelo India Youth Games: Hosts Maharashtra finish top with 228 medals On 20th January 2019, the Khelo India Youth Games concluded at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune with the host Maharashtra leading the medals table by winning a mammoth 85 gold, 62 silver and 81 bronze for a total of 228 medals in the Games.

➢ India’s Saina Nehwal Won Indonesia Masters Title 2019 against Spain’s Carolina Marin 2019 Indonesia Masters,officially known as DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2019, held in Istora Gelora Bung Karno,Indonesia From 22nd January 2019, the Indonesia Masters 2019 Title,a badminton tournament which is officially known as DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2019,took place at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event concluded on 27th January 2019.

➢ (Men’s Single) Danish player Anders Antonsen won his first ever Indonesia Masters after defeating world number one Kento Momota of Japan On 27th January 2019,Anders Antonsen of Denmark won his maiden Indonesia Masters title by defeating Japanese top-seeded Kento Momota in men’s single final in Jakarta, Indonesia.

➢ ICC roped in Coca-Cola as official sponsor On January 31, 2019,The International Cricket Council (ICC) signed a five-year global partnership deal with beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola Company.ICC and Coco-cola’s partnership will be continue till 2023


➢ Mithali becomes first female to play 200 ODIs On 1st February 2019, 36 years old India’s Women Cricket team captain, Mithali Raj became the first female player to play 200 ODIs during the 3rd and Final ODI against New Zealand.

➢ Qatar won their First-ever Asian Cup Title In Football by defeating Japan On 2nd February 2019,Qatar won its first major soccer title by beating four-time champion Japan 3-1 in the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup held in United Arab Emirates(UAE).

➢ Smriti Mandhana topped in Women’s ODI cricket batswomen ranking On February 3,2019,India’s Smriti Mandhana topped in the ICC ODI batswomen rankings ,she grabbed the first position after the match against New Zealand,whereas Ellyse Perry followed her in the second position and Indian ODI skipper Mithali Raj in fifth position.

➢ Vidarbha clinched second successive Ranji Title defeating Saurashtra On 7th February 2019,Defending champions Vidarbha won the Ranji Trophy 2018-19,which is 85th season of the Ranji Trophy by defeating Saurashtra.This victory is their Successive victory since they won the Trophy last year.The Ranji Trophy is played from the month of November,2018 to 7th February 2019, in which 37 Teams Participated.Vidarbha won Rs.5 Crore Rupees.

➢ Railways win Senior National Men’s Hockey Title by defeating Punjab The Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)won the 9th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2019 (A Div),defeating Punjab by 3-2 at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

➢ Vidarbha clinches the Irani Cup title On 16th February, 2019, Vidarbha became the only 3rd team Bombay and Karnataka in Indian Domestic Cricket history to defend their Irani cup titles at Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur by defeating Rest of India(RoI).

➢ 83rd edition of the Senior National Badminton Championship begins in Guwahati The 83rd Yonex Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals was held at Guwahati, Assam.

Saina Nehwal retained her women’s singles crown after defeating PV Sindhu. Sorabh Verma defeated Lakshya Sen to win the men’s singles crown for the third time (after 2011 and 2017).

➢ India Win Team Event At Mallakhamb World Championship in Mumbai First Mallakhamb World Championship was held in Shivaji Park in central Mumbai in which India became the winner.

This sport involves athletes performing various yogic and gymnastic poses while hanging from a rope or on a pole. 15 countries participated in the event- Spain, Germany, Czech Republic,Italy, USA, Iran, Norway, England, France, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Bahrain, and India.

➢ Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Category Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker claimed gold medal in 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event on ISSF World Cup in New Delhi. i. The duo finished top in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Final with 483.4 points on the final day of the World Cup. ii. Both of them had earlier equaled Qualification World Record and also set a new qualification world record junior by shooting 778 points.

➢ Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol Saurabh Chaudhary finished top of the 10m Air Pistol category and brought an Olympic quota for Tokyo 2020 in the category. i.He secured Olympic Quota with a world record score of 245.0 after some phenomenal shooting. ii.He is the 1st Indian shooter to win gold at the youth Olympic, Asian Games, Junior ISSF World Championship and Asian Air gun championship

➢ Apurvi Chandela bags gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle Indian shooter won women’s 10m Air Rifle and bagged India’s first gold medal by breaking the world record


in the Shooting World Cup 2019. She was the only Indian shooter to qualify for the final round. i. Apurvi secured a total score of 252.9 to finish on the top of podium in the women’s 10m Air Rifle event. She was at the fourth spot in the qualification round. ii. Apurvi Chandela had won a bronze medal along shooter Ravi Kumar in the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia in the 10m Mixed Rifle event.

➢ Oceania Nations will participate in 2022 Asian Games Olympic Council of Asia decided to invite Oceania Nations to compete in 2022 Asian Games for the first time after a meeting held in Bangkok.

➢ 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament at Helsinki in Finland 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament was organized by European Boxing Confederation from March 7, 2019 to March 10, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.The tournament title has been clinched by England after claiming 6 gold medals.

➢ Argentina and Colombia will co-host Copa America 2020 On 14th March 2019, After South America’s ruling body CONMEBOL once again ruled out a US proposal to host the tournament, Argentina and Colombia are poised to co-host the 2020 Copa America.

➢ Special Olympics World Games 2019 kick off at Abu Dhabi Special Olympics World Games 2019 began at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 14th Match 2019 and made history by welcoming a record-breaking 200 nations at the Games comprising 195 participating and 5 observing.

➢ Karnataka defeated Maharashtra to clinch their first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Karnataka cricket team defeated Maharashtra to win their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.

➢ K T Irfan named as first Indian athlete to be chosen for Tokyo Olympics 2020 29-year-old Indian athlete from Kerala, K.T. Irfan has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as he finished fourth in the men’s 20 kilometer category at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.

➢ Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas wins Australian F1 Grand Prix 2019 Mercedes Formula One (F1) driver Valtteri Bottas has clinched his first championship in the Australian Grand Prix held in Melbourne. He was followed by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

➢ Asian Youth Athletes Championship: India finishes second in medal tally India finishes second in Asian Youth Athletes Championship held in Hong Kong with a gold added to the medal tally on the final day of the championship.

India secured second position in the overall medals tally with 26 medals including 8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals. China topped the championship with 31 medals including 12 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze. Japan ranked third in the Championship with 20 medals. Japan got 6 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals.

➢ India defeated Nepal, won SAFF Women’s championship On 22nd March 2019, India clinched South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019 by defeating Nepal for 3-1 in Biratnagar, Nepal. It was for the fifth time in a row that India won the championship.

➢ Saina Nehwal named as TSJA sports person of the year On 20th March 2019,Telangana Sports Journalist Association (TSJA) named London Olympics Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal as sportsperson of the year, Pullella Gopichand as Coach of the Year and PV Sindhu as Outstanding Performer in women’s section. Badminton Association of Telangana received Association of the Year award at the Annual Telangana Sports Journalist Association Awards 2018 held at Hyderabad.

➢ South Korea won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup by defeating India On 30th March, India was defeated by the South Korea in the penalty shootout of the final 28th edition

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of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019. 17th Ranked South Korea defeated World number 5, India to won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which was held at Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia.

➢ Lewis Hamilton grabs Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes captured Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 title by beating Mercedes Valtteri Bottas of Finland who secured second position. Charles Leclerc was finished with third position and became Ferrari’s youngest ever race winner at the age of 21.

➢ India Clinches 25 Medals In 12th Asian Airgun Championship 2019 Held In Chinese Taipei India topped the medal tally by winning 25 medals viz, 16 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals. Republic of Korea followed the India by winning 16 medals while Chinese Taipei won 11 medals and attained 3rd spot.

➢ India wins ICC Test Championship Mace for 3rd straight year India has retained ICC Test Championship mace for the third year in a row after finishing at the top of ICC Test team rankings on the cut-off date of April 1. It has also won the purse of USD 1 million.

➢ Australian Olympian,Graham Reid Appointed as Indian Men’s Hockey Team Chief Coach On 8th April 2019, former Australia Coach, Graham Reid was appointed as the Chief Coach of Indian men’s hockey team. Reid’s occupancy as the coach of Indian men’s hockey team is till the end of 2020.He, 54, is succeeding Harendra Singh,former Indian Hockey player.

➢ Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana named Wisden’sleading cricketers of the year 2019 On 10th April 2019, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019 has named Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana as the Leading male and female cricketer of the year 2019 respectively.

➢ Lewis Hamilton clinched Formula One’s 1000th race title British racing driver, Lewis Hamilton has achieved his 75th career victory in Formula One’s 1000th race at the Chinese Grand Prix on 14th April, 2019. He has delivered a crushing performance to win this title.

➢ ICC partners with UNICEF to deliver ‘#OneDay4Children’ at Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 On 16th April 2019, International cricket council (ICC) cricket for good in partnership with UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund), launched #OneDay4Children, a tournament-wide campaign to help construct a better world for all children, at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019.

➢ Services bags the 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament title against Punjab at Guru Nanak Stadium With a second-half strike by Bikash Thapa at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, Services won their 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament title with a 1-0 victory over Punjab. The Services football team represents the Indian defense services in the Santosh Trophy.

➢ USA secure ODI status for the first time On 24th April 2019, United States Cricket Team won their first one-day international status with a third straight victory at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia. The Americans defeated Hong Kong by 84 runs.

➢ Pankaj Advani, India’s cueist defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran to clinch Asian Snooker Tour title India’s Pankaj Advani, the 21-time world snooker and billiards champion has defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran by 6-4 to clinch the inaugural Asian Snooker Tour title, in Bengaluru.

➢ Australia’s Claire Polosak became first female umpire to stand in men’s ODI The 31-year-old, Australia’s Claire Polosak became the first womanumpire to stand in a men’s ODI


in the final match of ICC World Cricket League 2 on April 27. Previously, she stood in 15 women’s ODI matches, the first one played between Australia and South Africa in November 2016.

➢ Bajrang Punia became First Indian Wrestler to fight at New York’s Iconic Madison Square Garden On 27th April 2019, 25 years old Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia became the first Indian wrestler to fight at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden.

➢ Valtteri Bottas grabs Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 On 28th April 2019, Valtteri Viktor Bottas (Finland) of Mercedes captured Formula 1 State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 by beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Bottas finished the race 1.5 seconds ahead of Hamilton.

IPL 2019 Winner: Mumbai Indians

Complete list of awards Winner in IPL

2019

The twelfth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) came to an end at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on 12th May 2019.

Award Name Name Special Note

Emerging Player of the Tournament

Shubhman Gill Kolkata Knight Riders)- 296 runs from 13 games

Fair Play Award Sunrisers Hyderabad -

FBB Stylish Player of the Season KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)- 593 runs from 14 games

Dream XI Game Changer of the Season

Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians) - 12 wickets from 12 games

Vivo Perfect Catch of the Season

Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) - for the catch of Suresh Raina

Hotstar Fastest Fifty of the Season

Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)- 17 balls vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Purple Cap Imran Tahir (Chennai Super Kings)- 26 wickets from 17 games


Orange Cap David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - 692 runs from 12 games

Most Valuable Player Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)- 510 runs and 11 wickets

Final Man of the Match Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)- Jasprit Bumrah (2/14)

Harrier Super Striker of the

Season

Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)-

Strike Rate of 205

Pitch and Ground Trophy-

Punjab Cricket Association

(Mohali) and

Hyderabad Cricket

Association (Rajiv

Gandhi International

Stadium)

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FIFA World Cup 2018

• The opening ceremony of FIFA World Cup 2018 took place on 14 June 2018, at the Luzhniki

Stadium in Moscow and the opening match of the tournament between hosts Russia and Saudi

Arabia.

• The FIFA World Cup official match ball of the 2018 World Cup group stage was “Telstar 18”, based

on the name and design of the first Adidas World Cup ball from 1970. It was introduced on 9

November 2017.

• The Prize money for the champion team will be 38 million US Dollars. Zabivaka is the official

mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

• The official song of the tournament is “Live It Up”, with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era

Istrefi.

• First time in the history of world cup VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system would be used.

McDonald’s is the official food partner for the World Cup 2018.

• The FIFA World Cup 2018 tournament would be played across 11 cities and 12 stadiums. Iceland

and Panama would make their World Cup debut this year.


• Luzhniki stadium in Moscow has a capacity of 81,000 people and is the biggest stadium rebuilt

in Russia on the occasion of World Cup.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match Highlights

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match France Vs Croatia

FIFA World Cup 2018 Winner France (Beating Croatia 4-2)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Runner Up Croatia

FIFA World Cup 2018 3rd Position

Belgium

FIFA World Cup 2018 4th Position

England

FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Match

stadium

Luzhniki stadium in Russia

FIFA World Cup 2018 Award Winner List

FIFA World Cup 2018 Winner France (Beating Croatia 4-2)

Adidas Golden Ball Award Luka Modric (Croatia)

Adidas Golden Boot Award Harry Kane (England)

Adidas Golden Glove Award Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)

Fifa Young Player Award Kylian Mbappe’s (19-year-old –

France)

Fifa Fair Play Trophy Spain

Man of The Match Antoine Griezmann (France)

Australian Open 2019 Sl. No.

Event Winner Runner-Up

1. Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 2. Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka (Japan) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3. Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas

Mahut (France) Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Peers

(Australia)


4. Women’s Doubles Samantha Stosur (Australia) and Zhang Shuai (China)

Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France)

5. Mix Doubles Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) and Rajeev Ram (United States)

Astra Sharma (Australia) and John-Patrick Smith (Australia)

Dubai Tennis Championship 2019 Category Winner Runner–up Men’s Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

Women’s Singles Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) Men’s Doubles Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (UK) Ben McLachlan (New Zealand) and Jan-Lennard

Struff (Germany) Women’s Doubles Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) and Barbora

Strycova (Czech Republic) Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) and Ekaterina

Makarova (Russia)

Finland boxing tourney India claimed one Gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze in the tournament. The list of Indian medalist is given below.

Name Medal Category Kavinder Singh Bisht Gold 56 kg

Mohammed Hussamudding Silver 56 kg Shiva Thapa Silver 60 kg

Govind Sahani Silver 49 kg Dinesh Dagar Silver 69 kg

Sumit Sangwan Bronze 91 kg Saching Siwach Bronze 52 kg Naveen Kumar Bronze +91 kg

Badminton Asia Championship 2019

The 39th edition of Badminton Asia Championship 2019 was held from 23 to 28 April 2019 at the Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in Wuhan, China. This tournament was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association, sanctioned from the Badminton Asia. The prize money for the event was USD 400,000.

Event Winner Runner Men’s Single Kento Momota (Japan) Shi Yuqi (China)

Women’s Single Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) He Bingjiao (China) Men’s Doubles Hiroyuki Endo (Japan)

Yuta Watanabe (Japan) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia)

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen (China)

Jia Yifan (China) Mayu Matsumoto (Japan) Wakana Nagahara (Japan)

Mixed Doubles Wang Yilu (China) Huang Dongping (China)

He Jiting (China) Du Yue (China)


Asian Athletics Championship 2019 The 23rd edition of Asian Athletics Championship was held from 21 to 24 April 2019 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. India won 17 medals which include 3 gold, 7 silver, and 7 bronze, finished fourth in the tournament. There are total 43 nations competing at Asian Athletics Championship 2019 and 43 events are conducted. This Asian Athletics Championship event is organized by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). The previous Asian Athletics Championship took place at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India from 6 to 9 July, 2017.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Bahrain (BHR) 11 7 4 22

2 China (CHN) 9 13 7 29 3 Japan (JPN) 5 4 9 18

4 India (IND) 3 7 7 17 5 Uzbekistan (UZB) 3 0 2 5

ISSF world Cup pistol/ Rifle The 2019 ISSF World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. The World Cup series will be also as the qualification tournaments for the 2020 Olympic Games. Held - Beijing, China Dates- 21 April to 29 April

Note- India Finishes Top of Medal tally with 4 Medals

Event Name Medal Info 10m Air Rifle Mixed Anjum Moudgil

Divyansh Singh Panwar

Gold Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar won India’s first gold medal in 10m Air Rifle mixed event at ISSF World Cup in Beijing. They beat

Chinese pair of Liu Ruxuan and Yang Haoran by 17-15.

10m Air Pistol Mixed Manu Bhaker Saurabh Chaudhary

Gold Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won India’s second gold in 10m Air Pistol mixed

event. They beat their Chinese opponent by 16-6.

10m Air Pistol Abhishek Verma Gold Abhishek Verma won India’s third gold medal in 10m Air Pistol.

Abhishek Verma secured Olympic Quota in 10m Air Pistol.

10m Air Rifle Divyansh Singh Panwar

Silver Teenager Divyansh Singh Panwar won a silver medal in 10m Air Rifle event.

Asian Boxing Championship 2019 The Asian Boxing Championship 2019 was held in Huamark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time women and men boxing championship held together. This event was organized by International Boxing Association or AIBA.

Medals won by Indian Athletes Category Name Medal


52-kg Amit Panghal Gold

81-kg Pooja Rani Gold

64-kg Simranjit Kaur Silver

56-kg Kavinder Singh Bisht Silver

49-kg Deepak Singh Silver

75-kg Ashish Chaudhary Silver

51-kg Nikhat Zareen Bronze

54-kg Manisha Moun Bronze

57-kg Sonia Chahal Bronze

60-kg Sarita Devi Bronze

60-kg Shiva Thapa Bronze

69-kg Ashish Bronze +91-kg Satish Kumar Bronze

Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 The Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 was held in Xi’an, China from April 23 to April 28, 2019. India won 16 medals which include 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze by men’s freestyle wrestlers, 3 silver and 1 bronze by men’s Greco-Roman wrestlers and 4 bronze won by women’s freestyle wrestlers. India ranked 8th place in the tournament and the first three countries ranked in the tournament were Iran followed by China and Japan.

Countries in Medal Tally Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Iran 11 0 6 17

2 China 5 5 6 16

3 Japan 4 7 6 17

4 Uzbekistan 2 3 5 10

5 Kazakhstan 2 2 12 16

Medals won by Indian Wrestlers

Event Catogory Name Medal Men’s Freestyle 65-kg Bajrang Punia Gold

Men’s Freestyle 74-kg Amit Kumar Dhankar Silver

Men’s Freestyle 79-kg Parveen Rana Silver

Men’s Freestyle 92-kg Vicky Chahar Silver

Men’s Greco-Roman 77-kg Gurpreet Singh Silver

Men’s Greco-Roman 82-kg Harpreet Singh Silver

Men’s Greco-Roman 87-kg Sunil Kumar Silver

Men’s Freestyle 61-kg Rahul Aware Bronze

Men’s Freestyle 86-kg Deepak Punia Bronze

Men’s Freestyle 97-kg Satyawart Kadian Bronze

Men’s Freestyle 125-kg Sumit Malik Bronze


Men’s Greco-Roman 60-kg Gyanender Dahiya Bronze

Women’s Freestyle 53-kg Vinesh Phogat Bronze

Women’s Freestyle 59-kg Manju Kumari Bronze

Women’s Freestyle 62-kg Sakshi Malik Bronze

Women’s Freestyle 68-kg Divya Kakran Bronze

Up-comping Sport Event

8th FIFA women's World Cup [2019] France

(AFC) Asian Football Cup [2019] UAE

IWF World championship [2019] Pattaya (Thailand)

30th Southeast Asian Games [2019)] Philippines (Manila)

13th SAG Games (South Asian Games) [2019] Nepal (Kathmandu)

12th Cricket World Cup (Men) (2019] England

18th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2019] South Korea (Gwangiu)

18th FIBA Basket Ball World Cup [2019] China

32 Olympic games [2020] Japan (Tokyo) Motto -Discover Tomorrow

16th Summer Paralympic [2020] Japan (Tokyo)

3rd Winter Youth Olympic [2020] Switzerland (Lausanne)

7th T-20 women World Cup [2020] Australia

13th Under-19 Cricket World Cup [2020] South Africa

4th Youth Asian Games (2021] Indonesia (Surabaya)

31th Southeast Asian Games [2021] Vietnam (Hanoi)

12th Cricket World Cup (Women) [2021] New Zealand

19th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2021] Japan (Fukuoka)

22th FIFA (Men) World Cup football [2022] Qatar (Doha)


34 Winter Olympics [2022] Note: Beijing is the only city to host both winter and Summer Olympic games

(China, Bejing) Motto -A pure passion for Ice & Snow

19th Asian games [2022] China (Hangzhou)

22nd Commonwealth games [2022] [Motto of commonwealth games: Humanity Equality Destiny] Head Quarter of Common Wealth GamesEngland (London) Note: Paralympics game is for athletes with a range of Physical Disabilities

South Africa (Durban)

IVth Asian Para Games [2022] China (Hangzhou)

8th T-20 women World Cup [2022] South Africa

14th Under-19 Cricket World Cup [2022] West Indies

32th Southeast Asian Games [2023] Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

13th Cricket World Cup (Men) [2023] India

20th Fina World Aquatics (Swimming) Championship [2023] Qatar (Doha)

1st Asian games [1951] New Delhi

11th Winter Paralympic [2014] Russia (Sochi)

1st Youth Asian Games [2009] Singapore


22. Important Date and Theme

Dates Day Theme

1st January Defence Research and Development

Organisation(DRDO) Day

4th January World Braille Day 9th January Bharatiya Pravasi Day or Non

Resident Day 'role of Indian diaspora in building new India'

10th January World Hindi Day 10th January 26th Army Air Defence Day 12th January National Youth Day Be The Voice of New India” 14th January Armed Forces Veterans Day 15th January 71st Army Day 24th January National Girl Child Day “Empowering Girls for a

Brighter Tomorrow”. 24th January International Day of Education 25th January National Voters Day ‘No voter to be left behind’ 26th January 70th Republic Day Chief Guest South Africa’s

President Cyril Ramaphosa 26th January International Customs Day “SMART borders for seamless

Trade, Travel and Transport.” 30th January National Martyr’s Day or

Sarvodaya Day

2nd February World Wetlands Day Wetlands and Climate Change 4th February World Cancer Day “I Am and I Will.” 6 February International Day of Zero

Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

#EndGFM.

10th February, World Pulses Day 11th February International Day of Women

and Girls in Science

13th February “World Radio Day” “Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace”.

20TH February World Day of Social Justice ‘If you want Peace and Development, Work for Social Justice’

21st February International Mother Language day

“Indigenous languages matter for development, peace building and reconciliation”.


28th February National Science day 1st March World civil defence day “Children’s safety, our

responsibility”. 1st March Zero Discrimination day “Act to change laws that

Discriminate”.

3rd March World Hearing Day “Check your Hearing” 3rd March World Wildlife Day ‘Life below water: for people

and planet’,

4th March National Safety Day – “Cultivate and Sustain a safety culture for building nation”.

8th March International Women’s Day Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.

14th March World Kidney Day Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere.

15th March World Consumer Rights Day “Trusted Smart Products”

18th March Global Recycling Day “Recycling into the Future”.

20th March World Sparrow day “I love sparrows”. 20th March International Day of Happiness International Day of Happiness

2019 is ‘Happier Together’.

21st March World Poetry Day 21st March International Day of Forests

observed “Forests and Education – Learn to Love Forests”.

22nd March World Water Day (WWD) “Leaving no one behind”. 23rd March World Meteorological Day “The Sun, the Earth and the

Weather”. 24th March World Tuberculosis Day ‘Its time’ 26th March World Purple day 27th March World Theatre Day

2nd April World Autism Awareness Day “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation”.

5th April National Maritime Day “Indian Ocean- An Ocean of Opportunity”.

7th April World Health Day “Universal health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere”

10th April World Homoeopathy Day “Linking Education and Clinical Practice with Research:

Advancing Scientific Collaborations”.


11th April “National Safe Motherhood Day”

‘Midwives for Mothers’

12th April World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day

17th April World Haemophilia Day Outreach and Identification’ 18th April World Heritage Day “Rural Landscapes” 19th April World Liver day 21st April National Civil Service Day 22nd April Earth Day ‘Protecting Our Species’ 22nd April International Mother Earth Day 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day 25th April World Malaria Day “Zero malaria starts with me”. 24th April National Panchayati Raj Day 26th April World Intellectual Property

Day “Reach for Gold: IP and Sports”

28th April World Day for Safety and Health

“Safety and Health and the Future of Work”

29th April International Dance Day “Dance and Spirituality”. May 1 International Labour Day

May 1 World Asthma Day

May 1 Gujarat, Maharashtra Day

May 3 World Laughter Day

May 3 World Press Freedom Day

May 4 International Firefighters’ Day

May 5 World Cartoonist’s Day

May 7 World Athletics Day

May 7 Border Roads Organisation (BRO)’s Raising Day

May 8 World Red Cross Day

May 10 Mother’s Day

May 11 National Technology Day

May 12 International Nurse Day

May 15 International Day of the Family

May 17 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

May 17 World Hypertension Day

May 17 World Telecommunication And Information Society Day

May 18 International Museum Day

May 20 World Metrology Day

May 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and

Development May 22 International Day for Biological

Diversity


May 23 International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

May 24 Commonwealth Day

May 25 World Thyroid Day

May 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health

May 29 International Day of UN Peacekeepers

May 30 Goa Statehood Day

May 31 World No Tobacco Day

June 3 World Bicycle Day

June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5 World Environment Day

June 8 World Ocean Day

June 8 World Brain Tumor Day

June 12 The World Day against Child Labour

June 14 World Blood Donor Day

June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

June 16 International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR)

June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 19 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence

in Conflict June 20 World Refugee Day

June 21 International Yoga Day

June 23 United Nations Public Service Day

June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

June 29 National Statistics Day

July 1 National Doctors’ Day

July 1 Goods And Services Tax Day

July 2 World Sports Journalists Day

July 6 World Zoonosis Day

July 7 International Day of Cooperatives

July 11 World Population Day

July 12 International Malala Day

July 15 World Youth Skills Day July 17 International Justice Day


July 18 International Nelson Mandela Day

July 26 Kargil Vijay Diwas

July 28 World Hepatitis Day

July 29 International Tiger Day

July 30 World day against trafficking in persons

August 6 73rd Hiroshima day

August 7 National Handloom Day

August 9 International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 12 18th International Youth Day

August 13 International left handers day

August 20 World Mosquito Day

August 20 National Sadbhavana Day

August 21 World senior citizen day

September 2 World Coconut Day

September 1-7 National Nutrition Week

September 8 World Literacy Day

September 14 Hindi Diwas

September 21 International Day of Peace

September 21 World Alzheimer’s Day

September 23 International Day of Sign Languages

September 29 World Heart Day

September 27 World Maritime Day

September 27 World TOURISM day

October 1 International Day For Older Persons

October 2 International Day Of Non Violence

October 5 World Teachers Day

October 9 World Post Day

October 11 International Day Of Girl Child

October 15 International Day For Rural Women

October 15 Rashtriya Mahila Kisan Diwas

October 20 National Solidarity Day

October 24 World Polio Day

October 24 United Nation’s Day

October 31 Ekta Diwas

November 1 World Vegan Day

November 5 Ayurveda Day

November 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day


November 7 National Cancer Awareness Day

November 11 National Education Day

November 12 World Pneumonia Awareness Day

November 14 Children’s Day

November 14 World Diabetes Day

November 16 National Press Day

November 18 The World Day For Remembrance Of Road Traffic

Victims November 19 World Toilet Day

November 21 World Television Day

November 26 National Constitution Day/National Law Day

December 1 World AIDS Day

December 2 National Pollution Control

December 3 World Day of Handicapped

December 4 Indian Navy Day

December 10 Human Rights Day

December 11 International Mountain Day

December 14 World Energy Conservation Day

December 16 Vijay Diwas

December 22 National Mathematics Day

December 23 Kisan Divas

December 24 National Consumers Day


PART -2 STATIC AWARENESS

1. Dam

Dam River State

Idukki Dam Periyar Kerala

Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand

Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada Gujarat

Nagarjun Sagar Dam Krishna Telangana

Bhakra Dam Satluj Himachal Pradesh

Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Uttarakhand

Srisailam Dam Krishna Telangana

Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar J&K

Salal Dam Chenab J&K

Madupetty Dam Palar Kerala

Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Madhya Pradesh

Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh

Pong Dam Beas Himachal Pradesh

Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Punjab

Baglihar Dam Chenab J&K

Supa Dam Kali Nadi Karnataka

Koteshwar Dam Bhagi Rathi Nadi Uttra Khand

Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu

Parbati Dam Parbati himachal Pradesh

ukai Dam Tapi Nadi Gujarat

Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka


2. MAJOR SEA PORTS Major Sea Ports Location

Kandla Port Gujarat Nhava Sheva Port Maharashtra Marmugao Port Goa Mangalore Port Karnataka

Madras Port Tamil Nadu Cochin Port Kerala

Visakhapatnam Port Andhra Pradesh Paradip Port Odisha Haldia Port West Bengal

Mumbai Port West Mumbai Port Blair Andaman Islands

Tuticorin Port Tamil Nadu Mundra Port Gujarat Ennore Port Chennai

3. LAKES

Name of the State Name of the Lake Andhra Pradesh Kolleru Lake

Pulicat Lake Assam Chandubi Lake

Chapanala Lake Haflong Lake Son Beel Lake

Bihar Kanwar Lake Gujarat Hamirsar Lake

Kankaria Lake Lakhota Lake Sursagar Lake Thol Lake Vastrapur Lake

Himachal Pradesh Brighu Lake Dashair and Dhankar Lake Kareri and Kumarwah lake Khajjiar Lake Macchial Lake Manimahesh Lake Nako Lake Pandoh Lake

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Prashar Lake Renuka Lake Rewalsar Lake Seruvalsar and Manimahesh Lake

Haryana Badkhal Lake Beauty lake Blue Bird Lake Brahma Sarovar Current lake Karna Lake Sannihit Sarovar Surajkund Tilyar Lake

Jammu and Kashmir Dal Lake Manasbal Lake Mansar Lake Pangong Tso Sheshnag Lake Tso Moriri Wular Lake

Karnataka Agara Lake Bellandur Lake Byrasandra Lake Hebbal Lake Kempambudhi Lake Lalbagh Lake Madiwala Lake Puttenahalli Lake Sankey Lake Ulsoor Lake Dalavai Lake Devanoor Lake Karanji lake Kukkarahalli lake Lingambudhi Lake Honnamana Kere Pampa Sarovar

Kerala Ashtamudi Lake Kuttanad Lake Maanaanchira, Kozhikode Manakody Kayal Padinjarechira, Thrissur city Paravur Kayal Punnamada Lake Shasthamkotta lake Vadakkechira, Thrissur city


Vanchikulam, Thrissur Vellayani Lake Vembanad Lake

Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Wetland Lower Lake Moti lake Sarang pani lake Shahpura lake Tawa Reservoir Upper Lake

Maharashtra Gorewada Lake Khindsi Lake Lonar Lake Mehrun Lake Pashan Lake Powai Lake Rankala Lake Salim Ali Lake Shivasagar lake Talao Pali Upvan Lake Venna Lake

Meghalaya Umiam Lake Manipur Loktak Lake Mizoram Palak dïl

Tam Dil Odisha Anshupa Lake

Chilika Lake Kanjia lake

Punjab Harike Lake Kanjli Lake Ropar Lake

Rajasthan Ana Sagar Lake Balsamand lake Dhebar Lake Jaisamand Lake

Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake Kaylana Lake Nakki Lake Pushkar Lake Rajsamand Lake Ramgarh Lake Talwara Lake Sambhar Salt Lake Fateh Sagar Lake


Rangsagar lake Uday sagar Lake

Sikkim Gurudongmar Lake Khecheopalri Lake Lake Tsongmo Lake Cholamu

Telangana Alwal Cheruvu Lake Durgam Cheruvu (Secret Lake) Himayat Sagar Hussain Sagar Osman Sagar Safilguda Lake Saroornagar Lake Shamirpet Lake

Tamil Nadu Berijam Lake Chembarambakkam Lake Kaliveli Lake Kaveripakkam Lake Kodaikanal Lake Ooty Lake Perumal Eri Red Hills Lake Sholavaram Lake Singanallur Lake Veeranam Lake

Uttar Pradesh Amakhera Lake Barua Sagar Tal Belasagar Lake Bhadi Tal Chando Tal Lake Keetham Lake Nachan Tal Ramgarh Tal Lake Sheikha Jheel

Uttarakhand Skeleton Lake (Roopkund Lake) Bhimtal Lake Dodital Nainital Lake Naukuchiatal Sat Tal

West Bengal Debar Lake East Calcutta Wetlands Jore Pokhri Mirik Lake Rabindra Sarobar Rasikbil


Santragachhi Lake Senchal Lake

4. NATIONAL PARK

Name State

1. Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh 2. Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh 3. Panna National Park Madhya Pradesh 4. Pench National Park Madhya Pradesh

5. Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary Kerala 6. Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala 7. Eravikulam National Park Kerala

8. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary Kerala 9. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala 10. Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan 11. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Rajasthan

12. Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan 13. Nagarhole National Park Rajasthan

14. Ranthambore National Park Rajasthan 15. Sambhar Wildlife Sanctuary Rajasthan

16. Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand 17. Corbett National Park Uttarakhand 18. Manas National Park Assam

19. Kaziranga National Park Assam 20. Sanjay Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary Maharashtra

21. Mahim Nature Park Maharashtra 22. Dachigam National Park J&K

23. Hemis High Altitude Park J&K 24. Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odisha

25. Nandankanan Zoo Odisha 26. Similipal National Park Odisha 27. Bandipur National Park Karnataka 28. Dandeli National Park Karnataka 29. Dudhwa National Park Uttar Pradesh

30. Gir National Park Gujarat 31. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Tamilnadu

32. Nagarjunasagar Wildlife Sanctuary Telangana 33. Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh 34. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary Haryana (Gurgoan) 35. Sunderbans Tiger Reserve West Bengal


5. FOLK DANCE

States/UT Folk Dance Jharkhand Chhanu, Sarahul, Jat-Jatin, Karma, Danga, Bidesia, Sohrai.

Uttarakhand Gadhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli. Andra Pradesh Kuchipudi (Classical), Ghantamardala, (Ottam Thedal,

Mohiniattam, Kummi, Siddhi, Madhuri, Chhadi. Chhattisgarh Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Dagla, Pali, Tapali, Navrani, Diwari,

Mundari.

Arunachal Pradesh Mask dance (Mukhauta Nritya), War dance.

Himachal Pradesh Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi, Chamba, Thali, Jhainta, Daf, Stick dance etc.

Goa Mandi, Jhagor, Khol, Dakni etc.

Assam Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal, Tabal Chongli, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai etc.

West Bengal Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan etc.

Kerala Kathakali (Classical), Ottam Thulal, Mohini-attam, Kaikottikali, Tappatikali, Kali Auttam.

Meghalaya Laho, Baala etc. Manipur Manipuri (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc.

Nagaland Chong, Khaiva, Lim, Nuralim etc. Orissa Odissi (Classical), Savari, Ghumara, Painka, Munari, Chhau,

Chadya Dandanata etc. Maharashtra Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada,

Tamasha, Mauni, Powara, Gouricha etc.

Karnataka Yakshagan, huttar, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai.

Punjab Bhagra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman etc.

Rajasthan Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Panihari, Ginad etc.

Mizoram Khanatm, Pakhupila, Cherokan etc.

Jammu & Kashmir Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, kud Dandi nach, Damali.

Tamil Nadu Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi, Uttar Pradesh Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita.

Bihar Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama-Chakwa, Bidesia, Jatra etc.

Haryana Jhumar, Phag Dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor etc.


6. STADIUM

Stadium Name Location Associated Sport

Game Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Cricket

HPCA Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Cricket

M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai , Tamil Nadu Cricket Eden Gardens Kolkata , West Bengal Cricket

Gymkhana Ground Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket Jsca Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Cricket

Khanderi Cricket Stadium Rajkot , Gujarat Cricket Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune , Maharashtra Cricket

Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra Football & Cricket New Vca Stadium Nagpur, Maharashtra Cricket

Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground

Indore, Madhya Pradesh Cricket

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh Cricket Apca-Vdca Stadium Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh Cricket

Indira Gandhi Stadium Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Cricket Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricket Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala Multipurpose

IPCL Sport Complex Vadodara, Gujarat Cricket K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh Multipurpose

Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa Football & Cricket Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu , Jammu & Kashmir Cricket

Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh Cricket Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior , Madhya Pradesh Cricket Nahar Singh Stadium Faridabad, Haryana Cricket

Madhav Rao SC India Ground Rajkot, Gujarat Cricket Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh Cricket

Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra Cricket (Multipurpose)

University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Football (Multipurpose)

Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Delhi Multipurpose Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur , Jharkhand Cricket And Football

Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad , Gujarat Cricket Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara , Gujarat Cricket


Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Sawai Mani Singh Stadium Jaipur , Rajasthan Cricket

Gandhi Sports Complex Ground Amritsar , Punjab Cricket Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Orissa Cricket

M. Chinnasawami Stadium Bangalore , Karnataka Cricket Vca Ground Nagpur , Maharashtra Cricket

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh Cricket Green Park Stadium Kanpur , Uttar Pradesh Cricket Brabourne Stadium Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium Nanded, Maharashtra Cricket Fort Maidan Palakkad, Kerala Football

Dilip Tirkey Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey Birsa Munda Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey

Kalinga Stadium Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha Hockey Mahindra Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Hockey

Dhyan Chand Astroturf Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Hockey Dadaji Kondadev Stadium Thane, Maharashtra Football

Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana, Punjab Football

7. TEMPLE

S. No. Temples States

1. Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam 2. Sukresvara temple Assam

3. Mahabalipuram Temple Tamil nadu 4. Meenakshi temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu

5. Brihadeeswarar Temple Tamil Nadu

6. Kanchipuram Temple Tamil Nadu

7. Srisailam Temple Andhra Pradesh

8. Tirupathi Temple Andhra Pradesh 9. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Kerala

10. Shabarimala ayyappa temple Kerala 11. Gomateshwra Temple Karnataka

12. Virupaksha Temple Bangalore (Karnataka) 13. Golden temple – Amritsar, Punjab

14. Somnath temple Gujarat

15. Siddhivinayak Temple Maharashtra 16. Mahabodhi Temple Gaya, Bihar

17. Amarnath Temple Jammu & Kashmir 18. Markandeshwar Temple Haryana


19. Konark Sun Temple Odisha 20. Birla Mandir Jaipur

8. WEBSITES FOUNDER

Websites Name Founders Blogger Evan Willam Belli

Email Shiva Ayyadurai Ebay Pierre Omidyar

Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Flipkart Sachin and Binny Bansal

Google Larry Page & Sergey Brin Gtalk Richard Wah kan Hi5 Ramu Yalamanchi

Hotmail Sabeer Bhatia Ibibo Ashish Kashyap

Internet Tim Berners Lee Kosmix Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman Linkdin Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue& Koonstantin

Guericke Mozilla Firefox Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross

Myspace Chris Dewolfe & Tom Anderson Nimbuzz Martin Smink & Evert Jaap Lugt

OLX Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda Orkut Buyukkokten Opera Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner & Geir

lvarsoy Paypal Max Levchin and Peter Thiel Paytm Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Rediffmail Ajit Balakrishnan Skype Niklas Zennstrom, JanusFriis & Reid

Hoffman Twitter Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo Yahoo David Filo & Jerry Yang

YouTube Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & JawedKarim WhatsApp Laurel Kirtz Wikipedia Jimmy Wales Wikileaks Julian Assange

WordPress Michel Valdrighi


9. RIVER-CITY

City➖➖River➖➖State◀️ 🔷Agra➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Ahmedabad➖Sabarmati➖Gujarat

🔷Allahabad➖At the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Ayodhya➖Saryu➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Badrinath➖Alaknanda➖Uttarakhand

🔶Banki➖Mahanadi➖Odisha

🔷Brahmapur➖Rushikulya➖Odisha

🔶Chhatrapur➖Rushikulya➖Odisha

🔷Bhagalpur➖Ganga➖Bihar

🔶Kolkata➖Hugli➖West Bengal

🔷Cuttack➖Mahanadi➖Odisha

🔶New Delhi➖Yamuna➖Delhi

🔷Dibrugarh➖Brahmaputra➖Assam

🔶Ferozpur➖Sutlej➖Punjab

🔷Guwahati➖Brahmaputra➖Assam

🔶Haridwar➖Ganga➖Uttarakhand

🔷Hyderabad➖Musi➖Telangana

🔶Jabalpur➖Narmada➖Madhya Pradesh

🔷Kanpur➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Kota➖Chambal➖Rajasthan

🔷Kottayam➖Meenachil➖Kerala

🔶Jaunpur➖Gomti➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Patna➖Ganga➖Bihar

🔶Rajahmundry➖Godavari➖Andhra Pradesh

🔷Srinagar➖Jhelum➖Jammu & Kashmir

🔶Surat➖Tapi➖Gujarat

🔷Tiruchirapalli➖Kaveri➖Tamil Nadu

🔶Varanasi➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Vijayawada➖Krishna➖Andhra Pradesh

🔶Vadodara➖Vishwamitri➖Gujarat


🔷Mathura➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Mirzapur➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Auraiya➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Etawah➖Yamuna➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Bangalore➖Vrishabhavathi➖Karnataka

🔶Farrukhabad➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Fatehgarh➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Kannauj➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Mangalore➖Netravati, Gurupura➖Karnataka

🔶Shimoga➖Tunga River➖Karnataka

🔷Bhadravathi➖Bhadra➖Karnataka

🔶Hospet➖Tungabhadra➖Karnataka

🔷Karwar➖Kali➖Karnataka

🔶Bagalkot➖Ghataprabha➖Karnataka

🔷Honnavar➖Sharavathi➖Karnataka

🔶Gwalior➖Chambal➖Madhya Pradesh

🔷Gorakhpur➖Rapti➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Lucknow➖Gomti➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Kanpur➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Shuklaganj➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔷Chakeri➖Ganga➖Uttar Pradesh

🔶Malegaon➖Girna River➖Maharashtra

🔷Sambalpur➖Mahanadi➖Odisha

🔶Rourkela➖Brahmani➖Odisha

🔷Pune➖Mula, Mutha➖Maharashtra

🔶Daman➖Daman Ganga River➖Daman

🔷Madurai➖Vaigai➖Tamil Nadu

🔶Thiruchirapalli➖Kaveri➖Tamil Nadu

🔷Chennai➖Cooum, Adyar➖Tamil Nadu

🔶Coimbatore➖Noyyal➖Tamil Nadu

🔷Erode➖Kaveri➖Tamil Nadu

🔶Tirunelveli➖Thamirabarani➖Tamil Nadu

🔷Bharuch➖Narmada➖Gujarat

🔶Karjat➖Ulhas➖Maharashtra

🔷Nashik➖Godavari➖Maharashtra


🔶Mahad➖Savitri➖Maharashtra

🔷Nanded➖Godavari➖Maharashtra

🔶Kolhapur➖Panchaganga➖Maharashtra

🔷Nellore➖Pennar➖Andhra Pradesh

🔶Nizamabad➖Godavari➖Telangana

🔷Saguli➖Krishna➖Maharashtra

🔶Karad➖Krishna, Koyna➖Maharashtra

🔷Hajipur➖Ganga➖Bihar

🔶Ujjain➖Shipra➖Madhya Pradesh.


10. LIST OF COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CURRENCIES

List of Countries having Rupee/Rupiah as their Currency

Country Capital Currency India New Delhi Rupee

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee

Sri Lanka Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Sri Lankan Rupee

Seychelles Victoria Seychellois Rupee

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee

Maldives Male Maldivian Rufiyaa

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee

List of Countries having Dinar/Dirham as their Currency

Country Capital Currency Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar

Macedonia Skopje Macedonian Denar Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian Dinar UAE Abu Dhabi UAE Dirham

List of Countries having Euro as their Currency

Country Capital Country Capital

Andorra Andorra la Vella Latvia Riga

Austria Vienna Luxembourg Luxembourg

Belgium Brussels Malta Valletta

Cyprus Nicosia Monaco Monaco

Estonia Tallinn Montenegro Podgorica

Finland Helsinki Netherlands Amsterdam

France Paris Portugal Lisbon

Germany Berlin San Marino San Marino

Greece Athens Slovakia Bratislava

Ireland Reykjavik Slovenia Ljubljana


Italy Rome Spain Madrid

Lithuania Vilnius Vatican City Vatican City

List of Countries having Dollar as their Currency

Country Capital Currency

Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar

Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar

Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar

Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Dollar

Bermuda Hamilton Bermudian Dollar

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar

Dominica Roseau Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Fiji Suva Fijian Dollar

Grenada Saint George's Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Guyana Georgetown Guyanese Dollar

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar

Kiribati Tarawa Kiribati dollar

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar

Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar

Nauru Yaren District Australian Dollar

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar

Palau Ngerulmud United States Dollar

Panama Panama City United States Dollar

Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar

Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dollar

Tuvalu Funafuti Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar

United States Washington, D.C. United States Dollar

Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar

Countries having Peso as their Currency

Country Capital Currency Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso


Chile Santiago Chilean peso

Colombia Bogotá Colombian peso

Cuba Havana Cuban convertible peso

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso

Philippines Manila Philippine peso

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso

Countries having Rial/Riyal as their Currency

Country Capital Currency Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Iran Tehran Rial Oman Muscat Rial Qatar Doha Riyal Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi Riyal

Countries having Pound as their Currency


United Kingdom Currency Pound sterling

Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound

South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound

Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound

Syria Damascus Syrian pound

Countries having Currency same as their Country name


Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani

Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladeshi taka

Georgia Tbilisi Georgian lari

Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel

Japan Tokyo Japanese yen

Kazakhstan Astana Kazakhstani Tenge

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Som

Laos Vientiane Lao kip

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian ringgit

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Togrog


Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Burmese kyat

North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won

South Korea Seoul South Korean won

Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistani Somoni

Thailand Bangkok Thai baht

Turkey Ankara Turkish lira

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmenistan Manat

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani Som

Nicaragua Managua Nicaraguan Cordoba

Bolivia Sucre La Paz Bolivian boliviano

Paraguay Asunción Paraguayan Guarani

Venezuela Caracas Venezuelan bolivar

Albania Tirana Albanian Lek

Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble

Bulgaria Sofia Bulgarian lev

Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna

Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna

Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone

Hungary Budapest Hungarian forint

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona

Norway Oslo Norwegian krone

Poland Warsaw Polish zloty

Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu

Russia Moscow Russian Ruble

Sierra Leone Freetown Sierra Leonean Leone

Rwanda Kigali Rwandan Franc

Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary

Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling

Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi

Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr

Angola Luanda Angolan kwanza

Countries having Different Currencies

Country Capital Currency China Beijing Renminbi Peru Lima Sol Mozambique Maputo Metical


Mali Bamako West African CFA franc Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum

11. IMPORTANT WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

State Name Wildlife Sanctuaries

Andhra Pradesh Gundla Brahmeswaram Sanctuary

Kaundinya Sanctuary

Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary

Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary

Kolleru Bird Sanctuary

Krishna Sanctuary

Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park

Manjira Bird Sanctuary

Nelaputta Bird Sanctuary

Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary

Papikonda Sanctuary

Pocharam Sanctuary

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary

Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary

Kane Wildlife Sanctuary

Eagle Nest Wildlife Sanctuary

Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary

Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary

Assam Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary

Dipor Bil Wildlife Sanctuary

Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary


Hoollongapar Wildlife Sanctuary

Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary

Pabha Wildlife Sanctuary

Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary

Bihar Barela Salim Ali Zubba Saheni Wildlife

Sanctuary

Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary

Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary

Nagi Dam Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary

Chhattisgarh Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary

Badalkohl Wildlife Sanctuary

Bhairamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Gomarda Reserve Forest

Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary

Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary

Goa Netravali WLS

Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) WLS

Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

Gujarat Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary

Barda Wildlife Sanctuary

Dhumkhal Wildlife Sanctuary

Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary

Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary

Jessore Sanctuary

Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary

Paniya Wildlife Sanctuary


Rampura Sanctuary

Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Haryana N Khaparwas WLS

Kalesar WLS

Bir Shikargarh Sanctuary

Himachal Pradesh Bandli Wildlife Sanctuary

Chail Wildlife Sanctuary

Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary

Daranghati Wildlife Sanctuary

Darlaghat Wildlife Sanctuary

Gamgul Siahbehi Bird Sanctuary

Gobind Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary

Kohkhan Wildlife Sanctuary

Lippa Asrang Wildlife Sanctuary

Naina Devi Wildlife Sanctuary

Pong Dam Sanctuary

Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary

Sechu tuan Nala Wildlife Sanctuary

Shili Wildlife Sanctuary

Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary

Jammu & Kashmir Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary

Limber Wildlife Sanctuary

Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary

Overa - Aru Wildlife Sanctuary

Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajparian (Daksum) Wildlife Sanctuary

Karkoram Wildlife Sanctuary


Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary

Ramnagar Wildlife Sanctuary

Jharkhand Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary

Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary

Lawalong Wildlife sanctuary

Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary

Parasnath Wildlife Sanctuary

Udhwa Lake Bird Sanctuary

Karnataka Bhadra WLS

Bhimgad WLS

Brahmagiri WLS

Cauvery WLS

Nugu WLS

Pushpagiri WLS

Ranganathittu Bird WLS

Sharavathi Valley WLS

B R Hills Wildlife Sanctuary

Adichunchanagiri Peacock Sanctuary

Shettihalla Wildlife Sanctuary

Arabithittu Wildlife Sanctuary

Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary

Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary

Attiveri Bird Sanctuary

Kerala Pampadum Shola National Park

Aralam WLS

Chimmony WLS

Idukki WLS


Malabar WLS

Mangalavanam Bird WLS

Neyyar WLS

Periyar WLS

Madhya Pradesh Bori WLS

Gandhi Sagar WLS

Ghatigaon WLS

Ken Gharial WLS

Narsighgarh WLS

National Chambal WLS

Orcha WLS

Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary

Sardarpur Sanctuary

Son Ghariyal Sanctuary

Phen Sanctuary

Panpatha Wildlife Sanctuary

Maharashtra Aner Dam Wildlife Sanctuary

Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary

Bor Wildlife Sanctuary

Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary

Dhakna Kolkaz Wildlife Sanctuary

Gread Indian Bustard Sanctuary

Jaikwadi Wildlife Sanctuary

Katepurna Wildlife Sanctuary

Malvan Marine Wildlife Sanctuary

Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary

Navegaon National Park


Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary

Sagershwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Wainganga Wildlife Sanctuary

Yedshi Ramling Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary

Odisha Chandaka Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary

Chilika Bird Sanctuary

Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Gahirmatha Sanctuary

Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Khalasuni Sanctuary

Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary

Nandankanan National Park

Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary

Punjab Bir Mehaswala Wildlife Sanctuary

Bir Motibagh Wildlife Sanctuary

Harike Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

Harike Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

Kathlaur Kushlian Wildlife Sanctuary

Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajasthan Jawahar Sagar WLS

Kailadevi WLS

Mount Abu WLS

Ramsagar WLS

Sawai Man Singh WLS

Shergarh WLS

Sitamata WLS

Sambhar Wildlife Sanctuary


Bhainsrodgarh wildlife Sanctuary

Jawahar Sagar, Wildlife Sanctuary

Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary

Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh Asan Bradge Bird Watching

Chilla Wildlife Sanctuary

Kaimoor Sanctuary

Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

National Chambal Sanctuary

Okhla Bird Sanctuary

Samaspur Wildlife Sanctuary

Sohagi Barwa Sanctuary

West Bengal Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary

Bethudahari Wildlife Sanctuary

Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary

Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary

Haliday Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Jore Pokhri Wildlife Sanctuary

Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Rajganj Wildlife Sanctuary

Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary


12. STATE CHIEF MINISTERS AND GOVERNORS

S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

1

Andhra Pradesh

Jagan Reddy Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan

2 Andaman & Nicobar (UT)

U.T Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi

3 Arunachal Pradesh

Shri Pema Khandu Retired Brigadier BD Mishra

4

Assam

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Shri Jagdish Mukhi

5 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Shri Lalji Tandon

6 Chandigarh (UT) U.T Shri V.P. Singh Badnore

7 Chhatisgarh Shri Bhupesh Baghel

Anandi Ben Patel

8

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(UT)

U.T

Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS

9 Daman and Diu (UT)

U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS

10 Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal

Anil Baijal

11 Goa Shri Pramod Sawant Smt. Mridula Sinha

12 Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai

R. Rupani

Shri Om Prakash Kohli

13 Haryana Shri Manohar Lal Satyadev Narayan Arya

14 Himachal Pradesh Shri Jairam Thakur Shri Acharya Dev Vrat


15 Jammu and

Kashmir

Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed

Shri Satya Pal Malik

16 Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das Smt. Draupadi Murmu

17 Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Shri Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam

18 Lakshadweep (UT)

U.T Shri Vijay Kumar IAS

19 Madhya Pradesh

Shri Kamal Nath Anandi Ben Patel

20 Maharashtra

Shri Devendra Fadnavis

Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao

21

Manipur

Shri Nongthombam Biren Singh

Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

22. Jharkhad Shri Raghubar Das Smt. Draupadi Murmu

23 Meghalya Conrad Sangma Shri Tathgata Roy

24. Mizoram Zoramthanga Shri Kummanam Rajasekharan

25. Nagaland Shri. Neiphiu Rio Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

26. Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik Shri Ganeshi Lal

27. Puducherry (UT)

Shri. V. Narayanasamy Dr. Kiran Bedi

28. Punjab Capt. Amrinder Singh Shri V.P. Singh Badnore

29 Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot Shri Kalyan Singh

30

Sikkim

Shri P S GOLAY Shri Ganga Prasad

31 Tamil Nadu

Edappadi K Palaniswami

Shri. Barnwarilal Purohit


32. Telangana Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao

Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan (Add. Charge)

33. Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki

34 Uttar Pradesh

Shri Yogi Aadityanath Shri Ram Naik

35 Uttarakhand

Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat

Baby Rani Maurya

36 West Bengal

Km. Mamata Banerjee Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi

13. STATES FESTIVELS

State Festival

Andhra Pradesh Brahmotsavam, Ugadi or the Telugu

New Year, Dasara, Sri Rama Navami,

Deccan festival, Durga festival.

Arunachal Pradesh Solung, Losar Festival, Murung, Reh,

Mopin, Boori Boot, Monpa festval.

Assam Ambubasi festival, Bohag Bihu,

Baishagu festival, Majuli festival,

Dehing Patkai festival, Pragjyothi

dance festival.

Bihar Bihula, Chhath Puja, Madhushravani,

Rajgir Dance festival.


Goa Fontainhas Festival of Art, sunburn festival,

Ladainha, Mando Festival, Ghumot fest,

Chikalkalo.

Gujarat Kite Festival, Holi, Modhera Dance

Festival, Saptak Music Festival.

Haryana Baisakhi festival.

Jammu and Kashmir Dosmuchey festival, Matho Narang,

Gemis Festival, Galdan Namchot.

Jharkhand Sarhul, Dansi, Karma, Hal Punhya, Rohin,

Bandna.

Karnataka Pattadakal Dance festival, Gudi Padwa.

Kerala Onam, Nishagandhi festival, vaikathashtami

festival.

Madhya Pradesh Tejaji Fair, Khajuraho festival.

Maharashtra Kalidas festival, Chikoo Utsav.

Manipur Yaoshang, Chavang Kut.

Meghalaya

Nongkrem Dance Festival,

Wangala Festival, Bob Dylan festival, Ahaia festival.

Mizoram ChapcharKut Festival

Nagaland Hornbill Festival, Moatsu festival, Hornbill festival.

Odisha Konark festival, International sand art festival.

Punjab Lohri.

Rajasthan

Gangaur Festival, Bundi Utsav, Desert

festival, Braj festival, Shekhawati festival,

Matasya festival.


Sikkim Saga Dawa

Tamil Nadu

Pongal, Thaipoosam, Jallikattu festival,

Natyanjali festival.

Telangana Bonalu

Tripura Kharchi Puja

Kumbh Mela, Ram Leela. Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand Ganga Dusshera

West Bengal Durga Puja, Nandikar National Theatre festival.

14. International Organizations & Headquater

International Organizations Headquarter

United Nations Organization

(UN) New York, US

United Nations Children’s

Fund (UNICEF) New York, US

United Nations Populations

Fund (UNFPA) New York, US

United Nations Conference on Trade &

Development

(UNCTAD)

Geneva, Switzerland

World Health Organization

(WHO) Geneva, Switzerland

World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland

International LabourOrganisation (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland

World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland


World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland

World Intellectual Property Organisation Geneva, Switzerland

International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Paris, France

Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)

Paris, France

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

Vienna, Austria

International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Vienna, Austria

Amnesty International London, UK

International Maritime Organisation London, UK

Commonwealth of Nations

London, UK

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Kathmandu, Nepal

Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta, Indonesia

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Singapore

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium

International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE

Food & Agricultural

Organisation (FAO) Rome, Italy


International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland

International Olympic

Committee Lausanne, Switzerland

The Fédération Internationale

de Football Association (FIFA) Zurich, Switzerland

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

(OPCW)

The Hague, The Netherlands

World Wide Fund for Nature

(WWF)

Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland,

Vaud, Switzerland

Asian Infrastructure Beijing, China

Investment Bank (AIIB)

New Development Bank

(BRICS Development Bank) Shanghai, China

Asian Development Bank

(ADB) Manila, Philippines

International Monetary Fund

(IMF) Washington DC, US

World Bank

Washington DC, US


15. LIST OF IMPORTANT AIRPORTS IN INDIA

Airport City State/UT

Kempegowda International

Airport

Bangalore Karnataka

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Intl.Airport

Kolkata West Bengal

Rajiv Gandhi International

Airport

Hyderabad Telangana

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International

Airport

Ahmedabad Gujarat

Chaudhary Charan Singh Intl. Airport

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Intl.

Airport

Guwahati Assam

Srinagar Airport Srinagar J&K

Biju Patnaik International

Airport

Bhubaneswar Odisha

Visakhapatnam Airport

Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport

Indore Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Intl.

Airport

Nagpur Maharashtra

Lok Nayak Jayaprakash

Airport

Patna Bihar


Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International

Airport

Amritsar Punjab

Swami Vivekananda Airport

Raipur Chhattisgarh

Bagdogra Airport Bagdogra West Bengal

Veer Savarkar International

Airport

Port Blair andaman&Nicobar Islands

Birsa Munda Airport

Ranchi Jharkhand

Maharana Pratap Airport

Udaipur Rajasthan

Raja Bhoj International

Airport

Bhopal Madhya Pradesh

Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun Uttrakhand

Rajahmundry Airport

Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh

Silchar Airport Silchar Assam

Lengpui Airport Aizwal Mizoram

Zaruki International

Airport

Shillong Meghalaya

Daporijo Airport Daporijo Arunachal Pradesh

Tezu Airport Tezu Arunachal Pradesh

Kandla Airport Kandla Gujarat

Sonari Airport Jamshedpur Jharkhand

Birsa Munda Airport

Ranchi Jharkhand

Agatti Aerodrome Agatti Lakshadweep


16. IMPORTANT STOKE EXCHANGES IN WORLD

Stoke Exchange Country

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) New York City, US

NASDAQ OMX New York City, US

Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo, Japan

London Stock Exchange London, UK

Shanghai Stock Exchange Shanghai, China

BM&F Bovespa Sao Paul, Brazil

Deutsche Börse Frankfurt, Germany

JSE Limited Johannesburg, South Africa.

Borsa Italia Milan, Italy

Montreal Exchange (MSE) Montreal, Canada

Nordic: Baltic market (OMX) Stockholm, Sweden

Bolsa de Madrid (Madrid Stock

Exchange)

Madrid, Spain

Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Bhutan

NIKKEI Japan

National Stoke Exchange India


17. CENSUS 2011

1) The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which

623.7 million (51.54%) are males&586.46 million (48.46%) are females. The major highlights of the Census 2011 (Provisional figures) are as under: *The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011.

2) %age growth in 2001-2011 is 17.64; males 17.19&females 18.12. 3) *Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the country followed by Maharashtra with

112 million.

Slogan Our census, Our Future

India's 1st Census 1872

2011 Census is 15th Census

Total Population 1,21,01,93,422

India's Rank in population 2nd with 17.5% (1st China with 19%)

Most Populous State Uttar Pradesh

Least Populous State Sikkim

Most Literate State Kerala (93.9%)

Least Literate State Bihar (63.82%)

National Sex Ratio Female : Male (940 : 1000)

Highest Sex Ratio (State) Kerala (1084 : 1000)

Lowest Sex Ratio (State) Haryana

Highest Sex Ratio (UT) Puducherry

Least Sex Ratio (UT) Damn & Dayyu (61 : 1000)

Literacy of Male 82.14%

Literacy of Female 65.46%


Population Growth Rate 17.64%

Highest fertility Rate Meghalaya

Most literate union territory Lakshadweep (92.2%)

Least literate Union Territory Dadra Nagar & Haweli

Least literate Union Territory Dadra Nagar & Haweli

Highest Density of Population Bihar (1102 sq.km)

Lowest Density of Population Arunachal Pradesh (17)

Total number of districts 640

Density of Population in India 382 sq. km

Increase in population (during 2001-2011)

181 million

18. 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 Production

Round Revolution Potato

Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton


Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry Production

White Revolution (In India: Operation

Flood)

Milk/Dairy production

Yellow Revolution Oil Seeds production

Evergreen Revolution Overall development of Agriculture

19. INTERNATIONAL BORDERS/BOUNDARY LINES

Borders/Boundary Lines Between two Countries

Durand Line Afghanistan & Pakistan

Hindenburg Line Germany & Poland.

Mason-dixon Line Line of demarcation between four states in the United States.

Mannerheim Line Russia-Finland border.

Macmahon Line India & China

Medicine Line Canada & the United States

Order-neisse Line Poland & Germany

Radcliffe Line India & Pakistan.

Siegfried Line Germany on its border with France.

17th Parallel North Vietnam & South Vietnam

26th Parallel south Africa, Australia & South America

30TH PARALLEL Equator & the North Pole

38th Parallel Separates North Korea&South Korea.

42nd Parallel north New York - Pennsylania Border.

49th Parallel USA&Canada


20. IMPORTANT STATIC QUESTIONS

1. World Development Report is annually published by A. UNESCO B. International Monetary Fund C. World Trade Organization D. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development E. None of these

2. Who among the following is the author of the book “The God of Small Things”? A. Arundhati Roy B. Kiran Desai C. Namita Gokhale D. VS Naipul E. None of these

3. Baglihar Dam has been a matter of dispute between which nations? A. India and Pakistan B. India and China C. Myanmar and China D Bangladesh and Myanmar

E. None of these

4. Which of the following venues has hosted the Summer Olympic Games the maximum number of times? A. Los Angles B. London C. Paris D. Athens E. None of these

5. Which country has the longest coastline? A. India B. Canada C. Australia D. USA E. None of these

6. Which of the following was the first host country to win the Cricket World Cup? A. Australia B. West Indies C. India D. England E. None of these


7. Which of the following is a term NOT connected with stock exchange in India? A. Nifty B. Hawala C. Badla D. SEBI E. None of these

8. Which of the following constitutes the World Bank? A. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development B. International Finance Corporation C. International Development Association D. International Monetary Fund

A. Only B and D B. Only A and D C. Only C and D D. Only A, B and C E. None of these

9. World Heart Day is observed on- A. 20 September B. 19 September C. 29 September D. 25 September E. None of these

10. The White Revolution is associated with- A. J V Narlikar B. MS Swaminathan C. Verghese Kurien D. JC Bose E. None of these

11. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) headquartered in:- A. Sydney, Australia B. Geneva, Switzerland C. New York, United States D. WC, United States E. None of these

12. Name the Governor of Tamil Nadu. A. Padmanabha Acharya B. Konijeti Rosaiah C. Shriniwas Patil D. Banwarilal Purohit


E. None of these

13. Currency of China is? A. Pound B. Yen C. Renminbi D. Rand E. None of these

14. Where is the Headquarter of Indian Bank? A. Mumbai B. Chennai C. Bangalore D. New Delhi E. None of these

15. Which of the following country is not the member of the SAARC? A. Africa B. Bhutan C. Bangladesh D. Afghanistan E. None of these

16. Name the current 16th Lok sabha speaker. A. Shri Somnath Chatterjee B. Meira Kumar C. Sumitra Mahajan D. Sh. Manohar Joshi E. None of these

17. On the banks of which river, Madhya Pradesh is situated? A. Chambal B. Narmada C. Tapi D. Chambal E. All of the above

18. Which of the following airport is in Madhya Pradesh? A. Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal B. Dumna Airport C. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport D. Raja Bhoj International Airport E. All of the above

19. Where is Jawaharlal Nehru port situated?


A. New Delhi B. International Monetary Fund C. Kolkata D. Mumbai E. None of these

20. Deutsche Bundes Bank is central bank of which country? A. Russia B. Nepal C. Germany D. France E. None of these

21. The Headquarter of Universal Postal Union is located in-

A. Berne

B. Rome C. Brussels D. London E. None of these

22. The Headquarter of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is located in- A. Washington DC

B. Vienna C. New York D. Paris E. None of these

23. Who is the MD and CEO of Oriental Bank of Commerce ? A. Animesh Chauhan B. Mahesh Kumar Jain C. Ashwini Kumar D. Rajeev Rishi E. None of these

24. Who is the MD and CEO of Canara Bank? A. Sushil Muhnto B. P.S.Jaykumar C. Rakesh Sharma D. Rakesh Sethi E. None of these

25. Sushma Swaraj belongs to which constituency? A. Rajapur B. Deoria C. Vidisha


D. Nagpur E. None of these

26. Ramvilas Paswan belongs to which constituency?

A. Varanasi B. Hajipur

C. Warrangal D. Gorakhpur E. None of these F.

27. Who wrote the Book "Discovery of India"? A. Sir Thomas Moor B. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru C. Jonathan Swift D. Charles Darwin E. None of these

28. Who wrote the Book "Origin of species"? A. Sir Thomas Moor B. Charles Darwin C. .M.Forster

D. Jonathan Swift E. None of these 29. Rihand dam is situated in which state? A. Tamil Nadu B. Chhattisgarh C. Uttar Pradesh D. Sikkim E. None of these

30. Teesta-V dam is situated in which state? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Tamil Nadu C. Chhattisgarh D. Sikkim E. None of these

31. “Where every individual is committed” is which bank’s tagline- A. State Bank of India B. Union Bank of India C. Oriental Bank of Commerce D. Indian Overseas Bank E. None of these

32. Sikka Thermal Power Station is located in which state


A. Krba, Chhattisgarh B. Durg, Chhattisgarh C. Jamnager, Gujarat D. Gondia, Maharashtra E. None of these

33. Which city is known as Sun city of india . A. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh B. Jodhpur, Rajasthan C. Udaipur, Rajasthan D. Jaipur, Rajasthan E. None of these

34. Deodhar Trophy is associated with which game/sports- A. Football B. Hockey C. Cricket

D. Tennis E. None of these

35. Buddh international circuit stadium location in A. Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat B. Jaipur, Rajasthan C. Patna, Bihar D. Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh E. None of these

36. Who is the minister of chemical and fertilizers of India A. Ashok Gajapathi Raju B. Ravi Shankar Prasad C. Kalraj Mishra D. Ananth kumar E. None of these

37. Which state has lowest rural population according to census 2011- A. Maharastra B. Sikkim C. Goa D. Punjab E. None of these

38. Paralamdi Trophy is associated with the game of A. Badminton B. Cricket C. Golf D. Hockey


E. None of these

39. New member country of European Union A. Latvia B. South Sudan C. Croatia D. Slovenia E. None of these

40. Which of the following cities is known as the Manchester of South India? A. Munnar B. Coimbatore

C. Hyderabad D. Mysore E. None of these

41. In which of the following countries is the headquarters of Asian Development Bank is located? A. Indonesia B. Singapore C. Philippines D. Thailand E. None of these

42. Zaman is one of the most circulated and major newspaper of- A. Turkey B. Iran

C. Iraq D. Jordon E. None of these

43. In which of the following state is Devi Talab Mandir located? A. Haryana B. Punjab C. Rajasthan D. Uttarakhand E. None of these

44. World Animals Day is observed on . A. 8th November B. 28th November C. 8th October D. 4th October E. None of these

45. Which among the following awards is given in the field of Medicine?


A. Kaidas Samman B. Phalke Ratna Award C. B. C. Roy Award D. All the above E. None of these

46. Amisha Tripathi is the author of which of the following books? A. The Immortals of Meluha B. Girl of Heaven C. Smoking Boy D. 3 iditos E. None of these

47. Kyoto Prize is the highest private of which among the following countries? A. South Korea B. Indonesia C. Japan D. China E. None of these

48. Bamako is the capital city of . A. Mali B. Sierra Leone C. Gambia D. Sierra Leone E. None of these

49. In which of the following Indian state is Pakhui Tiger Reserve Located? A. Chhattisgarh B. Arunachal Pradesh C. Meghalaya D. Uttarakhand E. None of these

50. In which of the following cities is Aishbagh Stadium located? A. Jaipur B. Chandigarh C. Bhopal D. Raipur E. None of these

51. The festival celebrated as New Year of the state Andhra Pradesh is- A. Perantam B. Peda Pandagh C. Vinayaka Chauthhi


D. Yugadi E. None of these

52. Manas Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for- A. Water Buffalo B. Elephant C. Tiger D. Rhinoceros E. None of these

53. Brahmaputra River flows along which town? A. Cuttack B. Haridwar C. Dibrugarh D Ferozpur

E. None of these

54. Commonwealth of Nations is headquartered at- A. Brussels B. London C. Jakarta D. Athens E. None of these

55. Captain Roop Singh Stadium is located in which among the following cities in India? A. Gwalior B. Gwalior C. Bhubaneswar D. Surat E. None of these

56. What is the currency of Israel?

A. Dinar B. Tenge C. shekel D. Rial E. None of these

57. “Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective” is the book written by A. Anup Ashok Sardesai B. Dr. Subhash Chandra C. Prof Alexander D. Haper Lee E. None of these


58. Sucre is the capital city of A. Bhutan B. Bulgaria C. Bolivia D. Bermuda E. None of these

59. International Mother Earth Day is observed on- A. 22nd August B. 22nd July C. 22nd April D. 22nd May E. None of these

60. Which of the following is the folk dance of Rajasthan . A. Dumhal B. Ghoomar C. Changu D. Bhangra E. None of these

61. Monkey Buffet Festival is very famous in- A. Spain B. Thailand C. Malaysia

D. Peru E. None of these

62. Corbillion Cup is associated with- A. Billiards

B. Golf C. Table Tennis D. Hockey E. None of these

63. The 49th Parallel Line is in between USA and- A. South America B. Russia C. Canada D Mexico

E. None of these

64. The famous Dast-e-Lut Desert is in- A. Peru


B. Syria C. Iran D. Iraq E. None of these

65. The Lake Baikal is in which of the following country- A. Canada B. Mexico C. Russia D. Tanzania E. None of these

66. WAFA is the News Agency of which of the following country- A. Australia B. West Indies C. Palestine D. England E. None of these

67. St Basil’s Cathedral is the famous monument in- A. Russia B. London C. Germany D. Greece E. None of these

68. JSE Limited is the Stock Exchange of which of the following country- A. Finland B. China C. Spain D. South Africa E. None of these

69. Khartoum is the Capital of which of the following country- A. Bermuda B. Sudan

C. Serbia

D. Jordan E. None of these

70. Which of the follwing country’s currency is not Euro? A. Andorra B. Monaco C. San Marino

D. Djibouti


E. None of these

71. Hopman Cup is Associated with which sport- A. Lychee City

B. Place of victory C. City of Pearls D. Cultural City E. None of these

72. Karma is the famous dance form of which among the following states? A. Madhya Pradesh B. Meghalaya C. Manipur D. Mizoram E. None of these

73. Baglihar Dam has been a matter of dispute between which nations? A. India and Pakistan

B. India and China C. Myanmar and China D Bangladesh and Myanmar

E. None of these

74. Ranjit Sagar Dam situated in which state? A. Odisha B. Punjab C. Kerala D. Haryana E. None of these

75. Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam situated in which state? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Punjab C. Himachal Pradesh D. Tamil Nadu E. None of these

76. Idukki situated in which of the following state? A. Tamil Nadu B. Kerala C. Karnataka D. Rajasthan E. None of these


77. Durgapur Barrage situated in which state? A. Jharkhand B. Haryana C. Orissa D. West Bengal E. None of these

78. Zaruki International Airport situated in which state? A. Kerala B. Andhra Pradesh C. Manipur D. Meghalaya E. None of these

79. Gomateshwara Temple located in which state? A. Kerala B. Maharashtra C. Karnataka D. Rajasthan E. None of these

80. Who among the following is not a recipient of Bharat Ratna Award? A. Karnataka B. Madhya Pradesh C. Maharashtra D. West Bengal E. None of these

81. Gir Forest National Park is located in which state? A. Assam B. Punjab C. Gujarat D. Haryana E. None of these

82. Nohkalikai Falls is located in which of the following state- A. Kerala B. Meghalaya C. Odisha D. Karnataka E. None of these

83. Vantawng Falls is located in which of the following state-


A. Bihar B. Nagaland C. Mizoram D Jammu and Kashmir

E. None of these

84. Sardar Sarover Gujarat Dam is across which river? A. Ravi B. Narmada C. Yamuna D. Brahmaputra E. None of these

85. Supa Dam is across which among the following rivers? A. Kilivillithode B. Kilivillithode C. Idamalayar D. Kali Nadi E. None of these

86. Ojapali is the famous dance form of which among the following states? A. Nagaland B. Telangana C. Assam

D. Andhra Pradesh E. None of these

87. Which of the following dance forms does not belong to Haryana? A. Dhama B. Tarangamel C. Swang D. Loor E. None of these

88. What is the currency of Bhutan? A. Ngultrum B. Taka C. Yuan


D. Peso E. None of these

89. Abuja is the capital city of which among the following countries? A. Ukraine B. Syria C. Nigeria D. Yemen E. None of these

90. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which of the following state? A. Rajasthan B. Karnataka

C. Madhya Pradesh

D. Maharashtra E. None of these

91. The world senior citizen day is celebrated on A. 19 august B. 20 August C. 21 August

D. 22 August E. None of these

92. Barauni Thermal Power Station is located in which state A. Shahjahanpur,UP B. Sonebhadra, UP C. Bokaro,Jharkhand D. Begusarai,Bihar E. None of these

93. Confederation cup associated with which game A. Badminton B. Cricket C. Hockey

D Football E. None of these

94. World ozone day is celebrated on A. September 17 B. September 16 C. November 16


D. November 20 E. None of these

95. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in

A. Chhattisgarh B. Assam C. Kerala D. Karnataka E. None of these

96. National Statistics Day day is celebrated on

A. 20 may B. 29 july C. 29 june

D. 20 june E. None of these

97. What is the capital of Dadar& Nagar Haveli A. Port Blair

B. Kavaratti C. Silvassa D. Daman E. None of these

98. NASDAQ (National Association of securities dealers Automated Quotation System) stock exchange is of which country A. United Kingdom B. China C. Japan D. United States E. None of these

99. Where is the headquarter of NABARD A. Ahmedabad B. Kolkata C. Mumbai D. New Delhi E. None of these

100. Which of the following country is not a member of ASEAN . A. Laos B. Cambodia

C. India

D. Malaysia

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