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List of New Appointments in India 2015

Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General

India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General

National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T.Nanda Kumar, Chairperson

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) : S. K. Roy, Chairman

Central Water Commission : Ashwin Pandya, Chairman

National Commission for Women : Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam, Chairperson

14th Finance Commission : Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Chairman

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman

National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman

National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval

National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director

National Security Guard (NSG) : Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, Director-General

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General

Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Arvind Ranjan, Director-General

Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Parkash Mishra, Director-General

Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director- General

Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General

National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) : Ramesh Sippy, Chairman

United News of India : Ravindra Kumar, Chairman

Press Trust of India (PTI) : Mahendra Mohan Gupta, Chairman

Indian Newspaper Society (INS) : Kiran B. Vadodaria, President

National Institution for Transforming India (NitiAayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman

Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General : ShumsherK. Sheriff

National Institution for TransformingIndia (Niti Aayog) : Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman

Chief Election Commissioner : Harishankar Brahma

Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi

Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman

Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President

National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman

Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Ms. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson

National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan,Governor

Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman

Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman

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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K.Tewari, Chairman

Investment Commission : Ratan Tata, Chairman

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) :Jagmohan Dalmiya, President

NASSCOM : R. Chandrasekaran, Chairman

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra

National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice V. Eshwaraiah, Chairman

Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman

Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla

Central Administrative Tribunal : Justice Syed Rafat Alam, Chairman

National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) : R.S.T. Sai, CMD

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) : R. S. Sharma, CMD

GAIL : B. C. Tripathi, CMD

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) : S. Behuria, Chairman

Oil India Ltd : Sunil Kumar Srivastava, CMD

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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : U. K. Sinha, Chairman

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) : Dr. Harsh Kumar

Bhanwala, Chairman

State Bank of India (SBI) : Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman

Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) : M. S. Raghavan, Chairman

Company Law Board : Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, Chairman

India's Permanent Representative to UN : Hardeep Singh Puri

Law Commission : Justice D. K. Jain, Chairman

Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General

University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman

Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman

National Statistical Commission : Dr. Pronob Sen, Chairman

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) : Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) : Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Director-General

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) : Dr. Rahul Khullar, Chairman

Enforcement Directorate : Dr. Rajan Katoch, Director

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) : R. V. Verma, Chairman

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director

Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Dineshwar Sharma,Director

National Human Right Commission (NHRC) : Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson

Cabinet Secretary : Ajit Kumar Seth

Indian Olympic Association : N. Ramachandran, President

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : Ajay S.Shriram, President

Prasar Bharti Board : Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman


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Kisan Vikas Patra scheme Union Government re-launched Kisan Vikas Patra scheme (KVP) in New Delhi to encourage the habit

of small savings among the citizens. The scheme will soon be made available through designated

branches of nationalized banks across the country.

The KVP will be available to the investors in the denomination of 1000, 5000, 10000 and 50000

rupees with no upper ceiling on investment.

Key Points :

• Amount Invested doubles in 100 months (8 years & 4 months)

• Available in denominations of Rs 1,000, 5000, 10,000 and Rs 50,000. Minimum deposit Rs 1000/-

and no maximum limit.

• Certificate can be purchased by an adult for himself or on behalf of a minor or by two adults.

• KVP can be purchased from any Departmental Post office.

• Facility of nomination is available.

• Certificate can be transferred from one person to another and from one post office to another.

• Certificate can be encashed after 2 & 1/2 years from the date of issue.

Countries and Currency

Country Currency

Afghanistan Afghani

Algeria Dinar

Andorra Euro

Angola New Kwanza

Albania Lek

Argentina Peso

Armenia Dram

Australia Australian dollar

Austria Euro (formerly schilling)

Azerbaijan Manat

Bahamas Bahamian dollar

Bahrain Bahrain dinar

Bangladesh Taka

Barbados Barbados dollar

Belarus Belorussian ruble

Belgium Euro (formerly Belgian franc)

Belize Belize dollar

Benin CFA Franc

Bhutan Ngultrum

Bolivia Boliviano

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marka

Botswana Pula

Brazil Real

Brunei Brunei dollar

Bulgaria Lev

Burkina Faso CFA Franc

Burundi Burundi franc

Cambodia Riel

Cameroon CFA Franc

Canada Canadian dollar

Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo

Central African Republic

CFA Franc

Chad CFA Franc

Chile Chilean Peso

China Yuan/Renminbi

Colombia Colombian Peso

Comoros Franc

Congo, Democratic

Republic of the

Congolese franc

Congo, Republic of

CFA Franc

Costa Rica Colón

Côte d'Ivoire CFA Franc

Croatia Kuna

Cuba Cuban Peso


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Cyprus Cyprus pound

Czech Republic Koruna

Denmark Krone

Djibouti Djibouti franc

Dominica East Caribbean dollar

Dominican Republic

Dominican Peso

East Timor U.S. dollar

Ecuador U.S. dollar

Egypt Egyptian pound

El Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar

Equatorial Guinea

CFA Franc

Eritrea Nakfa

Estonia Kroon

Ethiopia Birr

Fiji Fiji dollar

Finland Euro (formerly markka)

France Euro (formerly French franc)

Gabon CFA Franc

Gambia Dalasi

Georgia Lari

Germany Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)

Ghana Cedi

Greece Euro (formerly drachma)

Grenada East Caribbean dollar

Guatemala Quetzal

Guinea Guinean franc

Guinea-Bissau CFA Franc

Guyana Guyanese dollar

Haiti Gourde

Honduras Lempira

Hungary Forint

Iceland Icelandic króna

India Rupee

Indonesia Rupiah

Iran Rial

Iraq U.S. dollar

Ireland Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])

Israel Shekel

Italy Euro (formerly lira)

Jamaica Jamaican dollar

Japan Yen

Jordan Jordanian dinar

Kazakhstan Tenge

Kenya Kenya shilling

Kiribati Australian dollar

Korea, North Won

Korea, South Won

Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar

Kyrgyzstan Som

Laos New Kip

Latvia Lats

Lebanon Lebanese pound

Lesotho Maluti

Liberia Liberian dollar

Libya Libyan dinar

Liechtenstein Swiss franc

Lithuania Litas

Luxembourg Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)

Macedonia Denar

Madagascar Malagasy franc

Malawi Kwacha

Malaysia Ringgit

Maldives Rufiya

Mali CFA Franc

Malta Euro

Mauritania Ouguiya

Mauritius Mauritian rupee

Mexico Mexican peso

Moldova Leu

Monaco Euro

Mongolia Tugrik

Montenegro Euro

Morocco Dirham

Mozambique Metical

Myanmar Kyat

Namibia Namibian dollar

Nauru Australian dollar

Nepal Nepalese rupee

Netherlands Euro (formerly guilder)

New Zealand New Zealand dollar

Nicaragua Gold cordoba

Niger CFA Franc

Nigeria Naira

Norway Norwegian krone

Oman Omani rial

Pakistan Pakistan rupee

Palau U.S. dollar used

Palestinian State

(proposed)

New Israeli shekels, Jordanian dinars, U.S. dollars

Panama balboa; U.S. dollar

Papua New Guinea

Kina

Paraguay Guaraní

Peru Nuevo sol (1991)

Philippines Peso

Poland Zloty

Portugal Euro (formerly escudo)

Qatar Qatari riyal

Romania Leu

Russia Ruble

Rwanda Rwanda franc

St. Kitts and Nevis

East Caribbean dollar

St. Lucia East Caribbean dollar

St. Vincent and Grenadines

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Samoa Tala

San Marino Euro

São Tome and Príncipe

Dobra

Saudi Arabia Riyal

Senegal CFA Franc

Serbia Yugoslav new dinar.

Seychelles Seychelles rupee

Sierra Leone Leone

Singapore Singapore dollar

Slovakia Koruna

Slovenia Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands dollar

Somalia Somali shilling

South Africa Rand

Spain Euro (formerly peseta)

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka rupee

Sudan Dinar

Suriname Surinamese dollar

Swaziland Lilangeni

Sweden Krona

Switzerland Swiss franc

Syria Syrian pound

Taiwan Taiwan dollar

Tajikistan somoni

Tanzania Tanzanian shilling

Thailand baht

Togo CFA Franc

Tonga Pa'anga

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Tunisia Tunisian dinar

Turkey Turkish lira (YTL)

Turkmenistan Manat

Tuvalu Australian dollar

Uganda Ugandan new shilling

Ukraine Hryvna

United Arab Emirates

U.A.E. dirham

United Kingdom

Pound sterling (£)

United States dollar

Uruguay Uruguay peso

Uzbekistan Uzbekistani sum

Vanuatu Vatu

Vatican City (Holy See)

Euro

Venezuela Bolivar

Vietnam Dong

Western Sahara

(proposed state)

Tala

Yemen Rial

Zambia Kwacha

Zimbabwe Zimbabwean dollar

Countries and Capitals

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirana

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua & Barbuda - Saint John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Al-Manamah

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative); Sucre

(judicial)

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasilia

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaounde

Canada - Ottawa

Cape Verde - Praia

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Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogota

Comoros - Moroni

Congo - Brazzaville

Congo Democratic Republic of the -

Kinshasa

Costa Rica - San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire - Abidjan

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti City

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor - Dili

Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - Saint George's

Guatemala - Guatemala City

Guinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem

Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Astana

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll

Korea North - Pyongyang

Korea South - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Macedonia - Skopje

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia - Palikir

Moldova - Chisinau

Monaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar




Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon

(Yangon); Nay Pyi Taw

(administrative)

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - no official capital;

government offices in Yaren District

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Melekeok

Palestinian State*

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asuncion

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -

Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (executive);

Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein

(judicial)

South Sudan - Juba

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo; Sri

Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Swaziland - Mbabane

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bernd

Syria - Damascus

Taiwan - Taipei

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dar es Salaam; Dodoma

(legislative)

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lome

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti

province

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kyiv

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States of America -

Washington D.C.

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port-Vila

Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sanaa




Zambia - Lusaka Zimbabwe - Harare

Important Dates January

Jan 1st: Global Family Day, Army

Medical Corps Establishment Day

Jan 8th: African National Congress

Foundation Day

Jan 9th: NRI Day

Jan 10th: World Laughter Day

Jan 11th: Death anniversary of Lal

Bahadur Shastri

Jan 12th: National youth Day, Birth Day

of Swami Vivekanand

Jan 15th: Army Day (India)

Jan 23rd: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's

Birth Anniversary

Jan 25th: Tourism Day (India), Indian

Voters Day

Jan 26th: Republic Day

Jan 28th: Birth Anniversary of Lala

Lajpat Rai

Jan 30th: Martyr's Day (Mahatma

Gandhi's Martyrdom Day), Sarvodaya

Day, World Leprosy Eradication Day

February

Feb 2nd: World Wetlands Day

Feb 4th: World Cancer Day

Feb 13th: Sarojini Naydu's Birth

Anniversiry, World Radio Day

(UNESCO)

Feb 14th: Valantine's Day

2nd Sunday of Feb: World Marriage Day

Feb 20th: World Day of Social Justice

Feb 21st: World Mother Language Day

Feb 24th: Central Excise Day

Feb 28th: National Science Day (India)

March

Mar 3rd: National Defence Day

Mar 4th: National Security Day

Mar 8th: World Women's Day, World

Litrecy Day

Mar 9th: CISF Raising Day

Mar 14th: Pi Day

Mar 15th: World Consumer Day, World

Disabled Day

Mar 16th: National Vaccination Day

Mar 20th: World Happiness Day

Mar 21st: World Foresrty Day, World

Poetry Day

3rd Friday of Mar: World Sleep Day

Mar 22nd: World Water Day

Mar 23rd: World Meterological Day

Mar 24th: World TB Day

Mar 27th: World Theatre Day

April




Apr 1st: April Fool's Day

Apr 2nd: World Autism Awareness Day

(UN)

Apr 5th: National Meritime Day

Apr 7th: World Health Day

Apr 13th: Janllian Wallah Bagh Massacre

Day

Apr 14th: B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance

Day

Apr 18th: World Heritage Day

Apr 21st: Civil Services Day

Apr 22nd: World Earth Day

Apr 23rd: World Books Day, World

Copyright Day

Apr 25th: World Maleria Day (WHO)

Apr 26th: World Intellectual Property

Day (UN)

May

May 1st: World Labour Day,

Maharashtra Day

May 3rd: International Energy Day,

World Asthma Day

May 4th: Coal Minor's Day

May 5th: World Midwives Day

First Tuesday: World Asthma Day

May 8th: World Red Cross and Red

Cresent Day

May 11th: National Technology Day

May 15th: International Family Day

May 17th: World Telecom Day

May 21st: National Anti Terrorism Day

May 24th: Commonwealth Day

May 31st: World No Tobacco Day

June

June 4th: World Day of Innocent

Children Victims of Aggresion

June 5th: International Environment

Day

June 8th: World Ocean Day

June 14th: World Blood Donor Day

June 20th: International Refugee Day

June 21st: International Music Day

July

July 1st: World Doctor's Day

July 4th: America Indipendence Day

July 11th: World Population Day

July 26th: Kargil Victory Day

July 29th: International Tiger Day

July 30th: World Friendship Day

August

Aug 6th: Hiroshima Day

Aug 8th: World Senior Citizen Day

Aug 9th: Quit India Movement Day

Aug 12th: World Youth Day

Aug 14th: Pakistan's Indipendence Day

Aug 15th: India's Indipendence Day

Aug 19th: World Phorography Day,

World Humanatarian Day




Aug 20th: National Sadbhawana Diwas

(India)

Aug 29th: National Sports Day

September

Sept 2nd: World Coconut Day

Sept 5th: National Teachers Day (Dr.

Radhakrishanan Birth Day Anniversiry),

Sanskrit Day

Sept 7th: World Forgiveness Day

Sept 8th: International Litrecy Day

Sept 14th: Hindi Day

Sept 15th: International Democracy Day,

World Endineer's Day

Sept 16th: World Ozone Day

Sept 21st: World Peace Day (UN), World

Alzheimer's Day

Sept 25th: Social Justice Day

Sept 27th: World Tourism Day

October

Oct 1st: World Day for Elderly (UN)

Oct 2nd: International Peace Day,

Gandhi Jayanti

Oct 3rd: World Nature Day

Oct 4th: World Animal Day

Oct 5th: World Teacher's Day

Oct 8th: National Airforce Day (India)

Oct 9th: International Post-Office Day

Oct 10th: National Post-Office Day,

World Mental Health Day

Oct 12th: World Sight Day

Oct 17th: International Poverty Day

Oct 20th: World Statatics Day

Oct 21st: National Police Day

Oct 24th: United Nation Day

Oct 28th: International Animation Day

Oct 30th: World Thrift Day

Oct 31st: National Intigration Day

November

Nov 7th: Infant Protection Day, World

Cancer Awareness Day

Nov 8th: International Radiology Day

Nov 9th: World Legel Service Day

Nov 10th: Transport Day

Nov 14th: National Children Day (Pt.

Jawahar Lal Nehru's Birth Anniversery),

World Diebities Day

Nov 17th: World Students Day

Nov 19th: World Men's Day

Nov 21st: World Hello Day, World

Television Day

Nov 26th: National Law Day

Nov 30th: National Flag Day

December

Dec 1st: World Aids Day

Dec 3rd: World Disability Day, World

Day of Handicapped

Dec 4th: National Navy Day

Dec 7th: National Army Flag Day




Dec 9th: International Anti-corruption

Day, National Girl Child Day(India)

Dec 10th: World Human Rights Day

Dec 11th: UNICEF Day

Dec 14th: National Energy Conservation

Day (India)

Dec 18th: National Migrants Day

Dec 19th: Goa's Libration Day

Dec 23rd: Farmer's Day, Kisaan Diwas

Dec 25th: Chrismas Day

List of 62nd National Film Awards 2015

Best Feature Film: "Court" (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)

Best Actor: Vijay ,"Nanu Avanalla Avalu" (Kannada)

Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut, "Queen" (Hindi)

Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment: "Mary Kom" (Hindi); Producer:

Viacom 18 Motion Pictures; Director: Omung Kumar

Best Film on Environment Conservation/ Preservation: "Ottaal" (Malayalam)

Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji, "Chotushkone" (Bengali)

Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa, "Jigarthanda" (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur, "Pagdi The Honour" (Haryanavi)

Best Male playback singer: Sukhwinder Singh "Haider" (Hindi) (Song: "Bismil")

Best Female playback singer: Uttara Unnikrishanan, "Saivam" (Tamil) (Song: "Azhagu")

Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia, "Haider" (Hindi)

Best Music Direction: i) Songs: Vishal Bharadwaj, "Haider" (Hindi)

ii) Background Score : Gopi Sunder, "1983" (Malayalam)

Best Hindi Film: "Queen", Producer: Phantom Films Pvt. Ltd. & Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Director : Vikas Bahl

Best Choreography: "Haider" (Hindi)

Best Assamese Film: "Othello"


Best Bengali Film: "Nirbashito"

Best Malayalam Film : "Ain"

Best Marathi Film: "Killa"

Best Odiya Film: "Aadim Vichar"

Best Punjabi Film Punjab: "1984"

Best Tamil Film: "Kuttram Kadithal"

Best Telugu Film: "Chandamama Kathalu"

Best Rabha Film: "Orong"

Best Haryanvi Film: "Pagdi The Honour"

Special Mention: "Ain" (Malayalam), "Nachom – IA Kumpasar" (Konkani) "Killa" (Marathi) &

"Bhootnath Returns" (Hindi)








Best Writing on Cinema: Pride of Tamil Cinema (Special Mention) G Dhananjayan

Best Writing on Cinema Silent Cinema: (1895-1930) Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao

Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

Best Short Fiction Film : "Mitraa", Producer: Athaansh Communications Director: Ravindra

Jadhav

Best Animation Film: "Sound of Joy", Producer: Aura Cinematics Director: Sukankan Roy

Animator: Rishi Sanay

Best Investigative Film: "Phum Shang", Producer: Films Division Director: Haobam Paban

Kumar

Adventure Film Life Force – "India's Western Ghats" Producer: Grey Films India Pvt. Ltd.

Director: Nallamuthu Subbiah

Best Educational Film: "Komal" & "Behind the Glass Wall"; Producer: Climb Media India

Pvt. Ltd.

Oscar Awards 2015

Best Picture: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers

Actor: Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything

Actress: Julianne Moore in Still Alice

Director: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons in Whiplash

Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette in Boyhood

Adapted Screenplay: The Imitation Game Written by Graham Moore

Animated Feature: Big Hero 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli

Documentary Feature: CitizenFour Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

Makeup and Hairstyling: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Foreign Language Film: Ida, Poland

Live Action Short Film: The Phone Call

Documentary Short Subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Sound Mixing: Whiplash

Sound Editing: American Sniper

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Visual Effects: Interstellar

Animated Short Film: Feast

Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6

Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Cinematography: Birdman

Film Editing: Whiplash

Documentary Feature: Citizen four

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Key Features of Budget 2015-2016

Credibility of Indian economy has been re-established in the last nine months.

Indian economy about to take-off on a fast growth trajectory.

Most growth forecasts have upgraded Indian economic growth while downgrading global economic growth.

Economically empowered States are equal partners to Indian economic growth.

Round the clock, round the year Government to pursue accelerated growth, enhanced investment for the benefit of all Indians.

Stock market - Second best performing in 2014.

Macro-economic stability and conditions for sustainable poverty alleviation, job creation and durable double digit economic growth have been achieved.

Restored the trust of the people on the Government by delivering on different areas.

Financial Inclusion - 12.5 crores families financially mainstreamed in 100 days.

Transparent Coal Block auctions to augment resources of the States.

Swachh Bharat is not only a programme to improve hygiene and cleanliness but has

become a movement to regenerate India.

Inflation declined - a structural shift

Monetary Policy Framework Agreement with RBI, to keep inflation below 6%.

GDP growth in 2015-16, projected to be between 8 to 8.5%.

Housing for all - 2 crore houses in Urban areas and 4 crore houses in Rural areas.

Basic facility of 24x7 power, clean drinking water, a toilet and road connectivity.

At least one member has access to means for livelihood.

Substantial reduction in poverty.

Electrification of the remaining 20,000 villages including off-grid Solar Power- by 2020.

Connecting each of the 1,78,000 un-connected habitation.

Providing medical services in each village and city.

Ensure a Senior Secondary School within 5 km reach of every child, while improving quality of education and learning outcomes.

To strengthen rural economy - increase irrigated area, improve the efficiency of existing irrigation systems, and ensure value addition and reasonable price for farm produce.

Ensure communication connectivity to all villages.

To make India, the manufacturing hub of the World through Skill India and the Make in India Programmes.

Encourage and grow the spirit of entrepreneurship - to turn youth into job creators.

Five major challenges: Agricultural income under stress, increasing investment in infrastructure, decline in manufacturing, resource crunch in view of higher devolution in taxes to states, maintaining fiscal discipline.

Direct Transfer of Benefits to be extended further with a view to increase the number of beneficiaries from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.

Major steps take to address the two major factors critical to agricultural production,

that of soil and water.

‘Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana’ to be fully supported.

‘Pradhanmantri Gram Sinchai Yojana’ to provide ‘Per Drop More Crop’.

`5,300 crore to support micro-irrigation, watershed development and the ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’. States urged to chip in.

Target of `8.5 lakh crore of agricultural credit during the year 2015-16.

Focus on improving the quality and effectiveness of activities under MGNREGA.

In lending, priority will be given to SC/ST enterprises.




A Trade Receivables discounting System (TReDS) which will be an electronic platform

for facilitating financing of trade receivables of MSMEs to be established.

Comprehensive Bankruptcy Code of global standards to be brought in fiscal 2015-16

towards ease of doing business.

Postal network with 1,54,000 points of presence spread across villages to be used for

increasing access of the people to the formal financial system.

Enabling provision made to exclude all services provided by the Government or local

authority to a business entity from the negative list.

Service-tax exemption to construction, erection, commissioning or installation of original

works pertaining to an airport or port withdrawn.

Transportation of agricultural produce to remain exempt from Service-tax.

Artificial heart exempt from basic custom duty of 5% and CVD.

Excise duty exemption for captively consumed intermediate compound coming into

existance during the manufacture of agarbathi.

Railway Budget: 2015-2016

No change in passenger fares. No hike.Current Affairs

Cleanliness is of prime importance, Integrated cleaning up will be taken up. This will include

private agencies.

We will bring over 600 new toilets.Current Affairs

This year alone, we plan to replace 17,000 old toilets.

I urge to all the people, railways is your traveling home, please keep it clean. Current Affairs

Private sector to be roped in to modernise stations Banks, pension funds keen to invest in

Railways.

5 lakh crore investment in Railways in the next 5 years.\

Priority to significantly improve capacity over next 5 years.

All India 24×7 helpline number 138 to become operational to address passenger complaints

on a real-time basis. This will be started in Northern Railways from April 1 and to be

extended across India soon.

SMS alert services for passengers to inform them about arrival and departure of trains.

Facility to book wheelchairs for senior citizens online.

Mobile charging facilities in general compartments , Wi-Fi in Category B stations. Current

Affairs

Surveillance cameras on select mainline and ladies compartments.

More general class coaches will be added to select trains for benefit of the common man.

We have approached NIFT and NID for better bed rolls, inner coach designs to make upper

berths more accessible.

All newly manufactured coaches to be braille enabled.

On-board entertainment to be introduced in some Shatabdi trains.

We will introduce train sets saving 20% journey time, similar to bullet trains in design, can

run on existing tracks.

120 crore have been provided for lifts and escalators on railway stations. Current Affairs

We want our Railway Stations to be iconic structures reflecting the culture of that place:

Union Minister Suresh Prabhu.




67% more funds – as compared to last year – have been allotted for passenger amenities.

We are committed to provide Rail connectivity to north eastern states; Meghalaya has been

finally brought on the Railways’ map.

Satellite railway terminals in major cities. Fast track highest priority works.

Investment 84% higher; 77 new projects -Doubling, tripling, quadrupling and electrification.

Current Affairs

Railways must expand freight carrying capacity.

Transport Logistic Corporation of India to be set up to aid expanding freight handling capaity

and provide end-to-end logistic solutions.

1330% increase in railway electrification over previous year.

To check the movement of empty freight trains, automatic freight rebate system launched

and to will be expanded.

The loading density in almost all major freight trains to be upgraded which will bring

immediate results.

Safety is of paramount importance. Current Affairs

I offer my condolences the families of all the people deceased in railway accidents and the

people who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Audio-based warnings at unmanned railway crossings.

We are considering new and lighter design of wagons.

Improving train speed from existing 110 and 130 to 160 and 200 kms respectively so that

inter-metro journey – like Delhi to Mumbai – can be completed overnight. Current Affairs

Technological upgrades are important for any organisation.

We propose to set up, an innovation council for overall innovation of the Indian Railways.

Current Affairs

We will launch a new mobile application called ‘Kayakalp’ to help in technology upgradation.

‘Window to book railway tickets raised from 60 to 120 days’.

Malaviya Chair of Railway Technology in IIT-n BHU in Varanasi.

Improvement to management process and systems.

Railways will require new governance structure. For quick decision making.

917 safety work projects to eliminate over 3,000 unmanned crossings in all states. SRO,

RDSO, IIT Kanpur to help provide facilities for safety at unmanned level crossings

Rules and regulation governing freight will be simplified and made more customer-friendly.

Current Affairs

We propose to get a system audit conducted across the country.

We also propose to get out train operations audited in the next two months.

We propose to spend Rs. 96,182 Crore on capacity expansion in FY16.

Next is energy and sustainability.

Environment Directorate in Railway Board.

Railway is the largest consumer of electricity.

Detailed energy audit to reveal areas to save power.

Open bidding for sourcing electricity.

Sourcing of solar power. Work in full swing. Current Affairs

We propose to launch, water conservation and water harvesting plants.




CNG based demo have been started in Northern Railways.

Transparency and governance.

We recruit through 21 institutes.

Online application for recruitment to be expanded. Current Affairs

We propose a ‘Mechanism’ to manage and monitor tariff, solving licensing disputes and

setting performance goals.

This year we are celebrating 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa. We

will promote Gandhi Circle for tourism.

I will personally monitor all the thrust areas. I am confident that I have the support of 13

lakh employees. Current Affairs

The audit for introducing new trains will be completed soon. We will be able to announce

new trains in the current session of the parliament.

Will fulfill PM’s vision for Railways, ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat‘.

Highlights Of UP Budget 2015-2016 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented Rs 3.02 lakh crore annual budget of state on 24 February 2015. In annual budget state government has given main thrust on agriculture, education, power, health, roads and infrastructure development. The budget also contains the fiscal deficit of 2.96% of the total GDP of the state. Whereas the state’s debt is expected to be around 27.5% of its GDP. Current Affairs Taxes: For 2015-16 no new taxes have been levied in the budget. Agriculture: State government has declared year 2015-16 as the Farmers year. In this regard 1000 Agri centrs will be established to promote agriculture as a good mean of livelihood among young farmer entrepreneurs. Current Affairs Government Schemes: State government has included new schemes of over Rs 9388 crores in the budget. For farmer’s accident insurance scheme, Rs 600 crores have been allocated. For women empowerment, Rs. 100 crore Mahila Samman Kosh has been created. For free laptop for meritorious students scheme, state government has allocated Rs 100 crores. Current Affairs Power sector: Rs 25764 crores have been allocated for power up gradation and line maintenance in the state. Health: State government of built state of the art cancer Institute in Lucknow with a cost of Rs 854 crores. for In proposed budget Rs 111 crores have been allocated. Current Affairs Infrastructure: State government allocated Rs 3000 crores to Lucknow Agra Express way. It will longest elevated expressway in India on completion.









List Of Indian Chief Ministers

State Chief Minister

Andhra Pradesh Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu

Arunachal Pradesh Shri Nabam Tuki

Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi

Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar

Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh

Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal

Goa Shri Laxmikant Parsekar

Gujarat Smt. Anandiben Patel

Haryana Shri Manohar Lal Khattar

Himachal Pradesh Shri Virbhadra Singh

Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das

Karnataka Shri Siddaramaiah

Kerala Mr Oommen Chandy

Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis

Manipur Shri Okram Ibobi Singh

Meghalaya Dr. Mukul Sangma

Mizoram Shri Lal Thanhawla

Nagaland Shri. T R Zeliang

Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik

Puducherry (UT) Shri N. Rangasamy

Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal

Rajasthan Smt. Vasundhara Raje

Sikkim Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling

Tamil Nadu Thiru O.Panneerselvam

Telangana Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao

Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar

Uttar Pradesh Shri Akhilesh Yadav

Uttarakhand Shri Harish Rawat

West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee

First In India (Male) :

The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore

The first President of Indian National Congress W.C. Banerjee




The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress Badruddin Tayyabji

The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain

The first British Governor General of India Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835)

The first British Governor General of Bengal Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885)

The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning

The first Governor General of free India Lord Mountbatten

The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India C. Rajgopalachari

The first man who introduced printing press in India James Hicky

The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore

India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma

The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term

Morarji Desai

The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India General Cariappa

The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council S.P.Sinha

The first President of India who died while in office Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first Muslim President of Indian Republic Dr. Zakhir Hussain

The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament Charan Singh

The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw

The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics C.V.Raman

The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Indian to cross English Channel Mihir Sen

The first Person to receive Jnanpith award Sri Shankar Kurup

The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar

The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan

The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad

The first Home minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee

The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. Katari

The first Judge of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh

The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen Sherpa Anga Dorjee




The first person to get Param Vir Chakra Major Somnath Sharma

The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen

The first person to receive Magsaysay Award Acharya Vinoba Bhave

The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine

Hargovind Khurana

The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fahein

The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu

The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics Amartya Sen

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Hirala J. Kania

The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929)

First In India (Female):

The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria

The first woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma

The first woman Governor of a state in free India Mrs Sarojini Naidu

The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly Shanno Devi

The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman Minister in a Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal

The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav

The first woman President of Indian National Congress

Mrs Annie Besant

The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal

The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883

The first woman Airline Pilot Durba Banerjee

The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886

The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, 2000

The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner Kamlijit Sandhu

The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee




The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly

Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission

Roze Millian Bethew

The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)

The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)

The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi

The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora

The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya

The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla

The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi

The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India Razia Sultan

The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Nirja Bhanot

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi

The first woman to cross English Channel Aarti Saha

The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa

The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira Gandhi

The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashpurna Devi

First In Governance :

First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)

First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964). The first term lasted till 1952 after which he was re-elected.

First Vice President of India Dr. S Radhakrishan

First Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel

First Prime Minister to be voted out of Office

India Ghandi (1977) when the Indian National Congress lost to he Janta Party.

First Sikh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

First Sikh President Giani Zail Singh

First Non-Congress Government by Janta Party with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister(1977-1980)




First Prime Minster of India resigned without completing his full term

Morarji Desai

First Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term(five years)

P.V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 to May 16 1996

First Prime Minster from South India P.V. Narasimha Rao, June 21, 1991 to May 16 1996

First Governor-General Warren Hastings

First British Governor-General Lord William Bentick

First British Viceroy of India Lord Canning

First Governor General of Independent India Lord Mountbatten, 1947

First and Last Indian Governor-General of Indian Union

C Rajagopalachari, 1948

First Chief Justice of India Justice Hiralal J Kania

First Indian to pass ICS Surendra Nath Banerjee

First Indian ICS Officer Satyendranath Tagore, 1863

First Speaker of Lok Sabha Shri G.V. Mavlankar

First Finance Minister of Independent India Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys

Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence

Shri R.K.Shanmukhan Chettys on Nov. 26, 1947

First President to die in Office Dr. Zakhir Hussain

First Prime Minister who did not face the Parliament

Charan Singh

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court to become President of India

Justice M Hidaytullah

First Education Minister Abul Kalam Azad

First Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

First Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen

First Minister to regin from Union Cabinet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)

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