April CA Notes

Important days in April:

April 5; National maritime day

Aril 7: World health day, theme: halt the rise, beat the diabetes
April 22, Earth Day
April 13- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre April 14- Customs Day
April 25: World Malaria Day

Regional festivals in April:

BIHU: Held on 14th April. It is the national festival of Assam.

Baishakhi: it held on 1st day of vaisakh month (April-may) celebrated in Punjab
region.

Sports:
2016 ICC World Twenty20
Winner: West Indies, Runner-up: England
Player of the series: Virat Kohli
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20
Winner: West Indies, Runner-up: Australia
Player of the series: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
The country which has won the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament for
Australia
the 9th time defeating India in the finals
The Indian gymnast from Agartala who has become the first female
Dipa Karmakar
gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympic Games
The executive vice-president and general manager for South Asia at
Discovery Network who has been chosen to take over as the first CEO of Rahul Johri
Board of Control for Cricket in India from 01 June 2016
Salman
Khan,
The goodwill brand ambassador of the Indian Olympic contingent
Sachin and Abhinav
participating in Rio Olympics 2016
Bindra

Appointments and awards

Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and
Kashmir, bringing to an end the three-month Governors Rule in the state.

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has

appointed CP Gurnani as its Chairman for 2016-17 and Raman Roy as vice
chairman for the period.

Dogri Poetess and novelist Padma Sachdev has been chosen for the prestigious
Saraswati Samman for the year 2015. She has been chosen for her autobiography
Chitt-Chete written in Dogri language and published in 2007.

The acclaimed actress and former Miss World who has been awarded the Global
Indian of the Year at the 'NRI of the Year' award ceremony in Mumbai: Aishwarya
Rai

Miscellaneous:
Stand up India Scheme
1. Launched by the Prime Minister on 05 April 2016.
2. The Stand up India scheme has been launched to enable Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and women entrepreneurs to access loans
3. Under the scheme 1.25 lakh bank branches will provide loans up to Rs 1 crore.
4. Each branch will be required to provide two such loans ranging from Rs 10 lakh to
Rs 1 crore without collateral for setting up a new enterprise.
5. There will be a Rs 10,000 crore refinance window through Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and the National Credit Guarantee Trustee
Company Ltd (NCGTC) will create a corpus of Rs 5,000 crore.
Shan-eThe train from Amritsar to New Delhi which has become the first train in
Punjab
India to be fitted with CCTV Surveillance Cameras
Express
The rank of India in the list of countries with highest military spending
released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Sixth
for 2015
The temple in Kollam district of Kerala at which a fireworks mishap Puttingal
killed over a 100 people and injured hundreds of other people
Temple

The state which has become the first in the country to pass a land title
bill allowing its residents living in urban areas, which are governed by
the municipalities or state development authorities, to seek a certificate Rajasthan
of ownership of their lands by paying a nominal fee to the state
government.
The new name of Gurgaon, a city of Haryana

Gurugram

The venue of Maritime India Summit 2016 the maiden flagship initiative
of Ministry of Shipping, Govt of India to provide a unique global platform Goregaon,
for investors to explore potential business opportunities in the Indian Mumbai
Maritime Sector
The dates by which the Govt has made it mandatory for all mobile 01.01.2017
phones sold in India to have an in-built panic button and GPS and
respectively
01.01.2018

The fourth edition of Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) began in Washington, United
States to discuss a gamut of issues pertaining to nuclear security.

India has been ranked sixth among the worlds Top-Ten largest manufacturing countries
in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 2015 Yearbook
report.

First National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) survey:

NIRF Survey was the first of its kind of indigenous ranking framework for higher
education institutions in the country. It was launched by the Union Ministry of Human
Resource Development in September 2015.
Top engineering institute: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Top management institute: Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Top university: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Worlds first White Tiger Safari was inaugurated at Mukundpur in Satna district of
Madhya Pradesh.

DCB Bank has launched an Indias first of its kind Aadhaar-based Automatic Teller
Machine (ATM) usage facility.

Bihar Government has taken a decision to completely ban on all types of liquor (alcohol)
throughout the state including Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its in-principle approval to Bharti Airtels
payments bank venture Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd (AMCS).

Global Tiger population increased for the first time in 100 years by 22%: WWF & GTF
India has the highest population (2226)

Union Government constitutes Ashok Dalwai committee for doubling farmers income
by 2022.

India replaces China as top FDI destination in 2015: FDI Intelligence Report

Europe becomes worlds first region to end malaria: WHO

RBL becomes first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for startups

All the best by Ur GK Buddy Suryansh