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Table of Content
Insurance Awareness----------------------------------------------- 1
Banking Awareness------------------------------------------------------ 3
Current Affairs ----------------------------------------------------------- 10
Static GK ----------------------------------------------------------------- 56
Insurance Awareness
List of Public Sector Insurance Companies in India
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Mahindra Insurance Brokers – First Insurance Broking Company in the World to Achieve the
Global Benchmark
Insurance regulator, IRDAI inks first bilateral pact with UAE
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given its approval for Nippon Life Insurance to hike
its stake in Reliance Life Insurance to 49%
LIC has introduced ‘Jeevan Pragati’, a non-linked, with-profits plan that offers a combination of
protection and savings.
IDBI Federal Life Insurance, a private life insurer, has partnered with the Karnataka State
Cricket Association (KSCA) for the launch of a bowling foundation.
Mahindra Insurance Brokers looking to cover 2.50 lakh villages in 3 years.
Apollo Hospitals Group firm to sell 23% in Apollo Munich Health Insurance.
The premium collection of life insurance companies rose by 9.5 per cent to Rs. 11,026.82 crore
in December 2015.
SBI Life Insurance records 35% growth in new business premium.
Alice Vaidyan - First female CMD of GIC Re
Insurance sector is likely to attract FDI of over Rs. 12,000 crore in 2016.
Six foreign reinsurers apply to IRDAI to open branch offices.
HDFC life launches a new innovative digital platform,"memories for life".
Future Generali ties up with GIC Housing Finance
IndiaFirst Life enters pension space, launches retirement plan
HDFC Standard Life floats reinsurance arm in Dubai.
Kotak Life Insurance eyes Rs.3,500 crore premium in this FY.
IDBI Bank plans to sell 20% stake in Life Insurance JV for Rs 800 crore
Ergo to buy 23% stake in HDFC Ergo for Rs 1,122 crore
Govt approves new crop insurance plan, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana(PMFBY) for farmers.
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has collected over Rs 1,650-crore new premium in Uttar
Pradesh during the current financial year.
LIC invests Rs 53,000 crore in equity markets in 10 months.
IDBI Bank to raise Rs 1,500 cr by selling stake to LIC
Telenor India offers Free Life Insurance cover to customers.
Canara HSBC Life sees 50% growth in eastern region business.
IRDAI to launch portal for health insurance plans information.
Insurers stop policy sales in over 60 localities to prevent fraudulent claims.
Bajaj Allianz launches micro term insurance
Kotak Life launches Premier Life Plan
Bank of India allots shares worth Rs 264 crore to LIC
LIC launches Jeevan Labh.
GSC Bank to sell insurance through agri cooperative societies.
Banking Awareness
RBI Current Reserve Ratios and Policy Rates as on February 2016
Rate %
Repo Rate 6.75%
Reverse Repo Rate 5.75%
Marginal Standing Facility 7.75%
Bank Rate 7.75%
CRR 4%
SLR 21.5%
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2. Government aims to provide banking services in every village of the country by leveraging
technology and the network of Common Services Centres (CSCs).
3. Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd forms joint venture with Idea Cellular for payments bank.
4. Four banks plan to sell Kingfisher Airlines' assets to Asset Reconstruction Companies(ARCs).
5. Axis Bank partners with Suvidhaa to offer loans to urban poor.
6. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed its 'BBB-' long-term rating on Union Bank of
India(UBI) on expectation of government support.
7. Yes Bank, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) join hands to push green power.
8. RBI imposes Rs 2 lakh penalty on Kapadwanj People's Co-operative Bank.
9. Standard & Poor's Ratings(S&P) revised the outlook on Bank of India(BOI) to negative from stable.
10. Axis Bank has tied up with fitness firm, GOQii to collaborate on wearable devices for its customer.
11. Lakshmi Vilas Bank cuts base rate by 0.15% .
12. HDFC Bank looks to offer loans, other services via ATMs.
13. Private lender Federal Bank has partnered with National Australia Bank to provide its NRI
customers in Australia inward remittance facility at a discounted rate.
14. J.K. Garg - MD of Corporation Bank.
15. RBI gives nod to B Swaminathan's appointment as Non-Executive Chairman of Karur Vysya Bank.
16. Lakshmi Vilas Bank(LVB) launches mobile application.
17. ICICI Bank enters South Africa, opens branch in Johannesburg.
18. RBL Bank launches banking platform for startups.
19. State Bank of India opens first branch in South Korea.
20. SBI partners with Thomas Cook to offer holiday saving scheme.
21. SBI launches new home loan scheme for working executives
22. SBT launches new initiative for faster release of wages under MGNREGS.
23. BSE, IFC jointly develop corporate governance scorecard.
24. Government to infuse about Rs. 5000 Cr in PSU Banks this Quarter.
25. FDI goes full throttle, spikes 114% in December.
26. CAMS launches Aadhaar-based eKYC for setting up MF account instantly
27. RBI cancels registration of 4 NBFCs.
28. Government to introduce Business Identification Number for companies
29. Punjab National Bank launches host of digital banking solutions
30. Bandhan Bank launches Visa debit card, NRI business
31. Bank of Baroda posts highest ever loss by an Indian bank
32. Mahindra & Mahindra board approves plan to transfer agri-business to its subsidiary.
33. BML Munjal University signs a MoU with Axis Bank.
34. Govt cuts interest rate on small post office schemes by 0.25%
35. SEBI rejects Sahara plea to restore portfolio manager licence
36. RBI asked the banks to open banks in villages with a population of more than 5000.
37. India GDP likely to clock 7.8% growth in 2016: Nomura
38. Employee Provident Fund interest rate raised to 8.8%
39. PNB declares United Breweries Holdings ‘wilful defaulter’
40. SBI opens 'Japan Desk' in New Delhi.
41. Govt cuts interest rate on small post office schemes by 0.25%
42. RBI imposes Rs 1 crore fine on State Bank of Travancore(SBT)
43. Andhra Bank launches Immediate Payment Service.
44. India to grow at 7.8 per cent in current year: World Bank
45. ICICI Bank partners with FINO PayTech for payments bank space
46. Indian Bank to raise Rs 1,100 crore from bonds
47. Bank of Baroda pays Rs 95 crore as interest on Basel-III bonds
48. BankBazaar.com launches ‘One Loan Two Homes’ program
49. ADB to fund $840-m corridor between Vizag, Chennai
50. India largest recipient of loans from World Bank for 70 years
51. SBI launches dedicated branch for startups in Bengaluru.
52. Somnath Temple to invest in Gold Monetisation Scheme.
53. Indian Bank to raise Rs 1,100 crore from bonds
54. Bank of Baroda pays Rs 95 crore as interest on Basel-III bonds
55. SBI partners Snapdeal to offer loans to e-commerce sellers
56. BSE launches algorithm trading test
57. SBT launches online platform for Kerala State Electricity Board KSEB bill payments.
58. India signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for US$ 250 million for Bihar Kosi Basin
Development Project.
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115. Bank of Maharashtra launches MUDRA Card for Micro and Small entrepreneurs to meet their credit
requirement.
116. SafePay: First anti-fraud system to use existing credit card readers.
117. SEBI’S Highest Ever Penalty – PACL, Fined with a Record Rs 7,269 Crore.
118. HDFC Bank’s nano second disburse loan scheme.
119. Paytm to start Country’s first payment bank.
120. Bank of Maharashtra launches Soil & Water Health Card and PMMY.
121. Andhra Bank opens its 2600th branch in Hyderabad.
122. ICICI Lombard in bancassurance tie-up with Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB).
123. BSE has highest number of listed companies in the world: World Federation of Exchanges (WEF)
report.
124. OSCB begins ‘Banks on Wheels’ service in remote areas.
125. RBI Prudential Norms on Change in Ownership of Borrowing Entities.
126. Central Bank of Sri Lanka received USD 1.1 billion from RBI.
127. RBI has allowed Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe the National Pension System.
128. Reserve Bank will issue Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 bank notes with Braille features to aid the visually
impaired in identification.
129. RBI allowed banks to use e-payments for imports in order to facilitate e-commerce.
130. RBI allowed RRBs to launch online transaction through internet banking. Profitable RRBs with
minimum Rs 100 crore net worth and better asset quality will be allowed to offer this service.
Banking Apps
App Name Launched by App For
Watch Banking for Apple HDFC bank First bank to launch this type of banking.
Watch.
MUDRA card on RuPay Corp Bank Card facilitates the withdrawal and use of the
platform working capital finance by micro entrepreneurs.
Co-branded credit card HDFC Bank & To share the details of the partnership
Snapdeal
Business Debit Card Union Bank of India Digital initiatives of the bank in line with the
Un secure Credit Card (UBI) with Visa Digital India drive of the country.
Signature Credit Card
Mobile ATM facility State bank of Aim to bring banking facility at the doorstep of
Travancore(SBT) customers
KOTAK BHARAT KOTAK Bank For providing mobile banking services to the
customers in the remote regions.
Kotak Bharat app Kotak Mahindra Bank Enables customers to manage their savings
accounts, current accounts and credit cards
without Internet connectivity
Card-less mVisa ICICI People can able to accept payments from the
other banks having that network.
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State Bank of Bikaner Jyoti Ghosh,MD Jaipur The Nation banks on us.
& Jaipur
Nationalised Banks
Bank Name CMD HQ TAGLINE
Punjab & Sind S.Jatinder bir singh New Delhi Where service is a way of
Bank life
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Punjab National Usha Ananthasubramanian New Delhi The name you can bank
bank upon
Vijaya Bank Kishore Kumar Sansi Bangalore A friend u can bank upon
IDBI Bank Kishore piraji kharat Mumbai Banking for all”AAo Sochein
Bada”
Current Affairs
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35 35th National Games – Hosted by Kerala ( Services topeed with 159 medals )
36 India – ready to buy – 36 DASULT RAFALE jets from France
37 As per MDG (millennium development goals 2015 ) global malaria incidence rate has fallen by an
estimated 37 per cent
38 38th priminister of Nepal K.P.Sharma oli
Coast Guard To Induct 38 Aircraft And Helicopter By 2020
39 Govt of India banned 39 drugs under price contol regime
46 46 years old Vince chhabra – india origin sworn as American federal judge for California
47 First machine harvestable chickpea variety NbeG 47 released
48 48th national tiger reserve – Rajaji national park in Uttarakhand by NCTA
49 World’s largest life insurers company which has increased its stake in Reliance Capital Asset
Management (RCAM) to 49% from 35%
50 No mammography needed for women under 50: WHO
51 51 % banks having access freedom to take in companies default loans
52 INDO –AFRICAN summit 2015 Total number countries participation - 52
53 53% outlay on railway budget 201516 compare to previous fiscal increased
54 At Age of 54 SEKHAR SEN – appointed as chairman of sangeet natak academy
55 FIPB raises cap 55% on kotak Mahindra bank (merger of ING vysya)
56 56 India companies occupies its position this year in FORTUNE 2000 companies list
57 57th edition of Ramon magsasysay award confered Indian – sanjeevu chaturvedi, anshu gupta
58 Filippo Grandi (58)-High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)-
59 AS per economic survey 201415 , 59% housholds issued by PDS kersosne
60 Noted music director Rajamani passes away at 60
61 Kerala wins 61st National School Athletics championship
Draft report of R V Easwar Committee to simplify Income-tax Act, 1961 released
62 62nd NATIONAL AWARDS – court (marathi film) was conferred with best feature film
India's Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji & two others among world's 62 super-rich
63 Popular telugu comedian M. S. Narayana, 63, Telugu actor expired
64 64 Netaji secret file released out by Westbengal government
65 65th Berlin international film festival – DHANAK won award from india
66 Section 66A Supreme Court is examining the constitutional validity of Section 66A of the
amended Indian Information Technology Act, 2000
Haruki Murakami (66) won Danish literature prize
67 67% RBI foreign currency assets grew this financial year –2014-15
Vikram Gokhale(67) awarded 2015 Vishnudas Bhave Award
68 Khadi Gramudyog’ network announced at the 68th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandh
69 Govt to auction 69 state –owned oil, & gas fields
69th senior National Aquatic Championships - Mana Patel, Virdhawal -best swimmers’ award
70 Mogens Lyketoft was taken in 70th session of UNGA ( united nations general assembly)
India largest recipient of loans from World Bank for 70 years
71 As per NSSO – India pegged 71% literacy rate in rural areas
72 72 small applicants received by RBI for small banks
73 Swachh Survekshan -2016 – ranks of 73 cities released
74 74% India top HDFC Bank highest in market capitalisation
Noted economist TS Papola passes away
75 BCCI president – JAGMOHAN DALMIYYA – was died at the age of 75 due to health issue
Trio credit deal of $75-m for “egg bowl of Asia” rural project
76 India at 76th place in its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015
77 Anilkumble – 77th member in – ICC hall of fame
78 78 Millions beneficiaries under – NRHM – JANANI SURAKHA YOJANA
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79. Britain won the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years
80 80’S Cricketer –sir wisely Winfield hall – induced to ICC hall of fame
81 India ranks 81 in global innovative index
Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft “Boeing P-8I” dedicated to the Nation
82 Ramanathan Gnanadesikan, 82, statistician expired
83 First African women “Loretta lynch “ sworn as 83rd attorney general of USA
84 First aftrican country DURBAN to host 22nd common wealth games after 84 years
85 Former minister and freedom fighter Maheswar Baug passed away at 85
86 86% records improve in literacy rate as per NSSO in urban areas
87 87th Academy award announced – “BIRDMAN” as best movie
88 Wilfred desouza – former goa chief minister – pass away at the age of 88
89. Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTC) –India - 89th position.
5th Greenfield electronics manufacturing cluster in Raipur, Chattisgarh worth Rs.89 crore
90 90% penalty and face criminal prosecution on black money bill
91 World War II Veteran Harry Smith , 91-year-old veteran last living person
92 At the age of 92 architect of modern singpore – Lee Kuan Yew was passed away
93 93$ Bn governement announces for highway projects
94. 94 Year old Oskar Groening former guard at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz of being an
accessory to the murder of at least 300,000 Jews.
95 World handloom day – world 95% handlooms fabric comes from india
Tamil devotional singer Pithukuli Murugadas (95) died
96 SEBI order 96 illegal pooling cases
97 97% primary school enrolment rate in developing countries was only 86 percent of boys
98 98 no of smart cities – govt of india intiatives for “SMART CITY PROJECTS”
GAIL tops among PSUs in Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index 98 out of 100
99 India ranks 99 on Global Prosperity Index
World’s largest Tricolour hoisted at the Pahari temple in Ranchi - 99 by 66 feet and height
of 293 feet.
Swadesh Darshan scheme -Rs 99 crore
100 100% FDI was allowed in private banks & white label ATMs
Banaras Hindu University turns 100 years
27. Highly encrypted Cloud system of the Indian Army-Digital Army-central date centre and near line
data centre
28. GIAN Scheme-to boost higher education
30. Bharat Net-high-speed digital highway will connect all 250,000 gram panchayats
31. Make in India’ website - www.makeinindiadefence.com for a transparent interface
32. Crop Insurance’ & ‘AgriMarket’ - Kisan Jai Vigyan Week(Formers)
34. Kilkari - pregnancy, child birth and child care
35. Mobile Academy - free audio training course designed to Accredited Social Health Activists
(ASHAs)
35. M-Cessation - to quit tobacco use
36 TB Missed Call initiative – to provide information, counselling and treatment support services for TB.
37. MITRA(Mobile Initiated Tracking and Rescue application) app- ensure safety and security of
women, children(Puducherry)
38. Indian Customs – Guide to Travellers”app - to inform people about all Indian customs rules
49. Non-Tax Receipt Portal –Arun Jaitley
40. envis portal – Environment & Climate Change
IRFC – indian railway finance cooperation to facility india railways through LIC – 1.5 lak cr
EPFO – employemnt provident fund organisation – 2000 crores fro FY2015
FAME – faster adoption and manufacturing of hybrid electric vehicle – 795 crores
OROP - Rs 500 Crore
Skill India - 500 Million jobs by 2020
Proposal for shipbuilding industry - 4000 crore rupees
National War Memorial at India gate -Rs 500 crore
National Watershed Management Project – Neeranchal - Rs. 2142.30 crore - 9 States
Green Indian Mission - 4 states-Rs. 90,202.68 lakh
e-Tourist Visa Scheme – 37 added total 150 countries
IPDS Scheme - Rs. 500 core
All-round development of J&K - Rs. 80,000 cr
WB Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) - 1000 Days - Rs 1,474 crore
Odisha - Amo doli Programme-183 remote villages-to help naxal-affected people
Mission Abbas - Odisha to provide affordable houses to urban poor
Delhi Govt’s “Bill Banvao, Inaam Pao” scheme – Min Rs.100
50 districts in Uttar Pradesh declared drought-hit
Telangana Government declared 231 mandals as drought-hit - Rs.1,000 crore
Chhattisgarh declares 7 tehsils as drought hit
Jharkhand Government declares entire state as drought hit
Maharashtra Drought hit Villages 14708
Maharashtra - APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna – 16 district
Maharashtra - Gopinath Munde Farmers Accident Insurance Scheme - Rs two lakh: 10-75 year
age group - Rs 27.25 crore
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) – “Sabla” - Rs 27486.79
lakhs
Blue revolution - Rs 3,000 crore
Swadesh Darshan scheme” - Beating Retreat - Rs 99 crore
Ganga Gram Yojana - Uttar Pradesh 1600 villages
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao expanded to 61 more districts in 2016
“Start Up India, Stand Up India - Rs 10,000 crore – 4 years
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Modi Visit
Afghanistan Visit Dec 25
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Afghanistan to inaugurate the newly-built Afghan
parliament building in Kabul- USD 90 million.
• India has committed over USD 2 billion assistance.
• India is also supplying 3 Russian-made Mi-35 helicopters to Afghanistan’s air force.
Key points - Afghanistan Capital – Kabul and Currency – Afghan afghani
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PM Modi was on two days visit to Malaysia for building trade ties and attracting investments to India
and to attend the ASEAN-India Summit and 10th East Asia Summit. He also held talks with Prime
Minister Najib Razak.
Indian Cultural Centre in Kuala Lumpur would be named after veteran freedom fighter and
commander of the Indian National Army Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
10th East Asia Summit (EAS) - The 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Theme – Our People, Our Community, Our Vision
The participant leaders reaffirmed their commitment to
The 2005 Kuala Lumpur Declarationon the Establishment of the EAS
The 2010 Ha Noi Declarationon the Commemoration of the 5th Anniversary of the EAS
The 2011 Declaration of the EAS on the Principles for Mutually Beneficial Relations.
Key points -- Malaysia Capital : Kuala Lumpur, Currency : Ringgit, PM: Najib Razak
The house in north London was recently purchased by Maharashtra Govt for £3.2 million.
27 deals worth 9.2 billion pounds ($14 billion) have been signed between India and UK during the
NaMo’s three days visit to British country.
Thames-Ganga partnership - UK and India has also joined hands to support India’s ambitious
urban development goals in Indore, Pune and Amaravati and also launched a new Thames-
Ganga partnership for healthy river systems.
Key points : UK Capital – London, UK Currency – Pound sterling
MAKE IN INDIA
India must become a manufacturing powerhouse in order to gainfully employ its demographic dividend
& Big labour pool and a large domestic market. In addition, with China’s competitive advantage in
manufacturing eroding
• India has the opportunity to take some share of global manufacturing away from China.
• Stop tax terrorism & improve infrastructure
• Reform labour laws & invest in skills development
• Make it easier to acquire land & implement Goods and Services Tax (GST) some of the make in
india initatives
• Spice Group said it would start a mobile phone manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh with an
investment of Rs.500crore
• SAMSUNG --MSME-Samsung Technical Schools" will be established in India
• Hitachi said it was committed to the initiative, It said that an auto-component plant will be set up
in Chennai in 2016
• Huawei opened a new research and development (R&D) campus in Bengaluru
• AIRBUS with MAHENDRA said that it will manufacture its products in India and invest $ 2 Billion US
dollars.
• Marine Products Export Development Authority said that it was interested in supplying shrimp eggs
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Digital India
KEY components of digital india
• Digital infrastructure-to support national optic fiber
• INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)-essential building of smart cities
• Foreign ICT investments -- make in india policy
9 pillars of digital india
1. Broadband Highways
2. Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity
3. Public Internet Access Programme
4. E-Governance –Reforming government through Technology
5. eKranti– Electronic delivery of services
6. Information for All
7. Electronics Manufacturing –Target NET ZERO Imports
8. IT for Jobs
9. Early Harvest Programmes
SKILL INDIA
Focus on creating jobs for youth, the government has decided to revamp the antiquated industrial
training
centres that will skill over 20 lakh youth annually and devise special courses based on industry needs.
• It will set up 1,500 new ITIs across the country and another 100-odd such centres in North East
and Left Wing
• Extremism affected states.
• Creating 500 Million jobs by 2020
• World Youth Skills Day on 15th July*
SMART cities
A smart city should be able to respond faster to city and global challenges than one with a simple
'transactional' relationship with its citizens
Key 'smart' sectors which includes Transport, Energy , Health care& Water and waste
100 Proposed Smart Cities
SMART CITIES - Assistance from other countries
• Singapore --100 Smart Cities Across The Country, USA--Ajmer, Ahemebad, Vishapatnam , Japan--
Varanasi, France --Pondicherry And Nagpur & Gujarat ,Spain ---Delhi, Isreal -- Maharastra , CHINA
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-Pune ,
• China - Andhrapradesh
• Japan --Mumbai, Australia-- ATAL Scheme, Austria -- Jnnurm
• Germany --3 More Smart Cities * No Mentiones Cities
• CanadA -- Wooden Multi-Storey Housing Technology In Urban Cities
• Note -- First Smart City -- Puducherry
• Budget Intiative -- 100 Crores
• Corpus --48000 Crores & Each Smart City Will Get 100 Crores For Next 5 Years
Namami Ganga
Ganga action plan (GAP)sarted in -1986
• Stated by rajiv gandhi PM in 1985 with $ 226 million aid
• From 1985 -2014 -- 4500 crores by govt of india
• Ganga conservation mission --2000 cr & Budget -2014-15 -- 2037crores
• Recent -- 20000 crores for "NAMAMI GANGA PROJECT "
• 5- states uttarkhand , jharkahand , uttarpradesh, westbengal , bihar
• 10 -piligrim places , Haridwar , Varanasi, Allahbad, Kanpur , Vrirdam, Gorimukeshu, Patna,Kolkatta,
Sahibangj, Nabodwip
• 18 - years project duration Which covers 23- Small cities & 29 - Big cities
• 26% -- Ganga covers india land mass & 37% - ganga covers india
• 48-towns & 118 --ghats & 2500 km- project coverage
• Authority --NGRBA -- National Ganga River Basin Authourity & min. of water resources river devl. &
Mission -NMCG -- National Mission for Clean Ganga
• JAPAN - External aided project , Australia -- cleaning project , germany -- water management &
rejvuation ,Netherlands -- flood control assistance
INDRADANUSH
Aim : To achieve full immunization coverage for all children in the country by 2020
• The Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry will be supported by UNICEF, WHO, Rotary
International and other donor partners
• The plan aims at providing immunization for seven diseases which can be prevented by
vaccination:Whooping cough ,Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Tuberculosis
• Around 201 districts will be covered in the first phase and 297 will be targeted in the second phase
& around 82 districts are in the States of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order and also Deal
with all legal matters arising out of the decisions of the Authority
• Provide assistance to the Central Government in the parliamentary matters relating to the drug
pricing.
• Monitoring the availability of drugs, identify shortages, if any, and to take remedial steps and
Maintaining data on production, exports and imports, market share of individual companies,
profitability of companies etc, for bulk drugs and formulations
• Rendering advice to the Central Government on changes/ revisions in the drug policy
Budgetary provision for the Pooled Municipal Debt Obligation Facility has been enhanced from Rs 5000
crore to Rs 50,000 crore with extension of the facility by five years to March 31, 2019
scheme covers _urban renewal of cities and towns, four fundamental activities
• Safe Drinking Water And Sewerage Management
• Use Of Recycled Water For Growing Organic Fruits And Vegetables
• Solid Waste Management
• Digital Connectivity
SAHAJ scheme :
Objective : For online release of new LPG connections for the consumers as parts of its consumer
friendly initiative.
• Launched by Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
• The scheme has been launched in twelve cities - Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Bhopal,
Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna, Mumbai and Pune.
Nai Manzil
• To mainstream Madarsa students through bridge course with the help of reputed Academic
Institutions.
• To be implemented by Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF).
• Launched in 2014 by Ministry of Minority Affairs
USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development)
The Scheme aims at upgrading Skills and Training in preservation of traditional Ancestral Arts/Crafts of
minorities.
4 Components of the scheme:
• Up-gradation of Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts through Institutions.
• USTTAD Fellowship for Research and Development.
• Support to Craft museum for curating traditional arts/ crafts.
• Support to minority craftsmen/artisans for marketing Nationally/ Internationally through Export
Promotion Councils.Launched in May 2015, in Varanasi by Ministry of Minority Affairs
• The scheme is aimed at irrigating the field of every farmer and improving water use efficiency to
provide `Per Drop More Crop’.
• Soil Health Card Scheme has also been launched to improve soil fertility on a sustainable basis.
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT)
Under the scheme Government will set up 50 Centres of Excellence for Curriculum and Pedagogy with
necessary emphasis on Maths and Science.
• Setting up 30 Schools of Education,50 Centres of Excellence for Curriculum and Pedagogy,Two
Inter University Centres,National Resource Centre,Five Centres of Academic Leadership and
Educational Management,
• Subject Based Networks and Workshops and Seminars
• Launched in March 2015 by Ministry of Human Resource Development
Project Uddan
In this project the National Skills Development Corporation and the Ministry of Home Affairs and
industry
will provide skills to 40,000 youth over a period of five years.
E-inclusion project
In the e-inclusion project to spread e literacy the people will receive IT training.
• This project is an initiative to make at least one individual in every household e-literate, under the
project.
• Economically weaker sections of the society including rural SC, ST.
Roshini Scheme
This scheme is released by the Centre government for skill development and job placement for rural
youth and women in most affected 24 districts in 9 states.
Nai Roshini
Leadership development scheme for minority women by Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Rajiv Gandhi Illuminating Scheme for Hill Town Advancement (RISHTA) Project
Launched by HP gov - State Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in Shimla
• The scheme is also known as Centralized Control and Monitoring System (CCMS) Smart Street
Lighting Scheme for Urban Local bodies which implements LED based street lighting project
Seeks to shift part of physical gold in form of bars and coins for investment into Demat
(Dematerialised) gold bonds in order to reduce the demand for physical gold. These gold bonds are
interest bearing and will be payable in terms of grams of gold.
• Tagline: Invest wisely. Earn Safely.
• Minimum investment: 2 grams of physical gold; Maximum investment: 500 grams
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Objective: To curb malnutrition among tribal children by providing nutrition to pregnant women for 6
months when the child’s growth is at its peak.
• The scheme will replace the earlier ‘Take Home Ration‘ scheme – 16 districts
GIAN Scheme
Aim : To boost higher education
• 13 disciplines and 352 courses to be taught in 68 national institutions - 500 international faculties
SEEMA DARSHAN
To provide an opportunity for the children to experience the border environment and to encourage
patriotism and nationalism among the students - Ministry of Human Resource Development
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• First state in the country to announce a scheme for witness protection notified - New Delhi
• First Harbour Defence System commissioned in Kochi, Kerala
• First Indian city to join WTCF Council - Kochi(Kerala)
• First green airport - Cochin International Airport - Cochin International Airport
• First solar powered airport in Kerala
• First state in the country to launch ‘agro-solar policy’ - Gujarat
• First state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under AMRUT - Rajasthan
• First river linking project - Andhra Pradesh.
• First National Investment and Manufacturing Zone
(NIMZ) - Andhra Pradesh India’s rank in various indices
• First Panchayat to declare a water policy - Rank Index
Kerala’s Perumanna Grama Panchayat 1 World’s largest exporter of beef, U.S.
• First state to Firm up Private Investments in Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Affordable Housing - Rajasthan
1 Business optimism: Report
• UD Ministry Clears First Batch of AMRUT Projects in
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan 3 On USGBC’s(U.S. Green Building Council)
• Ministry of HUPA(Housing & Urban Poverty for LEED
Alleviation) clears first affordable housing projects 3 Largest startup U.S. and U.K in global
th
under Housing for All by 2022 Mission for startup space Bengaluru ranked 15
Chattisgarh
globally.
• First visually impaired-friendly railway station -
Mysuru(Maharashtra) 3 After China and the US for issuing 12 million
• First gender university to set up in Kerala passports in 2015.
• 4 World’s Most Vacation Deprived Nations
• First Mega Food Park with 3 Mini parks - Telangana 4 Black money outflows per annum
• First Metro Station Run Only by Women - Rajasthan - 4 Global Go to Think Tank Index Report
Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) (GGTTI)
• First state to launch Rotavirus vaccination project -
6 Global Terrorism Index 2015 (GTI).
Himachal Pradesh
• First International festival on Birds - Uttar Pradesh 7 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index
• First state to join discom revival scheme UDAY - (MMGPI) report 2015
Andhra Pradesh 11 TripIndex Breakfast 2015
• First state to allow MLAs raise online question - 14 TB prevalence WHO Global tuberculosis
Maharashtra Report 2014
• First state to submit smart city plan – Rajasthan 22 World's best countries
• First cable stay bridge - J & K
29 International IP Index
• First rank in e-transactions – Andhra Pradesh
• First underwater tunnel - Andhra Pradesh 34 Business growth environment – Thornton
• First state to accept e-motor insurance policies – 71 Global Competitiveness Index– WEF
Telangana 76 Corruption Perception Index
• First State to make gender education compulsory at 81 Global Innovation Index 2015
graduate level – Telangana 89 Global talent competitiveness
• First Fully Organic State – Sikkim
99 Global Prosperity Index
• First ‘water tourism’ - Madhya Pradesh
• First Defence Industrial Park - Kerala 103 World’s healthiest countries list
• First underwater restaurant – Gujarat 106 World Giving Index.
• First fully solar-powered educational institute - 108 Global gender index - WEF
Puducherry 130 World Bank’s 2016 rankings of Ease of
• First international arbitration centre – Doing Business,142 in the ranking for 2015
Maharashtra(Mumbai) 130 Human Development Index: UNDP
• First disabled-friendly beach – Guajarat
131 Global index of ICT access
142 Ease of Doing Business 2015: World Bank.
155 UN’s broadband penetration ranking – ‘The
State of Broadband’
National social security indicators & interest
rates 155 2014 Environmental Performance Index .
EPFO:8.8%
PPF:8.7%
KVP(Kisan vikas patra):8.7%,Min -1000, Max -50,000 and Denomination double in 100 months
lock in period 2.5 years (2 years 6 months)
KCC-Kisan credit card Smart Card cum Debit Card:7% interest rate.KCC for 5 years
Sukanya Samridhi Yojana:9.2% (2015), age of 10 years – Rs.1000-1.5lac
st st
PMJJBY: 18 and 50 years, Rs. 330,life cover of Rs. 2 lacs for death, 1 june 2015 – 31 may 2016.
PMSBY: 18 years and 70 years , Rs. 12 for a cover, Accident death - Rs. 2 lacs, Accident disability
– Rs. 1 lacs, 1st june 2015 – 31st may 2016.
PMGSY: Target date by three years from 2022 to 2019,Sharing pattern 60(centre):40(state)
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Atal Pension Yojana(APY): Under the age of 40, would receive the fixed monthly pension of Rs.
1000 to Rs 5000 at the age of 60 years – replacement of Swavalamban Scheme
Smart City – 100
AMRUT – 500
Surkasha Bandhan Scheme: Recipient can use these cheques by depositing in his or her bank
account for a realisable value of Rs 342 (Rs 12 + Rs 330) to cover one-year subscription to PMJJBY
and PMSBY.
PMJDY :12%--Accident –1 lac, Life cover of Rs.30,000, overdraft –5000
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY): Rs.2/ a Kg- wheat & Rs.3/ a Kg.--rice, Rs 1/ - Pulses.
Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) 2015 – Min 30 grams;Short Term of Bank Deposit (STBD) of 1-3
years, Medium (5-7 years) and Long (12-15 years).
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (SGBS) 2015 – Min 2gm and Max 500gm
MGNREGA – 100days changes to 150days
400% Hike in Basic Salary of Delhi MLAs
Mobile (m) Cessation reducing tobacco use by 20% by 2020 and 30% by 2025.
Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan – 100 food street adopted
Seven-member Sub committee Drugs Consultative To examine online drug sale issue
Committee
Judicial Committee on OROP Justice L Narasimha Reddy To look into the implementation of
One Rank One Pension (OROP)
scheme
Task Force Maharashtra Gov For setting up an IFSC in Mumbai
Railway committes
Mobilization of Resources for Major Railway Projects &Restructuring-Bibek Debroy
ways and means to raise the revenue of Indian Railways__D.K.mittal
High Level Safety Review Committee under the chairmanship __ Dr. Anil Kakodkar
Indian Railways Vision 2020__Rakesh Mohan
Expert Group on Modernization of Railways _Sam Pitroda
Committee on Creative Financing for Indian Railways_ Montek Singh Ahluwalia
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Arvind Panagariya Panel-to fast-track bullet trains to accelerate the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-
Speed Rail Corridor- Arvind Panagariya
Recent Bills & Acts Passed
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STATE BILLS
Anti -terror bill – gujarat Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC)
Tamil nadu govt passed dhoti bill
Maharastra bans dance bars -- assembly passed bill
Rajasthan --first state to ratifies NJAC bill
Banning beef bill passed by --maharastra & haryana & rajasthan
Gujrat local authorities law
Recent aggrements by india with other countries
amendement bill __ compulsory
India with Field
voting
Georgia Electoral Cooperation
Minimum educational eligibility bill for
panchayat election – rajasthan Canada Civil Aviation, Higher Education
Special Courts Bill- to recover ill- Mozambique New & Renewable Energy
gotten wealth from individuals Nepal construction of petroleum pipeline
involved in corruption or financial Australia education and research
frauds and ensure speedy trials- America PACE setter Fund
Andhra Pradesh Slovak Republic Technical Cooperation in Railway
Haryana Police (Amendment) Bill, Sector
2015-to put an end to nepotism in the Bangladesh Fake Currency
police recruitments US crack down on fake note network
Haryana government passed German Higher Education
Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill-to Indonesia Cooperation in all Criminal matters
amend the Haryana Panchayati Raj Cambodia Tourism, Mekong Ganga Project
Act, 1994 and fixes minimum Colombia Tourism
Belgium Energy
educational qualification(min
China water resources, culture
matriculation) relating to eligibility
criteria for elections to Panchayati Raj Germany Security Cooperation
Institutions (PRIs). Vietnam Animal Health
Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Bill, Republic of Air service cooperation
2015-to prevent filing of baseless Korea
cases and to check the misuse of law Bangladesh SOP to operationalize Coastal
for personal benefits- Rajasthan Shipping,operation of traditional
Kerala Hotel (Food Price Regulation) haats
Bill 2015- to fix the prices of food Jordan Information Technology and
items in hotels Electronics
Labour Laws (Gujarat Amendment) Singapore Civil Aviation
Bill, 2015-provisions to ban strikes in Maldives Health
public utility services for up to one Sweden Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector
year Armenia Agriculture Cooperation
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30 points to Remember
1. Housing for all – 305
2. Wifi railway stations –400
1. AIIB member countries –57
2. Urbanmission – 300 village clusters
3. Mission indradhanush – 352 districts
4. WhatsAppcrores – 900 m uses
5. CCI Hyundai penalty—420 crores
6. Maggi noodles fined by –640 crores
7. Seychelles –161 member of WTO
8. New toilets covering this budget 2015-16 – 650 stations
9. Adharsh stations selected –200
10. NBFC suspended by RBI -7 + SAHARA-8
11. Food parks –17(BY 2020)
12. e-rickshaws -101
13. PAHAL-291 districts
14. Pedal rickshaws--501
15. Light ultra helicopters –CHIRIOOK /APACHE –USA --200
16. DHANUSH GUNS–indigenous --114
17. PILATUS aircraft –Switzerland -106
18. Multi role Helicopter –BOEING –USA –16
19. Boeng’s Apache(22),15 heavy lift Chinook helicopters
20. ASTROSAT-ISRO-multi wavelength space observatory satellite+6foreign satellites
21. Andhra Pradesh financial assistance- Rs 1,000 crore
22. Facebook, BSNL - 100 Wi-Fi hotspots
23. Housing for All by 2022-26,034 houses in 11 cities and towns-First-Chhattisgarh - 2 crores rural
/ 4 crores Urban( Built up )
24. BARIPATHA village-solar-powered-Odisha-powered entirely by solar energy
25. India-FranceRafale fighter deal-Rs 30,000 crore-36
26. Boeing P 8 I (Poseidon Eight India)-Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft-70km
27. AMRUT action plans-81 cities in five states (Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha
and Mizoram) -Rs. 5,748 crore
28. Telangana-First Mega Food Park(3 Mini parks)
Taxation
• Abolition of Wealth Tax.
• Additional 2% surcharge for the super rich with income of over Rs. 1 crore.
• Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25% over next four years.
• No change in tax slabs.
• Total exemption of up to Rs. 4,44,20f0 can be achieved.
• 100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat, apart from CSR.
• Service tax increased to14 per cent.
AGRICULTURE
• Rs. 25,000 crore for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank.
• Rs. 5,300 crore to support Micro Irrigation Programme.
• Farmers credit - target of 8.5 lakh crore.
Infrastructure
• Rs. 70,000 crores to Infrastructure sector.
• Tax-free bonds for projects in rail road and irrigation.
• PPP model for infrastructure development to be revitalised and govt. to bear majority of the
risk.
• Atal Innovation Mission to be established to draw on expertise of entrepreneurs, and
researchers to foster scientific innovations; allocation of Rs. 150 crore.
• Govt. proposes to set up 5 ultra mega power projects, each of 4000MW.
Education
• AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.
• IIT in Karnataka; Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad to be upgraded to IIT.
• PG institute of Horticulture in Amritsar.
• Kerala to have University of Disability Studies.
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Defence
• Allocation of Rs. 2,46,726 crore an increase of 9.87 per cent over last year.
• Focus on Make in India for quick manufacturing of Defence equipment.
• WELFARE SCHEMES
• GST and JAM trinity (Jan DhanYojana, Aadhaar and Mobile) to improve quality of life and to
pass benefits to common man.
• Six crore toilets across the country under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
• MUDRA bank will refinance micro finance orgs. to encourage first generation SC/ST
entrepreneurs.
• Housing for all by 2020.
• Upgradation 80,000 secondary schools.
• DBT will be further be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.
• For the Atal Pension Yojana, govt. will contribute 50% of the premium limited to Rs. 1,000 a
year.
• New scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for people aged over 80.
• Govt. to use Rs. 9,000 crore unclaimed funds in PPF/EPF for Senior Citizens Fund.
• Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocation for MGNREGA.
• Govt. to create universal social security system for all Indians.
Renewable Energy
• Rs. 75 crore for electric cars production.
• Renewable energy target for 2022: 100K MW in solar; 60K MW in wind; 10K MW in biomass and
5K MW in small hydro
• TOURISM
• Develpoment schemes for churches and convents in old Goa; Hampi, Elephanta caves, Forests
of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi, JallianwalaBagh, QutbShahi tombs at Hyderabad to be
under the new toursim scheme.
• Visa on Arrival for 150 countries.
Financial Sector
• Forward Markets Commission to be merged with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
• NBFCs registered with the RBI and having asset size of Rs 500 crore and above to be considered
as financial institution‘under Sarfaesi Act, 2002, enabling them to fund SME and mid-corporate
businesses.
• Permanent Establishment norms to be modified to that mere presence of offshore fund
• managers in the country does not lead to ―adverse tax consequences.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Based on the Aykroyd formula – Minimum pay fixed at Rs 18,000 per month &Maximum pay
at Rs 2.25 lakh
• Annual increment – 3%
• Pension hike – 24%, Basicsalary hike – 16%
• Gratuity ceiling -Rs 20 lakh; ceiling on gratuity to be raised by 25 % whenever DA rises by 50
%.
• Cabinet Secretary pay – Rs 2.5 lakh as against Rs 90,000 per month pay band currently
• MSP for service officers – Doubled to Rs 15,500 per month from Rs 6,000 currently;
for nursing officers to Rs 10,800 from Rs 4,200; for JCO/ORs to Rs 5,200 from Rs 2,000 and for
non-combatants to Rs 3,600 from Rs 1,000
• Short service commissioned officers will be allowed to exit the armed forces at any point in
time between 7 to 10 years of service
• Commission recommends abolishing 52 allowances; another 36 allowances subsumed in
existing allowances or in newly proposed allowances.
• One Rank One Pension proposed for civilian government employees on line of OROP for
armed forces
Important Awards
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Peace National Dialogue Henry Dunant, Mother Teresa (1979),
Quartet Frederic Passy Rajendra K. Pachauri
(1901) (2007)
SWEDISH Riksbank Angus Deaton Ragnar Frisch, Jan Amartya Sen (1998)
Prize in Economics Tinbergen (1969)
Nobel Peace Prize amid state of emergency-Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet
Arjuna Award
P R Sreejesh (Hockey) Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
Jitu Rai (Shooting) Sandeep Kumar (Archery)
Mandeep Jangra (Boxing) Babita (Wrestling)
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10. 2015 Global Leadership Award - PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Hindustan Times Group
chairperson Shobhana Bhartia
11. Vyaas Samman, 2014 - Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka
12. Vayalar Award - Subhash Chandran(Malayalam Writer)
13. Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability (GPGAS) 2015 - Tata Steel
14. Fourth Golden Boot honour - Cristiano Ronaldo
15. 2015 International Children’s Peace Prize -Abraham M. Keita
16. Reporters without Borders Prize -Zaina Erhaim
17. 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace -UNHCR
18. Kalinga Samman 2014 -Trilochan Pradhan
19. Freedom of the City of Cape Town award-Ahmed Kathrada
20. 2015 UNESCO Fellini Medal(Shortlisted)-Bengali film “Cinemawala” and Marathi film “Katyar
Kaljat Ghusali”
21. DRDO's Scientist of the Year Award 2013-CVRDE scientist V Balaguru
22. Four Guinness World Record certificates for scoring five goals in nine minutes-Robert
Lewandowski
23. Lifetime achievement award at Asian Business Leadership Forum 2015-Hinduja Brothers
24. ITC Sangeet Samman-L Subramaniam
25. Queen's Young Leaders award in UK-Neha Swain, Kartik Sawhney
26. Lifetime Achievement Award-Naseeruddin Shah
27. 2015 Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement-Salman Rushdie
28. UNESCO - members of Creative Cities Network-Varanasi and Jaipur
29. 2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award for innovation in IoT-Wipro
30. 2016 Genesis Prize-Violinist Itzhak Perlman
31. Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach - Miss Universe 2015
32. Andrew Barron - BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY)
33. Amit Majmudar - First Poet Laureate by the U.S. State of Ohio
34. Dr. Rakesh K. Jain - 2015 National Medal of Science of the US.
35. Amateur Indian cricketer - Guinness world record for longest net session – 48hours.
36. CRI Pumps- ‘Export Quality Excellence’
37. Raghuveer Chaudhary - 51st Jnanpith Award for 2015
38. Ministry of AYUSH conferred with the ISO 9001:2008 – Certificate
39. Harpal Singh Kumar - Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II
40. DAVA (Drug Authentication and Verification Application) - 2015 eASIA Award
41. Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Sangita Kalanidhi award.
42. Delhi Police - Limca Book of Records for solving the biggest cash heist case
43. Corporation Bank -National Payments Excellence Awards 2015
44. Flipkart- ‘Website of the Year India 2015
45. IRCTC - Most Popular Website of the Year India 2015 Award
46. 2015 US bestseller list - Go Set a Watchman written by Harper Lee
47. Defense Department - Pentagon Award.
48. Priyanka Chopra - 42nd People’s Choice Awards 2016
49. Raghuram Rajan – 2016 Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific)
50. Kunal Bahl(Snapdeal) - “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award, 2015
51. BAFTA nominated He Named Me Malala, a documentary on Malala Yousafzai(18) in the
upcoming awards Documentary category for 2016.
52. Tata Steel Limited bagged eighth time Prime Minister’s Trophy for being the ‘Best Performing
Integrated Steel Plant’ for 2013 2014.
53. Mangaluru Airport conferred as best in the country
54. Lionel Messi - FIFA Ballon d’Or award
55. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)-National Award on e-Governance 2015-16
56. David Beckham - Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award
57. Neerja Bhanot Award - Subhashini Vasanth(Vasantharatna Foundation)
58. Suket Dhir - International Woolmark Prize.
59. Writer Ankita Anand - Lorenzo Natali Media Prize - Khap panchayats
60. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan - Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship in Singapore
61. 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature -Anuradha Roy for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter
62. Easterine Kire - The Hindu Prize, 2015
63. Govt inducted new category of award for “Most Film Friendly State/UT”
64. Prime Minister NarendraModi has become second most followed Indian on social media site
Twitter after Shah Rukh Khan.
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65. Adele’s (UK) recent hit song “Hello” reached a staggering one billion views - enters Guinness
Book of World Records
66. Jodhpur’s Umaid Bhawan Palace named as “World’s Best Hotel”
67. Sajeev Koshy honoured with the Order of Australia
68. Bollywood actress Rekha - third Yash Chopra Memorial Award
69. Cottalango Leon - 2016 Technical Achievement Award
70. Allan Border Medal 2016 presented to David Warner
71. Naresh Bedi honoured- V Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award
72. Henri Tiphagne - Amnesty International Germany’s human rights award 2016.
73. Abhinav Bindra honored by ISSF(International Shooting Sport Federation)
74. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar- K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015
75. Prince Mahidol Awards awarded to Professor Morton M Mower and Sir Michael Gideon Marmot
76. Amlendu Tiwari and Om Nagar - Navlekhan award of the Bharatiya Jnanpith.
77. Waheeda Rehman - 6th Yashwant International Film Festival 2016
78. Ramayah Shanmuga Sundar - “Order of Friendship” by Russia
79. Titli - Best First Foreign Film Award in French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
80. Alphabet Inc - world’s most valuable company
81. Manipuri documentary Phum-Shang - Golden Conch Award at MIFF 2016
82. Pandit Ram Narayan - Bhimsen Joshi Award
83. UNESCO Medals - nanoscience and nanotechnologies
84. Adele - best-selling artist of 2015
85. Kerala Univ – Best Chancellor award
86. Karnataka Mobile One m-governance(Gold) -World Government Summit in UAE
87. Lupin CEO & MD - EY award
88. Lahiri - Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year award
89. “Nagaland is changing. But…” - Golden Beaver Award
90. Professor David Shulman - prestigious Israel Prize
91. Ishaan Patel - honoured in the US for his charity work.
92. Sameer Anjaan - Guinness Book of World Records more number of songs in Bollywood.
93. Command Hospital (Eastern Command)- Raksha Mantri’s Trophy
94. World Press Photo of the Year 2015 award - Warren Richardson
95. Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography “Playing It My Way” - Limca Book of Records
96. Robin Chaurasia(NGO kranti) - 10 finalist for Global teacher award
Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 list - HDFC Bank(1st), HCL Technologies BSE(2nd ),Tata Consultancy
Services(3rd )
Forbes world’s top ten highest paid actors – Amitabh and Salman(USD 33.5 million 7th),
Akshay(USD 32.5 million – 9th rank) - Jennifer Lawrence(1st ) $52 million
Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies - Tesla Motors (1), HUL(41),Larsen &
Toubro(58),TCS(64), Sun Pharma Industries(65),Bajaj Auto(96).
Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy List - Infosys co-founders Senapathy Gopalakrishnan,
Nandan Nilekani and SD Shibulal
Forbes richest Indian list - Mukesh Ambani($18.9 billion) , Sachin and Binny Bansal (founders of
Flipkart) -86th position
world’s top 100 business School by Economist MBA rankings Financial Times and Forbes - SP
Jain School of Management(95th)
Forbes 50 Asian Richest Families list – 14 indian families – Lee (Byung-Chull) family –
Samsung(1st),Lee (Shau Kee) family-Henderson Development(2nd ),Ambani family-Reliance
Group(3rd )
Forbes lifetime achievement award-Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava
Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA), 2015
Category Name
Best CEO – Public Sector Arundhati Bhattacharya(State Bank of India)
Best CEO – Private Sector CP Gurnani(Tech Mahindra Ltd)
Best CEO – MNC Uday Shankar(Star India Pvt. Ltd)
Entrepreneur for the Year Uday Kotak(Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd)
Entrepreneur with Social Impact Samit Ghosh(Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt.Ltd)
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2015 Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful Person - Russian President Vladimir Putin(1st) ,German
Chancellor Angela Merkel(2nd), President Barack Obama, Narendra Modi - 9th spot, Mukesh
Ambani (36th) and Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal (Indian-origin, 55th)
Forbes Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 - Mark Zuckerberg(1st),Dustin Moskovitz(2nd),Jan
Koum(3rd) - Vivek Ramaswamy(30) Apoorva Mehta(40)
'Forbes Top 100 Middle East - Global Meets Local 2015' Award - Tech Mahindra
Forbes’ best countries for business list - India - 97th
Fortune India Next 500 list - MakeMyTrip, RBL Bank, Inox wind and IRCTC
Fortune Magazine World’s largest companies – 1.US, 2.China
Indian Oil(119th),Reliance Industries(158th),Tata Motors(254th),State Bank of
India(260th),Bharat Petroleum(280th)Hindustan Petroleum(327th),Oil and Natural Gas(449th)
Fortune’s ‘Change of the World’ list - Jain Irrigation Systems No. 7
world’s richest individual under 35: Wealth-X – 1.Mark Zuckerberg,2.Dustin Moskovitz,3.Huiyan
Yang
World’s fifth most attractive travel hotspot- Top 5 -Taj Mahal
Fortune’s List of 10 Powerful Women - Payal Kadakia, CEO of ClassPas
Fortune’s 50 powerful women in business list - PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi(2nd)
Fortune’s most powerful women list - Chanda Kochhar(ICICI) and Arundhati Bhattacharya(SBI)
BSE(5689) has highest number of listed companies in the world: WFE
Gandhiji & Narendra Modi(10th) named in Top 10 WEF’s Most Admired Personality Globally -WEF
– Nelson Mandela(1st)
Modi ranks 13th in global list of most influential people in the fifth edition of the ‘Bloomberg
Markets Most influential list - US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen(1st),Chinese President Xi
Jinping(2nd),Apple CEO Tim Cook(3rd)
Bangalore ranks 12th - world’s top 20 tech-rich cities by global property consultant Jones Lang
LaSalle (JLL)- London, San Jose and Beijing are top three.
Platts Global Energy Firm Ranking – 14 Indian Companies - Exxon Mobil Corp(1st ),Chevron
Corp(2nd),Royal Dutch Shell plc(3rd) –RIL, ONGC, Coal India, NTPC etc.
Fortune world’s top 50 business leaders - 1.Mark Parker, 2.Mark Zuckerberg, 3.Andrew Wilson;
Indians :MasterCard’s Ajay Banga, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Cognizant’s Francisco D’Souza.
Thomson Reuters 2015 Thomson Reuters top 100 innovators list – Amazon(1st time)
BCG's innovation survey – Apple(1st), Google(2nd),Tesla(3rd)
Important Appointments
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Shahrukh Khan-Airtel, Dish TV, Emami, Hyundai, ICICI, Nerolac, Nokia, Videocon
Madhuri Dixit-sukanya samriddhi yojana
New Prime Ministers/Presidents of Various
Ira Singhal-specially-abledpersons
Countries
Virat kohil-BSF
Albert Pahimi
Novak Djokovic-UNICEF PM of Chad
Padacke
Stefi graff–KERALA
Ambassadors for Digital India - Satwat Alexis Tsipras PM of Greece
Jagwani, Krati Tiwari ,Ankit Fadia , Pranav Alpha Conde PM of Guinea
Mistry
Antonio Costa PM of Portugal
Wasim Akram and Rameez Raja brand
ambassadors of the Pakistan T20 Super League Giorgi
PM of Georgia
Actor Sidharth Malhotra - New Zealand tourism Kvirikashvili
ambassador Jioji Konousi
President of Fiji
AB de Villiers - MRF Konrote
Lionel Messi - Tata Motors Justin Trudeau PM of Canada
Dhoni- Dubai-based company Grand Midwest
Group Kassim Majaliwa PM Tanzania
Anirban Lahiri - Hinduja Global Laimdota
PM of Latvia (resigned)
Sania Mirza - Kesh King brand. Straujuma
Shah Rukh Khan - Reliance Jio. Malcolm Turnbull PM of Australia
Farhan Akhtar - FMCG firm Amway
Marcelo Rebelo
Akshay Kumar – PBL President of Portugal
Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra -
de Sousa
‘Incredible India’ Mauricio Macri President of Argentina
Paul Kaba
PM of Burkina Faso
Thieba
Science & Technology: PM of European nation-
Pavel Filip
Moldova
Planets Spacecrafts
Ranil
MERCURY Messenger(NASA) PM of Sri Lanka.
Wickremesinghe
VENUS Venus express(ESA) Roch Marc
President of Burkina Faso
MARS Curiosity,Maven(NASA), Christian Kabore
India(MOM) Sherif Ismail PM of Egypt
JUPITER Juno(NASA) Tsai Ing-
SATURN Cassini,Huygens(NASA & ESA) wen(first female
President of Taiwan
URANUS Voyager(NASA) president )
NEPTUNE Voyager 2(NASA)
PLUTO New horizons
Victor Ponta PM of Romania resigned
MOON Mangalayaan
Satellite launches
GlobalSat for DRR (UN CANEUS For earth observation and disaster risk
Kalam GlobalSat) reduction
PSLV - C28 ISRO Antrix 5 UK Satellites Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV) DMC3 optical earth observation
satellites
GPS - Aided Geo ISRO For air navigation system
Augmented Navigation
(GAGAN) system
GSLV D6 carrying GSAT ISRO 6 satellite - 1st communication satellite
PSLV 30 ISRO with six foreign satellites,first dedicated multi
wavelength space observatory satellite
PSLV- C29 ISRO With six Singapore satellites onboard
GSAT 15 ISRO Nation’s latest communications satellite by
the European Ariane 5 VA
227 launch Vehicle
PSLV C31 ISRO carrying IRNSS – 5th , IRNSS 1E ,Sriharikota
Cryogenic mk III based ISRO In Dec 2016
GSLV vehicle
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Events Winners
British Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
Hungarian Grand Prix 2015 Sebastian Vettel
2015 Singapore Grand Prix F1 Championship Sebastian Vettel
Belgian Grand Prix championship. Lewis Hamilton
2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One Lewis Hamilton
Japanese Grand Prix 2015 Lewis Hamilton
Russian Grand Prix title of Formula One Lewis Hamilton
2015 Mexican Gand Prix of Formula 1 Nico Rosberg
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Wuhan Open women’s doubles trophy Sania Mirza and Swiss Martina Hingis
Malaysian Open 2015 David Ferrer (Spain) -25th
Shanghai Masters Championship Novak Djokovic – 9th title
ATP World Tour Finals 2015
Singles Serbia’s Novak
Djokovic defeated Switzerland’s Roger Federer
Doubles Netherland’s Jean-Julien Rojer and
Romania’s Horia Tecau defeated India’s Rohan
Bopanna and Romania’s Florin Mergea
Professional Squash Association(PSA)
Men’s rankings Saurav Ghosal (2Oth ), Egyptian Mohamed EI
Shorbagy(1st).
Women’s rankings Malaysian-Nicaol David, Jodhana Chinappa -
28th rank and Dipika Pallikal - 18th rank.
2015 Swiss Indoors Basel Title of Tennis Roger Federer
21st edition of Fenesta Open National Tennis championship
Under – 16 Titles: Boys Nitin K Sinha
Under – 16 Titles: Girls Sabhyata Nihalani
Under – 14 Titles: Boys Mann Maulik Shah
Under – 14 Titles: Girls Sanya Singh
2015 Davis Cup of Tennis Great Britain
Special Olympics World Games
Golfer Ranveer Singh(Gold) – 1st Indian
Women’s Squash Title Joshna Chinappa(10th WSA Title)
World swimming championship(Break record in Sarah Sjostrom (Swedan)
100m Butterfly)
Asian Championships Dipa Karmakar( Bronze) – India
Yan Wang(Gold) - China
Sae Miyakawa(Silver) - Japan.
World Swimming Championship(Break record 3 min Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Kendyl Stewart and
42.33 sec) Lia Neal.
Olympic world Summer games 2015 India(47 gold, 54 silver and 72 bronze in 14
disciplines)
World Championships(50m butterfly younger) Alzain Tareq
Best swimmers Mana Patel of Gujarat and
Maharashtra’s Virdhawal Khade
69th senior National Aquatic Championships Karnataka – Team championship
Asian Youth Football Festa 2015 China - 1st ,India – 2nd
IBSF 6 Reds World Championship Pankaj Advani(9th world title)
English league football. Aditi Chauhan(1st Indian to play)
16 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Bangladesh
championship title 2015
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup 1.Nigeria 2.Mali 3.Belgium
15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 1.Kenya(16 medals)
2. Jamaica 12 medals) and
3.SA (18 medals).
World Cup (50m rifle ) Chain Singh(3rd)
Rogers Cup
Men’s Trophy Andy Murray
Women’s Trophy Belinda Bencic
Women’s Doubles trophy Caroline Garcia(France) and Katarina
Srebotnik(Slovenian)
Men’s Doubles trophy Bob and Mike(US)
British Amateur stroke play golf championship Aditi Ashok(1st Indian)
Worlds championship(100m) Usain Bolt
World Athletics Championships(3000m Lalita Shivaji
steeplechase)
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2018 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy - Women’s World Cup Final In 2017 - Lord
Argentina Autobiographies by Indian personalities
2018 Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy
-Netherlands The Test of My Life: Yuvraj Singh
2016 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy – Wings of Fire: APJ Abdul Kalam
Argentina Courage and Conviction: Gen VK Singh
2016 Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy A Shot at History: Abhinav Bindra
– UK The Race of My Life: Milkha Singh
One Life Is Not Enough: K Natwar Singh
Others The Substance and The Shadow: Dilip
World T20 India-Pakistan match - Kumar
Dharamsala The Unbreakable: Mary Kom
th
35th National Games – Kerala, 36 Playing It My Way: Sachin Tendulkar
National Games- Goa Not Just an Accountant:The Diary of the
Aisa Cadet and Jr. Judochampionship Nation's Conscience Keeper ‐ Vinod Rai
2016 – Kochi Straight from the Heart: Kapil Dev
Paragliding World Cup 2015 – Himachal All From Memory: BV Achary
Pradesh Matters of Discretion: Inder Kumar Gujral
5th Youth Delphic Games in Feb 2016 – My Country My Life: LK Advani
Goa Truth, Love & a Little Malice:Khushwant
First edition of Pakistan Super League – Singh
Doha(Qatar) Jakhan Choto Chilam: Satyajit Ray
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15 IAAF World Championships - Beijing Lucknow Boy: A Memoir: Vinod Mehta
(China) And then One Day: A Memoir: Nasiruddin
2016 World Cup and the 2019 Presidents Shah
Cup golf tournaments - Melbourne Sunny Days: Sunil Gavaskar
69th senior National Aquatic Dreaming Big – My Journey to Connect
Championships – Rajkot India: Sam pitroda
National Games 2019 - Andhra Pradesh On My Terms: Sharad Pawa
Bid for 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China Anything But Khamosh: Shatrughan Sinha
2021 World Aquatics Championships – Honest & transparent: Shatrughan Sinha
Fukuoka
Obituary
Eminent HIV researcher Dr Suniti Solomon passes away .
Former Goa Chief Minister Wilfred De Souza passed away.
World’s shortest man Chandra Bahadur Dangi(Nepali) passed away
Renowned water policy expert Ramaswamy R. Iyer passed away
Mohiniyattam dancer Kalamandalam Sathyabhama passed away
BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away
Noted Odia lyricist Nizam passed away
Manipur Governor Syed Ahmed passed away.
Renowned music director and lyricist Ravindra Jain passed.
Legendary Veteran Tamil Actor, comedian and singer Manorama passes away.
Indian marine biologist and Padma Shri awardee Syed Zahoor Qasim passed away.
Veteran Telugu actor Mada Venkateswara Rao passed away.
Hero MotoCorp patriarch two-wheeler industry Brijmohan Lall Munjal passes away
Former Janata Dal MLA Gurcharan Chabbra on hunger-strike passes away
Former England captain and MCC president Tom Graveney passed away.
Air Chief Marshal and former Chief of Air Staff Om PrakashMehra passed away
Noted Children’s Book Writer Kamala Laxman passes away .
Former chief of the country’s external intelligence agency RAW K. Shankaran Nair passed away.
Eminent bureaucrat and former Gujarat Governor RK Trivedi passed away .
Noted labour economist Dr. T.S. Papola passed away
Famous Hindi Writer, columnist and journalist Mahip Singh passed away.
Koodiyattom artiste Margi Sathi passed away
Sarangi maestro Ustad Sabri Khan passed away
Renowned agro-economist Sharad Joshi passes away
Senior Telugu actor Chilukoti Kashi Viswanath passed away
Veteran actress Sadhana passes away
Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler dies
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First In India
First Persons
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
Badruddin Tayyabji
Congress
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 C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in
James Hicky
India
The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma
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The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh
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
The first women head of Indian Cost Accounting Aruna Sethi
First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame
First Chinese pilgrim to Visit India Fa-hien
First Exclusive internet magazine Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe Indrani Rehman
First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Bannerjee, 1885
First Muslim President of the Indian National Badruddin Tayyabji
First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve
India's First University Nalanda University
India's First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University
India's First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with P.V.Narasimha Rao
First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan
First British to Visit India Hawkins
First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office Opened in India Kolkata(1727)
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Population Highlight
Highest Populous UT-Delhi
Least Populous UT-Lakshadweep
Highest Populous state--Uttar Pradesh
Least populous state--Sikkim
Highest urban Population in india (state& UT)--Maharashtra – 4,11,00,980
Lowest urban Population in india (state& UT)--Lakshadweep – 26,967
Highest Rular Population in india (state& UT)--Uttar Pradesh – 13,16,58,339
Lowest Rular Population in india (state& UT)--Lakshadweep – 33,683
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) Sex ratio in India--943
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International Boundaries
Line of Actual Control India & China on the Northern Border
Line of Control India and Pakistan
Durand LineHU Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Radcliffe Line India and Pakistan (its includes Banladesh Line)
Blue Line Isreal & Lebanon
Purple Line Israel and Syria
Green Line Israel and its neighbours (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria)
Mason–Dixon line Maryland and Pennsylvania/Delaware in Colonial America
Curzon Line Poland & Russia
Military Demarcation Line(MDL) North Korea and South Korea.
Armistice Line North Korea and South Korea.
McMohan Line India & China
Maginot Line France & Germany
Mannar haime line Russia & Finland
Oder Nisse Line Germany & Poland( aftermath of World War II)
Hindenburg Line Poland & Germany(at the time of First World War)
Sigfried Line East France & Germany (at the time of second world war)
16 Parallel North Angola and Namibia
17th Parallel Line North & South Vietnam
20 ParallelLine Libya & Sudan
22 Parallel Line Egypt & Sudan
25 Parallel Line Mauritania & Mali
26 Parallel Line Western Sahara & Mauritania
31 Parallel Line Iraq & Iran
35 Parallel Line US it serves as border b/w Tennessee/Mississippi,
36 Parallel Line US it Forms forms the southernmost of the state of Missouri
38 Parallel Line North & South Korea
40 Parallel Line US it serves as border b/w Nebraska & Kansas
41 Parallel Line US it forms the border b/w wyoming/utah border,
Wyoming/colorado,
42 Parallel Line US it serves as border of new york & Pennsylvania Border
43 Parallel Line US it serves as border of b/w State Nebraska & state of south
Dakota
45 Parallel Line US it forms the boundary b/w Montana & wyoming
49 Parallel Line USA & Canada
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Mahotsava,Choekhor,Tamladu,Mopin
Bihar Chhath,Jivitputrika,Patliputra natya Mahotsav,Patna Sahib
Mahotsav,Rajgir Mahostav,Sama Chakeva
Chandigarh Baisakhi,Festival of gardens,Teej
Chhattisgarh Bastar Dussehra,Bastar Lokotsav,Dadaria,Gaur Maria Dance,Madai
,Rajim Kumbh
Goa Shigmo,Bonderam,San joao,Panjim/Margao
Gujarat International Kite festival,Modhera,Kutch Mahotsava,Bhavnath
Mahadev fair Saptak,Shamlaji,TarnetarVautha,Madhavrai
Haryana Lohri,Basant Panchami,Gangore,Baisakhi,Teej,Nirjala
Akadashi,Guggapir
Himachal Dham,Kullu Dussehra,Mandi Shivaratri ,Sati pradha
Pradesh
Jammu and Hemis,Lohri,Vaishno devi
Kashmir
Jharkhand Karma,Sohari,Sarhul,Chhath puja,Jityya Bhaiya Dooj
Karnataka Karaga,Dakkebali,Gowri Habba,Kanakadasa Jayanthi,Madikeri Dasara
Mahamastakabhisheka,Mailara Jaatre ,Mysore Dasara
Kerala Onam,Thiruvathira,Vishu
MadhyaPradesh Chethiyagiri vihara,Madai,Bahgoriya,Nimar utsav,Dhrupad samaroh
Maharashtra nant chaturdashi,Bhau, beej,Gudi Padwa,Pola,Shayani Ekadashi,Vat
purnima
Mizoram Chapchar Kut ,Mim Kut ,Pawl Kut
Nagaland Horn Bill,Nazu,Sekrenyi,Tuluni,Yemshe,Sankarni,Rengma Ngadah
Odisha Chaiti,Dhanu,Kalahandi,Ghantapatua,Jagaddhagtri,Raja praba ,Ratha
Punjab Maghi,Lohri,Basant,Holi,Vaisakhi,Rakhri,Teeyan - yatra(puri),Samba
Dashami
Rajasthan Baneshwar,Gangaur,Pushkar,Teej,Urs
Sikkim Saga Dawa,Lossong,Losar,Dasain,Tihar,Gutor cham
Tamil Nadu Brihadeeswara Temple car festival,Jangura Habba Erwadi
Santhanakkodu,Mattu pongal,Panguni Uthiram,Thaiusam,Thimithi
Telangana Bathukamma,Bonalu,Sammakka Saarakka Jaathara,Peerla panduga
Tripura Ker,Garia Puja
Uttarakhand Phool Dei,Harela and bhitauli,Olgia,Khatarua,Bat
savitri,Janopunya,Chippla Jaat,Hilijatra
WestBengal Bhadu,Haldia Utsav,Jagaddhatri,Poush Mela
Folk Dances :
States Folk Dances
AndhraPradesh Kuchipudi(Classical),Ghantamardala,Ottam,Thedal,Mohioniattam,Kum
mi,Siddhi Madhuri,Chhadi.
Chhattisgarh Goudi,Karma,Jhumar,Dagla,Pali,Tapali,Navrani.Diwari,Mundari.
Arunachal Mask Dance,War Dance.
Pradesh
HimachalPradesh ,Jhali,Chharhi,Dhaman,Chhapeli,Mahasu,Nati,Dangi,Chamba,Thali,Jha
inta,Daf, Sti Ck Dance.
Goa Mandi,Jhagor,Khol,Dakni.
Assam Bihu,Bichhua,Natpuja,Maharas,Kaligopal,Bagurumba,Naga
Dance,Khel Gopal,Tabal Chongli,Canoe,Jhumura Hobjanai.
West Bengal Kathi,Gambhira,Dhali,Jatra,Baul,Marasia,Mahal,Keertan
Keral Kathakali(Classical),Ottam Thulal,Mohini
Attam,Kaikottikali,Tappatikali,Kali Auttam.
Meghalaya Laho,Baagla.
Manipur Manipuri(Classical),Rakhal,Nat Rash,Maha Rash,Raukhat.
Nagaland Chong,Khaiva,Lim,Nuralim
Orissa Odissi(Classical),Savari,Ghumara,Painka,Munari,Chhau,Chadya
Dandanata.
Maharashtra Lavani,Nakata,Koli,Lezim,Gafa,Dahikala,Dasavtar Or
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Bohada,Tamasha,Mauni,Powara,Gouricha.
Karnataka Yakshagan,Huttari,Suggi,Kunitha,Karga,Lambi.
Gujarat Garba,Dandiya Ras,Tippani Juriun,Bhavai.
Punjab Bhangra,Giddha,Daff,Dhaman.
Rajasthan Ghumar,Chakri,Ganagor,Jhulan
Leela,Jhuma,Suisini,Ghapal,Panihari,Ginab
Mizoram Khanatm,Pakhupila,Cherokan.
Jammu&Kashmir Rauf,Hikat,Mandjas,Kud Dandi Nach<Damali.
TamilNadu Bharatnatyam,Kumi,Kolattam,Kavadi.
Uttar Pradesh Nautanki,Raslila,Kajri,Jhora,Chappeli,Jaita.
Bihar Jata Jatin,Bakho Bakhain,Panwariya,Sama
Chakwa,Bidesia,Jatra.
Haryana Jhumar,Phag,Daph,Dhamal,Loor,Gugga,Khor,Gagor.
Jharkhand Chhau,Sarahul,Jat Jatin,Karma,Danga,Bidesia,Sohrai
Uttarakhand Gadhwali,Kumayuni,Kajari,Jhora,Raslila,Chappeli
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Important Lakes
1. Wular Lake-- Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia and the largest in
India, is located in Jammu and Kashmir
2. Loktak Lake-- Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India, located in
Manipur.
3. Da mdama Lake-- Damdama Lake is one of the biggest natural lakes in Haryana.
4. Dal Lake--The Kashmir valley is blessed with exotic natural beauty of landscape and water
bodies, out of them one of the best is Dal Lake
5. Pichola Lake-- Lake Pichola is an artificial fresh water lake situated in Udaipur city in
Rajasthan.
6. Gurudongmar Lake--Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. This fresh-
water lake is located northeast of the Kangchenjunga range in Sikkim.
7. Chilka Lake--Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake in India. The
Chilka Lake in situated in Orissa and is Asia’s largest inland salt-water lagoon.
8. Vembanad Lake--Vembanad Lake is India’s longest lake and is the largest lakes in the
beautiful state land of God, Kerala
9. Bhimtal Lake-- The pride of Bhimtal is a beautiful lake which offers magnificent vistas for
tourists. The lake is larger than Nainital lake, uttarnachal
10. Upper lake--Upper lake is the largest artificial lake in Asia, situated in “City of Lakes” called
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
11. Kolleru Lake and Pulicat Lake --are two major lakes for number of migratory birds in India-AP
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Cricket Stadiums
Name of the stadium Location
Nehru Stadium Indore / Pune
Brerbon Stadium Mumbai
Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Baramati stadium Cuttack
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi
Mohinul Haq Stadium Patna
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad
Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium New Delhi
Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore
Motera Stadium Ahmedabad
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Important Days
January February
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Jan 4 World Braille Day Feb 1 Indian Coast Guard Day
Jan 10 World Hindi Day Feb 2 World Wetlands Day
International Day of Zero Tolerance
Jan 12 National Youth Day Feb 6
to Female Genital Mutilation
Jan 15 Indian Army Day Feb 10 National Deworming Day
Rashtriya Balika Diwas/National Girl
Jan 24 Feb 13 World Radio Day
Child Day
World Leprosy Day
Jan 25 National Tourism Day Feb 20 World Day of Social Justice
National Voter Day
Indian Republic day
Jan 26 Feb 21 International Mother Language Day
International Customs Day
International Day of Commemoration
Jan 27 in Memory of the Victims of the Feb 22 World Thinking day
Holocaust
Jan 30 Martyrs’ Day Feb 24 Central Excise Day
Jan 31 World Leprosy Eradication Day Feb 27 International Polar Bear Day
March April
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Mar 1 Zero Discrimination Day Apr 2 World Autism Awareness Day
International Day for Mine Awareness
World Wildlife Day and Assistance in Mine Action
Mar 3 Apr 4
National Defence Day World Rat Day
International Pillow Fight Day
International Day of Sport for
Mar 4 National Security Day Apr 6
Development and Peace
Mar 8 International Women's Day Apr 7 World Health Day
Central Industrial Security Force
Mar
(CISF) Raising Day, World Kidney Apr 12 World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day
10
Day
Mar World Consumer Rights Day
Apr 17 World Haemophilia Day
15 World Contact Day
Mar
National Ordinance Factories Day Apr 18 World Heritage Day
18
International Day of Happiness
Mar World Day of Theatre for Children and United Nations Chinese Language
Apr 20
20 Young People Day
World sparrow day
International Day for the Elimination
Mar
of Racial Discrimination Apr 22 World Earth Day
21
World Poetry Day
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Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
July 1 National Doctor's Day Aug 1 World Breastfeeding Day
July 2 International Day of Cooperatives Aug 6 Hiroshima Day
July 6 International Kissing Day Aug 7 National Handloom Day
International Day of the World's
Indigenous Peoples
July 7 Global Forgiveness Day Aug 9 Nagasaki Peace Day
Kranti Diwas (Quit India Movement
Day)
July 11 World Population Day Aug 12 International Youth Day
July 12 World Malala day Aug 14 Pakistan Independence Day
July 15 World Youth Skills Day Aug 15 Indian Independence Day
World Humanitarian Day
July 17 International Justice Day Aug 19
World Photography Day
July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day Aug 20 World Mosquito Day
Aug 26 Women's Equality Day
World Hepatitis Day International Day against Nuclear
July 28 Tests
World Nature conservation day Aug 29
National Sports Day
Sanskrit Day
International Day of the Victims of
July 29 World Tiger Day Aug 30 Enforced Disappearances
Small Industry Day
September October
Date Day Observed Date Day Observed
Sep 2 World Coconut Day Oct 1 International Day of Older Persons
International Day of Non-Violence
International Day of Charity
Sep 5 Oct 2 World Farm Animals Day
National Teacher’s Day
World Smile Day
Sep 8 International Literacy Day Oct 3 World Nature Day,World Habitat Day
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Country-Currency-Capital
S. No. Country Currency Capital
1 Afghanistan Afghani Kabul
2 Albania Lek Tirane
3 Algeria Dinar Algiers
4 Andorra Euro Andorra la Vella
=5 Angola New Kwanza Luanda
6 Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean dollar Saint John's
7 Argentina Peso Buenos Aires
8 Armenia Dram Yerevan
9 Australia Australian dollar Canberra
10 Austria Euro Vienna
11 Azerbaijan Manat Baku
12 The Bahamas Bahamian dollar Nassau
13 Bahrain Bahrain dinar Manama
14 Bangladesh Taka Dhaka
15 Barbados Barbados dollar Bridgetown
16 Belarus Belorussian ruble Minsk
17 Belgium Euro Brussels
18 Belize Belize dollar Belmopan
19 Benin CFA Franc Porto-Novo
20 Bhutan Ngultrum Thimphu
21 Bolivia Boliviano La Paz (administrative);
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marka Sarajevo
23 Botswana Pula Gaborone
24 Brazil Real Brasilia
25 Brunei Brunei dollar Bandar Seri Begawan
26 Bulgaria Lev Sofia
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Current Affairs
Current Affairs 2016
Current Affairs Today
Current Affairs PDF
Current Affairs Quiz
Current Affairs Mock Test
Study Materials PDF
Reasoning Questions
Quantitative Aptitude Questions
English Questions
Computer Questions
Banking Awareness Questions
General Aptitude
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