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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
Category Company name Headquarters CMD
General Insurance New India Assurance Mumbai G.Srinivasan

National Insurance Kolkata Sanath Kumar
Oriental Insurance New Delhi Dr.A.K.Saxena
United India Insurance Chennai Shri Milind A. Kharat
Crop Insurance Agriculture Insurance New Delhi Shri Joseph Plappallil
Export credit Guarantee Export Credit Guarantee Mumbai Geetha Muralidhar

Insurance Corporation of India
Life Insurance Life Insurance Corporation of Mumbai S.K Roy (Chairman)

India
Re-Insurance General Insurance Corporation Mumbai Alice Vaidyan

of India (GIC -Re)
Insurance Company - Tagline/Slogan

• Life Insurance Corporation of India - Yogakshemam Vahamyaham
• National Insurance - THODA SIMPLE SOCHO
• Oriental Insurance - Prithvi, Agni, Jal, Akash, Sabki Suraksha Hamare Paas
• New India Assurance - Leadership and Beyond
• United India Insurance - Rest Assured with Us
• Agriculture Insurance - Sampann Bharath ki pehchan,Beemith Phasal Khusal Kisan
• ECGC LTD - You Focus on Exports. We recover the risks.
• Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited – You click, we cover
• SBI Life Insurance Company Limited - With Us, You’re Sure
• Apollo Munich Health Insurance - We know Healthcare.
• HDFC Standard life Insurance Company Limited - Sar utha Ke Jiyo
• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited - Zimmedari ka humsafar
Insurance companies in news

 Germany's Munich Re raises stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance to 49%
 IRDAI slaps Rs 20 lakh penalty on Oriental Insurance Company.
 Life Insurance Corporation of India launched its own insurance repository - LIC E-services.
 National reinsurer GIC Re to open China branch in 2-3 months
 Telangana becomes the first state to implement e-Vahan Bima scheme
 Private sector non-life insurance firm SBI General Insurance has appointed Pushan Mahapatra
as its new MD & CEO
 IRDAI extends deadline for microinsurance products till March 31, 2016
 K. Sanath Kumar has taken charge as the CMD of Kolkata-based National Insurance Company.
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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%
Recent Banking & Finance news:

1. Public Investment Board(PIB) has approved the Rs 800-crore proposal from India Post for setting up
a payments bank.
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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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59. SoftBank invests Rs 100 crore more in Housing.com

60. FreeCharge Partners MasterCard, Yes Bank to Launch Virtual Card
61. RBI asks banks to stop Rs 1,000 notes without security thread.
62. Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs 30,000 Crore.
63. Govt. mobilises 900 kg of gold under monetisation scheme.
64. RBI seeks Rs 26k-cr more for capital infusion by 2018.
65. RBI shortlists 5 companies for audit and risk monitoring mechanism.
66. RBI raises shareholding in National Housing Bank
67. Post Bank, the new payments bank likely to handle Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT) schemes.
68. Bank of Baroda debuts on social media, launches twitter handle.
69. PAN card must for all transactions above Rs 2 lakhs.
70. RBI imposes Rs 1 crore penalty on Dhanlaxmi Bank
71. World Bank approves USD 1.5bn for clean India.
72. World Bank Group, FIRST Initiative launched Principles for Public Credit Guarantee Schemes.
73. New Zealand formally becomes member of AIIB.
74. Luxembourg became the 10th country to ratify AoA of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
75. Myanmar inaugurates a new stock exchange Yangon Stock Exchange.
76. SEBI orders freezing bank, demat accounts for the Sunplant Forgings.
77. Singapore replaces Mauritius as top source of FDI into India during the first half of the current
fiscal.
78. MMTC eyes tie-ups with SBI, ICICI, India Post for gold coins.
79. Axis Bank launches country's first 'display variant' debit card.
80. Deal between Emirates Bank & SBI for easier to help NRI customers to carry out their remittances
instantly and more conveniently.
81. HDFC Bank launches Rs 30-cr marketing campaign - ‘sonic branding’.
82. SBT launches ‘affordable housing loan’ scheme .
83. World Bank launches $500 million carbon market scheme.
84. Union Bank ties up with Maharashtra for OTC(over-the-counter) tax.
85. Axis Bank, Vistara to launch travel credit card.
86. IDBI Bank becomes first commercial state-owned bank to raise $350 million via selling green
bonds.
87. SEBI signed MoU with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on bilateral cooperation.
88. Axis Bank enters Bangladesh, opens representative office in Dhaka.
89. Kotak subsidiary gets IRDAI nod to commence operations.
90. Govt approves six FDI proposals worth Rs. 1,810 crore.
91. World Bank and Andhra Pradesh ink $75-m credit deal for rural project.
92. HDFC, YES Bank to list bonds on LSE.
93. State Bank of India launches Neev fund to help low-income states.
94. World Bank approves $500 million loan to Pakistan.
95. China, Pakistan implement banking service protocol.
96. India, US sign Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to curb tax evasion.
97. RBI issued Uniform Guidelines on Internet Banking for Cooperative Banks.
98. RBI fixes gold bonds issue price at Rs 2,684 per gram.
99. Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi: Increase of Financial Assistance from Rs. 2 Lakhs to 5 Lakhs.
100. RBI allows Indian corporate to issue offshore rupee-denominated bonds outside India.
101. Exim Bank announced setting up of project development firm KPDC (Kukuza Project Development
Company) in Africa.
102. Yes Bank operationalises IFSC banking unit in GIFT City.
103. FM Jaitley launched two taxpayer friendly initiatives to streamlining the taxation procedure.
104. Paytm ties up with Bank of Maharashtra to offer mobile wallet top up facility through bank ATMs
105. Federal Bank launches local language mobile banking.
106. Yes Bank inks partnership with Snapdeal and Blue Dart to facilitate faster seller payments.
107. NABARD sanctions Rs 135-crore loan to Haryana for rural development.
108. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated IDFC Bank branch in New Delhi.
109. Dena Bank ties up with bankbazaar.com for capturing retail loan business through the
bankbazzar.com online platform.
110. UCO Bank lodged with highest number of NPAs.
111. Government decided to bring down its holding in IDBI Bank to 49%.
112. IDFC Bank thinks having no ATMs, free service at other.
113. FMC merged with SEBI.
114. PSU banks kicked off mega push for Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.
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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.
Important Committees in news:

1. Amit Mitra appointed as Chairman of Goods and Services Tax(GST) committee of State FMs.
2. Union Government has constituted two new committees: Tax Policy Research Unit (TPRU) and Tax
Policy Council (TPC) to streamline the taxation policy and administration.
3. Union Law Ministry’s Legislative Department has constituted an expert committee to review the
Specific Relief Act, 1963.
4. Retired Justice R.V. Easwar's Expert Committee to simplify the provisions of IT Act, 1961 has
submitted its report to Union Finance Ministry.
5. Government constitutes Arvind Panagariya committee to fast-track bullet train project(Mumbai -
Ahmedabad).
6. Justice RM Lodha Committee has submitted its report to the Supreme Court suggesting reforms in
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
7. Government constitute Kamlesh Chandra Committee to study wage structure of Gramin Dak Sevaks
in the Department of Posts (DoP).
8. Union Government constitutes Shyam Benegal Committee to revamp Central Board of Film
Certification
9. RBI has released the Report on Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion submitted by 14-member
committee headed by RBI Executive Director Deepak Mohanty.
10. Union Government has appointed former Chief Justice of Patna High Court Justice L Narasimha
Reddy as head judicial committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.
11. Chief Economic Advisor Dr. Arvind Subramanian led Committee has recommended standard rate
for Goods and Services Tax (GST) at 17 to 18%.
12. Union HRD Ministry forms N Gopalaswami Committee on Sanskrit Promotion.
13. Union Government appoints 5 members committee to review research grants offered by UGC.
14. Union Government constitute B.S Baswan expert committee to revive UPSC civil services exam
pattern.
Agreements signed by RBI

• RBI inks info exchange pact with UK financial body - Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of
Supervisory Information with Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct
Authority (FCA), United Kingdom.
• RBI, Central Bank of UAE sign pact - Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory
Information. RBI has entered into such MoUs, Letters for Supervisory Co-operation and
Statements of Co-operation with supervisors of a few countries to promote cooperation and
sharing of information.
• RBI, Nepal Rastra Bank ink pact for supervisory info exchange - The MoU was signed by Mr.
Narayan Prasad Paudel, ED on behalf of Nepal Rastra Bank and Mrs. Meena Hemchandra,
Executive Director on behalf of the RBI at the Central Office of Reserve Bank in Mumbai.
• RBI – Bank of Botswana MoU - On info exchange with Bank of Botswana agreed for Supervisory
Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.
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• RBI -Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) - On Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of

Supervisory Information.
• RBI - Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) - On Exchange of Information and Mutual Assistance in
Banking Sector Supervision.
• Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) - Special Currency Swap
Agreement
RBI licence nod 2015

PAYMENT BANK license under Nachiket Mor 11 applicants out of 41
1.Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited
2.Airtel M Commerce Services Limited
3.Cholamandalam Distribution Services Limited
4.Department of Posts
5.Fino PayTech Limited
6.National Securities Depository Limited
7.Reliance Industries Limited
8.Shri Dilip Shantilal Shanghvi
9.Shri Vijay Shekhar Sharma
10.Tech Mahindra Limited
11.Vodafone m-pesa Limited
Small banks -UNDER Usha Thorat -- 10 out of 72 applicants

1. Au Financiers (India) Ltd., Jaipur
2. Capital Local Area Bank Ltd., Jalandhar
3. Disha Microfin Private Ltd., Ahmedabad
4. Equitas Holdings P Limited, Chennai
5. ESAF Microfinance and Investments Private Ltd., Chennai
6. Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited, Bengaluru
7. RGVN (North East) Microfinance Limited, Guwahati
8. Suryoday Micro Finance Private Ltd., Navi Mumbai
9. Ujjivan Financial Services Private Ltd., Bengaluru
10.Utkarsh Micro Finance Private Ltd., Varanasi
11. RBI hanged two new bank licences to applicants BANDHAN , IDFC from a field of 25 competitors
SUSPENSION
RBI whose licences 7 NBFCs were suspended are

1.Religare Finance
2.Artisans Micro Finance
3.Eden Trade & Commerce
4.RCS Parivar Finance
5.Nott Investments
6.Dewra Stocks & Securities
7.Swetasree Finance. + SAHARA ( August 2015)
• RBI granted in-principle approval to NPCI to function as the central unit for Bharat Bill Payment
Systems. BBPS is an integrated bill payment system, will function as a tiered structure for
operating the bill payment system in the country with a single brand image providing
convenience of “anytime anywhere” bill payment to customers.
• Yes Bank gets RBI nod for mutual fund, AMC and trustee company Yes Bank has got the
permission of RBI to sponsor a mutual fund and also to set up an asset management company
(AMC) and a trustee company.
Top bank first in first outs

• First bank to roll out sukanya samriddhi yojana – Punjab National Bank
• First issue of soil health card – Maharastra bank
• First payment solutions – co-branded card issued by –LIC with UAE gulf bank
• RBL ( Ratnakar bank limited ) launches first golf centric card
• First MUDRA card based on the RuPay platform - Corporation Bank
• First bank in India to launch Watch Banking for Apple Watch - HDFC Bank
• First Multi-Currency Contactless Card service - Axis Bank
• First microfinance company to transform into a bank – Bandhan(Kolkata)
• First payment bank - Paytm
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• First institution worldwide to launch mVisa – ICICI

• First public sector bank to partner with Chillr – BOB
• First bank to launched Malayalam and Hindi language versions of mobile application - FedMobile
• First commercial bank to raise $350 mn via green bonds - IDBI Bank
• First bank to launch mobile wallet service “Batua” – SBI
• First postal ATM inaugurated – Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Banking Apps
App Name Launched by App For
Online Forex Platform(SBI SBI Enables customers to book their foreign

eforex) exchange transactions online.
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.
Watch Banking HDFC Aims to provide banking services through all

wearable devices
Co-branded credit card HDFC Bank & To share the details of the partnership
Snapdeal
First Multi-Currency Axis Bank To enables withdrawal of 15 currencies

Contactless Card service
in India
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
Smart Vault ICICI Automated locker available for 24×7
Insta Account ICICI Online investment account
IndPay Indian Bank To enables its customers to operate bank

accounts from anywhere, anytime.
SBI’s mobile wallet Arun Jaitley To implement corporate social responsibility

‘Buddy’ (CSR)
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.
Batua – mobile wallet SBI SBI to launch mobile wallet

for feature phone users n
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Banks CMD & Head Quarters & Taglines
Bank Name CMD HQ TAGLINE
SBI Arundhati Bhattacharya Mumbai The banker to every Indian.

(Chairman)
State Bank of Bikaner Jyoti Ghosh,MD Jaipur The Nation banks on us.
& Jaipur
State Bank of Shantanu Mukherjee,MD Hyderabad Modern.Innovative.Dependa

Hyderabad ble
State Bank of Patiala S. A. Ramesh Rangan, Patiala Blending Modernity with

MD Tradition
State Bank of Mysore Sharad Sharma,MD Bengaluru Working for a better

tomorrow.
State Bank of Jeevandas Narayan,MD Thiruvananthapuram A long tradition of trust.

Travancore
Nationalised Banks
Bank Name CMD HQ TAGLINE
Allahabad Bank Rakesh Sethi Kolkata A tradition of trust.
Andhra Bank Suresh N Patel Hyderabad Where India Banks
Bank of Baroda P.S .Jaykumar Vadodara,Gujarat India's International Bank.
Bank of India Melwyn O Rego Mumbai Relationship beyond

banking.
Bank of Sushil Muhnot Pune One family One Bank.

Maharashtra
Canara Bank Rakesh Sharma Bangalore Together we can.
Central Bank of Rajeev Rishi Mumbai Central to you since 1911.

India
Corporation Bank J K Garg Mangalore,Karnataka Prosperity for all
Dena Bank Ashwani Kumar Mumbai Trusted Family Bank
Indian Bank Mahesh Kumar Chennai Your Tech Friendly Bank

Jain(Additional charge)
Indian Overseas R.Koteeswaran Chennai Good people to grow with

Bank
Oriental Bank of Animesh Chauhan Gurgaon,Haryana Where every individual is

Commerce committed
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
Syndicate Bank Arun Shrivastava Manipal,Karnataka Faithful and Friendly
UCO Bank R K Takkar Kolkata Honours Your trust
Union Bank of Arun Tiwari Mumbai Good people to bank with

India
United bank of P.Srinivas Kolkata The bank that begins with

India u
Vijaya Bank Kishore Kumar Sansi Bangalore A friend u can bank upon
Bharatiya Mahila Usha Ananthasubramanian New Delhi Empowering Women,

Bank Empowering India.
IDBI Bank Kishore piraji kharat Mumbai Banking for all”AAo Sochein
Bada”
NABARD Harsh Kumar Bhanwala Mumbai Revitalizing rural India

through urban support
Exim Bank Yaduvendra Mathur Mumbai Together towards

Tomorrow.
ECGC Geetha Muralidhar Mumbai You Focus on Exports.We

cover the risks.
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21 21st INCOFYRA to be organised in Bengaluru 2016
22 India ranked 22nd among world’s best countries
23 23 “Meji period “Sites in japan has been granted heritage sites by UNESCO
23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held in Manila, Philippines
23rd prime minister of Canada - Justin Trudeau
24 24th VYAS SAMMAN for the year 2014 – kamal kishore goenka
25 Three Mi-25 gunship helicopters were supplied by India are officially join the Afghan Air Force.
26 26 % FDI in fm radio auction for financial year 2015-16
Nov – 26: National constitution day
27 27% increase in Asiatic lion as per census 2014 (total lions –523 increased)
27 deals signed between India and UK
28 Feb 28th, Arun jaitely made his first full term budget 2015-16
29 Telengana – 29th state as per state reorganisation bill
Sania Mirza,Martina Hingis - 29th women’s doubles match in WTA Sydney International
30 Mumbai, Delhi figure in world's top-30 'super cities'
HDFC Bank launches Rs 30-cr marketing campaign
31 31 countries signed Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA)
ISRO launched PSLV-C31 rocket successfully, carrying IRNSS – 5th , IRNSS-1E
32 After 32 years, India finally gets LCA Tejas aircraft
32nd Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament – Indian railway
33 33 Lakh km road network – 2nd highest in the world after USA
34 Forbes listed out 34 – Higest paid actors list this year 2015
34th National Rowing Championship – Punjab first
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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
40 India has donated 40 ambulances and 8 buses

41 41st G -7 Summit held at Germany
42 Priyanka Chopra won the award at the 42nd People’s Choice Awards 2016
43 43rd Chief Justice of India - T S Thakur
Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani unveiled the 43rd New Delhi World Book Fair
44 ‘World’s best chef’ Benoit Violier dies aged 44
45 45 mm caliber artillary gun – DHANUSH Tested sucuessfuly by India army
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
DIGITAL PROJECTS recently launched by government & sectors

1. DRISTHI - civil aviation
2. SAMANVAY - Rural panchyats
3. DISHA - Digital literacy(Bihar)
4. eMUDRA - Digital signatures
5. eMIGRATE - Foreign employee
6. NOWCAST - insurance Web portal
7. SPEEDPAY- BSNL Mobile Wallet
8. Vidhyalakshmi - web for education loans
9. SEHAT- Telemedicine initiative
10. e-Pragathi - integrated governance ( AP)
11. PAHAL- LPG give it up
12. SAHAJ - LPG online
13. mAsset - assets map of gram panchyats
14. Smart MIDC - digital village by Microsoft - Maharashtra
15. Meebhoomi - digital deposit of land records ( AP)
16. Khoya- paya - missing children's
17. eBiz - single window for bussiness clernace
18. Rishta - LED based street lighting -- Himachal Pradesh
19. Eshakti - NABARD digitalisation for SHGS
20. Internet Saathi - Google& TATA supplies bicycles to rural women
21. e-tourist visa-113 Target-150(2016)
22. Nilgiri-400 railway stations(free wi-fi)
23. e-catering-by IRCTC-45 stations
24. KISAN PROJECT - Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs)
25. e-District project-nickname – Guiding Light-doing away of the need to produce affidavits and also
introduced the concept of self-attestation.
26. e-lala-business-to-business and trader-to-customer transactions and reduce costs
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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
Big Projects Numbers

 PMKSY – 50000 crores for 5 years.2015-16 - 5300 crores
 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana - 2015-16 - Rs 5,000 Cr
 PMKVY – pradhan mantri kaushal vikas yojana for 10/12 drop outs – 1500 crores
 PMGSY – Rs.5300cr
 PMJDY depositers reached – 25147 crores
 AMRUT scheme – 50,000 crores – 102 cities approved
 Andhra Pradesh towns – AMRUT - 673 crore
 AMRUT plan for water logging in 25 cities - Rs 242 crore
 SMART CITIES project –48000 crores
 Soil Health Card Scheme - Rs.100 crore
 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - Rs 7,366 crore - 2nd October of 2019.
 Namami Ganga Project - 20000 crores
 INDRADANUSH- Target -2020
 DUGY - 76,000 crore
 Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission - Rs 50,000 crore – 2019
 Housing for All by 2022 scheme - 2 lakh houses in urban & 4 lakh houses - 305 cities were
identified
 HRIDAY - 500 Crores – 2019 – 12 cities
 PRASAD- Rs.15.60 crore - 12 cities
 SPMRM- develop 300 clusters-5,000 crore rupees
 Rural infrastrcuture fund (RIDF) – 25000 crores
 Long term rural credit fund – 15000 crores
 Karnataka, Gujarat under NDRF(National Disaster Relief Fund) - Rs 2100 crore
 Short-term cooperative refinance fund – 45000 cr
 RRB finance fund – 15000 crores
 MUDRA Bank – 20000 crores ; intial corpus –3000 crores
 Unclaimed deposits for PPF – 3000 crores / EPF – 6000 crores
 National investment infrastructure fund –(NIF) – 20000 crores
 ATAL innovation scheme – 150 crores
 SAFE INDIA – nirbhaya fund –1000 crores
 SETU (self employment and talent utilization) –1000 crores
 Pradhan mantri kaushal vikas yojana (PMKVY) – 1500 crores
 INDHRADHUNASH banking scheme fiscal 2015-16 – 20000 crores
 Rajiv gandhi panchyati sahastikaran abhiyan – 2 lakh crores ( 2.4 lakh panchyats)
 LPG subsidy pay out – 40591 crores
 IAF – india aspiration fund – 2000 crores
 SMILE FUND – SIDBI make india loan for enterprises – 10000 crores
 Jal marg vikas project ( National water way -1 ) – 4200 crores
 NABARD – Credit to farmers for irrigation – 30000 crores
 ATIF – Agri tech infrastrcture fund – 200 crores ( 250 mandis)
 Central Victim Compensation Fund(CVCF) - 200 crore
 Varistha pension bhima yojana ( name of atal ) – 6095 crores
 CAMPA-compensatory afforestation fund mangement planning authority– 3800 crores
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 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
Stamps issued by Govt of india in 2015 COINS issued by govt of india
 100 Years of Mahatma Gandhi's Return  175th birth anniversary of Jamsetji

 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Nusserwanji Tata--100rs & 5rs
 SWACHH BHARAT  150th birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat –
 Project Rukmani Rs.150
 Indian Ocean and Rajendra Chola 1  125th President Dr. Sarvepalli
 Engineers India Limited Radhakrishnan.—Rs.10 & 125
 India France Joint Issue was issued  100th birth centenary of Rani Gaidinliu –
 Patna High Court Rs.100 and Rupees 5.
 Old Seminary kottayam  50th BHEL’s Golden Jubilee of Rs.50 and Rs.5
 International Yoga Day  Birth centenary of Swami Chinmayananda -
 Nabakalebara -2015 Rs.100 and Rs. 10 to mark
 Samrat Ashoka  Begum Akhtar, India Governnent released a
 Commemorative postal stamp on Dr set of commemorative coins of Rs.100 and
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Rs.5.
 Stamps of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi -  125th birth anniversary of Bhim Rao
withdraw Ambedkar’s - Rs 125 coin & Rs.10
 Stamp to mark centenary year of ZSI  20 grams gold coin in commemoration of
 UN releases stamps on LGBT issue Gandhiji’s 146th birth anniversary – BCCI
 Coin with Ashok Chakra and Mahatma
Gandhi
Coins Issued by RBI in 2015
 “Golden Jubilee of Indo-Pak War 1965"

 RBI’s Monetary Museum unveils Special Display of Mysore Coins
 125th Birth Anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru
 "Centenary of Komagata Maru Incident""International Day of Yoga" – Rs.10
 Golden jubilee of 1965 Indo-Pak war - Rs 5 coin
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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
Pakistan Visit Dec 25

India from Kabul he made an impromptu visit to Pakistan to wish his counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his
birthday.
• During his 150-minute visit to Lahore.
• Mr Modi is the first Indian PM to visit Pakistan since 2004.
The two countries have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over
Kashmir.
Key points - Pakistan Capital – Islamabad, Currency – Pakistani rupee
Russia Visit Dec 23-24

PM Modi was in Russia for two days to attend the annual India-Russia Summit in Moscow with Russian
President Vladimir Putin to further strengthen the already close bilateral strategic partnership.
• The two countries signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) on technical cooperation in the
railway sector, building solar energy plants in India,investment cooperation in Russia’s Far
East(16 pacts)
• Reliance Defence signs $6 billion pact with Russian arms firm
• NaMo Visit To State-Of-The-Art Crisis Management Centre
• A page from Mahatma Gandhi’s diary containing his handwritten notes and an 18th century
sword from Bengal has been presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Russian President
Vladimir Putin.
Keys : Russia Capital – Moscow, Russia Currency – Russian ruble
France Visit Nov 30- Dec 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived France to attend the World Climate Change Conference 2015
(COP21) - 150 heads of state and governments will gather to set agenda for the Summit.
• PM Modi French President Francois Hollande will jointly host a meeting of International Solar
Alliance
• He attended 'Mission Innovation' being hosted by US President Barack Obama.
Highlights of Summit:
• Achieving zero GHG emissions growth by 2060-80 proposal proposed
• 189 parties had submitted their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) on
climate actions.
Key points –Capital -Paris , Currency -Euro, PM- Manuel Valls
Singapore Visit 23-25, November

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Singapore from Nov 23-25 on for his maiden official visit during
which the two countries signed 10 agreements to elevate their relations to strategic partnership.
 The visit marks 50 years of formal ties between Singapore and India. India was the
second nation to recognise Singapore after its independence in 1965.
 Mr Modi made his first trip to Singapore in 2006 while he was the chief minister of
Gujarat.
 Mr Modi attended the State Funeral Service for the late Mr Lee in March, and he ordered
flags in India to be flown at half-mast as a mark of respect to Mr Lee.
 Mr Modi received a rousing welcome from about 18,000 people, mainly Indian
expatriates at the Singapore Expo organised by Singapore NRI Forum.
Key points -- Singapore currency – Singapore dollar, Singapore President – Tony Tan
Malaysia visit 21–22, November
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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.
PM Narendra Modi unveils Swami Vivekananda’s statue in Malaysia

Narendra Modi today unveiled a 12-ft bronze statue of Swami Vivekananda in Malaysia.
 Swami Vivekananda who first gave the concept of “One Asia” that ASEAN and the East Asia
Summits are talking about.
India & Malaysia signed 3 MoUs
 Cultural Exchange Programme agreement for 2015-2020
 Cooperation in Project Delivery and Monitoring
 Cooperation on Cyber Security
Financial Aid to Malaysian Indian students

During 13th ASEAN-India Summit and 10th East Asia Summit, Indian NaMo announced a financial
assistance of $1 million to India-Students Trust Fund for the benefit of Malaysian Indian students.
13th India – ASEAN Summit highlights

India and the leaders of the 10 member grouping will review the new Plan of Action (2016-2020) to
further enhance ASEAN-India cooperation.
• Theme – “Our People, Our Community, Our Vision”
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
Turkey - 15-16, November

The 2015 G-20 Antalya summit held on 15-16 November 2015 was the 10th annual meeting of the G-
20 heads of government.
Venue – Antalya, Turkey
 Turkey took the presidency of the G-20 from Australia on 1 December 2014 and now China will
preside over the organization in 2016 at Hangzhou.
 French President Francois Hollande did not attend the event due to the November 2015
Paris attacks and sent Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius as his representative.
Three pillars of the 2015 agenda were:

(i) Strengthening the Global Recovery and Lifting the Potential
(ii) Enhancing Resilience
(iii) Buttressing Sustainability
Key points – Turkey PM - Ahmet Davutoğlu , Turkey Capital - Ankara, Turkey Currency – Turkish Lira
United Kingdom(UK) visit 12-14, November

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Singh Modi was on three days visit to UK from 12 Nov to 14 Nov.
During the trip, Modi met UK PM David Cameron, lunched with the British Queen at Buckingham
Palace and polished India’s attraction internationally.
India, UK PMs attend CEO Forum

 The first meeting of the reconstituted India-UK CEOs at 11 Downing Street was attended by PM
Shri Narendra Modi and the British PM Mr. David Cameron.
NaMo inaugurated Ambedkar memorial & unveiled Basaveshwara statue

 NaMo has unveiled a statue of 12th-century philosopher-statesman Basaveshwara on thesouth
bank of the Thames and with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated B R Ambedkar
memorial in London
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 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
USA visit 24-30 September

In a four day visit to US, Modi not only met US President Barack Obama, but also sought to invite
investment from prominent CEOs and urged the Indian-American community to take up a greater role
in the development of India.
Modi-Obama joint statement:
 Modi and Obama sought to reset ties between India and the United States as both leaders had an
extended discussion in the White House, resolving to broaden their cooperation in various fields
including defence, intelligence, counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, space exploration and science.
 He said the US was an integral part of India's Look East, Link West policy.
 India supports trade facilitation at the WTO.
 India wants to resolve hurdles in the way of the civil nuclear agreement as this was important for
the country's energy security, Modi said.
 discussed international situation, security issues and Middle East violence and extremism.
Work for G-All :Modi at UNGA:

 Touching upon a wide range of subjects - centred around collective world development - Modi in
his speech at the UN General Assembly called for work in the direction of a sustainable world.
 Modi also spoke elaborately on terrorism and raked up the issue of ties with Pakistan. Modi
asserted that any talks with Pakistan could only talk place in a peaceful atmosphere without the
'shadow of terrorism'. "I am prepared to engage in a serious bilateral dialogue with Pakistan in a
peaceful atmosphere, without the shadow of terrorism, to promote our friendship and
cooperation," Modi said. However, Modi added that Pakistan must also take its responsibility
seriously to create an appropriate environment.
Lifetime visas for PIOs:

 Modi promised that that Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cardholders will get lifetime Indian visa and
that American tourists will be given visa on arrival.
 Modi announced the merger of PIO and Overseas Citizens of India schemes to facilitate hassle-free
travel to the Indian diaspora. He announced that PIO card holders staying in India on long-term
basis will no longer have to report to the local police station.
 Within hours of an announcement to that effect by Modi, the Home Ministry has notified new rules
stipulating that all NRIs holding PIO cards will now get lifelong entry to India.
Ireland 23rd September

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ireland for his maiden day-long visit to Ireland’s capital city
Dublin for strengthening ties and deepening cooperation.
 The first Indian Prime Minister to visit the country in almost 59 years.
 The last Indian prime minister to visit Ireland was Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956.
 Ireland support for India’s membership of UN Security council PM visits not only
promote business links between two countries, but also give a strong boost to tourism
ties that are already growing at 14%per year.
 Science and technology and education are two other areas where India and Ireland have a good
history of cooperation like Ireland’s Science Centre in Karnataka is one example of that
cooperation. Irish experts gave India institutions like the Geological Survey of India and the
first Linguistic Survey of India.
 PM Modi presented reproductions of selected manuscripts from National Archives of India to
Irish PM.
 Irish PM presents a Irish cricket team jersey to PM Narendra Modi and Hurling (Irish
national sport) bat (hurly) and a ball (sliotar)
Key poinst -- Irish PM – Enda Kenny,President – Michael D. Higgins, Currency – Euro, India
Ambassador to Ireland – Mrs Radhika Lal Lokesh
Schemes launched by Gov

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Pradham Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY)

AIM: Financial inclusion
• National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking
Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner
• Accidental insurance cover of Rs.1.00 lac & No minimum balance required,life insurance cover of
Rs.30,000/- & operation of the account for 6 months, an overdraft facility will be permitted &
Accidental Insurance Cover, RuPay Debit Card must be used at least once in 45 days, Overdraft
facility upto Rs.5000/- is available in only one account per household.
• By 28 January 2015, 12.58 crore accounts were opened, with around Rs.10590 crore
• Launched on --15 August 2014, location --viganan bhavan , new delhi
Sukhanya samridi account

AIM : For girl child
• Sukanya Samriddhi Account, Govt is trying to give a social message that Girl Child is not a
financial burden if parents of a Girl child secure their future through proper financial planning.
• Interest rate of 9.2% --2015-16
• The maturity of account is 21 years from the date of opening of the account or Marriage of the Girl
Child
• Initial deposit of Rs 1000 and thereafter any amount in multiple of Rs 100 can be deposited subject
to max limit of 1.5 lakh & Age of 10 years, a girl child can operate her account
• Launched - 22 January 2015, location --Haryana, panipat ,Brand ambasdor -- Madhuri dixit
MUDRA Bank Yojana

• AIM -- Financial inculsion
• Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA) Bank on 8 April, 2015 with a corpus
of Rs 20,000 crore and a credit guarantee corpus of Rs 3,000 crore.
• Mudra bank Extend finance and credit support to Microfinance Institutions (MFI) and agencies that
lend money to small businesses, retailers, self-help groups and individuals& SC& STs & BCs
• MUDRA Bank has launched three loan instruments:
 Shishu: covers loans upto Rs 50,000/-
 Kishor: covers loans above Rs 50,000/- and upto Rs 5 lakh
 Tarun: covers loans above Rs 5 lakh and upto Rs 10 lakh
• Launched on -- april 8th 2015, location --New Delhi
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

AIM -- Social security scheme
• Bank account holders aged between 18 and 50 years are eligible to apply for this scheme
• Premium is fixed at Rs. 330 for a life cover of Rs. 2 lacs.
• June 1st, 2015 to May 31st, 2016 is the period for which this scheme will cover all kind of risks to
your life in the first year of operation. Next year onwards as well, the risk cover period will remain
June 1 to May 31.
• Launched--9 May 2015 , , location –Kolkata
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

Bank account holders aged between 18 years and 70 years are eligible to apply for this scheme.
• Just Rs. 12 in annual premium for having an accidental death or disability cover of Rs. 2 lacs under
this scheme
• Insured for a period of one year from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. Next year onwards as well, the
risk cover period will remain to be June 1 to May 31.
• Launched--9 May 2015, location –Kolkata
Atal Pension Scheme

• Minimum age of joining APY is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years
• Would receive the fixed monthly pension of Rs. 1000 to Rs 5000 at the age of 60 years
• Pension of Rs 1000 he would contribute Rs 181 a month. On his death his wife would get Rs
1000 per month and after her death the nominees will get 1.7 lakh
• Launched--9 May 2015, location --Kolkata
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) Re-Introduced

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AIM: Saving certificate scheme

The scheme provided facility of unlimited investment by way of purchase of certificates from post
offices in various denominations
• Denomination of Rs. 1000, 5000, 10,000 and 50,000, with no upper
• Lock-in period of 2 years and 6 months
• Double in 100 months
• Maturity period of 8 years 4 months
• Interest rate--8.7%
Krishi Amdani Beema Yojana(KABY)

AIM : Agricultural insurance
• Plight of small and marginal farmers he said that most of them were leaving the agricultural practice
because of the uncertainty over the produce and returns.
• Krishi Amdani Beema Yojana so that the farmers don’t bear any financial burden if their produce gets
destroyed due to unexpected weather or for any other reason.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana(PMGSY)

AIM : Micro Irrigation
• Micro irrigation & ensure water supply to farmers round the year.
• Basic contours of the agri-irrigation programme would be on lines of the PMGSY
• Budget allocation --5300 crores
• Launched by -- Rajnath Singh ,
• New Deadline 2022 to 2019.
Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMSAGY)

AIM: Rural development
• Under the Yojana, Members of Parliament (MPs) will be responsible for developing the socio-
economic and physical infrastructure of three villages each by 2019, and a total of eight villages
each by 2024.
• Target --6,433 Adarsh Grams, of the 2,65,000 gram panchayats, will be created by 2024
• Funding -- through MP lads
Soil Health Card Scheme for Every Farmer

AIM -- Soil data
• Soil Health Card is used to assess the current status of soil health and, when used over time, to
determine
• changes in soil health that are affected by land management.
• The scheme will provide all 145 million farm owners in the country with a soil health card in the next
three years.
• The budget allotted Rs.100 crore for issuing cards and an additional Rs.56 crore to set up 100
mobile soil testing laboratories across the country.
• Programme started in rajasthan & first SHC issued in punjab
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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to shrimp farmers in India under the initiative

• Tata JLR (Jaguar Land-Rover) announced that it will move its production of the Land Rover
Defender to its Pune facility in India in 2016
Make In India Week
Logo – ‘Laman Diva’
• In a bid to make Indian economy as a global manufacturing hub, PM Narendra Modi instigated
“Make In India” Week at MMRDA ground in Mumbai. The Make in India week concluded on 18
February.
• Rasna chairman Piruz Khambatta -ambassador for Make in India
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
DIGITAL INDIA intiatives

India's top billionaires pledged around Rs 4.5 lakh crore to projects related to Digital Indiagenerate
employments for some 18 lakh people.
• Government's Rs 1.13-lakh-crore Digital India programme
• Tata Consultancy Services -will hire 60,000 IT professionals this year.
• Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said his company would invest Rs 2.5 lakh crore
across different Digital India heads
• Digital India where 1.2 billion connected Indians drive the nation," said the Prime Minister at the
launch ofnthe Digital India Week
• Kumar Mangalam Birla--350,000 towns and villages in India to provide mobile-based healthcare
and education services
• Bharathi Mittal said spend over Rs 1 lakh crore in the next five years.
• Rival telco Reliance Communications, pledged to invest Rs 10,000 crore to fund transformational
initiatives across the cloud, digital and telecom space.
• Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal, to provide education through digital medium, or e-
Shikhsha.
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
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is started by the government to make India a completely clean India
• This mission has to be completed by 150th birth anniversary of Bapu (2nd October of 2019) in next
five years
• The costs of programmes are set like Rs 7,366 crore on solid waste management, Rs 1,828 crore on
public awareness, Rs 655 crore on community toilets, Rs 4,165 crore on individual household toilets.
• Swachh bharat mission of urban areas aims to cover almost 1.04 crore households in order to
provide them 2.6 lakhs of public toilets, 2.5 lakhs of community toilets together with the solid
wastes management in every town.
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
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

• Multiple deprivations faced by girls and women is critical for more inclusive and sustainable
growth adverse sex ratio in young children in the 0-6 years age group in Nutrition from different
States & UTs and districts
• To enable inter state sharing and learning from these models through thematic
presentations,dialogue, state poster sessions and cluster/interest group interactions.
• To evolve a strategy framework that synthesizes learning from these models for
adaptation/replication and enables innovation and new approaches.
• To encourage mentoring support between states and continued learning, through the formation
of state interest groups, field based learning hubs and thematic e- networks.
• Care and Protection of the Girl Child - Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
• Brand ambassdor -- parneethi chopra & started – Haryana
• Nowgov extend the Scheme Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao to 61 more districts in 2016
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.
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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
Sansad Adharsh Gram Yojana(SAGY)

Leveraging the leadership, capacity, commitment and energy of the Members of Parliament (MP) to
develop
model Gram Panchayats.
• Building partnerships with voluntary organisations, co-operatives and academic and research
institutions.
• MPs or Sansads to identify and develop one village from their respective constituency as a model
village by 2016 and two more by 2019.
• MPs are required to pick one village with a population of 3000-4000 in plains and 1000-3000 in
hills within amonth of the launch.
• “smart schools” with IT-enabled classrooms and e-libraries, Panchayat infrastructure improvement
under schemes such as MGNREGA and Backward Regions Grants Fund etc
Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana(DUGY)

Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network, feeder separation, Metering at all levels
including at input points, feeders and distribution transformers.
• It also seeks to strengthen Micro grid and off grid distribution network of rural electrification. Funds:
• The scheme has budgetary outlay of 76,000 crore rupees for implementation of the projects of
which Union Government will provide grant of 63,000 crore rupees.
• It should be noted that, this scheme replaces Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY),
which was launched by previous UPA government led by then PM Manmohan Singh.
Jyotigram Yojana scheme

Jyotigram Yojana is an initiative of the Government of Gujarat to ensure availability of 24-hour three
phase quality power supply to rural areas of the state and to supply power to farmers residing in
scattered farm houses through feeders having specially designed transformers.
• The scheme was dedicated to the nation by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2006.
• Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has commended the scheme saying Jyotigram
scheme has radically improved the quality of village life, spurred non-farm economic enterprises,
and halved the power subsidy in agriculture.
• Government of India is set to accept Gujarat's Jyotigram project as a flagship scheme for the 12th
five year plan.
AMRUT(Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation)

AMRUT mission aimed at transforming 500 cities and towns into efficient urban living spaces, with
special focus on a healthy and green environment for children.
• The National Priority is to create infrastructure to provide basic services to households, and
build amenities.
• This will improve the quality of life of all especially the poor and the disadvantaged.
• The infrastructure should lead to provision of better services to people.
• The Cabinet approved Rs 50,000 crore for this mission which is to be spent over the next five
years
• AMRUT -- upgraded vesrsion of JNNURM -- also called as -JNNURM-2
• Rajasthan first state to submit Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission (AMRUT)
• UD Ministry clears first batch of AMRUT projects for 89 cities worth Rs.2,786cr in AP, Gujarat
and Rajasthan
• Madhya Pradesh proposes Rs.1,656 cr AMRUT Action Plan
• Union Government approves Rs 5748 crore AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities in November
• Rs 242 crore AMRUT plan to address water logging in 25 cities
• Basic urban infra investment plans for 102 cities approved under AMRUT
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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
Housing for All by 2022 scheme

Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource;
• Promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy;
• Affordable housing in partnership with Public & Private sectors and
• Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.
• TARGET -- 2 lakh houses in urban & 4 lakh houses in rural
• 305 cities were identified by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA)
• Ministry of HUPA clears first affordable housing projects under Housing for All Mission -
Chattisgarh to build 26,034 houses for EWS and LIG
Selected cities :
Chhattisgarh (36 cities and towns), Gujarat (30), Jammu and Kashmir (19), Jharkhand (15), Kerala
(15), Madhya Pradesh (74), Odisha (42), Rajasthan (40) and Telangana (34).
HRIDAY - Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

With a duration of 27 months (completing in March 2017) and a total outlay of INR 500 Crores, the
Scheme is being implemented in 12 identified Cities .
List of HRIDAY selected places
Warangal--Telangana, Amritsar -- Punjab, Varanasi--Up, Puri--Bhubneswar , Kanchipuram --
Tamilnadu, Gaya -Bihar, Mathura -Up Dwaraka--Gujarat, Badami--Karnataka, Amaravathi --
Andhraparadesh, Ajmer--Rajsthan, Velankanni--Tamilnadu
Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD)

Implement the PRASAD scheme a Mission Directorate has been set up in the Ministry of Tourism. The
Budget provision of Rs.15.60 crore has been made in Revised Estimate (RE) 2014-15
List of PRASAD selected places:
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Gaya (Bihar), Dwarka (Gujarat), Amritsar (Punjab), Pushkar-Ajmer
(Rajasthan),Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu), Vellankani (Tamil Nadu),Puri (Odisha),Varanasi (Uttar
Pradesh), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Kedarnat (Uttarakhand) , Kamakhya (Assam).
SWADESH DARSHAN-world-class infrastructure destination

• Develop tourist circuits potential
• Develop intergrated infrastrcuture theme based circuit
• Promote cultrual and heritage value of the country
• Provide complete tourism facility in common based circuit
• Follow commuinity based devlopment and pro-poor tourism approach
• Promote local arts, culture, heritage to generate livelihood in the identified region
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Yojana(PDUSY)

That would allot Labour Identification Number (LIN) to nearly 6 lakhs units and allow them to file online
compliance for 16 out of 44 labour laws
• An all-new Random Inspection Scheme: Utilizing technology to eliminate human discretion in
selection of units for Inspection, and uploading of Inspection Reports within 72 hours of inspection
mandatory.
• Universal Account Number: Enables 4.17 crore employees to have their Provident Fund account
portable,hassle-free and universally accessible
• Reimbursing 50% of the stipend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training
• Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Introducing a Smart Card for the workers in the
unorganized sector seeded with details of two more social security schemes
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana(DDUGKY)

Enable Poor and Marginalized to Access Benefits
• Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor , Inclusive Program Design
• Mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups (SC/ST 50%; Minority 15%; Women 33%)
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• Shifting Emphasis from Training to Career Progression

• Pioneers in providing incentives for job retention, career progression and foreign placements
• Greater Support for Placed Candidates
• Proactive Approach to Build Placement Partnerships
PAHAL scheme Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh _ LPG debt scheme

The Direct Benefit transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) has been re-
launched in 54 districts on 15 November 2014
• In the 1st Phase and will be launched in the rest of the 622 districts of the country on 1 January
2015.
• The scheme will cover over 15.3 crore consumers across 676 districts of the country. Currently over
6.5 crore consumers i.e. 43% have already joined the scheme and will receive subsidy in their bank
account.
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.
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY)

Objective: To encourage and enable the overseas Indian workers by giving government contribution
to:
• Save for their Return and Resettlement (R&R) & Save for their old age,
• Obtain a Life Insurance cover against natural death during the period of coverage for five years or
till the return of subscribed worker back to India, whichever is earlier.
• Government contribution of Rs.1,000 per annum in line with Swavalamban platform for all MGPSY
• Subscriber who save between Rs.1,000 and Rs.12,000 per year in NPS-Lite.
KCC kisan credit card

Kisan Credit Card is a credit card to provide affordable credit for farmers in India. It was started by the
Government of India, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development(NABARD) in 1998-99 to help farmers access timely and adequate credit.
• The Kisan Credit Card allows farmers to have cash credit facilities without going through time-
consuming bank credit screening processes repeatedly.
• All farmers, owner cultivators, tenant cultivators, share croppers and individual farmers
• Eligibility: Individual
• Repayment period: With in A MAXIMUM OF 12 MONTHS.
• Collateral Security: Registered mortgage of land in case loan is above Rs. 100000/- and
hypothication of crops to be raised.
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
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana(PKVY)

Announced in Budget 2015-16
• Nodal Agency: Ministry of Agriculture
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• 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.
Rani Laxmi Bai Pension Scheme

This is a 'Special pension' pension program it would be given to Muzaffarnagar riot victims by U.P.
Govt.
there will be help of Rs. 400 and Rs. 500, would be given under this scheme.
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.
Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Beema Yojana (BPSSBY)

This is a health care scheme for BPL families launched in Punjab
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
Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995

2,000 crore rupees for 2015-16 to provide minimum pension of 1,000 rupees to pensioners
School Nursery Yojana

Objective: To create an everlasting bond between the young school students and plants, trees. It also
seeks to provide an opportunity to the students to learn about nature.
• Launched by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi.
Three Gold Schemes

1. Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) 2015
GMS 2015 will offer option to resident Indians to deposit their precious metal and earn an interest on it
and will replace the existing Gold Deposit Scheme (GDS) 1999.
• Tagline: Earn, while you secure.
• Deposit limit: Minimum deposit at any one time of raw gold in the forms of bars, coins, jewellery
excluding stones and other metals is 30 grams with 995 fineness.No maximum limit for the deposit.
• Short Term of Bank Deposit (STBD) of 1-3 years, Medium (5-7 years) and Long (12-15 years).
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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
3.Indian Gold Coin 2015

The gold coins will bear national emblem Ashok Chakra on one side and Mahatma Gandhi’s engraved
image on the other side.
Denominations: The coins will be available in denominations of 5 and 10 grams and a 20 gram
bullion.
Thari Pension, Thare Pass project :

Objective : To directly transfer pension into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
Launched by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Chandigarh.
Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY)

Launched by PM modi in Patna, Bihar.
Aim :To provide 24×7 uninterrupted electricity supply to each rural household across the country by
2022.
• This scheme replaces Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), which was launched by
previous UPA government led by PM Manmohan Singh.
Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas(SMJVV) Scheme

The scheme launched on project basis from 2015-16 to 2019-2020 and proposed by State Forest
Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.
Objective : To achieve sustainable development of these villages and reduce the man-animal conflict.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban mission (SPMRM)

Aim: SPMRM through development of rurban growth clusters aims at catalyzing overall regional
growth.
• Outlay : 5,000 crore rupees for the mission to develop 300 clusters over next three years across
the country.
Develop 300 clusters over next three years across the country.
• It is implemented by state government’s Social Justice and Empowerment Department and
undertaken by Team Kalyankarini of the department.
e-Tourist Visa Scheme

37 more countries added in this scheme announced by Secretary of Union Tourism Ministry Vinod
With this extension, the total 150 countries will come under the ambit of e-Tourist Visa Scheme from
present 113 countries.
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) :

Aim: Mitigate the adverse impacts due to mining operation on the health and environment.
• It also seeks to ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas.
Funds collected by District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) – 60%
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) Scheme :

Aim: To strengthen the transmission and distribution (T&D) networks, 100 per cent metering urban
areas and smarten it with information technology.
• Launched in Varanasi by PM Modi
• Outlay :Rs. 500 core
UDAY(Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme :

Objective : For financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies, in order to ensure
affordable and accessible 24×7 Power for All.
• Shifts 75 per cent of power DISCOMs debt burden to states’ balance sheets
• Andhra Pradesh first state to joined in UDAY Scheme
APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna – Maharashtra Gov
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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
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)

Aim :providing irrigation facilities to every village in the country
1,000 crore rupees for fiscal year 2015-16.
• Centre- States will be 75: 25 per cent. In case of north-eastern region and hilly states it will be
90:10.
Mhara Gaon, Jagmag Gaon

Aim: To provide 24-hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers
• Launched by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar from Dyalpur village of Kurukshetra
district.
• The scheme will be implemented in phases. In the first phase of the scheme, 83 feeders have been
identified covering 310 villages.
GIAN Scheme
Aim : To boost higher education
• 13 disciplines and 352 courses to be taught in 68 national institutions - 500 international faculties
Ganga Gram Yojana

To develop 1600 villages in Uttar Pradesh (UP) situated along the banks of Ganga River.
• Launched by the Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation Uma Bharti at Puth village in Hapur district of UP.
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
PMFBY(Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana)

New crop insurance scheme, having premiums as low as 1.5% of the sum insured.
Start Up India, Stand Up India

Llaunched in Thane by Deepak Ghaisas - Rs 10,000 crore – 4 years
Odd-even number scheme - to curb air pollution in Delhi.
Jeevan Labh scheme:

LIC's Jeevan Labh is a limited premium paying, non-linked, with-profits endowment plan which offers a
combination of protection and savings.
• This plan provides financial support for the family in case of unfortunate death of the
policyholder any time before maturity and a lump sum amount at the time of maturity for the
surviving policyholder.
• This plan also takes care of liquidity needs through its loan facility.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission

Launched in Dongargarh near chattisgarh - 5100 crore
Aim - to transform the rural areas to get an urban look.
• clusters in Rajnandgaon, Dhamatri, Kawardha and Bastar districts of Chattisgarh.It
replaces PURA Scheme
First in First out State
• First double-decker bridge on P D’Mello Road at CST - Mumbai

• First State transport corporation to have a vehicle tracking system for inter-city buses - UP
• First state in India to get earthquake early warning system - Uttarakhad
• First Community Skill Park opened at Chavara - Kerala
• First railway-line built under PPP model inaugurated in Gujarat
• First city To Get Smart City Nomination - Puducherry
• First state to have a provision for compulsory voting - Gujarat
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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
GOVT . Recent Committees
Committee Head Committee for

Committee on Medium-term Path Deepak Mohanty To create a five-year plan for
on Financial Inclusion financial inclusion in India.
Committee for SAI Ashwini Nachappa To study the status of the Sports
Authority of India (SAI) training
centres around the country
Steering Committee Bhupender Yadav For facilitating implementation of
Goods and Services Tax
KMC Committee Atin Ghosh Kerala beautifiacation.
Bankruptcy Law Reform TK Vishwanathan To seeks changes in Companies Act

Committee(BLRC) 2013.
Companies Law Committee 9 members To Review the Companies Act
3-Member committee-UP Jeevesh Nandan To probe the Combined Pre-Medical

Test (CPMT) papers leak.
Shah committee A P Shah To resolve the issue of MAT(Minimum
Alternate Tax).
Committee- Uttarakhand PD Chamoli To examine the controversial
'Putrajeevak Beej'
GDS committee DK Chauhan Issue on Global Distribution System.
RBI committee Deepak Mohanty To working out a 5 year measurable

action plan for financial inclusion.
Life insurance committee IRDAI(Insurance Regulatory To look into regulations in areas like
and Development Authority assets, liabilities and solvency margin
of India) and appointed actuary.
General insurance committee IRDAI(Insurance Regulatory To look at regulations in areas
and Development Authority including claim reserving, reinsurance
of India) and appointed actuary.
Reinsurance committee IRDAI(Insurance Regulatory To look into issues relating to
and Development Authority registration of branches of foreign
of India) reinsurers among others.
Cabinet sub-committee-Maharastra Eknath Khadse To tackle drought crisis
Committee Ministry of Women and Child Consumption of Junk Food by School

Development Children
Ad-hoc five-member committee Board of Control for Cricket For cricket administration in Bihar and
in India(BCCI) Uttarakhand.
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Mihir Shah Committee Mihir Shah((7 member To restructure water agencies

committee)
Expert committee IC4(Indian Cyber To tackle child pornography and
Crime Coordination Centre) online abuse
Expert committee BS Baswan To examine various issues related to
age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and
pattern of civil services examination
Inter-ministerial coordination Department of To address the issues of pharma
committee Pharmaceuticals (DoP) industry
21st Law Commission Period of three years by the Charter
Act of 1833
Committee J&K To suggest rentals for Wakf property
in J&K
TSR Subramanian committee MHRD To draft New Education Policy
TSR Subramanian
Dr T K Viswanathan Committee T K Viswanathan Bankruptcy Law Reforms
2 members committee Delhi – CM Arvind Kejriwal To probe DDCA irregularities
committee Union Health Minister JP To evaluate the Indian Medical

Nadda Association’s five-point demands.
committee Environment To conduct a detailed study on the

Minister Prakash Javadekar issue of forest ownership in Northeast
region
TOP Identification Committee BCCI Reconstitute the committee
Dr Arvind Subramanian Committee Dr. Arvind Subramanian To suggests GST rate
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
ShyamBenegal Committee ShyamBenegal For Holistic interpretation of the provisions

of the Cinematograph Act/ Rules
Kamlesh Chandra Committee Kamlesh Chandra To review pay structure and social
security benefits provided to Gramin
Dak Sevaks
High-powered panel P K Sinha To process the recommendations of
the 7th Pay Commission
Expert committee Legislative To review the Specific Relief Act,

Department of Union Law 1963.
Ministry
Committee Union Gov To investigate the living
conditions and salary structure of
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
INDO -BANGLADESH land boundary bill __ 119th amendement_ Both houses

Repeating and amending bill -2015 __ both houses
The right of TRANSGENDER persons bill -2014 -- rajyasabha
Black money and imposition of tax bill -2015 -- rajyasabha
Compesatory Afforestaion fund bill cleared-- rajyasabha
Juvenile Justice bill -2015 __ both houses _ age reduced from 18 -to -16
Whistle blower protection act --passed by cabinet
The coal mines bill-2015__ parliament
Mines & minerals amendement bill -2015 __ parliament
MOTOR-VEHICLES Amendement bill -2014 __ Loksabha_ FOR e-rickshaws
Public premises Amendement bill _2014 _ passed by loksabha
Electricity amendemnt bill 2014 _ passed by loksabha
Apprentice bill -- passed by loksabha
SC-related bills passed by -- parilament_ haryana,karnataka,odsiha,dadra& nagar haveli
Anti -corrupt act -- cleared by cabinet
Homi-pathy act --clears by cabinet
NID -BILL national institute design bill2013 __ rajyasabha
Real- Estate Regulation development bill __ cabinet clears the bill
National judicial appointments commission bill __ 124th amen__now ACT
Land aqusition bill 2014__ govt approved ordiance for ease to land aqusition law
The Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014--passed by both houses
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2014-- passed by both houses
Delhi Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services Amendment Bill, 2015- the life of
common man hassle free.
CrPC (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2015 -Delhi Assembly Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) (Delhi
Amendment) Bill, 2015- a magisterial inquiry to cover any other cases in police custody and
suspicious death.
Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015-establishment of an independent authority to investigate offences
under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and also covers the chief minister’s office.
Delhi School EducationAmendment Bill (DSEAA),Delhi School(Verification of Accountsand Refund
of Excess Fee) Bill-refund of excess fees at private institutions and also to abolish the screening
processes at nursery crumb the no detention policy till class 8th.
Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2015-To provide a legal status to the Centre to function
autonomously and an Institution of National Importance for education, training and research in
the fields of biotechnology.
National Food Security Act, 2013-Goa
Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015-LokSabha-enable the government to bring more
products, systems and services under ambit of standardisation.
MLA of NCT of Delhi (Salaries, Allowances, Pension, etc.) (Amendment) Bill, 2015-400 per cent
hike in the salaries of MLAs
Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2015-to increase the compensation for death in an air
accident
Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015-introduced in LokSabha-to fast track nuclear power
projects
High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill,
2015-LokSabha-To bring in uniformity in pensions and other conditions of service of the judges.
Negotiable Instrument (Amendment) Bill 2015-RajyaSabha-for filing of cheque bounce cases at
the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and not the place of issue.
National Waterways Bill, 2015-to develop the feasible stretches for Shipping and Navigation.
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015-to protect the interest of consumers,
promote fair play in real estate transactions and to ensure timely execution of projects.
Indian Trusts (Amendment), Bill 2015-LokSabha-would enable the Central Government to notify
securities or class of securities for investment by trusts.
Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill-potable alcohol-LokSabha
Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill 2015-to enhance the eligibility limit for bonus payment
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Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill 2015-LokSabha-to change the definition of government

company to expand its scope by including such joint venture companies as may be formed
between NPCIL and other PSUs.
Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill,
2015-would help bring in big foreign investments into the country and improve India’s global
image on ease of doing business.
Rajya Sabha passed the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill,2015
to amend the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Lok Sabha passes The National Waterways Bill, 2015 - 106 additional inland waterways
5 key bills assented by Prez Pranab Mukherjee - Article 111
1. Atomic Energy (Amendment) Act
2. Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015
3. Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015
4. Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
5. Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts
Act
President Pranab Mukherjee given his assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 -Rs 25
to Rs 200 per quintal under Sugar Cess Act, 1982
Union government released draft for the right of transgender person bill, 2015 - Issue
the certificate for the identification of the transgender persons
Union Cabinet gives nod to Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016
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)
Highlights Of Union Budget 2015-16
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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• Centre of film production, animation and gaming to come up in Arunachal Pradesh.

• IIM for Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh.
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.
Rail budget 2015-16

 No increase in fairs for daily passengers but railway freight hiked 10% for urea, 2.7% for
cement and 6.3% for coal, 0.8% for iron and steel.
 No new trains will announced for this current year.
 Increasein the number of bio toilets and vacuum toilets like airplane in trains.
 Water wending machines will installed on stations to arrange drinking water for passengers.
 'Operation 5 minutes', where in passengers traveling unreserved can purchase a ticket in 5
minutes. He also announced to launch mobile app for purchase of unreserved tickets.
 For security and convenience of passengers he announced two 24*7 helplines 138 for general
complaint and 183 for security complaints.
 On priority basis Prabhu announces to install Surveillance cameras in ladies compartments and
selected coaches for women's safety because ―Nari-Surakasha is major issue for everyone in
previous years.
 Over 400 railway stations will lashed with Wi-fi in coming year, he also announced to give
mobile charging facility to all coaches including general coaches.
 Speed on nine railway corridors to go up to 200 km per hour.It will helptrains to increase their
average speed.
 Booking facility of Wheel chairs for senior citizen will be available through online.
 Prabhu introduces satellite railway terminals in major cities and centrally managed Rail Display
Network is expected to be introduced in over 2K stations over the next 2 years.
 Railways will also going to establish Four Railway Research Centres in four universities.
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 Cleanliness also got priority in Prabhu‘s budget he announce ―Swach-Railscheme.

 To make train and stations clean ,this scheme is launched under ―Swach Bharat Abhiyan
Under Swach-Rail scheme railways are going to setupnew department of cleanliness and going
to engage professional agencies for training of cleaning staffs on 650 major stations.
 Railway is going to setup Alarm announcing system at no man crossing with help of IIT Kanpur
7TH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION

Head: Justice A K Mathur
Recommendation: 23% hike in gross salary of central government
Implemented from: January 1, 2016.
Financial impact: Rs 1.02 lakh crore – Rs73,650 crore to be borne by Central Budget and Rs
28,450 crore by Railway Budget.
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 Nobel Prize 2015 First in World INDIANS / NRI

Categories Winners (Year)
Nobel Prize in Physics Takaaki Kajita, Wilhelm Rontgen C.V. Raman (1930),
Tomas Lindahl,Paul (1901) Chandrasekhar (NRI)
Nobel Prize in M d i hB. AMcDonald
Arthur i Jacobus Henricus (1983)
Venkatraman
Chemistry Van’t Hoff (1901) Ramakrishnan (2009)
Nobel Prize in William C. Har Gobind Khorana
Physiology edx Campbell, Satoshi Emil Adolf von (1968)
Nobel Prize in Literature O
Svetlana Alexievich B h i Prudhomme
Sully (1901) Rabindranath Tagore
(1901) (1913), V S Naipaul
(NRI) (2001)
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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Bajrang (Wrestling) Rohit Sharma (Cricket)

K Srikanth (Badminton) Swarn Singh Virk (Rowing)
Satish Sivalingam (Weightlifting) Yumnam Santhoi Devi (Wushu)
Sharath Gaekwad (Para-sailing) M R Poovamma (Athletics)
Manjeet Chhillar (Kabaddi) Abhilasha Mhatre (Kabaddi)
Anup Kumar Yama (Rollerskating) Ravichandran Ashwin
Dronacharya Award 2015
Naval Singh- Athletics Para-sports coach
Harbans Singh- Athletics coach.
Anoop Singh– Wrestling coach
Swatantar Raj Singh- Boxing coach.
Nihar Ameen- Swimming coach.
Dhyan Chand Award 2015
Romeo James– Hockey
Shiv Prakash Mishra- Tennis
P.P Nair– Volleyball
Khel ratna Award : Sania Mirza
2016 Grammy awards

General
Record of the Year Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)
Album of the Year 1989 (Taylor Swift)
Song of the Year Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge)
Best New Artist Meghan Trainor
POP
Best Solo Performance Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Best Duo/Group Performance Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)
Best Traditional Vocal Album The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
Best Vocal Album 1989
Dance/Electronic
Best Dance Recording Where Are U Now (Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber)
Best Dance/Electronic Album krillex and Diplo Present Jack U (Skrillex and Diplo)
Rock
Best Rock Performance Don’t Wanna Fight (Alabama Shakes)
Best Metal Performance Cirice
Best Rock Song Don’t Wanna Fight
Best Rock Album Drones
R&B
Best R&B Performance Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) – The Weeknd
Best Traditional R&B Performance Little Ghetto Boy (Lalah Hathaway)
Best R&B Song Really Love
Best R&B Album Black Messiah
Best Urban Contemporary Album Beauty Behind the Madness
Rap
Best Rap Performance Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration These Walls (Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise &
Thundercat)
Best Rap Song Alright
Best Rap Album To Pimp a Butterfly
Others
Best World Music Album Sings
Best Children’s Album Home
Best Comedy Album Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Musical Theater Album Hamilton
Best Music Video Bad Blood
Best Music Film Amy
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Sylva
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Padma Awards – 2016

Padma Bhushan awardees
Padma Vibhushan awardees Anupam Kher Actor
Rajinikanth Actor Udit Narayan Singer
Ramoji Rao Media baron Hafeez Architect
Girija Devi Classical vocalist Contractor
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Spiritual guru Pallonji Shapoorji Industrialist
V K Aatre Former DRDO chief Mistry
Avinash Dixit Indian—American Vinod Rai Former CAG
economist Sania Mirza Tennis Star
Ram Sutar Indian sculptor
Jagmohan Former Jammu and
Kashmir Governor Saina Nehwal Badminton star
Late Swami Spiritual leader
Yamini Krishnamurthi Bharatnatyam and
Dayanand
Kuchipudi dancer
Saraswati
Dr V Shanta Cancer specialist and Swami Spiritual leaders
chairperson of Adyar Tejomayananda
Cancer Institute Heisnam Theatre personality
Kanhailal
R C Bhargava Maruti Suzuki chairman
Padma Shri awardees Indu Jain Chairperson of Bennett,
Coleman & Co
Winner Name Winner’s Field Robert Blackwill Former US Ambassador to
India
Ujjwal Nikam Senior lawyer Barjinder Singh Ex-parliamentarian, editor of
Hamdard Punjabi Newspaper
Saeed Jaffrey Actor Prof N S Sanskrit Scholar
(posthumous) Ramanuja
Tatacharya
Priyanka Chopra Actor Prof D Asian Institute of
Nageshwar Gastroenterology
Ajay Devgn Actor Reddy
Venkata Rama Drug technology
Rao Alla
Gallantry Awards 2016
Ashok Chakra-Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami
Kirti Chakra-Subedar Mahendra Singh and Sepoy Jagdish Chand (Posthumous)
Shaurya Chakra
1. Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik (Posthumous)
2. Sepoy Dharma Ram (Posthumous)
3. Major Praphul Kumar Bhardwaj
4. Lieutenant Harjinder Singh Costa novel award
5. Naik Kheem Singh Mehra Costa First Novel Andrew Michael Hurley
6. Major Anurag Kumar Costa Novel Kate Atkinson
7. Major Sandip Yadav Costa Poetry Don Paterson
8. Naik Satish Kumar Costa Children Frances Hardinge
Book
Miscellous awards Costa Biography Andrea Wulf
1. UNESCO-Cities of Music - Varanasi,Glasgow,Hanover and Mannheim,
Ghent,Hamamatsu,Brazzaville,Bogota,Seville and Bologna .
2. UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015- Asia Pacific Heritage Award - Sree Vadakkunnathan
Temple, Thrissur
3. UNESCO’s “Award of Merit - Thai aristocrat
4. Saraswati Sammaan for the year 2014 award - Dr. M Veerappa Moily
5. Twin national heritage cities - Rishikesh and Haridwar
6. National Humanities Medal - Jhumpa Lahiri
7. Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 - ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
8. Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2015 - Sunjeev Sahota
9. UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award - Aqeela Asifi
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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
Fortune /Forbes / World /Asia-pacific/Britain -2015
 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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NextGen Entrepreneur for the Year Siddhartha Lal(Eicher Motors)

Outstanding Startup for the Year Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati(OLA)
Lifetime Achievement Award RC Bhargava(Maruti Suzuki India Ltd)
Conscious Capital for the Year Godrej Consumer Products Ltd &
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd
 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
Name of the Persons Name of the Post

Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff of IAF
Bhadauria
Aishath Bisam First woman Prosecutor General of Maldives
Ajay Mathur Director General of TERI (The Energy and Resource Institute).
Ajit Kumar Seth PESB(Public Enterprises Selection Board) chief.
Amitabh Kant CEO of NITI Aayog
Anil Khanna President of Asian Tennis Federation
Anju Bobby Chairperson of TOPS(Target Olympic Podium Scheme)
AP Shah Ethics Officer (Ombudsman) at BCCI
Archana Ramasundram 1st woman DG of Sashastra Seema Bal
Aruna Sethi First women head of Indian Cost Accounting Service
Ashok Chawla Chairman of TERI
Ashok Kumar Bhargava Chairman of Indian Tea Association
Atul Sobti CMD of BHEL
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Atulesh Jindal Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)

st
Bazmi Husain(1 Indian) MD of ABB India
Chairperson of FSSAI(Food Safety and Standards Authority of
Bhanu Pratap
India).
Brij Bhushan Singh President of South Asian Wrestling Federation
David Haggerty ITF (International Tennis Federation) President
Devaraja Reddy ICAI President
Dinesh Sharma 12-member board of directors of AIIB
DJ Pandian AIIB Vice-President
Dr Vijay M Rao Chairperson of RSNA
President for the 105th Indian Science Congress Association
Dr. Achyuta Samanta
(ISCA)
Farooqui Broadband Forum Chairman
Filippo Grandi UN refugee chief
Filippo Grandi High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Gajendra Chauhan Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
Gautam Bambawale High Commissioner to Pakistan
Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Girish Sahni (CSIR) and Secretary of Department of Scientific & Industrial
Research (DSIR).
Gurdeep Singh CMD of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Gyanendra D Bandgaiyan Director General of National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG).
Harinder Sidhu Australian High Commissioner to India
Harshavardhan Neotia FICCI’s president
Hoesung Lee Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Hormusji N Cama Chairman of PTI(Press Trust of India).
NCERT(National Council of Educational Research and
Hrushikesh Senapaty
Training)Director
I S Jha Chairman & Managing Director of Power Grid.
J K Garg takes MD of Corporation Bank
Jai Shanker Menon UNDOF head
Jayant Krishna Interim CEO of NSDC(National Skill Development Corporation)
Jennifer Lopez Global advocate for girls and women
John Nicholson NATO Commander in Afghanistan
Justice L Narasimha Reddy Head of Judicial Committee on OROP
Secretary of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
K Vijayraghavan
(DSIR).
Kaher Kazem General Motors India head
Kapil Chopra Head of world tourism council
Kunal Shah Chairman, Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)
Leo Puri Chairman, Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)
M C Mishra CBDT member
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI)
Mahesh Gupta
Chairman
Mammen ATMA Chairman
Manjula Chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Mary Barra General Motor‘ as CEO
Maurice Obstfeld Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Michael Keating Special Representative for Somalia and Head of UNSOM
Mr. Iyer To Lead Swachh Bharat Mission
Nagendra Kumar Saxena High Commissioner of India to Solomon lslands
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Naishadh Parikh Chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industries(CITI)

O P Longia New president of IIMM
Onsari Gharti Nepal first woman Speaker
P K Singh SAIL Chairman
First lady designated as Secretary-General of Commonwealth of
Patricia Janet
Nations
Pawan Kumar Agarwal CEO of FSSAI
Prithika Yashini India’s first transgender police officer
Prithvi Raj Board of Governors of World Water Council
R S(Ram Sewak) Sharma Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India(TRAI).
R Shivakumar Chairman of Assocham Karnataka Regional Council.
Raghav Chandra Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Secretary in department of electronics and information
Rakesh Garg
technology(DEITY)
Ramesh Abhishek DIPP secy
Ravi Chellam NGO Greenpeace India
S N Prasad CIL director
Sailesh Registrar General and Census Commissioner (RGCC)
Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi Saudi Arabia’s first women councillors
Sam Pitroda Technical Advisor to the Odisha Gov
Sanjeev Sharma ABB India MD
Saroj Kumar Sha key position in the World Bank
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan President of the Royal Society
Director General(DG) of Indian Council of Medical Research
Soumya Swaminathan
(ICMR) and Secretary in Department of Health Research.
Subir Gokaran appointed Executive Director at IMF
Sudhakar Shetty President of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)
Sunil Kanoria Assocham president
Swati Dandekar ADB(Asian Development Bank) Director
Syed Akbaruddin India’s permanent representative at the UN
T S Thakur Chief Justice of India
Tamar Hahn Director of United Nations Information Centre
Tapan Ray SEBI Board
Thilanga Sumathipal Head of the Asian Cricket Council.
V Sivaramakrishnan Managing Director of Oxford University
Ved Prakash Mahawar Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC).
Vilas Tonapi Director of Indian Institute of Millets Research
Vishal Mehta President of International Grown Diamond Association
VK Malhotra Chairman, All India Council of Sports
Yudhvir Singh Malik Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog
Companies Appointments
Name of the persons Name of the Post
Sandeep Girotra Nokia India head
IPL COO Sundar Raman RIL- Sports CEO
Zubin Karkaria Global CEO of Kuoni
TK Chand CMD of Nalco
Rekha Menon Accenture ,India chairman
Sundar Pichai CEO of Google.
Sanjay Jalona MD & CEO, L&T Infotech.
Rohit Chadda MD, Foodpanda
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Sanjay Kapoor Chairman of Micromax

N Venugopala Rao CEO, Reliance Power
Jes Staley CEO, Barclays
Oliver Blume CEO of Volkswagen’s Porsche
Sriram Venkataraman CFO, Flipkart
Jack Dorsey CEO, Twitter
Ashok Vemuri CEO, iGate (Resigned)
Hans Dieter Poetsch Chairman, Volkswagen
Amit Gossain Kone India MD
Omid Kordestani Chairman of Twitter
Krish Shankar Global HR, Infosys
Sharad Mehrotra CEO, Telenor
Joy Bandekar Ola Corporate President
Parthasarathi
MD of Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Mukherjee
Madhavan Menon MD & Chairman of Thomas Cook
Karan Adani CEO of APSEZ
Abidali Z Neemuchwala CEO of Wipro
Akshay Kothari LinkedIn India Head
Binny Bansal CEO of Flipkart
Srinivas Kandula CEO(India), Capgemini
Bhaskar Bhat Chairman of Vistara
Guenter Butschek CMD of Tata Motors
RostowRavanan CEO of Mindtree
Kirthiga Reddy Facebook India head(steps down)
Recent Brand ambassadors 2015

Sachin Tendulkar- Project Tiger & swacch bharat & Toshiba, oxygen, Novo Nordisk,Pleasure
cruise
AR Rahman - Seychelles' cultural ambassador
Anupam Kher-gender equality
HRX -Tiger Shroff
Edelweiss-Saina Nehwal
Indian Super League(for TN)-Dhanush
Kerala's Ayurveda-Steffi Graf
Uc Browser-Yuvraj Singh
Jharkhand Tourism-Mahendra Singh Dhoni
New Zealand Tourism-Sidharth Malhotra
Renault India -Ranbir Kapoor
Senco Gold & Diamonds-Sourav Ganguly
Fanta's new brand ambassador-Shruti Haasan
Hero Cycles-Arjun kapoor
Hyatt Regency- Viv Richards
2017 FIFA Under 17 World Cup-Sourav Ganguly
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao[Haryana]-Parineeti Chopra
'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' -Madhuri Dixit
Amitabh Bachchan-- Cycle Agarbathies, Maharashtra Horticulture brand ambassador & Tiger
ambassador
Aamir Khan—Women and Child Development Ministry, incredible india
Akshay Kumar-Dollar Club Vests, Levi’s, LG, Micromax, Thums Up
Hrithik Roshan-Hide and Seek, Provogue, , OPPO mobile
Kareena Kapoor-UNESCO girl child empowerment ambassdor Airtel, Emami, Gitanjali
Katrina Kaif-Etihad Airways, Lux, Nakshatra, Panasonic, Pantene, Spice Telecom
Saif Ali Khan-Asian Paints, Lays, Airtel, Head and Shoulders, Wynncom mobile
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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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CubeSat NASA Earth’s first miniature satellite
H - IIA rocket Japan First commercial satellite

“Sky Muster (NBN- Co Australia Communications satellite
1A)”on Ariane 5ECA
EKS Kosmos - 2510 Russia Defence satellite
Ziyuan III China First High Resolution Satellite to Maps Large
Part of World
Long March 5 launch China fifth generation carrier rocket(tested)
vehicle
Beidou China Compass navigation satellites
BDS I2 - S China 20 micro satellites - Long March – 6
20th satellite for its BeiDou China new generation navigation satellite
Navigation Satellite
System
Tianhui - 1C China Mapping satellite
ChinaSat 2C China Civil communications satellite
Yaogan – 29 carried by China Remote sensing satellite
a Long March-4C
DAMPE satellite China To shed light on mysterious dark matter
Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX two stage rocket for the reliable and safe
transport of satellites
Gaofen – 4 China most sophisticated observation satellite
NASA Jason -3 SPACEX Ocean Surveillance Satellite
Intelsat 29e French Intelsat’s next generation satellite
Guiana
Kwangmyongsong - 4 North Korea Earth observation satellite
satellite
Satellite ASTRO – H Japan To Study Black Holes
Missiles
Indigenously developed Prithvi II missile successfully test fired
DRDO to conduct captive flight trails of Anti Radiation Missile
ISRO successfully conducts hot test of Cryo CE 20 engine
Anti tank guided missile HeliNa test fire in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
Nirbhay sub sonic cruise missile got failed after 700 Seconds of Launch
Ballistic missile Agni IV test fired IN Odisha coast
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Army crashed inRajasthan
Indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile test fired
Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile test fired
Nuclearcapable Dhanush missile successfully test fired from a naval ship off the coast
of Odisha.
BrahMos missile test fired from Indian Navy’s newest ship INS Kochi
Nuclear capable Prithvi II missile at Chandipur successfully test Fires
Indigenously built Agni I missile from Odisha successfully test Fires
Anti jamming capability of Astra missile successfully tested
LRSAM Barak 8 Missile successfully tested from INS Kolkata
India Israel co developed LRSAM(Long Range Surface- To Air Missile) missile successfully
tested
Iran successfully tests fired Ghadr 110 ballistic missile
Pakistan successfully test fires nuclear capable Shaheen- III ballistic missile
Pakistan test fires nuclear capable Shaheen-1A
Commission/Decommission
INS Astravahini Decommissioned AP
INS Vajrakosh commissioned Karwar in Karnataka
Two Indian Coast Guard Ships Commissioned
(ICGS) Apoorva and interceptor Mumbai
boat C-421
INS Astradharani Commissioned Visakhapatnam
Long Range Maritime Patrol dedicated to nation
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Aircraft Boeing P-81
INS Vishwakarma commissioned Eastern Naval Command

(ENC) in Visakhapatnam.
Interceptor boat ICGS C422 Commissioned Karaikal port
Fast patrol vessel ICGS Arinjay commissioned Kochi
Largest Coast Guard offshore commissioned Vasco Da Gama, Goa.
patrol vessel Samarth
Fifth ship of Indian Navy's LCU Commissioned GRSE
MK IV project
‘Kadmatt’ Comiissioned for the Indian Navy by

GRSE in Kolkata
Cochin Shipyard Commissioned fast patrol vessels ‘ICGS
Atulya’ for Coast Guard
INS Godavari Decommissioned India’s first indigenously
designed & built frigate
INS Rahav Commissioned Israel gets fifth German
made nuclear capable
submarine(Germany $500
million)
Gaoxin-6 Commissioned Anti - submarine aircraft by
China
Exercises
India and UK Bilateral Air Exercise Indradhanush Britain
India and Maldives Ex- Ekuverin 2015 Joint Military Thiruvananthapuram
Training
US and Australian military exercise “Talisman Japan
Sabre” exercise
India and UK Naval Exercise 'KONKAN 2015'’ London
India and Australia Maritime exercise AUSINDEX -15 Visakhapatnam
India and Sri Lanka MITRA SHAKTI 2015 Pune
India and China HAND – IN- HAND 2015 China
India and Russia INDRA 2015 Bikaner
Nepal and US Balance Nail 16 Nepal
Indian and China Anti terrorism exercise (10 day drill) Kunming City ,China.
India and Japan Sahayog Kaijin 2016 Chennai, Tamil Nadu in
the Bay of Bengal.
Bilateral Indian Navy Royal Omani Navy biennial exercise Take place in the Arabian
Sea
Cobra Gold 2016 India participated first time Thailand
military exercise
India and Nepal Surya Kiran IX Saljhandi in Nepal.
India, Seychelles Joint military exercise Victoria
Indian and French 8 days counter terrorism and counter Mahajan field firing
insurgency joint exercise range in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Important Sports Events
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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2015 Brazilian Grand Prix title of F1 Nico Rosberg

2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix title of F1 Nico Rosberg
Indian Touring Cars race Deepak Paul Chinnappa(5th)
Copa America China
19th Commonwealth Chess Championship. Abhijeet Gupta
2015 South Asian Basketball Championship India
WBO welterweight belt Floyd Mayweather
World Junior Golf Championship Shubham Jaglan
WWP Heavyweight Championship Sangram Singh
World Archery Championship Indian women’s archery team(Deepika Kumari,
Laxmirani Majhi and Rimil Buriuly)- Silver
Russia – Gold
Archery World Cup Abhishek Verma
36th National Archery Championship
Compound – Men (Ranking Round) Abhishek Verma(Delhi)
Women (Ranking Round) V. Jyothi Surekha (PSPB)
Mixed Team Rajasthan (Swati Dudhwal, Sarvesh Pareek)
Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar -Bronze
Asian Archery Championship Abhishek Verma - Siver
World Badminton Championship Saina Nehwal
Denmark Open Title of Badminton 2015 Xuerui Li(China)
Badminton World Superseries Finals 2015
Men’s singles Kento Momota
Women’s singles Nozomi Okuhara
Men’s doubles Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan
Women’s doubles Luo Ying and Luo Yu
Wimbledon Championships 2015
Men’s Singles Title Novak Djokovic
Women’s Singles Title Serena Williams
Men’s Doubles Title Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) and Horia Tecău
(Romania)
Women’s Doubles Title Sania Mirza and Swiss partner Martina Hingis
Mixed Doubles Title Leander Paes and Swiss partner Martina Hingis
Boys’ Doubles Title(Junior) Sumit Nagal
Western & Southern Open of 2015
Men’s Singles finals Roger Federer
Women’s Singles finals Serena Williams
Open Era Men’s Doubles champions Nestor of Canada and Edouard Roger-Vasselin of
France
Open Era Women’s Doubles champions Chinese Taipei duo Chan Hao-ching and Chan
Yung-jan
US Open Tennis Championships 2015
Men’s Singles Serbian Novak Djokovic
Women’s Singles Italian Flavia Pennetta
Men’s Doubles French pair of Pierre-Hugues
Herbert and Nicolas Mahut
Women’s Doubles India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina
Hingis
Mixed Doubles India’s Leander Paes and Switzerland’s Martina
Hingis pair
Guangzhou Open title 2015
Women’s Double Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
Women’s Single Jelena Jankovic
China Open (Tennis) 2015
Men’s singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
Men’s Doubles Vasek Pospisil (Canada) And Jack Sock (US)
Women’s Doubles Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis
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(Switzerland)
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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World Cadet Championship(50kg) Anil(Gold)

Asia Championships Vikas Krishan silver medal in 75 kg
NSCI Open JSW Indian Squash Circuit 2015 Joshna Chinappa
President’s Cup team Ace golfer Anirban Lahiri(Qualified)
Asian Amateur Boxing Championship 2015 – 1.Kazakhstan, 2.Uzbekistan, 3.Thailand
Silver medal Vikas Krishnan - 75kg
Bronze medals Satish Kumar (95 Kg)
L Devendro (49Kg)
Shiva Thapa (56Kg)
Thailand Amateur championship Golfer Aditi Ashok
Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 India – 19(9gold, 4 Silver and 6 Bronze)
Gold 1. Prachi Singh (women) -Archery
2. Prachi Singh – Pantelides Thomas (Mixed) -
Archery
3. Sasi Kumar Mukund (Men single’s)-Tennis
4. Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (Women
single’s)-Tennis
5. Sasi kumar Mukund – Dhruthi Tatachar
(Mixed)-Tennis
6. Deepak Lather-Weightlifting
7. Jamjang Deru -Weightlifting
8. Tejaswin Shankar (High Jump-Men)Athletics
9. Mohd Hadeesh (Javelin Throw-Men)
Silver 1. Gourav Solanki - Boxing (52 Kg)
2. Nishant Kumawat (Boys Individual) -
Archery
3. Jisna Mathew (400m) - Athletics
4. Velavan Senthil Kumar – Harshit Jawanda
(Mixed) –Squash
Bronze 1. Bhimchand Singh Leichombam - Boxing (49
Kg – Men )
2. Prayag Chauhan - Boxing (64 Kg – Men )
3. Anamika Das (Shot-put Women) - Athletics
4. Velavan Senthil kumar (Singles – Men) -
Squash
5. Chandan Bauri (400m – Men) - Athletics
6. Abitha Mary Manuel (800m – Women)-
Athletics
55th National Open Athletics Championship Shot putter Manpreet Kaur - 6th title
IBSF World Billiards Championship Pankaj Advani – 14th title
16th Asian Rowing Championships India(five silver and two bronze)
Melbourne Cup Michelle Payne
8th Asian Air Gun Championship
Heena Sidhu(India) – 10m Air Pistol Gold
Shweta Singh(India) - 10m Air Pistol Silver
Gurpreet Singh(India) - 10m Air Pistol Men Silver
Jitu Rai(India) - 10m Air Pistol Men Bronze
2015 Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior weightlifting championships
Gold medal Punam Yadav (63kg)
Silver medal G Lalitha (63kg)
2015 FIBA Asian Basketball Championship China
Taiwan Cup Deborah – 5 medals
World Military Games Dheeraj Rangi Lightweight (60 kg) boxer –
5th Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJ Cup) Great Britain
National Cadet Corps National Games 2015 Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and
2015 Indian Super League (ISL) Football Chennayin FC
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 Barcelona FC
International Premier Tennis League 2015 Singapore Slammers
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Mexico City Grand Prix 2015

Men’s Singles Lee Dong-keun (South Korea)
Women’s Singles Sayaka Sato (Japan)
Men’s Doubles Manu Attri/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (India)
Women’s Doubles Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (Japan)
Mixed Doubles Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying (Malaysia)
IRF 2015 World Champions
Men’s World Champion Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s World Champion Serena Williams (USA)
Men’s Doubles World Champions Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) & Horia Tecau
Women’s Doubles World Champions Martina Hingis (Switzerland) & Sania Mirza
ITF Junior World Champions (Male) Taylor Fritz (the USA)
ITF Junior World Champions (Female) Dalma Galfi (Hungary)
ITF Wheelchair World Champions (Male) Shingo Kunieda (Japan)
ITF Wheelchair World Champions (Female) Jiske Griffioen (Netherlands)
National Weightlifting Championships
Women’s Category
Gold Rakhi(213kg)
Silver Lalchhanhimi (210kg)
Bronze Rajwant Kaur(201kg)
Men’s category
Gold V A Christopher (329kg)
Silver Laljit Singh(317kg)
Bronze Rashpal Singh(317kg)
ICC ranking
Top-10 Test batsmen 1.Steve Smith (Aus) 899 points
2.Kane Williamson (NZ) 889
3.Joe Root (Eng) 888
Top-10 Test bowlers 1.Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) 871 points
2.Dale Steyn (SA) 867
3.Stuart Broad (Eng) 859
Top-5 Test all-rounders 1.Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) 406 points
2.Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 384
3.Stuart Broad (Eng) 326
Qatar Masters Chess Open 2015 Magnus Carlsen(Norway)
2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) India
P.T Rajan Gold Cup Rajsamman
Swedish Cup Grand Prix Gold - Apurvi Chandela
Silver - Astrid Steffensen
Bronze medal Stine Nielsen
26th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings
Men’s Single Women’s Single
First: Siril Verma(Indai) First: Carolina Marin(Spain)
Second:TomaJunior Popov(France) Second: Saina Nehwal(India)
Third: Chirag Sen(India) Third: Li Xuerei(China)
Ninth: Kidambi Srikanth(India) Twelfth: PV Sindhu(India)
England Player of the Year (POTY)for 2015 Wayne Rooney
WTA Brisbane trophy Sania Mirza(India) and Martina Hingis(Swiss)
Qatar Open 2016
Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Doubles Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
Hopman Cup Nick Kyrgios(Australia)
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WTA title Sloane Stephens

Denmark’s sportsperson of 2015 Rene Holten Poulsen
The fastest batsman to reach 7000 runs in One Day Internationals.
WTA Apia International title 2016
Men’s Singles Viktor Troicki of Serbia
Men’s Doubles Jamie Murray of UK/Bruno Soares of Brazil
14th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Festival Ivan Popov (Russia)
Fastest T20 Fifty Record in a Big Bash League Chris Gayle
Syed Mushtaq Ali title Suresh Raina-led Uttar Pradesh
Australian Open Roger Federer
Malaysia Masters Grand Prix
Men’s Singles Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Women’s Singles P. V. Sindhu (India)
Men’s doubles Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) & Markus
Women’s doubles Ayaka Takahashi (Japan) & Misaki Matsutomo
Mixed doubles Zheng Siwei (China) & Li Yinhui (China)
National Billiards Championship Sourav Kothari from Kolkata
T20 Asia Cup India
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Japan’s Izumo Takuto(Men’s) and Hong Kong’s
2015 FIH Awards
Player of the Year (Men) Robert Van der Horst
Player of the Year (Women) Lidewij Welten
Rising Star of the Year award (Men) Chrisopher Ruhr
Rising Star of the Year award (Women) Lily Owsley
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Men) David Harte
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Women) Joyce Sombroek
34th National Rowing Championship
Senior Women
Open single sculls Navneet Kaur (Pun)
Double sculls Harpreet Kaur & Navneet Kaur (Pun)
Coxless fours Odisha (Pramila Prava Minz, Pratima Puhana,
Pairs Sanjukta Dung & Manjula Xess (Odi)
Senior Men
Single sculls Sandeep Kumar (All India Police)
Lt wt double sculls G. Vishnu Prasad & Arjun B. Panicker (Ker)
Coxless four Punjab (Lachhman Singh, Sushil Kumar, Robin
Lt wt coxless fours All India Police (Dharmendra Choudhary, Nitesh
Pairs Gurwinder Singh & Karamjeet Singh (Pun)
Australian Open 2016
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Men’s Doubles Jamie Murray (UK)/Bruno Soares (Brazil)
Women’s Doubles Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/Sania Mirza (India)
Mixed Doubles Elena Vesnina (Russia)/Bruno Soares (Brazil)
2016 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold
Men’s singles category Indian Kidambi Srikanth
Women’s singles category Sayaka Sato from Japan
Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong from Malaysia
Men’s doubles category
Women’s doubles category Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan from
South Korea
Mixed Doubles Title Praveen Jordan and Deby Susanto
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2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Pietro Fittipaldi

No 1 batsman in T20 Internationals Virat Kohli
National Snooker Championship Aditya Mehta(Men’s)
Vidya Pillai (Women’s)
61st National School Athletics championship Kerala
Mumbai International Open Chess tournament Title Swapnil S Dhopade
Fastest cricketer to make 10 ODI centuries De Kock of South Africa
Record 100th consecutive Test McCullum
ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016 West Indies
T20 Final India
12th South Asian Games 1.India, 2.Sri Lanka and 3. Pakistan
Buenos Aires Title Dominic Thiem
National Chess Team Championship Indian Railways
Games & Host nations
Cricket 2019 Copa America – Brazil


 2015 Men’s cricket World cup – Australia 2023 Copa America – Ecuador

& New Zealand  2020 UEFA Euro – Pan Europe
 2019 Men’s Cricket World cup – England  2016 UEFA Euro – France
& Wales  BRICS U17 Football Tournament - India
 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup – Ireland Olympic
 2017 Men’s ICC test Championship -  2024 Summer Olympics - Los
England and Wales Angeles(US), Paris(France) ,Rome(Italy)
 2021 Men’s ICC test Championship – India – Budapest(Hungary) and
 2020 ICIC Men’s World Twenty 20 - Hamburg(Germany)
Australia  2022 Winter Olympics - Beijing (China)
 2016 ICIC Men’s World Twenty 20 – India  2020 Summer Olympics & Paralympics –
 2016 ICC Under 19 World cup – Tokyo, Japan
Bangladesh  2016 Summer Olympics & Paralympics –
 2018 ICC Under 19 World cup – New Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Zealand  2018 Winter Olympics & Paralympics –
 2020 Under 19 World cup – South Africa Pyeongchang, South Africa
 2022 Under 19 World cup – West Indies  2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Buenos
Commonwealth games Aires, Argentina
 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games -  2016 Winter Youth Olympics –
Samoa, Apia Lillehammer, Norway
 2018 Commonwelath Games –
Queensland, Australia
2015 Special Olympics Worls Summer

 2022 Commonwelath Games – Durban,
Games – Los Angels, USA
South Africa
Football Asian
 2022 Asian Games - Hangzhou,capital
 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia, (2014 –
Brazil) of China’s Zhejiang
 2018 Asian games – Jakarta, Indonesia
 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar
 2017 Asain Winter Games – Sapporo,
 2015 FIFA U – 20 world cup – New
Zealand Japan
 2016 South Asian Games - Guwahati &
 2015 FIFA U – 17 world cup – Chile
 2017 FIFA U – 20 world cup – South
Shillong
 2015 Asian Amateur Boxing
Africa
 2017 FIFA U – 17 world cup – India
Championship - Bangkok, Thailand
 2015 South Asian Games 2015 – Kerala
 2017 FIFA Confederations cup – Russia
 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Canada
Hockey
 2018 Men’s Hockey world cup –
 FIFA Club World Cup in 2015 & 2016 –
Japan Bhubaneswar, India
 2018 Women’s Hockey world cup –
 2019 AFC Asain Cup - UAE
 2015 AFC Asain Cup – Australia
London, England
 2015 Copa America – Chile
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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
th
 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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 General Om Prakash Malhotra, Ex Chief of Army Staff, Passes Away

 Veteran singer Subir Sen passed away
 Padma Bhushan awardee Mangesh Padgaonkar passes away
 Former Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia(68) died
 6th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away
 Noted Gujarati writer Labshankar Thakar(80) passes away
 First female F1 driver Maria Teresa de Filippis(89) passes away
 The Hero of 1971 war with Pakistan, Lieutenant-General J.F.R. Jacob passed away at 92
 Noted filmmaker Anil Ganguly passed away at 82
 Former Sikkim Governor and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ventrapragada Rama Rao
passes away at 81
 Yasutaro Koide, the world’s oldest man, a Japanese, died at the age of 112.
 Noted danseuse and Padma Bhushan recipient Mrinalini Sarabhai passed at the age of 97.
 Legendary tabla player Shankar Ghosh died at the age of 80
 Ms Nirmala Gajwani the former Deputy speaker of Gujarat Assembly passed away - first lady
Deputy Speaker
 Former minister and freedom fighter Maheswar Baug passed away at 85
 The former Army Chief General and a former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland,
Manipur and Tripura, K.V. Krishna Rao
 Italian Novelist Umberto Eco passes away
 Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author, dead at 89
 Veteran singer Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passes away
 Former West Indies cricketer Andy Ganteaume died
 Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali died
 Renowned Malayalam writer passes away
 Noted music director Rajamani passes away
 Jnanpith awardee O N V Kurup passes away
 Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan Biraja Prasad passes away
 Pulitzer winning composer Leslie Bassett passes away
 Veteran director Aurobindo Mukherjee passes away
 Noted Urdu poet Nida Fazli passes away
 Former Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala passes away
 Noted cartoonist Sudhir Tailang passes away
 Former RBI Deputy Governor S S Tarapore passes away
 Veteran Urdu writer Intizar Husain passes away
Books & Authors

Name of the books Name of the Authors
Modi–Incredible emergence of a star(Chinese language) Shri Tarun Vijay.
Red Tape to Red Carpet… and then some Gina Rinehart.
Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.
India Central Asia Relations Amiya Chandra
Recasting India Hindol sengupta.
Food for all Uma lele.
Beyond Doubt( on gandhi's asssasination) Teesta setalvad.
Indian Parliamentary Democracy Meera Kumar.
37 Bridges Aamer hussain.
RD Burman: The Prince of Music Khagesh Dev Burman
Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity Shri M. Raisur Rahman
Kashmir The Vajpayee Years Shri A.S. Dulat
Swatantrata Senani Raja Mahendra Pratap Shri Raghuvir Singh
Second political nonfiction ‘Making India Awesome’ Chetan Bhagat
Mrs Funnybones Akshay Kumar
Modern Thought Leaders- Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Lectures
Shri Anil Shastri
(1997-2014)’
1965, Turning the Tide: How India Won the Wa Nitin Gokhale
Globalisation, Democratization and Distributive Justice Prof. Mool Chand Sharma
1965 : Stories from the Second Indo-Pak War Rachna Bisht Rawat
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Amar Chitra Katha and Aan Comics Rakesh Sharma

The Duels of the Himalayan Eagle Air Marshal Bharat Kumar.
To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story Jairam Ramesh
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie.
Building a Just World: Essays in honour of Muchkund Dubey Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
Graphic booklet on Sardar Post at Rann of Kutch in the 1965 Union Home Minister,Rajnath
lndo-Pak War Singh(released by )
Gandhian Philosophy Set for Auction J B Kriplani
Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny of Bihar Santosh Singh
Roger Stone and Robert
The Clintons’ War on Women
Morrow.
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insider’s Account of Pakistan’s Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Foreign Policy
Smita Patil – A Brief Incandescence Maithili Rao
Interlinking of Indian Rivers Radha Kant Bharati
From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet P V Manoranjan Rao – ISRO
The President of India and the Governance of Higher Education
C Raj Kumar
Institutions
Rebooting India Nandan Nilekani & Viral Shah
What Happened to Netaji? AnujDhar
Prem aur Shanti ka Marg Dadi Janaki
I know How to Live, I know How to Die Mr. Neville Hodgkinson
Dadi Janaki : A Century of Service Ms. Liz Hodgkinson
Selected Speeches of the President’ and ‘Presidential Retreats’ Sahapedia, IGNCA
Mr. Peter Leach and Mr.
Indian family business mantras
Tatwamasi Dixit
Jain Acharya Ratnasunder
“MARU BHARAT SARU BHARAT“(My India Noble India)
suriswarji Maharaj
Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian Polity In Perspective P.J. Alexander(Editor)
The Z Factor Subhash Chandra.
Transendence APJ Abdul Kalam
A Kingdom for his Love Amar Chitra Katha
Tolerance Mamata Banerjee
STATIC GK
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 Prime Minister of India who resigned 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 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 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 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 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)
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 Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly and
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 Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She became judge in
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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)
Constitution of India (Important Points)

 Indian Constitution is the framework of duties and rules of different Indian governing bodies
and its people.
 After the independence of India in 1947, it took 2 years 11 months and 18 days to build the
Indian constitution.
 26 November 1949 India adopted its constitution and it came into effect on 26 January
1950.
 The day (26 January) is celebrated as the republic day in India. Because on that day Indian
constitution came into effect and India became a sovereign, democratic republic country.
 To commemorate the PurnaSwaraj declaration of independence of 1930, the date 26 January
was chosen.
 Indian constitution was drafted by the Constituent Assembly and Dr.
BhimraoRamjiAmbedkar is called the father of Indian constitution. Constituent Assembly
had 13 different committees.
 Indian constitution is the longest written constitution. It contains 448 articles in 22 parts,
12 schedules and 118 amendments. Indian constitution was hand written and was both in
Hindi and English. The original copies of the constitution are preserved in a secure way.
 Many principles of Indian constitution were influenced from different countries
constitution. Such as separation of powers among the majorbranches of government was
adopted from the constitution of United States, directive principle of state policy was adapted
from Ireland.
Important Articles Of Indian Constitution:

Aticles For
Article 1 Name and Territory of the Union.
Article 14 Relates to Right to Equality
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Article 17 Abolishes the practice of untouchability

Article 18 Prohibits the state from conferring any title.
Article 19 Deals with six freedoms of Indian citizens namely, freedom of
speech and expression
(d) freedom of movement throughout the territory of India
(e) freedom of residence and settlement in any part of India
(d) Freedom of occupation
Article 21 Provides protection to life and liberty to all persons
Article 21A Right to elementary education.
Article 22 Affords protection against arbitrary arrest & detention
Article 23 Prohibits the traffic in human beings and beggars. (making a
person work without wages or adequate compensation)
Article 24 Prohibits the employment of children below 14 years.
Articles 25- Relates to Right to freedom of religion
28
Article 32 Right to Constitutional Remedies described as ‘‘The heart and
soul of the Constitution’’ by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Article 36- Relates to Directive Principles of State Policy.
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Article 39A Free legal aid
Article 40 Deals with the formation of Panchayats
Article 44 Uniform Civil Code for the Citizens.
Article 45 Free and compulsory education to all children below 14 years of
age.
Article 50 Separation of Judiciary
Article 51 Promotion of International peace & security
Article Relates to list of Fundamental Duties
51(A)
Article 74 Council of Ministers to aid and advice the President
Article 110 Definition of Money Bills.
Article 112 Annual Financial Statement (Budget)
Article 123 Power of President to promulgate ordinances during recess of
Parliament.
Article 262 Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of Inter
Article 312 All India Services
Article 315 Public Service Commissions for the Union and for the states.
Article 324 Relates to the Election Commission
Article 352 Gives provision regarding emergencies
Article 356 Proclamation of President’s Rule in the states.
Article 368 Amendment of the Constitution by the Parliament
Article 370 Special status to Jammu and Kashmir
Agricultural Revolutions & Fathers

 Protein revoultion - higher productivity(Techonology driven 2nd green revolution) coined by
Modi & Arun jaitely
 Green Revolution-Food grains, Father of green revolution -Norman borlang(USA)
 Father of indian green revolution -M.S.swaminathan(INDIA)
 Green revolution word coined by william s.goud -UK
 White Revolution or Operation Flood-Milk production -VARGHESE KURIEN
 Yellow Revolution - Oil Seeds production--" Sam Pitroda
 Black Revolution - Petroleum Production
 Blue Revolution - Fish Production - DR.ARUN KRISHNAN
 Brown Revolution - Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production
 Golden Fiber Revolution - Jute Production
 Golden Revolution - Fruits/Horticulture development/Honey Production-NIRPAKH TUTEJ
 Grey Revolution-Fertilizer
 Pink Revolutio - Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production-DURGESH PATEL
 Father Of Induced Breeding-PROF.HIRLAL CHAUDRI
 Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production-VISHAL TEWARI
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 Round Revolution - Potato

 Silver Fiber Revolution – Cotton
 Silver Revolution - Egg/Poultry Production - INDIRA GANDHI
 Evergreen Revolution - Overall development of Agriculture - Started in 11th plan (2007-2012)
 Father of Telecom revolution - sampitroda
 Father of poultry revolution - B.V.RAO Productions of crops in India
States Crops
SECC 2011 is unique paperless census Andhra Pradesh vegetable oil production,
• The last caste that happen in India is 1932 shrimp
• Total households in the country -- 24.39 Arunachal Pradesh shifting cultivation, fruits
crore
• The total households in villages -- 17.91 Assam Tea, silk
crore Bihar Potato
• Households are considered as deprived in Chhattisgarh paddy ( Rice bowl of
rural area -- 10.69 crore central india)
• villages belong to SC/ST categories -- Delhi wheat
21.53% or 3.86 crore
Goa cashewnuts
• Highest number of SC population -- Punjab
(36.74%) Gujarat cotton ,sugar
• Highest number of ST population -- Haryana Wheat and rice
Mizoram(98.79) Himachal Pradesh fruit & vegetables
• Highest mobile penetration state in rural Jammu and apples, cardamom
areas—UttaraPradesh Kashmir
• Lowest mobile Penetration state in rural Jharkhand Lac Production
areas—Chattisgarh Karnataka coffee(chitmanglore), silk
• How many rural household earn below 5000 Kerala spices, rubber, ginger
rupees month--13.34 cr
Madhya Pradesh pulses , oil seeds
• Many rural household earn 10000 and
more--1.48 cr Maharashtra cotton ,sugarcane
• State has highest number of manual Manipur Horticulture,jute
scavenger –Tripura Meghalaya Ginger
• State has zero manual scavenger –Delhi Mizoram Maize
• Rural households in the country pay income
Nagaland Oilseeds,rice
tax--4.58%
Odisha Coarse cereals,jute
• Households in rural areas are landless --
5.37 crore or 29.97% Puducherry coconut cultivation
• State landness household is higher – Kerala Punjab wheat , cotton ,
• States with the lowest rates of landlessness sugar,millet
-- J &K and Himachal Pradesh Rajasthan Coarse Cereal,pulses
• Families in villages that live in one room Sikkim maize, millet, wheat,
with ‘kaccha’ walls and roof - 2.37 crore or barley, oranges, tea and
13.25% cardamom
• House holds in rural areas has land line
phone -- 17.85 lak or 1% Tamil Nadu Flowers ,rice , horticulture
• House hold having mobile phone in village- Telangana fruits ,cotton, sugarcane,
-12.24 cr or 68.35% mango and tobacco
• illiterate number of people in rural areas-- Tripura potato, sugarcane, mesta,
3.1 cr or 17.31% pulses and jute
• rural household having refrigerator --1.97 Uttar Pradesh rice ,wheat ,maize ,
cr or 11.04% potatoe, oilseeds
• Rural household paying income tax in india-
Uttarakhand Basmati rice, wheat
- 6%
soybeans, groundnuts
• Rural people have considered deprived or
poor--8.96 cr West Bengal jute ,Rice, potato
• No adult member in household between age
18 and 59 in rural areas --65.15 lac or 3.64%
• Female headed house with no adult male between 16 and 59 in rural areas --- 68.96 lac or
3.85%
• Member with no other able bodied adult member ----7.16 lac or 040%
• Households with no literate adult above age 25 years in areas -- 4.21cr or 23.52%
• Rural household with one salaried member -- 2.50 cr
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• Average size of a rural Indian household -- 4.93

• Highest size of a rural Indian household -6.28 –UttarPradesh
• Lowest size of a rural Indian household --3.86 –Andhrapradesh
• How many percent of trans gender in rural population -- 0.1%
• Highest rural illiterate –Rajasthan
• Lowest rural illiterate –Kerala
• The percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) households paying income tax -3.49%
• Scheduled Tribe (ST) tax-paying rural households --3.34%
• Manual casual labour in rural areas-9.16 cr
• Cultivation in rural areas--5.39cr
(Religion)Census 2011
Total Population in 2011 is 121.09 crores
• Hindu 96.63 crores (79.8%)
• Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2%)
• Christian 2.78 crores (2.3%)
• Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7%)
• Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7%)
• Jain 0.45 crores (0.4%),
• Other Religions & Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%)
• Religion Not Stated 0.29 crores (0.2%).
Population Census -2011

• It has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1871.
• Census 2011 were released in New Delhi on 31st March 2011
• Union Home Secretary GK Pillai and RGI C Chandramouli.
• Census 2011 was the 15th census of india & 7th census after Independece
• The motto of census 2011 was “Our Census, Our future”.
• Total estimated cost of the Census was INR2200 crore (US$350 million).
• First census in 1872.
• Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner – C.Chandra Mouli
• Total Population – 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)
• India in 2nd rank in population with 17.64%. decadal growth & China is 1st rank with decadal
growth 19% (over 1.35 billion)
• World Population is 7 Billions
• Increase in population during 2001 – 2011 is 181 Million
• Population – 1210.19 million [Males – 623.7 million (51.54%) Females – 586.46 million
(48.46%)
Top Populous of the Country
1. Uttar Pradesh--19, 98, 12,341
2. Maharashtra--11, 23, 74, 33
3. Bihar--10, 40, 99,452
4. West Bengal--9, 12, 76,115
5. Andhra Pradesh--8, 45, 80,777
Least Populous of the Country

1. Lakshadweep - 64,473
2. Daman and Diu - 2,43,247
3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 3,43,709
4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 3,80,581
5. Sikkim - 6,10,577
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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 Highest sex ratio in state--Kerala (1084)

 Lowest sex ratio in state--Haryana (879)
 Highest sex ratio in UT--Pondicherry (1037)
 Lowest sex ratio in UT--Daman and Diu (618)
 Child (0-6 years) sex ratio--914
 Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in state--Mizoram (971)
 Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in state--Haryana (830)
 Total Person Literacy Rate--74%
 Males--82.14% ,Females--65.46%
 Highest Literacy Rate in State--Kerala (94%)
 Lowest Literacy Rate in State--Bihar (61.8%)
 Hightest Literacy Rate in UT--Lakshadweep (91%)
 Lowest Literacy Rate in UT--Dadra and Nagar Haveli (76.24%)
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
State Names ,Governors Name & CMs Name

States Governors Chief Ministers
Andhra Pradesh E. S. L. Narasimhan Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Arunachal Pradesh Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa Kalikho Pul
Assam Padmanabha Balakrishna
Tarun Gogoi
Acharya
Bihar Ram Nath Kovind Nitish Kumar
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Chhattisgarh Balramji Das Tandon Dr. Raman Singh

Goa Mridula Sinha Laxmikant Parsekar
Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Smt. Anandiben Patel
Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Manohar Lal
Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat Virbhadra Singh
Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra --------------------------
Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu Raghubar Das
Karnataka Vajubhai Vala Shri Siddaramaiah
Kerala P. Sathasivam Mr Oommen Chandy
Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao Devendra Fadnavis
Manipur V Shanmuganathan Okram Ibobi Singh
Meghalaya V. Shanmuganthan Dr. Mukul Sangma
Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma Lal Thanhawla
Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya T R Zeliang
Odisha S. C. Jamir Shri Naveen Patnaik
Punjab Kaptan Singh Solanki Shri Parkash Singh Badal
Puducherry A. K. Singh Shri N. Rangasamy
Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Smt. Vasundhara Raje
Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling
Tamil Nadu K. Rosaiah Selvi J. Jayalalithaa
Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao
Tripura Keshari Nath Tripathi Shri Manik Sarkar
Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Shri Akhilesh Yadav
Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul Shri Harish Rawat
West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi Km. Mamata Banerjee
Cabinet Ministers & their Constituencies:
Portfolio Name of the Constituencies

Ministers
Cabinet Ministers
Personnel, Public Grievances and Narendra Modi Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Pensions, Department of Atomic
Energy, Department of Space, All
important policy issues and all other
portfolios not allocated to any Minister
Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
External Affairs, Overseas Indian Sushma Swaraj Vidisha(Madhya Pradesh)
Affairs
Finance, Corporate (Additional charge Arun Jaitley Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
Corporate Affairs, Information and
Broadcasting)
Defence Manohar Parrikar Panaji(Goa)
Urban Development, Housing, Urban M Venkaiah Naidu Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary
Affairs
Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Shipping
Railways Suresh Prabhu Rajapur(Maharashtra)
Water resources, River Development Uma Bharati Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)
and Ganga Rejuvenation
Minority Affairs Dr Najma Heptulla Madhya Pradesh(Rajya
Sabha)
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Ramvilas Paswan Hajipur (Bihar)
Distribution
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra Deoria(Uttar Pradesh)
Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh)
Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananthkumar Bangalore South(Karnataka)
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Communications and Information Ravi Shankar Prasad Bihar(Rajya Sabha)

Technology
Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Vizianagaram (Andhra
Pradesh )
Heavy Industries and Public Anant Geete Raigad (Maharashtra)
Enterprises
Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal Bathinda(Punjab)
Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Narendra Singh Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
Tomar
Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Sundargarh (Odisha)
Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh Purvi Champatan(Bihar)
Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Madhya Pradesh (Rajya
Gehlot Sabha)
Human Resource Development Smriti Irani Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda Bilaspur(Himachal Pradesh)
Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Birender Singh Uchana Kalan (Haryana)
Drinking Water and Sanitation
Law and Justice DV Sadananda Bangalore North
Gowda (Karnataka)
Dr Harsh Vardhan Science and Chandani Chowk(Delhi)

Technology Earth
Sciences
Inventions & Inventors

Invention Inventor Invention Inventor
Adding Machine Pascal Magnetic Tape Fritz Pfluemer
Airplane Wright Brothers Microphone Charles Wheatstone
Automobile Ferdinand Verbiest Microscope Z.Janssen
Ballpoint Pen C. Biro Motion of Planets Johannes Kepler
Barometer E.Tprricelli Motor Car(Petrol) Karl Benz
Bicycle K.Macmillan Neon Lamp G.Claude
Blood Groups Karl Landsteiner Newtons Law of Motion Galileo Galilei and Isaac
Newton
Bohr Electron Theory Penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming
Boyle Boyle’s Law Periodic Table Dmitri Mendeleev
Computer Charles Babbage Photon Albert Einstein
Cosmic Rays R.A. Millikan Principle of relativity Galileo Galilei
Dalton Atomic Theory Quantum Mechanics Max Born
Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Radio Marconi
Dynamite Alfred Nobel Radium Marie Curie
Dynamo Michael Faraday Raman Effect Sir C.V. Raman
Electric Light Bulb Thomas Edison Refrigerator J.Harrison and A. Catlin
Electricity Benjamin Franklin Structure of Atom Ernest Rutherford
Electromagnetic Field James Clerk Maxwell Telegraph Pavel Schilling
Electric Iron H.W.Seeley Telephone Alexander Graham Bell
Electromagnet W.Sturgeon Telescope Galileo
Electromagnetic Theory Heinrich Hertz Television J.L. Baird
Electron J.J. Thomson Theory of Atom John Dalton
Gramophone Thomas Alva Edison Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein
Geometry Euclid Thermometer Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Insulin Frederick Banting Transformer and Electric Michael Faraday
Motor
Jet Engine Sir Frank Whittle Type Writer C.Sholes
Law of Gases Gay Lussac Watch A.L.Breguet
Lift E.G.Otis X-rays Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
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International Organisations And Their Headquarters

Organisations HQ
Amnesty International London Commonwealth of London
APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Forum) Singapore
ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Jakarta
FAO(Food and Agricultural Organization) Rome
IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Vienna
IBRD(International Bank for Reconstruction and Washington
ICAO(International Civil Aviation Org) Montreal
ICJ (International Court of Justice) The Hague
IDA(International Development Association) Washington
ILO(International Labour Org) Geneva
IMF (International Monetary Fund) Washington DC
IMCO(Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative org) London
IMO(International Maritime Organization) London
International Standards Org Geneva
Interpol(International Criminal Police Organization) Lyon, France
ITU(International Telecommunication) Geneva
NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Brussels
OECD (Org. for Economic Cooperation and Dev.) Paris
OPEC(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) Vienna
OPCW( Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical The Hague
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Jedda
SAARC(South Asian Association for Regional Coop.) Kathmandu
Transparency International Berlin
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade & Geneva
UNDP(United Nations Development Programme) New York
UNEP(United Nations Environmental Programme) Nairobi
UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Paris
UNHCR(United Nations High Commissioner) Geneva
UNICEF(United Nations International Children’s New York
UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Dev. Org) Vienna
UNITAR(United Nations Institute for Training and New York
UNO (United Nations Org) New York
UPU(Universal Postal Union) Berne
WHO (World Health Org) Geneva
WMO (World Meteorological Org) Geneva
World Bank Washington DC
World Intellectual Property Org Geneva
WTO(World Trade Org) – GATT Geneva
Festivals Of Indian States

States Festivals
Andhrapradesh Dasara Festival,Gangamma Jatara,Gowri Habba,Ugadi,Vaikunta
Ekadashi
Assam Ali Ai Ligang,Ambubachi Mela,Baresahariya Bhaona,Bathow
puja,Bihu,Bohag Bihu,Bihuwa dance,Brahmaputra Beach
Festival,Bwisagu,Dehing Patkai festival,Jonbeel mela,Kaziranga
Elephant Festival,Magh Bihu,Porag,Rongker
Arunachal Siang River festival,Ziro,Solung,Nyokum,Lossar,Dree,Boori
Pradesh Boot,Loku,Sanken,Reh,Myoko,Budhha
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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
Important Hydropower plant
State Name of the Plant

ANDHRAPRADESH Nizam Sagar Dam-Manjira River
Prakasam Barrage-Krishna River
Srisailam Dam-Krishna River
GUJRAT Ukai Dam
Dharoi Dam-Banas River
Dantiwada Dam-Sabarmati River
HIMACHAL PRADESH Pandoh Dam-Beas River
Bhakra Nangal Dam-Sutlej River
Nathpa Dam-Sutlej River
Gobind Sagar, Reservoir-Sutlej River
Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir
JAMMU & KASHMIR Salal Project-Chenab River
Chutak Hydroelectric Project
Dumkhar Hydroelectric Dam-Indus River
Uri Hydroelectric Dam-Jhelum River
JHARKHAND Maithon Dam-Barakar Rive
Chandil Dam-Subarnarekha River
Panchet Dam-Damodar River
KARNATAKA Tunga Bhadra Dam-Tungabhadra and Krishna
River
Linganamakki dam-Sharavathi River
Alamatti Dam-Krishna River
Harangi Dam-Cauvery River
Ghataprabha Reservoir-Ghataprabha River
KERALA Banasura Sagar Dam-Chalakudy River
Malampuzha Dam-Malampuzha River
Idukki Dam-Periyar River
Mullaperiyar Dam-Pennar River
Neyyar Dam-Pennar River-Kerala.
MADHYA PRDESH Barna Dam-Barna River
Indirasagar Project-Narmada River
Narmada Dam Project-Narmada River
Gandhi Sagar Dam-Chambal River
Tawa Reservoir-Tawa River
MAHARASTRA Koyna Dam-Koyna River
Bhatsa Dam-Bhatsa and Chorna rivers
Wilson Dam-Pravara River
Girna Dam-Girna and Godavari River
Radhanagari Dam-Bhogawati River
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ODSIHA Jalaput Dam

Balimela Reservoir-Sileru River
Indravati Dam-Indravati River
Hirakud Dam-Mahanadi River
RAJASTHAN MBisalpur dam-banas river
TAMILNADU Vaigai Dam-Vaigai River
Krishnagiri Reservoir
Pechiparai Reservoir-River Kodayar
Vidur Reservoir
Perunchani Dam-Paralayar River
Periyar Reservoir-Periyar River
Stanley Reservoir-Kaveri River
Mettur Dam-Kaveri River
Bhavanisagar Reservoir-Bhavani River
Parambikulam Reservoir-Parambikulam River
UTTARPRADESH Parichha Dam-Betwa River
Rihand Project-Rihand River and Son River
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam-Rihand River
Tehri Dam-Bhagirathi River
Atomic Power Plants

Name of the Plant State
Kaiga atomic power plant karnataka
Kakrapar atomic power plant Gujarat
Madras atomic power plant Tamil Nadu
Narora atomic power plant Uttar Pradesh.
Rajasthan atomic power plant Rajasthan
Tarapur atomic power plant Maharashtra
Kundankulam atomic power plant Tamil Nadu
Gorakhpur atomic power plant Haryana
Chutka atomic power plant Madhya Pradesh
Mahi Banswara atomic power plant Rajasthan
Kaiga atomic power plant Karnataka
Kovvada atomic power plant Andhra Pradesh
Mithi virdhi atomic power plant Gujarat.
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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Thermal Power Plant

Name of the Plant State
Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant Andhra Pradesh
Dr Narla Tatarao TPS
Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station
Pynampuram Power Station
Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station
Simhapuri Thermal Power Station
Hinduja Thermal Power Station
Meenakshi Thermal Power Station
Barh Super Thermal Power Station Bihar
Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station
Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project
Barauni Thermal Power Station
Kanti Thermal Power Station
Sipat Thermal Power Plant Chhattisgarh
Korba Super Thermal Power Plant
DB Thermal Project Ltd.
Jindal Megha Power Plant
Hasdeo Thermal Power Station
Lanco Amarkantak Power Plant
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Thermal Power Station
KSK Mahanadi Power
Bhilai Expansion Power Plant
Bhawnendra Singh Deo Power Plant
Badarpur Thermal Power Station New Delhi
Rajghat Power Station
Mundra Thermal Power Station Gujarat
Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project
Wanakbori Thermal Power Station
Essar Power Gujarat Ltd.
Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station
Ukai Thermal Power Station
Surat Thermal Power Station
Sabarmati Thermal Power Station
Kutch Thermal Power Station
Akrimota Thermal Power Station
Sikka Thermal Power Station
Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station
Panipat Thermal Power Station Haryana
Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station
Faridabad Thermal Power Station
Chandrapura Thermal Power Station Jharkhand
Koderma Thermal Power Station
Patratu Thermal Power Station
Bokaro Thermal Power Station
Jojobera Thermal Power Plant
Tenughat Thermal Power Station
Raichur Thermal Power Station Karnataka
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Udupi Thermal Power Plant

JSW Vijayanagar Power Station
Bellary Thermal Power station
Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station Madhya Pradesh
Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project
Sant Singaji Thermal Power Plant
Dada Dhuniwale Thermal Power Plant
Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station
Satpura Thermal Power Station
Amarkantak Thermal Power Station
Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station Maharashtra
Tirora Thermal Power Station
Amravati Thermal Power Plant
Bhusawal Thermal Power Station
Trombay Thermal Power Station
Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station
Parli Thermal Power Station
Nashik Thermal Power Station
Koradi Thermal Power Station
Wardha Warora Power Plant
Dahanu Thermal Power Station
Paras Thermal Power Station
CESC Chandrapur Thermal Power Station[17][18][19]
Talcher Super Thermal Power Station
Sterlite Jharsuguda Power Station
Vedanta Jharsuguda Captive Power Plant
Angul Thermal Power Station
National Aluminium Company Captive Power Plant
Kamalanga Thermal Power Plant
Ib Thermal Power Station
Talcher Thermal Power Station
Hirakud Captive Power Plant
Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant Punjab
Guru Hargobind TP
Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant
Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant Rajasthan
Kota Super Thermal Power Plant
Raj West Lignite Power Plant
Chhabra Thermal Power Plant
Barsingsar Thermal Power Station
Giral Lignite Power Plant
VS Lignite Power Plant
Neyveli Thermal Power Station II Tamil Nadu
Vallur Thermal Power Station
Tuticorin Thermal Power Station
Neyveli Thermal Power Station I
NTPL Thermal Power Station
Mettur Thermal Power Station
North Chennai Thermal Power Station
Muthiara Thermal Power Station
IL&FS Thermal Power Station
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Ennore Thermal Power Station

Tutiorin (Pvt) Thermal Power Station
Neyveli Zero Lignite Power Station
NTPC Ramagundam Telangana
Kothagudem Thermal Power Station
Kakatiya Thermal Power Station
Ramagundam B Thermal Power Station
Rihand Thermal Power Station Uttar Pradesh
Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station
NTPC Dadri
Anpara Thermal Power Station
Obra Thermal Power Station
Rosa Thermal Power Plant
Feroj Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant
Parichha Thermal Power Station
Tanda Thermal Power Plant
Harduaganj Thermal Power Station
Panki Thermal Power Station
Mejia Thermal Power Station West Bengal
Farakka Super Thermal Power Station
Kolaghat Thermal Power Station
Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station
Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station
Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant
Santaldih Thermal Power Station
Durgapur Thermal Power Station
Sagardighi Thermal Power Station
Bandel Thermal Power Station
Durgapur Thermal Power Station
Titagarh Thermal Power Station
CESC Southern Generating Station
New Cossipore Generating Station
National Parks In India
State Name of the Park

Campbell Bay National Park
Galathea National Park
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Mahatma National Park
Saddle Peak National Park
South Button National Park
Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara Park
Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Assam Manas National Park
Nameri National Park
Bihar Valmiki National Park
Chhattisgarh Kanger Ghati National Park
Blackbuck National Park
Gujarat Gir Forest National Park
Marine Gulf of Kutch park
Haryana Sultanpur National Park
Great Himalayan National Park
Himachal Pradesh Pin Valley National Park
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Dachigam National Park

Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar National Park
Salim Ali National Park
Jharkhand Betla National Park
Hazaribagh National Park
Bandipur National Park
Karnataka Kudremukh National Park
Bannerghatta National Park
Eravikulam National Park
Kerala Periyar National Park
Silent Valley National Park
Kanha National Park
Madhav National Park
Madhya Pradesh Mandla Fossils National Park
Pench National Park
Satpura National Park
Chandoli National Park
Maharashtra Navegaon National Park
Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park
Meghalaya Balphakram National Park
Mizoram Blue Mountain National Park
Bhitarkanika National Park
Odisha Nandankanan Zoological Park
Simlipal National Park
Punjab Harike Wetland
Desert National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Rajasthan Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
Ranthambore National Park
Sariska Tiger Reserve
Sikkim Khangchendzonga Park
Guindy National Park
Tamil Nadu Gulf of Mannar National Park
Mudumalai National Park
Palani Hills National Park
Kasu bramanda Reddy National Park
Telangana Mrugavani National Park
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park
Jim Corbett National Park
Uttarakhand Nanda Devi National Park
Rajaji National Park
Valley of Flowers National Park
Buxa Tiger Reserve
Jaldapara National Park
West Bengal Neora Valley National Park
Singalila National Park
Sundarbans National Park
Important Stadiums List
Name of the stadium Location

Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, West Bengal
Buddh International Circuit Greater Noida, UP
Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal
Bhim Rao Ambedkar International Sports Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala
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M.A.Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, TN

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Raipur, Chhatishgarh
Green Park Stadium(Cricket) Kanpur, UP
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium Guwahati,
Assam Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune, Maharashtra
Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad, Gujarat
EMS Stadium Kohzikode, Kerala
Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Orissa
Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra
Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi
Kanchenjunga Stadium Siliguri, West Bengal
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka
JRD Tata Sports Complex Jamshedpur Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Imphal, Manipur
Holkar Stadium Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Mangalagiri International Cricket Stadium Vijaywada, Andhra
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Dharmashala, Himachal
Sree Kanteerava Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka
Kishore Bharati Krirangan Kolkata, West Bengal
Thyagaraj Sports Complex Delhi
Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand
G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Hyderabad, Telengana
Sree Kanteerava Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka
Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Guwahati, Assam
Hawla Indoor Stadium Aizawl, Mizoram
Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Guindy Race Course Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Mahalaxmi Racecourse Mumbai, Maharashtra
MGR Race Course Stadium Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Sector 42 Stadium Chandigarh, Punjab
Dhyan Chand National Stadium Delhi Dhyan
Chand Astroturf Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium Chennai,Tamil Nadu
Dadaji Kondadev Stadium Thane Maharashtra
Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium Cuttack Odisha
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Taleigao, Goa
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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Green Stadium Kanpur

Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad
Gandhi Ground Stadium Amritsar
Chepauk Stadium and Chidmberm Chennai
Motibag Stadium Brudra
K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow
Famous Sports Personalities

Name Of The Person Country Sports
Lionel Messi Argentina Football
Diego Maradona Argentina Football
Sir Donald Bradman Australia Cricket
David Campese Australia Rugby Union
Jack Nicklaus Australia Golf.
Rod Laver Australia Tennis.
Shane Warne Australia Cricket.
Severiano Ballesteros Golf.
Eddy Merckx Belgium Cycling.
Pele Brazil Football.
Ronaldhino Brazil Football.
Aryton Senna Brazilian Motor Racing
Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia Athletics.
Ian Botham England Cricket.
C.B.Fry England Cricket.
David Beckham England Football.
Lewis Hamilton England Motor Racing.
Steve Davis England Snooker.
W.G. Grace England Cricket.
Haile Gebreselassie Ethiopia Athletics.
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia Athletics.
Abebe Bikila Ethopia Athletics.
Paavo Nurmi Finland Athletics.
Bernard Hinault France Cycling.
Jacques Anquetil France Cycling.
Serge Blanco France Rugby Union.
Michael Schumacher Germany Motor Racing.
Steffi Graf Germany Tennis.
Andy Murray Great Britain Tennis.
Bill Shankly Great Britain Football.
Bobby Moore Great Britain Football.
Chris Froome Great Britain Cycling.
Chris Hoy Great Britain Cycling.
Fred Perry Great Britain Tennis.
Henry Cooper Great Britain Boxing.
Mo Farah Great Britain Athletics.
Nick Faldo Great Britain Golf.
Paula Radcliffe Great Britain Athletics.
Roger Bannister Great Britain Athletics.
Sebastian Coe Great Britain Athletics.
Sir Steve Redgrave Great Britain Rowing.
Stirling Moss Great Britain Motor Racing.
Dhyan Chand India Hockey.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore India Shooting
Balbir Singh Sr India Hockey.
Pullela Gopichand India Bedminton.
Vijay Kumar India Shooting.
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Yogeshwar Dutt India Wrestling.

Sachin Tendulkar India Cricket.
Sushil Kumar India Wrestling.
Leslie Claudius India Hockey.
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav India Wrestling
Vijender Singh India Boxing
Gagan Narang India Shooting
Kapil Dev India Cricket
Mahesh Bhupathi India Tennis
Leander Paes India Tennis
Saina Nehwal India Bedminton
Jwala Gutta India Bedminton
Rohan Bopanna India Tennis
Sania Mirza India Tennis
Don Bradman India Cricket
Sunil Gavaskar India Cricket
Prakash Padukone India Bedminton
Sachin Tendulkar India Cricket
Fausto Coppi Italy Cycling
Usain Bolt Jamaica Race
Asbel Kiprop Kenya Athletics
Tegla Laroupe Kenya Athletics
Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco Athletics
George Best Ireland Football.
Grete Waitz Norway Athletics.
Imran Khan Pakistan Cricket.
Manny Pacquiao Phillipines Boxing.
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Football.
Eusebio Portugal Football.
Jose Mourinho Portugal Football.
Nadia Comaneci Romania Gymnastics.
Jonathan Edwards Wales Rugby Union.
Maria Sharapova Russia Tennis.
Alex Ferguson Scotland Football.
Eric Liddell Scottish Athletics.
Rafael Nadal Spain Tennis.
Seve Ballesteros Spain Golf.
Bjorn Borg Sweden Tennis.
Martina Hingis Switzerland Tennis.
Roger Federer Switzerland Tennis.
Johan Cruyff Netherlands Football.
Serguei Bubka Ukraine Athletics.
Tiger Woods US Golf.
Muhammad Ali US Boxing
Carl Lewis US Athletics
Billie Jean King US Tennis
Jackie Joyner Kersee US Athletics.
Al Oerter US Athletics.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias US Golf.
Babe Ruth US Baseball.
Bo Jackson US Baseball.
Bob Beamon US Athletics.
Chris Evert US Tennis.
Greg Lemond US Cycling.
Jim Thorpe US Swimming.
Jimmy Connors US Tennis.
Joe Dimaggio US Basball.
John Mcenroe US Tennis.
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Kelly Slater US Surfing.

Lance Armstrong US Cycling.
Magic Johnson US Basketball.
Mark Spitz US Swimming.
Martina Navratilova US Tennis.
Michael Johnson US Athletics.
Michael Jordan US Basketball.
Michael Phelps US Swimming.
Gareth Bale Wales Football.
Gareth Edwards Wales Rugby Union.
Brian Lara West Indies Cricket.
Sir Viv Richards West Indies Cricket.
Sir Gary Sobers West Indies Cricket.
Monica Seles Yugoslavia / Tennis.
US
Cups And Trophies(Associated With Sports/Games)
Sport Cups and Trophies

Hockey Aga Khan Cup, Begam Rasul Trophy (women's), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold
Cup, Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (women's), Gurunanak Championship (women's),
Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold Cup, Murugappa Gold Cup,
Wellington Cup etc
Football Beghum Hazarat Mahal Cup, BILT Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Colombo Cup,
Confederation Cup, DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, BC Rai Trophy
(National Championship), FIFA World Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup,
Santosh Trophy (National Championship), IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto
Mukherjee Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal
Trophy, etc.
Cricket Anthony D' Mellow Trophy, Ashes, Asia Cup, Benson and Hedges Cup, Bose
Trophy, Champions Trophy, Charminar Challenger Cup, CK Naidu Trophy,
Cooch - Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar - Border
Trophy, GD Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, Ghulam Ahmand Trophy, Hakumat Rai
Trophy, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy, Interface Cup, Jawaharlal Nehru Cup,
Lomboard World Challenge Cup, Mc Dowells Challenge Cup, Merchant Cup,
Moin-ud-Dowla Cup, Nat West Trophy, Prudential Cup (World Cup), Rani Jhansi
Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Baria Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup,
Sharjah Cup, Sheesh Mahal Trophy, Sheffield Shield, Singer Cup, Sir Frank
Worrel Trophy, Texaco Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant
Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy, World Series Cup.
Table Berna Bellack Cup (men), Corbillion Cup (women), Jai Laxmi Cup (women),
Tennis Rajkumari Challenge Cup (women junior), Ramanuja Trophy (men junior),
Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), etc
Badminton Aggarwal Cup, Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Australasia Cup, Chaddha Cup,
European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatollah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup,
Narang Cup, SR Ruia Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Thomas Cup, Tunku
Abdulrahman Cup, Uber Cup, World Cup, Yonex Cup etc
Basketball Basalat Jha Trophy, BC Gupta Trophy, Federation Cup, SM Arjuna Trophy, Todd
Memorial Trophy, William Jones Cup, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup, Nehru
Cup, Federation Cup etc.
Bridge Basalat Jha Trophy, Holkar Trophy, Ruia Gold Cup, Singhania Trophy, etc
Polo Ezra Cup, Gold Cup, King's Cup, Prithi Cup, Schneider Cup etc.
Athletics Charminar Trophy, Federation Cup etc
Air Racing Jawaharlal Challenge Trophy, King's Cup, Schneider Cup etc
Billiards Arthur Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup etc
Boxing Aspy Adjahia Trophy, Federation Cup, Val Baker Trophy etc.
Golf Canada Cup, Eisenhower Trophy, Muthiah Gold Cup, Nomura Trophy,
President's Trophy, Prince of Wales Cup, Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Topolino
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Trophy, Walker Cup, World Cup etc

Chess Naidu Trophy, Khaitan Trophy, Limca Trophy, Lin Arec City Trophy, World Cup,
etc
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Violence Against Sex Workers
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Universal Children’s Day
International Human Solidarity
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Road Traffic Victim
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55 Equatorial Guinea CFA Franc Malabo
56 Eritrea Nakfa Asmara
57 Estonia Kroon Tallinn
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64 Georgia Lari Tbilisi
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92 Kosovo Euro (German Mark prior to 2002) Pristina
93 Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar Kuwait City
94 Kyrgyzstan Som Bishkek
95 Laos New Kip Vientiane
96 Latvia Lats Riga
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99 Liberia Liberian dollar Monrovia
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101 Liechtenstein Swiss franc Vaduz
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104 Macedonia Denar Skopje
105 Madagascar Ariary Antananarivo
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109 Mali CFA Franc Bamako
110 Malta Maltese lira Valletta
111 Marshall Islands U.S. Dollar Majuro
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113 Mauritius Mauritian rupee Port Louis
114 Mexico Mexican peso Mexico City
115 Micronesia, Federated States U.S. Dollar Palikir
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117 Monaco Euro Monaco
118 Mongolia Tugrik Ulaanbaatar
119 Montenegro Euro Podgorica
120 Morocco Dirham Rabat
121 Mozambique Metical Maputo
122 Myanmar (Burma) Kyat Rangoon (Yangon);
123 Namibia Namibian dollar Windhoek
124 Nauru Australian dollar no official capital;
125 Nepal Nepalese rupee Kathmandu
126 Netherlands Euro (formerly guilder) Amsterdam; The Hague
127 New Zealand New Zealand dollar Wellington
128 Nicaragua Gold cordoba Managua
129 Niger CFA Franc Niamey
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131 Norway Norwegian krone Oslo
132 Oman Omani rial Muscat
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134 Palau U.S. dollar Ngerulmud
135 Panama balboa; U.S. dollar Panama City
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148 Saint Vincent and the East Caribbean dollar Kingstown
149 Samoa Tala Apia
150 San Marino Euro San Marino
151 Sao Tome and Principe Dobra Sao Tome
152 Saudi Arabia Riyal Riyadh
153 Senegal CFA Franc Dakar
154 Serbia Yugoslav new dinar Belgrade
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156 Sierra Leone Leone Freetown
157 Singapore Singapore dollar Singapore
158 Slovakia Koruna Bratislava
159 Slovenia Slovenian tolar Ljubljana
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162 South Africa Rand Pretoria (administrative);
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170 Switzerland Swiss franc Bern
171 Syria Syrian pound Damascus
172 Taiwan Taiwan dollar Taipei
173 Tajikistan Somoni Dushanbe
174 Tanzania Tanzanian shilling Dar es Salaam; Dodoma
175 Thailand Baht Bangkok
176 Togo CFA Franc Lome
177 Tonga Pa'anga Nuku'alofa
178 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago dollar Port-of-Spain
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180 Turkey Turkish lira (YTL) Ankara
181 Turkmenistan Manat Ashgabat
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