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 1. BANKING NEWS: Current RBI Rates a. CRR – 4% b. SLR – 23% c. Repo Rate – 7.25% d. Reverse Repo  – 6.25% e. MSF  – 10.25% f. Bank Rate – 10.25% Important Fact and news of RBI: 1. RBI has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes with a tagline 'Pehchano Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai'. 2. R.B.I. directed Banks to follow Clean Note Policy. 3. RBI started Plastic Money Project on Trial Basis in 5 cities of India with the denomination of 10 rupees and will continue with other small denominations depending upon the success of these notes. 4. The Union Government and RBI on 12 March 2013 decided to introduce one billion pieces of 10 Rupees bank notes made of plastic on a field trial basis in five cities of Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhubhaneswar and Shimla. 5. RBI guide lines for the clearance of all the cheques is 2 days. 6. RBI hiked the investment limit in government securities by FIIs and long-term investors $25 billion from $20 billion and in corporate bonds $50 billion from $45 billion. 7. Under the 'Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) scheme, any individual, including poor or those from weaker section of the society, can open zero balance account in any bank (including foreign banks). 8. RBI permitted the premature encashment of 8% savings (Taxable) Bonds for individual investors who are 60 years and above in age. 9. RBI issued norms for currency swap window for fresh foreign currency non-resident bank- FCNR(B) deposits mobilized for a minimum tenor of 3 years. 10. RBI allowed the Non-Resident Investors including NRIs to buy Shares under FDI Scheme. Till now, the FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investor), QFIs (Qualified Foreign Investors) and NRIs were eligible to invest and acquire the shares on the recognized stock exchanges of India in compliance with the FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) regulations. But the NRIs were not allowed to acquire shares on exchange (bourses) under the FDI Scheme. 11. The RBI said, min paid-up equity of 25 % should be held directly by the lender. Also, repayment of the principal will commence only after completion of minimum average maturity of 7 years and no prepayment will be allowed before maturity. 12. RBI opens special dollar window for 3 oil marketing firms: the central bank has activated the forex swap window, whereby it will undertake sell/buy of dollar-rupee forex swaps for a fixed period with Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum through a designated bank. 13. The RBI imposed restrictions on banks and NBFCs for providing loans against gold coins as well as units of gold ETFs and mutual funds to curb demands for gold. Also banks were asked to ensure that the amount of loan to any customer against gold ornaments, gold Jewellery and gold coins (weighing up to 50 grams) should be within the board approved limit. 14. UAE Exchange, one of the largest foreign exchange firms in the United Arab Emirates, has applied to RBI for a banking license in India. Current Affairs and GK Capsule for IBPS RRBs Exam

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    1.BANKING NEWS:Current RBI Rates

    a. CRR4% b. SLR23%

    c. Repo Rate7.25% d.Reverse Repo6.25%e. MSF10.25% f.Bank Rate10.25%

    Important Fact and news of RBI:

    1. RBI has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes with a tagline'Pehchano Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa

    Bolta Hai'.

    2. R.B.I. directed Banks to follow Clean Note Policy.

    3. RBI started Plastic Money Project on Trial Basis in 5 cities of India with the denomination of 10 rupees and will continue with

    other small denominations depending upon the success of these notes.4. The Union Government and RBI on 12 March 2013 decided to introduce one billion pieces of 10 Rupees bank notes made of

    plastic on a field trial basis in five cities of Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhubhaneswar and Shimla.

    5. RBI guide lines for the clearance of all the cheques is 2 days.

    6. RBI hiked the investment limit in government securities by FIIs and long-term investors $25 billion from $20 billion and in

    corporate bonds $50 billion from $45 billion.

    7. Under the 'Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) scheme, any individual, including poor or those from weaker section

    of the society, can open zero balance account in any bank (including foreign banks).

    8. RBI permitted the premature encashment of 8% savings (Taxable) Bonds for individual investors who are 60 years and above

    in age.

    9. RBI issued norms for currency swap window for fresh foreign

    currency non-resident bank- FCNR(B) deposits mobilized for

    a minimum tenor of 3 years.

    10.RBI allowed the Non-Resident Investors including NRIs to buy

    Shares under FDI Scheme. Till now, the FIIs (Foreign

    Institutional Investor), QFIs (Qualified Foreign Investors) and

    NRIs were eligible to invest and acquire the shares on the

    recognized stock exchanges of India in compliance with the

    FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) regulations. But

    the NRIs were not allowed to acquire shares on exchange

    (bourses) under the FDI Scheme.

    11.The RBI said, min paid-up equity of 25 % should be held

    directly by the lender. Also, repayment of the principal will

    commence only after completion of minimum average

    maturity of 7 years and no prepayment will be allowed before

    maturity.

    12.RBI opens special dollar window for 3 oil marketing firms: the

    central bank has activated the forex swap window, whereby it

    will undertake sell/buy of dollar-rupee forex swaps for a fixed

    period with Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and

    Bharat Petroleum through a designated bank.

    13.The RBI imposed restrictions on banks and NBFCs for providing

    loans against gold coins as well as units of gold ETFs and

    mutual funds to curb demands for gold.Also banks were asked

    to ensure that the amount of loan to any customer against goldornaments, gold Jewellery and gold coins (weighing up to 50

    grams) should be within the board approved limit.

    14.UAE Exchange, one of the largest foreign exchange firms in the

    United Arab Emirates, has applied to RBI for a banking license

    in India.

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    15.The RBI has increased banks' cost of borrowing short term money through the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and

    Bank Rate each by 200 basis points (2 per cent) to 10.25 per cent. The RBI has capped the amount banks can borrow from

    overnight markets to Rs. 75,000 crore.

    16.The Reserve Bank opened a special borrowing window of Rs 25,000 crore to help the crisis-ridden mutual funds tide over

    liquidity problems.

    17.Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has resigned from RBI board to avoid any conflict of interest as one ofhis group firm is in the race for a new banking licence.

    18. In view of a series of chit fund frauds, RBI has decided to set up a separate forum for coordination and sharing information

    to rein in such investment schemes.

    19.Reserve Bank will examine financials of 34,754 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to ascertain their eligibility. "The

    main objective is to determine whether among these companies there are NBFCs that ought to have registered with the RBI

    for carrying on their NBFI (non-banking financial institution) activities,".

    20.The RBI announced its decision to buy long-term government bonds worth Rs 80 billion (nearly $1.3bn) to pump more

    liquidity into the country's banking system.

    21.Rajan announced an external committee, under the chairmanship of former Governor Bimal Jalan, to screen applicants for

    new bank licences, from January next year.

    22.Karur Vysya Bank wins best banker award.

    2.UNION BUDGET 2013-14

    1.Amount Allotted for Major Sectors in Union Budget 2013-14 presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

    Sr no. Sector Amount (in Crores)

    1. Total budget 1665297

    2. Planned expenditure 555322

    3. Unplanned expenditure 1109975

    4. Kisan credit card (KCC) 7 Lac

    5. Defence 203672

    6. Rural development Scheme 80194

    7. MGNREGA 33000

    8. Sarva shiksha abhyan 27258

    9. Pradhan mantri gram sadak yojana 21700

    10. RIDF(Rural Infrastructure Development Fund) 20000

    11. Integrated child development scheme 17700

    12. Drinking water and sanitation 15260

    13. Indira Awaj Yojana 15184

    14. JNNURM 14873

    15. Public sector banks 14000

    16. Mid day meal 13215

    17. SIDBI 10000

    18. Agriculture development project 995419. Environment and foresty 2430

    20. Rural housing fund 6000

    21. Agricultural research 3415

    22. NABARD to finance construction of godowns and

    warehouses.

    5000

    23. NFSM 2250

    24. Medical, education and research 4727

    25. Urban housing fund 2000

    26. Women Bank 1000

    27. Nirbhaya Fund 1000

    28. Green revolution for eastern zone(Assam, Odissa,

    Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, WB) mainly for rice production

    1000

    29. Science and Technology 6275

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    30. Microfinance equity fund 100

    31. Crop diversification 500

    32. Agri business 100

    2. The revised expenditure target is Rs 14,30,825 crore.

    3. Relief of Rs 2,000 for tax payers in tax bracket of Rs. 2-5 lakh.

    4. Average economic growth rate in 11th Plan period is 8 %, highest ever in any Plan period.

    5. Food grain production in 2012-13 will be over 250 million tons.

    6. Rs 14,873 crore for JNNURM for urban transportation in 2013-14 against Rs 7,880 crore in the current fiscal.

    7. Rs 5,284 crore to various Ministries for scholarships for SC/ST, OBC and minority students.

    Fiscal deficit:

    a)Fiscal deficit seen at 5.2 % of GDP in 2012/13.

    b)Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8 % of GDP in 2013/14.

    c)Fiscal deficit to 3 % by 2016/17

    Revenue Deficit:

    a)Revenue Deficit seen at 3.9 % 2012-13.

    b)Revenue Deficit seen at 3.3 % 2013-14.

    c)Revenue deficit to 1.9% by 2016-17.Taxes:Service tax (12%), Custom duty (10%) & Excise duty (12%) remains unchanged.

    Tax benefits in RGESS extended to 3 years:

    a)The Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) will be liberalised to enable first time retail investors to invest in mutual

    funds and listed shares and not in one year alone, but for three successive years.

    b)Under the scheme, an individual with an income of less than Rs 12 lakh would get tax incentives for investing up to Rs

    50,000 in the stock market.

    c)Also, the limit for investors wanting to invest in RGESS has been raised to Rs 12 lakh from Rs 10 lakh earlier.

    3.HIGHLIGHTS OF RAIL BUDGET 2013-2014

    1. 67 new express and 26 passenger trains to be launched.

    2. Educational tourist train "Azadi Express" proposed.

    3. Indian Railway Financial Management Institute to be set up atSecunderabad.

    4. Target of investment of 1 lakh crore through PPP mode in 12th FYP.

    5. For the first time, Arunachal Pradesh brought under Rail Network.

    6. Complementary passes for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Olympic awardees.

    7. Dronacharya awardees to get Shatabdi and Rajdhani passes.

    New factories/workshops to be set up:

    1. New Forged Wheel Factory at Rae Bareli in collaboration with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited.

    2. A Coach Manufacturing Unit in Sonepat District (Haryana) in collaboration with State Government.

    3. A Midlife Rehabilitation Workshop at Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) in collaboration with the State Government.

    4. Bikaner and Pratapgarh workshops to undertake POH of BG wagons.

    5.

    A workshop for repair and rehabilitation of motorized bogies at Misrod (Madhya Pradesh).6. A new wagon maintenance workshop in Kalahandi (Odisha).

    4. ECONOMIC FACTS:

    1. FDI Limits:

    Sr no. List of Limits in Various Sectors (In %)

    1. Defence 26

    2. Pension 49

    3. Insurance 49

    4. Print Media 26

    5. Civil Aviation 49

    6. Public Sec. Banks 49

    7. Private Sec. Banks 74

    8. Multi Brand 51

    9. Single Brand 100

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    10. Tourism 100

    11. Pharmaceuticals 100

    12. FM Radio 26

    13. Telecommunication 100

    14. Asset Reconstruction

    companies

    100

    2.India ranking in different Indexes for 2013:

    a) Global Hunger Index- 66.

    b) Global Peace Index141c) Human Development Report136

    d) Global Corruption Index94

    e) Global Competitiveness Index-60 for 2013 (Switzerland top in this report)

    f) Gender Inequality Index - 132nd

    (UN Human Development (Index) Report)

    g) In List of High Net worth Individuals(5th

    acc to the Knight Frank Wealth Report 2013)

    h) In The List of Spam Spewing Nation in the World- 3rd

    (after US and China): as per the new report of Sophos Labs.

    i) India has been ranked as the 119th freest country in the world out of 177 in the 2013 index of economic freedom.

    3.Global Competitiveness Report released by World Economic Forum (WEF):

    World Bank Forecast

    GDP growth rate for India:

    a)

    5.7% in 2013-14

    b)6.5% in 2014-15

    c)6.7% in 2015-16

    4.Indias GDP growth:

    a)

    The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (of India) lowers growth projection for 2013-14 to 5.3 pc from 6.4

    percent projected earlier.

    b) Indias GDP growth likely to be at 5.2% in 2013: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

    c) RBI recently in its quarterly review has scaled down the growth projection for the current fiscal to 5.5 per cent from its

    earlier estimate of 5.7 per cent.d) Asian Development Bank lowered its growth projection for India to 5.8 per cent in calendar 2013 from 6 per cent estimated

    earlier, citing the slow progress of economic reforms.

    e) International Monetary Fund outlook projects Indias economic growthat 5.6 per cent this year.

    5.IMFs GDP growth:

    a)5.7 %- For India (According to World Economic Outlook ) for 2013.

    b)3.3%- For global growth.

    6. Faced with a weakening rupee, the Reserve Bank announced it will sell government bonds worth Rs 22,000 crore every

    Monday to check volatility in the forex market.

    7. Muthoot Fincorp, which is actually a part of Muthoot Pappachan Group, announced launching 100 crore Rupees non-

    convertible debenture (NCB) issue in order to fund the expansion of microfinance as well as small and medium enterprise

    (SME) business

    8. According to the World Bank India is Largest Recipient of Remittances in the World, receiving 69 billion US Dollars in 2012.

    India is followed by China (60 billion US dollars), the Philippines (24 billion US dollars), Mexico (23 billion US dollars)

    and Nigeria and Egypt (21 billion US dollars each) are Other large recipients include Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and

    Lebanon.

    9. World Bank recorded that remittance flows to developing countries grew by 5.3 per cent to reach an estimated 401 billion

    dollar in 2012.

    10.Remittances to developing countries are likely to grow by an annual average of 8.8 per cent for the next three years and are

    expected to reach 515 billion US dollars in 2015.

    11.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a commemorative stamp of Rs 5 in memory of freedom fighter and veteran

    journalist Lala Jagat Narain. Nagaland became the first state to use the high-tech voter recording system 'Voter Verifiable

    Paper Audit Trail' (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machines for the by-elections to Noksen Assembly constituency.

    12.Chhattisgarh has been selected for this year's prestigious National Literacy Award for the first time since its formation inNovember 2000. The award was presented on the International Literacy Day celebrated on September eight.

    13.Aditya Birla Group ( Ultra Tech Cement) to acquire Gujarat cement for Rs 3,800 crore.

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    14.Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to announce an interest rate of 8.5 percent from 8% on provident fund deposits for

    2013-14.

    15.Tata Communications Payment Solutions (TCPS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Communications, is the first company to

    launched first white label ATM (WLA) at Chandrapada, a tier-V town near Mumbai. It has been branded 'Indicash' by the

    company. TCPS has got the license from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to launch white label ATM operations last month under

    scheme B of the central bank.16.The Karnataka State government sanctioned Rs 100 crore for Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan forstrengthening gram panchayats and gram sabhas by providing training to members.

    17.The International Olympic Committee has asked the Indian Olympic Association to drop charge-sheeted members by

    October 31 to enable its return to the Olympic family.

    18.Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) has opened about 1.5 lakh no-frills accounts in eight districts of the State on

    a single day as part of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) initiative.

    19.Central Bank of India and Suvidhaa launched a prepaid (Channel) card for retailers that will enable people to pay their utility

    bills, taxes and book tickets by going to the nearest Suvidhaa outlets.

    20.India to buy $4.3 billion worth of World Bank bonds: The government announced it decision to invest $4.3 billion (Rs 27,000

    crore) the World Bank's special private placement bonds (SPPBs) so that the country could remain eligible for the global

    lender's low-cost funding for various domestic infrastructure projects.

    21.The Central Government raised customs duty on gold, silver and platinum to 10 percent in a bid to curb the surging importsand burgeoning Current Account Deficit (previously gold 8%

    and silver 6%).

    22.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre signed an

    agreement for US $300 million additional loan to upgrade 254

    kilometres of deteriorated highways in northern and southern

    Bihar.

    23.India has signed a loan agreement of 100 million US dollar with

    the World Bank for its Low Income Housing Finance

    Project.The objective of the project is to provide access to

    sustainable housing finance for low income households to

    purchase, build or upgrade their dwellings.24.ICICI Bank Ltd, Indias largest private sector bank, haslaunched ICICI Bank Carbon in partnership with Visa.

    25.India extends US$144mn credit line to Liberia of power

    transmission and distribution projects to reduce the gap of

    power shortage in Liberia.

    26.India tops BRICS in super-rich membership : World Ultra

    Wealth report 2013.

    27.Import Duty on Gold, Silver & Platinum hiked to 10 Percent by

    Central Government in a bid to curb the surging imports and

    burgeoning Current Account Deficit.

    28.India, Japan to enhance currency swap arrangement to USD 50

    billion a development that is likely to bring stability in financialmarkets in the country.

    29.The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

    (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 113.70 crore to Karnataka under

    Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).

    30.Maharatna status for BHEL and GAIL.

    31.Govt. postponed the implementation of GAAR by 2 years to

    April 1, 2016.

    32.Govt. granted an aid of 41 Crore Rs. to protect Pashmina Goats.

    33.The government signed a $60 million loan agreement with the World Bank to improve watershed operations in seven districts

    of Karnataka.

    34.Centre to set up country's 1st geothermal power project in Ladakh.

    35.SBI launches pre-paid card for for blue collar employees and students named 'State Bank of India smart payout card'.

    i. "The new product will bring a large number of workers, contract labourers and dependent family members, who don't have

    access to the basic banking facilities within the ambit of financial inclusion.

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    ii.The pre-paid card can be loaded with Rs 10,000 at a time with a monthly cap of Rs 25,000.

    iii.This can also be used as an add on card for the existing account holders.

    iv.The bank will charge Rs 102 as fees for issuing the card with a validity of 10 years.

    v.This card can be used by students, who normally carry the debit cards of their parents while studying outside of their

    native place, Also, employers can give such cards to their workers for salary payment".

    36.SEBI has introduced electronic IPOs from January 1, 2013.37.The Indian tea industry has finally reached the 1 billion kg-mark in production.

    38.SBI opened its 2nd

    branch in China (Tianjin), While 1st

    in Shanghai.

    39.Govt. postponed GAAR implementation by 2 years to 2016.

    40.Madhya Pradesh is the first State to fully utilize tourism plans funds.

    41.ICICI Bank Opened 101 Gramin Branches across Villages in 6 States

    42.Former RBI Governor Y V Reddy will be the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission; the 13th Finance Commission was

    headed by former Finance Secretary Vijay Kelkar.

    43.India and Pakistan have agreed to allow two banks each from both, the countries to set up branches across the border. The

    two Indian banks are SBI and Bank of India and two Pakistani banks are National Bank of Pakistan and United Bank Ltd.

    44.Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,000-5,00,000 crore capital over the next six years in the wake of Basel III capital

    regulations announced by the RBI.

    45.Bank of India opened its 1stBranch in South Africa.46.LIC Housing Finance has launched a new home loan product called Bhagyalakshmi for women home seekers.47.ADB gave 100 Million US Dollar Loan to Uttarakhand for the urban infrastructure programme.

    48.The ADB has offered $150 million loan for the expansion of railway tracks and to improve overall service in the country.

    49.ADB announced to provide $74.8 million loan to improve road connectivity in the North East states.

    50.ADB to provide $300 million loan to Chhattisgarh for overhauling roads

    51.ING Vysya Life is now subsidiary of Exide Industries

    52.India is 4th

    largest energy consumer in the world: According to a Report by US Energy Information Administration (EIA), India

    has emerged the fourth largest energy consumer of the world after the US, China and Russia, but its per capita energy

    consumption remains lower than that of developed countries.

    53.SIDBI signs tripartite MoU with Egyptian body, World Bank: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has signed a

    tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Social Fund for Development (SFD) Egypt and the World Bank. Accordingto Sushil Muhnot, Chairman & Managing Director, SIDBI, under the MOU, SIDBI and its associates will provide consultancy for

    three year period to SFD and establish credit guarantee system for micro, small and medium enterprises in Egypt.

    54.Moneylender-free village: Canara Bank has taken move by declaring Kunjupannai village in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu amoneylender free village.

    55.Revised Food Bill proposes uniform 5 kg per head foodgrain subsidy: Nearly 67 per cent of population will get 5 kg of foodgrain

    per month at subsidised prices, once the National Food Security Bill (NFSB) gets approval from Parliament. The price for

    providing foodgrains will be initially valid for the first three years of implementation of the Act and after that it will be linked to

    Minimum Support Price. There is no change of entitlement for 2.43 crore poorestof poor families under the Antyodaya Anna

    Yojana, which is 35 kg per household per month. The Bill aims to cover 75 per cent of rural population and 50 per cent of the

    urban population.

    56.Agricultures share in GDP may fall to 13.7% in FY13: on account of higher growth in the non-farm sectors. The contribution of

    agriculture and allied sector to the Gross Domestic Product of the country declined from 14.6 per cent in 2009-10 to 14.5 percent in 2010-11 and further to 14.1 per cent in 2011-12.

    57.Card related complaints are highest number of complaints which were reported to the Banking Ombudsmans

    58.Minimum net-owned funds of Rs 50 lakh must for money transfer business: According to the Reserve Bank of India, Indian

    agents intending to get into the money transfer business will need to have minimum net-owned funds of Rs 50 lakh. Further,

    collateral equivalent to three dayss average drawings or $50,000, whichever is higher, may be kept by the Overseas Principal infavour of the Indian Agent with a designated bank in India.

    59.The National Manufacturing Policy, aims at enhancing the share of manufacturing in GDP to: 25 per cent within a decade.

    60.5 kg per head food grain is to be given at subsidized price as per revised Food Bill.

    61.Urban cooperative banks to implement CBS by: Dec 31,2013.

    62.RBI asks urban cooperative banks to implement CBS by Dec 31: RBI has asked Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) to implement

    core banking solutions (CBS) in all their branches by December 31, 2013.

    63.MNREGA workers to get more wages: From April 1, the maximum daily wage of Rs 214 has been fixed for Haryana, while Bihar,

    Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh will get the minimum of Rs 135. The MNREGA wage rate is linked to the

    Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPIAL) from April 1 every year.

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    64.Minimum net-owned funds for money transfer business: Rs 50 lakh. Further, collateral equivalent to three dayss average

    drawings or $50,000, whichever is higher, may be kept by the Overseas Principal in favour of the Indian Agent with a

    designated bank in India.

    65.Share of Indias goods exports in GDP in 2011-12: 17.7% of GDP

    66.India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation is subsidiary of: National Housing Bank (NHB).

    67.Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme will be expanded to 78 districts from July 13.68.The State Bank of Travancore launched a new service for its customers - doorstep banking.The minimum pick- up will be Rs. 5

    lakh and the maximum would be Rs. 20 million.

    69.The government has approved private sector lender Yes Bank's proposal to increase foreign holdings in the company to 60

    percent that is likely to result in overseas equity inflow of Rs. 2,650 crore.

    70.Govt released National Cyber Security Policy 2013 with an aim to protect information and build capabilities to prevent cyber

    attacks and to safeguard both physical and business assets of the country.

    71.Govt aimed to bring e-governance at grass root level for transparency under e-district scheme and govt has decided to cover

    339 of around 620 districts by March 2014 by a system under which govt. services can be accessed through instruments like

    mobile phones.The initiative is a part of e-Bharat programme for which government has received a financial support of around

    Rs 700 crore from World Bank.

    72.Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Surakhsa Yojna, MGPSY ,a pension scheme for blue-collar Indian workers was launched in the Gulf.

    The MGPSY is aimed at helping the workers to save money for their retirement, their return to India and resettlement andprovides life insurance cover against natural death during the period of coverage.Under the scheme, Government

    contributes Rs.1,000 per annum for men and Rs. 2000 for women subscribers of MGPSY who save between Rs.1,000 and

    Rs.12,000 per year in NPS-Lite.

    73.Ratings agency Crisil Friday assigned 'AAA' ratings to India Infradebt Limited, the country's first infrastructure debt fund under

    the non-banking finance company structure.The fund, jointly promoted by ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, Life Insurance

    Corporation (LIC) and Citicorp Finance (India), awarded its first sanction letter to a road project.

    74.The Bank International Indonesia (BII) launched its operations in India by opening a branch in Mumbai.

    75.Anna Bhagya programme launched in Karnataka.The programme entitles distribution of 30 kg rice at one rupee per Kg to over98 lakh BPL and Antyodaya card holders in the state.The state Government will distribute over two lakh 78 thousand metric

    tonne of rice with a subsidy of 4400 crore every month.

    76.State Bank of India, in partnership with a non-banking finance company, UAE Exchange and Financial Services, has launched acard which will enable the holder to receive the remittance directly on the card.The card State Bank Xpress Money Card can be

    loaded with up to Rs 50,000. A maximum of 30 remittances can be loaded during a calendar year.Prepaid cards are beneficial

    to customers as there is no need to open a bank account in State Bank of India.

    77.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved disinvestment of government stake in State Trading Corporation

    (STC) and ITDC, which would fetch around Rs.30 crore to the exchequer.

    78.HAUSLA Scheme launch for Family Health Campaign in U.P.HAUSLA (meaning spirit or determination),the campaigns twingoals include galvanizing state health systems to deliver high-quality, accessiblehealth programs and services, while

    also increasing awareness and utilization of services by families and communities across the states 75 districts.The HAUSLA

    campaign theme song, Mujhse Bada Mera Hausla,is sung by popular Bollywood singer Shaan.

    79.In a major upgrade of powers given to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the government has allowed it to pass

    orders like search and seizure, attachment of properties, arrest and detention of defaulters and pass disgorgement directions

    to recover the wrongful gains made in contravention of laws.80.The Delhi High Court introduced online payment of court fee, the first such facility in the country which will save litigants from

    standing in long queues at the counter.

    81.India ranked 3rd in Global Consumer Confidence Index. Indonesia emerged as the most optimistic country with 124 points

    followed by Philippines with 121 points and India came third with 121 points.

    82.Government has approved Free Trade LPG Scheme for selling five Kilogram LPG cylinders through Company Owned Retail

    Outlets of Oil Marketing Companies.

    83.Assam government would roll out Food Security scheme from November to cover about 2.25 crore people in the state.

    84.Rampur become the first city of North India where ATM facility will be available for people maintaining accounts in co-

    operative banks.

    85.AADHAR platform must be only channel for DBT payments says Chidambaram and he has asked all public sector banks to

    approach beneficiaries of Direct Benefit Transfer, DBT, and scheme to link AADHAR number with their bank accounts.

    86.The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO, has started registration of digital signatures of employers for online

    transfer of Provident Fund accounts.The system is aimed at making the fund transfer process transparent, efficient and

    comfortable for employees.

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    87.Reliance Power said its 45-MW wind power project at Vashpet in Maharashtra has commenced operations.

    88.Public sector banks have been asked by RBI to set up ATMs in all branches by March, 2014 to enable customers in rural pockets

    to do banking round-the-clock

    89.Telecommunication major Vodafone India in association with ICICI bank has started a unique money transfer and payment

    service M-Pesa in Bihar and Jharkhand where banking network and financial penetration is inadequate, particularly, in rural

    areas.90.Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide about 6 billion dollars loan to India to maintain its lending level to India.

    91.The Union Cabinet approved Women Self Help Groups to Get Low Interest Loans at 7% with the objective of removing

    poverty in rural areas by empowering women. Till now this rate was 11.5 to 14 %.

    92.National Stock Exchange(NSE) launched the countrys firstDebt Trading Platform

    93.WPI Inflation eased to 4.89 percent in April 2013.

    94.LPG subsidy in bank accounts in 18 districts from 1st

    june under this cooking gas (LPG) consumers will get Rs 435 in their bank

    accounts when they book an LPG cylinder via direct benefit transfer programme

    95.India and Myanmar set 3 billion dollar trade target by 2015 during the meeting of Indias energy minister Anand Sharma withhis Myanmar counterpart U Than Htay in New Delhi held on 6 June 2013.

    96.Axis Bank launched co-branded credit card that offers a blend of insurance and a number of travel benefits for international

    frequent flyers, available in 2 versions, viz. World Select and World.

    97.World Bank will provide USD 255 million (Rs 1,499.6 crore) loan to India for National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)' topromote safe behaviour among high risk groups. was signed in New Delhi on Tuesday between India and the World Bank.

    98.Reliance Capital became the first company to suspend gold sales.

    99. Exim Bank approved $300 million loan to Ethiopia for the construction of a railway line linking this landlocked country in

    the Horn of Africa to a port city in neighbouring Djibouti.

    100.President inaugurated Rs 9000 croresfirst Gas-based Power Plant powered by ONGCTripura Power Corporation (OTPC) atPalatana in Tripura, which would produce 363.3 MW in the first phase.

    101.China, Britain set up currency swap line.

    102.Reliance Capital has roped in Japanese financial behemoths Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and Nippon Life Insurance as

    minority partners to boost its quest for banking license.

    103.The top three Expensive markets are:

    i.Hong Kong (Central) with annual occupancy costs of $ 235.23 per sq ft topped the most expensive list for the thirdconsecutive time.

    ii. Londons West End, Beijings Finance Street

    iii. Beijings Jianguomen.104. India and Afghanistan have pledged to enhance bilateral cooperation across various sectors, particularly in the field of

    education. India is currently one of the largest providers of education scholarships to Afghan youth under various

    programmes.

    105.Cabinet approved Mumbai Metro Line 3. The estimated cost for the metro project has been pegged at Rs 23,136 crore. The

    Metro project will be completed by March 2019. It will have 27 stations connecting business and industrial districts such as

    Nariman Point, Worli, Dadar, BKC, MIDC and SEEPZ. The daily ridership is expected to be 13.87 lakh by 2025 and 16.99 lakh

    by 2031.

    106.The roll out of white-label automated teller machines (ATM) may still take a long time as most of the successful applicants

    are not still unready to start operations and ATMs are teller machines that don't have a label of a particular bank as thesemachines are installed and operated by non-bank entities. In simple words, these machines offer services to customers of all

    banks.Tata Communications has already started the launch of white-label ATMs. The company aims to launch as many as

    50,000 ATMs by the year 2016.

    107. In its first ever loan to private agri-business in India, Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 18.4 million to Champion

    Agro to set up cold storage facilities for fruits and vegetables focusing on Gujarat.

    108.The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for setting up of the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) as an independent

    charitable society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

    109. ICICI Bank, the countrys largest private sector bank, launched its Branch on Wheels to offer basic banking services inremote areas which have so far been devoid of banking facilities.

    110. Paradip Port was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent performance in the year 2012-13.

    111.The Government has decided to set up two new major ports one each at Sagar in West Bengal and the other

    at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

    112.For the first time, an innovative Explosive Detection Kit developed by Indian scientists of DRDO will be manufatured in the

    United States and sold globally

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    113. IRDA penalty of over 3cr on Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance for violations Market regulator SEBI has allowed mutual funds to

    trade directly on debt platforms of recognised stock

    exchanges.

    114.During the meeting with the ASEAN countries Ministers at

    Brunei India and ASEAN decided to set a target of $100 billion

    turnover for the bilateral trade by 2015 between the twoentities and reviewed the completion of legal scrubbing of

    India-ASEAN agreements on Trade in Services and

    Investment.

    5.IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

    a.MOU Signed by India:

    1. India and Japan signed a currency swap agreement for up to 50

    billion dollars today to address short-term liquidity problems.

    The bilateral swap arrangement (BSA) has been inked between

    the Reserve Bank of India and the Bank of Japan.

    2. Germany will provide USD 1.3 bn for renewable energy in India.

    3. India signed an agreement with Belgium for the modernizationof the Indian Railways.

    4. India and Russia signed pacts on Economic Ties for $2 billion

    Investment Fund.

    5. India signs $70 million loan pact with World Bank for Karkataka

    Health Systems Development, Reform Project.

    6. India and China sign 11 pacts to enhance trade and economic

    ties.

    7. India and World Bank Signed 500 Million Dollar Deal for

    Shiksha Abhyan.

    8. Trade between South Asian countries crosses $2 billion

    following the implementation of South Asian Free Trade Area(SAFTA)

    9. India and Ukraine signed 5 agreements to enhance cooperation

    including in areas of defence, Nuclear energy, Science and Technology and also to remove barriers for trade.

    10.India and Sweden sign pact to enhance cooperation on social security.

    11.India and Japan signed an Earths Pact that will enable the latter to import the rare Earth minerals from India.

    12.India and ASEAN signed the free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments to boost trade to $100 billion by 2015.

    13.India, Mauritius met to review bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Convention.

    14.India and Bangladesh Decided to increase Rail Link Projects.

    15.India, Bangladesh to set up Joint Inspection team for successful implementation of Border Trade.

    16.India and Bangladesh signed Agreements on Extradition and Visa Regime.

    17.India & Mauritius sign MoU in textile sector.

    18.India & Austria ink social security pact.19.India and Bangladesh signed MoU on Health.

    20.India and France concluded negotiations on the Short Range Surface to Air Missile nearly worth USD 6 billion.

    21.India and UK Signed MoU on in Earth Sciences.

    22.India and Germany inked 6 key MoUs including that for putting together 7 million for next 4 years towards joint research in the field of higher education, for strengthening the green energy corridor, to promote German as a foreign language.

    23.India and Sri Lanka signed two agreements.

    a)Combating International Terrorism, illegal Drug and Human Trafficking.

    b)An agreement on Avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion Japan to close embassy in Mali over

    worsening security situation.

    24.7 key pacts in the areas of cyber security, Information technology, services, electronics, small and medium enterprises,

    manufacturing, fertilizers, and renewable energy was signed between India & Egypt.

    25.India and Liechtenstein signed the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) at Bern, Switzerland.

    26.India, Myanmar & Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity Project by 2016.

    27.India offered Telecom Support to Turkmenistan.

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    28.India & Azerbaijan inked 3 key pacts for creating the necessary legal framework in areas of extradition.

    29.India and Malta signed the new DTAA (The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement) at Valetta.

    30.India and Nepal agreed on Cooperation in Tourism: The both side also suggested joint promotion and development of Buddhist

    Tourism sites in both the countries.

    31.The Andhra Pradesh Government signed a MoU with the Google India under its Education Initiative.

    32.Andhra Pradesh signed an MOU with the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for better education.33.India and Myanmar set three billion dollar trade target by 2015.

    34.Exim Bank approves $300 million loan to Ethiopia for Railway Link:

    35.India, Hungary join hands for gas monitoring system.36.India, China in its 16th round of border talks discussed the Maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas in Beijing.

    37.NTPC set agreement for the 2 x 250 MW Sampur power project in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka .

    38.India inked a $252-million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for continued improvement of rural roads

    in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.

    39.NTPC and Power Development Bangladesh signed 3 Pacts in Dhaka which were

    i. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA),ii. Implementation Agreement (IA) & iii.Supplementary Joint Venture Agreement

    (SJVA). The most important pact was signed for setting up of the biggest ever joint venture project of 1320 Megawatt Coal

    based power plant, which is to be developed over an area of 1834 acres of land near Mongla Seaport in Rampal Upazila at an

    expense of 1.6 billion US dollars.40.India, China signed a series of (MoUs) on pharmaceuticals, buffalo meat and fisheries and an agreement on feed and feed

    ingredients to address the growing trade deficit. The trade deficit has increased from $1.08 billion in 2001-02 to $40.77 billion

    in 2012-13.

    41.India, Hungary joined hands for gas monitoring system.Gujarat Info Petro Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat State PetroleumCorporation, has signed an agreement with Cason Engineering Plc, Hungary, in pursuant to the MoU signed during the

    Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2013, for a gas monitoring system.

    42.India, Azerbaijan ink three key pacts for the legal framework in areas of extradition.

    43.India & Thailand signed seven MOU's in different areas of MoUs covering space, extradition, IT, education, and financial

    intelligence units to check money laundering.

    44.NTPC inked pact for for the execution of the proposed 2X250 MW Sampur power project in Trincomale, Sri Lanka.

    45.India, China discuss border issue; eight pacts signed in a Delegation level talks held in New Delhi between PM ManmohanSingh & china PM Li Keqiang. 8 pacts were signed including one on Brahmputra river data sharing , Trade and economic

    cooperation

    46.India and UAE signed an MoU on Air Services as a follow up of the two day bilateral negotiation at Abu Dhabi. With this the

    number of seats between India and Abu Dhabi has been increased to 50000 passengers per week.

    47.India and Netherlands signed MoU in the Field of Urban Planning

    48.The Election Commission of India and the National Literacy Mission Authority, Ministry of Human Resource Development

    signed a MoU on Electoral Literacy and Greater Participation for a Stronger and Inclusive Democracy in New Delhi.

    49.India, at present, is the second largest producer of rice. Thailand is the largest producer of rice in the World.

    50.India-Chile to Enhance Cooperation in Renewable Energy: India plans to add over 30 GW of renewable energy to its energy

    mix in the next 5 years alone.

    51.Two MOUs were inked, including one on energy cooperation in oil and gas exploration.

    52.China and Sri Lanka have agreed to boost bilateral economic and trade cooperation in education, culture, tourism, mediaand other areas.

    53.Indonesia, Pakistan sign free trade pact: Indonesia and Pakistan have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) and expect to

    take their bilateral trade to $2 billion by next year.

    54.India and Afghanistan signed memorandam of understanding (MoUs) in Kabul for implementing 60 projects in ten Afghan

    provinces under the Small Development Projects (SDP) scheme.

    55.Indian multinational oil and gas company, Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has signed an agreement to explore hiring Reliance

    Industries' unutilised production facilities on the east to quickly bring to production its gas finds in the Krishna Godavari basin.

    56.The Ministry of Rural Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pradan, a non-governmental

    organization.The NGO will serve as a resource and support organisation for the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), with

    specially focusing on Naxal-affected districts.

    57.The Union Government of India and Government of Albania signed an Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the

    Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to the Taxes on Income and on Capital (DTAA).which also includes exchange of

    banking information and supply of information without recourse to domestic interest.

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    58.India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have entered into a tripartite agreement on maritime cooperation to secure sea routes in

    the Indian Ocean region.

    59.India and Iraq on signed a pact to enhance co-operation in energy security, bilateral trade & commerce, infrastructure and

    others.As per the agreement, Iraq will supply more crude oil to India to meet the growing needs of energy in the country.

    60.India and Tanzania have signed agreements on bilateral cooperation in several sectors including agriculture, health and

    education, mines and minerals. The Tanzanian President assured his country's support for India's aspiration for apermanent seat in a reformed United Nations Security Council.

    61.India and Nigeria signed an agreement in Abuja to locate sites for solar power plants in Niger state. The agreement will

    provide additional energy for Nigeria's national grid. It would be the first of a series of power plant deals With this

    agreement in place, Bharat Heavy Electricals will begin preliminary studies for setting up independent solar-powered

    plants in selected locations in Niger.

    62.India and Belarus signed a protocol to enhance trade ties during the sixth session of the Inter-Governmental Commission on

    Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation held in New Delhi.

    63.India and Senegal have signed a three-year pact to further expand cultural exchanges. The Executive Programme for Cultural

    Cooperation seeks exchange of experts in the field of theatre and publications on cultural heritage.

    64.The second triangular partnership programme involving India, the US and African nations, which aims to improve agricultural

    productivity and support market institutions in Kenya, Liberia and Malawi was launched in Jaipur.

    65.Prasar Bharati and the Australian Network signed an agreement to strengthen the partnership between the two publicbroadcasters.With the agreement, ABC International will be available on DD Direct plus from 1 November 2013. It will allow

    the channel to be shown along with 59 other channels on Doordarshan's DTH platform

    66.Runa Laila, the SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS visited India from and the objective of the visit was to extend support

    to the cause of HIV/AIDS especially on the issues of Stigma and Discrimination related to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV).

    67.India signed a Protocol amending the IndiaMorocco Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC).It provides for effectiveexchange of information including banking information between tax authorities of the two countries.

    68.India assured Bhutan of assistance in financing, executing and

    monitoring its 11th Five Year Plan in a proficient and effective

    way.

    69.Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister for Foreign Affairs and African

    Integration of Republic of Chad, visited India. The visit wasaimed at increasing bilateral cooperation between the India

    and Chad.

    70.The Export-Import Bank of India has extended a $125 million Line of Credit (LOC) to the Government of Sudan for financing the

    Mashkour Sugar Project in Sudan.

    71.India and Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further enhance cooperation in the textiles sector.Under the

    MoU signed, India has offered cotton security for Bangladesh Mills.

    72.India and Iraq signed MoUs during the visit of Nouri al-Maliki to India.MoU in the field of Energy between the Ministry of

    Petroleum & Natural Gas of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Oil of the Republic of Iraq.

    73.Ministry of Tourism of India agreed to a proposal from the visiting Tourism and Travel delegation from Nepal for joint publicity

    of India and Nepal as Tourist destinations in other countries.

    74.US Vice President, Joe Biden visited India and had a meeting on Trade and economic ties, defence cooperation, energy and

    climate will be focus of his engagements with Indian leaders.

    b. Scheme & Plan Launched by Union & state Government:

    1.Main Points of

    Food Security Bill 2013:

    a) The food security bill approved is directed towards giving the right to food to around 67 per cent of India's 120-crore

    population (including 75% rural and 50% urban).

    b) While families in the poorest of the poor will continue to get 35 kg of grains per month.

    c) Rice will be made available at 3 Rupees per Kg.

    d) Wheat will cost 2 rupees a kg and cereal will be sold for 1 Rupees per kg.

    e) The Food Security programme will be the biggest in the world with the government spending estimated at Rs. 1,25,000 crore

    annually on supply of about 62 million tonnes of rice, wheat and coarse cereals to 67 per cent of the population.

    f) About 2.43 crore poorest of the poor families covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme under PDS (Public

    Distribution System) would continue to get 35 kg of food grains per family per month but with legal entitlement.

    g) In Union Budget 2013-14, Rs 10,000 crore set aside for incremental cost for National Food Security Bill.

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    h) The scheme will be linked to the Aadhar scheme which provides every citizen with a unique identification number that's

    linked to a database that includes the biometrics of all card-holders.

    i) C Rangarajan is the head of the committee for examination of the Food Security Bill.

    j) Chhattisgarh the first state to pass legislation on food security. The state legislative assembly passed the Food Security Bill

    2012 that confers legal rights to the beneficiaries to receive food grains and food items at highly subsidized prices.

    2.E-stamping launched in Delhi on 28 June of all denominations.3.Chhattisgarh became the first state in the country to bring legislation on food security.

    4.Arunachal Pradesh became the First State to Introduce e-GPF.

    5.Odisha became the 1st

    Indian state to commence e-payment facility for government employees.

    6.Second all-woman employees post office inaugurated at the Delhi.

    7.Union government launched Direct cash transfer scheme in 20 districts, It will cover 26 schemes such as educational

    scholarship for SC/ST and OBC, and widow pension.

    8.Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Kumari Selja on 5 April 2013 launched a Website

    (http://www.jagjivanram.nic.in/)on Babu Jagjivan Ram on the occasion of his 106th Birth Anniversary.

    9.

    Govt. launched Child health Screening service in Maharashtra.

    10.HRD Ministry Launched Sanskrit Caravan.

    11.The official online portalhttp://intraips.gov.in of INTRA-IPS was launched by S. Jayaraman (Special Secretary-Internal Security),

    Minister of Home Affairs at New Delhi.12.Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra.

    13.Andhra Pradesh on occasion of Ugadi Festival launched a new scheme named Amma Hastham (mother's hand) to supply nine

    essential food items to poor at subsidized rates.

    14.Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system.

    15.Haryana bags Krishi Karman Award for highest wheat production.16.Odisha decided to set up the first public health university under Public-Private Partnership mode at Gramadiha village in Jatni

    tehsil on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar with the colaboration State Health Department and Asian Institute of Public Health in

    Bhubaneshwar.

    17.M.P. announced Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojnafor provinding bank guarantee & loans to youths to set up their own

    industries or business of worth up to 25 lakh rupees and 5% loan subsidy for 5 years.

    18.

    Madya Pradesh starts new scheme Sampark Setu.19.M.P. govt launched Atal Jyoti schemein Bhopal district under the scheme 24 hour power is supplied in the rural areas.20.M.P. govt decided to declare Malkhambas the State Sport.21.Nirmal Bharat Campaign had started in Sevagram, Maharashtra.

    22.India's first automatic toll collection system launched in Maharashtra.

    23.Maharashtra Govt. creates special bank account for drought relief.

    24.U.P started Ashirwad Bal Swasthya Guarantee Yojna under NRHM.

    25.UP govt. launched unemployment allowance scheme.

    26.UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state.

    27.Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav launched free laptop scheme for intermediate pass.

    28.Uttarakhand govt to strictly implement 'no work no pay' rule.

    29.Kerala Govt. Raised Age Limit (18 to 21 ) for Buying and Selling Liquor.

    30.Rajasthan Govt will establish Kisan Service Centers and Village Knowledge centers at all Panchayat headquarters.31.West Bengal to give fixed Salary to ASHA workers.

    32.MP leads in growth rate with Gross State Domestic Product for 2012-13 is likely to be 14.28 % and agriculture growth rate

    about 10.02%.

    33.Cairn India has said it has made the 26th oil discovery in its prolific Rajasthan block, the discovery follows allowing the company

    to explore for oil on block well after expiry of the exploration phase.

    34.Govt decided to transfer cash subsidy to domestic cooking gas (LPG) consumers under its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer

    (DBT) scheme from LPG from May .LPG consumers will get about Rs 4,000 per annum in cash from the government, and they

    will have to then buy LPG at a market price of Rs 901.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder.

    35.The official online portal of INTRA-IPS (http://intraips.gov.in) was launched by S. Jayaraman (Special Secretary-Internal

    Security), Minister of Home Affairs at New Delhi. The online portal will facilitate information about the Indian Police Service

    Civil List, Immovable Property Returns, Latest notifications/circulars, Rules, Police Medal Awardees list etc. related to all IPS

    officers all over India.

    http://www.jagjivanram.nic.in/http://intraips.gov.in/http://intraips.gov.in/http://www.jagjivanram.nic.in/
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    36.Vocational education, services and e-governance network, AISECT launched a job portal called RojgarMantra.com which will

    cater mainly to people in rural and semi urban India. AISECT is planning to have over 10 lakh job seekers and an equal number

    of jobs registered with Rojgar Mantra in the next 5 years.

    37.Cairn India makes new oil discovery in Rajasthan block.

    38.Goa Government launched Krishi Card for Farmers which is supposed to help farmers in making use of benefits such as

    subsidies and loans given by the State Government39.A unique scheme, Golden Girl (Bangaru Talli) launched in Andhra Pradesh, to protect girl child and ensure her education.

    The scheme is limited to two children of each BPL family.The scheme provides periodical payment of financial benefit for the education and nutrition needs of the girls who born in a

    BPL family right from their birth.

    The state will pay 1000 Rs per month to the mother from the time she conceives till childs birth and if a girl child is born,mother will be given 2,500 Rs at the delivery time.

    Till the girl attains five years age, the family will be given 1500 Rs every year. When she is admitted in school she will be paid1000 Rs and 2000 Rs every year till she completes fifth standard.

    The amount will be 2,500 rupees per year till she completes 8th class and 3000 rupees till 10th class. It will be 3,500 rupees till plus two and 4000 per year till she completes graduation. If the girl stops her education at plus two, 50 thousand rupees will be paid towards her marriage expenses and it will be one

    lakh rupees if she opts marriage after graduation.

    40.Puducherry Government launched Dairy Development Scheme to promote dairy activities and to enhance socio-economic

    status of the farmers in the Union Territory, As per the scheme, each farmer is supposed to get 50000 Rupees to launch a

    mini-dairy project with three milch cows.

    41.Union Government of India decided to launched DBTL (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG) scheme in 20 high Aadhaar coverage

    districts on 1 June 2013.

    42.Centre set up National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) to meet the growing need for skilled work force in both the public

    and private sectors.

    43.Centre launched skill development and job placement scheme 'Roshini' for rural youth and women in maoist affected 24

    districts in 9 states.

    44.Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) launched for BPL families in Assam. The scheme is being implemented in 24 districts.

    45.IIFCL Mutual Fund launched Infrastructure debt fund (IDF) with the support of Canara Bank and HUDCO being the strategicinvestors and Corporation Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce & IIFCL being the other investors.

    46.Army launched website on Uttarakhand relief: suryahopes.in.

    47.The Rajasthan government launched a unique scheme called Mukhyamantri Bijli Bachat Lamp Yojna for energyconservation. The State government will provide 2 CFL bulb free of cost to all electricity consumers of villages and BPL

    consumers in urban areas. This unique scheme will continue till August 2013.

    48.Govt. launched medi claim facility for farmers holding kisan Credit cards issued by Dena Bank. Launching the scheme, Finance

    minister P Chidambaram handed over medi claim policies and ID cards to six farmers of different states holding KCC of the

    bank. He said it is an innovative and noble scheme for the benefit of farmers at large.

    49.Vodafone India, along with ICICI Bank, launched its mobile money transfer and payment service, targeting mainly migrant

    workers Called M-Pesa,the service was launched across the eastern states of India that include West Bengal (includingKolkata), Bihar and Jharkhand.

    50.The Union Cabinet has given nod to the proposal to divest 10% government stake in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

    51.Singapore Finance minister M Shanmugam visited India

    52.Railways launched ticketing through SMS with two dedicated numbers - 139 and 5676714 - for the servic.

    53.HP launched Officejet Pro X 500 series world's fastest desktop printer that can deliver professional documents at up to 70

    pages per minute

    54.Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) launched broad-based Islamic Equity Index.) on 30 April 2013 based on the wide-measure S&P

    BSE 500 index. It will provide a new benchmark for Islamic investors in one of the world's largest stock exchanges.

    55.Valuemart Gold and Jewels launched 1 lakh Gold coins (each of 10 grams) bearing Sachin's face, signature .

    56.Britain launched Super Priority same-day visa service for urgent Travellers from India.

    57.Rahul to launched scheme Umeed for poor women in J&K, this scheme is launched to help the women organised into SelfHelp Groups and then form federations of such groups. The programme planned to include nine lakh women and cover

    about two-third of the state's rural households. It has a budget of Rs 755 crore that will be shared 90:10 by the Centre andthe state government.

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    58.Rail link to Kashmir launched on June 26. Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi jointly flagged off the first train on the 18-km-

    long section between Banihal in Jammu and Qazigund in Kashmir. The Banihal-Qazigund section, which includes an 11-km-

    long tunnel, will reduce the distance from 35 km (by road) to 18 km. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,691 crore.

    59.The West Bengal Government decided to set up a holding company to bring all state corporations marketing different

    products under the MSME sector under a single umbrella. Also cleared allocation of Rs 492 crore for Kanyashee project to

    be launched on October 1 this year to benefit the girl child.60.Government will soon launch Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to make the country Slum Free. This programme will cover all towns,

    cities

    61.Punjab State Govt launch bed and breakfast scheme for tourists. To give a boost to tourism and provide a home-likeaffordable accommodation to visitors, the Punjab government is set to promote high-end bed and breakfast scheme.andurban agglomerations in the country during its implementation phase.

    62.The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has proposed to launch a National Urban Livelihoods Mission(NULM)in 12th Five Year Plan, which will replace the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).The NULMwould focus on organizing urban poor in self help groups, creating opportunities for skill development leading to market-based

    employment and helping them to set up self-employment ventures by ensuring easy access to credit.

    63.LIC Housing Finance Ltd has launched a public deposit scheme Sanchay whereby it will offer the highest interest rate of 9.5per cent on five-year deposits.The term period for deposits ranges from one to five years with the minimum amount of deposit

    being Rs 10,000 and thereafter in multiples of Rs 1,00064.Bhumi Sena Scheme launched in UP for transformation of Barren Land. The scheme would help in increasing cultivation area in

    the state.

    65. In Punjab, fearing trouble from some anti-social elements, Stri Shakti, an NGO providing mid-day meal in six districts has

    decided to wind up their operations.

    66. P. Chidambaram launched the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme in New Delhi. This scheme is likely to

    benefit about one million young men and women in the next 12 months.This scheme will set the curriculum and standards for

    training in different skills and any institution or body may offer training courses. Upon completion the candidate then has to

    take a test conducted by authorised agencies.upon passing the test, the candidate will be given a certificate as well as a

    monetary reward of an average of 10,000 rupees per candidate.

    67. 50,000 girl students in Tripura living below the poverty line would get a bicycle each free as an incentive to reduce the school

    drop out rate. Girl students in Class XI and XII with a family income less than 1.25 lakhs per annum would get the benefit.68.The Parliament has passed the historic Companies Bill 2012.The new law will facilitate business-friendly corporate regulation,

    improve corporate governance norms, enhance accountability on the part of corporates/ auditors, raise levels of transparency

    and protect interests of investors, particularly small investors.

    69.Delhi government is all set to launch food security programme and it is first state in India to launch Union governments foodsecurity programme.

    70.Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma launched a Centre for Adaptation to Climate Change which aims to engage

    government departments and civil societies to address the issue of climate change.

    71.The Union government of India planned to launch Bharat Mobile Scheme under which one member of every rural household

    who has completed 100 days of work under MGNREGA can get free mobile device.

    72.A free insurance scheme covering nearly 3 lakh drivers of public transport vehicles run on Compressed Natural Gas-CNG was

    launched in the national capital.The Indraprastha Gas Limited Suraksha Yojana was jointly launched by Petroleum and Natural

    Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.A sum of 1.5 lakh rupees will be paid to the nominee ofthe driver in case of death. An additional amount of 25,000 rupees per child will be paid towards education allowance, subject

    to a maximum of 50,000 rupees.

    73.The National Teeka Express was launched by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare

    at Alwar, Rajasthan.It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases.

    74.under the Ksheera Bhagya scheme launched in karnataka over 65 lakh school children in 51,000 Government schools and 39

    lakh children in anganwadi centres across the State will now receive 150 ml of milk three times a week

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    75.To ensure availability of loans at affordable rates for farmers, the government has approved a scheme for providing short-term

    crop loans at concessional rate of 7 percent, "This scheme has

    already been extended to crop loans borrowed from private

    sector scheduled commercial banks in respect of loans given

    within the service area of the branch concerned

    76.A modern and sophisticated breast milk bank, stated to be thefirst in India in the public sector, was inaugurated at the

    premier state-run SSKM hospital in kolkata. The bank was being

    funded by the National Health Renewal Mission and equipment

    procured and the recruitment process done.

    6.INFORMATION BASED ON AGRICULTURE AND CULTURE:

    a) Top 5 production states and countries:

    Wheat:

    states :Uttar Pradesh(34%),Punjab(22%), Haryana(13%),

    Madhya Pradesh(10%), Rajasthan(9%),

    Bihar(6%),Gujarat(2%).

    Countries:China, India, USA, Russia, France, PakistanMajor export destinations:Bangladesh, Korea, Yemen,

    United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Indonesia

    Rice:

    states:West Bengal, Andhra pradesh, Utter pradesh, Punjab,

    Orissa

    Countries:China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam

    Major exporters in world:Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan,

    India, Combodia

    Sugarcane:

    States:Uttar pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Karnataka,

    Andhra pradeshCountries:Brazil, India, China, Thailand, Pakistan

    Pulses:

    States:Madhya pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar pradesh, Karnataka

    Milk:

    States:Uttar pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab

    Countries:India, USA, China, Pakistan, Russian federation

    b) Revolutions in the field of agriculture in India:

    Black Revolution - Petroleum ProductionBlue Revolution - Fish ProductionBrown Revolution - Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa productionGolden Fiber Revolution - Jute ProductionGolden Revolution - Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey ProductionGreen Revolution - Food grainsGrey Revolution - FertilizerPink Revolution - Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn productionRed Revolution - Meat & Tomato ProductioRound Revolution - PotatoSilver Fiber Revolution - CottonSilver Revolution - Egg/Poultry ProductioWhite Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) - Milk/Dairy productionYellow Revolution - Oil Seeds productionEvergreen Revolution - Overall development of Agriculture .

    c) Crop Seasons:

    Rabi Crop:The term Rabi means "spring" in Arabic, and the rabi crops are grown between the months mid November to April.

    Sowing season: October - December

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    Harvesting season: February - April

    Important Crops: Wheat, Barley, Gram, Linseed, Mustard, Masoor, Pea and Potatos

    Kharif croprefers to the planting, cultivation and harvesting of any domesticated plant sown in the rainy (monsoon) season

    and it starts in June and to end in October

    Sowing season: May - July

    Harvesting season: September to OctoberImportant Crops: Jower, Bajra, Rice, Maize, Cotton, Groundnut, Jute, Hemp, Sugarcane, Tobacco etc

    Zaid cropsOn the Indian sub-continent, the crops grown on irrigated lands which do not have to wait for monsoons, in the

    short duration between Rabi and Kharif crop season, mainly from March to June, are called Zaid crops(also written as Zayad

    crops). The main produce are seasonal fruits and vegetables.

    Sowing season: August - September

    Harvesting season: December - January

    Important Crops: Rice, Jowar, Rapeseed, Cotton, Oilseeds

    Zaid rabi crops:Zaid Rabi crops are sown in Februry - March

    Harvesting is in April - may

    Important Crops: Water melon, Toris, Cucumber, leafy and Other vegetables

    d) Top 5 dams and hydro power plants in India:

    Tehri Dam: on Bhagirathi River, Uttarakhand with Installed capacity: 1,000 MW.

    Bhakra nangal Dam: onSutlej River, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh with Installed capacity: 1325 MW.

    Hirakud Dam: On Mahanadi River, Orissa with the Installed capacity: 307.5 MW.

    Nagarjuna sagar Dam: on Krishna River, Andhra Pradesh with Installed capacity: 816 MW.

    Sardar Sarovar Dam: on Narmada River, Gujarat with Installed capacity:1,450 MW.

    e) Nuclear power plants in India:

    Narora atomic power plant - Narora, UP

    Rajasthan atomic power plant, Rawatbhatta, Rajasthan

    Tarapur atomic power plant - Tarapur, Maharashtra

    Kakarpar atomic power plant - Kakarpar, Gujarat

    Madras atomic power plant - Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu

    Kaiga atomic power plant - Kaiga, KarnatakaKundankullam (under construction): tirunelveli, Tamilnadu

    f) Wind power plants:

    Muppandal wind farm - Tamilnadu

    Vankusawade Wind Park - Maharashtra

    Vankusawade Wind Park - Karnataka

    Madhya Pradesh Wind Farm - Madhya pradesh

    Kanjikode Wind Farm - Kerala

    g) Thermal power plants:

    Vindyachal power plant - Madhya pradesh

    Talcher power plant - Orissa

    Ramagundam power plant - Andhra pradeshKorba power plant - Chhattisgarh

    Dadri power plant - UP

    Singrauli power plant - MP

    Farakka power plant - West Bengal

    h) Folk dances in India

    Bathukamma:A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. Bhangra: This is a folk dance from the Northwest Indian state of Punjab. It is a lively, powerful dance. Bihu: Bihu is a folk dance from Assam. It is a very brisk and aggressive dance performed by both boys and girls. Changu: The changu dance is a folk dance found in Odissa and Andhra Pradesh. It derives its name from the changu, which

    is a simple tambourine (daf) that is used to accompany this dance.

    Dandaria: A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. Dhamal: 1) A folk dance of Punjab. 2) A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh Gair: This is a dance of Rajasthan. It is performed by groups of dancers moving in and out with an almost military precision. Garba: This is a folk dance from Gujarat. It is traditionally danced at marriages and during the time of Navaratri.

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    Gatka: A folk dance utilising swords, daggers, or sticks performed in the Punjab Ghoomar: This is a folk dance of Rajasthan. It derives its name from its characteristic pirouettes. Gobbi: A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh. Karagam: This is a folk dance of Tamil Nadu. It is played with a pot balanced on the head. Raas: This is a folk dance from Gujarat. It is traditionally danced at marriages and during the time of Navaratri. Yaksha Gana: This is a folk theatre from the south Indian state of Karnatika Dumhal: A folk dance of Kashmir. Padayani: Padayani is one of the most colorful and popular dances of Southern Kerala. Padayani is associated with the

    festival of certain temples, called Padayani or Paddeni.

    Dollu Kunitha: Dollu Kunitha is a popular drum dance of Karnataka state. Lavani: Lavani is a folk dance of Maharashtra. Kathak: Kathak is a dance form basically from Uttar Pradesh. Bharatnatyam: It is the purest form of dancing in india, originated in tamil nadu. These three concepts cpome into play in

    bharatnatyam dance; bhava, thala and raga.

    Kuchipudi:It is a form of classical and folk dance that originated in Andhra Pradesh. Kathakali:Classical dance of kerela. Odissi:Folk dance performed in Orissa. Chau:A popular dance performed in Orissa, bihar and west Bengal Kalbelia, chari, fire, kacchi: Popular dance forms in Rajasthan. Dindi dance: performed in Maharashtra.

    7. OTHER INFORMATION:

    1. Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai has given her first public speech in New York on her 16th birthday on July 12, a day that would

    now be marked as 'Malala Day'.

    2. A New Variety of Mango was named Nirbhaya after Delhi Rape Victim at Uttar Pradesh's famous mango centre Malihabad.

    3. The Central Information Commission (CIC) in a landmark judgement held political parties are answerable under the Right to

    Information Act, setting a new bench mark in transparency in politics.

    4. First all-women police station opened in Arunachal.

    5. The Tourism Ministry has roped in ONGC to maintain cleanliness and hygiene at 6 tourist destinations across the country, as

    part of its Clean India campaign. According to the action plan finalised by the Ministry, ONGC will adopt 6 monuments - Taj

    Mahal at Agra, Ellora Caves and Elephanta Caves in Maharashtra, Red Fort in Delhi, Golkonda Fort in Hyderabad and

    Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu.

    6. India proposed China to be principal guest country at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2014.

    7. Government constituted a Committee headed by JS Mathur to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.

    8. The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has been set up a committee headed by WCD Additional

    Secretary K. Ratna Prabha to finalize modalities for a media campaign against indecent portrayal of women in mass media.

    9. Canara Bank to open MSME branches in Tiruchi, Perambalur.

    10.The 7th Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in Sydney from the 10th to 12th of November this year. The aim of the

    Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divasor Overseas Indian Conference - is to connect India with its vast Indian Diaspora and

    bringing their knowledge, expertise and skills together.11.Pipavav Port the first private sector port of India located in Saurashtra, Gujarat Regained Top Position in Seafood Exports on

    the basis of quantity.

    12.The Assam government has decided to promote religious tourism in the state and In "Ambubachi Mela" at the famous

    Kamakhya Temple is the first step in this direction.

    13.The worlds tallest twisted tower Infinity Tower was launched in Dubai Marina on 10 June 2013,Bollywood actor AjayDevgn, Bangladeshi singer Runa Lailaand Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy have been named as

    SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS.

    14.India Proposed Hydrocarbon Pipeline from Kazakhstan like TAPI.

    15.AirAsia ties up with TATA to start Airline in India.

    16.Ajmal Kasab hanged and buried in Pune's Yerwada Jail.

    17.Mangalam village became the first village in India where all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in

    Pondicherry.18.Indias First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand.

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    19.Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne released a book titled "Victory India - A Key to Quality Military Leadership" authored by Colonel

    Vinay B Dalvi (Retd) at the Air Headquarters.

    20.Jaipur Literature Festivals theme is Buddha in literature. Spritual leader Dalai Lama will be the chief guest at the festival.21.Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari did 4 day visit to Uzbekistan.

    22.Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived on a three day visit to India to discuss Various issues of bilateral and regional concerns

    23.Japanese PM Abe on historic visit to Myanmar (the first visit by a Japanese head of government since 1977) for strengtheningeconomic ties on agenda.

    24.Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in China on 6th China visit.

    25.The Foreign Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla paid an official visit to India from 25 May 2013 to 27 May 2013.

    26.New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully visited India on an official visit.

    27.Argentinian Foreign Minister, Hector Marcos Timerman visite India on 4-day visit.

    28.Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in India on 3-day visit onto participate in the 4th

    round of Indo-US strategic dialogue

    29.President Pranab Mukherjee was Chief Guest at the 45th Mauritius Independence Day celebrations on the 12th march. India

    and Mauritius signed several agreements in areas of health and medicine, tourism and welfare of senior citizens and the

    disabled.

    30.Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav Selected For Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively.

    31.Union minister Kapil Sibal launched (a web based) Electronics Project Proposal System (e-PPS) in march 2013, which will

    Support Online submission of project proposals, Evaluation of proposals by experts, Project recommendations, ProjectMonitoring.

    32.The Communications and Information Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal has inaugurated India's First All Women Employees

    Post Office at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the International Women's Day, All the counters of this Post

    Office will be manned by women employees only.

    33.Postage Stamp Released on the Commemorative Sahir Ludhianvi (a renowned Urdu poet)by the President of India, Pranab

    Mukherjee on 8 March 2013 on occasion of his birth anniversary.

    34.UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone of a residential, educational-cum- vocational training centre

    ANANDA for persons with autism spectrum disorders at villageGairatpur Bass in Gurgaon. the centre will be developed byan NGO named Action for Autism on about 10 acres of land.

    35.S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology for his contributions towards developing

    technologies for production of clean bio-fuels from waste, won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 in Hyderabad.36.Rajasthan celebrated its 63rd foundation day On 30th March, it was formed on 30th March 1949.

    37.Odisha celebrated its 77th foundation day on 1st

    april.

    38.New tough anti-rape law comes into force, it will now be called the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.

    39.Wi-Fi, internet facility in Howrah Rajdhani launched.

    40.Param Yuva II - India's fastest supercomputer and the 62nd fastest supercomputer in the world.

    41.PM of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong visited India.

    42.London became no.1 Fashion City of the world (earlier it was Paris)

    43.Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

    44.Japan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030.

    45.South Korea Became first country in Asia to Order Chemical Castration of Child Rapist.

    46.Iran and Pakistan launched Gas Pipeline Project of 7.5 billion dollar gas pipeline project which will link Iran's gas pipeline to that

    of Pakistan.47.Japan Became First Country in the World to Extract Natural Gas from Methane Hydrate by March 2013.

    48.World Celebrates Earth hour on 23 March With the ongoing theme will if you will "to save the planet earth & Save energy,the fuels, the bills over the fuels and reduce Carbon emissions for a cleaner and better tomorrow is the message from Earth

    Hour.

    49.Kuwait is the fattest country in the world, with the highest average body mass index or the BMI. The Men in Kuwait have BMI

    of 27.5 while the women have a BMI of 31.4.

    50.MoU Signed Between Mysore Zoo and Leipzig Zoo in Germany for Transporting Four Sloth Bears.

    51.North Korea declares 'state of war' with South Korea and warned that any provocation would swiftly escalate into a nuclear

    conflict.

    52.The most powerful ever seen cyberattack in history "bazooka" slowed down traffic on internet.

    53.United Arab Emirates (UAE) Inaugurated Worlds Largest Solar Power Plant of cost 600-million dollar project named Shams 1at Madinat Zayed by the President of UAE and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on 17 March 2013

    which is aimed at providing electricity to 20000 homes.

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    54.World's Largest Private Yacht named Azzam Launched by German Shipyard With 94000 horsepower generated from two gas

    turbines ad two diesel engines, the Azzam can reach speeds of over 55.5kph, which makes it one of the fastest yachts in the

    world.

    55.India's first interoperable RIFD-based (interoperable Radio Frequency Identification Device) electronic automatic toll collection

    system launched in Maharashtra at Charoti Toll Plaza, Dahanu in Thane District, system was rolled out on the Ahmedabad-

    Mumbai National Highway.,"56.Courts in Pakistan have disqualified former president Pervez Musharraf for contesting parliamentary elections for suspending

    the constitution and imposing emergency in 2007 during his rule.

    57.Croatia becomes 28th EU member state .

    58.According to UN report India is on track to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of poverty

    reduction by 2015

    59.The European Union has officially approved Latvia as the 18th member of the eurozone, which uses the blocs commoncurrency. Latvia will adopt the euro on January 1, 2014.

    60.The Union Cabinet approved setting up of two National level universities in Uttar Pradesh. The Rajiv Gandhi National

    Aviation University and Indira Gandhi National University for Women, IGNUW, will be set up in Rae Bareli district. will be the

    first university in the country exclusively for women.

    61.The 163-year old telegram service in the country comes to an end. Started in 1850.

    62.The city of Incheon in South Korea has been named World Book Capital for the year 2015 by an international committee ofexperts representing the book industry and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

    63.UNESCO included the writings of Cuban Revolution leader Ernesto Che Guevarain its Memory of the World Register.64.Ford Motor Company became First Automaker to Participate in the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programme in

    India.Voluntary reporting enables a complete transparency in terms of the carbon dioxide emissions.

    65.Bollywood actor and UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh

    Bachchan joined the UN and its humanitarian partners to promote The World Needs More global campaign.

    66.Group of Twenty (G-20) summit was held at St. Peters burg in Russia.The summit will focus on issues pertaining to the

    economic growth throughout the developed world.

    67.In defiance of the United States, two Latin American countries Venezuela and Nicaragua offered asylum to Edward

    Snowden, leaker of the US secretive surveillance programme.

    68.

    Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Europe's longest-serving leader that he would step down over a scandalinvolving the secret services, who allegedly indulged in a spate of misconduct on his watch

    69.The Union Health Ministry announced former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador for its National

    Tobacco Control Campaign.

    70.China seeks to boost military ties with Bangladesh

    71.London will host the ninth World Islamic Economic Forum in October

    72.For the first time, the Election Commission used the paper trail system along with the Electronic Voting Machines in the

    Nagaland by-election.The system, called the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail system (VVPAT), will accompany the Electronic

    Voting Machines (EVM).

    73.DRDO developing chilli-spray for women's self-defence

    74.INS Arihant nuclear reactor activated

    75.The insurance arm of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has announced its entry into India's agriculture insurance business,

    saying it would offer farmers insurance cover for their crops against adverse weather conditions.76.The state-owned iron National Mineral Development Corporation Power Ltd. signed an Mou with the IL&FS Energy

    Development Ltd to set up a 500-MW power plant at Gonda in Uttar Pradesh.

    77.Tata Steel was adjudged the Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant in the country for the year 2011-12

    78.Kudankulam to start generating 1,000 MW of power by the end of October

    79.Yahoo beats Google in US with 197 million visitors in July

    8. NEW APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA

    1. Justice P Sathasivam - next (40th) Chief Justice of India (CJI) (by suceeding Altamas Kabir).

    2. K N Shanth Kumar - PTI Chairman (succeeded R Lakshmipathy)

    3. K R Kamath Re-Elected - Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA).

    4. Rami Hamdallah - New Prime Minister of Palestine.

    5. Sudha Sharma - New CBDT chief.

    6. Thomas Mathew - New Chairman Of LIC succeeded D K Mehrotra, retired on 31 May.

    7. Mahendra Mohan Gupta -Vice Chairman of PTI.

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    8. S Gopalakrishnan - new President of CII.

    9. M F Farooqui - new Telecom Secretary

    10.Deepak Sandhu - first woman Chief Information Commissioner (replaced Satyananda Mishra).

    11.Rahul Dravid - Brand ambassador for Tobacco control campaign.

    12.Rakesh Sood - Prime Ministers Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

    13.Anil Goswami - New Union Home Secretary (by replacing R.K Singh).14.Shashi Kant Sharma - New CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) of India (by succeeding Vinod Rai)

    15.Radha Krishna Mathur - Indian Defence Secretary (succeeded Shashikant Sharma).

    16.V Hariharan - Secretary of the All India chess federation.

    17.Mittu Chandilya - chief executive of AirAsia India.

    18.Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma - new Governor of Arunanchal Pradesh.

    19.Siddaramaiah - C.M. of Karnataka.

    20.Aruna Bahuguna - First Women Special DG of CRPF.

    21.Nirbhay Sharma - Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.

    22.Krishna Kumar Natrajan (CEO and Director of Mindtree) - New Chief of NASSCOM (replaced N Chandrasekaran).

    23.PJ Kurien - Chairman of Asian forum of Parliamentarians (replaced Yasuo Fukuda, former P M of Japan)

    24.Vinod Rai - Re-Elected As Chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors.

    25.Sidharth Birla (Chairman of Xpro India Ltd and Digjam Ltd) - Senior Vice-President of FICCI.26.Justice D.K. Jain - new Chairman of Law Commission.

    27.Shyamala Gopinath - New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd

    (CCIL) Chairperson.

    28.Jawahar Sircar - New CEO of Prasar Bharti.

    29.Rajiv Takru - Secretary of Financial Services in the Finance

    Ministry replacing Dinesh Kumar.

    30.P.R. Vasudeva Rao - Director of the IGCAR (Indira Gandhi

    Centre for Atomic Research) replacing S.C Chetal.

    31.Asoke Kumar Mukerji - Next Permanent Representative of

    India to the UN.

    32.Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as International GoodwillAmbassadorUNAIDS (UN Programme on HIV/AIDS).

    33.Mary Kom - Brand Ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL) .

    34.Rajan Bharti Mittal - president of International Chamber of

    Commerce (ICC) India.

    35.Gregg Clark - Coach of the Junior Hockey Mens National

    Team

    36.K K Paul - Meghalaya governor replacing Ranjit Shekhar

    Mooshahary.

    37.Sunil Soni - Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards

    38.Shriniwas Patil - new governor of Sikkim.

    39.R. Chandrasekhar (the former Secretary Department of

    Telecommunications (DoT)) - Nasscom President, succeedingcurrent Nasscom President Som Mittal, whose tenure expires

    in January 2014

    40.Hazem El-Beblawi - new Prime Minister of Egypt by the