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Impor t ant Point s you shoul d know about Regional

Rur al Banks (RRBs)

Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) - The History

Rural banking in India started since the establishment of banking sector in India. Regional RuralBanks were set up after nationalizations of banks in 1969 when emphasis shifted to providingmore credit to weaker sections. Regional Rural Banks were established under the provisions ofan Ordinance promulgated on the 26th September 1975 and the RRB Act, 1976 with anobjective to ensure sufficient institutional credit for agriculture and other rural sectors. RuralBanks in those days mainly focused upon the Agro Sector. Regional rural banks in India penetrated every corner of the country and extended a helping hand in the growth process of thecountry.

The Narasimham Working Group (1975) conceptualized the creation of RRBs as a new set of

regionally oriented rural banks, which would combine the local feel and familiarity of rural problems characteristic of cooperatives with the professionalism and large resource base ofcommercial banks.

From a modest beginning of 6 RRBs with 17 branches covering 12 districts in December, 1975the number of RRBs increased to 196 RRBs with 14,446 branches in 1991 operating in 518districts across the country. After a phase of consolidation starting from September, 2005, thenumber of RRBs was reduced from 196 to 82. In the current phase of consolidation which beganin October, 2012 by amalgamation of RRBs across sponsor banks within a State, the number ofRRBs has further reduced to 61 RRBs as on date with over 18000 branches in 638 districts.

Here is the Complete list of Regional Rural Banks(RRB) in India by Sate wise which areparticipating in IBPS RRB Exam :

Andhra Pradesh Bihar

Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank Deccan Grameena Bank Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank Saptagiri Grameena Bank

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank Surguja Kshetriya Gramin Bank Durg-Rajnandgaon Gramin Bank

Haryana

Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank Bihar Kshetriya Gramin Bank Uttar Bihar Kshetriya Gramin Bank Kosi Kshetriya Gramin Bank Samastipur Kshetriya Gramin Bank

Gujarat

Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank Saurashtra Gramin Bank

Himachal Pradesh



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Harayana Gramin Bank Gurgaon Gramin Bank

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu Gramin Bank (Merger of JammuRural and kamraz Rural Banks)

Ellaquai Dehati Bank

Assam

Assam Gramin Vikash Bank Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank

Jharkhand

Jharkhand Gramin Bank Vananchal Gramin Bank

Madhya Pradesh

Narmada Malwa Gramin Bank Satpura Kshetriya Gramin Bank Madhya Bharath Gramin Bank Chambal-Gwalior Kshetriya Gramin

Bank Rewa-Sidhi Gramin Bank Sharda Gramin Bank Ratlam- Mandsaur Kshetriya Gramin

Bank Vidisha Bhopal Kshetriya Gramin Bank Mahakaushal Kshetriya Gramin Bank Jhabua Dhar Kshetriya Gramin Bank

Himachal Gramin Bank Parvatiya Gramin Bank

Punjab

Punjab Gramin Bank Faridkot-Bhatinda Kshetriya Gramin

Bank Malwa Gramin Bank

Kerala

Narmada Malwa Gramin Bank North Malabar Gramin Bank

Tamil Nadu

Pandyan Grama Bank Pallavan Grama Bank

Maharashtra

Marathwada Gramin Bank Aurangabad -Jalna Gramin Bank Wainganga Kshetriya Gramin Bank Vidharbha Kshetriya Gramin Bank Solapur Gramin Bank Thane Gramin Bank Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Gramin Bank

Karnataka

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank Pragathi Gramin Bank Cauvery Kalpatharu Grameena Bank Krishna Grameena Bank Chikmagalur-Kodagu Grameena Bank Visveshvaraya Gramin Bank

Rajasthan

Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank Marwar Ganganagar Bikaner Gramin

Bank Rajasthan Gramin Bank Jaipur Thar Gramin Bank Hodoti Kshetriya Gramin Bank



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Mewar Anchalik Gramin Bank

Orissa

Kalinga Gramya Bank Utkal Gramya Bank Baitarani Gramya Bank Neelachal Gramya Bank Rushikulya Gramya Bank

West Bengal

Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank Paschim Banga Gramin Bank Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin Bank

Meghalaya

Ka Bank Nogkyndong Ri Khasi- Jaintia

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank

Manipur

Manipur Rural Bank

Mizoram

Mizoram Rural Bank

Nagaland

Nagaland Rural Bank

Tripura

Tripura Gramin Bank

Uttar Pradesh

Purvanchal Gramin Bank Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank Shreyas Gramin Bank Lucknow Kshetriya Gramin Bank Ballia Kshetriya Gramin Bank Triveni Kshetriya Gramin Bank Aryavart Gramin Bank Kisan Gramin Bank Kshetriya Kisan Gramin Bank Etawah Kshetriya Gramin Bank Rani Laxmi Bai Kshetriya Gramin Bank Baroda Western Uttar Pradesh Gramin

Bank Devipatan Kshetriya Gramin Bank Prathama Bank Baroda Eastern Uttar Pradesh Gramin

Bank

Uttaranchal

Uttaranchal Gramin Bank Nainital Almora Kshetriya Gramin Bank



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Objectives of Regional Rural Banks :

The importance of the rural banking in the economic development of a country cannot beoverlooked. As Gandhiji said “Real India lies in Villages,” and village economy is the backbone of Indian economy. Without the upliftment of the rural economy as well as the rural

people of our country, the objectives of economic planning cannot be achieved. In fact, thereal growth of Indian economy lied in the freeing of rural masses from acute poverty,unemployment, and socio-economic backwardness.

Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are oriented towards meeting the needs of the weaker sections ofthe rural population consisting of :

Small and marginal farmers, Agricultural labourers, Artisans, Small entrepreneurs,

Mobalise deposits from rural householdsRRBs are expected to make credit available to rural households besides inspiring carefulness. Putit simple to ensure sufficient institutional credit for agriculture and other rural sectors.

The Credit Delivery System :

Grant of credit at cheap or concessional rates Lending to individuals belonging to weaker sections without checking the viability of the

activity proposed to be undertaken.

The Operational Area of RRB "

The area of operation of RRBs is limited to the area as notified by GoI covering one or moredistricts in the State.

Ownership of RRBs : RRBs are jointly owned by the Government of India, the concerned State government andsponsor banks (27 scheduled commercial banks and one State Cooperative Bank); with theissued capital shared in the proportion of 60 percent, 20 percent and 20 percent (earlier it was50%, 15% and 35%), respectively. As per the provisions of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976the authorized capital of each RRB is Rs. 5 crore and the issued capital is a maximum of Rs. 1crore.



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Important Note : With an aim to strengthen regional rural banks (RRBs), the government on22nd April 2013 introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to raise their authorised capital by 100 timesto Rs. 500 crore. The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013, also seeks to allow

RRBs to raise capital from sources other than the central government or the state government orthe sponsor bank.

RBI Assistance

With a view to facilitate RRBs operations, the RBI gave RRBs direct access to refinance

assistance at a concessional rate of three per cent below the bank rate.

Allowed to maintain a lower level of SLR than commercial banks.

Allowed to pay half per cent more interest on all deposits except those of three years andabove.

Sponsor banks IDBI, NABARD, SIDBI, and other FIs are statutorily required under the RRBsAct to provide managerial and financial assistance to RRBs.

Evaluation of RRBs

The Committee constituted by the RBI in June 1977 to valuate the performance of RRBsconcluded that with some modifications in their organisation and structure. The Committee toReview Arrangements for Institutional Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development whichinter alia examined the role of RRBs in the rural development work, suggested the following :

Preference for opening bank branches than commercial banks The eligible business of commercial banks’ rural branches may be transferred to RRBs. The losses in initial years of RRBs may be met by shareholders and equity capital should

also be raised. The various facilities provided by sponsor banks should continue for 10 yrs in each case Concessionary refinance by RBI should be continued

The control, regulation, and promotional responsibilities should be transferred from theGOI to RBI or NABARD.

Regulatory Control

RRBs are allowed up to December 31, 2000 to maintain cash reserves at 3 per cent of their

demand and time liabilities. A number of measures were taken since 1995 not only to makeRRBs viable but also to enable them to function effectively.



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Apart from recapitalization and infusion of equity, the measures include : Deregulation ofinterest rates on advance and deposits of above one year maturity; rationalization of branches;and relaxation of norms relating to investments by RRBs.

In 1998-99 NABARD introduced several policy measures for improving overall performance.

They are :

Quarterly / half yearly review of RRBs especially weak ones by the sponsor banks Merger of RRBs coming under a sponsor bank and operating in contiguous areas Off-site surveillance Framing of Appointment and Promotion rules (1998) for the staff of RRBs Introduction of Kissan Credit Cards for provision of credit to farmers.

Reform Process - RRBs

In order to provide access to low-cost banking facilities to the poor, the Narasimham WorkingGroup (1975) proposed the establishment of a new set of banks, as institutions which "combine

the local feel and the familiarity with rural problems which the cooperatives possess and the

degree of business organization, ability to mobilize deposits, access to central money markets

and modernized outlook which the commercial banks have".

RRBs started their development process on 2nd October 1975 with the formation of a single bank (Prathama Grameen Bank). As on 31 March 2006, there were 133 RRBs (post-merger)covering 525 districts with a network of 14,494 branches.

Reforms in the RRB Sector have taken place in three phases :

First Phase: 1993-2000

Based on the recommendations of the Narasimham Committee Report (1992), reforms wereinitiated in 1993 with a view to improve the financial health and operational viability of RRBs.Various measures including recapitalization, rationalization of branch network, providing betteraccess to non fund business, expanding avenues of investment and advances, upgrading the level

of technology and taking up select RRBs for comprehensive restructuring were taken. Further,they were permitted to lend to non-target group borrowers up to 60 per cent of new loans. FromJanuary, 1995 the investment avenues for RRBs were broadened to improve the operationalefficiency and profitability. In December, 1996 the investment policy was further liberalised, toaccord parity with commercial banks, permitting RRBs to invest in shares and debentures ofcorporate and units of Mutual Funds with a ceiling upto 5% of the incremental deposits of the bank during the previous year. Prudential accounting norms of income recognition, asset



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Net profit (cr) 617 625 1027 1335 1884 1785 1886 2384

Profit/loss making RRBs 111/22 81/15 82/8 80/6 79/3 75/7 79/3 63/1

Deposits (cr) 71329 83144 99093 120189 145035 166232 186336 211457

Loans & Advances (cr) 38520 47326 57568 65609 79157 94715 113035 133098

CD ratio (%) 55.7 58.3 59.5 56.4 57.6 59.51 63.3 66.13

Share of CASA in deposits (%) 59.14 61.21 59.63 58.35 57.90 60.35 58.51 57

Share of PSA in total 81 82.2 82.9 83.4 82.2 83.5 80 86

Share of agri adv to total (%) 54.2 56.6 56.3 55.1 54.8 55.7 53 63

Gross NPA (%) 7.3 6.55 6.1 4.2 3.72 3.75 5.03 5.65

Net NPA % 3.46 3.36 1.81 1.62 2.05 2.98 3.40

Source: Reports on Trend and Progress of Banking in India and NABARD

Heads of Impor t ant Or ganizat ions

United Nations Organizations (UNO) :

Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present) President of the General Assembly -

o Vuk Jeremic (2012–2013)o John William Ashe (2013-2014)

Security Council memberso Permanent Members : China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United Stateso Elected for 2012-13 : Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, Togoo Elected for 2013-14 : Argentina, Australia, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg,

Rwanda (elected for 2013–2014)

International Organizations related to UN :

Food and Agriculture Organization : Director-General - José Graziano da Silva, Brazil(2012–present)

International Atomic Energy Agency : Director-General - Yukiya Amano, Japan(2009–present)

International Civil Aviation Organization : President of the Council - Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Mexico (2006–present)

Secretary-General - Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present) International Labour Organization (ILO) : Director-General - Guy Ryder, UK (2012–

present) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) : Director-General - Jose Graziano da

Silva, USA (2012-present) International Telecommunication Union : Secretary General - Dr. Hamadoun Toure,

Mali (2007-present) Universal Postal Union (UPU) : Director-General - Bishar Abdirahman Hussein, Kenya

(2012-present) International Court of Justice (ICJ) : President - Peter Tomka, Slovakia (2012-present)



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Internatiional Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) : Director General - Yukiya Amano,Japan (200-present)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) : Executive Director - Anthony Lake,United States (2010–present)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) :

Director-General - Irina Bokova, Bulgaria (2009–present) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : High Commissioner - Navanethem Pillay, South Africa (2008–present)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : High Commissioner -António Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) : Director-general -Kandeh Yumkella, Sierra Leone (2005–present)

World Food Programme (WFP) : Executive Director - Josette Sheeran, United States(2007–present)

World Health Organization (WHO) : Director-General - Margaret Chan, China(acting) (2007–present)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) :

o President - Alexander Bedritsky, Russia (2003–present)o Secretary-General - Michel Jarraud, France (2004–present)

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) :o Secretary-General - Taleb Rifai, Jordan (2010–present)

Heads of International Organizations:

Kamalesh Sharma : Secretary-General, Commonwealth of Nations Ahmed Saleem : Secretary-General, SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Co-

operation) Roberto Azevêdo : Director-General, WTO (World Trade Organization) Anders Fogh Rasmussen : Secretary-General, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty

Organisation) Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliyev : Secretary-General, SCO (Shanghai

Cooperation Organization) Dr. Le Luong Minh : Secretary-General, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian

Nations) Abdullah Salem el-Badri : Secretary-General, OPEC (Organization of Petrolium

Exporting Countries) Christine Lagarde : Managing Director, IMF (International Monetary Fund) Jim Yong Kim : President, WB (World Bank) Takehiko Nakao : President, ADB (Asian Development Bank) Jose Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, OECD (Organization for Economic Co-

operation and Development)

Heads of Important Indian Government Offices

President - Pranab Mukherjee Vice-President - Mhd Hamid Ansari (Chairman of Rajya Sabha)



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Prime Minister - Dr. Manmohan Singh Defence Minister - A. K. Antony Finance Minister - P. Chidambaram Home Affairs Minister - Sushilkumar Shinde

Heads of Indian Organizations :

ASSOCHAM - Rana Kapoor Attorney General of India - G.E. Vahanvati Bombay Stock Exchange - Ashish Chauhan CAG - Shashi Kant Sharma CBDT - Sudha Sharma CBI - Ranjeet Sinha CCI - Ashok Chawla

Chief Economic Advisor - Raghuram Rajan (left the post after becoming RBIGovernor) Chief Election Commissionor - V.S.Sampath DRDO - Avinash Chander FICCI - Naina Lal Kidwai IB - Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim IBPS - K.R. Kamath IRDA - T.S.Vijayan ISRO - Dr. K. Radhakrishnan NABARD - Prakash Bakshi NASSCOM - Krishna kumar Natrajan

National Commission for women - Mamta Sharma National Innovation Commission - Sam Pitroda National Security Advisor - Shivashankar Menon National Security Council - Yakov Amridor National Stock Exchange - Chitra Ramkrishna PM Economic Advisor - C.Rangrajan Press Council of India - Marandey Katju Press Trust of India - K N Shanth Kumar RBI – Raghu Ram Rajan RAW - Alok Joshi SBI - Pratip Chaudhary SEBI - U.K. Sinha SSC - Amitava Bhattacharyya TRAI - Rahul Khullar UGC - Ved Prakash UPSC - D.P. Agarwal



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New Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes - Sudha Sharma New Chief Justice of the AP High Court - Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta New Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India - Shashi Kant Sharma New Director General of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)

- Avinash Chander

New director Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) - Narendra Kumar Verma New Editor of Time International - Bobby Ghosh New Executive Director of UBI - Rakesh Sethi New Head of Google'sAndroid division - SundarPichai New High Commissioner to Maldives - Rajeevo Shahare New president of Asian Football Confederation - Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-

Khalifa New president of Asian Football Confederation - Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-

Khalifa New President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Takehiko Nakao Next Chief Justice of India (CJI) - Justice P. Sathasivam

Next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director - James Comey Nodal officer for relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttrakhand -V.K.Duggal

Pakisthan's Prime Minister - Nawaz Sharif Paraguay’s new President - Horacio Cartes President of Editors Guild of India - N. Ravi President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India - Rajan Bharti Mittal President of the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - S.

Gopalakrishnan The President of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for the fifth

consecutive term - Maulana Syed Raabe Hasani Nadvi Union Home Secretary - Anil Goswami Venezulea's New Precident - Nicolas Maduro

Deat hs

Sushmitha Banarji - Writer (Kabuliwalar Bangali Bau) V C Shukla - Veteran Congress leader Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar - Dhrupad vocalist Profulla Borua - The veteran Indian journalist (Assam) Zillur Rahman - President of Bangladesh, Ray Harryhausen - master of visual effects and stop-motion animation - T M Soundararajan - Tamil playback singer Surendra Tiwari - Hindi story writer Sir David Frost - British Broadcaster Shanu Lahiri - Bengali Painter Shamshad Begum (94) - Legendary singer (one of the first few play back singers of

bollywood) Shakuntala Devi - Indian Mathematician (Human Computer) Seamus Heany - Ireland's Foremost Poet (Nobel winner in 1995)



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Satya Pal Dange - Veteran CPI leader Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Oscar and Booker Prize winner Ruma Chatterjee - National Cycling Coach Rudra Prasad Shadangi - Former Minister of Bihar Roger Ebert - American film critic

Zao Wou-ki - Chinese Painter Vithura Baby - Malayalam Journalist and Writer Vithal Bhai Patel - Lyricist / Congress Leader V.S. Ramadevi - Former Governor of Karnataka Robert Edwards - Master mind behind the world’s first “test tube baby” Rituparno Ghosh - Noted filmmaker of Bengal Ray Dolby - Founder of Dolby Labouratories Ranganath Misra - Former Chief Justice of India Ramankutty Nair - Padma Bhushan-winning Kathakali exponent Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra - Noted Environmentalist Hugo Chavez - Venezuelan President

Haradhan Bandopadhyay - Bengali Actor Dr. Abdul Samad Abdullah - Maldievs Foreign Minister Dr Hilary Koprowski- Polio Vaccination Developer Douglas Engelbar - Creator of the computer Mouse Chinua Achebe - father of African literature Brajesh Mishra - First National Security Advisor of India Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi - Odisha's classical Singer and music director Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi - Classical Singer / Music Director P.Shanmugam - former CM of Puducherri Norman woodland - Bar Code Inventor Niani Nathung - Former minister of Arunachal Pradesh Mrinal Gore - Social Activist Michael Henry Denness - former England captain Mary Thom - American Journalist and feminist Margaret Thatcher - Former Prime Minister of Britain Mahasundari Devi - Madhubani painting artist & Padma Shree Awardee Lonappan Nambadan - former Member of Parliament from Kerala Leslie Claudius - Indian Hockey Player Lalgudi Jayaraman - Renowned violinist and composer Kamala Sadagopan - Tamil writer Justice JS Verma - former Chief Justice of India Julie Harris - American Actress Joy Mukherjee - Film Actor Jiroemon Kimura - World's oldest ever man (Japan) died at the aged 116 Jetti Veera Raghavulu - Telugu music director James Gandolfini - Three time Emmy Award winner J.S. Verma - former Chief Justice of India



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Heads of Co nst it ut ional and ot her Impor t ant Bodies

Speaker of LokSabha – Ms.Meera Kumar Dy. Speaker of LokSabha – KariaMunda Chairman of RajyaSabha – Dr. Hamid Ansari (Vice President of India) Dy. Chairman of RajyaSabha – P.J.Kurien Chief justice of India (CJI) – P. Satha Sivam Attorney general –G.E. Vahanavathi Solicitor general – Mohan Parasaran Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) – Shashi Kanth Sharma Chief Election Commissioner – V.S. Sampath Other election commissioners

o Harishankar Brahmao Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi

Dy.Chairman Planning Commission – MonteksinghAhluwalia Governor RBI – Raghuram Rajan Cabinet Secretary – A.K. Seth Finance Secretary – Rajiv Thakur Foreign Secretary – RanjanMathai National Security Advisor –Shiv SankarMenon Economic Advisor to PM – K. RangaRajan Chairman National Knowledge Commission – Sam Pitroda Chairman of UPSC –D.P.Agarwal Chairman Finance Commission (14th ) – Y. V. Reddy National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) – K G Bala Krishnan National Commission for Women (NCW) – Mamatha Sharma National Commission for Minorities – WajahatHabibullah National Commission for SCs – Dr.Buta Singh National Commission for STs – Ms.Urmila Singh National Commission for BCs –M N Rao National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) – V ShanthaSinha Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) – Prof. Veda Prakash

BRICS Summit s

In the context of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) meeting at Durban,South Africa, it’s pertinent here to discuss about it’s history.

History of BRICS Summit

In Goldman Sachs’ report in 2001 “Building Better Global economic BRICs”, Jim O’ Neillcoined the acronym BRIC for the first time by saying that these four countries could becomemajor economies by 2030. Eventually, first BRIC summit was held at Yekaterinburg, Russia in



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2009. Before that foreign ministers of these countries met at New York in 2006. Later summitsof these countries are

Summit ParticipantsDate Host countryHost leader Location 1st BRIC June 16, 2009 Russia Dmitry Medvedev Yekaterinburg

2nd

BRIC April 16, 2010 Brazil LuizInácio Lula da SilvaBrasília3rd BRICS April 14, 2011 China Hu Jintao Sanya4th BRICS March 29, 2012 India Manmohan Singh New Delhi5th BRICS March 26–27, 2013 South Africa Jacob Zuma Durban

The rainbow institution BRIC became more colourful with the introduction of South Africa atSanya, China in 2011. Now it became BRICS.

Highlights of BRICS Summit 2013

The BRICS Summit for the year 2013 was hosted by South Africa 26th to 27th March 2013 atthe International Convention Centre (ICC), Durban (South Africa). Attended by the heads of thefive member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This was the Fifth summitand this completed the first cycle of BRICS summits. This meet concluded on 27 March atDurban (South Africa). Following are the issues discussed during this summit.

BRICS countries accepted to establish BRICS bank to fund infrastructure projects ofthese nations. However, countries failed to achieve consensus on quantum of seedmoney. China wanted it to be $100 billion which is to be contributed equally by the

member nations. This issue will be resolved by the officials and ministers and will bereviewed at St.Petersburg , on the side lines of G-20 summit in September. They sought for Director General for WTO (World Trade Organisation) from developing

world. To set up a $100 billion fund to guard themselves against currency fluctuations. Called for reorientation of UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development). BRICS reiterated the need for Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism. EThekwini (DURBAN) declaration dwelt more on the issue of Syria where Russia is

supporting president Bashar al-Assad. Unit 1 of Kudankulam reactor (Tamil Nadu) will be operationalized next month, PM

Manmohan Singh told Russian president Vladimir Putin at their meet on side lines ofBRICS.

PM Manmohan Singh met with Chinese president Xi Jingping. It’s the first highlevelmeet after the change of leadership in China.



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Awar ds

2013 Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Yash Chopra and Rajesh Khanna 2013 Man Booker International Prize - Lydia Davis Arjuna Award - Virat Kohli Asia Pacific International Award - Dr. Mujeeb Athar Asom Ratna Award - Indira Goswami Asom Ratna Award for the year 2012 - Indira Goswami Cecil B Demile Award - Woody Allen Champion for Global Change Award 2013 - Malala Yousafzai First Mahathir Award for Global Peace - Nelson Mandela German Whistleblower Prize 2013 - Edward Snowden Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival - Sacro GRA (Italian Documentary) Grand Prize at Cuba's International Radio and Telivision Festival - Baraksat

(Lebanese Documentary) IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Kevin Barry INDEX Design Award - Kavitha Shukla ISRO Young Scientist Award - Jenita Mary ISRO Young Scientist Award 2013 - Jenita Mary Nongkynrih Jnanpith Award 2011 - Pratibha Ray (recently recieved this award) Jnanpith Award 2012 - Ravuri Bharadhwaja Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain - Anish Kapoor (sculptor) Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran - Hariharan Legend of Planet' award - Bindeshwar Pathak (Sulabh movement founder) Library of Congress Gershwin Award - Carole King (first woman) Man Booker International Prize - Lydia Davis Man Booker Prize (shortlisted frm India) - Jhumpa Lahiri (for the book "The Low

Land") National Literacy Award - Chattisgarh NSS Wernher von Braun Memorial Award - Abdul Kalam NTR National Literary Award - Manoj Das (a Noted Oriya writer) Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 (1st time) - Shashi

Tharoor Presidential medal of freedom - Dr.Sally Ride (First American female astronaut) Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013 - Adam Johnson (for the novel “The Orphan Master’s

son”) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - Ranjan Sodhi Rajiv Gandhi Wild Life Conservation Award, 2009 - S. P. Yadav Saraswati Samman (2013) – Sugathakumari Skoch Group Award - Jharkhand Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 (1st time) - Shashi

Tharoor Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony - Zubin Mehta Tagore Peace Prize- Shihab Ghanem (first Arab) The Palme d'Or (The top honor) at the 66th Cannes Film Festival - Blue is the

Warmest Color



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The Simón Bolívar National Award of Journalism 2013 - Hugo Chavez (lateVenezuelan President )

U. N. Champions of the Earth Award - V. Ramanathan UEFA Best Player in Europe Award - Franck Ribéry UN’s Public Service Award - Omen Chandi (Kerala CM)

Unique Female Leader Award - Madeleine Albrite (former US Secratary) United Nation's Public Service Award - Oommen Chandy (Chief Minister of Kerala) US "woman of courage" award - Nirbhaya (Dehli gang rape victim) Vyas Samman (2012) – Narendra Kohli Whitley award (Green Oscar) - Dr. Aparajita Datta Women’s Prize for Fiction - AM Homes (for her book, May We Be Forgiven) Youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest - Raghav Joneja Polar Music Prize 2013 -

o Youssou Ndour (Singer)o Kaija Saariaho (Composer)

Parliamentarian Awards :o

2010 - Arun Jetlyo 2011 - Karan Singho 2012 - Sharad Yadav

SAARC Literature Award 2013.o Abhay K - Indiao Abdul Khaliq Rashid- Afghanistan.o Daya Dissanayake - Sri Lankao Farheen - Pakistan.o Suman Pokhrel – Nepal.

6 3 r d Ber l in Fil m Fest ival Awar ds

Best Film- Child’s Pose ( Romania ) Best Actor-NazifMujic in “Life of an Iron Picker” (Bosnia/France/Slovenia) Best Actress- Paulina Garcia in “Gloria” (Chile/Spain) Best Director- David Gordon Green for “Prince Avalanche” (US) Best ScreenPlay-JafarPanahi for “Parde” (Closed Curtain) Iran.

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Television, which eventually became The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1976.In addition to high profile awards ceremonies BAFTA runs a year-round programme ofeducational events including film screenings and tribute evenings.

66th

BAFTA Awards Winners List -

The 66th British Academy Film Awards (also known as the British Oscars) took place on 10th February 2013 at The Royal Opera House in London, England. Here is the detailed list ofwinners.

BEST FILM - Argo

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM - Skyfall

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR

PRODUCER - Bart Layton (Director), DimitriDoganis (Producer) The Imposter

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - Amour

DOCUMENTARY - Searching For Sugar Man ANIMATED FILM - Brave

DIRECTOR - Ben Affleck – Argo

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook

LEADING ACTOR - Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

LEADING ACTRESS - Emmanuelle Riva – Amour

SUPPORTING ACTOR - Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

ORIGINAL MUSIC - Skyfall – Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY - Life Of Pi

EDITING - Argo

PRODUCTION DESIGN - Les Misérables

COSTUME DESIGN - Anna Karenina

MAKE UP & HAIR - Les Misérables

SOUND - Les Misérables

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS - Life Of Pi

SHORT ANIMATION - The Making Of Longbird

SHORT FILM - Swimmer

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) - Juno Temple



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7 0 t h Gol den Gl obe Awar ds Winner s List 2 0 1 3

The 70th annual Golden Globes awards ceremoney was held in Hollywood on January 13 th 2013,hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler . Here is the detailed list of winners.

Motion Picture -

Director - Ben Affleck, 'Argo.'

Actor, Drama - Daniel Day-Lewis, 'Lincoln.' Actress, Drama - Jessica Chastain, 'Zero Dark Thirty.'

Actor, Musical or Comedy - Hugh Jackman, 'Les Miserables.'

Actress, Musical or Comedy - Jennifer Lawrence, 'Silver Linings Playbook.'

Supporting Actor -Christoph Waltz, 'Django Unchained.'

Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway, 'Les Miserables.'

Foreign Language - 'Amour.'

Animated Film - 'Brave.'

Screenplay - Quentin Tarantino, 'Django Unchained.'

Original Score -Mychael Danna, 'Life of Pi.'

Original Song - 'Skyfall' (music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth), 'Skyfall.'

Television

Actor, Drama - Damian Lewis, 'Homeland.'

Actress, Drama - Claire Danes, 'Homeland.' Series, Drama - 'Homeland.'

Actor, Musical or Comedy -Don Cheadle, 'House of Lies.'

Actress, Musical or Comedy - Lena Dunham, 'Girls.'

Series, Musical or Comedy - 'Girls.'

Miniseries or Movie - 'Game Change.'

Actress, Miniseries or Movie - Julianne Moore, 'Game Change.'

Actor, Miniseries or Movie - Kevin Costner, 'Hatfields& McCoys.' Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie - Maggie Smith, 'Downton Abbey.'

Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie - Ed Harris, 'Game Change.'

8 5 t h Oscar Awar ds Winner s List

The 85th Oscar Awards ceremony for the year 2013 (also known as Academy Awards) was heldon 24th February 2013 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California. The ceremony was hosted by Seth MacFarlane. Here is the Complete list.



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Best picture- "Argo"

Best director-Ang Lee, " Life of Pi"

Best leading actor- Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"

Best leading actress- Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best supporting actor-Christoph Waltz in " Django Unchained"

Best supporting actress- Anne Hathaway in " Les Miserables"

Best foreign language film- "Amour" (Love)

Best animated feature- " Brave"

Best original screenplay- Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"

Best adapted screenplay- Chris Terrio, "Argo"

Best original score- "Life of Pi"

Best original song- "Skyfall," music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth

Best production design- "Lincoln"

Best cinematography- "Life of Pi"

Best costume design- " Anna Karenina"

Best documentary feature- "Searching for Sugar Man" Best documentary short- "Inocente"

Best film editing- "Argo"

Best makeup- "Les Miserables"

Best short animated film- "Paperman"

Best short live action film- "Curfew"

Best sound editing- "Zero Dark Thirty"

Best sound mixing- "Les Miserables" Best visual effects- "Life of Pi"

6 0 t h Nat ional Fil m Awar ds Winner s List

India's prestigious Film Awards, National Film Awards for the year 2012 were announced on18th March in New Delhi in a joint Press Conference addressed by the Chairpersons of the three juries, ShriBasuChatterjee (Feature Films), Ms. ArunaRaje (Non-Feature Films) andShriSwapanMullick (Best Writing on Cinema). Here is the detailed winners list.

Best Actor- Irfan Khan for Pan Singh Tomar and VikramGokhale forAnumati(Marathi).

Best Actress- UshaJadhav for Marathi film 'Dhag'.

Best Hindi Feature Film - - Paan Singh Tomar.

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Best Special Effects - Eega (Telugu)

Best Non-Feature Film- Shepherd's of Paradise.

Best Film on Environment- Black Forest (Malayalam).

Best Telugu film - Eega

3rd Best Tamil film - Vazhakku En 18/9

Best Hindi Film - Filmistan

Best Investigative Film - Inshallah Kashmir

Best Playback Singer- Shankar for Bolo Na (Chittagong).

Best Song- Bolo Na (Chittagong).

Best Choreography -BirjuMaharaj (Viswaroopam).

Best Art direction- LalgudiIlayaraja (Viswaroopam).

Best Original Screenplay -SujoyGhosh (Kahaani).

Best Dialogue Writer- AnjaliMenon (Ustad Hotel).

Best Sound Recording- Gangs of Wasseypur.

Best Direction - ShivajiLotanPatil (Dhag - Marathi Film).

Best Editing- Celluloid Man (Non-feature section). Best Makeup Artist- Raja (Vazahkku En 18/9).

Best Costume Designer- Poornima (Paradesi).

Best Supporting Actor- AnnuKapoor (Vicky Donor').

Best Supporting Actress- DollyAhluwalia (Vicky Donor).

Best Film on Social Issues- Spirit (Malayalam).

Special jury mention - Parineeti Chopra (Ishaqzaade), TanishtaChatterjee (Dekh IndianCircus) and NawazuddinSiddhique (4 films).

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BEST FILM: ‘Barfi!’

BEST ACTOR: Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Barfi!’

BEST FEMALE ACTOR: Vidya Balan for ‘Kahaani’

BEST DIRECTOR: Anurag Basu for ‘Barfi!’

BEST STORY: Tani and Anurag Basu for ‘Barfi!’

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE): Annu Kapoor for ‘VickyDonor’

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE) - Anushka Sharma for ‘JabTak Hai Jaan’

BEST DEBUT (FEMALE): Yami Gautam for ‘Vicky Donor’

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BEST ACTOR IN A COMIC ROLE: Abhishek Bachchan for ‘Bol Bachchan’

BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE: Rishi Kapoor from ‘Agneepath’

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR: Gauri Shinde for ‘English Vinglish’

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR: Pritam for ‘Barfi!’

BEST LYRICS: Amitabh Bhattacharya for ‘Mujhme kahin’ from ‘Agneepath’

BEST SINGER MALE: Sonu Nigam for ‘Agneepath’

BEST SINGER FEMALE: Shreya Ghoshal for ‘Chikni chameli’ from ‘Agneepath’

BEST SOUND DESIGN: Shajith Koyeri for ‘Barfi!’

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE: Pritam for ‘Barfi!’

AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST JODI OF THE YEAR: Deepika Padukone - RanbirKapoor

DIGITAL STAR OF THE YEAR: Shah Rukh Khan

The winners in the technical awards category were (not so important) :

o BEST ACTION: Shyam Kaushal for ‘Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1’o BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Pankaj Khanopur, Sherry Bharda & Vishal Anand

- Tata Elxsi for ‘Ek Tha Tiger’o BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Ganesh Acharya for ‘Chikni Chameli’ from

‘Agneepath’o BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ravi Varman I.S.C for ‘Barfi!’o BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Aki Narula and Shefalina for ‘Barfi!’o BEST DIALOGUE: Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh, Sachin Ladia & Anurag Kashyap

for ‘Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1’ and Juhi Chaturvedi for ‘Vicky Donor’o BEST EDITING: Namrata Rao for ‘Kahaani’o

BEST MAKEUP: Uday Serali for ‘Barfi!’o BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Rajat Poddar for ‘Barfi!’o BEST SCREENPLAY: Anurag Basu and Tani Basu for ‘Barfi!’o BEST SOUND MIXING: Debajit Changmai for ‘Barfi!’o BEST SOUND RECORDING: Eric Pillai -Future Sound Of Bombay- for

‘Barfi!’

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The 58th Film Fare awards held on 20th January at YRF Studios. Here is the Complete List of

Winners.

Best Actor RanbirKapoor (Barfi!)Best Actress VidyaBalan ( Kahaani)Best Film Barfi!Best Director SujoyGhosh (Kahaani)Best Dialogue AnuragKashyap, AkhileshJaiswal, Sachin K

Ladia, ZeishanQadri (Gangs of Wasseypur)



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Best Screenplay Sanjay Chouhan& Tigmanshu Dhulia (Paan SinghTomar)

Best Story JuhiChaturvedi (Vicky Donor)Best Supporting Actor (Male) AnnuKapoor (Vicky Donor)Best Supporting Actor (Female) Anushka Sharma (Jab TakHaiJaan)

Best Music Director Pritam (Barfi!)Best Lyrics Gulzar (Challa), Jab TakHaiJaanBest Playback (Male) AyushmannKhurrana (Paani Da Rang) (Vicky Donor)Best Playback (Female) ShalmaliKholgade (Pareshaan) ( Ishaqzaade)RD Burman Award ForUpcoming Talent In Music

Neeti Mohan (Jiya Re) (Jab TakHainJaan)

Lifetime Achievement Award Yash ChopraSony Trendsetter Of The Year Barfi!Best Debut (Male) AyushmannKhurrana (Vicky Donor)Best Debut (Female) Ileana D'Cruz (Barfi!)Best Debut (Director) GauriShinde (English Vinglish)

Winners of FilmfareCriticsAwards-

Critics' Award for Best Actor (Male) Irrfan Khan (Paan Singh Tomar)Critics' Award for Best Actor (Female) RichaChadda (Gangs of Wasseypur)Critics' Award for Best Film Gangs of Wasseypur

Winners of Filmfare Technical Awards -

Best Action Sham Kaushal (Gangs Of Wasseypur)Best Cinematography Setu (Kahaani)

Best Editing NamrataRao (Kahaani)Best Production DesignRajatPodar (Barfi!)Best Sound Design Sanjay Maurya& AllwinRego (Kahaani)Best Costume Design ManoshiNath& Rushi Sharma ( Shanghai)Best Choreography Bosco-Caesar (Aunty Ji - Ek Main AurEkkTu)Best Background ScorePritam (Barfi!)

Padma Awar d winner s List 2 0 1 3

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has approved the conferment of Padma Awards forthe year 2013. There are 108 Personalities from various fields have been selected for thePadma Awards. Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, will be given to Late actorRajesh Khanna, Late satirist JaspalBhatti, actor Sharmila Tagore, Adi Godrej, boxing championand Olympic bronge medal winner Mary Kom, cricketer Rahul Dravid. Here is the CompleteList of Padma Award winners for the year 2013.



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Padma Vibhushan Award Winners

Prof RoddamNarasimha, Science and Engineering RaghunathMohapatra, Art S HaiderRaza, Art Prof Yash Pal, Science and Engineering

Padma Bhushan Award Winners

Abdul Rashid Khan, Art Late Rajesh Khanna, Art Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art DrRamanaiduDaggubati, Art SreeramamurthyJanaki, Art Dr (Smt) KanakRele, Art Sharmila Tagore, Art

Dr (Smt) SarojaVaidyanathan, Art ShivajiraoGirdharPatil, Public Affairs DrApathukathaSivathanuPillai, Science, Engineering Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering DrAshokeSen, Science and Engineering BN Suresh, Science and Engineering Prof Satya N Atluri, Science and Engineering Prof Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering Padma Bhushan Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, Trade and Industry AdiBurjor Godrej, Trade and Industry DrNandkishoreShamrao Laud, Medicine MangeshPadgaonkar, Literature and Education Prof GayatriChakravortySpivak, Literature & Education Hemendra Singh Panwar, Civil Service MaharajKishanBhan, Civil Service Rahul Dravid, Sports H MangteChungneijang Mary Kom, Sports

Padma Shree Award Winners

GajamAnjaiah, Art Swami GCD Bharti alias BharatiBandhu, Art B Jayashree, Art Sridevi, Art Kailash Chandra Meher, Art Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, Art Nana Patekar, Art, Maharashtra R NageswaraRao alias SurabhiBabji, Art Lakshmi NarayanaSathiraju, Art



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JaymalaShiledar, Art Suresh DattatrayTalwalkar, Art P Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, Art Apurba Kishore Bir, Art Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan, Art

Hilda MitLepcha, Art SudhaMalhotra, Art Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Art Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Art MahrukhTarapor, Art Balwant Thakur, Art Puran Das Baul, Art RajendraTikku, Art Pablo Bartholomew, Art Shri S Shakir Ali, Art SKM Maeilanandhan, Social Work

Nileema Mishra, Social Work ReemaNanavati, Social Work JharnaDharaChowdhury, Social Work Late Dr Ram Krishan, Social Work Late Manju Bharat Ram, Social Work Prof MustansirBarma, Science and Engineering AvinashChander, Science and Engineering Sanjay GovindDhande, Science and Engineering Prof (Dr) Sankar Kumar Pal, Science Deepak B Phatak, Science and Engineering DrMudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and Engg Prof Ajay K Sood, Science and Engineering Prof KrishnaswamyVijayraghavan, Science & Engg DrManindraAgrawal, Science and Engineering DrJayaramanGowrishankar, Science & Engineering Prof SharadPandurang Kale, Science & Engineering VandanaLuthra, Trade and Industry RajshreePathy, Trade and Industry Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and Industry MilindKamble, Trade and Industry KalpanaSaroj, Trade and Industry DrSudarshan K Aggarwal, Medicine Dr C Venkata S Ram alias Chitta, VenkataSundara Ram, Medicine DrRajendraAchyutBadwe, Medicine DrTaraprasad Das, Medicine Prof (Dr) T V Devarajan, Medicine Prof (Dr) SarojChooramaniGopal, Medicine DrPramod Kumar Julka, Medicine DrGulshanRaiKhatri, Medicine Dr Ganesh Kumar Mani, Medicine



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DrAmitPrabhakarMaydeo, Medicine DrSundaramNatarajan, Medicine Prof Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Medicine DrVishwa Kumar Gupta, Medicine Prof (Capt) Dr M Sharaf-eAlam, Literature & Education

DrRadhikaHerzberger, Literature & Education J Malsawma, Literature and Education Devendra Patel, Literature & Education Dr Rama Kant Shukla, Literature & Education Prof AkhtarulWasey, Literature & Education Prof AnvitaAbbi, Literature & Education NidaFazli, Literature & Education Surender Kumar Sharma, Literature & Education DrJagdish Prasad Singh, Literature & Education Late ShaukatRiazKapoor Alias SalikLakhnawi, Literature & Education Prof Noboru Karashima, Literature & Education

Christopher Pinney, Literature & Education PremlataAgrawal, Sports YogeshwarDutt, Sports HosanagaraNagarajegowdaGirisha, Sports Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports NgangomDingko Singh, Sports NaibSubedarBajrangLalTakhar, Sports Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designing DrRavindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology

Kr ishi Kar man Awar ds 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2

The Krishikarman awards were presented to the State Governments on 15 January by ourPresident Pranab Mukherjee for their excellent performance in increasing the production of foodgrains in their respective states. Here is the Complete List

o Awards for Special Contribution to Total Food Grains Production - MadhyaPradesh, Tamil Nadu, Manipur and Nagaland

o Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Rice – Biharo Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Wheat - Haryanao Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Pulses - Jharkhand

o Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Coarse Cereals –Uttar Pradesh

Beaut y Co nt est s

50th

Ponds Femina Miss India 2013 – NavneetKaurDhillon

Miss America – Nina Davuluri



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Miss India Earth 2013 – Shobhita Dhulipala

Miss India International 2013 – ZoyaAfroz

Miss Universe 2012 – Olivia Culpo

Miss World 2012 – Wenxia Yu

Miss Asia Paisific – Sristhi Rana

Miss India Fiji 2012 - Sheryl Kumar

Miss United Continent 2013 - Purva Rana

Miss Supranational - Vijaya Sharma

Miss Universe India 2013 – Manasi Moghe

Commit t ees o f RBI

Head of the Committee Year Their Focus Area

S. R. Mittal 2001 Internet BankingDr. N. L. Mitra 2001 Legal Aspects of Bank FraudsM. R. Ramesh 2002 Guidelines on STRIPS (Separately Traded Registered

Interest and Principal of Securities)A. L. Narasimhan 2002 Payment SystemsC. Ramachandran 2003 Ways and Means Advances to State GovtsDr. Barman 2003 Cheque Truncation and E-ChequesVepa Kamesam 2003 Micro FinanceSmt. Usha Thorat 2003 Instruments of SterilizationG. Padmanabhan 2003 Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives

Tarapore 2004 Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services N. Sadasivan 2004 Development Financial InstitutionsA. V. Sardesai 2005 Internal Working Group on RRBsH.R. Khan 2005 Issues of Rural Credit and Micro FinanceC. P. Swarnkar 2007 Procedures and Processes of Agricultural LoansDr. K. C. Chakrabarty 2008 Rehabilitation of Sick SMEsV. K. Sharma 2008 Interest Rate FuturesG. Srinivasan 2008 Technology Up gradation of RRBsDr. C. Rangarajan 2009 Estimation of Savings and InvestmentDr. Rakesh Mohan 2009 Financial Sector AssessmentUsha Thorat 2009 Procedures for Currency Distribution

P. Vijaya Bhaskar Rao 2009 Review the Business Correspondent ModelUsha Thorat 2009 Review Lead Bank SchemeDeepak Mohanty 2009 Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR)P. Vijaya Bhaskar Rao 2009 Branch Authorization PolicyDr. K. C. Chakrabarty 2009 CRAR of RRBsV. K. Sharma 2010 Review of the Credit Guarantee Scheme of the Credit

Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and SmallEnterprises



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Deepak Mohanty 2010 Balance of Payments Manual for IndiaG. Gopala Krishna 2011 Information Security, Electronic Banking,

Technology Risk Management, Cyber FraudsDr. K. C. Chakrabarty 2011-2017 Information Technology Vision DocumentDeepak Monanty 2011 Operating Procedure of Monetary Policy

Shyamala Gopinath 2011 Financial Holding Company Structure in IndiaM. Damodaran 2011 Customer Service in BanksK. J. Udeshi 2011 To Review the Facilities for FEMA Act, 1999Usha THorat 2011 The Issues and Concerns in the NBFC SectorY. H. Malegan 2011 Licensing of New Urban Co-operative BanksG. Padmanabhan 2013 To Boost Bank Finance for ExportsSuma Varma 2013 Working Group to Review Ombudsman Scheme

Spor t s

• US Open 2013

o Men's Singles - Rafael Nadalo Women's Singles - Serena Williamso Men's Doubles - Leander Paes / Czech Republic Radek Štepáneko Women's Doubles - Andrea Hlaváčková / Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká o Mixed Doubles - Andrea Hlaváčková / Belarus Max Mirnyi

• Wimbledon 2013

o Men Singles – Andy Murrayo Women Singles – Marion Bartoli

o Men Doubles – Bob and Mike Briyano Women Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei / China Peng Shuaio Mixed Doubles - Daniel Nestor / France Kristina Mladenovic

• 2013 Sony Open Tennis

o Men's Singles - Andy Murrayo Women's Singles - Serena Williamso Men's Doubles - Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojero Women's Doubles - Russia Nadia Petrova / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

• French Open 2013

o Men Single- Rafael Nadalo Women Single - Serena Williamso Men Double- Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan

o Women Double - Ekaterina Makarova / Russia Elena Vesnina

o Mixed Double - Lucie Hradecká / Czech Republic František Čermák • Australian Open 2013

o Men’s Singles – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)



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o Women’s Singles – Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)o Men’s Doubles – Bob Bryan (America) and Mike Bryan (America)o Women’s Doubles – Sara Errani (Italy) and Roberta Vinci (Italy)

• Mandrid Open 2013

o Men's Singles - Rafael Nadal

o Women's Singles - Serena Williamso Men's Doubles - Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryano Women's Doubles - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová

• 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Italian Open)

o Men's Singles - Spain Rafael Nadalo Women's Singles - United States Serena Williamso Men's Doubles - United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryano Women's Doubles - Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / China Peng Shuai

• Malaysian Open Badminton Championship 2013

o Men’s Singles - Lee Chong Wei (Indonesia)o Men’s Doubles-MohdAhsan (Indonesia) -HendraSetiawan (China)o Women’s Singles- Tai Tzu-ying (Thailand)o Women’s Doubles-BaoYixin-Tian Qing (China)

• Brisbane International Tennis – 2013

o Womens Single’s - Serena Williams (USA)o Men’s Singles - Andy Murray from (Scotland)o Women’s Doubles -SaniaMirza and BethanieMattek-Sandso Men’s Doubles - Marcelo Melo and Tommy Robredo

• Davis Cup 2012 -

o Winner- Czech Republic Runner- Spaino Champions League T-20o Winner-Sydney Sixers Runner-Highveld Lions

• 52nd National Open Athletics Championships 2012 -

o Venue – Chennaio Winner - Railways Runner up – Services

• U-19 World Cup 2012

o Venue-Australiao Winner-India ;Runner-Australiao Man of The Match-Unmukt Chand(Indian Captain)

• Azlan Shah cup -

o Venue- Malaysiao Winner-NZ; Runner-Argentina; 3rd Place-India

• Thailand Open Grand Prix Single

o Venue-Bangkok; Winner-SainaNehwalo Runner-RatchanokInathon(thiland)

• Indonesia Open Single



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o Venue- Jakarta; Winner-SainaNehwalo Runner -Li Xuerui(China)

• Euro Cup-2012

o Venue- Poland And Ukrain; Winner-Spain; Runner-Italy• Cincinnati Masters

o Men Single- Roger Federer bt Novak Djokovico Women Single- Li Na bt Angelique Kerber (Germany)

• 74th National Table Tennis Championship

o Mens Singles - Soumyajit (youngest national champion)o Womens Singles - ShaminiKumaresano Mens Doubles – Sourav Chakraborty and GaneshanSathiyano Women doubles - K. Spoorthy and NikhatBanu

• Swiss Athletes of the Year 2012

o Roger Federer (Men)

o Nicola Spirig (Women)• 12th Asian Billiards championship - Rupesh Shah• 2013 Senior National Women's Boxing Championship - Preeti Beniwal• Canadian Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel• Confederations Cup 2013 - Brazil• First captain to win all ICC Trophies - MS Dhoni becomes f• First Indian to win a medal in Youth World Weightlifting Championship -

Chandrika Tarafdar• German Cup 2013 - Bayern Munich• Grenke Chess Classic Trophy 2013 - Viswanathan Anand• ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 - Australia (6th title)• Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament - Air India• National Weightlifting Championship 2013 - Manpreet Kaur• Sudirman Cup – China• Youngest national Table Tennis Champion - Somyajeet Ghosh

Nat ional Spor t s Awar ds 201 3

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:

Sl. No. Name Discipline1. Mr. Ronjon Sodhi Shooting

Arjuna Awards:

Sl. No. Name Discipline

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2.Mr. Ranjith Maheshwari(cancelled later)

Athletics

3. Ms. P.V. Sindhu Badminton

4. Ms. Kavita Chahal Boxing

5. Mr. Rupesh Shah Billiards & Snooker

6. Mr. Virat Kohli Cricket

7. Mr. Abhijeet Gupta Chess

8. Mr. Gagan Jeet Bhullar Golf

9. Ms. Saba Anjum Hockey

10. Ms. Rajkumari Rathore Shooting

11. Ms. Joshna Chinnappa Squash

12. Ms. Mouma Das Table Tennis13. Ms. Neha Rathi Wrestling

14. Mr. Dharmender Dalal Wrestling

15. Mr. Amit Kumar Saroha Athletics (Para)

Dronacharya Awards for 2013 :

Sl.No. Name Discipline

1. Ms. Poornima Mahato Archery2. Mr. Mahavir Singh Boxing

3. Mr. Narinder Singh Saini Hockey

4. Mr. K.P. Thomas Athletics*

5. Mr. Raj Singh Wrestling*

* Lifetime contribution in coaching

Dhyan Chand Awards : Sl.No. Name Discipline

1. Ms. Mary D’souza Sequeira Athletics

2. Mr. Syed Ali Hockey

3. Mr. Anil Mann Wrestling

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Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar :

Sl.No.

CategoryEntity recommended for RashtriyaKhel Protsahan Puruskar, 2013

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Community SportsIdentification and Nurturing of BuddingYoung Talent

Dr. U.K. Mishra, Founder andPresident, National Sports Academy,Allahabad

2.Financial Support forSports Excellence

Services Sports Control Board

3.Establishment andManagement of SportsAcademies of Excellence

Pullela Gopichand Academy ofBadminton, Hyderabad

4. Employment ofSportspersons and sportswelfare measures.

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board

List of Impor t ant Ongoing pr ogr ams of

Gover nment Of India

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

It’s been launched in 2006 as NREGA and renamed as MGNREGA on 2nd October 2009. Itsintended to provide 100 days of employment to rural adult households as a right.

Swarnajayanthi Gram SwarojgarYojna (SGSY)

It aims at providing self-employment to the rural poor by organizing them into self -help groups(SHGs). It’s been launched on April 1st 1999.

Pradhanmantri Gram SadakYojna (PMGSY)

PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) was launched on 25th

December 2000 as a fullyfunded Centrally Sponsored Scheme to provide all weather road connectivity in rural areas of thecountry.

Indira AwaasYojna (IAY)

The objective of the scheme is to primarily help the weaker sections in rural areas who belong toBelow Poverty Line (BPL) category by granting financial assistance for construction of a pucca



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house. Additional assistance will be provided for sanitary latrine and smokeless challah underTotal Sanitation Programme (TSP)and Rajiv Gandhi GraminVidyudeekaranYojna. This schemeis operational since 1985.

Bharath Nirman

It’s been launched in 2005 to provide basic infrastructure in rural areas. Six components of this programme include

Road connectivity

Electrification

Drinking water supply in rural areas

Telephone connectivity Housing

Irrigation

It’s based on PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) model of Dr. Abdul Kalam. 1 st phase of the programme has been completed in 2009 and second phase is being operational now.

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

Launched in 2005 for modernisation of urban centres

Swarna Jayanti Shahari RojgarYojana (SJSRY)

Launched in 1997 (revamped in 2007) to provide self-employment and wage employment to

urban poor with special attention to women.

Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)

Launched in 1975, to alleviate problem of mal nutrition among children of age group 6 monthsor below and their mothers.

National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

Originally launched for a period of 7 years (2005-12). It’s intended to provide health carefacilities in rural areas. JananiSurakshaYojna is part of this programme.

Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme

This scheme is intended to provide pension of Rs. 200 to the poor above the age of 65 years. Its been revised and renamed on 19th November 2007.



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