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IBPS RRB 2015 Exam Pattern

40 Questions from every section will be asked.

1. Reasoning - 50 marks 2. Quantitative aptitude - 50 marks 3. English/Hindi language - 40 marks 4. General knowledge with special reference to banking industry - 40 marks 5. Computer knowledge -20 marks

Note:- i) The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

ii) A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negative marks for wrong

answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in

each of the objective tests.

Key Points To Remember For IBPS RRB Examination

Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) became the world leader in Initial Public Offerings(IPO).

Former South African cricketer Allan Donald resigned as the bowling coach of South Africa Cricket team.

PM Modi became the first Indian prime minister in over 42 years to visit Canada.

North Korea’s Foreign Minister, Ri Su-yong, arrived in New Delhi,India on a three day visit.

The Union home ministry has renamed the tourist visa-on-arrival scheme as 'e-tourist visa' scheme.

India has slipped 6 places to rank 89th on a global Networked Readiness Index.

India and Canada signed an agreement on uranium supply.

BALCO’s IT major Reena Srivastava won 2015's "INFOSEC MAESTROS Top 50 Most Promising CEO Award".

Meenakshi Madan Rai sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court.

Mohan Kumar has been appointed the next Ambassador to France.

India retained its No. 2 position in the ODI rankings.

Pakistan successfully test- fired a new ballistic missile, Ghauri missile.

Sachin Tendulkar was inducted as one of the five new members into the prestigious Laureus Sports Academy.

Former Prime Minister of Nepal, Surya Bahadur Thapa passed away.

Nokia announced to acquire French telecommunications firm Alcatel-Lucent for around $16.6 billion.

Moody’s pegged India’s growth at 7.5 percent for 2015.

Satya Nadella was honoured with the ‘White House Champions of Change’ Award.

Satya Nadella is the first Indian-origin Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft.



Raja Rajeswari has become the first person of Indian descent to be named as a criminal court judge in New York City.

Vivek Oberoi has been named for the prestigious 'Dada Saheb Phalke Pride Award 2015'.

India successfully test fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile.

The UN peace envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, has resigned.

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic was named the Laureus Sportsman of the Year.

Ethiopian sprinter Genzebe Dibaba was named the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year.

Gujarat government formed a task force to make strategy and provide suggestions on poverty elimination in the state.

Supreme Court appoints CBI SP Vivek Priyadarshi to head team probing IPL scandal 2013.

India has clinched three awards in the annual awards given by Asian Squash Federation (ASF).

Mary Kom has been named best film at the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior in Sweden.

Sitaram Yechury was unanimously elected CPI (M)’s new General Secretary.

State Government of Kerala launched Subodham project, to help people in the state to overcome addiction to liquor.

Shahrukh Khan was honoured with the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Cinema’ award at the 5th annual Asian Awards in London.

Britain’s swimmer Adam Peaty has broken the men's 100-meter breaststroke world record.

IPC) has suspended the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for indefinite period.

The annual trade deficit for India for fiscal year 2014-15 increased to touch $137 billion.

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row.

India’s Y. Pranjala has won the Asian Junior Tennis championship title.

Maharashtra Government announced the target of 14400 MW power generation by 2019.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced a new tournament to be known as the Africa T20 Cup.

Eminent historian Professor Christopher Alan Bayly died in Chicago. He was 70.

The government has retained the rate of interest for General Provident Fund (GPF) at 8.7 per cent for the current fiscal.

Pakistan conferred its top civilian award 'Nishan-e-Pakistan' on Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Income Tax Department was awarded 'Prime Minister's award.

The Indian passport has been ranked 48th in a list of 50 most powerful travel documents in the world.

Metals and mining conglomerate Sesa Sterlite Ltd has changed its name to Vedanta Ltd.

Shah Rukh Khan has been conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015.

Jaya Prada was conferred with Kalashree Award by the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation.

World Bank established Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PHEM) program.

The New York Times won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes for coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

ICICI Bank launched a payment service 'Tap-n-Pay'.

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, a three-time Odisha Chief Minister and former Governor of Assam, passed away.

Loretta Lynch has been chosen as the new attorney general of America.

Indian-American Vivek Murthy was sworn-in as the U.S. Surgeon-General.



Achanta Sharath Kamal will spearhead the Indian challenge in the World TableTennis Championship (WTTC).

The Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing of a shipping agreement between India and Jordan.

Global Accounting company KPMG elected Lynne Doughtie as its CEO and Chairman.

Gopinath Pillai has been bestowed with 'Outstanding Service Award' for his services to Singapore.

The Indian Air Force received the first two upgraded Mirage-2000 aircrafts from France.

Japan has been appointed as host of the FIFA Club World Cup for the next two years.

India is at the 117th spot on Global Happiness Index 2015.

Russia and Argentina have signed a series of framework agreements on economic and energy co-operation.

India would become fourth largest infrastructure projects market in the world by 2025.

The government has allowed EPFO to invest 5% of its corpus in exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Len Blavatnik is Britain's richest man with a £13.17bn fortune.

Sangeeta Bhatia has won a prestigious USD 250,000 Heinz award.

India launched a relief and rescue Operation named Maitri in earthquake hit Nepal.

Actor Anil Kapoor was conferred the Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award.

State of Assam has been awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state.

Akhilesh Das Gupta was elected the vice-president of the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) for a four year term.

Bhalchandra Nemade received 50th Jnanpith Award.

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won a third term with 58.75% of the vote in polls.

Railway Sports Promotion Board has won the 5th Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship 2015.

'Margarita With A Straw' has bagged the best feature film honour at Washington DC International Film festival.

China won the World Men's Team Chess Championship held in Armenia.

Georgia won the World Women's Team Chess Championship held in Armenia.

India Ratings projected the India’s economic growth at 7.7 per cent this financial year.

Mukesh Ambani regained his position as the world's richest Indian with a networth of $19.6 billion.

Uttar Pradesh has signed two MoUs for establishing a solar and an ultra-mega solar power project in the state.

Raja Rajeswari became first India-born woman to be appointed a judge in the New York City.

The government has raised the limit of FDI in pension sector to 49 per cent.

Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) has won the Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015.

India won for the first time the 22nd President’s Cup Boxing Tournament in Palembang, Indonesia.

Eden Hazard has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award.

Lewis Hamilton has been named as the richest sportsman in Britain.

Kei Nishikori won Barcelona Open title.

China has for the first time overtaken the United States as Australia's largest source of foreign investment.

Praful Patel was elected as vice-president, South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)Region.

Austrailia’s Russell Ford announced his retirement from international hockey.

Siddhartha Gigoo has won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

The International Table Tennis Federation has become the world's largest sports body in terms of membership.

Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain was re-elected as the president of



the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Mazen Darwish was honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015.

The Fourteenth edition of the Indo-French naval exercise VARUNA 2015 concluded.

Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) won the 5th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2015.

Tennis player Rafael Nadal received the ‘Golden Medal for Merit in Work’.

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has been adjudged the world's best airport for the year 2014.

R&B and soul singer Ben E King, best known for the classic song 'Stand By Me' passed away.

Government has made Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for private firms seeking central excise registration.

International Shooting Competition 2015 was held in Hannover, Germany.

Novak Djokovic held on to first place in the ATP world singles men’s rankings.

Roger Federer won Istanbul Open Tournament.

France’s Richard Gasquet won the Estoril Open Tennis Tournament’s Title.

Deepamale Devi won gold in the women's 20km walk in the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics championship.

Vasco da Gama secured the Rio de Janeiro state championship for the 23rd time.

Former Union minister and veteran Congress leader Baleshwar Ram died. He was 87.

Wang Jianlin became the wealthiest man in Asia.

France signed an agreement with Qatar to supply 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets.

The United States authorized commercial ferry services to Cuba for the first time in more than a half-century.

Stuart Bingham won 2015 Snooker World Championship.

England batsman Jonathan Trott (34) has retired from international cricket.

Michael Blake, who won an Oscar for writing the script of Dances With Wolves died at the age of 69.

The government has appointed Arun Jha as the next Tribal Affairs Secretary.

Norway is at the top of Global Motherhood Index 2015.

The IMF projected a 4.3 per cent growth rate for Pakistan this year.

Nadia district in West Bengal has won the 2015 United Nations Public Service Award.

Geeta Phogat bagged a bronze in the Women's freestyle 58kg category in the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship.

India and China have signed 24 agreements worth over 10 billion dollars in Beijing.

Tata Consultancy Services has been ranked as the 57th leading brand in the US.

Tejaswini Sagar won under-15 category of World School Chess Championships.

Eminent Bengali writer Suchitra Bhattacharya passed away in Kolkata.

India was honoured for its significant contribution to UN Peacekeeping over the last six decades.

India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index.

The US diplomatic mission in India has bagged People's Choice Greening Diplomacy Initiative award.

The government appointed M.J. Joseph as the Controller General of Accounts in the Ministry of Finance.

Indian shooter Gagan Narang won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Prone Event of the ISSF World Cup.



Najama Heptullah is the Union Minister for Minorities Welfare.

Syndicate Bank has appointed Arun Shrivastava as its as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri has been sworn in as the chairman of the US’s National Indian Gaming Commission.

UC Browser has appointed all rounder Yuvraj Singh as its Product Specialist and Brand Ambassador.

Kochi will host the World Senior Badminton Championships in 2017.

Franz Wright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, passed away.

Islamic clothing company East Essence tied up with Snapdeal.

Novak Djokovic captured his fourth Rome Masters Tennis title with a win over Roger Federer.

Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Mongolia.

ICICI Bank opened its first branch in China.

India announced a US $1 billion credit line to Mongolia for infrastructure development.

Infosys announced to establish its first overseas centre outside India in China.

Private sector Federal Bank along with card issuing company SBI Card launched co-branded credit cards.

India announced that it would contribute USD 2.1 million to the World Health Organisation.

Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has announced his retirement from one-day international cricket.

David Granger, a retired army general, has become Guyana’s new president.

The government has allocated Rs. 5,000 crore for the growth of Department of AYUSH.

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the Man Booker International Prize.

Bank of India has elevated R.A. Sankara Narayanan as the executive director of the bank.

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) named Kuldeep Malik as the new chief national coach.

Joe Root has been elected England Cricketer of the Year for 2014-15.

Former Union minister and BJP MP S.S. Ahluwalia was appointed chairman of a Joint Committee of Parliament.

India has ranked 24th out of 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy Index.

Lithuania topped the Environmental Democracy Index.

Indians have become the second biggest job creators in London in 2015.

India is on 6th position in terms of scientific publications.

Indian-origin US filmmaker Prashant Bhargava passed away.

Indian IT major Wipro has been felicitated by Microsoft with 'Supplier of the Year award'.

Hwang Kyo-ahn has been named the new South Korean prime minister.

Rory McIlroy has been named the European Tour’s Golfer of the Year and the Players’ Player of the Year.

AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa sworn in for the fifth time as Tamil Nadu chief minister.

Gujarat government and Chinese software firm ZTEsoft have signed an agreement for smart city projects in the state.

IRCTC has partnered with Mydala.com to provide deals and offers to customers.

French thriller film Dheepan has been awarded Palme d’Or Award at 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Mumbai Indians' (MI's) won the eight edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).

India's Deepa Kumari has been accorded an international outdoor umpire status by the FIH.

Indian boxers won a total of seven medals including four gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the Doha International boxing tournament.

G. Mohan Kumar has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).



John Nash, a Nobel prize winner and Mathematician passed away.

Andrzej Duda has won Poland's Presidential elections.

Saurabh Kumar was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Iran.

Batsman Ajinkya Rahane won the CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year award.

Ranjit Singh Baxi has been elected as the head of the Bureau of International Recycling.

ICICI Bank has launched a service where customers can make transactions using just their voice.

China has set up a gold sector fund involving countries along the ancient Silk Road.

Nico Rosberg of Germany won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 World Championship title.

Western Union has renewed its 14-year-old partnership with India Post.

Manoj Mishra has been appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).

China's PM Li Keqiang and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a currency swap deal.

Lt general (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma was sworn-in as the governor of Mizoram.

Ace cross-country bike racer C.S. Santosh won the coveted Motorsport Man of the Year award.

The PM Narendra Modi, launched DD Kisan - India's first television channel dedicated to farmers.

India and Vietnam signed a Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation for the period 2015-2020.

Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai has been selected for FIFA Lifetime Achievement honour.

The Indian food and beverage sector is likely to touch Rs. 3.80 lakh crore by 2017.

India’s exports to China are expected to grow by around 14 per cent a year in the decade to 2030.

Anindo Majumdar has been appointed as the CMD of Delhi Finance Corporation.

Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away.

Pakistani spinner Raza Hasan was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board from playing any form of cricket.

The Spanish football club, Sevilla Football Club (FC) won Europa League title.

India has topped the world hunger list.

Eminent scientist Dr. Selvin Christopher has been appointed as the Director General of DRDO.

Singapore has appointed S. Chandra Das as its non-Resident High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.

The Maharashtra Government launched 'Swachhata Saptapadi' scheme.

Nebraska has become the 19th US state to abolish the death penalty.

Sepp Blatter was re-elected President of FIFA for a fifth term.

Mauritius President Kailash Purryag has resigned from office.

Akinwumi Adesina has been elected as the new President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

G. S. Reddy has been appointed as the Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister.

The United States has removed Cuba from its list of countries sponsors of terrorism.

More than 100 US cities will organise a Yogathon on the first International Yoga Day on June 21.

American actor and comedian Reynaldo Rey passed away.

Service tax hike to 14% has become effective from 1st June 2015.

India won four gold at International Wrestling tournament (Men’s) in Sassari City, Italy.

Himachal Pradesh has emerged as first the state in the country to start Aadhaar Based Payment System (ABPS).

Edward Gilligan, the president of American Express Co. Passed away.

Muhammadu Buhari sworn-in as President of Nigeria.

Govt. approved agreement on Coastal Shipping between India and Bangladesh.

Singapore honoured Gautam Banerjee with 'Public Service Medal'.

US-based taxi hailing app Uber has appointed Amit Jain as President of its India operations.

Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai has been selected for FIFA Lifetime Achievement honour.



The Indian food and beverage sector is likely to touch Rs. 3.80 lakh crore by 2017.

India’s exports to China are expected to grow by around 14 per cent a year in the decade to 2030.

Anindo Majumdar has been appointed as the CMD of Delhi Finance Corporation.

Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away.

Pakistani spinner Raza Hasan was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board from playing any form of cricket.

The Spanish football club, Sevilla Football Club (FC) won Europa League title.

India has topped the world hunger list.

Eminent scientist Dr. Selvin Christopher has been appointed as the Director General of DRDO.

Mauritius President Kailash Purryag has resigned from office.

Coal India Limited has become the 6th-largest mining company in the world in terms of market capitalisation.

ADB announced to give 3,200 crore rupees loan assistance to the West Bengal Government.

Nearly 300 deals worth USD 55 billion have been signed at the 3rd China-South Asia Expo in Kunming.

The National Union of Seafarers of India has bagged the 'Best Welfare Organisation of the Year Award-2015'.

Former Union minister (Congress) and close relative of Jawaharlal Nehru Sheila Kaul passed away.

FDI inflows into the services sector grew to 3.2 billion dollars in 2014-15.

India is home to the fourth largest number of ultra-high-networth households.

India signed a motor vehicles pact with three SAARC nations, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

SEBI has barred Karvy Stock Broking from taking up new IPO assignments for one year.

An Egyptian court sentenced former President Mohamed Morsy to 25 years in prison.

India and Poland has set an ambitious trade target of USD 5 billion.

The Centre has approved an anti-chit fund bill passed by West Bengal Assembly in 2013.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the world's richest self-made billionaire.

Australia signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement with China.

Narendra Kumar Yadav has taken over the charge of CMD of MTNL.

Viswanathan Anand lost to Magnus Carlsen in the Blitz Chess tournament.

Charles Correa, the face of modern architecture in India, passed away.

The UNGA elected Denmark's Mogens Lykketoft as its President for its 70th session.

China launched "Wu-14", a supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle.

Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals.

BSNL announced to set up 40,000 wi-fi hotspots across the country.

India's rank is 143th on Global Peace Index (GPI).

Iceland topped the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2015.

Mumbai is the most expensive city in India according to the latest Mercer survey for 2015.

Archana Ramasundaram was appointed as the Director of National Crime Records Bureau.

Sharad Pawar was re-elected as the President of Mumbai Cricket Association.

Asia has overtaken Europe as the world’s second-richest region in the world in 2014.

The Election Commission of India suspended the recognition of the National People’s Party.

Asian Development Bank announced to increase about 50 percent loan to India to $12 billion by 2018.

Japan lowered the voting age to 18 years from 20 years.

Turkey's former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel passed away.

South Korea's Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was appointed as the country's new prime minister.

India has been ranked third in a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Report for 2013.

Russia topped World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Report for 2013.



Journalist and writer Aakar Patel appointed as Executive Director of Amnesty International (AI) India.

10th Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Price was awarded to Babusha Kohli and Upasana.

ONGC lifted the 42nd All India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament 2015.

Hawaii becomes first US state to raise smoking age from 18 years to 21 years.

ISRO announced to provide navigational support to Indian Railways through GAGAN system.

Historian-author Ramachandra Guha has been selected for Japan's prestigious Fukuoka Prize.

Eminent scientist C.N.R. Rao was conferred Japan's highest civilian award.

China has manufactured the world’s first electric passenger aircraft “BX1E”.

SBI has launched Internet-based platform SBI eforex.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Narendra Modi Mobile App’.

BJP MLA and former Madhya Pradesh Minister Tukojirao Puar passed away.

HDFC Bank launched a 10-second paperless instant loan plan for its existing customers.

India created two world records on the first International Yoga Day on 21st June 2015.

Serbia won the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 by defeating Brazil.

Roger Federer defeated Andreas Seppi to win ATP Gerry Weber Open Halle Tennis title.

Bangladesh defeated Team India in the second ODI cricket match.

Benni Joseph Mavelil has been chosen for the V.K. Krishna Menon award.

German football club Cologne’s striker Patrick Helmes has announced his retirement.

Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport has the world's fastest WiFi service.

Former Indian women hockey captain Shashi Bala and her son Agrim Thakur died in a road accident.

Indian mission in Sweden has launched ‘India Unlimited’ platform.

India-born Nikesh Arora appointed the president of Japan's SoftBank Corp.

EPFO has made Universal Account Number (UAN) mandatory for all employers.

ICICI Bank has partnered with Alibaba.com, to launch a ‘trade facilitation centre’.

Carnatic vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam selected for Sangitha Kalanidhi award of Madras Music Academy.

Britain’s Andy Murray won the men’s singles of the Aegon Championships.

Nico Rosberg won Austrian Grand Prix 2015 beating Lewis Hamilton.

Nagesh Kukunoor is the director of the film “Dhanak”.

China won the 2015 Nongfu Spring Snooker’s World Cup by defeating Scotland.

India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners' money in Swiss banks.

Debendranath Sarangi elected as president of the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI).

K. Rajendiran elected as secretary-general of the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI).

Tennis legend Steffi Graf was appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala.

Railway Team defeated France in the 20th USIC- Tennis (World Railways)Championship.

Narayana Murthy conferred with Astronautical Society of India's Rocket and Related Technologies Award.

'Sabar Shouchagar' project in West Bengal’s Nadia district won UN award for innovative public services.

SIDBI has set up a Rs.1000 crore 'Make in India' fund for MSMEs.

Rajasthan topped the list of states commissioning grid connected solar power projects in the country.

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has been appointed President of ICC.

India is at 9th rank in terms recipients of FDI in 2014.

India has emerged as the third largest source of FDI for United Kingdom.

India would provide an assistance of $1 billion for quake-hit Nepal's reconstruction.

Australia announced that it would join the new China AIIB as a founding member.



Prominent journalist, riter and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai passed away in Netherlands.

Russia and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy.

HDFC Bank extended managing director Aditya Puri's tenure for another five years.

Famous writer of Sanskrit and Telugu Professor Pullela Srirama Chandraudu passed away.

Satnam Singh Bhamara became the first Indian basketball player to be drafted in America's NBA.

Asha Bhosle is declared the greatest Bollywood playback artist of all times by the U.K. based Eastern Eye newspaper.

State Bank of India announced the appointment of Anshula Kant as its Chief Financial Officer.

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been conferred with Colombia's highest civilian award.

Axis Bank has launched an EMV-chip-based debit card called ‘Secure+’.

Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the 'Best Test player' of the 21st century.

11 Indian companies are ranked in Forbes Asia's 'Best Under A Billion' list.

Dr. Vishwanath Tripathi has been choosen for the 28th Moortidevi Award 2014.

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the Canada Open Grand Prix women's doubles title.

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hassan ranked the best all-rounder in ODI once again.

Ericsson has appointed Paolo Colella as the new head of its India operations.

Exim Bank has extended a loan of $268.35 million to Tanzania.

Russia's former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov passed away.

Pratap Pawar was awarded Punyabhushan Award 2015.

FIICI and Quality Council of India started a programme for 'Zero Defect, Zero Effect' products.

Railways is the 8th largest employer in the world.

U.S. Department of Defense is world’s largest employer.

India is at the top in Baseline Profitability Index (BPI).

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia won the men's singles title of the Canada Open Badminton tournament.

Michelle Li of Canada won women’s singles title of the Canada Open Badminton tournament.

IMF has approved USD 506.4 million loan tranche to Pakistan.

Justin Gatlin won the 200m title at the US athletics championships.

Ujjwal Batria was appointed as the CEO of French cement maker Lafarge's India operations.

Brazilian racer Nelson Piquet Jr won the FIA Formula E Championship title of the 2014-15 season.

IDFC appointed India’s former CAG Vinod Rai as independent director.

Y.C. Modi has been appointed as Additional Director in the CBI.

Nandkumar Saravade has been appointed as CEO of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI).

HDFC Bank launched '30-min auto' and '15-min 2-wheeler' loan schemes.

Khalin Joshi finished sixth at the USD 76,000 Bali National Golf Championship.

Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Integrated Security System (ISS) at four railway stations in Mumbai.

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani for the first time nominated a female as judge in Supreme Court.

Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel has become the world’s third largest mobile operator.

Infosys has launched a mobile app, the 'Finacle SME Enable'.

Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship.



Current Affairs of June-July 2015

INTERNATIONAL

US President Barack Obama Signed USA Freedom Act 2015 into Law US President Barack Obama on 2 June signed the USA FREEDOM Act 2015 in law. The USA

FREEDOM stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring

Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015. With this, the National Security Agency

(NSA) lost its authority to collect the phone records of millions of Americans.

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim Is First Woman President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-FakimProminent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was on 5 June sworn in as

President of Mauritius. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is an internationally-renowned scientist and

biologist. She replaced Kailash Purryag who stepped down as country’s President on 29 May

2015.

African Leaders Signed 26 Nation Free Trade Agreement African countries have signed a historic The Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) that facilitates

creation of Africa’s largest free-trade zone. This free-trade zone will cover 26 countries in an

area from southernmost tip of African continent i.e. Cape Town (South Africa) to Cairo (Egypt)

in the north. The agreement was signed on 10 June in Egypt.

Hwang Kyo-ahn Is The New Prime Minister of South Korea South Korea’s Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was on 18 June appointed as the country’s new

Prime Minister.The National Assembly approved the appointment of Hwang Kyo-ahn by a vote

of 156-120.

INDIA & WORLD

India and Sweden Signed Six Agreements India and Sweden on 1 June signed six agreements, including in the field of polar research and

for boosting trade. Both sides also signed a MoU for cooperation in the field of micro, small and

medium enterprises. The agreements were signed in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee

and Swedan Prime Minister Stefan Lofven at Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden.

India – US signed Defence Framework Agreement India and the US on 3 June signed a new strategically important 10-year defence framework

agreement envisaging joint development and manufacture of defence equipment and technology

including jet engines, aircraft carrier design and construction. The framework was signed by the

Manohar Parrikar, India’s Defence Minister and Ashton Carter, US Secretary of Defence.

India – Bangladesh Ratify Historic Land Boundary Agreement India and Bangladesh on 6 June signed ratification pact to operationalise the historic Land

Boundary Agreement (LBA).It was signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his

Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.According to the agreement 111 enclaves with a total



area of 17,160.63 acres from India will be transferred to Bangladesh, while 51 enclaves of area

7,110.02 acres will be transferred to India.

India – Netherlands Signed Agreements India and the Netherlands on 5 June signed a number of agreements, including to collaborate in

building dredgers in India as part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative and manufacture vaccines

against measles and rubella in India.The agreements were signed in the presence of Prime

Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Netherland Mark Rutte in New Delhi after the

two leaders held discussions on various issues related to the region and the world.

India – Thailand Signed Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty India and Thailand on 29 June signed the Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty (DTAT) and

exchanged instruments of ratification on the extradition treaty signed in 2013. The tax treaty

provides for the framework of avoiding double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with

respect to taxes so as to promote bilateral economic cooperation.

NATIONAL

Union Government Announced Rs 1500 crore INIP Union Government on 13 June launched an Indian Nuclear Insurance Pool (INIP) of 1,500 crore

rupees as per the mandatory provision under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act

(CLND), 2010. This pool will be the 27th such market pool globally. This insurance pool was

launched to address the concerns of the clauses in the CLND Act, which give the operator the

Right to Recourse and allow it to sue the suppliers in case of any accident. General Insurance

Corporation of India (GIC Re) is the fund operator of this Rs. 1,500 crore Indian insurance pool

and it includes 11 other non-life insurers as associates of the pool.

Union Cabinet Approved Housing For All By 2022 Mission The Union Cabinet on 17 June gave its approval for Housing for All by 2022 Mission aimed at

providing housing facilities to all eligible people in urban areas by 2022. It will be implemented

as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and the States and Union Territories (UTs) are given greater

autonomy in execution of the mission. Union Cabinet also approved increasing India’s solar

power capacity target under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) to 1 Lakh

Mega Watt (MW) by 2022.

Union Cabinet Approved Bureau of Indian Standards Bill 2015 The Union Cabinet on 17 June gave its approval to introduce Bureau of Indian Standards Bill,

2015 in the Parliament. It will repeal the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 1986.The bill is

intended to improve the quality of goods, services and systems in the country.

Union Cabinet Approved Six new IIMs In India The Union Cabinet on 24 June 2015 approved setting up of six new Indian Institutes of

Management (IIMs) in the country. These new IIMs will be located at Amritsar (Punjab), Bodh

Gaya (Bihar), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh) and

Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh). The Union Cabinet also gave its approval to the proposal of



the Ministry of Culture for setting up of a National Memorial at Lala Ka Tola, Sitab, Diara,

District Chhapra (Saran) in Bihar – the birth place of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan.

STATES

Maharashtra Govt Approved new Renewable Energy Policy Maharashtra government has approved a new Renewable Energy Policy which aims at achieving

14,400 MW of installed capacity over a period of five years i.e. till 2020. The approval decision

of new policy worth 4,156.43 crore rupees was taken by state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief

Minister Devendra in Mumbai. The policy aims at achieving installed capacity of renewable

energy of 21,100 MW by 2020 from current installed capacity of 6,700 MW.

World Bank Approves $ 250 million Loan For Jammu & Kashmir Multi-lateral lender World Bank on 3 June approved 250 million US dollars loan for Jhelum and

Tawi Flood Recovery Project in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The project will be funded by loan

credit from International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank’s concessionary with a

maturity of 25 years, including a 5 year grace period.

Haryana’s Jind, Karnal & UP’s Muzaffarnagar Included In NCR Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on 9 June announced that Jind and

Karnal districts of Haryana and Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh have been included in the

National Capital Region (NCR). With this the total number of districts included in NCR has risen

to 22.

Kerala Govt Declares June 22 as ‘Snake Bird Day’ Kerala Government has declared June 22 as ‘Snake Bird Day’ in a bid to protect the endangered

species which is also known as Indian darter.

CONFERENCES

41st G7 Summit Held In Germany

G7 Summit 2015 was held at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria, Germany from 7- 8 June 2015. This was the 41st

G7 summit and the theme for the summit was “Think Ahead. Act Together”. The Summit focused on the

global economy as well as on key issues regarding foreign, security, environment and development

policy. After the talks, the leaders of the G7 committed to raising a 100 billion US dollars fund through

public and private sources to combat the rising global temperatures and agreed to implement

international mechanisms to bolster global healthcare security by creating a financial instrument at the

World Bank to react better to pandemics. The Summit was attended by all the seven members’ viz.,

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the European

Commission (EC). EC is a permanently welcome participant in all meetings and decision-making since

1981.



AWARDS & HONOURS

Bangladesh Conferred Award of Liberation War Honour On Atal Bihari Vajpayee Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred Award of of Bangladesh Liberation

War Honour for his active role in the country independence struggle and consolidating India

friendship with the Bangladesh.Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi received this award on

behalf of Former PM from Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid at a ceremony at Bangabhaban,

the President house on 7 June 2015.

Historian Ramachandra Guha Selected For Japan’s Fukuoka Prize Eminent Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha has been selected for Japan’s Fukuoka Prize 2015

in n the Academic category. Fukuoka Prize honours those who have made outstanding

contributions to academia, arts and culture across Asia.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam Selected For Sangitha Kalanidhi Award 2015 Renowned Carnatic singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan was on 21 June selected for Sangita Kalanidhi

award for his outstanding achievements in Carnatic music.The Sangita Kalanidhi is the highest

honour given to Carnatic musicians in India.

Ravi Shankar Conferred With Colombia’s Highest Civilian Award Indian spiritual leader, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was on 25 June conferred with the Columbia’s

highest civilian award Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero

(Order of the Democracy Simon Bolivar) by Columbia. The award has been given in recognition

to the spiritual leader’s contribution in spreading the message of peace in society, inter-mediation

in war, reducing stress and combating violence through yoga and breathing exercises.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2015 and Arjuna Awards 2015

A large number of nominations were received for these awards this year, which were considered

by the Selection Committee headed by Mr. Justice V.K. Bali, former Chief Justice of Kerla High

Court and consisting of eminent sportspersons and sports administrators.

Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, the Government has

approved to confer Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards for 2015 upon the following

sportspersons:

i) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2015

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline

1 Ms. Sania Mirza Tennis



(ii) Arjuna Awards 2015

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline

1 Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar Archery

2 Ms. M.R. Poovamma Athletics

3 Mr. Kidambi Srikanth

Nammalwar

Badminton

4 Mr. Mandeep Jangra Boxing

5 Mr. Rohit Sharma Cricket

6 Ms. Dipa Karmakar Gymnastic

7 Mr. Sreejesh P.R. Hockey

8 Mr. Manjeet Chhillar Kabaddi

9 Ms. Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre Kabaddi

10 Mr. Sawarn Singh Rowing

11 Mr. Anup Kumar Yama Roller Skating

12 Mr. Jitu Rai Shooting

13 Shri S. Sathish Kumar Weightlifting

14 Mr. Bajrang Wrestling

15 Ms. Babita Kumari Wrestling

16 Ms. Yumnam Sanathoi Devi Wushu

17 Mr. Sharath M. Gayakwad Para-Swimming

The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized

function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2015.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee will receive medal, certificate and award money of Rs. 7.5

lakh and Arjuna Awardees will receive statuettes, certificates and award money of Rs.5 lakh

each.

SPORTS & GAMES

French Open Tennis Tournament – 2015 Winners Women’s Singles :- Serena Williams of United States won French Open women’s single title on

6 June. In the final match she defeated Lucie Safarova of Czechoslovaki. This was her third

French Open title (earlier she had won in 2002, 2013) and overall 20th Grand Slam title.

Men’s Singles :- Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won his first French Open title of Tennis on

7 June. In the final clash played at Roland Garros in Paris, Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic

of Serbia.It was his first his first French Open title second grand slam title after Australian Open

2014.



Wesley Hall Inducted into ICC cricket ‘Hall of Fame’ Former West Indies fast bowler Sir Wesley Winfield Hall was on 12 June inducted into the ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame. He is 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame and

18th from West Indies. Hall is the fourth cricketer this year to be inducted into the ICC Cricket

Hall of Fame after Betty Wilson, Anil Kumble and Martin Crowe, who were inducted earlier this

year during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

Serbia Won 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Serbia won the FIFA U-20 World Cup by defeating Brazil on 20 June at the final match held at

the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.

China Won 2015 Snooker’s World Cup China won the 2015 Nongfu Spring Snooker’s World Cup on 21 June by defeating Scotland 4-1

in the final match held at Wuxi near Shanghai in China.India stood at the third position in the

competition, the best finish so far for India.

ECONOMY

RBI lowers Repo Rate To 7.25 per cent The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its second bi-monthly policy announced on 2 June has

reduced the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from

7.5 per cent to 7.25 per cent with immediate effect. However, the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of

scheduled banks was kept unchanged at 4 percent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL).

The reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 6.25 per cent, and the marginal standing

facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate to 8.25 per cent.

India Joined MCAA on AEOI India joined the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on Automatic Exchange

of Financial Account Information (AEOI) on 3 June in Paris, France, alongwith Australia,

Canada, Costa Rica, Indonesia and New Zealand.Earlier, Fifty-one countries had joined MCAA

on 29 October 2014, in Berlin. Switzerland became the fifty-second country on 19 November

2014. On 3 June 2015, 6 countries – India, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Indonesia and New

Zealand joined MCAA by signing the agreement in Paris.

India Tops The World Bank Growth Chart World Bank Group’s latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report released on 10 June puts

India at the top of the growth chart of major economies. With an expected growth of 7.5 percent

this year, India is, for the first time, leading the World Bank’s growth chart of major economies.

According to the report China is likely to grow at 7.1 percent. The Bank expects developing

countries to witness a rise in growth to 5.2 percent in 2016 and 5.4 percent in 2017.

India Placed at 61st Position In Terms Of Foreigners’ Money In Swiss Banks India was placed at 61st position in terms of foreigners’ money in Swiss banks. This was

revealed by latest data released by Swiss National Bank (SNB), the central bank of Switzerland

on 21 June 2015. As per the data, India now accounts for a meagre 0.123 per cent of the total

global wealth worth 1.6 trillion US dollars in Switzerland’s banking system. Indians’ money in



Swiss banks declined by over 10 percent to about 1.8 billion Swiss francs (1.98 billion US

dollars or 12615 crore rupees) in 2014.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Indian Researchers Successfully Complete Whole Genome Sequencing of Tulsi Scientists at Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow succeeded in

whole genome sequencing of Holy basil or Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum). CIMAP is a frontier plant

research laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).This is the first

report of complete genome sequence of Tulsi, which is both used as an essential medicinal plant

and revered as Vishnupriya and worshipped for over 3000 years in India.

India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant Undocked India’s first indigenously-built largest aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was on 10 June successfully

undocked at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Cochin district of Kerala. The ship will undergo

a series of fitment and trial processes along with series of static and dynamic trials before

inducting it into the Indian Navy in end-2018. With successful completion of construction of INS

Vikrant India joins elite group of four nations in the world viz United States, Russia, United

Kingdom and France that are capable of designing and constructing aircraft carriers.

World’s Thinnest Light Bulb Created From Graphene Researchers have created the world’s thinnest light bulb using graphene as filament. It was

created by team of scientist led by Young Duck Kim comprising members from Columbia

University School of Engineering, Seoul National University and Korea Research Institute of

Standards and Science.

China Produces World’s First Electric Plane The world’s first electric passenger aircraft named BX1E was manufactured in China. The

aircraft was designed by Shenyang Aerospace University and Liaoning General Aviation

Academy located in the northeastern Liaoning Province of China.

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

Petteri Taalas Appointed Secretary-General of WMO Petteri Taalas, Director-General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, was on 4 June appointed

as the next Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for a four-year

mandate starting 1 January 2016. He succeeds Michel Jarraud (France).

K.V.Chowdary is new Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary, former chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), was on 10 June

sworn in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Vijai Sharma, the senior most information commissioner, was also sworn in as the Chief

Information Commissioner (CIC) by the president.



B)RESIGNS

FIFA President Sepp Blatter Resigned President of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Sepp Blatter has

resigned on 2 June amid a corruption scandal which under investigation in United States. Earlier

on 30 May 2015, he was re-elected as the FIFA President for a fifth term by defeating his rival

candidate Prince Ali bins Al Hussein of Jordan.

C)DEATHS

Nobel Chemistry Winner Irwin Rose Died Irwin Rose, a biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering a way

that cells destroy unwanted proteins the basis for developing new therapies for diseases such as

cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis has died on 2 June in Massachusetts.. He was 88. Rose was

born on July 16, 1926 in New York, United States. He had shared this noble prize with Aaron

Ciechanover and Avram Hershko.

Chandigarh’s Iconic Rock Garden Creator Nek Chand Died Nek Chand Saini, creator of Chandigarh’s iconic Rock Garden passed away on 12 June in

Chandigarh. He was 90. His creation Rock Garden of Chandigarh was opened for public on 24

January 1976. The garden is maintained by the Nek Chand Foundation, formed in 1996. Nek

Chand was awarded the Padma Shri in 1984. Born on 15 December 1924 in Shakargarh region,

now in Pakistan, Chand immigrated to India with his family and settled in Chandigarh in 1950.

D)VISITORS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited Bangladesh Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh on 6 – 7 June 2015. During the visit,the two

sides held talks and signed 22 agreements. These includes the Land Boundary Agreement,

cooperation in maritime safety and agreement to curb human trafficking and fake Indian

currency. Narendra Modi along with her Bangladeshi Counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati and Kolkata-

Dhaka-Tripura bus services. Modi received the Award of Liberation of War Honour on behalf of

former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who emphasized on strong ties with the neighboring

country.

E)MISCELLANEOUS

Bhutan Sets New Guinness Record For Tree Planting A team of 100 volunteers in Bhutan has set a new world record by planting 49,672 trees in one

hour. They smashed the previous record by almost 10,000 trees. It had been set by an Indian

team three years ago.Bhutan’s planters gathered in the capital, Thimphu, for their feat, which

was confirmed by Guinness World Records on 5 June 2015.



PLACES IN NEWS

3800 Year Old Statuettes Discovered In Peru Researchers discovered a trio of mud statuettes inside a reed basket in a building, an important

archaeological site, in the ancient city of Vichama in northern Peru. They believe that it was

created about 3800 years ago by the ancient Caral civilization.

ABBREVIATIONS

CDRI – Central Drug Research Institute

ESMA - Essential Services Maintenance Act

HDFC - Housing Development Finance Corporation

IFFI - International Film Festival of India

IISCO – Indian Iron and Steel Company

BOOKS IN NEWS

President Pranab Mukherjee Released ‘ Yogikaspars ‘ President Pranab Mukherjee on 8 June released Yogikasparsh, a yoga manual in braille written

by Nivedita Joshi, at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Nivedita Joshi, daughter of

senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, suffered from a critical ailment some 19 years ago and

got fully cured with the help of Yoga.

COMMITTEES

Recommendations of Bibek Debroy Committee On Restructuring Of Indian Railways The Bibek Debroy committee on the restructuring of Indian Railways (IR) has submitted its final

report to the Union Ministry of Railways on 12 June.Union government had constituted the high-

level committee in September 2014 to restructure the Railways and suggest ways for resource

mobilisation. It was seven-member panel headed by eminent economist and NITI Aayog

member Bibek Debroy.

Recommendations of Bibek Debroy committee:- * Establishment of an independent regulator Railway Regulatory Authority of India (RRAI) with

a separate budget and to be independent of the Ministry.



* No privatisation of Indian Railway but allowed participation of private sector in the railway

projects.

* Separation of activities like running of hospitals, schools, real estate development, catering,

manufacturing of locomotives, coaches and wagons from the core business of running trains.

* State governments should be asked to entirely fund the Government Railway Police (GRP).

* The recommended changes should be implemented only by Union Railways ministry in the

first five years including the resolution of the social cost issue.

Current Affairs of May 2015

INTERNATIONAL

South Korea and Vietnam Signed Free Trade Agreement Vietnam and South Korea on 5 signed a bilateral free trade agreement in the Vietnamese capital

of Hanoi, concluding the countries’ two-year talks. The deal, which was initiated a month back,

will enable the trade between the two nations to reach $70 billion a year by 2020.

David Cameron Re-elected as Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party on 8 May won the United Kingdom General election 2015

by securing 331 seats in a Parliament of 650.With this win, David Cameron will become Prime

Minister for second term.The elections were held on 7 May 2015. Conservative Party received

36.9% vote share of the total national vote. Labour Party has won 232 seats with 30.4% vote

share, emerging as largest opposition party.

Canadian House of Commons Approved Anti-Terror Act 2015 The Canadian House of Commons on 6 May approved the Bill C-51, Anti-Terror Act, 2015 that

empowers the country’s spy agency. It was adopted in a 183 to 96 vote. The act would give the

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) the ability to operate overseas and make

preventative arrests. It also makes it easier for police to arrest and detain individuals without

charge.

WHO Declares Liberia Free of Ebola World Health Organization (WHO), a U.N. health agency on 9 May declared Liberia Ebola-free.

Liberia was one of the three West African countries at the center of the largest epidemic of Ebola

till date since the disease was first reported in 1976. The two other countries are Sierra Leone

and Guinea. WHO has hailed Liberia’s Ebola eradication efforts as an enormous development in

the long crisis and monumental achievement as the virus has killed more than 4,716 people in the

country alone.

INDIA & WORLD

India Ranked 140th In 2015 Mothers’ Index World’s Mothers 2015 report titled “The Urban Disadvantage” has been prepared by “Save the



Children” organisation and was launched in India by Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma

Heptulla in New Delhi on 6 May 2015. According to the report, India was placed at 140th

position out of 179 countries. Top 5 countries as per 2015 Mother’s Index – Norway (1st),

Finland (2nd), Iceland (3rd), Denmark (4th) and Swedan (5th).

India and China Signed 24 Agreements India and China on 15 May signed 24 agreements to augment bilateral co-operation between the

two countries.The agreements were signed in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra

Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing, China. These agreements include – protocol

for establishment of consulates in Chengdu and Chennai, agreement on the establishment of

sister states Sichuan and Karnataka, action plan between railways of the two countries, MoU on

education exchange programme, MoU between India’s between NITI Aayog and Development

Research Centre of China, etc.

India and Mongolia Signed 13 Agreements India and Mongolia on 17 May signed 13 agreements, including an air services agreement and in

cyber security, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Mongolian counterpart

Chimed Saikhanbileg in Ulan Bator,the capital of Mongolia.

India Ranked 100th On Human Capital Index India was on 14 May ranked at a low 100th position on a global Human Capital Index, which

measures the countries in terms of the economies leveraging their human capital, where Finland

has topped the 124-nation list.On the list, compiled by World Economic Forum (WEF), other

emerging economies such as Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa are ranked ahead of India.

NATIONAL

Lok Sabha Passed Goods and Services Tax Bill 2014 Lok Sabha on 6 May passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2014 which is also known

as Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill. The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution in order to

introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Consequently, the bill also seeks to carry out new

indirect tax regime in the country that will subsume various central and state levies like sales tax,

excise and service tax except taxes on the supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption and

petroleum products.Transition from the traditional taxation to GST will boost India’s growth by

up to 2.5 percentage points.

PM Narendra Modi Launches Three Social Security Schemes Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May launched three mega social security schemes in

Kolkata, West Bengal. The schemes were launched simultaneously at 115 places in the country

with Central and State Chief Ministers and senior ministers attending the functions.

1) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana (PMJJBY)

2) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

3) Atal Pension Yojana (APY)



1) Atal Pension Yojana (APY) :- Under APY scheme, the pension subscribers will receive a

fixed minimum monthly pension ranging from 1,000 rupees to 5,000 rupees at the age of 60

years. The fixed minimum monthly pension will be depending on the contributions subscribers.

The minimum age of joining – 18 years and maximum age is 40 years. Focus of APY – To target

unorganised sector workers.

2) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana (PMJJBY):- Under the PMJJBY, the insurance

subscriber will get an annual life insurance in case of death. Eligibility – Available any person in

the age group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account. Risk Coverage – 2 Lakh rupees in case of

death due to any reason. Payment Mode of premium – 330 rupees per annum will be directly

auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers account.

3) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY):- Under the PMSBY, the insurance

subscriber will get annual life insurance in case of accidental death, partial disability or full

disability. Eligibility – Available to any person in the age group 18 to 70 years. Risk Coverage –

For accidental death and full disability– 2 Lakh rupees For partial disability – 1 Lakh rupees.

Payment Mode of premium – 12 rupees per annum will be directly auto-debited by the bank

from the subscribers account in case of long-term option.

Parliament Passed Black Money Bill The Rajya Sabha on 13 May passed the Black Money Bill. It was earlier passed by the Lok

Sabha on 11 May 2015. According to the new Bill those who conceal income and assets, and

indulge in tax evasion in relation to foreign assets can face rigorous imprisonment of up to 10

years. They will also be liable to face a penalty of 300 per cent of taxes on the concealed income

and assets.

PM Narendra Modi Launched Doordarshan’s Farmer-Centric Kisan TV Channel Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 May launched India’s first television channel DD Kisan

dedicated to farmers in New Delhi. This 24-hour channel is initially in Hindi and is dedicated to

agriculture and allied sectors of India. It seeks to disseminate real-time inputs to farmers on new

farming techniques, water conservation and organic farming among other information.

STATES

BHEL commissioned 195 MW Thermal Unit of KBUNL In Bihar State-owned electrical equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on 4 May

commissioned a 195 MW thermal unit of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL) in

Muzaffarpur, Bihar. This was the first 195 MW unit to be commissioned by BHEL at the 2×195

MW Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (TPS) Plant of KBUNL.

PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 May inaugurated the upgraded IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) in

Burnpur, West Bengal. The ISP houses the largest blast furnace of India. The ISP was

modernised by the Union Government at a cost of 16000 crore rupees.



UP Govt Launched Samajwadi Water ATM scheme Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on 12 May launched Samajwadi water ATM

scheme at bus stations. It seeks to provide potable water to bus passengers at reasonable price.In

this regard, state government will install water ATMs at most of the bus stations which will

provide potable water at the rate of 1 rupee per litre and cold water at 2 rupees per litre.

Punjab Becomes First State To Issue Soil Health Cards To Farmers Punjab Agriculture Department on 13 May launched a pan-state programme to monitor the soil

health of every farm in the state by issuing them personalised Soil Health Cards (SHCs). With

this, Punjab became the first state in India to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers.Prime Minister

had formally launched the nationwide ‘Soil Health Card’ Scheme from Suratgarh, Rajasthan in

Februrary 2015.

CONFERENCES

6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy Nuclear Energy6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy was held in New Delhi on 15 May

2015. The Conference was organised by ASSOCHAM with the theme Nuclear Energy: a Clean

Energy option. The conference discussed the issue related to the status of Nuclear Energy in

India. India is on course to double its nuclear power generation capacity to more than 10,000

mega watts (MW) over the next five years i.e. 2020.Nuclear power plants account for 3.5% of

India’s current electricity generation, and its share in India’s future electricity generation will be

less than 10% even if the installed capacity is tripled.

AWARDS & HONOURS

CNR Rao Conferred with Japan’s Highest Civilian Award Eminent scientist C N R Rao was on 2 May conferred with Japan’s highest civilian award for his

outstanding contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science coperation. The Emperor of

Japan conferred the country’s highest award, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star,

on the Bharat Ratna awardee.Rao is also the only Indian to be elected as a foreign member of the

Japan Academy in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

Mazen Darwish Honoured with World Press Freedom Prize 2015 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 3 May

presented the 2015 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Syrian journalist

and rights activist Mazen Darwish. The award was presented in Latvia on the occasion of the

World Press Freedom Day in recognition of the work he has carried out in Syria for more than

ten year as a human rights defender and a journalist.



Pranab Mukherjee Presents Florence Nightingale Awards To 35 Nurses President Pranab Mukherjee on 12 May conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards to

35 nursing personnel from across the country on the occasion of International Nurses Day.The

Florence Nightingale Award was established by the Union Health Ministry to honour the selfless

services rendered by Nurses with devotion, sincerity, dedication and compassion.

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Won Man Booker International Prize 2015 Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has been announced as the winner of the sixth Man

Booker International Prize 2015. He was announced the winner at an award ceremony at the

Victoria and Albert Museum in London on 20 May 2015. The prize, worth £60,000, is awarded

every two years for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. The Man International Booker

Prize is awarded to a living author of any nationality who has published fiction either in English

or in English translation.

SPORTS & GAMES

Floyd Mayweather Won World Welterweight Title of Boxing American boxer Floyd Mayweather on 3 May defeated Manny Pacquiao from Philippines to win

the unified World Welterweight title.This bout (welterweight category) was held at MGM

Garden Arena in Las Vegas (US).With this win, Mayweather added Pacquiao’s World Boxing

Organization (WBO) title to his World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council

(WBC) crowns. Mayweather earned a mind-boggling Rs. 1142 crore, Pacquiao also pocketed Rs.

761 crore despite losing.

Nico Rosberg Won Spanish F1 Grand Prix Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany won Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 World

Championship title by winning the final race held on 10 May at Barcelona in Spain.

Rome Masters Tennis Tournament Winners Women’s Singles :- Maria Sharapova of Russia on 17 May won the Rome Masters tennis

tournament women’s singles title.She defeated Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. It was the 35th

WTA Tour title of Sharapova’s career.

Men’s Singles :- Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his fourth Rome Masters Tennis title. Djokovic

defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland.

Mumbai Indians Won IPL 8 Mumbai Indians (MI) on 24 May won the eight edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 by

defeating Chennai Super Kings (CSK).In the final match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata they

defeated CSK by 41 runs. This was the second title triumph for Mumbai Indians after their

maiden win back in 2013.

* Man of the Match – Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)

* Player of the Tournament – Andre Russell

* Orange Cap (Most Runs) – David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

* Purple Cap (Most Wickets) - Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)



* Emerging Player – Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils)

* Most Valuable Player – Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

* Fair play Award – Chennai Super Kings

Prize Money :- * Champions – Mumbai Indians (Rs 15 crore prize money)

* Runner-up – Chennai Super Kings (Rs 10 crore)

Captains of the two teams :-

* Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma

* Chennai Super Kings – MS Dhoni

ECONOMY

56 Indian Companies Among Forbes’ Global 2000 List US magazine Forbes on 6 May released Global 2000 Companies list. According to the list, India

is home to 56 of the world’s 2000 largest and most powerful public companies.The list is topped

by US (579 companies), followed by China (232 companies) and Japan (218 companies).

Reliance Industries, the topmost India company is ranked 142 on the list, down from last year’s

135th spot.

SBI launches RuPay Platinum Debit Card India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on 7 May launched State Bank RuPay Platinum

debit card in association with National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). Initially, the card

will be issued free to customers maintaining a quarterly balance of 50000 rupees. The RuPay

card is accepted at all payment channels like ATMs, PoS and eCommerce.

Forbes World’s 10 Biggest Consumer Financial Services Firms Mortgage lender HDFC has emerged as the only Indian company among the world’s 10 biggest

consumer financial services firms, after giants like American Express, Visa and Mastercard.

HDFC is ranked 7th on the list, compiled by business magazine Forbes, where American Express

is placed on the top followed by Capital One Financial, Visa, Discover Financial Services and

Orix in the top-five.

Four Indians Among Forbes world’s 100 Most Powerful Women SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar, Biocon founder Kiran

Mazumdar-Shaw and HT Media Chair Shobhana Bhartia were listed in the 12th Forbes’100

Most Powerful Women List, which was released on 26 May . Arundhati Bhattacharya ranked

30th on the list, followed by Kochhar on the 35th spot, Mazumdar-Shaw (85) and newcomer on

the list Bhartia is on the 93rd spot.The world’s most powerful woman in the list is German

Chancellor Angela Merkel who fetched the first spot.




NASA ended Operations of MESSENGER Mission To Mercury NASA on 1 May ended the operations of MESSENGER Mission. MESSENGER stands for

MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging and it was launched on 3

August 2004 to study Mercury’s atmosphere. The journey of the spacecraft came to an end with

Expected Impact (EI) on Mercury’s surface. It plunged to the Mercury’s surface at around 14000

kmph, creating a crater up to 52 feet wide.NASA’s Messenger probe was launched on 3 August

2004 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Messenger was actually an acronym

for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geo-chemistry and Ranging.

‘ Akash Weapon System ‘ Missile Inducted In Indian Army Indian Army on 5 May inducted the first regiment of the indigenously-developed Surface-to-Air

missile Akash Weapon System (AWS).

About Akash Weapon System (AWS) :-

* Akash Missile is able to target a multitude of aerial threats of upto a range of 25 km.

* Akash has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

and is being built by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).

* It has a large operational range from a low altitude of 30 metres to a maximum of up to 20 km.

* At 96 per cent indigenisation, it represents a major capability development for a crucial

weapon system.

* The first test flight of Akash missile was conducted in 1990, with development flights

conducted up to March 1997.

Indian Army Test Fires BrahMos Cruise Missile Successfully Land-to-land configuration of BrahMos missile was on 8 May successfully test-fired from the

Car Nicobar Islands.BrahMos Block–III version i.e. land-to-land configuration of missile was

launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) for its full-range of 290-km test. The

missile flight test met all flight parameters, including high-level manoeuvres.It also hit the

designated land- based target with the desired accuracy.

INS ‘Sardar Patel’ Commissioned In Porbandar India’s latest naval establishment – INS ‘Sardar Patel’ – was commissioned in Porbandar,

Gujarat, by state Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on 9 May. It became the second in the state for

the Indian Navy after INS Dwarka near Okha. It has been established as a Forward Operating

Base (FOB) of the Indian Navy. Cmde BR Prakash, VSM who is the Naval Officer-in-Charge

(Gujarat, Diu & Daman) became the first Commanding Officer of INS Sardar Patel.



PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

KV Kamath Appointed as First President of NDB of BRICS nations Eminent banker Kundapur Vaman Kamath was on 11 May 2015 appointed as the first President

of the New Development Bank (NDB) of BRICS nations. He will have of five year term after the

bank becomes operational within one year. He was conferred with Padma Bhushan Award in

2008. The Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) had meeting in

2014 and reached an agreement to establish the New Development Bank, with its headquarters in

Shanghai. As per the agreement, India got the right to nominate the first president.

Four New Governors Appointed President of India Pranab Mukherjii on 12 May 2015 appointed four Governors and transferred

two others.

Following are newly appointed Governors :- 1) Jharkhand – Draupadi Murmu

2) Tripura – Tathagata Roy

3) Arunachal Pradesh – J P Rakkhowa

4) Meghalaya – V Shanmuganathan

Transferred Governors :- * Syed Ahmed, Governor of Jharkhand was shifted to Manipur. He was appointed in September

2011. His tenure will end in September 2016.

* Lt General (retd.) Nirbhay Sharma, who was serving as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh since

May, 2011, was transferred and appointed as Governor of Mizoram for the remainder of his

term, which ends in 2018. He is the eighth Governor of the state since 2014.

B)RESIGNS

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Panneerselvam Resigned Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O Panneerselvam resigned on 22 May 2015. He was appointed as

the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 29 September 2014 as replacement of former AIADMK

chief J Jayalalithaa, who resigned after being convicted in the 18 year old disproportionate assets

case of over 66 crore rupees. She was awarded a four year prison term by Bangalore Special

Court after it found her guilty of amassing unaccounted wealth.

C)DEATHS

Oscar Winning Author Michael Blake Died Michael Blake, the Oscar-winning writer of Dances With Wolves novel passed away on 3 May

in Tucson, Arizona. He was 69. The novel had sold over 3.5 million copies, and was translated

into 15 languages, and was later converted into film, which Kevin Costner directed and starred

in. The film bagged 7 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Screenplay for Blake, who also

won the WGA Award and Golden Globes for the novel.



D)VISITORS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited China Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited China from 14 – 16 May 2015. During his three day visit,

he met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Xian. In the visit, India and China signed 24 agreements

to augment bilateral co-operation between the two countries. 24 agreements worth over 10

billion dollars were signed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Chinese premier

Li Keqiang at Beijing. In the visit, Narendra Modi announced electronic or e-visas for Chinese

tourists. As many as 26 business agreements worth over USD 22 billion were signed on 16 May

between Indian firms — including Adani group, Bharti Airtel and Welspun — and thier Chinese

counterparts. Both the countries will also establish Additional Consulate General. Both the

countries have also agreed to establish China-India think tank forum and three sister cities.

E)MISCELLANEOUS

Pablo Picasso’s ‘Women of Algiers’ Sells For World Record $179m at Auction A painting by surreal Spanish artist Pablo Picasso has set a new world record for the most

expensive artwork to be sold at auction after reaching $179m (£115m) in New York on 12

May.The previous world record was £92m, set for a triptych by British artist Francis Bacon –

again at Christie’s in 2013.Picasso’s painting depicts nude and semi-nude women and is part of a

15-work series the artist created between 1954-55.

PLACES IN NEWS

Tunisians Unfurled World’s Largest Flag World’s largest flag was unfurled at an event in Ong Jmel in the southern desert area of Tunisia.

Tunisian national flag of the size of 19 football pitches was unfurled in a bid to set a Guinness

World Record and promote patriotism in the face of Islamist extremism. The flag of 104,544

square metre was made using 80 kilometres of fabric and weighed arounf 12.6 tonnes.

ABBREVIATIONS

PMSBY – Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

PMJJBY – Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana

APY – Atal Pension Yojana

Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

DARPA – Defense Advance Research Project Agency



BOOKS IN NEWS

Vice President Released The Book “China – Confucius In The Shadows” A Book titled China – Confucius in the Shadows was released by the Vice President M. Hamid

Ansari on 1 May 2015. Confucius was considered as the most efficient author in Chinese history.

Book has been written by Poonam Surie. Poonam Surie is an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of

Chinese Studies, New Delhi.

COMMITTEES

Vijay Kelkar Committee To Revisit PPP infra Model Union government on 26 May constituted a 10-member committee to review and revitalise

Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode of infrastructure development. The committee will be

chaired by under former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar and submit its report within a period of 3

months from the date of its Constitution. The Kelkar committee will review the PPP policy and

suggest a better risk-sharing mechanism between private developers and the government after

analysing such projects in different.

IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES

World Press Freedom Day was Observed On 3 May 2015 The World Press Freedom day was observed globally on 3 May 2015.This year, the theme of

World Press Freedom day is Let Journalism Thrive! Towards better reporting, gender equality

and media safety in the digital age. The day marks the celebrations of the fundamental principles

of press freedom to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks

on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of

their profession.World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in

December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1991.

Since then, 3 May is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.

World Asthma Day was Observed On 5 May 2015 World Asthma Day was observed across the world on 5 May 2015. The day is observed across

the world to spread awareness and care around the world including India. The theme for 2015 is

You Can Control Your Asthma and sub-theme is It’s Time to Control Asthma.World Asthma

Day takes place on the first Tuesday of May. The inaugural World Asthma Day was held in

1998. Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory long-term disease of the lungs which causes

breathing problems by narrowing the airways. Symptoms of asthma include breathlessness,



coughing, wheezing, and feeling of tightness in the chest and shortness of breath.

Current Affairs of April 2015

1. Iran and P5+1 Reached Historic Nuclear Deal Iran, the P5+1 and the European Union (EU) on 2 April conceded on a framework agreement

called as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) intended to stop Iran from developing

nuclear weapons. The agreement was reached at Lausanne’s Beau-Rivage Palace hotel in

Switzerland. The informal framework agreement will be used as the basis for evolving the

final draft of JCPOA by 30 June 2015. These 6 world powers are collectively known as P5+1,

or five permanent members of the UN Security Council, namely China, France, Russia, the

United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany.

2. Pakistan and Russia Agreed To Hold First Ever Joint Military Exercise Pakistan and Russia have agreed to hold first-ever joint military exercises as part of their

enhanced defence cooperation. In this regard, an agreement was reached between both nations

during a meeting between Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Pakistani

counterpart Khawaja Asif in Moscow on 16 April 2015.

3. China and Pakistan Signed An Agreement On CPEC China and Pakistan on 21 April signed an agreement on China Pakistan Economic Corridor

(CPEC) plan worth 46 billion US dollars. The agreement was signed by China’s President Xi

Jinping and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. As part of the agreement, China will

provide up to 37 billion US dollar in investment for energy projects to generate 16400 MW of

power. Concessional loans will cover nearly 10 billion US dollar of infrastructure projects.

4. Omar al-Bashir Re-elected As Sudan President Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has won Presidential re-election by securing 94 per cent of

the vote on 27 April. With this win, Omar al-Bashir extends his 25-year rule. Omar faces war

crimes charges and is wanted by the International Criminal Court. He is in power since 1989.

In this election Omar’s National Congress Party (NCP) also won 323 of 426 parliamentary

seats.

INDIA & WORLD

1. India Ranked 101 In Social Progress Index India was placed at 101st place in the Social Progress Index (SPI) ratings that were released

globally on 9 April 2015. The SPI, which gives data for 133 countries, is also an alternative to

GDP. After Norway at the top of the rankings, came Sweden, Switzerland and Iceland.

2. India Elected To Four United Nations Agencies India was elected to four important United Nations (UN) agencies on 8 April. These agencies

are United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP), Commission on

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and the Governing Council of UN-Habitat.

India was elected to these bodies at the Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) of



UNECOSOC (the United Nations Economic and Social Council) held at the UN headquarters

in New York, USA.

3. Canada To Supply Uranium To India For 5 Years Canada on 15 April agreed to supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium to energy-hungry India

from this year under a $254 million five-year deal to power Indian atomic reactors, four

decades after bilateral cooperation in this sector was frozen over India’s nuclear programme.

The agreement for uranium supply, which came two years after protracted negotiations

following the 2013 civil nuclear deal between India and Canada, was signed after

comprehensive talks Prime Minister Narendra Modi had with his Canadian counterpart

Stephen Harper. Canada is the third country to supply uranium to India after Russia and

Kazakhstan.

4. India Ranks 5th On Global E-Waste Monitor 2014 List According to the ‘Global E-Waste Monitor 2014’compiled by United Nation(UN)’s think tank

United Nations University (UNU), India is the fifth biggest producer of e-waste in the world,

discarding 1.7 million tonnes (Mt) of electronic and electrical equipment in 2014.India came

in fifth, behind the US, China, Japan and Germany.

NATIONAL

1. PM Narendra Modi Launched India’s First National Air Quality Index The National Air Quality Index (NAQI) was launched for the first time in India by Prime

Minister Narendra Modi on 6 April 2015 primarily for assessing the quality of air in major

urban centres across the country on a real-time basis. This National Air Quality Index will

provide information on the quality of air in 10 major cities in the country on a real-time

basis.The ten cities where the quality of air can be monitored are Delhi, Agra, Kanpur,

Lucknow, Varanasi, Faridabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

2. Union Government Notified NJAC 2014 The Union Government on 13 April 2015 notified the National Judicial Appointments

Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014 and the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014.

The NJAC Act and 99th Amendment Act were notified in exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Act. With this new law the collegium system to appoint

members to the higher judiciary has come to an end. Now President will appoint judges in the

Supreme Court (SC) and 24 High Courts (HCs) in consultation with the NJAC.

3. MHA renames Visa On Arrival Scheme To E-Tourist Visa Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 14 April decided to rename Tourist Visa on

Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorization (TVoA-ETA) scheme as e-Tourist Visa (eTV)

scheme.

4. Rajya Sabha Passed Transgenders Rights Bill The Rajya Sabha on 24 April passed a bill that seeks equal rights for the transgenders.“The

Rights of Transgender Persons Bill 2014” was introduced by DMK MP Tiruchi Siva. It was

the first private member’s bill to be passed by the Upper House in 45 years. The last time the

Lok Sabha passed a private member’s bill was in 1970. In the Rajya Sabha a private

member’s bill was passed in 1969.



5. Railways Launches Mobile App for Paperless Ticketing of Unreserved Category The Railway Ministry has launched ‘utsonmobile’, a mobile application for paperless

unreserved tickets. The application service was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh

Prabhu on 22 April in New Delhi. This application will allow its passenger to buy a ticket on

the move and to board the train with the ticket secured on his mobile phone in digital format,

without any need for printing the ticket. Initially, it has been launched as a pilot project and

cover 15 stations in Southern Railway. Later on it will be extended to entire country in phases.

STATES

1. Gujarat Launched Industrial Tourism To Showcase Development Gujarat government has on 12 April launched industrial tourism package to promote its

development by showcasing its major industrial installations which have earned global

acclaim for state. It is a first of its kind initiative India, offered by Tourism Corporation of

Gujarat Ltd (TCGL) in collaboration with Ahmedabad based Akshar Travels Pvt Ltd. The

tour package is called as Industrial Tour of Gujarat will cover some of the major industrial

attractions of the state.

2. Indian Army Conducts Akraman–II Defense Exercise In Rajasthan Indian Army on 26 April conducted a major exercise ‘Akraman-II’ in Rajasthan. The exercise

was conducted by the Chetak Corps, a part of South Western Command based in Bhatinda,

Punjab. The exercise aimed to test a new generation of weaponry and platforms which are

employed in the desert region to provide ‘real time battle and situational awareness’ to its

commanders.

3. Kerala Govt Launched Subodham Project To End Liquor Abuse State Government of Kerala on 19 April 2015 launched Subodham project, to help people in

the state to overcome addiction to liquor.The project was launched by Chief Minister

Oommen Chandy and Art of Living Foundation founder Sri Sri Ravishankar in Kochi.

4. BHEL commissioned 600 MW thermal Unit In Chhattisgarh State-owned power equipment-maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on 13 April

commissioned a 600 MW thermal unit at Dhabra in Janjgir Champa District of Chhattisgarh

for the Dainik Bhaskar Power Limited.This is the second unit of 2 × 600 MW power project,

commissioned by BHEL. The first 600 MW Unit was commissioned in 2014.

CONFERENCES

5th SAARC Health Ministers Meeting Held In New Delhi The 5th meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Health Ministers

was held on 8 April 2015 in New Delhi. The meet ended with the adoption of Delhi Declaration on

Public Health Challenges.The declaration focuses on issues common to member nations of South

Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).



AWARDS & HONOURS

1. Subadhra Devi Named For 2015 International Achievement Award Dr Subadhra Devi Rai, an Indian-origin Singaporean nurse, on 2 April 2015 was named for

the 2015 International Achievement Award by the Florence Nightingale International

Foundation (FNIF) of the International Council of Nurses.

2. Adonis Won 2015 Kumaran Asan World Prize For Poetry Paris- based Syrian-Lebanese Arab poet Adonis has been chosen for 2015 Kumaran Asan

World Prize for poetry, instituted by the Kumaran Asan Memorial Association to honour

poets of international stature and introduce them to Indian readers. Adonis was born as Ali

Ahmad Said Esber in Western Syria in 1930. Since 1985, he had settled in Paris, France.

3. Susanta Lahiri Awarded Hevesy Medal Award 2015 Professor Susanta Lahiri was awarded prestigious the Hevesy Medal Award 2015. The award

was presented to him for his outstanding contributions in heavy ion induced radioisotope

production, converter targets, tracer packet technique and green chemistry.

4. Satya Nadella Honoured with the White House ‘Champion of Change’Award Microsoft’s Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella was honoured with the White House

Champions of Change on 16 April. He is one of the 12 local Champions of Change who were

honoured for their exemplary leadership. Champions of Change honour is given to those who

support working families and help make change in their companies or communities.

SPORTS & GAMES

1. Mariya Muzychuk Won Women’s World Chess Championship World Women Chess Championship 2015 was won by Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine. She

defeated Russian Natalija Pogonina by 2.5 to 1.5 points in the four-game final.Indian

Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika on 6 April 2015 won Bronze medal along with Swedish

Grandmaster Pia Cramling in the World Women’s chess championships held at Sochi, Russia.

2. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara Named Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 2014 Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara has been honoured with the Cricketer of the Year in the

2015 edition of the prestigious Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack on 8 April. He has become only

the second cricketer after India’s Virender Sehwag to be bestowed with the award twice.

3. New Zealand Won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015 New Zealand won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men’s Hockey Tournament title on 12 April.In

the final clash played at the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia, New Zealand

defeated World Champions Australia 3-1.India won Bronze Medal (third position) by beating

south Korea by 4-1 in the penalty shoot-out.

4. Djokovic Won Laureus World Sportsman Of The Year 2015 Award The Laureus World Sports Awards for the year 2015 were given in seven categories on 15

April at Shanghai in China. Ace tennis star Novak Djokovic of Serbia and sprinter Genzebe



Dibaba of Ethiopia were named as the Laureus World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the

2015 respectively.

5. Novak Djokovic Won Monte Carlo Masters Title Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Monte-Carlo Masters title of Tennis on 20 April. He

defeated Berdych of Czech Republic in the men’s singles final. It was his second Monte-Carlo

Masters title of Tennis. With this win, Djokovic also became the first player to sweep the

opening three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events of a season. The previous two titles were

won at Indian Wells and Miami.

ECONOMY

1. Union Government Unveiled new FTP Union Minister of Commerce & Industry on 2 April unveiled Foreign Trade Policy (FTP)

2015-2020. The new trade policy will incorporate government ambitious initiatives such as

Make in India, Digital India mission, Skill India programme, ease of business in order to

boost jobs and take India’s exports to 900 billion dollars by 2020. In the new policy FTP2015-

20, two new schemes Merchandise Exports From India Scheme (MEIS) and Services Exports

From India Scheme (SEIS) were introduced.

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched MUDRA Bank Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April launched the Micro Units Development and

Refinance Agency Ltd. (MUDRA) Bank in New Delhi.The bank will provide credit of up to

10 lakh rupees to small entrepreneurs and act as a regulator for Micro-Finance Institutions

(MFIs). The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana will be the main support system for the bank

and will be the part of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). MUDRA Bank

has been started with an initial corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore. Apart from this, Rs. 3,000 crore

has been earmarked as credit guarantee corpus.

3. India Ranks 125th In the World For Fixed Broadband Penetration According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) latest report, India ranks 125th

in the world for fixed broadband penetration with only 1.2 per 100 inhabitants and the global

average is 9.4 per 100 inhabitants.This rating puts India behind Sri Lanka and Bhutan. In the

wireless or mobile broadband segment, India is ranked at 113th with a penetration of 3.2 per

100 inhabitants.

4. India Fourth Largest Supplier of Generic Medicines To US India has emerged as the fourth largest supplier of generic medicines to the United States. It

was announced by Minister of State (MoS) for Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Ahir gave

this information in the Rajya Sabha in reply to a question. India’s generic medicines exports

have touched over US 4 billion dollars in 2013-14 in spite of stringent regulatory measures

imposed by US. Union Government also announced that Indian pharmaceutical companies are

already exporting generic medicines to Africa, West Asia and European countries.




1. Nuclear-Capable Dhanush Missile Successfully Test Fired India on 9 April successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a

strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface

Dhanush, a naval variant of India’s indigenously-developed Prithvi missile, was test fired

from a ship in the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) of

the defence force. Dhanush missile is capable of carrying conventional as well as nuclear

payload of 500 to 1000 kilogram and can hit both land and sea-based targets within 350 km

range.

2. Nuclear Capable Agni-III Ballistic Missile Test Fired Successfully The Surface-to-Surface Agni III ballistic missile was successfully test-fired on 16 April from

the Wheelar Isalnd off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal.Although the missile has a strike

range of more than 3000 km, in the present test-fire, it was tested for a lesser range. The Agni-

III missile is powered by a two-stage solid propellant system.

3. World’s First Self-Powered Camera Developed Columbia University scientists have created the world’s first self-powered camera. The

camera can indefinitely produce an image in each second of any well-lit indoor area. K.

Nayar, a computer scientist of Indian origin, headed the research. He designed a pixel that

apart from measuring incident light also converts it into electric power.

4. Navy’s Stealth Destroyer ‘INS Visakhapatnam ‘ Launched Indian Navy’s new stealth destroyer named INS Visakhapatnam was launched on 20 April at

the Mazgaon Docks Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.It was designed indigenously. It is a

Kolkata class warship.It is also the first of P15-B stealth destroyers.The ship weighs 3000

tonnes and is 163 metres long.It is designed to achieve speed of more than 30 knots at

displacement of around 7300 tonnes.INS Vishakapatnam will also be fitted with supersonic

surface to surface missile system.

5. NASA develops First 3-D Printed Copper Rocket Engine Part NASA engineers have developed the first full-scale three dimensional (3-D) printed copper

rocket engine part. The part developed was a combustion chamber liner that operates at

extreme temperatures and pressures using additive manufacturing technique.

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

Nasim Zaidi Takes Over as new CEC Nasim Zaidi took over as the 20th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India on 19 April.He is

India’s 20th CEC and succeeded Hari Shankar Brahma, who had retired on April 18, 2015.

Loretta Lynch Sworn In As U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on 27 April 2015 was sworn-in as the United States’ 83rd Attorney General, the first

African-American woman to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement official. She succeeded former

attorney general Eric Holder, who left the position on 24 April 2015 after serving as Attorney General

for six years.



B)RESIGNS

ICC president Mustafa Kamal Resigned International Cricket Council (ICC) President A.H.M. Mustafa Kamal resigned from his post on 1

April.Mustafa Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician and cricket official. Apart from being the President

of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), he was also functioning as the President of ICC since 2014.

He resigned from this post as he was apparently hurt at not being given the opportunity to hand out

the World Cup trophy to champions Australia.

C)DEATHS

Nobel Laureate German Novelist Gunter Grass Died German Nobel laureate novelist Guenter Grass was died on 13 April in Luebeck, Germany. He was

87. He was a novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999

Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings mainly focused on the Nazi era, the horrors of the war and the

destruction and guilt that remained after defeat of Germany.

D)VISITORS

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited France Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited France from 9-11 April 2015. During the visit, Narendra Modi

met with French President Francois Hollande and had talks with business leaders of select French

companies in defence and infrastructure sectors. India and France signed 17 agreements in various

fields.These included deals on Rafale fighter jets, Jaitapur nuclear reactor, renewable sources of

energy, railways, smart city and several others. Among other agreements signed between India and

France , an important agreement was struck on both the countries proceeding forward on the stalled

nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra.Narendra Modi visited the CNES (National Centre for

Space Studies) and the Airbus A 380 Assembly Line Facility in Toulouse, France. He gifted a

painting titled Tree of Life, reflecting traditional societal respect for nature in India to the French

President Francois Hollande.

E)MISCELLANEOUS

Minor Planet Named as ‘4538 Vishyanand’ Michael Rudenko, a committee member of the Minor Planet Center on 1 April officially named a

minor planet as 4538 Vishyanand, to honour India’s first chess grandmaster, Vishwanathan

Anand.The main-belt minor planet was discovered between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter by Kenzo

Suzuki in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on 10 October 1988. Since its discovery, the planet

remained unnamed.

PLACES IN NEWS

Thane Named As National Earth Hour Capital 2015 By WWF Thane in Mumbai, Maharashtra was named as the National Earth Hour Capital 2015 on 9 April 2015.



Thane city won the bid among the three finalists Thane, Pune and Rajkot in the Earth Hour City

Challenge (EHCC) 2015 conducted by World Wide Fund. Seoul city, the capital and largest

metropolis of South Korea, on 9 April 2015 was awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015

after it won the Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC) of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

ABBREVIATIONS

IFCI ————— Industrial Finance Corporation of India

IFSC ————— International Financial Services Centre

UN ECOSOC ——- United Nations’ Economic and Social Council

IRENA ————- International Renewable Energy Agency

SDRF ————– State Disaster Response Fund

BOOKS IN NEWS

” Historical Documents Testify The ‘ Sovereignty of Senkaku” Authored By Tadayoshi Murata The book entitled “Historical Documents Testify the ‘ Sovereignty of Senkaku’authored by

Tadayoshi Murata, an honorary professor at Japan’s Yokohama National University. The book

describes how the Japanese government illegally occupied the Chinese Diaoyu Islands step by step in

the 1890s. Japan has recently intensified its propaganda to claim several uninhabited islands disputed

with its neighbor in the East China Sea, but a Japanese historian refuted the claim and questioned

Tokyo’s reliability since it has manipulated evidence to mislead the rest of the world on the territorial

issue.

COMMITTEES

Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry Constituted Ajay Shankar committee To Simplify

Clearances The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 8 April formed an expert committee under the

chairmanship of Ajay Shankar to suggest simplified compliance for establishing new industries. He is

a former Secretary to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). The Expert

Committee has been constituted for examining the possibility of replacing multiple prior permissions

with pre-existing regulatory mechanism and to prepare draft legislation for this purpose.




World Malaria Day Observed Across The World World Malaria Day (WMD) was observed on 25 April 2015 across the world. The day was observed

to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria

prevention and control.The day is observed to recognise the global efforts to control malaria. It is an

occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for

malaria control and elimination.World Malaria Day was instituted by World Health Organization

(WHO) Member States during the 2007 World Health Assembly.On the occasion of the 2015 World

Malaria Day (WMD), WHO called on the global health community to urgently address significant

gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria.

World Book and Copyright Day was Celebrated On 23 April 2015 United Nations (UN) observed World Book and Copyright Day across the world on 23 April 2015.

The day is an opportunity to recognise the power of books to change our lives for the better and to

support books and those who produce them. For the year 2015, UNESCO designated Incheon, South

Korea as the World Book Capital 2015 in recognition of its programme to promote reading among

people and underprivileged sections of the population. World Book Day was celebrated for the first

time on 23 April 1995. The day is also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days

and is organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

to promote reading, publishing and copyright. In 1995, UNESCO decided that the World Book and

Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of

William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several

other prominent authors.

Current Affairs of March 2015

INTERNATIONAL

China Approves New Nuclear Reactors In Industry Revival China is reviving growth of its nuclear power industry with approval of its first new project since

Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster. The Cabinet’s planning agency on 11 March approved

construction of two additional reactors at a power plant in the northeastern province of

Liaoning.China is the world’s biggest energy consumer and nuclear power plays a key role in

government plans to curb surging demand for imported oil and gas.

North Korea and Russia Declared 2015 as Friendship Year North Korea and Russia will mark 2015 as a year of friendship and step up bilateral exchanges in

political, economic and cultural sectors.”The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the

Russian Federation decided to make 2015, in which falls the 70th anniversaries of Korea’s

liberation and the victory in the great Patriotic War in Russia, as a year of friendship between the

two countries.

Japan and France Signed Defence Agreement Japan and France on 13 March signed a agrrment on military equipment and technology transfers

, in a move to drive cooperation and joint development of defence gear, as Prime Minister Shinzo

Abe strengthens security ties with major powers.



Muhammadu Buhari Elected As Nigerian President Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari was elected as the president of Nigeria on 31 March,

making him the first opposition candidate to win a presidential vote in the country’s history. This

Presidential Election was held on 28 March 2015 all across Nigeria, which is the most populous

country in Africa and is also the largest economy of the continent. Gen. Buhari’s All

Progressives Congress (APC) defeated President Jonathan’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by

over 2 million votes.

INDIA & WORLD

India and Spain Signed Agreement On Defence Ties India and Spain on 5 March signed an agreement on ‘Mutual Protection of Classified

Information’ to provide the framework for an enhanced cooperation in the defence sector. The

agreement was signed after the meeting between Spanish Defence Minister Pedro Moremes and

his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi.

Saudi Arabia Becomes Top Arms Importer According to the IHS company study report released on 8 March, Saudi Arabia overtook India

to become the world’s biggest weapons importer in 2014, a year when global defence trade rose

for the sixth straight year to a record $64.4 billion. The top five importers in 2014 were Saudi

Arabia, India, China, UAE and Taiwan.

India and Seychelles Signed Four Agreements India on 11 March signed four agreements with the Indian Ocean island nation to boost security

and maritime partnership. They were signed in the fields of renewable energy, hydro graphic

survey, electronics navigation and infrastructure development at the island of Seychelles.These

agreements and MoU’s were signed by Secretary (West) Navtej Sarna from Indian side in the

presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Seychelles James Alix Michel.

India and Sri Lanka Signed Four Agreements India and Sri Lanka on 13 March signed four agreements to cement cooperation between the two

neighbours, including a customs pact to balance trade, a credit line of more than $300 million, a

currency swap agreement and visa on arrival for Sri Lankan nationals in India. The agreements

were signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Srilankan President

Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo.

New UK scholarship Announced For Indian Finance Professionals United Kingdom (UK) Chancellor George Osborne has on 13 March launched the first-of-kind

scholarships for Indian finance professionals who want to study in Britain. The Chevening

Financial Services Leadership programme was launched by Osborne in London.



NATIONAL

Govt To Launch Atal Pension Yojna (APY) On 1 June Atal Pension Yojna (APY), announced in the 2015-16 Budget , will be launched on 1st of June

2015 and will focus on all citizens in the unorganised sector entitling them to a pension of up to

Rs 5,000 per month after 60 years of age. The existing subscribers of Swavalamban Scheme

would be automatically migrated to the APY pension scheme, unless they opt out. The minimum

age of joining APY is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years.

Parliament Passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Parliament on 4 March passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The bill was passed by

Lok Sabha on 2 March and was cleared by the upper house also called Rajya Sabha on 4 March

2015. The bill seeks an amendment in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and to merge the Person of

Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes.

Lok Sabha Passed Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2015 Lok Sabha on 10 March 2015 passed the Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2015. The bill was

passed by voice vote along with incorporated 9 new amendments moved by Union government.

The bill amends the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013.

Parliament Passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Parliament has passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015.It was first passed in Lok Sabha

on 4 March 2015 and later in Rajya Sabha on 12 March 2015. In both the houses the bill was

passed by voice vote. The amendment bill replaces ordinance promulgated in this regard and

aims to bring improvements and revisions in the existing laws relating to insurance business in

India.The amendment bill hikes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector to

49 percent from present 26 percent.

Parliament Passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill,

2015 Parliament has passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill,

2015. The bill was first passed in Rajya Sabha and later in Lok Sabha on 20 March 2015.The Bill

was passed in Rajya Sabha after the Union government had accepted the recommendations of the

Select Committee. The amendments in the bill were made in the bill passed by Lok Sabha on 4

March 2015.It seeks to amend the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957

and replace the ordinance promulgated in January 2015.

STATES

‘ Aapki Beti Humari Beti ‘ Scheme Launched In Haryana Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on 8 March launched a scheme for girl child –

‘Aapki Beti Humari Beti’ – with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the



state. The scheme will cover first-born girl child of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Below Poverty

Line (BPL) families and all second girl child born on or after 22nd January 2015 of all families

in the state.

Maharashtra Government Launched Bhagyashree Scheme Maharashtra Government has launched ‘Bhagyashree Scheme’ for girl child from Below Poverty

Line (BPL) families, on 8 March.’ Bhagyashree Scheme’ has replaced the state government’s

previous ‘Sukanya Scheme’. Bollywood actress Bhagyashree is the brand ambassador of the

scheme. The Bhagyashree scheme aims at providing one lakh rupee on maturity after the girl

completes 18 years of age.

Assam Govt Launched “Momai Tamuli Barbaruah Krishak Bondhu” Scheme Assam government has on 15 March launched the “Momai Tamuli Barbaruah Krishak Bondhu

Scheme” to increase agricultural production. Under the programme ‘Momai Tamuli Barbaruah

Krishak Bondhu Scheme’, facilities and assistance will be provided for double cropping in all the

crop areas which have so far been utilised for single cropping only.

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Passes Anti-Terror Bill The Gujarat Legislative Assembly on 31 March 2015 passed Gujarat Control of Terrorism and

Organized Crime (GUJCOC) Bill, 2015. It is third time this controversial Bill being passed by

state assembly. Earlier, passed bill was rejected two times by the then Presidents in 2004 and

2008 for reconsideration.

CONFERENCES

International Conference On Counter Terrorism India’s first conference on Counter-Terrorism was held from 19 – 21 March 2015 in Jaipur,

Rajasthan. The conference was named as International Counter-Terrorism Conference 2015 and

it was organised by India Foundation in association with the Sardar Patel University of Police

Security and Criminal Justice-Jodhpur. The central theme of the Conference is Integrated

Approach to Counter-Terrorism. The Conference was inaugurated by Union Home Minister

Rajnath Singh.The focus of the deliberations was on exploring the contours of 21st century

terrorism and sharing the Counter-Terrorism expertise. Some of the sub-themes on which the

conference focused include 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack, Talibanisation of Af-Pak region, New

Caliphate in West Asia, Maritime Terrorism and Piracy, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and

Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism and Cyber and Space terrorism.

AWARDS & HONOURS

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba Won Mo Ibrahim Prize Hifikepunye Pohamba, outgoing Namibian President, on 2 March won the Mo Ibrahim prize for



achievement in African leadership for year 2014.Pohamba served as Namibian President two

terms. For first time he was elected in 2004 and again in 2009. The award is named after Mo

Ibrahim, a British-Sudanese mobile communications entrepreneur and philanthropist, who had

made billions of fortune from investing in Africa.

Veerappa Moily Selected For Saraswati Samman 2014 Former Union minister and senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily was on 9 March selected

for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2014 for his famous Kannada poem ‘Ramayana

Mahanveshanam’. Divided into five volumes, Ramayana Mahanveshanam was first published in

2007 in Kannada. Later the poem was translated into English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.

Activist Rajendra Singh Won Stockholm Water Prize – 2015 Rajendra Singh, an eminent environment activist, has been conferred the prestigious Stockholm

Water Prize 2015 for his innovative water restoration efforts and extraordinary courage to

empower communities in Indian villages. He is popularly known as Water Man of India.

Shashi Kapoor Selected For ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014′ Veteran actor and film producer Shashi Kapoor has been named for the prestigious Dada Saheb

Phalke Award 2014. He is the 46th winner of the honour, conferred by the government for

outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema. The 2014 Dadasaheb

Phalke award to Shashi Kapoor made him the third member of Kapoor family to receive the

award after Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor.

62nd National Film Awards 2014 The 62nd National Film Awards for year 2014 was announced on 24 March 2015. Court

directed by Chaitanya Tamhane was selected as the Best feature film. Mary Kom (Hindi)

directed by Omung Kumar was selected as the Best Popular film providing wholesome

entertainment. The 62nd National Film Awards in the various categories are as follows:-

* Best Actor – Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada).

* Best Actress – Kangana Ranaut for Queen (Hindi).

* Best Direction -Srijit Mukherji, Director of Chotushkone (Bengali).

* Best Hindi Film – Queen

* Best Children’s Film - Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil) and Elizabeth Ekadashi (Marathi).

* Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director – Aditya Vikram Sengupta for

Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali).

* Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – Chotoder Chobi

(Bengali) directed by Kaushik Ganguly.

SPORTS & GAMES

Karnataka Won Ranji Trophy 2015 Karnataka on 12 March won their eighth Ranji Trophy title of cricket. In the title clash played at

the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs.

Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs in the final day of match played at



the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.The man of the match was Karnataka’s Karun Nair who had

scored 338 runs.

India Open Super Series Badminton 2015 Winners Women’s Singles :- India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on 29 March won India Open Super

Series Badminton Women’s Singles 2015 Title. She defeated Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in

the final match played at Siri Fort Indoor Complex in New Delhi.

Men’s Single’s :- India’s Srikanth Kidambi has won India Open Super Series Badminton Men’s

Singles 2015 Title. In the final match he defeated Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen.

Australia Won ICC Cricket World Cup For 5th time Australia on 29 March 2015 won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for the record fifth time. In

the final match Australia defeated co-hosts of the tournament, New Zealand by 7 wickets played

at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia. Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc

was named the Player of the Tournament who finished with a figure of 22 wickets in the

tournament. He was tied with New Zealand left-arm seamer Trent Boult for taking highest

wickets in the tournament. Australian all-rounder James Faulkner was adjudged man of the

match, while the man of the series award went to Mitchell Starc. He finished the tournament with

22 wickets.

Saina Nehwal Becomes First Indian Woman To Attain World No.1 Ranking Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on 28 March created history by becoming first Indian woman to be

ranked number one in the world in Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings in Women’s

Singles category. She achieved this rare feat after Spain’s Carolina Marin’s lost her semi-final

match to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in the Indian Open Super Series. Saina has overtaken

China’s Li Xuerui to become the highest ranked player in the world. Saina Nehwal is the second

Indian badminton player to achieve this feat, after legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone. He had

achieved the top rank in 1980 in Men’s Single Category.

ECONOMY

RBI reduced Repo Rate By 25 Basis Points To 7.5 percent The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 4 March reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5

percent with immediate effect. This is the second time since January 2015 that RBI reduced the

repo rate by 25 basis points. With this, the reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 6.5

percent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank rate to 8.5 percent.

India’s Billionaires To Rise 104% By 2024 According to the latest Knight Frank Wealth Report, as of 2014,Wealth creation in India is likely

to accelerate significantly with the number of ultra-wealthy individuals expected to double to

3,371 by 2024. India is home to 1,652 ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs), which is

likely to swell to 3,371 by the year 2024, registering a jump of 104 per cent. The number of

UHNWIs in India has increased from 622 in 2004 to 1,652 in 2014, registering a rise of 166 per



cent over the past decade (2004-2014). At 0.1 UHNWI per lakh population, India ranks a distant

84 among 97 countries globally in terms of equitable distribution of wealth.

Indian Railways Signed MoU with LIC For Rs 1.5 lakh crore Investments Indian Railways on 11 March signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Life

Insurance Corporation (LIC) to raise Rs 1.5 lakh crore for financing the development of its

various commercially viable infrastructure projects. Under this MoU, LIC will make available a

Financial Assistance of 150000 crore rupees to the Indian Railways for implementing Railway

projects over the next five years. The Financial Assistance will be available from the Financial

Year 2015-16.

India Becomes 3rd Biggest Steel Producer Over Takes US India has become the third-largest steel producer in the world by overtaking United States (US)

in first two months of year 2015. It was revealed in the Data compiled by World Steel

Association (WSA) on 22 March.India’s production in first two months i.e. January- February of

2015 was 14.56 million tonnes (MT). This production growth was the highest during this two

month period at 7.6% as compared to the global average of just 0.6% at 127.6 MT.China tops in

steel production and accounts for nearly half of the global steel production. During this period

China has produced 65 MT steel.


SpaceX Rocket Lifts Off with World’s First All Electric Satellites World’s first electric satellites were successfully lifted off by a Space Exploration (SpaceX)

Technologies rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, United States on 1 March. The

rocket was carrying two all-electric commercial satellites built by Boeing. The satellites are

owned by the French satellite provider Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS).

NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Completed Its Orbit Around Dwarf Planet Ceres NASA’s Dawn space probe has on 6 March completed its orbit around dwarf planet Ceres which

is the largest object in the Solar System between Mars and Jupiter. With the completion of orbit,

Dawn probe has become first spacecraft to visit dwarf planet. Dawn has taken 7.5 years to reach

the orbit of Ceres.

‘ Solar Impulse – 2′ Begins Its Journey Around the World ‘ Solar Impulse – 2′, a solar-powered airplane, started its historic 35,000-km round-the-world

journey from Abu Dhabi on 9 March 2015. Solar Impulse-2 took off from Abu Dhabi on its 5-

month long journey in which it will skip from continent to continent, crossing both the Pacific

and Atlantic oceans in the process. Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard are the two pilots of

this mission.

Pakistan Successfully Tests Indigenous Drone Burraq and Barq Pakistan on 13 March successfully tested its first indigenously built all-weather armed drone

named Burraq and a laser guided missile named Barq.By successfully testing of Burraq, Pakistan



became the 9th country in the World to develop an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV)

domestically.

ISRO successfully Launched Fourth Navigation Satellite ‘ IRNSS 1D ‘ Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on 28 March 2015 successfully launched fourth

navigation satellite Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) 1D. Polar Satellite

Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C27 injected IRNSS 1D into the designated orbit from the first launch

pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This was the 28th

consecutive successful flight of PSLV. IRNSS is a navigation system that will cover India, and

also extend 1,500 kms from its boundaries. It will provide accurate position information to users

in India. Basically it will provide two kinds of services, Standard Positioning Services, which is

available to all users, and an encrypted service that is provided only to authorized users.

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

Jagmohan Dalmiya Elected as BCCI president agmohan Dalmiya was unanimously elected as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket

in India (BCCI) at Annual General meeting held in Chennai on 2 March.Dalmiya had served

BCCI as its President between 2001 and 2004. He also served as the President of International

Cricket Council (ICC) between 1997 and 2000.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Named as President of Britain’s Royal Society Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan on 18 March was named as the President of

Britain’s prestigious Royal Society, a communion of the many of the world’s most distinguished

scientists. Ramakrishnan, who will take up the post on the 1 December 2015, will succeed

geneticist Sir Paul Nurse, also a Nobel Laureate.

B)RESIGNS

Union Minister Dadarao Danve Resigns Union Minister Minister of State (MoS) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Raosaheb Dadarao Danve on 5 March resigned from the office. Raosaheb Danve resigned from

the Union Council of Ministers following the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJPs) one-man, one-post

principle after he was appointed President of Maharashtra in January 2015. He took over as

Maharashtra BJP president after Devendra Fadnavis became the Chief Minister state who had led

the party to power in October 2014 Assembly elections.

C)DEATHS

Senior Journalist Vinod Mehta Died Senior journalist and former editor of Outlook, Vinod Mehta died on 8 March in New Delhi. He

was 73. Mehta, who had founded the Outlook Magazine and served as its Editor-in-Chief, last



held the post of editorial Chairman of the publication. Vinod Mehta was born on May 31, 1942

in Rawalpindi, West-Punjab region of undivided India (now in Pakistan). He wrote the best-

selling autobiography ‘Lucknow Boy’ in 2011. He has authored a biography of Meena Kumari

(movie actress and poet) and Sanjay Gandhi- The Sanjay Story (2012).

D)VISITORS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited Sri Lanka Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka on 13 – 14 March 2015. The visit follows

President Maithripala Sirisena’s first overseas visit to India in February 2015. During his two

day visit Narendra Modi met Srilankan President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo.In the visit,

India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements. Narendra Modi also announced e-visa on arrival

services for Sri Lankans, a $ 318 million Line of Credit to upgrade Sri Lanka’s railways, and a

promise to build Trincomalee as a petroleum hub, while seeking movement on the 500 MW

Sampur power project, that has been delayed for years due to environmental concerns.

E)MISCELLANEOUS

PM Narendra Modi Among 30 Most Influential People On Internet Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named among the 30 most influential people on the

internet by Time magazine in a list which also features US President Barack Obama. The list,

which analysed social-media followings, site traffic and overall ability to drive news, also

includes British author of the Harry Potter series J K Rowling and singers Taylor Swift and

Beyonce. The list was released on 6 March 2015.

PLACES IN NEWS

World’s Largest and Tallest Indian Flag Unfurled In Faridabad World’s largest and tallest Indian national flag was unfurled on 3 March 2015 at Town Park in

Faridabad, Haryana.It was unfurled by Bhartiya Janta Party President Amit Shah.The flag has

dimension of 96 feet by 64 feet and weighs 48 kilograms. Flag was hoisted at the height of 250

feet (75 meters). Thus, making it the world’s largest and the highest hoisted Indian flag in the

world.

ABBREVIATIONS

NABARD —- National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development

BCCI — Board of Control for Cricket in India

EPFO — Employees’ Provident Fund Organization



UNICEF — United Nations Children’s Fund

NSE — National Stock Exchange

BOOKS IN NEWS

The Modi Effect Authored by Lance Price Book titled “The Modi Effect: Inside Narendra Modi’s Campaign to Transform India” written

by Lance Price, former media advisor to the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair.The book

was published in the month of March 2015 in India by Hachette. The book is based on the

author’s interviews with the prime minister, his Cabinet colleagues like Piyush Goyal, Prakash

Javadekar and Smriti Irani and his team of advisers and analysts.

COMMITTEES

Ajay Shankar Committee Constituted To Review The Existing PPP Cell In Railway Board The Ministry of Railways appointed Ajay Shankar committee on 25 March to review the

performance of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) cell functioning under the Railway

Board.Ajay Shankar is a former Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

(DIPP) under Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.


World Tuberculosis Day was Observed On 24 March World Tuberculosis Day 2015 was globally observed on 24 March 2015. The theme for the year

2015 is continuation of the 2014 theme Reach the 3 Million. The main sub-theme and message

for the year 2015 is Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone. The World Tuberculosis Day is annually

celebrated on 24 March to commemorate the day on which Dr. Robert Koch discovered the

cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus in 1882. The day aims to build public awareness about the

global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease.

World Water Day 2015 World Water Day 2015 was globally observed on 22 March 2015 with the theme Water and

Sustainable Development. The theme for the WWD 2015 talks about how water links to all areas

we need to consider creating the future we want. World Water Day is celebrated every year to

make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related issues.

It’s a day to prepare for how we manage water in the future.



Highlights of Union Budget 2015-16

Three Key achievements:

1. Financial Inclusion - Rs.12.5 crores families financially mainstreamed in 100 days.

2. Transparent Coal Block auctions to augment resources of the States.

3. Game changing reforms on the anvil:

♦ Goods and Service Tax (GST)

♦ Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile (JAM) - for direct benefit transfers.

STATE OF ECONOMY:

1.CPI inflation projected at 5% by the end of the year.

2. Monetary Policy Framework Agreement with RBI, to keep inflation below 6%.

3. GDP growth in 2015-16, projected to be between 8 to 8.5%

4. The fiscal deficit targets are 3.9%, 3.5% and 3.0% in FY 2015-16,

2016-17 & 2017-18 respectively.

5. Direct Transfer of Benefits to be extended further with a view to increase

the number of beneficiaries from Rs.1 crore to Rs.10.3 crore.

6. Target of Rs.8.5 lakh crore of agricultural credit during the year 2015-16

7. Rs.5,300 crore to support micro-irrigation, watershed development and the

‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’.

8. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna to cover accidental death risk of

Rs.2 Lakh for a premium of just Rs.12 per year.

9. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana to cover both natural and

accidental death risk of Rs.2 lakh at premium of Rs.330 per year for the age group

of 18-50.

10. 5 new Ultra Mega Power Projects, each of 4000 MW, in the Plug-and-Play mode.

11. Rs.1000 crores to the Nirbhaya Fund

12. Visas on arrival to be increased to 150 countries.

13. An IIT to be set up in Karnataka and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad to be

upgraded in to a fullfledged IIT.

14. New All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) to be set up in J&K,

Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Assam. Another AIIMS like institutions

to be set up in Bihar.

15. A post graduate institute of Horticulture Research & Education is to be set up in Amritsar.

16. 3 new National Institute of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research in Maharashtra,

Rajasthan & Chattisgarh and one institute of Science and Education Research

is to be set up in Nagaland & Orissa each.

17. University of Disability Studies will be established in Kerala. 50



18. In Arunachal Pradesh, Centre of film production, animation and gaming will come up.

19. For Infrastructure sector Rs. 70,000 crores allocated. Projects in rail road and

irrigation bonds will be tax free.

20. For Rural Infrastructure Development Bank, Rs. 25,000 crore allocated.

21. Target of renewable energy capacity revised to 175000 MW till 2022,

comprising 100000 MW Solar, 60000 MW Wind, 10000 MW Biomass and 5000 MW

Small Hydro.

22. Forward Markets commission to be merged with SEBI.

23. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), to be established with an

annual flow of

Rs.20,000 crores to it. Tax free infrastructure bonds for the projects in the rail, road

and irrigation

sectors

BUDGET ESTIMATES:

>Gross Tax receipts are estimated to be Rs. 14,49,490 crore.

>Total Expenditure has accordingly been estimated at Rs.17,77,477 crore.

>Fiscal deficit will be 3.9 per cent of GDP and Revenue Deficit will be 2.8 per cent of GDP.

TAX PROPOSAL:

>implement GST from next year.

>No change in rate of personal income tax.

>Proposal to reduce corporate tax from 30% to 25% over the next four years,

starting from next financial year.

>Wealth-tax replaced with additional surcharge of 2 per cent on super rich

with a taxable income of over Rs.1 crore annually

>PAN being made mandatory for any purchase or sale exceeding Rs. 1lakh.

>Evasion of tax in relation to foreign assets to have a punishment of rigorous

imprisonment upto 10 years, be non-compoundable, have a penalty rate of 300%

and the offender will not be permitted to approach the Settlement Commission.

>Non-filing of return/filing of return with inadequate disclosures to have a

punishment of rigorous imprisonment upto 7 years.

>General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) to be deferred by two

years.GAAR to apply to investments made on or after 01.04.2017, when

implemented.

>Domestic transfer pricing threshold limit increased from Rs.5 crore to Rs.20 crore.

>Excise duty on footwear with leather uppers and having retail price of more than Rs.1000



per pair reduced to 6%.

>Education cess and the Secondary and Higher education cess to be subsumed in

Central Excise

Duty.

>Time limit for taking CENVAT credit on inputs and input services increased from

6 months to 1

year.

>Service-tax plus education cesses increased from 12.36% to 14% to facilitate

transition to GST. >Online central excise and service tax registration to be done in

two working days.

>100% deduction for contributions, other than by way of CSR contribution, to

Swachh Bharat Kosh and Clean Ganga Fund.

>Clean energy cess increased from Rs.100 to Rs.200 per metric tonne of coal,

etc. to finance clean environment initiatives.

Benefits to middle class tax-payers:

>Limit of deduction of health insurance premium increased from Rs.15000 to

Rs.25000, for senior citizens limit increased from Rs.20000 to Rs.30000

>Senior citizens above the age of 80 years, who are not covered by health

insurance, to be allowed deduction of Rs.30000 towards medical expenditures.

>Deduction limit of Rs.60000 with respect to specified decease of serious

nature enhanced to Rs.80000 in case of senior citizen.

>Additional deduction of Rs.25000 allowed for differently abled persons.

>Limit on deduction on account of contribution to a pension fund and the new

pension scheme increased from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.5 lakh.

>Additional deduction of Rs.50000 for contribution to the new pension scheme u/s 80CCD.

>Payments to the beneficiaries including interest payment on deposit in

Sukanya Samriddhi scheme to be fully exempt.

>Service-tax exemption on Varishtha Bima Yojana.

>Yoga to be included within the ambit of charitable purpose under Section 2(15) of

the Income-tax

Act.

Defence:

>Rs.2,46,726 crore allocated for Defence. It is 9.87 per cent greater than last year.

>Make in India campaign will take into consideration for speedy



manufacturing of Defence equipments.

Highlights of Railway Budget 2015-16 Financial Performance for the year 2014-15

Total Receipts were ` 1,39,558 crore

Total Expenses - 1,30,321 crore,

Operating ratio - 93.6% Budget Estimates for 2015-16

Total receipts - 1,64,374 crore

Total expenditure - 1,49,176 crore. Operating ratio - 88.5%

Highlights

There will be no hike in passenger fares in the year 2015-16.

No new trains.

Social service obligation rose from 9.4% of Gross Traffic Receipts in 2000-01 to 16.6% in

2010-11.

Bullet train to be introduced in Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.

CCTVs to be installed to monitor cleanliness.

eTicketing system to be upgraded. Right 2000 tickets can be booked per second. It is

proposed to increase this limit to 7200 per second. This system will be able to handle 1,20,000

users simultaneously.

Ultrasonic system to be installed to detect problems in tracks.

17,000 toilets to be replaced by bio-toilets.

Track capacity to be increased to 1.38 lakh km.

Railways to raise finances via PPP, FDI.

4,000 women constables to be recruited in RPF.

Battery operated cars to be provided at major stations for Physically disable people.

Nation wise helplines to be installed. Toll free number -182 (It will be active from 01-03-2015).

Tickets can be booked 4 months prior to travel, earlier it was 2 months.

Senior citizens to get lower births.

Entry gates will be broader.

Disposable bags will be provided for sleerper passengers.

Mechanical designing of new engines that would consume less fuel.

Water vending machines to be installed at stations.

e-Tickets will be available in lical language.



WiFi facility will be provided at railway stations.

List of Important Days Sr.no. Date Day

1. 12th January National Youth Day ( Birthday of Swami Vivekanand) 2. 15th January Army Day

3. 24th January National Girl Child Day

4. 25th January National Tourism Day/ voters Day

5. 30th January National Martyrs Day & World anti Leprosy Day

6. 4th February World Cancer Day

7. 28th February National Science Day

8. 8th March International Women’s Day

9. 9th March World Kidney Day (celebrated on 2nd Thursday of march)

10. 15th March International Consumer Day

11. 20th March World Sparrow Day & International Happiness Day

12. 21st March World Forestry Day

13. 22nd March World Water Day

14. 23rd March World Meterological Day

15. 24th March World T.B Day

16. 2nd April World Autism Day

17. 7th April World Health Day

18. 21st April Civil Service Day

19. 22nd April World Earth Day

20. 24th April Panchayat Divas

21. 1st May International Labour Day

22. 3rd May World Press Freedom Day

23. 11th May National Technology Day

24. 21st May Anti Terrorism Day ( death date of Rajiv Gandhi)

25. 31st May Anti Tobacco Day / No Smoking Day

26. 5th June World Environment Day

27. 1st July Doctors Day

28. 11th July National Technology Day

29. 6th August Hiroshima Day

30. 9th August Nagasaki Day

31. 12th August International Youth Day

32. 29th August National Sports Day

33. 5th September Teachers Day

34. 8th September World literacy Day

35. 14th September Hindi Divas

36. 15th September Engineers Day

37. 16th September Ozone Day

38. 2nd October International non-violence Day

39. 8th October Air force Day



40. 9th October World Post Day

41. 24th October United nation Day

42. 17th November Students Day

43. 18th November Adults Day

44. 19th November Citizen DayWSTECHCAFE.C 45. 27th November National Law Day

46. 1st December AIDS Day

47. 4th December Navy Day

48. 10th December Human Rights Day

49. 14th December National Energy Conservation Day

50. 22nd December National Mathematics Day

51. 24th December National Consumer Rights Day

52. 25th December Good Governance Day (Birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpai)

53. 21st June International Yoga DaySTE

List of Countries Capital and Currency

Countries Capital Currency Austria Vienna Euro

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar

Afghanistan Kabul Afgan-afgani

Azerbaijan Baku Manat

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka

Belarus Minsk Ruble

Belgium Brussels Euro

Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum

Brazil Barsilia Real

Cambodia Phnom penh Riel

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar

Chile Santiago Peso

China Beijing Yuan

Colombia Bogota Peso

Costa Rica San jose Costa Rican Colon

Croatia Zagreb Kuna

Cuba Havana Peso

Czech Republic Prague Koruna

Denmark Copenhagen Krone

Egypt Cairo Pound

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian Birr

Fiji Suva Dollar

Finland Helsinki Euro



France Paris Euro

Germany Berlin Euro

Ghana Accra Cedi

Greece Athens Euro

Hungary Budapest Forint

Hong-kong Victoria Dollar

Iceland Reykjavik Euro

India New Delhi Indian Rupee

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah

Iran Tehran Rial

Iraq Baghdad Dinar

Ireland Dublin Euro

Israel Jerusalem Sheqel

Italy Rome Euro

Japan Tokyo Yen

Jordon Amman DinarHCAFE.COM Jamaica Kingston Dollar

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge

Kenya Nairobi Shilling

Korea North Pyongyang Won

Korea South Seoul Won

Kuwait Kuwait City Dinar

Latvia Riga Euro

Lithuania Vilnius Euro

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit

Maldives Male Rufiyaa

Mauritius Port Louis Rupee

Mexico Mexico city Peso

Myanmar (Burma) Nay Pyi Taw (Rangoon) Kyat

Namibia Windhoek Dollar

Nepal Kathmandu Rupee

Netherlands Amsterdam Euro

New Zealand Wellington Dollar

Nigeria Abuja Naira

Norway Oslo Krone

Oman Muscat Rial

Pakistan Islamabad Rupee

Peru Lima Nuewo Sol

Philippines Manila Peso

Poland Warsaw Polish Zloty

Portugal Lisbon Euro

Qatar Doha Riyal

Russia Moscow Ruble



Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal

Seychelles Victoria Rupee

Sierra Leone Freetown Leone

Singapore Singapore Dollar

South Africa Cape Town Rand

South Sudan Juba Pound

Spain Madrid Euro

Sri Lanka Colombo Rupee

Sweden Stockholm Krona

Switzerland Bern France

Syria Damascus Pound

Taiwan Taipei Dollar

Tajikistan Dushanbe Tanzania Somoni

Thailand Bangkok Bhat

Turkey Ankara Lira

NCHUganda Kampala Shilling

Ukraine Kyiv Hryvnia

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi Dirham

United States of America Washington D.C Dollar

Vietnam Hanoi Dong

Yemen Sanaa Rial

Zambia Lusaka Kwacha

Zimbabwe Harare Dollar

United Kingdom London Pound


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