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Pratibha Patil >India s first woman Prime Minister: Smt. Indira Gandhi >India s first woman governor: Sarojini Naidu >India s first woman ruler (On Delhi s throne): Razia Sultan(1236-1240) >India s first woman I.P.S. Officer: Kiran Bedi >India s first woman I.A.S. Officer: Anna Gorge (Malhotra) >First woman Chief Minister of a state: Sucheta Kripalani(U.P) >First woman Union Minister: Rajkumari Amrita Kaur >First woman president of INC: Annie Besant >First woman Judge of the Suprime Court: Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi >First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice in the youngest age: Dicky Dolma >First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice: Sontosh Yadav >First woman to get Ashok Chakra: Nirja Mishra(after death) >First woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for public service: Kiran Bedi >First Indian woman Ambassador at United Nations: Vijayalakshmi Pandit >First woman Union Minister: Amrut Kuar(1947) >First woman Bank Manager (Syndicate bank, Bangalore):Shanta Kumar (1962) >First woman News reader on Door Darsan : Pratima Puri >First woman to perform in United Nations Organization: M.S. Subbulakshmi (1966) >First woman to participate in Olympic Games: Merry Lila Ro >First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award: Sunil Dabas(2012) >First woman to win bronze medal in boxing in Olympic Games: M.C.Merry Kom(2012) >First woman to win bronze medal in badminton in Olympic Games Saina Nehwal (201 2) >First woman to win gold medal in Asian Games (race-400m) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1970 ) >First woman World Boxing Champion for five times: M.C. Merry Kom >First woman to win International Grand Master prize in chess: Bhagyashree Thips e >First woman awarded by Arjuna Prize : N. Lamsaden (Hockey, 1961) >First woman to make Hat trick in International Football: Yolanda Deesuza >First woman to get 100 wickets in International woman cricket: Diana Edulagee ( 1986) >First woman to make world record in Power lifting: Sumita Saha (1989) >First and only woman to participate in three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketb all): Shirine Khusaro Kiyash >First woman to win bronze medal in Common Wealth Games: Ami Ghiya-Kanwal Thakur Singh, (Badminton, 1978) >First woman Chairperson of Indian Science Congress: Dr. Aashima Chatarjee >First woman Director General of Police: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya 1. British Governor General of Bengal Warren Hastings 2. Governor General of IndependentIndi a Lord Mountbatten 3. Commander-in-ch ief of Free IndiaGeneral Roy Bucher 4. Cosmonaut Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma 5. Emperor of Mughal Dynastyin India Babar 6. Field Marshal S. H. F. J. Manekshaw 7. Indian Governor General ofIndian Union C. Rajagopalachari

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IAS ASPIRANTS FISCAL DEFICIT EXPLAINED IN SIMPLE TERMS Budget: Government s Revenues and Expenses Every February, the government comes up with its budget for the coming year, and in this budget the finance minister lists down how much the government is expec ted to earn and spend in the ensuing year. The revenues should always match the expenses but the government doesn t always ea rn enough to cover for its expenses and then that shortfall is met with borrowin gs. Expenses There are two heads of government spending Non Plan Expenditure and Plan Expendi ture. Non Plan Expenditure is money that s spent on sustaining the country like de fense, postal deficit, subsidies etc. and Plan Expenditure is the money that is spent on improving the country like the money spent on dams, roads etc. Revenues Revenues of the government are split into three categories. Tax Revenue: This is the revenue raised from taxes like your income tax and corp orate tax. Non Tax Revenue: This is the revenue the government earns by things like dividen ds from PSUs, royalty from selling petroleum, spectrum fees etc. Capital Receipts: Includes mostly borrowings The Fiscal Deficit To build on what we have covered so far, the government budgets how much it will spend and earn in the next year, and both of these should be equal. The source of income for the government is tax and non tax revenue, and they hav e to add these two to see if it will cover all the expenses that the government is supposed to incur. If there is a shortfall then the government will have to borrow this money, and this borrowing is called the Fiscal Deficit. Conclusion The worry about India s fiscal deficit is that the government has to borrow a lot more money than they originally budgeted for. For example, in the current year , the revenues from disinvestment are a lot low er than expected, and expenses on subsidies are a lot more than what they had ex pected, and this leads to a bad situation where you will have to borrow more tha n what you wanted without spending it on things that build the country like dams or roads, and hence the cause for concern about the fiscal deficit. The other negative effect of this is that the government accumulates debt and a greater share of its income is just spent in paying interest on this debt in fut ure years. So, while India has run a deficit for many years, and that by itself is not a ca use of concern, the missed targets show that either the revenues are lower or th e expenses are higher, and for India, this seems to be the case perennially and thus the cause for alarm. If while going through this post you were wondering, why does the government has

to do all this and why can t it just print money to become rich. U need to wait f or my mext post . JAI HIND .

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