SBI GK POWER CAPSULE

(Note: This power capsule has been compiled by Research & Development team of Bank Power Institute, Delhi along with inputs from Senior Faculty members, keeping in mind the upcoming exam of SBI PO. This capsule contains important information related to banking terms, economy, current affairs and other important events which might be asked in SBI PO Exam)
BANKING NEWS Current RBI Rates a. CRR 4 % b. SLR 23% d. Reverse Repo 6.5% f. Bank Rate 8.5% RBI hiked the investment limit in government securities by FIIs and long-term investors $25 billion from $20 billion and in corporate bonds $50 billion from $45 billion. RBI has extended the date for implementation of Basel III by three months i.e., from 1 Jan to 1 April, 2013. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) for promoting greater co-operation and sharing supervisory information, between the two supervisors. In order to promote lending to priority sectors, the Reserve Bank has allowed urban co-operative banks (UCBs) to grant unsecured loans up to 25 % of their assets if certain conditions are met.

c. Repo Rate 7.5 % e. MSF 8.5%

RBIs guidelines for new bank licenses: Bank should have 49% cap on foreign holding in new banks and minimum paid-up equity capital is Rs 500 Crores. New banks will have to set up 25% of its branches in unbanked rural areas. Existing NBFCs, if considered eligible, may be permitted to promote new banks or convert themselves into banks. The paid-up equity capital should be Rs 500crore and they will have to get listed within three years of operations. The Reserve Bank of India has issued a new series of 50 paisa coins with the rupee symbol and new security features to facilitate easy recognition. Important Fact and news of RBI: RBI has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes. With a tagline 'Pehchano Paise Ki Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai'. At present Indias foreign exchange reserves is $ 293.84 billion. RBI Sign first Currency Swap Agreement with Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan valid for a period of 3 years, according to this the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan can draw US Dollar, Euro or Indian Rupee in multiple tranches up to a maximum of 100 million US dollars or its equivalent. RBI issued a guide lines that all the cheques should be cleared in 2 days. The Reserve Bank did a scrutiny of head offices and branches of ICICI, HDFC and Axis Bank, which are accused of money laundering and violating regulations like FEMA and KYC. RBI has allowed RRBs to open branches in Tier-II cities (Population -50,000 to 99,999 as per 2001 census) without taking its permission.

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UNION BUDGET 2013-14 Amount Allotted for Major Sectors in Union Budget 2013-14 presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Sr no. Sector Amount (in Crores) 1. Total budget 1665297 2. Planned expenditure 555322 3. Unplanned expenditure 1109975 4. Kisan credit card 7 Lac 5. Defence 203672 6. Rural development Scheme 80194 7. Human resource department(HRD) 65869 8. MGNREGA 33000 9. Sarva shiksha abhyan 27258 10. Pradhan mantri gram sadak yojana 21700 11. RIDF(Rural Infrastructure Development Fund) 20000 12. Integrated child development scheme 17700 13. Drinking water and sanitation 15260 14. Indira Awaj Yojana 15184 15. JNNURM 14873 16. Public sector banks 14000 17. Mid day meal 13215 18. SIDBI 10000 19. Agriculture development project 9954 20. Environment and foresty 2430 21. Rural housing fund 6000 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Agricultural research NABARD to finance construction of godowns and warehouses. NFSM Medical, education and research Urban housing fund Women Bank Nirbhaya Fund Green revolution for eastern zone(Assam, Odissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, WB) mainly for rice production Science and Technology Microfinance equity fund Aligarh muslim University Banaras Hindu University(BHU) Crop diversification Agri business Sahitya Acadamy Lalit Kala Acadamy The revised expenditure target is Rs 14,30,825 crore. Rs 500 crore would be allocated for addressing environmental issues faced by textile industry. Relief of Rs 2,000 for tax payers in tax bracket of Rs. 2-5 lakh. 24.3 % hike in expenditure for health care both rural and urban health mission. Headline WPI inflation to 7 % and core inflation to 4.2 %. Average economic growth rate in 11th Plan period is 8 %, highest ever in any Plan period. Food grain production in 2012-13 will be over 250 million tons. Rs 14,873 crore for JNNURM for urban transportation in 2013-14 against Rs 7,880 crore in the current fiscal. Rs 5,284 crore to various Ministries for scholarships for SC/ST, OBC and minority students. 3415 5000 2250 4727 2000 1000 1000 1000 6275 100 100 100 500 100 21.1 19.18 Tax free bonds issue to be allowed up to Rs 50,000 crore in 2013-14 strictly on capacity to raise funds from the market. Current year's economic growth rate will be below India's potential growth rate of 8 %. Concessional 6% interest on loans to weavers.

Fiscal Deficit: Fiscal deficit seen at 5.2 % of GDP in 2012/13. Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8 % of GDP in 2013/14. Fiscal deficit to 3 % by 2016/17 Revenue Deficit: Revenue Deficit seen at 3.9 % 2012-13. Revenue Deficit seen at 3.3 % 2013-14. Revenue deficit to 1.9% by 2016-17.

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 Taxes: Service tax (12%), Custom duty (10%) & Excise duty (12%) remains unchanged. Tax benefits in RGESS extended to 3 years: The Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) will be liberalised to enable first time retail investors to invest in mutual funds and listed shares and not in one year alone, but for three successive years. Under the scheme, an individual with an income of less than Rs 12 lakh would get tax incentives for investing up to Rs 50,000 in the stock market. Also, the limit for investors wanting to invest in RGESS has been raised to Rs 12 lakh from Rs 10 lakh earlier.

A workshop for repair and rehabilitation of motorized bogies at Misrod (Madhya Pradesh). A new wagon maintenance workshop in Kalahandi (Odisha). A modern signaling equipment facility at Chandigarh through PPP route.

OTHER ECONOMIC FACTS: FDI Limits: Sr no. List of Limits in Various Sectors (In %) 1. Defence 26 2. Pension 49 3. Insurance 49 4. Print Media 26 5. Civil Aviation 49 6. Public Sec. Banks 49 7. Private Sec. Banks 74 8. Multi Brand 51 9. Tourism 100 10. Pharmaceuticals 100 11. FM Radio 26 12. Telecommunication 74 Lok Sabha passed the Banking Laws Amendment Bill, 2012 by voice vote. Govt wins FDI vote by 253 votes against 218 in Lok Sabha. Maharatna status for BHEL and GAIL. P. Chidambaram launched Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) in Mumbai Govt approved Rs 12,517 crore (December 2012) capital infusion in PSU banks to meet BASEL III norms. Govt. declared use of MGNREGA linked Post Office Accounts for Direct Cash Transfer. Govt. postponed the implementation of GAAR by two years to April 1, 2016. Govt has made over 3.5 crore existing post office accounts ready for its new Aadhaar linked cash transfer scheme. The Government announced its decision to link the Gold Exchange Traded Funds with Gold Deposit schemes as a measure to increase the supply of physical gold in the market without resorting to imports. Govt. granted an aid of 41 Crore Rs. to protect Pashmina Goats. Government to transfer subsidies directly into beneficaries' accounts from 1st Jan. 2013. the government decided to transfer cash subsidy to domestic cooking gas (LPG) consumers under its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme from may 2013. The government signed a $60 million loan agreement with the World Bank to improve watershed operations in seven districts of Karnataka. Centre to set up country's 1st geothermal power project in Ladakh. The Union Cabinet approved the National Food Security Bill which will guarantee 5 kg of food grains per person per month, While families in the poorest of the poor will continue to get 35 kg of grains per month. @ 3 Rs/kg rice, @ 2Rs/kg wheat & @ 1 Rs/kg cereal.

HIGHLIGHTS OF RAIL BUDGET 2013-2014 Union Railway Minister Pawan kumar Bansal was the first Congress minister to present a Railway Budget in the last 17 years. 67 new express and 26 passenger trains to be launched. Indian Railways to join 1 billion tonne select club with China, Russia and US. Educational tourist train "Azadi Express" proposed. Train Collision Avoidance System to be put to rigorous trials. Indian Railway Financial Management Institute to be set up at Secunderabad. Target of investment of 1 lakh crore through PPP mode in 12th FYP. For the first time, Arunachal Pradesh brought under Rail Network. Complementary passes for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Olympic awardees. Dronacharya awardees to get Shatabdi and Rajdhani passes. New factories/workshops to be set up: New Forged Wheel Factory at Rae Bareli in collaboration with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited. A Coach Manufacturing Unit in Sonepat District (Haryana) in collaboration with State Government. A Midlife Rehabilitation Workshop at Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) in collaboration with the State Government. Bikaner and Pratapgarh workshops to undertake POH of BG wagons.

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The Union government approved a 1500 crore Rupees proposal for production of more than 2000 rockets for the Pinaka multi- barrel weapons system. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in Karnataka has disbursed 750 crore rupees financial assistance for creating rural infrastructures like Raitha Samparka Kendras, Anganwadis, schools, ITIs, rural roads and bridges during 2012-13. Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated 300 new bank branches.The participating banks include public sector Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India, Canara Bank, and private sector HDFC, Indusind Bank, Shreyas Grameen Bank and others. Union Govt. announced to spend Rs. 1000 crores in the current financial year to increase rice production in the eastern states. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), headed by DEA Secretary Arvind Mayaram, approved the proposal of Air Asia's India investment plans, which allows up to 49 per cent FDI. Rs 80 crore is initial investment. The taxation authorities in India has made E-filing mandatory for all the taxpayers in the country who earn more than Rs. 5 lakh per annum to file their tax returns online. In a report of Tata Strategic Management Group Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have been ranked at the top of the Well Being Index (WBI) while Gujarat and most of the north-eastern states emerged as the most secure ones for women in the Female Security Index (FSI). Arunachal Pradesh became the First State to Introduce e-GPF. st Odisha became the 1 Indian state to commence epayment facility for government employees. th Indian Rank in Global Competitiveness Index-59 for 2012. India ranked at 65th position in Global Hunger Report 2012 nd India Ranked 132 on Gender Inequality Index: UN Human Development (Index) Report 2013. th India ranked 5 On the List of High Net worth Individuals, according to the Knight Frank Wealth Report 2013. rd India Ranked 3 on the List of Spam Spewing Nation in the World after US and China, as per the new report of Sophos Labs. Human Development Index (HDI) is a combined index which measures the average achievements of the countries in three main dimensions decent standard of living, knowledge and long and healthy life. India will help Sri Lanka to establish special economic zone in automobile and pharma. India has allowed FDI from Pakistan. India is expected to have 89 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind power capacity by 2020. Coal India Ltd will invest Rs 7,500crore to develop railway infrastructure in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. NSE ranked 12th in the world Stock Exchange List.

MCX-SX became the third full-fledged equity bourse after BSE and NSE in the country. SEBI has introduced electronic IPOs from January 1, 2013. The Indian tea industry has finally breached the 1 billion kg-mark in production. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will implement the Rs.5,182-crore Kochi Metro Rail project with E.Sreedharan as its Principal Adviser.SBI opened its nd st 2 branch in China (Tianjin), While 1 in Shanghai. India has been ranked as the 119th freest country in the world out of 177 in the 2013 index of economic freedom. Gujarat has topped in terms of governance and inclusive growth in Economic Freedom of the States of India 2012' . Now 30% reservation for rural candidates in Assam Govt. Jobs. Govt. postponed GAAR implementation by 2 years to 2016. Madhya Pradesh is the first State to fully utilize tourism plans funds. SEBI allowed mutual funds to park 20% in gold deposit schemes. Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd. (BHPV) Merged With BHEL. P Chidambaram has launched the Centralized Processing Cell for Tax Deducted at Source (CPC-TDS). Infosys Shares started Trading on New York Stock Exchange

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Central government has started a mega scheme named Ganga Action Plan to clean the river Ganga. $ 1 billion have been approved from the World Bank to fund an 8 year project. NABARD to provide Rs 400 crores credit for Punjab dairy sector. US Export-Import Bank to extend $2.1 billion credit to Reliance Industries for expanding Reliance's projects at Jamnagar. India will grow by 6% in 2013: World Bank. IMF: World Economic Growth Rate would be 3.5% and Indian Economic Growth Rate to be 5.9% in 2013. ICICI Bank Opened 101 Gramin Branches across Villages in 6 States IRCTC introduced Interbank Mobile Payment System. According to IBA (Indian Banking Association) guidelines duration of education loans would be increased 7 10 yrs. In special case it would extend to 15 yrs. Former RBI Governor Y V Reddy will be the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission; the 13th Finance Commission was headed by former Finance Secretary Vijay Kelkar. India and Pakistan have agreed to allow two banks each from both, the countries to set up branches across the border. The two Indian banks are SBI and Bank of India and two Pakistani banks are National Bank of Pakistan and United Bank Ltd. World Bank will provide India $3-5 billion assistance annually over the next four years to help eradicate poverty and improve healthcare mainly in the lowincome states. Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,000-5,00,000 Crore capital over the next six years in the wake of Basel III capital regulations announced by the RBI. After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank (Now RBI hold 100% share) will be transferred from RBI to Government. India's largest bank SBI will discontinue a free accident insurance cover given to its home and car loan customers from July 2013. st Bank of India opened its 1 Branch in South Africa. RBI said NBFCs operating infrastructure finance companies (IFCs) can now avail themselves of overseas borrowings up to 75 % of their owned funds without its approval. LIC Housing Finance has launched a new home loan product called Bhagyalakshmi for women home seekers. ICICI Partnered With Aircel to Launch Mobile Banking Service. World Bank praises MP achievements under National Livelihoods Mission. ADB gave 100 Million US Dollar Loan to Uttarakhand for the urban infrastructure programme. The ADB has offered $150 million loan for the expansion of railway tracks and to improve overall service in the country. ADB announced to provide $74.8 million loan to improve road connectivity in the North East states. World Bank slashed the Global Growth Forecast to 2.4% for 2013, little higher than the 2.3% achieved in 2012. ADB to provide $300 million loan to Chhattisgarh for overhauling roads

IMF, in its World Economic Outlook pegged India's economic growth rate in 2013 at 5.9 % and projected a higher growth of 6.4 % for next year. As per the UN 'World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013, India's economic growth is projected to grow at a slower pace of 6.1 % this year. Indian Economy Would Dominate the Economy of the World by 2030 by US Intelligence Community Report. World's Largest Private Yacht named Azzam Launched by German Shipyard.

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER MOU Signed by India: India and Russia signed Regulation of Co-operation Agreement at Moscow. Germany wiil provide USD 1.3 bn for renewable energy in India. India signed an agreement with Belgium for the modernization of the Indian Railways. India and Russia signed pacts on Economic Ties for $2 billion Investment Fund. India signs $70 million loan pact with World Bank for Ktaka Health Systems Development, Reform Project. India and China sign 11 pacts to enhance trade and economic ties. India and Japan signed a currency swap agreement for up to 15 billion dollars today to address short-term liquidity problems. The bilateral swap arrangement (BSA) has been inked between the Reserve Bank of India and the Bank of Japan. India and World Bank Signed 500 Million Dollar Deal for Shiksha Abhyan. India to sign Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in criminal matters with Azerbaijan, Israel, Nepal and Oman. Trade between South Asian countries crosses $2 billion following the implementation of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) India and Ukraine signed five agreements to enhance cooperation including in areas of defence, Nuclear energy, Science and Technology and also to remove barriers for trade. The two countries also agreed to raise the bilateral cooperation to a Comprehensive partnership level. India and Sweden sign pact to enhance cooperation on social security.

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India and Japan signed an Earths Pact that will enable the latter to import the rare Earth minerals from India. India and ASEAN signed the free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments to boost trade to $100 billion by 2015. India, Mauritius meet to review bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Convention. India and Bangladesh Decided to increase Rail Link Projects. India, Bangladesh to set up Joint Inspection team for successful implementation of Border Trade. India and Bangladesh signed Agreements on Extradition and Visa Regime. India & Mauritius sign MoU in textile sector. India & Austria ink social security pact. India and Bangladesh signed MoU on Health. India and France concluded negotiations on the Short Range Surface to Air Missile nearly worth USD 6 billion. India becomes number one exporting nation to Kenya. India and UK Signed MoU on in Earth Sciences. India and Germany inked 6 key MoUs including that for putting together 7 million for next 4 years towards joint research in the field of higher education , a soft loan of 1 billion for strengthening the green energy corridor, to promote German as a foreign language , both Germany and India have committed to 3.5 million each towards working on joint research and innovation programmes, estb of green energy corridor was also signed besides one in agriculture and establishment of a working group in infrastructure, cooperation in standardisation, conformity assessment and product safety. India and Sri Lanka signed two agreements. Combating International Terrorism, illegal Drug and Human Trafficking. An agreement on Avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion Japan to close embassy in Mali over worsening security situation. 7 key pacts in the areas of cyber security, Information technology, services, electronics, small and medium enterprises, manufacturing, fertilisers, and renewable energy was signed between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and the visiting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in New Delhi. India and Liechtenstein signed the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) on 28 March 2013 at Bern, Switzerland. India, Myanmar & Thailand decided to implement Trilateral Connectivity Project by 2016. India offered Telecom Support to Turkmenistan. India & Azerbaijan inked 3 key pacts for creating the necessary legal framework in areas of extradition, India and Azerbaijan on Thursday inked three key pacts which also included treaties for mutual legal assistance in criminal and civil matters. India and Malta signed the new DTAA (The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement) at Valetta, Malta during the visit of Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs of India.

Scheme & Plan Launched by Union & state Government:

E-stamping to be launched in Delhi on 28 June of all denominations. India to Launch Worlds Biggest Cash-to-the-Poor Program. Second all-woman employees post office inaugurated at the Delhi. Union government launched Direct cash transfer scheme in 20 districts, It will cover 26 schemes such as educational scholarship for SC/ST and OBC, and widow pension. Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Kumari Selja on 5 April 2013 launched a Website (http://www.jagjivanram.nic.in/) on Babu Jagjivan Ram on the occasion of his 106th Birth Anniversary. Bosnia and Herzegovina signed an MoU with India in the form of larger investments in the manufacturing, energy and IT sectors. th The 5 BRICS summit held in Durban from 26 to 27 March 2013 at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC). Govt. launched Child health Screening service in Maharashtra. HRD Ministry Launched Sanskrit Caravan. The official online portal http://intraips.gov.in of INTRAIPS was launched by S. Jayaraman (Special SecretaryInternal Security), Minister of Home Affairs at New Delhi. Vocational education, services and e-governance network, AISECT launched a job portal called RojgarMantra.com which will cater mainly to people in rural and semi urban India. President of India released a Commemorative Postage Stamp on late Ramgopal Maheshwari. Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra. Andhra Pradesh on occasion of Ugadi Festival launched a new scheme named Amma Hastham (mother's hand) to supply nine essential food items to poor at subsidized rates. Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system. Haryana bags Krishi Karman Award for highest wheat production. In Haryana, to ensure that all the health facilities and services provided by Health Department are accessible to the people, a programme called Rapid Appraisal of Programme Implementation in District. Odisha decided to set up the first public health university in India, This university will be set up under Public-Private Partnership mode at Gramadiha village in Jatni tehsil on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. An MoU has been signed in this regard by State Health Department and Asian Institute of Public Health in Bhubaneshwar. Madya Pradesh CM announced Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojna. Under the scheme, the State Government will give bank guarantee for industries worth up to 25 lakh rupees and 5% loan subsidy for 5 years. Madya Pradesh starts new scheme Sampark Setu. MP Govt. launches Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana. The scheme aims to provide loans through

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banks to youths to set up their own industries or business. Former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam launched Madhya Pradesh governments Atal Jyoti scheme in Bhopal district. Under the scheme 24 hour power is supplied in the rural areas. The Madhya Pradesh government decided to declare Malkhamb as the State Sport Nirmal Bharat Campaign had started in Sevagram, Maharashtra. India's first automatic toll collection system launched in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Govt. creates special bank account for drought relief. U.P started Ashirwad Bal Swasthya Guarantee Yojna NRHM. UP govt. launched unemployment allowance scheme. UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state. Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav launched free laptop scheme for intermediate pass. Uttarakhand govt to strictly implement 'no work no pay' rule. Kerala Govt. Raised Age Limit (18 to 21 ) for Buying and Selling Liquor. Rajasthan Govt will establish Kisan Service Centers and Village Knowledge centers at all Panchayat headquarters. West Bengal to give fixed Salary to ASHA workers. MP leads in growth rate with Gross State Domestic Product for 2012-13 is likely to be 14.28 % and agriculture growth rate about 10.02%. Cairn India has said it has made the 26th oil discovery in its prolific Rajasthan block, the discovery follows allowing the company to explore for oil on block well after expiry of the exploration phase.

Others: India Proposed Hydrocarbon Pipeline from Kazakhstan like TAPI. Now Toll free complaint number will be printed on train tickets. Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya got their own High Courts,Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre is the first Chief Justice of the new Manipur High Court, Justice T Meena Kumari has become the first Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, justice Deepak Gupta took over as the new Tripura High Court's Chief Justice. AirAsia ties up with TATA to start Airline in India. Mohamammed Afzal Guru, the convict of 13 dec, 2001 Parliament attack was hanged in Tihar Jail, New Delhi. Tripura records highest ever polling of 93% in India. Ajmal Kasab hanged and buried in Pune's Yerwada Jail. Mangalam village became the first village in India where all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry. Indias First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand. Former CM of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa formally launched Karnataka Janata Party.

Sonia Gandhi launched a major food security programme of Delhi Government "Delhi Annshri Yojna". Rajyasabha passes (117th Amendment) Bill for reservation in promotion for SCs and STs in govt. jobs. Sharad Pawar releases book For the Grains written by KV Thomas. The 28th International food & hospitality fair AAHAR for 5 days organized at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The theme of this trade show is, Traceability - an essence of food products. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (7-9Jan) in Kochi (Kerala). Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag was the chief guest. Andhra Pradesh Government has introduced a Bill in the Assembly aimed at ensuring transparent, accountable and accurate implementation of Sub-plans for the welfare of Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes. Shiv Shankar Menon, the national security advisor as well as negotiator in the border talks with China paid the visit here in Dec 2012. This was the first visit by any top ranking Indian official post changes announcement in Communist Party of China. Srinagar hosting international cycling event- Tour de India IOC suspends IOA for violating Olympic charter Telecom Commission approves subsidy for BSNL operations in rural areas. India has a confirmed reserve of nearly two lakh tonnes of uranium at present. The reserves of monazite amount to one hundred seven lakh tonnes. Chhattisgarh became the first state in the country to bring legislation on food security. Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne released a book titled "Victory India - A Key to Quality Military Leadership" authored by Colonel Vinay B Dalvi (Retd) at the Air Headquarters. States which ban Gutka-MP, Kerela, Maharashtra, Bihar Rajsthan,Gujrat National Aluminium Co Ltd commissioned its first wind power project at Gandikota in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. Omar Abdullah inaugurated First Civil Air Service in J&K. Former ISRO Chairman Prof U R Rao is joining the highly prestigious Satellite Hall of Fame in Washington. Jaipur Literature Festivals theme is Buddha in literature. Spritual leader Dalai Lama will be the chief guest at the festival. Hamid Ansari inaugurated the Global Partnership Summit in the Taj city Agra. Shah Rukh Khan Ranked First in Forbes India Celebrity 100 List. The Information and Broadcasting Minister, Manish Tiwari launched the My India Initiative-A Digital Volunteer Programme to reach out the people in the social media space. CJI Altamas Kabir inaugurated the first fast-track court in Delhi . Maximum No. of Aadhar Card over 5 crore 36 lakh enrolments in Andhra Pradesh till march. President Pranab Mukherjee was Chief Guest at the 45th Mauritius Independence Day celebrations on the

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12th march. India and Mauritius signed several agreements in areas of health and medicine, tourism and welfare of senior citizens and the disabled. Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav Selected For Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. Union minister Kapil Sibal launched (a web based) Electronics Project Proposal System (e-PPS) in march 2013, which will Support Online submission of project proposals, Evaluation of proposals by experts, Project recommendations, Project Monitoring. Bharti Airtel launches free roaming scheme in 5 states. The Communications and Information Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal has inaugurated India's First All Women Employees Post Office at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the International Women's Day, All the counters of this Post Office will be manned by women employees only. Postage Stamp Released on the Commemorative Sahir Ludhianvi (a renowned Urdu poet)by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8 March 2013 on occasion of his birth anniversary. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone of a residential, educational-cum- vocational training centre ANANDA for persons with autism spectrum disorders at village Gairatpur Bass in Gurgaon. the centre will be developed by an NGO named Action for Autism on about 10 acres of land. Vidya Balan re-elected as Brand Ambassador of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne President of India, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Ali Mohd. Magrey and Dhiraj Singh Thakur as the Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. According to the report released by United National Development Programme (UNDP) 2013 South Asia(the South Asian Countries) leads the world in improvements in human development. DMK quits UPA govt over Sri Lankan Tamils issue. The Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari released a book titled The First Woman President of India, Reinventing leadership, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil by Professor Sunaina Singh. S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology for his contributions towards developing technologies for production of clean biofuels from waste, won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 in Hyderabad. Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt Sentenced to 5-Years Jail Term by the Supreme Court for his association with the 1993 bombings in Mumbai. th The 5 Nashik International Film Festival (NIFF) organised in memory of the father of the Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke and also to mark the centenary year of Indian cinema.88 documentaries and short films, 10 feature films, 22 films made in Malegaon in the district, which is popularly known as "Mollywood", will be screened in the festival.Besides these, five Australian, 20 French films and seven animation films will be screened during the four-day festival.

Reliance Industries has been awarded by the prestigious 'International Refiner of the Year' 2013 at HART Energy's 27th World Refining & Fuel Conference at San Antonio, Texas, USA. YES BANK signed up as IPL's financial services partner. SEBI summoned Sahara group chief Subrato Roy in investor refund case (refund of Rs 24,000 crore) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has withdrawn changes suggested by it in civil services mains examination, dropping mandatory English language paper requirement. Top Indian space scientist U. R. Rao has been inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame in Washington DC by the Society of Satellite Professionals International, in the US. Google launched Google Play Movies in India. Boxer Ram Singh dismissed by Punjab Police in drug haul case. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Introduced Credit Rating Norm for Selecting Foreign Re-insurers. Rajasthan celebrated its 63rd foundation day On 30th March, it was formed on 30th March 1949. NTPC commissioned a New 5-MW solar photo-voltaic power project at Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Narendra Modi inducted into BJP's Parliamentary Board. Hazare organised 'janatantra yatra' from Amritsar. st Odisha celebrated its 77th foundation day on 1 april. International boxer and Olympic medalist Vijender found accused of taking heroin 12 times. UPSC Changed the Scheme of Civil Services MAIN Examination 2013. GAIL signed a deal of 2.3-million-tonne (mt) capacity in the Cove Point LNG liquefaction terminal project at Lusby in Maryland, US. sixth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) started th from 3 april. New tough anti-rape law comes into force, it will now be called the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. Wi-Fi, internet facility in Howrah Rajdhani launched. Param Yuva II - India's fastest supercomputer and the 62nd fastest supercomputer in the world. The Central Bureau Investigation has celebrated its Golden Jubilee.

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The Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari Released Book: Religion, Law & Society Across the Globe authored by Prof. Tahir Mahmood. Malala Yousafzai, 15 years old Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by Taliban signed 3-Million Dollar deal for Publishing her Life Story book with a title I am Malala. It is going to be published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson in the UK and Commonwealth and by Little, Brown in the rest of the worldWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim came to India for 3 day visit to gather information on development challenges being faced by the country and look at opportunities for enhancing its role in reducing poverty at an accelerated pace. Jeff Zucker named CNN's New Chief Executive succeeded outgoing CNN chief Jim Walton starting in January 2013. UNGA votes to recognize Palestine as non-member observer state. Parliament of Egypt Passed Draft of the New Constitution. Recently discovered colourful, freshwater species of fish known as Darters, was named after the re-elected US President Barack Obama in December 2012. Barack Obama leads Forbes ranking of world's most powerful PM of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong visited India. London became no.1 Fashion City of the world (earlier it was Paris) HSBC agreed to sell banking business in Pakistan. Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Japan unveils plan to phase out nuclear power by 2030. Afghanistan & China to expand bilateral relations. South Korea Became first country in Asia to Order Chemical Castration of Child Rapist. Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was the chief guest of Republic Day parade. 5 day Indo-Pak International Trade Expo (IPEX-13) held in Jalandhar. Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf arrives Jaipur. Tsering Woeser, Tibetan author, poet and blogger was honoured with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award. UK grants 5.11 billion nepali rupees aid to Nepal. Russian conglomerate Sistema's Indian unit on Monday won telecom spectrum in 8 circles or zones for Rs 3,639 crore in an auction shunned by all other companies. The UK Government on 12 March 2013 opened its first ever Mobile Biometric Clinic (MBC) in Goa. MBC is a new and optional service, which for an additional fee allows applicants who are residing in Goa to submit their UK visa application and biometric data using a mobile facility in the state. Iran and Pakistan launched Gas Pipeline Project of 7.5 billion dollar gas pipeline project which will link Iran's gas pipeline to that of Pakistan. David Beckham with a total income of 175 million pound Named Richest Footballer of the World according to the Goal Rich List 2013. Japan Became First Country in the World to Extract Natural Gas from Methane Hydrate by March 2013.

The Union Government and RBI on 12 March 2013 decided to introduce one billion pieces of 10 Rupees bank notes made of plastic on a field trial basis in five cities of Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhubhaneswar and Shimla. Legendary Painter Ganesh Pyne Passed Away in Kolkata The Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund signed a deal on 16 March 2013 in Brussels to aid Cyprus with a bailout worth 10 billion Euros. World Celebrates Earth hour on 23 March With the ongoing theme will if you will " to save the planet earth & Save energy, the fuels, the bills over the fuels and reduce Carbon emissions for a cleaner and better tomorrow is the message from Earth Hour. Cyprus Finance Minister Michalis Sarris resigns. Kuwait is the fattest country in the world, with the highest average body mass index or the BMI. The Men in Kuwait have BMI of 27.5 while the women have a BMI of 31.4. MoU Signed Between Mysore Zoo and Leipzig Zoo in Germany for Transporting Four Sloth Bears North Korea declares 'state of war' with South Korea and warned that any provocation would swiftly escalate into a nuclear conflict. The most powerful ever seen cyberattack in history "bazooka" slowed down traffic on internet. United Arab Emirates (UAE) Inaugurated Worlds Largest Solar Power Plant of cost 600-million dollar project named Shams 1 at Madinat Zayed by the President of UAE and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on 17 March 2013 which is aimed at providing electricity to 20000 homes.

NEW APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA Parthasarathi Shome - Adviser to Finance Minister of India S Gopalakrishnan (co-founder & Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys) - President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2013-14 (succeeding Adi Godrej) Krishna Kumar Natrajan (CEO and Director of Mindtree) - New Chief of NASSCOM (replaced N Chandrasekaran). Amitava Bhattacharyya - chairman of Staff Selection Commission (replaced N.K. Raghupati) Amarjit Singh- secretary in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Raninder Singh - President of National Rifle Association of India PJ Kurien - Chairman of Asian forum of Parliamentarians (replaced Yasuo Fukuda, former P M of Japan) Abhay Chautala- New President of Indian Olympic Association Vinod Rai - Re-Elected As Chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors Sidharth Birla (Chairman of Xpro India Ltd and Digjam Ltd) - Senior Vice-President of FICCI. Anil Dev Singh - Chairperson of IOA Election Panel (after S.Y. Quraishi). Ashwani Kumar (Former CBI Director) - Governor of Nagaland (replaced Nikhil Kumar).

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Nikhil Kumar (Former Governor of Nagaland) - Governor of Kerala for the remainder of terms. D Y Patil (Former Governor of Tripura) - Governor of Bihar (replaced Devanand Konwar) Devanand Konwar (Former Governor of Tripura) Governor of Tripura. Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir - new Odisha Governor. Prahlad Joshi - Karnataka BJP President Jagat Singh Negi - Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Himachal. Justice D.K. Jain - new Chairman of Law Commission. Shyamala Gopinath - New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)Chairperson. Urjit Patel -New Deputy Governer of RBI (replaced Subir Gokarn). Jawahar Sircar - New CEO of Prasar Bharti. Naina Lal Kidwai - New President of FICCI- (replaced R.V. Kanoria). Rajiv Takru - Secretary of Financial Services in the Finance Ministry replacing Dinesh Kumar. Rajnath Singh- new BJP president. P.R. Vasudeva Rao - Director of the IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) replacing S.C Chetal. Mukund Govind Rajan - Group Spokesperson and Brand Custodian of Tata Group. Justice Y Bhaskar Rao - New Lokayukta of K'taka. Asoke Kumar Mukerji - Next Permanent Representative of India to the UN. T. S. Vijayan - Chairman of IRDA replacing J. Hari Narayan. Manik Sarkar - CM of Tripura for 5th time. Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal - New Director General of Indian Coast Guard. Mukul Sangma - CM of Meghalaya. rd Neiphiu Rio CM of Nagaland for the 3 consecutive time. th Virbhadra Singh CM of Himachal Pradesh for 6 time. Narendra Modi - CM of Gujarat for 4th time. Justice Swatanter Kumar - NGT (National Green tribunal) Chairperson. Cyrus Mistry - New Chairman of TATA Group after the retirement of Ratan tata. MS Sahoo - Secretary of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). S Raman - Whole Time Member of Security and Exchange Board of India(SEBI). S. Ramakrishnan - new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (replaced P S Veeraraghavan). Roelant Oltmans - New Director (High Performance) for Indian Hockey Team. S. Ramakrishnan - Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre replacing P S Veeraraghava. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as International Goodwill Ambassador UNAIDS (UN Programme on HIV/AIDS). Mary Kom - Brand Ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL) . Kenichi Ayukawa - new MD of Maruti Suzuki (replaced Shinzo Nakanishi). Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy (Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India) - first Lokayukta of Goa. B Ashok Reddy - Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Andhra Pradesh, for 2013-14.

Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar- new Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Rajan Bharti Mittal - president of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan - new Judge of the Gauhati High Court Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu - Congress Party President of Himachal. IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre M.F. Farooqui - Telecom Secretary by replacing R. Chandrashekhar. Bhaichung Bhutia - Chairman of the All India Football Federations technical committee. Gregg Clark - Coach of the Junior Hockey Mens National Team

NEW APPOINTMENT IN WORLD Uhuru Kenyatta- President of Kenya Tony Hall - New Director General of BBC. Xi Jinping takes - new China's President (succeeded Hu Jintao). Li Keqiang - China's new Premier (succeeded Wen Jiabao). Khil Raj Regmi (Chief Justice of Nepal) - Nepal's new Prime Minister to head an interim government The new Argentine pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76) new Pope becomes the 266th pontiff. Park Geun-hye - President of S. Korea (1st women president). Raul Castro - President in Cuba. Mittal Jack Lew (democratic Party) - US Treasury Secretary Administration, replacing Geithner. Milos Zeman - Czech Republics President (First Directly Elected President). Sally Jewell - U.S. Interior Secretary. Rafael Correa - Ecuadors President re-elected for a Third Term. Hagel - New US Defence Secretary. Shinzo Abe - New PM of Japan. Nicos Anastasiades - President of Cyprus . Patrick Suckling - Australia's next High Commissioner to India (replacing Peter Varghese). Rangaswamy Srinivasan is the only Indian American renominated by Obama for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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Wei Wei Chinas new ambassador for India in place of Zhang Yang. Milos Zeman - Czech Republics First Directly Elected President. Ahmed Saleem - New Secretary General of SAARC. John Kerry- The secretary of state (US). th Mir Hazar Khan Khoso - 6 caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. Khaled Meshaal (re-elceted) - political leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Nicolas Maduro - Venezuelas new President

PERSONS IN NEWS Arunima Sinha a National-level volleyball player with an artificial limb geared up to climb the world's highest peak - the Mt Everest, accompanied by Sushen Mahto. Bobby Ghosh - Eeminent Indian Journalist became First non-American Editor of Time International. Emomali Rahmon - President of Tajikistan. Pop Benedict XVI resigned due to poor health. T. S. Vijayan- took over as the Chairman of IRDA. Sreeramamurthy Janaki- Refused to take Padma bhushan. David Coleman Headley US federal court sentenced imprisonment for 35yrs. th Mukesh Ambani 18 richest man in the world. Naina Lal Kidwai the first woman president of FICCI. Bhanu Athaiya First Indian to win Oscar decided to return her trophy. Hamadi Jebali Tunisia PM resigned. Boiko Borisov Bugaria PM resigned. Michael Hussey (Australian Cricketer)- announced Retirement from Test Cricket. Rahi Sarnobat - first Indian Pistol Shooter to clinch a gold medal in the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea. Sunil Dutt Resined from his post he was BlackBerrys India Managing Director. Salam Fayyad Resigned from his post of Palestinian Prime Minister. Sharad Yadav (India) Unanimously Re-Elected As the National President of JDU Mo yan & Jackie Chan Selected as Members of Chinese Parliament. Subra Suresh Indian American Appointed as president of Carnegie Mellon Ratan Tata- Elected as member of National Academy of Engineering. Mukesh Ambani appointed as chair of India Advisory council of BAT ORBITUARY Margaret Thatcher- Britain's first female PM Chinua Achebe - father of African literature. Dr Hilary Koprowski - Developer of First Successful Oral Vaccination for Polio. R P Goenka - Industrialist. Zao Wou-ki - abstract Chinese painter. Kamala Sadagopan - eminent Tamil Novelist and Writer. Robert Edwards - Test-tube baby pioneer. Haseeb Ahsan - Former Pakistan off-spinner. Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee - Renowned Historian

Leslie Claudius - Legendary hockey player and one of India's greatest Olympians, passed away in Kolkata. SK Varma - the former news editor of The Indian Express. Mukesh Gadhvi - the Congress MP from Banaskantha. Hari Shankar Singhania, - the leading industrialist of India. Radhakishan Malviya - the former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha Member from Madhya Pradesh Shanu Lahiri - Shanu Lahiri, the Renowned Bengali PainterPasses away Ayesha Haroon - Ayesha Haroon, the Renowned PakistaniJournalist Died of Cancer P.Shanmugam. - Veteran Congress leader and former Puducherry Chief Minister P Shanmugham died. in his Karaikal residence. Jasuben Shilpi - Renowned sculptor Jasuben Shilpi, popularly known as The Bronze woman of India, passed away in Gujarat. Hugo Chavez - Venezuelan President. M S Goplakrishnan- Violin maestro: M.S. Udayamurthy Tamil Writer. Hari Shankar Singhania (Padma Bhushan awardee) - the leading industrialist at the age of 79 years. Radhakishan Malviya - former Union Minister. Ravi Shankar- Music Composer. S.K. Verma- The veteran Journalist. Tony Greig - Former England cricket captain. Gerda Lerner - Founder member of National Organization for Woman. Haradhan Bandopadhyay - Bengali Actor. Koto Okubo - Worlds Oldest Female died at 115. Jasuben Shilpi(The Bronze woman of India) -sculptor . Shanu Lahiri - Bengali Painter. Ayesha Haroon - Pakistani Journalist. Dara Singh-Film Actor. R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE. Mrinal Gore-Social Activist. P.M.Rungta-Director of BCCI. Neil Armstrong-first man to set foot on the moon (From US). Verghese Kurien- Founder of white revolution (Amul Milk). K.S. Sudarshan Former RSS Chief. Brajesh Mishra First National Security Advisor of India. V.P. Singhal former president of VHP. Norman woodland- Inventor of Barcode. Haseeb Ahshan Pakistani cricketer. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Oscar and Booker Prize winner writer.

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A.M. Govindarasu Veteran communist leader & Freedom Fighter Dinesh Thakur Indian theatre director and actor

K Venukuttan Nair - a well known theatre personality as well as the Malayalam film actor. Dave Brubeck- the Renowned Jazz Pianist and Composer. I K Gujral - Ex PM of India. Vedantam - Eminent Kuchipudi dancer. Anthony Lewis - Pulitzer Prize-winner. Lilian Davies - Swedish Princess. Kallam Anji Reddy - Dr Reddy's Laboratories Founder. th Zillur Rahman - Bangladeshs 19 President . James Herbert -British horror author. Phil Ramone - Iconic music producer. Actor Richard Griffiths - the Renowned Vernon Dursley of Harry Potter. Soraya Jimenez - Mexican weightlifter . Pietro Mennea - Italian Athlete. Viren J Shah - Former West Bengal Governor. Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra - Noted Environmentalist. B Satyanarayana Reddy-Freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh Yash chopra-Film Maker Jaspal Bhatti-Comedian and satirist Pt.Ravi Shankar- Music Composer Joy Mukherjee- Film Actor Vilas Rao Deshmukh-Union Science and Technology Minister Mehdi hassan-Ghazal legend Dara Singh-Film Actor Rajesh Khanna- Film Actor Bingu wa Mutharika-Malawis President Ahmed Ben Bella- first President of Algeria R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE Mrinal Gore-Social Activist P.M.Rungta-Director of BCCI A.K. Hangal-Film Actor Neil Armstrong-first man to set foot on the moon (From US) Meles Zenawi-Ethopia Prime Minister Verghese Kurien- Founder of white revolution(Amul Milk) Ranganath Misra -Former Chief Justice of India K.S. Sudarshan Former RSS Chief Brajesh Mishra First National Security Advisor of India

SPORTS Tennis Australian Open 2013: Men Single- Novak Djokovic(Serbia) bt Andy Murray(Britain). Women Single-Victoria Azarenka bt Li Na( china) Men Double- Bob & Mike Byan bt Robin haase & Igor Sijsling. Women Double- Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Ashlegh Barty and Casey Dellaqua US Open 2012: Men Single- Andy Murray bt Novak Djokovic Women Single-Serena Williams bt Victoria Azarenka Men Double- Bob and Mike Bryan won bt Leander paes and Radek Stepanek. Women Double- Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) Wimbledon 2012 Men Singles - Roger Federer bt Andy Murray Women Singles - Serena Williams bt Agnieszka Radwanska Men Doubles - Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen bt Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau Women Doubles - Serena Williams and Venus Williams bt Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka Mixed Doubles- Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond bt Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina London Olympics 2012(30 summer Olympics) Highest Medal: st 1 US: 104 Medals (46 G+29 S+ 29 B), nd 2 China: 88 Medals (38 G+27 S+ 23 B) th 55 India: 6 Medals (2 S +4 B) INDIA MEDEL IN LONDON OLOMPIC Name Medel Sport Event Men's 10m Gagan Narang Bronze Shooting Air Rifle Men's 25 Rapid Fire Vijay Kumar Silver Shooting Pistol Women's Saina Nehwal Bronze Badminton Women's singles Mary Kom Bronze Boxing flyweight Yogeshwar Men's 60 kg Dutt Bronze Wrestling Men's Freestyle 66 kg Sushil Kumar Silver Wrestling Freestyle Womens Hockey- Netherlands bt Argentina Mens Hockey- Germany beat Netherlands In Mens Basketball, US beat Spain to win gold Andy Murray(Eng) defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) to clinch tennis mens singles gold Mascots for London Olympics were Wenlock and Mandeville. Wenlock was mascot for Olympics and Mandeville was mascot for Paralympics. Next: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016 Winner Asian Chess Championship 2012 Parivarjan Negi. Serena Williams named WTA Player of the Year 2012 after winning Wimbledon
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Lewis Hamilton became the winner of Italian Grand Prix 2012. Hockey Champions Trophy 2012 - Australia won by defeating Netherlands in Melbourne. Unmukt Chand, the man who led the Indian side to win the U-19 World Cup 2012 was declared the Indian Youngster of the Year award. Hockey India League - Ranchi Rhinos beat Delhi Waveriders. th Shreyasi & Sushma Singh win Gold in 56 National Shooting Championship. Asian Champions Trophy Hockey: Pakistan defeat India. Mahaveer Singh and Tejaswini Sawant Bagged Gold in National Shooting Championship: Santosh Trophy title - Services retain 67th Santosh Trophy title by defeating Kerala. Vijay Hazare Trophy - Delhi clinch Vijay Hazare Trophy by defeating Assam Mexican Open - Rafael Nadal clinch Mexican Open title by defeating David Ferrer in final. ATP Dubai Open Tennis title - Novak Djokovic won by defeating Czech Republics Tomas Berdych. Grenke Chess Classic Trophy 2013 - Viswanathan Anand (India) after defeating Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany.) ICC Womens World Cup 2013 - Australia defeated West Indies at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Ranji Trophy 2013 - Mumbai won its 40th Ranji Trophy after defeating Saurashtra in Final. Irani Trophy 2013 Rest of India defeated Mumbai to clinch the title. National Weightlifting Championship 2013 - Manpreet Kaur. WTA Copa Claro Colsanitas Cup 2013 - Jelena Jankovic (in Bogota, Colombia). US National Indoor Tennis Championship 2013 - Marina Erakovic defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki in Memphis. Brazil Open 2013 - Rafael Nadal defeated David nd Nalbandian (2 time). Brisbane International Tennis Title 2013 - Andy Murray defeated Grigor Dimitrov. Ladies Doubles Brisbane International Tennis Title Sania Mirza & Bethanie Mattek-Sands won by defeating Kveta Peschke & Anna-Lena Groenefeld. ATP Chennai Open 2013- Janko Tipsarevic defeated young Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. Qatar Open 2013 (Doha)- Richard Gasquet defeated Nicolay Davydenko. Brisbane International Tennis Tournament 2013-Serena Williams. England Cricket Captain Alastair Cook became the youngest Batsman to score 7000 Runs Lionel Messi set the Record for most Goals in a Calendar Year Air India won Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament against Bharat Petroleum Australia Won Hockey Champions Trophy for the 5th Consecutive Year. Chandrika Tarafdar becomes the first Indian to win a medal in Youth World Weightlifting Championship in Slovakia. Indian Iconic football Club Mohun Bagan banned for 2 Years.

India's under-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand cracked a brilliant 116 to help Delhi clinch the Vijay Hazare Trophy after convincingly defeating Assam by 75 runs in the summit clash on Sunday. Myanmar defeated India in the final Football qualifier clash in Yangon Harmanpreet Kaur named captain of Indian Womens Cricket Team. Australia Won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament th 2013 7 time by defeating Malaysia by 3-2. Prayag United have dethroned East Bengal to win the 117th IFA Shield. th Kolkatas Neha Tripathi won 6 leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2013 in Panchkula. India won Border Gavaskar Trophy 2013 agaist Austraia by 4-0 Virat Kohli with 731 points is at number eight position th and Suresh Raina with 719 points is at number 9 are the in the list of top 10 in ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen. Britains Andy Murray defeated Spains David Ferrer in a Miami Masters final. World No. 1 Serena Williams won Miami Masters open th Tennis Tournament 2013 (6 time) by defeating Maria Sharapova. Jamjang Deru won silver in the 50 kg boys category at Tashkent, Uzbekistan in the world youth weightlifting championships 2013. World No. 1 Serena Williams has won her third Family Circle Cup title in Charleston by defeating Jelena Jankovic. Badminton player Parupalli Kashyap achieved his careerbest world ranking of 7 in the latest list issued by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Chandigarh lifted 3rd Hockey India Sub-Junior Men National Championship (North Zone) title. Rupesh Shah, the world champion won the 12th Asian Billiards championship at Indore Tennis Club, Indore in April 2013. Novak Djokovic maintained his big lead in the mens tennis rankings in the latest list issued on Monday by the ATP 2013. Adam Scott won the Augusta Masters Golf championship by beating Angel Cabrera in the play-off for the title. India wins 8 medals at the first Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship at Bangkok.

AWARDS PADMA AWARDS: (total 108 awards) Padma Vibhushan(4): Prof Yashpal (Science & Engg), Prof Roddam (Science & Engg), Raghunath Mohapatra (Arts) Syed Haider Raza (Arts). Padma Bushan: (24) Cricketer Rahul Dravid, Actresses Sharmila Tagore Actress Sridevi DRDO chief V K Saraswat Padma Shri: 80

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List of Nobel Prize 2012 winners: Physiology or Medicine - Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka - For- "the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent". Physics - Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland -- For"ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems". Chemisty - Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka -- For --"studies of G-protein-coupled receptors". Literature - Mo Yan --For-- "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". Peace Prize - European Union (EU) -- For-- over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe". Economics (also known as Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) --- Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley -- For "the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design". Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China). Miss Asia Paisific-Himangini Sing Miss Universe 2012-Olivia Culpo (USA) she crowned in Las Vegas. Philippines Janine Tugonon was adjudged the first runner-up followed by Venezuelas Irene Esser. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2012 Saumitra Chatterjee. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013 Pran Krishan Sikand (Bollywood actor, mostly known as Pran). Saraswati Samman (2012,) Rohit Gautam for Bang Bhoomi (conferred by K. K. Birla Foundation) Saraswati Samman (2013) Sugathakumari, ( the Malayalam poetess for the poetry collection Manalezhuthu, which means The Writing on the Sand in English. Moorti Devi Award (2012) Gopichand Narang Bihari Puraskar (2012) Hariram Meena for his hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer Vyas Samman (2012) Narendra Kohli for his novel Na bhooto na bhavishyati

Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award- Pandit Ravi Shankar (Posthumous ) Best Banker Prize Award 2012-13 Jammu & Kashmir Bank Jammu and Kashmir won FE Indias Best Bank Award 2012-13.

Sahitya Akademi Awards: Booker-nominated Jeet Thayil and Bengali novelist Subrata Mukhopadhyaya with 24 authors. 12 of the 24 awards went to works of poets: K Sachitandandan (Malayalam - Marannu Vacha Vazhikal), late Bal Krishna 'Bhaura (Dogri - Tim-Tim Karde Tare) & Makhan Lal Kanwal (Kashmiri - Yath Aangnaz Manz). Indira Gandhi International Award - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (president of Liberia) Indira Gandhi Award for National Intergration Sampooran Singh Kalra (GULJAR) World Food Prize 2012- Dr. Daniel Hillel (Israel) India who won Magasaysay Award- Kulendei Francis for community leadership Indusharma Katha Samman- Pradeep Saurabh for his novel Teesri Tali

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award 2012: Suman Kumar Dhar Biology Amit Sharma & Rajan Biotechnology Balsubramaniam Chemistry Mohan MJ & Plus Sarkar Maths K Narayana Medical Siraj Minawala Physics Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 2012: Kulendei Francis (India) Community Leadership World Trade summit held in Gurgaon (India) Golden Boot Award as Europes top Scorer- Lionel Messi Pieta the South Koran Film won Golden Lion Venice Top prize Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar grabbed third Asian tour title FICCI Healthcare Excellence Award 2012- Fortis Escorts Irelands Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 nd Malala Yousafzai (2 Pakistani National) France's Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom - Malala Yousafzai. Bravery Award by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation - Malala Yousafzai The Oscars 2013 (ceremony was held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California). Life of Pi, with 4 awards Best Directing: Ang Lee for Life of Pi Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda for Life of Pi Best Music-Original Score: Mychael Danna for Life of Pi Best Visual Effects: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott for Life of Pi Best film award ;Argo (with 3 awards) Best Actor award :Daniel Day-Lewis wins for 'Lincoln'. Best Actoress award: Jennifer Lawrence for 'Silver Linings Playbook' Liberation War Honour Award - President of India Pranab Mukherjee Conferred With the Liberation War Honour Award by Bangladesh. 'Women of courage award' - The US State Department awarded one of the 2013 International Women of Courage Awards to Nirbhaya posthumously Sportsperson of the year' - Deepika Kumari named state's 'Sportsperson of the year' by Tata Steel Life Time Achievement Award 2012 - Ratan Tata Awarded with Life Time Achievement Award 2012 by Ernst & Young The entrepreneur of the year (2012) - Adi Godrej, Godrej Group Chairman by Ernst & Young Jnanpith Award 2011 - Oriya novelist and academician Pratibha Ray, (47th author to be bestowed with the honors) Canadas Highest Civilian Award - Venkatesh Mannara (Channai born Indian scientist) Tagore Peace Prize- Shihab Ghanem (the first Arab) he will officially receive the Tagore award in a ceremony to be held in Kolkata, India on May 6, 2013.

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Indian scientist Dr C N R Rao has conferred with China's top science award for his important contributions in boosting Sino-India scientific cooperation. Kirti Chakra - Major Abup J Manjali. Deepika Kumari named 'sportsperson of the year' by Tata Steel. 43rd IFFI: Punjabi film "Andhey Ghorey Da Daan" bags Golden Peacock award. Bollywood Actress Hema Malini Selected for Bharat Muni Samman. National e-Governance award was given to Madhya Pradesh for 2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' aimed towards the disabled and the aged. Madhav Chavan Awarded the Education Nobel Prize. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 4 March 2013 conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award for his contribution to 1971 war by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman. Five Writers honoured with SAARC Literature Award 2013. Abhay K (A poet-diplomat)- India. Farheen Chaudhary- Pakistan. Abdul Khaliq Rashid- Afghanistan. Suman Pokhrel Nepal. Daya Dissanayake- Sri Lanka(novelist). Hardeep Singh Puri has received the Thomas Jefferson Eternal Vigilance award for his exemplary service to humanity by UN Chief. Templeton Prize 2013 - South Africa's Desmond Tutu.

18 people were conferred with Param Vishisht Seva Medalwith Yudh Seva Medal. 2 with Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. 17 with Ati Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. 14 people were conferred with Shaurya Chakra Major Chandrashekhar Singh, Nayak Rajeshwar Singh and Nayak Anil Kumar were conferred with Shaurya Chakra posthumously. Gavaskar conferred with BCCI's Col C K Naidu Lifetime Achievement award. st Miss India 2013- Navneet Kaur Dhillon with 1 runner nd up is Shobhita Dholipal, and 2 runner up is Zoya Afroz. Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards 2013 Competition Commission of India (CCI) (Nominated). Assams First, Dr.Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award - Lubna Marium of Bangladesh. Maharatna-Award for the 2012 - The National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) by Stock Magazine at 4th DSIJ Award. Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 - Tan Twan Eng (the first Malaysian author to winthe most prestigious literary prize of Asia). Madhya Pradesh bagged two national tourism awards: One for the best civic management of a tourist destination and other for the most innovative and unique tourism project in the 23rd National Tourism Award.

ICSI National Awards: For Excellence in Corporate Governance 2012 - Indian Oil Corporation Limited & HCL Technologies Limited. Life Time Achievement Award 2012 - Deepak S. Parekh, Chairman, Housing Development. Certificates of Recognition were presented to the top five companies which were. o CMC Limited o Engineers India Limited o ONGC Limited o Persistent Systems Ltd. o Power grid Corporation of India Limited Saina nominated for BWF's Female Player of the Year Award 2012. The 2nd National Photo Awards for the year 2011-2012 (given away on 28 March 2013 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi). List of Awardees at the 2nd National Photo Awards Lifetime Achievement Award- Pranlal Patel, T.S. Nagarajan and T.N.A. Perumal Best Professional Photographer of the Year 2011-12Salil Bera Professional Photographer of the Year 2011-12 on Green India: Environmental Stories- Pankaj Sharma Best Amateur Photographer of the Year 2011-12Subhash Jirange Best Amateur Photographer of the Year 2011-12 on Life and Landscape of India- Sudip Roychoudhury President Pranab Mukherjee presented Gallantry Awards at the Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

BOOKS AND AUTHERS A Brush with Life- Satish Gujral A Bend in the river- V.S. Naipaul A Foreign Policy for India- I.K. Gujral A Reveolutionary Life-Laxmi Sehgal A Secular Agenda-Arun Shourie. Aawan Main Baarahon Maas-Ambika Dutta Accidental Apprentice Vikas Swarup Simon and Schuster. Alone in the Multitude Amrita Pritam. sh in the Belly- Indianls Unfinished Battle Against Hunger Harsh Mander. Asking for Trouble Amreek Singh Assam-A Valley Divided Shekhar Gupta Basanti Bhishma Sahani Bliss was in that Dawn Minoo Masani Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai God of Small things- Arundhati Rai Hinduism Nirad C. Chaudhari Indian Drama Chelapati Rao. Inheritance of Loss- Kiran Desai. Inventing the Enemy Umberto Eco Joseph Anton- Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography) Khushwantnama-The Lessons of My Life Khushwant singh Lajja- Taslima Nasrim. Land of the Seven Rivers-A Brief History of Indias Geography Sanjeev Sanyal

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My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee Mind Positive-Life Positive-S.Joginder Singh "Muslim in Indian cities- Christophe Jaffrelot & Laurent Gayer My Life Struggle Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan My country My Life- L.K.Advani My Life Bill Clington. My Music My Life- Pt Ravi Shankar Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Germany Prof Anita B. Pfaff Netaji and Gandhi Shashi Ahluwalia Religion, Law & Society Across the Globe - Prof. Tahir Mahmood. Revolution 2020- Chetan Bhagat Rich Like Us Nayantara Sehgal Reflection on our Time P.N. Haksar Runs in Ruins Sunil Gavaskar Salvation of a Saint Keigo Higashino. Swami and Friends R.K. Narain Struggle For Change K.B. Lal Satenic versus- Salman Rushdi Speaking for My Life Cherry Blair Secular Perception in Sikh Faith K.M. Duggal Storm Over the SutlejAkali Politics A.M. Narang Sandy Storms Sandeep Patil Survivors Randheer Khare The Blind mans Garden Nadeem Aslam. The Last Hero Mihir Bose The Indian Epics Retold R. K. Narayan Terrorism in India Shaileshwar Jha True Colours Adam Gilchrist The Things About Thugs Tabish Nair The Heritage of Sikhs Harbans Singh The Jewels of Happiness Indian spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy. The Things About Thugs Tabish Nair The Test of My Life'- Indian cricketer Yuvraj singh Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani-Mira Govind Advani Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam What Young India Wants Chetan Bhagat Ye Jo Hai Pakistan'- Shivendra Kumar Singh.

PM Manmohan Singh attended the BRICS Summit from India. The central area of discussion was under the overarching theme, BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation. The possibility of setting up of a development bank and investment fund and promoting trade within this group in local currencies are particularly encouraging and progress in finalising these. Brazil and China Signed the Currency Swap Agreement: BRICS Summit 2013.

G 8 Summit: th 38 Summit 2012 :David camp, USA th 39 Summit 2013(next) : United Kingdom G 20 Summit: th 7 Summit 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico th 8 Summit 2013(next)-St. Petersberg, Russia NAM Summit: th 16 Non-Aligned Movement Summit 2012- Tehran(Iran) th 17 Summit(Next)-In 2015- Venezuela 26-31 August at Attended By(India): Prime Minister Theme: Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance. Country:120,New-Fiji, Azerbaijan ASEAN Summit: th 20 ASEAN Meeting April 2012 Phnom penh (Cambodia). st 21 ASEAN Summit Nov 2012 - Phnom Penh (Cambodia ). nd 22 ASEAN Summit 2013 Brunei (proposed) SCO Summit: th 12 Summit 2012-Beijing Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgien Minister) th 13 Summit 2013-Kyrgyzstan

IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION AND SUMMIT New Member United Nation Total 193 (Last South Sudan) WTO Total 157 (Last - Vanuatu) World bank and IMF Total 188 (Last South Sudan) European Union Total 27 (Next member will be Croatia in July 2013) Nuclear Security Summit nd 2 Summit 2012 Seoul (South Korea), rd 3 Summit 2014(Next) : Netherland BRICS Summit Country: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa. th 4 Summit 2012: New Delhi th 5 Summit 2013 : South Africa: Held in Durban from 26 to 27 March 2013 at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC).

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National Youth Festival: th 17 -Mangalore (Karnataka) th 18 Patna(12-16) January NATO Summit-Chikago SAARC Summit: SAARC journalists' summit 2013- Indore. 3rd SAARC ministerial meet on poverty alleviation 2013 Kathmandu (Nepal) 18th SAARC Summit 2013- Kathmandu (proposed) Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq) Arab league Summit - Doha. World Economic Forum Summit 2012 NovGurgaon(Haryana) 10th BASIC Summit - New Delhi Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro United Nation conference on Sustanable DevlopmentRio de Janeiro World Economic Forum Davos (Switzerland) World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi FM Trilateral Talks(China& India & Russia)-Moscow 11th Energy Efficiency Summit organized by (CII Confederation of Indian Industries) Hyderabad World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) held in Dubai. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India & Russia)-Moscow Emerging Kerala investment meet Kochi The international biodiversity meet Hyderabad Asia Co-operation Dialogue Summit- Kuwait UN biodiversity meet in 2014 -South Korea Third Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit - New Delhi 9th World Hindi Conference- Johannesburg (South Africa). Theme: Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh.

58th Commonwealth Parliamentarian conference (2012) held in Colombo. Next conference will be held in South Africa 2013. Organization of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) summit Cairo (Egypt) 14th Meet of Environment Ministers of BASIC countries - Chennai 13th India-Russia Annual Summit New Delhi 11th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Kochi(Kerala), Theme'Engaging Diaspora: The Indian growth story' 18th National Level Meeting b/w Myanmar and India New Delhi 4th World Telugu Conference - Tirupati. (Inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherje) 3 day long International Buddhist Conference Patna. 11th Meeting of India-Canada Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism 2012 held in New Delhi and the 12th meeting of the Joint Working Group will be held in Canada in 2013 United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Doha extends the Kyoto Protocol till 2020.. UN Conference on Climate Change gets held at Doha. 14th North East Book Fair held in Guwahati. Fair is dedicated to Poet Hiren Bhattacharya. 2014 Mrs India International will be held place in Kolkata. Fourth meeting of India-Mongolia Joint Committee held in New Delhi 3 days Dubai World Conference on Consumer Rights (DWCCR) held at the World Trade Center in Dubai. 'India Calling China Business Partnership Summit' held in China from April 7 to 12 this year. th The 8 India-Yemen Joint Committee Meeting for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation (JCM) took place in New Delhi. Microfinance India Summit 2012 held in New Delhi.

IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT SCHEMES BHARAT NIRMAN: It was implemented and extended in three phases i.e., from (2005 - 2009), (2009 - 2012), (2012- 2014) It is centrally sponsored scheme for the rural development of India started in September 2005. There are 6 objectives in this scheme Objectives: To provide all weather road connectivity to the village which have more than 1000 population in plain areas and 500 population in hilly areas. To bring 10 million hectares of land under irrigation facility and to make 1.4 million hectares of additional land for arable land (for the use of agriculture). To provide clean drinking water to all villages by the end of 2012 under Rajiv Gandhi payjal yojana. To electrify 1, 76,000 villages by the end of 2012 under Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran yojna. To construct Pakka houses for BPL house- holds under st Indira Awas Yojana (Now from April 1 2013 cash assistance Rs. 70000 for plain areas and Rs. 75000 for hilly areas) previously it was Rs. 40000 for plain areas and Rs. 45000 for hilly areas.

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To provide telephone connectivity to all villages and all BPL holders by 2012. Note: All these objectives are extended till 2014.

JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission It was implemented and extended in two phases i.e., (2005 - 2012), (2012 - 2014) Started in the year 2005 to make million plus cities squatter (Slam area) free. There are 2 components a) To construct pakka houses for urban poor dwelling in squatter under Rajiv Awas yojana. b) To make transportation system faster and greener. NRHM: National Rural Health Mission th It was started on 12 April 2005 to enhance the health facilities in rural areas. The appointment of ASHA workers (Accredited social health activist) in Angonwadi Kendra to provide basic information on health and hygiene conditions as well as to guide people regarding conservation of water. MGNREGA: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act nd It was on started on 2 Feb 2006 to provide minimum st 150 days from 1 April 2013 (previously its is 100 days) of employment to BPL house hold. This scheme is both for Urban and Rural areas. The old name of this scheme is NREGA and it was nd changed to MGNREGA on 2 Oct 2009. The wages under the scheme is fixed on the basis of CPIAL (Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers) which is calculated by the state government on the basis of their Per capita Income. UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India. It was started in the year 2010 to provide multipurpose national identity card (MNIC) to every citizen aged above 5 years. Its name has been changed to Aadhar. Its model state was Karnataka (started) The retinal identification is taken from the age group of 14 and above. ORGANISATIONS & THEIR HEAD Sr no. Organisation 1. RBI 2. SEBI 3. NABARD 4. FICCI 5. IBPS 6. RAW 7. IB 8. CBI 9. UPSC 10. SSC 11. UGC 12. Indian Army 13. Indian Airforce 14. Indian Navy 15. BSF

Scheme has 7 components like address, PAN no., Passport no., retinal identity etc, It consists of 12 digit number. Chairman: Nandan Nilkani NFSM: National Food Security Mission This scheme is to reduce the poverty in India under national social assistance programme. Under Public Distribution System (PDS), government will provide rice @ Rs. 3/kg, wheat @ Rs. 2/kg to the BPL households. IGNOAPS: Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension Scheme This Scheme is for the people who aged above 65 years. The amount of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be provided by both Central government and State government who aged between 65 80 years. Rs. 500 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 250 + Rs. 250) for the people who aged more than 80 years. IGNWPS: Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme The beneficiary is in between age group of 40-64 years in this scheme. Assistance of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be given to particular person.

NFBS: National Family Benefit Scheme Under this scheme a grant of Rs. 10000 is given in case of natural and accidental death of the primarily breadwinner of the family (he/she) of BPL households. ANNAPURNA: Under this scheme 10 kg of food grains are provided to BPL households free of cost every month. But for this scheme the particular beneficiary shouldnt be registered with IGNOAPS.

Heads D. Subbarao U.K. Shinha Prakash Bakhsi NainaLal Kidwai K.R. Kamath Alok Joshi Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim Ranjeet shinha D.P. Agarwal Amitava Bhattacharyya Ved Prakash Gen. Bikram Singh Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne Admiral D.K. Joshi Subhash Joshi

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Dr. K. Radhakrishnan Krishna kumar Natrajan Rajkumar Dhut V. K. Saraswat Prateep Chaudhary T.S.Vijayan Rahul Khullar Vinod Dhal Jim Yong Kim Christane Legarde Jim Yong cai Margrate Chan Paschal Lami Chitra Ramkrishna Ashish Chauhan Poonam K. Saxena Naresh Chandra Shivashankar Menon Raghuram Raja G.E. Vahanvati C.Rangrajan Vinod Rai V.S.Sampath Mamta Sharma Sam Pitroda Marandey Katju Kaushik Basu S Gopalakrishnan

IMPORTANT COMMITTEES Sr no. Committee Name 1. B. Shivraman Committee 2. Ms. Swami Nathan Committee 3. Abid Hussain Committee 4. Radha Krishna Committee 5. Tarapore Committee 6. Narshiman Home Committee 7. Hazari Samiti Committee 8. Hilton & Young Committee 9. Herar & Domor Committee 10. K.C. Niyogi Committee 11. C.Rangrajan Committee 12. Jeevan Reddy Committee 13. Suresh Tendulkar Committee 14. J.J. Irani Committee 15. Nanawati Ayog Committee 16. Parikh Committee 17. Khusro Committee 18. Y.H. Malegam Committee 19. Libraham Committee 20. U.C. Banerjee Committee 21. S.Chakerverty Committee 22. Yashpal Committee 23. Y.V. Reddy Committee 24. Kelkar Committee 25. Narshiman, K.C.Chakarverty Committee 26. Ghosh Committee 27. C.S. Murthy Committee 28. All India Rural Survey Committee 29. Damodar P. Committee 30. Shayamala Committee

Acted for NABARD Father of Green Revolution Small Industry Reform National Rural Livelihood Mission On Capital A/C Convertibility SEBI Establishment Nationalization of Banks establishment of RBI (1926) Five Year Plan Planning Commission / Financial Commission Financial Inclusion Policy Armed Forces Special Power Act. Poverty Company Law 1984 Shikhs Riots & Gujrat Riots Hike Petroleum Prices Merger RRBs with their sponsor Banks Micro Financial / Int. on Micro financial Loan Babri Masjid Kand Godra Railway Riots Fiscal Deficit Concept Review of School Education on System Liquidity Aggregate M3+M4 DTC (Direct Tax Code) Banking Sector Reforms Bannk should obtain Photography in Deposit A/V Priority Sector Lending Targets State Bank Of India Customer Services in Banks Review of National Small Saving Fund (NSSF)

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Bhore Committee R.G. Surayiya Committee Padmanabhan Committee

Improve in Indian Public Health System (IPHS) RRBs To Help Boost Bank Finance For Exports ISRO has launched Indo-French satellite 'SARAL'(410-kg) with the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C20 from Sriharikota. It will support in marine meteorology and sea state forecasting, operational oceanography, seasonal forecasting, climate monitoring, ocean, earth system and climate research.

INDIAN DEFENCE Missiles in use of Indian Army: 1. Prithvi I - 150km 2. Prithvi II - 350km 3. Prithvi III - 350km - 600km 4. Agni I - 700km -1250km 5. Agni II - 2000km -3500km 6. Agni III - 3500km -5000km 7. Agni IV - 3000km -4000km (test fired only) 8. Agni V - 5500km -5800km 9. Agni VI - 8000km -3500km 10. Akash- 30 km NASA Spacecraft "Voyager 1" Drifted Into Unknown Region of the Space Russia has delivered the first three of the upgraded MiG-29 fighters to India, more than 2 years behind schedule. India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast. First of the Eight P-8I Maritime Surveillance Aircraft received by Indian Navy from Boeing India successfully testfired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range at Chandipur. China became the World's Fifth-Largest Arms Exporter. Indian Navy successfully test-fired the 290-km range Bramhos Supersonic Cruise Missile, capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg, from a warship off the Goa coast. Pakistan test fired cruise missile Babur with a range of 700km Iran has tested Fateh 110 missiles (Range - 300 km). Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel INS Saryu inducted into Indian Navy. Cochin Shipyard launched Aadesh the First Fast Patrol Vessel for Coast Guard. K-5 ballistic missile (strike range around 1500 kms) successfully test fired from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal. India Successfully Test Fired K-15 Ballistic Missile in Bay of Bengal Indian Army gets its first indigenously-made Rudra attack chopper. IMPORTANT DATES & DAYS: Sr. no. DATE th 1. 12 January th 2. 15 January th 3. 24 Jan th 4. 25 January th 5. 30 January rd 6. 3 Feb th 7. 28 Feb th 8. 8 March th 9. 9 March th 10. 15 March th 11. 20 March st 12. 21 March

India successfully test-fired indigenously developed Astra air-to-air interceptor missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur. "EKUVERIN 2012" an India-Maldives joint military training exercise organized in Belgaum. Russia has delivered the first three of the upgraded MiG-29 fighters to India, more than two years behind schedule. ISRO launches its 100th space program named PSLV C21 from Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) US and South Korea did Joint Annual Military Drills called Key Resolve on 11 March 2013. Apart from Key Resolve, another joint drill called Foal Eagle was on its way since the starting of March 2013. Nepal & United States Conducted joint Military Exercises called Shanti Prayas-2 or Peace Initiatives in Panchkhal, 50 km east of Kathmandu from 25 March 2013 to 7 April 2013, India also participated in it. The medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile was successfully test-fired with a strike range of more than 2,000 km from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. Indian Army going to launch a New Scheme of Old Age Homes for ex-Servicemen India's heaviest rocket (4-5 tonnes) ever is expected to take to the sky next January (2014) on an experimental flight. The mainstay of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III). Pakistan successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-IV ballistic missile of range of 900 km.

DAY National Youth day (Birthday of Vivekananda). Army day. National Girl Child Day. National tourism day/ Voters day National Martyrs day & World anti Leprosy Day World Cancer Day. National science day International women day World Kidney day World Consumer rights Day, (the theme for 2013 is, Consumer Justice Now). World Sparrow Day & International Happiness Day. World Forestry day

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World water day (For the year 2013, the theme is Water Cooperation). World Meteorological day World T.B. day World Autism Awareness Day World Health day Civil service day World Earth day World Books day Panchayat Divas International Labour day National Technology day Anti Terrorism day (Death day of Rajiv Gandhi) Anti Tobacco day (No smoking day) World Environment day Doctors day World population day Hiroshima day Nagasaki day International youth day National Sports day (Birthday of Dhyan Chand) Teachers day World Literacy day Hindi Divas Engineers day Ozone day International Non-violence day Air force day World post day United nation day Students day Adults day Citizens day National law day AIDS day Navy day Human Rights day National consumers day & National Energy Conservation Day.

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ABBREVIATION IN NEWS ALM- Asset Liability Management AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India. ARC Asset Reconstruction Companies ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation ASSOCHAM Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India BASIC Brazil, South Africa, India and China BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa BSE-Bombay Stock Exchange BTIA -Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement CAG Comptroller and Auditor General Of India CAR Cash Adequacy Ratio CBDT Central Board for Direct Taxes. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement CIC - Central Information Commission CRIS Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign CRM- Customer Relationship Management CRR-Cash Reserve Ratio CTT- Commodities Transaction Tax DII Domestic Institutional Investor DRT Debt Recovery Tribunals DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement DTC Direct Tax Code ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency EFSF European Financial Stability Facility FCNRA Foreign Currency Non Resident account FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act FII Foreign Institutional Investor. FICCI Federation Of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FINO- Financial Inclusion Network Operation FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion board FPI- Foreign portfolio Investment FSLRC Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission FTA- Free trade agreement GAAR - General anti avoidance rule GDR Global Depository Receipts GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle GST Goods and Services Tax IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IBRD- International Bank for reconstruction and development ICBM Inter-continental Ballistic missile

IDF Infrastructure Debt Fund IFSC- Indian Financial System Code ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization. KYC-Know Your Customer LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility MIRV - Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle NHRC - National Human Rights Commission MPLADS MP Local Area Development Scheme MFI - Micro Finance Institutions MFDC Micro Finance Development Council MOU- memorandum of understanding MMRCA Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft MEMUs-Mainline Electrical Multiple Units MSF-Marginal Standing Facility MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime. NASSCOM National Association of Software & Services Companies NBFC-Non Banking Finance Companies NCHER National Commission for Higher Education and Research NCHRH - National Commission for Human Resources for Health NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre NDMA National Disaster Management Authority NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer NIA - National Investigation Agency NLD National League for Democracy NPS New Pension Scheme NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group NSE-National Stock Exchange OSMOS- Off-Site Monitoring & Surveillance OIC-Organization of Islamic Cooperation PPP Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle RAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory REPO-Repurchase Option RGSSBY- Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional Co-operation S&P - Standard and Poors SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio SRO- Self Regulatory Organisation. SWIFT- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication TAPI - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India TCS -Tax Collection at Source TDSAT- Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal TIEA Tax Information exchange Agreement TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

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