CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR UPCOMING IBPS PO EXAM
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ICC President
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Zaheer abbas
ICC Chairman
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N. Srinivasan (India)
ICC CEO
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David Richardson
IPL Chairman
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Rajiv Shukla
National cricket Academy (NCA) Chairman
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M.P. Pandove
Commonwealth Secretary General of India
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Kamalesh Sharma
Indian Olympic Association President
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Narayana Ramachandran
All India Football federation President
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Praful Patel
All Inda tennis Association President
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Anil Khanna
National Olympic committee secretary General –
Rajeev Mehta
International Olympic committee chairman
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Thomas Bach
LIST OF COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES 2015
R. Gandhi Committee :–
Recommended conversion of Urban cooperative Banks (UCBs), which have a
revenue of more than Rs. 20,000 crores into regular Banks.
K.V. Kamath Panel :–
To examine the financial architecture for micro, smart and medium Enterprises
(MSME) Sector.
Gopala Krishna committee: –
On capacity Building in Banks and Non - Banks.
HR Khan Committee: –
To examine the UN - Claimed amount in PPF, Post office and saving schemes
H Devaraj committee–
Reported that most of the deemed universities are not fit for being a university
P J Nayak :–
To review Governance of Boards of banks in India.
Anand Sinha (RBI) Panel :–
to bringing a bench mark floating interest rate especially for home loans
Vaghul committee : –
Money market in India
Vasedev Committee : –
NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Corp) sector reforms
Raja chellaiah Committee:
Tax Reforms
R V Gupta committee :–
Small Savings
M P Bezbaruah Committee:
To suggest suitable remedial measures to address concerns regarding security of
people from North East.
Basel Committee : –
Banking supervision
B. Sambamurthy Panel : –
Panel favour’s single mobile banking app on all SIMs. Panel recommended that
customers should not be required to visit the bank branch for mobile number
registration
Vishnu Sahay Committee : –
Look probe into the Muzaffarnagar communal violence
Nachiket Mor : –
Committee on comprehensive financial Services for small businesses and low
income households.
Justice A P shah Committee : – To head panel of road safety
Justice A P shah Committee : – on Applicability of minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on Foreign investors.
Anil Kaushal Committee : –
To examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of Spectrum
Bimal Jalan panel : –
To scrutinize application for new bank licenses
Ajit Prakash Shaw Committee : – 20th Law Commission India
Arvind mayaram Panel : –
Report on the alleged irregularities at the National sport Exchange Ltd (NSEL)
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Arvind mayaram Committee : –
For giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign
Institutional Investment (FII)
Suma Verma Committee : –
To update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006
Damodran Committee : –
on Improvement of customer services in banks
M. Narasimham Committee : –
On Banking sector Reforms
Raghuram Rajan Committee : – On Financial Sector Reforms
Justice J.S. Verma Committee : – To review the laws for sexual crimes
Vijay Kelkar : –
13th Finance Commission (1-4-10 to 31-3-15)
Y V Reddy : –
14th Finance Commission (1-4-15 to 31-3-20)
M.B. Shah : –
SIT Committee (Black Money Cases)
B Mahapatra Committee : –
To review the existing Prudential guidelines on restructuring of advances by
banks/ financial institutions.
S K Thorat Committee : –
Removes cartoons from NCERT Text books
Aditya puri committee : –
Dissemination of Credit Information
VK Shunglu committee : –
To Probe the organization and conduct of the 19th commonwealth Games
K.U.B. Rao Committee : –
Recommended aligning gold import regulations
K M Chandasekhar Committee: – For rationalization of foreign investment norms
Pulak kumar Sinha Committee: – To study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of
card present transactions
MBN Rao Committee : –
To Prepare the blue Print of India’s first women’s Bank
Shivraj Patil Committee : –
To study and recommend measures of Agriculture sector in India
G. Padmanabhan Committee : –
To study the feasibility of implementation of GIRO based payment transfer
system
J S Mathur Committee : –
To revise news paper Advertisement Rates
Urjit Patel Committee : –
To examine the current monetary Policy frame work
S. Chaturvedi Committee : –
Lokpall Bill
Dr. C. Rangarajan Committee : – On estimation of savings and Investments & Computerization of Banking
Industries
Mukul Mudgal Committee: –
To investigate IPL–2013 Spot Fixing and Betting Scandal
Arvind Subramanian : –
To facilitate The implementation of Goods and service Tax from April next
year.
Bibek Debroy Committee : –
recommended establishment of Railway Regulatory Authority of India (RRAI)
Shanta Kumar Committee: –
For restructuring of the food corporation of India (FCI)
LIST OF IMPORTANT OPERATIONS (NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL)
Operation All out : –
Against Bodo Miltants
Operation Black Tornado : –
26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks
Operation Cyclone : –
Osama - Bin-Laden hunt by US govt.
Operation Green Hunt : –
Govt of India’s paraforces state’s forces against the Naxalites
Operation Lehar: –
Hudhud storm
Operation Maitri : –
Nepal Earth quake
Operation Megh Rahat : –
Jammu & Kashmir floods.
Operation odyssey Dawn : –
NATO operation for killing Gaddafi
Operation Rahat : –
Indian Airforce helping hand Uttarakhand floods.
Operation Rohat : –
Recover of Indians from yemen (4000 people rescue)
Operation Red Dawn : –
US Govt for Saddam Hussian
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Operation Red Spider : –
AML of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank
Operation surya : –
Indian army helping hand Uttarakhand floods.
List of Recent Schemes/ APPS launched by Banks
Airtel Money :–
Axis Bank + AIRTEL
Asha Home Loan :–
Axis Bank
BOUTIQUE FINANCING SCHEME :– SBI
Branch of wheel :–
ICICI Bank in odisha
Chillar :–
HDFC Bank
China’s First online Banking “webank”:– Tancet Holdings
DDA Housing Scheme 2014 : –
HDFC Bank
Digital Banking “POCKET” : –
ICICI
Digital village project in Akodara : –
ICICI
village of Gujarat
Eforex :–
SBI
E – KYC : –
SBI
EMI ON DEBIT CARD :–
ICICI BANK
E–Wallet :–
IRCTC
Facebook–based funds transfer plat
form “Kay Pay” : –
Kotak Mahindra Bank
First home grown INDEX: –
SBI
‘COMPOSITE INDEX’
I - Mobile app for windows phone: –
ICICI
India’s first “Transparent credit cast”
in association with American Express: – ICICI
India’s First credit card exclusively for
GOLF LOVERS:–
RBL Bank
Instant Money Transfer : –
BOI
Instant Money Transfer (IMT):–
Bank of India
Kisan card :– Axis Bank
“Maha Millionaire, Maha Lakhpati” :– Bank of Maharashtra
M-Pesa : –
ICICI + Vodafone
M-wallet : –
Canara Bank
State Bank freedom APP: –
State Bank of India
Student Travel card : –
ICICI
TAB Banking Facility : –
SBI
Tap and Pay : –
ICICI
Twitter Handle account : –
SBI
Video Conferencing : –
Indusuld & federal bank
Youth for India : –
SBI
Children’s Special Bank Accounts
“Komal Kali” :–
Bharatiya Mahila Bank
“Pehli Udaan” :–
Saving Account : – SBI
“Future Star” Saving Account : –
Axis Bank
“Kids Advantage Account” :–
HDFC Bank
“My First yes Account” :–
Yes Bank
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“My Junior Account” :–
“Zing saving Account” :–
“Pehla kadam saving Account” : –
“Power Kidz Account” : –
“Smart star” Saving Account :–
“Young Champ” Saving Account :–
Kotak Mahindra Bank
ING Vysya bank
SBI
IDBI
ICICI Bank
Federal Bank
BOOKS AND AUTHORS LIST 2015 (JANUARY TO JULY)
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37 Bridges :–
Aarushi :–
Aatank Ke Saaye Men :–
Ahmedabad: A City in the World :–
Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait :–
Beyond Doubt : A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination :–
Bikhare Khyalat :–
China : Confucius in the Shadows :–
Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Power & Private Enterprise :–
Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic
Superpower :–
Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me :–
Education of Muslims :–
Faces and Places :–
Family Life :–
Flood of fire :–
Flora of Guntur City, Andhra Pradesh :–
Food for All :–
Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks :–
Go Set a Watchman :–
God’s Bankers :–
Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India :–
India Central Asia Relations :–
Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy- Speaker’s Perspective :–
Farishta :–
Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years :–
Kiran Bedi : Kaise Bani Top Cop :–
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Madhorubhagan - Perumal Murugan
Making India Awesome: New Essays and Columns :–
Modi : Incredible emergence of a star in Chinese language :–
Modi’s World: Expanding India’s Sphere of Influence :–
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove :–
Pre-Modern Kutchi Navigation Techniques and Voyages :–
Recasting India :–
Red Tape to Red Carpet and then some :–
Scion of Ikshvaku (1st Part in Ram Chandra Series) :–
Aamer Hussein
Arivook Sen
Garima Sanjay
Amrita Shah
Dr Anna Suvorova
Teesta Setalvad
Abdul Haq
Poonam Surie
Pradeep Baijal
Henry M Paulson
Vinod Mehta
Professor JS Rajput
Prof. Deepak Nayyar
Akhil Sharma (Folio Prize 2015)
Amitav Ghosh
PR Mohana Rao
Uma Lele
SK Rath
Harper Lee
Gerald Posner
Jairam Ramesh
Amiya Chandra
Meira Kumar
Kapil Isapuri
A.S. Dulat and Aditya Sinha
Reeta Peshawaria Menon and Anu
Peshawaria
Chetan Bhagat
Tarun Vijay
C Raja Mohan
Khurshid M Kasuri
Ashok B. Rajeshirke
Hindol Sengupta
Gina Rinehart
Amish Tripathi
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Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy :–
Suleiman Charitra :–
Super Economies :–
The China Model :–
The Indian Parliament : A Critical Appraisal :–
The Pakistan Paradox :–
The Red Sari (about Sonia Gandhi) :–
Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji :–
Unbelievable : Delhi to Islamabad :–
Uniki :–
Saptarshi Sarkar
Kalyana Malla
Raghav Bahl
Daniel A Bell
Sudha Pai and Avinash Kumar
Christrophe Jaffrelot
Javier Moro
Abdul Kalam
Prof Bhim Singh
CH Vidyasagar Rao
LIST OF TENNIS GRAND SLAM WINNERS 2015
Men’s Singles
Tournament
Winner
Australian Open 2015
Runner
MUpM
Novak Djokovic
(Serbia)
Andy Murray
(UK)
Winner
Stanislas Wawrinka
(Switzerland)
Runner Up
Novak Djokovic
(Serbia)
Women’s Singles
Novak Djokovic
(Serbia)
Runner Up
Roger Federer
(Switzerland)
Pierre -Hugues Herbert
(France) &
Nicolas Mahut (France)
Chan Yung - jan
(Chinese Taipei) &
Z heng Jie (China)
Daniel Nestor (Canada) &
Kristina Mladenovic
Serena Williams
(USA)
(Croatia) &
Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Lucie Safarova
(Czech Republic)
(USA) &
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan(USA)
Bethanie Mattek Sands(USA) &
Lucie Safarova
(Czech Republic)
Casey Dellacqua
(Australia) &
Yaroslava Shvedova
(Kazakhstan)
Serena Williams
(USA)
Jean -Julien Rojer
(Netherlands)&
Horia Tec3u (Romania)
Jamie Murray (UK) &
John Peers(Australia)
Serena Williams
(USA)
Maria Sharapova
US Open 2015
Runner Up
Garbine Muguruza
(Spain)
Novak Djokovic
(Serbia)
Roger Federer
(Switzerland)
Mixed Double’s
Leander Paes
(Ind)&
Martina Hingis
(Switzerland)
Wimbledon 2015
Winner
Women’s Doubles
Bethanie Mattek Sands(USA) &
Lucie Safarova
(Czech Republic)
French Open 2015
Winner
Men’s Doubles
Flavia Pennetta
(Italy)
Roberta Vinci
(Italy)
Simone Bolelli (Italy) &
Fabio Fognini (Italy)
Pierre Hugues Herbert
(France) &
Nicolas Mahut (France)
Jamie Murray (UK) &
John Peers(Australia)
(France)
Bethanie Mattek
Sands(USA) &
Mike Bryan
(USA)
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Lucie Hradecka (Czech
Republic)& Marcin
Matkowski (Poland)
Sania Mirza (Ind) &
Martina Hingis
(Switzerland)
Ekaterina Makarova
(Russia)&
Elena Vesnina (Russia)
Leander Paes (Ind) &
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
Sania Mirza (Ind) &
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
Leander Paes (Ind) &
Martina Hingis
(Switzerland)
Bethanie Mattek Sands(USA) &
Sam Querrey(USA)
Casey Dellacqua(Australia) &
Yaroslava Shvedova
(Kazakhstan)
Alexander Peya
(Austria) &
Tímea Babos (Hungary)
LIST OF VISITORS TO INDIA - 2015
August – 2015
July – 2015
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June – 2015
May – 2015
April – 2015
March – 2015
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February – 2015
January – 2015
List of Schemes Launched by Modi Government (in Detail)
PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA:
Objective of "Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)" is ensuring access to various financial services
like availability of basic savings bank account, access to need based credit, remittances facility, insurance
and pension to the excluded sections i.e. weaker sections & low income groups.
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Interest on deposit.
Accidental insurance cover of Rs.1Lakh
No minimum balance required
Life insurance cover of Rs.30,000
Overdraft facility after 6 months.
Access to Pension, insurance products.
RuPay Debit Card.
Overdraft facility upto Rs.5000/- is available in only one account per household.
Launched by PM Narendra Modi on 28th August 2014
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SUKHANYA SAMRIDI ACCOUNT:
The objective behind this initiative is to address the gender imbalance & create positive environment in favor of girl
child. It is the part of “Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao”.
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Highest interest rate of9.2%
Exempted from Tax u/s 80c
The maturity of account is 21 years from date of opening account or marriage of girl child whichever is earlier.
Initial deposit of Rs.1000 and thereafter any amount in multiple of Rs.100 can be deposited to maximum of 1.5lakhs.
Launched By PM Narendra Modi on 22nd January 2015.
MUDRA BANK YOJANA : (Micro Unit Development and Refinance Agency Bank)
MUDRA will provide credit up to Rs.10 lakh to small entrepreneurs & act as regulator of Micro finance institutions.
Objective of the scheme are to encourage entrepreneurs and small business units to expand their capabilities and to
reduce over indebtedness.
Schemes offered by MUDRA bank are:
1. Shishu-the starters-covers loan up to Rs.50,000
2. Kishor-the mid stage finance seekers-covers loan above Rs.50,000 and up to Rs.5,00,000.
3. Tarun-growth seekers- covers loan above Rs.5,00,000 and up to Rs. 10,00,000 Launched by PM Narendra Modi on
8th April 2015.
PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVA JYOTI BIMA YOJANA:
It is government backed life insurance scheme.
Age limit: 18 to 50 years of age.
Annual premium- Rs.330 per year for life cover of Rs.2,00,000.
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 9th May 2015.
PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA:
Age limit: 18-70 years
Annual premium: Rs.12 per year.
Coverage: accidental death and full disability of Rs.2,00,00 and Rs.1,00,000 for partial disability.
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 9th May 2015.
ATAL PENSION SCHEME:
Atal pension scheme is targeted at unorganized sector workers.
Age limit: 18-40 years
Pension will start at age of 60 years.
Depending upon the contribution, the beneficiary will get guaranteed pension of Rs.1000 to Rs.5000 per month.
Govt will contribute 50% of total contribution or Rs.1000 whichever is lower.
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 9th may 2015.
MAKE IN INDIA:
Objective of Make in India initiative is
1. To promote India a manufacturing hub.
2. Economic transformation in India
3. To eliminate unnecessary law and regulation.
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25 sectors have been included in Make in India scheme. Some of sectors are automobiles, chemicals, IT,
pharmaceuticals, textiles, leather, tourism and hospitality, design manufacturing, renewable energy, mining and
electronics.
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 25th September 2014.
SWACHH BHARAT:
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a national campaign by government of India aims to accomplish the vision of clean India by
2nd October 2019.
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 2nd October 2014.
A performance ranking on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of 476 cities in the country, based on the extent of open defecation
and solid waste management practices, released by the Ministry of Urban Development recently. Top 10 cities are:
Mysore, Tiruchirapalli, Navi Mumbai, Kochi, Hassan, Mandhya, Bengaluru, Thiruvanathapuram, Halisahar, Gangtok.
KISAN VIKAS PATRA:
Kisan Vikas Patra is a saving certificate scheme which was first launched in 1988 by India Post and it was relaunched in
2014.
The denomination available in Rs. 1000, 5000, 10000 & Rs.50000
The amount invested will double in 100 months.
Certificate is issued in single or in joint names.
It can be pledged as security to get loans.
Interest rate - 8.7%
Launched by by Finance Minister Arun jaitley on 18th November 2014.
KRISHI AMBANI BIMA YOJANA:
Objective of the scheme is to give impetus dying to agriculture practice. If farmers bear any financial burden due to
unexpected weather, then Krishi Ambani Bima Yojana will help them.
PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SINCHAI YOJANA:
The motive of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana will be to take irrigation water to each and every agricultural field in
the country.
Launched by by Rajnath Singh.
PRADHAN MANTRI SANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA:
Under this scheme, Mps will be responsible for developing the socio-economic and physical infrastructure of three
villages each by 2019. Total of eight villages by 2024.
The first Adarsh gram must be developed by 2016 and more by 2019.
Total of 6433 Adarsh Grams of 265000 gram Panchayat will be created by 2024.
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 11th October 2014.
SOIL HEALTH CARD SCHEME:
Govt has launched this scheme to provide every farmers a soil health. The card will carry crop wise
recommendations of nutrients/ fertilizers required for farmers to improve productivity.
Budget allotted Rs.100 crore for issuing cards.
DIGITAL INDIA:
The Government of India has launched the Digital India programme with the vision to transform India into
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a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Digital India is keyed on three key areas –
1. Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
2. Governance & Services on Demand
3. Digital Empowerment of Citizens
Pillars of Digital India –
1. Broadband Highways
2. Universal Access to Phones
3. Public Internet Access Programme
4. e-Governance – Reforming government through Technology
5. e-Kranti – Electronic delivery of services
6. Information for All
7. Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports
8. IT for Jobs
9. Early Harvest Programmes
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 1st july 2015.
SKILL INDIA:
Skill India focuses on creating jobs for youth, the govt has decided to revamp the antiquated industrial training centres
that will skill over 20 lakh youth annually.and creating 500million jobs by 2020.
Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 15th july 2015 (on occasion of world youth skills day).
HRIDAY (National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana):
The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, launched the (HRIDAY) scheme on 21st January, 2015, with
a focus on holistic development of heritage cities.
With a duration of 27 months (completing in March 2017) and a total outlay of Rs.500 Crores, the Scheme is being
implemented in 12 identified Cities namely, Ajmer, Amaravati, Amritsar, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, Kanchipuram,
Mathura, Puri, Varanasi, Velankanni and Warangal.
BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO YOJANA:
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save girl child, educate girl child) is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate
awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women. The scheme was initiated with an initial
corpus of Rs 100 crore Launched by by PM Narendra Modi on 22nd January 2015
INDRADANUSH:
Mission Indradhanush was launched to speed up the process of immunization. It aims to immunize all children against
seven vaccine preventable diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough (Pertussis), tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles
and hepatitis B by 2020. The target of full coverage is set to be achieved by the year 2020.
Launched by by Union Health Minister J.P.Nadda on 25th december 2014
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana:
DDUGJY is a Government of India scheme aimed to provide continuous power supply to rural India.
It is one of the key initiatives of Modi Government and it aims to supply 24x7 uninterrupted power supplies to all homes.
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The government plans to invest Rs 75,600 crore for rural electrification under this scheme. The scheme will replace the
existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana :
DDU-GKY is a Government of India youth employment scheme.
It was launched by on 25 September 2014 by Union Minsters Nitin Gadkari and Venkaiah Naidu on the occasion of 98th
birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. It aims to target youth, under the age group of 18–35 years.
PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY SHRAMEV YOJANA:
A dedicated Shram Suvidha Portal: That would allot Labour Identification Number (LIN) to nearly 6 lakhs units and
allow them to file online compliance for 16 out of 44 labour laws An all-new Random Inspection Scheme: Utilizing
technology to eliminate human discretion in selection of units for Inspection, and uploading of Inspection Reports within
72 hours of inspection mandatory Universal Account Number: Enables 4.17 crore employees to have their Provident
Fund account portable, hassle-free and universally accessible
Apprentice Protsahan Yojana: Will support manufacturing units mainly and other establishments by reimbursing 50% of
the stipend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana:
Introducing a Smart Card for the workers in the unorganized sector seeded with details of two more social security
schemes
AMRUT - ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN DEVELPOMENT:
The AMRUT scheme would focus on water supply, sewerage facilities and management, storm water drains to reduce
flooding, strengthening of public transport facilities and creating public amenities like parks and recreation clubs.
AMRUT- Upgraded version of JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission)
SWADESH DARSHAN:
Under Swadesh Darshan, integrated development of theme based circuits has been taken up for holistic and inclusive
development which can provide engaging and complete tourism experience to both domestic including low budget
tourists and foreign tourists. The Scheme envisages enhancement of tourist attractiveness in a sustainable manner by
developing world class infrastructure in the circuit destination.
Launched by Ministry of Tourism.
PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive)
PRASAD to beautify and improve the amenities and infrastructure at pilgrimage centres of all faiths. Under PRASAD,
initially twelve cities have been identified namely Ajmer, Amritsar, Amravati, Dwarka, Gaya, Kedarnath, Kamakhaya,
Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni. Launched by Ministry of Tourism.
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana-MGPSY:
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana is a special social security scheme which includes Pension and Life Insurance,
introduced by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for the overseas Indian workers in possession of Emigration Check
Required (ECR) passports. It is a voluntary scheme designed to help workers to meet their three financial needs: saving
for retirement, saving for their return and resettlement, and providing free life insurance offering coverage for death from
natural causes.
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UDAAN PROJECT:
The Special Industry Initiative J&K ‘Udaan’ Scheme is to provide skills and enhance mployability of 40,000 youth over
a period of five years in key high growth sectors. The scheme is being implemented by the National Skill Development
Council (NSDC) and the corporate sector in PPP mode.
Udaan also aims to provide a platform that empowers girl students and provides them with better learning opportunities.
Human resource development (HRD) ministry programme is designed to provide a comprehensive platform to deserving
girl students aspiring to pursue higher education in engineering and assist them to prepare for the IIT-JEE while studying
in Classes 11 and 12.
BAL SWACHH ABHIYAN:
Bal Swachhta Abhiyan is a mission launched on 14th of November 2014 to increase awareness about the cleanliness of
the children all over the India.
RANI LAXMI BAI PENSION SCHEME:
This is special pension scheme it would be given to Muzzaffarnagar riot victims by UP government.
 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
PM Narendra Modi launched this social security initiative on 9th May, 2015 in Kolkata. The scheme is aimed at
providing affordable universal access to essential social security protection in a convenient manner linked to autodebit facility from bank accounts. PMJJBY will offer a renewable one year life cover of
` 2 lakh to all savings bank account holders in the age group of 18-50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a
premium of ` 330 per annum per subscriber. The scheme would be offered or administered through LIC or other Life
Insurance companies willing to offer the product on similar terms on the choice of the bank concerned.
 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
PMSBY will offer a renewable one year accidental death-cum-disability cover of ` 2 lakh for partial/permanent
disability to all savings bank account holders in the age group of 18-70 years for a premium of ` 12 per annum per
subscriber. The scheme would be administered through public sector general insurance companies or other general
insurance firms willing to offer the product on similar terms on the choice of the bank concerned. This scheme was
launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9 in Kolkata.
 Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
The pension scheme will focus on the unorganised sector and provide subscribers a fixed minimum pension of
`1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 or `5,000 per month starting at the age of 60 years, depending on the contribution option
exercised on entering at an age between 18 and 40 years. The period of contribution by any subscriber under APY
would be 20 years or more. The scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9 in Kolkata, capital of
West Bengal.
 Operation Maitri
India launched a relief and rescue Operation named Maitri in earthquake hit Nepal on 27 April 2015. The operation
involved two dozen military aircraft and choppers along with bus services through road route. India also pressed
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nearly 1000 trained personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) into service after Nepal on 25 April
was struck by the worst earthquake in 80 years in which more than 7500 people were killed.
 Operation Raahat
Operation Raahat, a massive air and sea operation, was launched to evacuate over 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen.
The operation will involve total of five ships and four aircraft. The operation started after India got permission to
dock its offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra at the Aden harbour of Yemen.
 Quantitative easing
An unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government securities or other securities from
the market in order to lower interest rates and increase the money supply. Quantitative easing increases the money
supply by flooding financial institutions with capital in an effort to promote increased lending and liquidity.
 Declassifying of Netaji files
Following the growing controversy over declassified documents on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, as many as eight
lakh top secret files of Russian spy agencies, including the KGB, SMERSH and GRU, will be declassified and made
available to the public. Among the files dated 1917-1991 are said to be intelligence despatches of Siberian gulags
(Russian camp for political prisoners), where Bose was suspected to have been imprisoned.
Declassification is the process of documents that formerly were classified as secret easing to be so restricted, often
under the principle of freedom of information. Procedures for declassification vary by country. Papers may be with
held without being classified a secret, and eventually made available.
 NITI–National Institution for Transforming India
PM Narendra Modi replaced the Planning Commission with the NITI Aayog or the Policy Commission on 1 January
2015. The term NITI, was taken from the new body NITI (National Institution for Transforming India), will act more
like a think tank or forum whereas the Commission imposed five-year-plans and allocated resources to hit set
economic targets.
 PRAGATI – Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation
PRAGATI launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 March 2015 is a multi-purpose and multi-modal
platform to address public grievances. The PRAGATI platform integrates three latest technologies – digital data
management, video-conferencing and geo-spatial technology. It also offers a unique combination in the direction of
cooperative federalism.
 PaHaL– Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh
The acronym PaHaL stands for the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG Subsidy. Under this scheme, LPG
cylinders are sold at market rates and entitled consumers get the subsidy directly into their bank accounts. This is
done either through an Aadhaar linkage or a bank account linkage. PaHaL aims to reduce diversion and eliminate
duplicate or bogus LPG connections.
 HRIDAY – Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana
HRIDAY was launched by the Union Urban Development Ministry on 21 January 2015 which seeks to preserve and
rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country. The cities that are included in this scheme are: Amritsar,
Varanasi, Gaya, Puri, Ajmer, Mathura, Dwarka, Badami, Velankanni, Kanchipuram, Warangal (Telangana) and
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh).
It seeks to promote an integrated, inclusive and sustainable development of heritage sites, focusing not just on
maintenance of monuments but on advancement of the entire ecosystem.
 EEU – Eurasian Economic Union
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EEU is a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan that came into
effect on 1 January 2015. A treaty aiming for the establishment of the EEU was signed on 29 May 2014.
 NSM– National Supercomputing Mission
National Supercomputing Mission was established in March 2015 with the objective of putting India in the league of
world class computing power nations. NSM would be implemented and steered jointly by the Department of Science
and Technology (DST) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) at an estimated cost of
Rs.4500 crore over a period of seven years.
 AMRUT – Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
Union Govt. has decided to rename the second phase of JNNURM after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to rejuvenate India’s
500 cities and towns. The scheme will be known as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT).
 MRT – Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
MRT is a ground-breaking technique that uses genetic material from three different people to prevent certain
inherited and untreatable, genetic diseases from passing from the mother to her offspring. This therapy came to news
after it was approved to be adopted in Britain by British Parliament’s lower house, the House of Commons, on 3
February 2015. The technique involves an IVF procedure in which the egg’s defective mitochondrial DNA is
replaced with healthy DNA from a female donor.
 BOSS – Bharat Operating System Solutions
Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) is a free and open source Linux distribution for usage in Indian
government departments developed by the National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) of
India. The Union Govt. has asked states to deploy the open source Linux-based operating system BOSS meant to run
official computers.
 UPI – Unified Payment Interface
UPI is a unified platform launched by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on 18 February 2015 for
providing a single payment interface across all systems. Under UPI, anyone who has an account, should be able to
send and receive money from their mobile phone with just an identifier without having any other bank/account
details.
 TLCs – Tech Learning Centres
Tech Learning Centres (TLCs) is a new massive initiative launched by State Bank of India (SBI) to empower its
customers through technology and awareness. Under this initiative special SBI centres across the length and breadth
of the country have started holding interactive learning sessions and demos of the bank’s tech-channels. This
initiative has been on since December 2014.
 JAM – Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile
JAM stands for Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile number. The government is pinning its hopes on these three
modes of identification to deliver direct benefits to India’s poor. The use of JAM gained momentum after it was
mentioned in the Union Budget of 2015 delivered by Union Finance Minister on 28 February 2015.
 PSF – Price Stabilization Fund
Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) was launched by the Union Govt. in March 2015 with an objective of keeping prices
of perishable farm commodities under control through suitable market interventions. It will be used to advance
interest free loans to state governments and central agencies to support their working capital and other expenses on
“procurement and distribution” interventions for such commodities.
 POTUS – President of the United States
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POTUS stands for President of the United States. This term has been used for decades now to denote the U.S.
President. The use of the term POTUS was probably started by the security team of the President to call him in short.
The term was, however, used by the Indian media in a wide-spread manner on the occasion of President Barack
Obama’s historic visit to India in 2015.
 Ind AS – Indian Accounting Standards
Ind AS is the converged Indian version of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) that will come into
effect for the first time in 2016-17. The Central Government notified adoption of the proposed Indian Accounting
Standards (Ind AS) in March 2015. By pushing Ind AS into Indian corporate balance sheets, India will join the
growing band of nations in terms aligning accounting standards for cross-border acceptability and facilitation of twoway capital flow.
 AVAM – AAP Volunteer Action Manch
AVAM is the name of the break-away volunteer group of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that came to news during
February 2015 after it claimed that AAP have received cheques from these dubious companies in lieu of cash and
tried to convert black money into white money.
 NERPAP – National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme
NERPAP is the name of the programme launched by the Election Commission of India (ECI) from 3 March 2015
with the prime objective of bringing a totally error free and authenticated electoral roll. During the programme, EPIC
data of electors will be linked with Aadhar data of UIDAI for the purpose of authentication.
 IRNSS – Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide position information in the Indian
region and 1500 km around the Indian mainland. ISRO has proposed to place 7 satellites under the IRNSS series and
on 28 March 2015 the fourth satellite of this series – the IRNSS-1D, was successfully launched the IRNSS-1D
navigation satellite through PSLV-C27.
 MADE IN INDIA
It is a label that accompanies all goods that have been manufactured in India.
 MAKE IN INDIA
It is a compaign launched by Narendra Modi to encourage industrialists to set up their manufacturing units in India.
 MAKE FOR INDIA
It was given by RaghuRam Ranjan which says that focus on creating an environment where all sorts of enterprise can
flourish, and then leaving enterprenuers to choose what they wanted to do.
 FUDS
The WEF Future of Urban Development and Services (FUDS) Initiative serves as a partner in transformation of cities
around the world as they seek to address major urban challenges and transition towards smarter, more sustainable
cities in this rapidly urbanizing world. The FUDS Initiative works in collaboration with local partners.
 MUDRA– Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd.
The Bank was launched on 8 April 2015 under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). The bank
will provide credit of up to 10 lakh rupees to small entrepreneurs and acts as a regulator for Micro-Finance
Institutions (MFIs).
 Green Bonds
Green Bonds or Climate Bonds are fixed income financial instruments (bonds) linked to climate change solutions.
These bonds are either dollar or rupee denominated and are relatively a new asset class.
 SCRIP
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SASEC Road Connectivity Investment Program is a strategic initiative that aims to achieve regional integration
among the members of the South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) group by improving road
connectivity within the North Bengal-North Eastern Region in India. The members of this group are Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India and Nepal.
 AIIB
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a 50 billion dollar international investment bank and was floated in
2014 by President Xi Jingping. The bank was floated to provide support to infrastructure projects in Asia.
 Vanaj 2015
Vanaj 2015 is a weeklong National Tribal Festival. It will also showcase the rich diversity of Tribal culture, art,
painting, music, dance, tribal medicine, tribal food, and a special attraction- tribal cuisine.
 SMAP
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) is NASA’s first Earth satellite designed to collect global observations of the
vital soil moisture. It was launched on 31 Jan, 2015.
 Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly magazine first appeared in 1970 as a successor to the Hara-Kiri magazine,
which was banned for mocking the death of former French President Charles de Gaulle. It was in news after masked
gunmen on 7 January 2015 attacked its Paris office killing at least 12 people.
 AMCA
Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft is a fifth generation fighter aircraft, developed by Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL) in collaboration with Indian Air Force (IAF), Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA).
 Megh Rahat
It is a rescue operation undertaken by Indian Army during Jammu and Kashmir floods.
 Al–Khansaa brigade
It is an all-female branch of ISIS. It was established in Raqqa city of Syria. ISIS militants took over the city in
August 2014.
 AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) can detect incoming aerial threats like hostile fighters, drones and
cruise missiles from 400-km away.
 PMJDY
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is the ambitious scheme aims to achieve the gargantuan task of enrolling over 7.5
crore (75 million) households and to open their accounts. The slogan for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan mission is
“Mera Khata – Bhagya Vidhaata”.
 Clean India, Green India
Government has released 2015 Calendar with theme ‘Clean India, Green India. The Calendar focuses on the
government’s flagship scheme Swachch Bharat- Clean India Programme with picture of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi wielding the broom on the first page of the calendar.
 Digital India
The programme is worth one lakh crore rupees and intends to change the Indian economy into a digitally empowered
economy. The Digital India programme is a remodelled version of the already running National e-Governance
programme.
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 Twitter Samvad
Union Government has launched a new digital platform “Twitter Samvad” in association with social networking
giant Twitter. The service aims to boost the nation’s e-governance plans and facilitate direct communication between
leaders, government agencies and citizens.
 UN ECOSOC
India was elected to four key bodies of the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC). Four key
subsidiary bodies are UNICEF (Executive Board of United Nations Children’s Fund), WFP(Executive Board of
World Food Programme ) and CCPCJ (Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and UN Habitat.
 e-Tourist Visa
e-Tourist Visa Scheme is a pre-authorization of Visa to foreigners that is given prior to travel.
 Zero defect, zero effect
It is slogan coined by Narendra Modi, which segnifies production mechanisms where in products have no defects and
the process through which product is made has zero adverse environmental and ecological effects.
 SLACC Project
SLACC (Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaption to Climate change) Project aims at improving the adaptive capacity
of the rural poor particularly women farmers engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate change and
scale up the demonstrated best practices. India signed a loan grant agreement worth US $8 million with World Bank
for this project.
 Digital bank Pockets
ICICI Bank has launched India’s first digital Bank on mobile phones, Pockets. This service will enable users to
instantly send money to any e-mail id, mobile number, friends on Facebook and bank account.
 Kalvari
It is a first indigenously-built Scorpene Submarine and was undocked at the Mazagaon Dockyard Limited (MDL) in
Mumbai, Maharashtra on 6 April 2015.
 Amogh
It is a high-speed patrolling ship of India. Amogh will be utilized by Indian Coast Guard during emergency situations
such as accident and natural calamities besides security purposes.
 Hand-in-Hand 2014
It was India-China Joint Training Exerc began at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra.
 SHC scheme– Soil Health Card
This scheme was announced by NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in its first budget presented
in July 2014. SHC is centrally-sponsored nationwide scheme which aims to help farmers to improve the productivity
of farms by providing them basic information for use of nutrients or fertilizers.
 RUSA– Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for reforming the state higher education system. The National
Development Council (NDC) approved RUSA as part of the 12th Plan.
 VPBY
Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY) was introduced by previous NDA Government in 2003-04. The scheme was
re-launched in New Delhi on 14 August 2014 by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. The Scheme will be
administrated by the Life Insurance Corporation, LIC.
 Raksha Blu
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The vaccine has been developed to protect the animals against five strains of the ‘bluetongue’ virus prevalent in the
country. Bluetongue Disease is caused by the pathogenic virus, Bluetongue virus (BTV). The vaccine was launched
on 8 January 2015.
 GIS
Greenpeace India Society (GIS) is an Indian chapter of Greenpeace International, which is a non-profit environmental
organization having presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. The Union Ministry
of Home Affairs on 9 April 2015 suspended the registration of Greenpeace India Society (GIS) for 180 days for
acting against public and economic interests of the country.
 State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF)
Constitution of the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) at the State level is provided under the Section 48 (I) of the
Disaster Management Act, 2005. Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 8 April 2015 issued an order for
revision of norms with regard to the centrally notified disasters including flood, cyclone, drought, hailstorm, tsunami
and earthquake.
 Swachh Bharat Mission
The mission is to be implemented at a total cost of 62009 crore rupees with a targeted construction of 1.04 crore
household toilets, 2.51 lakh community toilet seats and 2.55 lakh public toilet seats besides assisting 37 crore urban
people in solid waste management.
 Nirbhaya Fund
It was set up by Union Government under which various departments can seek money from the Union Ministry of
Women and Child Development (WCD) for schemes to improve safety and security of women in the country.
 e-Kranti
The e-Kranti Mission is to ensure a Government wide transformation by delivering all Government services
electronically to citizens through integrated and interoperable systems via multiple modes, while ensuring efficiency,
transparency and reliability of such services at affordable costs. It is an important pillar of the Digital India
programme and the programme has been envisaged by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology
(DeitY).
 Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF)
The purpose of the scheme is to provide interest free advances towards working capital to the government agencies
which are involved in procurement and distribution of perishable agri-horticultural commodities.
 Sagarmala Project
Its main objective is to promote port-led direct and indirect development and to provide infrastructure to transport
goods to and from ports quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.
 e-CPMP- ‘Electronic Coal Projects Monitoring Portal’ is an institutional mechanism to automate the entire tracking
of issues related to stalled projects from submission of a new project to commissioning on time.
 Mission Indradhanush- Mission Indradhanush was launched for creating awareness regarding the importance to
fully immunize every child against all vaccine preventable diseases in the country. The government wants to increase
the percentage of immunization to 4-5% with this mission.
 PMKVY
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) aims to impart skill training to youth with focus on first time
entrants to the labour market and class 10 and class 12 dropouts. The Union Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on 19 March 2015 with an outlay of 1500 crore rupees.
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 Rotavac
It is the first indigenously developed Rotavirus vaccine The vaccine will boost India’s efforts to combat infant
mortality due to diarrhea. Rotavirus a most common causative agent of moderate-to-severe diarrhoea (MSD) among
infants below 11 months age group in India.
 Shipping Samvad
Shipping Samvad is a website, launched by Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways. The objective
of the website is to invite innovative ideas and suggestions from general public and experts related to Indian maritime
sector for improvements in the shipping, ports and inland waterways sector.
 MADAD
MADAD seeks to help Indian citizens living abroad to file consular grievances online on the services offered by the
Indian Missions, Posts, Consulates and Embassy abroad.
 BBBP
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign aims to spread awareness about the declining trend of Child Sex Ratio in
the country. Its Objective is to prevent gender biased sex selective elimination by strict enforcement of laws with
stringent punishment to violators. Haryana was chosen to launch the nation-wide Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao initiative
because of the skewed sex ratio in the state.
 NATGRID
“National Intelligence Grid” is a real time intelligence sharing set up. It will discuss the issues with the state
government and chalk out strategy on how to bring synergy in data sharing, coordination and dissemination of
information. It was proposed by former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram after the Mumbai 26/11 attack in
2008.
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