Daily GK Update 06th May, 2017

MoUs Worth Rs 2 Lakh Crores Signed in the India Integrated Transport & Logistics Summit 

i. Thirty-four MoUs amounting to about Rs 2 lakh crores were signed in the three-day India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit that was concluded in New Delhi. The Summit was attended by around 3000 delegates from India and abroad, which included central and state government organizations, international organizations like World Bank and ADB, delegates, global transport and supply chain experts and representatives of private companies. 

Haryana govt to offer meals at subsidized rates for workers

i. The Haryana government has decided to open canteens offering meals at subsidized rates to registered construction workers under the "Antyodaya Anna Yojana" at 23 locations in the state. Besides, mobile food vans would be started at 23 convenient sites with a large number of workers.

The promulgation of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017

i. The promulgation of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 inserting two new Sections (viz. 35AA and 35AB) after Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 enables the Union Government to authorize the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to direct banking companies to resolve specific stressed assets by initiating insolvency resolution process, where required. The RBI has also been empowered to issue other directions for resolution, and appoint or approve for appointment, authorities or committees to advise banking companies for stressed asset resolution. 

ii. This action of the Union Government will have a direct impact on the effective resolution of stressed assets, particularly in the consortium or multiple banking arrangements, as the RBI will be empowered to intervene in specific cases of resolution of non-performing assets, to bring them to a definite conclusion. 

iii. The Government is committed to the expeditious resolution of stressed assets in the banking system. The recent enactment of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 has opened up new possibilities for time-bound resolution of stressed assets. The SARFAESI and Debt Recovery Acts have been amended to facilitate recoveries. A comprehensive approach is being adopted for the effective implementation of various schemes for timely resolution of stressed assets. 

Cabinet committee approves seven top-level changes in various banks

i. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved seven top-level changes in various public sector banks. Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD, and CEO, Punjab National Bank, has been appointed as MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank. Sunil Mehta, Executive Director, Corporation Bank, has been appointed as MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank. The committee has also approved the appointment of Dinabandhu Mohapatra, Executive Director at Canara Bank, as MD and CEO of Bank of India.

ii. G Rajkiran Rai, Executive Director at Oriental Bank of Commerce, has been appointed MD & CEO of Union Bank of India, for a period of three years with effect from July 1. R Subramaniakumar, Executive Director, Indian Overseas Bank, has been elevated as MD & CEO of the bank. RA Sankara Narayanan, ED, Bank of India, has been appointed MD & CEO of Vijaya Bank with effect from September 1. MO Rego, MD & CEO of Bank of India, has been appointed MD & CEO of Syndicate Bank with immediate effect.

Important Takeaways from above GK Update for Exams are as follows-

• Thirty-four MoUs amounting to about Rs 2 lakh crores were signed in the three-day India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit 
• Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit that was concluded in New Delhi.
• Nitin Jairam Gadkari is the current Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping. 
• Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is a Government of India sponsored scheme to provide highly subsidized food to millions of the poorest families. 
• Manohar Lal Khattar is Chief Minister of Haryana.
• Kaptan Singh Solanki is the Governor of Haryana.
• Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 inserting two new Sections (viz. 35AA and 35AB).
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 has opened up new possibilities for time-bound resolution of stressed assets.
• The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (also known as the Sarfaesi Act).
• NPA stands for Non-­Performing Asset.
• The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 was formed to consolidate and amend the law related to banking.
• NPA is a loan or an advance where interest and/or installment of principal remain overdue for a period of more than 90 days in respect of a term loan.
• Urjit Ravindra Patel is currently serving as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India since September 2016.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved seven top-level changes in various public sector banks.
• Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD, and CEO, Punjab National Bank, has been appointed as MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank.
• Dinabandhu Mohapatra, Executive Director at Canara Bank, as MD and CEO of Bank of India.
• Sunil Mehta, Executive Director, Corporation Bank, has been appointed as MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank. 
• RA Sankara Narayanan, ED, Bank of India, has been appointed MD & CEO of Vijaya Bank with effect from September 1. 

QUIZ-06

Q1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated 1980 MW of the Koradi super-critical thermal power project of state-run Mahagenco. Koradi super-critical thermal power project is situated in ____________.

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Kerala

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Rajasthan

Q2. Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won his sixth Asian Billiards title and seventh overall Asian championship. The final of the Asian Billiards Championship was held in ____________. 

(a) New Delhi

(b) Chandigarh

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Nagpur

(e) Kolkata

Q3.  An eminent personality Mr. Girish Chandra Saxena has passed away recently. He was ________.

(a) Former Chief Minister

(b) Writer

(c) Former Governor

(d) Poet

(e) Classical Singer

Q4. Emma Morano, the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century died recently at the age of 117. She was from which country?

(a) Italy

(b) Russia

(c) USA

(d) France

(e) Spain

Q5. Name the player who has won the title match of Men's singles at Singapore Open Badminton, recently. 

(a) Kidambi Srikanth

(b) Sai Praneeth

(c) Kamal Narayana

(d) Rohan Bopanna

(e) P V Sindhu

Q6. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has recently launched the education based portal and mobile app in New Delhi. What is the name of that app?

(a) PUSHA

(b) VIDYA

(c) SAGAR

(d) RUSA

(e) GANGA

Q7. Nepalese President arrived in India on a five-day visit, the first foreign trip after assuming the office in October 2015, following the promulgation of the new Constitution in Nepal. Who is the President of Nepal?

(a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

(b) P V Rao

(c) Bidya Devi Bhandari

(d) Kamakhya Rani

(e) None of the given options are true

Q8. The Finance Ministry has recently permitted the Labour Ministry to go ahead with ______ rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2016-17.

(a) 8.50%

(b) 8.75%

(c) 7.95%

(d) 9.25%

(e) 8.65%

Q9. In the recently released, the second Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Asia list 2017 name the Olympic Medalist who made it into the list in 'pioneer women' category.

(a) Deepa Karmakar

(b) P V Sindhu

(c) Saina Nehwal

(d) Sakshi Malik

(e) Deepa Malik

Q10. The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture was given recently to ____________.

(a) P R Rao

(b) R R Hanchinal

(c) Swapnil Saha

(d) Raman Raghav

(e) Pushpalata Tiwari

Q11. Name the city that has been handed over to the private firm to have India's first privately run railway station.

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Gandhinagar

(c) Bhopal

(d) Surat

(e) Jhansi

Q12. Name the Actor who was honoured with a tribute at 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) in the USA.

(a) Shah Rukh Khan

(b) Amitabh Bachchan

(c) Salman Khan

(d) Amir Khan

(e) Hrithik Roshan

Q13. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched the web applications to check corruption and keep track of government activities. The app is named as ____________.

(a) PRATIBIMB

(b) SAYA

(c) PARCHHAI

(d) DARPAN

(e) LEHRE

Q14. Name the state that has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters.

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Assam

(e) Tripura

Q15. Name the Indian environmental engineer who has won 2017 prestigious ‘Cartier Women’s Initiative Award’ for providing women working on farms with water management solutions and protecting small farmers against droughts and flash floods.

(a) Deepa Singh

(b) Trupti Jain

(c) Neha Sharma

(d) Konkana Gupta

(e) Vimala Shankar

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated 1980 MW of the Koradi super-critical thermal power project of state-run Mahagenco near Nagpur in Maharashtra.

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won his sixth Asian Billiards title and seventh overall Asian championship. The ace cueist defeated Sourav Kothari in an entertaining final of the Asian Billiards Championship in Chandigarh. 

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Saxena has passed away at the age of 90.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century died at the age of 117.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. Sai Praneeth has won the title match of Men's singles at Singapore Open Badminton beating his compatriot Kidambi Srikanth. 

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) portal and mobile app in New Delhi.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari is arriving in New Delhi on a five-day visit to India. This will be Bhandari's first foreign trip after assuming the office in October 2015, following the promulgation of the new Constitution in Nepal.

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Finance Ministry have permitted the Labour Ministry to go ahead with 8.65% rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2016-17, which will benefit over four crore EPFO members.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Over 50 Indians, including gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik and actress Alia Bhatt, are among Forbes’ list of super achievers from Asia under the age of 30 who are “pushing boundaries of innovation“.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture given to R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, the government of India.

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. For the first time in Indian Railway history Habibganj station in Bhopal has been handed over to the private firm to be operated by it.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Actor Shah Rukh Khan was honoured with a tribute at ongoing 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) in the USA.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched two web applications to check corruption and keep track of government activities. The two web applications were Anti-Corruption Cell and Digital Application for Review by Public And Nation (DARPAN).

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Maharashtra has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgender in the state register as voters in greater numbers.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. An Indian environmental engineer Trupti Jain has won 2017 prestigious ‘Cartier Women’s Initiative Award’ for providing women working on farms with water management solutions and protecting small farmers against droughts and flash floods.

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Daily GK Update 05th May, 2017

Cabinet approves New Central Sector Scheme – SAMPADA

i. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for restructuring the schemes of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) under new Central Sector Scheme – SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) for the period 2016-20 coterminous with the 14th Finance Commission cycle.
ii. SAMPADA with an allocation of Rs. 6,000 crore is expected to leverage the investment of Rs. 31,400 crore will benefit 20 lakh farmers and generate 5,30,500 direct/ indirect employment in the country by the year 2019-20. The objective of SAMPADA is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease agri-waste.

Cabinet approves National Steel Policy 2017

i. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for National Steel Policy (NSP) 2017. It seeks to enhance domestic steel consumption and ensure high-quality steel production and create a technologically advanced and globally competitive steel industry.
ii. The NSP 2017 aims to achieve 300 million tonnes of steel-making capacity by 2030.

Key features of the NSP 2017:

1. Create self-sufficiency in steel production by providing policy support & guidance to private manufacturers, MSME steel producers, CPSEs

2. Encourage adequate capacity additions,

3. Development of globally competitive steel manufacturing capabilities,

4. Cost-efficient production

5. Domestic availability of iron ore, coking coal & natural gas,

6. Facilitating foreign investment                  

7. Asset acquisitions of raw materials &
8. Enhancing the domestic steel demand.

India's 1st private small arms manufacturing unit opened in Madhya Pradesh

i. In order to Strengthen defence ties, India has opened its first private small arms manufacturing plant at Malanpur, Madhya Pradesh in a joint venture with Israel. ii. The plant has been set up as a joint venture Punj Lloyd Raksha Systems between Indian defence conglomerate Punj Lloyd and Israel Weapons Industries (IWI).
iii. This is the first opportunity for the country to get its own 'Made in India' small arms.

'South Asia Satellite' launched today- Important Points to Ponder

i. India has launched the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) carrying the GSAT-9 or the “South Asia” satellite.
ii. The satellite was lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
iii. Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agreed but Pakistan is not a part of the project that was initially christened the SAARC satellite.

Important Points of the Satellite-

• The lift-off mass of GSLV-F09 is about 2,230 kg which includes the satellite and its launch vehicle.
• The mainframe of the satellite is cuboid in shape, built around a central cylinder.
• The mission lifespan is 12 years.
• The satellite is meant for providing communication and disaster support and connectivities among the countries of South Asia region
• All participating nations will have access to at least one transponder using which they can telecast their own programming.
• Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the part of project
• The satellite will provide communication channels between countries for better disaster management as the region is prone to natural disasters.

IBBI constitutes Technical Committee to lay down Technical Standards for the performance of core services

i. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has constituted Technical Committee to lay down Technical Standards for the performance of core services and other services in accordance with Regulation 14 of the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017.
ii. The committee will be Chaired by Dr. R. B. Barman and the three members of the committee are Dr. Nand Lal Sarda, Dr.  Pulak Ghosh and Sh. V. G. Kannan.
iii. The Committee shall give its recommendation specifically on the matters namely- the Application Programming Interface; standard terms of service; registration of users; unique identifier for each record and each user.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly declares Narmada living entity

i. The Madhya Pradesh government has passed a resolution granting river Narmada the status of a living entity and committed itself to the protection of its legal rights.
ii. A month ago, the Uttarakhand High Court had declared Ganga, Yamuna and their tributaries living entities with the status of a legal person.

Reliance, SAP launch 'SARAL GST' solution for taxpayers 

i. Reliance Corporate IT Park Ltd. (RCITPL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with enterprise application software major SAP SE to launch 'SARAL GST' solution for taxpayers.
ii. According to the subsidiary of Reliance Industries, the new offering will enable taxpayers to be GST compliant and smoothly access the government's GST System, once GST is rolled out from July 1, 2017.

Know About: The NABARD (Amendment) Bill, 2017

i. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017

Minister of Finance, Mr. Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha on April 5, 2017. The Bill seeks to amend the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981. The 1981 Act provides for the establishment of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). NABARD is responsible for providing and regulating facilities like credit for agricultural and industrial development in the rural areas.
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India break into top 100 of FIFA rankings for 1st time in 21 years

i. The Indian men’s national football team has made it into the top 100 of the FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) world football rankings for the first time in 21 years.
ii. This upward movement is the result of away wins against Myanmar and Cambodia.
iii. As per the updated rankings on May 4, India, with a total of 331 points, have climbed a spot and are now placed 100th.
iv. The last time India had been in the top 100 of the rankings was way back in 1996, with the 94th spot in February 1996 being the country’s best ever FIFA ranking.

Important Takeaways from above GK Update for Exams are as follows-

• Cabinet has approved a New Central Sector Scheme – SAMPADA
• Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters is the full form of SAMPADA
• The objective of SAMPADA is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease agri-waste
• Cabinet has approved National Steel Policy 2017
• It was chaired by Shri Narendra Modi
• NSP 2017 aims to achieve 300 million tonnes of steel-making capacity by 2030
• India's 1st private small arms manufacturing unit opened in Madhya Pradesh
• It has been opened in a joint venture with Israel.
• IBBI constitutes Technical Committee to lay down Technical Standards for the performance of core services
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India is the full form of IBBI
• Dr. M. S. Sahoo is the Chairman of IBBI
• The committee will be Chaired by Dr. R. B. Barman.
• Madhya Pradesh Assembly declares Narmada living entity
• It provides all legal rights of a person to ensure 'Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity linked with purity and continual flow of the River'
• Uttarakhand has previously declared Ganga and Yamuna Rivers as living entities
• Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the CM of MP.
• Reliance, SAP launch 'SARAL GST' solution for taxpayers
• The offering will enable taxpayers to be GST compliant and smoothly access the government's GST System.
• The NABARD (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was introduced by Minister of Finance, Mr. Arun Jaitley.
• NABARD came into existence on 12th July 1982.
• NABARD was dedicated to the service of the nation by the late Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi on 05th November 1982.
• NABARD Set up with an initial capital of Rs.100 crore.
• NABARD was established on the recommendations of B.Sivaraman Committee.
• B.Sivaraman former member of Planning Commission, Government of India.  
• NABARD has its head office at Mumbai, India.
• Harsh Kumar Bhanwala is the Chairman of NABARD.
• India reached into top 100 of FIFA rankings for 1st time in 21 years
• Its current ranking is 100th
• The best Indian ranking in FIFA was 94th in 1996
• Gianni Infantino is the President of FIFA.

QUIZ-05

Q1. Name the port that has recently topped the list in the First-Ever Ranking of Ports on Sanitation Parameters in the exercise that was undertaken during the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’.

(a) Bunbury Port

(b) Fremantle Port

(c) Chittagong Port

(d) Haldia Port

(e) Mundra Port

Q2. Jharkhand Police has initiated __________ program, recently to enlighten children in Naxal-affected areas in the Palamau district of Jharkhand.

(a) Tuta Ek Tara

(b) Muskurahatey

(c) Tare Zameen Par

(d) Naadan Parindey

(e) None of the given options is true

Q3. Name the Public lender, which has joined hands with Department of Posts to promote Point of Sale (POS) machines for cashless transactions at post office counters.

(a) PNB

(b) UBI

(c) BOB

(d) SBI

(e) BOI

Q4. Name the Finance Bank that has recently launched a social deposit scheme called 'Hrudaya Deposit scheme' in Thrissur, Kerala.

(a) Karur Vysya Bank

(b) Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited

(c) ESAF Small Finance Bank

(d) Utkarsh Micro Finance Private Ltd

(e) Equitas Holdings P Limited

Q5. Name the State, which has been selected by the Union Ministry of Agriculture for the Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for the commendable increase in food grains production, recently.

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Punjab

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Jharkhand

(e) Himachal Pradesh

Q6. Name the Country, which has signed an agreement recently with India for collaboration in the modification of Indian Railways for high-speed and semi-high speed rail.

(a) U.S.A

(b) Japan

(c) China

(d) France

(e) Africa

Q7.  The 'Adarana scheme' was launched recently for the uplift and all-round development of people belonging to the Backward Classes in which of the following Indian states?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Assam

(d) Uttar Prsdesh

(e) Haryana

Q8. Name the state which has recently launched a campaign named 'Operation Durga' to ensure safety towards women.

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Bihar

(c) Haryana

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Jharkhand 

Q9. A book on Draupadi named 'the Flaming Tresses of Draupadi' was released recently by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Who is the author of this book?

(a) Yashwant Sinha

(b) L K Advani

(c) Manmohan Singh

(d) M Veerappa Moily

(e) Murli Manohar Joshi

Q10. US-based tech giant Cisco launched its fifth global cyber range lab in __________ with an aim to train Indian firms and government agencies on real-world cyber-attacks.

(a) Gurugram

(b) Noida

(c) New Delhi

(d) Bengaluru

(e) Thrissur

Q11. Income tax department's Central Processing Centre (CPC) in which of the following Indian cities has recently got a new unique pin code for taxpayers benefit.

(a) Mumbai

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Vizag

(d) Chennai

(e) Kolkata

Q12. Name the person who recently took charge as Whole Time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New Delhi.

(a) Geetha Johri

(b) Bimla Kumari

(c) Mukulita Vijayawargiya

(d) Sangeetha Kriplani

(e) Leela Bansal

Q13. The World Bank has approved a loan of ___________ to India’s first inland water transport fairway National Waterway 1 (NW1) project on a 1,360 km stretch of the Ganga river.

(a) $750 Million

(b) $650 Million

(c) $500 Million

(d) $375 Million

(e) $400 Million

Q14. The Bank Boards Bureau (BBB) has recently evolved a GRAF for public sector banks to ensure that they have the ability to compete successfully with private sector banks, small finance and payments banks. What does 'F' stands for in GRAF?

(a) Finances

(b) Fiscal

(c) Fund

(d) Foreign

(e) Framework

Q15. Name the regulatory Body of India that has recently launched a web portal for insurers that will allow them to register and sell policies online.

(a) IRDAI

(b) SEBI

(c) RBI

(d) EPFO

(e) SIDBI

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Haldia Port in West Bengal has topped the List in the First-Ever Ranking of Ports on Sanitation Parameters. The exercise was undertaken during the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ observed from the 16th to 31st of  

March 2017.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Jharkhand Police has initiated 'Tare Zameen Par programme' to enlighten children in Naxal-affected areas in the Palamau district of Jharkhand.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Department of Posts has joined hands with State Bank of India to promote 'SBI buddy e-wallet' and Point of Sale (POS) machines for cashless transactions at post office counters while booking speed post and registered post items.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. ESAF Small Finance Bank has launched a social deposit scheme called 'Hrudaya Deposit scheme' in Thrissur, Kerala.

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Union Ministry of Agriculture has selected Himachal Pradesh for the Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for the commendable increase in food grains production.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. The French Minister of State for Transport Alain Vidalies signed an agreement with Indian Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for collaboration in railway areas such as high-speed and semi-high speed rail, modernization of current operations and infrastructure, station renovation and operations, suburban trains and safety systems.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu announced the re-launch of 'Adarana scheme' for improving traditional occupations. It is for the uplift and all-round development of people belonging to the Backward Classes.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Haryana government has launched ‘Operation Durga’ to ensure women safety in the state. Under this operation, the 'Flying Squad' is patrolling those areas where anti-social elements are committing crimes against women. The team is formed by Chief Minister of Haryana Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. A book on Draupadi named 'the Flaming Tresses of Draupadi' written by senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily was released by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. US-based tech giant Cisco launched its fifth global cyber range lab in Gurugram, Haryana with an aim to train Indian firms and government agencies on real-world cyber-attacks.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. Taxpayers wanting to send their paper Income Tax Return (ITR) acknowledgement forms or documents related to refunds and others to the I-T department's CPC in Bengaluru can now send it to a unique pin code '560500' .

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Dr. (Ms.) Mukulita Vijayawargiya took charge as Whole Time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New Delhi.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. The World Bank has approved a $375 million loan to India’s first inland water transport fairway National Waterway 1 (NW1) project on a 1,360 km-stretch of the Ganga river between Varanasi and the seaport of Haldia for bringing thousands of jobs in cargo logistics and transportation.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Bank Boards Bureau (BBB) has evolved a Governance, Reward and Accountability Framework (GRAF) for public sector banks to ensure that they have the ability to compete successfully with private sector banks, small finance and payments banks, foreign banks and non-banking finance companies.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has launched a web portal for insurers that will allow them to register and sell policies online.