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Banking News 1. India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has launched SBI e-Smart

SME to provide a working capital loan for sellers on ecommerce

platforms. It was launched by SBI in partnership with ecommerce platform

Snapdeal in the presence of bank’s chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya and

Snapdeal CEO Sri Kunal Bahl.

2. India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has launched ‘Japan Desk’, a

single window for inbound Japanese investments in India and vice-versa.

This is a first-of-its-kind initiative that seeks to facilitate Japanese

corporates looking to invest in India with banking and advisory services.

3. India’s Dinesh Sharma has been elected to the board of directors of the

China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He has

been elected to the 12-member board through a secret ballot. This is the

first board of directors of AIIB in which 57 nations are founding members

including India.

4. India’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has launched dedicated

specialized branch for start-ups called ‘SBI InCube’ in Bengaluru,

Karnataka. It was announced by BI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya in

Bengaluru, Karnataka.

5. India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has partnered with FINO

PayTech to foray into the payments bank space.

6. Andhra Bank has launched Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) at all its

branches across the country to provide inter-bank electronic fund transfer

service.

7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of one crore

rupees on State Bank of Travancore, an SBI associate bank for violation of

some of its instructions.

National News 8. The Lok Sabha on 25 February 2016 passed Election Laws (Amendment)

Bill, 2016. The bill seeks to amend the Delimitation Act, 2002 and the

Representation of the People Act, 1950.

-Features of Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016

Objective: The Bill aims to empower the Election Commission to carry out

delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Cooch Behar

district of West Bengal that were affected by the enactment of the

Constitution (100th Amendment) Act, 2015.

9. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 25 February 2016

decided to allow birth companions during delivery in public health



facilities. The decision is aimed at reducing Maternal Mortality Ratio and

Infant Mortality Rate in India.

10. Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24

February 2016 gave its nod for a proposal to establish Atal Innovation

Mission (AIM) and Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) in

NITI Aayog with appropriate manpower.

11. Supreme Court of India on 23 February 2016 ruled that the top officials and

employees of private banks will be considered as public servants for the

purposes of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 February 2016 launched Shyama

Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission. The mission was launched

from Kurubhat village in Dongargarh block of Rajnandgaon district in

Chhattisgarh.

13. The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation on 18

February 2016 sanctioned construction of around eighty two thousand

houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas of 163

cities.

-The cities are in West Bengal, Telangana, Bihar, Mizoram, Rajashtan,

Jharkhand and Uttarakhand. State wise number of houses sanctioned

14. The Union Cabinet on 17 February 2016 approved signing of a collaborative

agreement between the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,

Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) and the World Health

Organisation (WHO).

15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18 February 2016 launched the

guidelines for operationalization of thePradhan Mantri Fasal Bima

Yojana (PMFBY). The guidelines were issued at a farmers’ convention in

Sherpur village of Madhya Pradesh.

16. The Union Cabinet gave its approval to amend Section 11 of the

Delimitation Act, 2002 and Section 9 of the Representation of the People

Act, 1950.

17. Union Urban Development Miniser M Venkaiah Naidu announced the

results of Swachh Survekshan 2016 survey.

-Out of the 73 cities, while Mysuru in Karnataka was adjudged as the

cleanest city, Dhanbad in Jharkand was adjudged as the least clean city.

18. Supreme Court on 15 February 2016 upheld the Union

Government’s Command Exit Model (CEM) of preferential promotion. The

2009 CEM aimed at lowering the age of battalion and brigade commanders

as well as improvement in career aspirations of military officers.

19. The Supreme Court on 11 February 2016 ruled that States can

clampdown mobile internet access under Section 144 of the Criminal

Procedure Code (CrPC) if there is apprehension that a public agitation

can turn aggressive and disturb public tranquillity.

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20. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on 11

February 2016 released the National Framework for Malaria

Elimination (NFME) 2016-2030at New Delhi. The framework outlines

India’s strategy for elimination of the disease by 2030.

21. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural

Gas Dharmendra Pradhan released the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for

north-east India.

22. India’s the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and United States

Technical Development Agency (USTDA) were signed the grant agreement

for India Aviation Safety Technical Assistance Phase II in New Delhi.

23. TRAI issued Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services

Regulations, 2016

24. Union government launched the 24x7 Toll Free Tourist Infoline in 12

International Languages including Hindi and English in New Delhi.

25. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on

launched the Project Sunrise in Imphal, Manipur.

26. Union Labour Ministry signed agreements with leading organizations

engaged in employment and career related activities. The agreements were

signed to exploit the potential of the National Career Service (NCS)

project.

27. The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare decided to set up

the National Organic Farming Research Institute in Sikkim.

28. The Tea Board of India (TBI) issued Version 5.0 of the Plant Protection

Code (PPC) by expanding the list of pesticides and chemicals to 37 from

previous 35 that is permitted for use by Indian tea industry.

29. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) under chairmanship

of Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved Rajasthan Electronics and

Instruments Limited (REIL) of Jaipur to delink from its parent company

Instrumentation Limited (IL) and turn into an independent Central Public

Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under Department of Heavy Industry.

International News 1. Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci was elected as president of Kosovo by the

Members of Parliament amid the protests.

2. Union Ministry of Science and Technology and a consortium of top UK

research institutions signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for

establishment of a joint India-UK collaboration programme in crop

science.

3. In Italy, Senate approved a bill recognising civil unions for same-sex and

heterosexual couples. The motion was approved by a 173-71 vote.



4. Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the

proposal for loan of 150 million US Dollars to Iran for the development

of Chabahar Port.

5. Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave approval

to sign an agreement between India and Maldives for the avoidance of

double taxation of income from international air transport.

6. Bolivia's Electoral Commission announced that people of the country

rejected an amendment to the Constitution in a referendum with 51.3

percent vote.

7. Missouri state court of United States ordered Johnson & Johnson Company

to pay 72 million dollars to the family of Jacqueline Fox, who died of ovarian

cancer caused due to the use of the company's talc-based Baby Powder and

Shower to Shower for several decades.

8. The Parliament of Pakistan became the world’s first to run fully on solar

power.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the solar power system, which

provides 62 MW to the parliament and a surplus 18 MW to the national

grid.

9. United States and Russia announced to have reached an Agreement on

Cessation of Hostilities in Syria that will come into effect on 27 February

2016.

10. India and Nepal inked and exchanged seven agreements and Memorandum

of Understandings (MoUs) to boost the bilateral cooperation.

11. Former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange

Touadera was declared winner in the second round of presidential

elections.

12. Nepal Government decided to constitute an 11-member-political

committee to study the demarcation of federal states on the constitution.

It will also review the disputed provisions within the country’s new

constitution that was adopted on 20 September 2015.

13. United States (US) President Barack Obama on signed off a new law

imposing new sanctions against North Korea. The new law is titled North

Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016.

14. The World Bank Group on announced 150 million US dollars in funding

to combat Zika virus in Latin America and the Caribbean.

15. Indian Navy and Myanmar Navy signed Standard Operating Procedure

(SOP) for India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) at the Tri-Service

Headquarters in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

16. The United Nations (UN) and the Government of Colombia announced the

launch of a new multi-partner trust fund in Bogota to respond to

stabilization and peacebuilding needs.



17. United Nations said that the Syrian government has approved

humanitarian access to seven besieged areas. According to the UN, almost

half a million people live in besieged areas.

18. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk led government in Ukraine survived a

no-confidence vote hours after the President Petro Poroshenko asked

him to step down.

19. The first train connecting Iran and China packed with Chinese goods

arrived in Tehran. The arrival revived the ancient Silk Road trade route and

also highlighted the economic possibilities for Iran since the lifting of

international sanctions.

20. The Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation of

the Kingdom of Sweden on inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

on technical cooperation in rail sector

21. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) appointed women ministers to the newly

created portfolios for happiness and tolerance, and youth affairs.

22. India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed nine agreements. The

agreements covered a wide range of sectors like the sphere of cyber

security, infrastructure, renewable energy and finance.

23. The UAE's national oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

(ADNOC) agreed to store crude oil in India's maiden strategic petroleum

storage. The strategic reserve will help guard against global price shocks

and supply distribution.

24. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union

(EU) signed an agreement to improve cooperation in cyber defense.

25. National Assembly, the Lower House of the bicameral Parliament of France

passed a proposal to amend the Constitution to strip people convicted of

terrorist offences of their French nationality.

26. United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on 9 February 2016

launched a report titled One Humanity: Shared Responsibility. The

report called for a global campaign to prevent the erosion of humanitarian

law and protect civilians in conflict.

27. India through the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and

Technology signed a Cooperation Agreement to acquire the status of the

Associate Member State European Molecular Biology Organisation

(EMBO).

28. World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended all governments to rate

movies with smoking scenes to protect children and adolescents from

tobacco addiction in Geneva.

29. All twelve Pacific Rim countries signed the US-led Trans-Pacific

Partnership (TPP) agreement in New Zealand. This is one of the biggest

trade deals in history.

30. India and Afghanistan inked a pact for visa-free travel by their diplomats.

The agreement was signed after Afghan Chief Executive Officer (CEO)



Abdullah Abdullah's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during

which they discussed key bilateral and regional issues including security

cooperation.

31. Bangladesh Cabinet approved the draft of a proposed Citizenship Law,

2016 that was framed by amalgamating two existing laws and expanding

scopes for dual citizenship for expatriate Bangladeshi nationals.

32. Union Ministry of Shipping exported a batch of six metro coaches to

Australia from Mumbai. The shipment was made as part of a deal with

Australian government to export 450 made-in-India coaches in two and a

half year period.

Science & Technology News 1. India and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

entered into a partnership in to explore the environment of Ladakh under

NASA’s Spaceward Bound programme.

2. World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Public Health Emergency of

International Concern over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne

Zika virus, which is linked to birth defects in the Americas.

3. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) of United

Kingdom granted license to the Francis Crick Institute to use new gene

editing techniques on human embryos.

4. Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister for Science, Technology and

Earth Sciences inaugurated the construction work of Borehole Geophysics

Research Laboratory (BGRL) at Hazarmachi, Karad of Maharashtra.

5. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched the BGR-34,

the country's first anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug for Diabetes. BGR is

acronym for blood glucose regulator.

6. Indian biotechnology company Bharat Biotech claimed that it has achieved

a breakthrough in developing a vaccine to fight the mosquito-borne Zika

virus.

Bharat Biotech developed world’s first, two promising

candidatesZikaVac vaccines for Zika infection.

The company is probably the first in the world to file for global patent for

the two vaccines.

7. NASA’s New Horizons mission spotted the nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto

appeared to carry numerous isolated hills which are likely to be the

fragments of water ice, as per the press release of NASA

8. The first machine harvestable chickpea variety, NBeG 47 was released

in Andhra Pradesh. It was released by International Crops Research

Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT).



9. The US space agency NASA announced that the first flight of its new rocket,

the Space Launch System (SLS), carrying 13 CubeSats and an uncrewed

Orion Spacecraft will be launched in 2018.

10. The Union Cabinet gave in-principal approval to the Laser Interferometer

Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) - India project to study

gravitational waves.

LIGO-India is a part of the IndIGO (Indian Initiative in Gravitational-

wave Observations) initiative and seeks to move one Advanced LIGO

detector from Hanford to India.

11. The team, led by Pierre Maxted of the Keele University in Staffordshire of

UK, discovered five new Jupiter-like planets that orbits very close to their

host stars. The discovered planets exhibits similar characteristics that of

our solar systems biggest planet.

12. Engineers belonging to the University of Utah, the USA, discovered a new

kind of 2D semiconducting material for electronics that is made up of the

elements tin and oxygen or tin monoxide (SnO).

13. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched

astronomy satellite ASTRO-H from the Tanegashima Space Center in

Kagoshima Prefecture.

The satellite was launched on-board the H-IIA rocket, which was previously

known as the New X-ray Telescope (NeXT), and is expected to operate in

low Earth orbit for three years.

14. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested high-

thrust cryogenic engine CE-20 at its Propulsion Research Centre in

Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.

Environment & Ecology News 1. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the first week

published National Air Quality Indices (NAQI) for 24 cities. The AQI

published with a colour code and a numerical value will help in comparing

pollution levels in each cities.

2. Storm Imogen battered parts of southern Britain with heavy rain and winds

up to 96 miles per hour (mph). It forced the environment agency to issue

multiple flood warnings requiring immediate action for parts of the south

west, south east and Wales

3. An international team of scientists (biologists) discovered a new species of

hydroid polyps emitting green fluorescence in the Red Sea. These

polyps were found to be emitting light in the night in association with the

gastropod Nassarius margaritifer.

4. Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) of United Nations’

(UN) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) proposed binding



carbon emission standards for aviation industry. Hence, it paved the way

for its ultimate adoption by ICAO Governing Council.

5. The Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex, world’s largest solar power plant,

was opened in the Souss-Massa-Drâa area in Morocco, 10 km from

Ouarzazate town.

The plant holds the capacity to produce enough energy to power over one

million homes by 2018 and reduce carbon emissions by an estimated

760000 tons per year.

6. Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) notified

wild pig as vermin for a period of one year from the date of issue of the

notification in Uttarakhand

7. The Marine Museum was inaugurated at the Marine Aquarium and

Regional Centre (MARC) of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Digha,

West Bengal.

8. Draft National Wildlife Action Plan (2017-2031) prepared by the

Committee under the chairmanship of JC Kala was released by Union

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate (MoEF).

The Committee was constituted by the MoEF to review the implementation

of the National Wildlife Action Plan (2002-2016) and to suggest a new Plan

of Action for Wildlife Conservation.

9. Pangolins, the scaly anteaters and insectivorous mammals of the

order Pholidota, were in news because was observed as the fifth annual

World Pangolin Day.

10. The Road to Resilience is an initiative of the World Bank, under which a

team undertook a bus trip along the entire Indian coastline.

11. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) brought to

light the publication of a new study that quantifies how much crop yields

depend on the work of bees that unknowingly fertilize plants as they move

from flower to flower.

12. The tropical cyclone Winston lashed Fiji with winds up to 330

kilometers per hour on 20 February 2016. The cyclone that was

accompanied with torrential rain and strong winds killed at least 29 people.

13. Union Environment Ministry held the ninth meeting of the National

Steering Committee on Climate Change (NSCCC). The meeting was presided

by the Secretary of MOEFCC, Ashok Lavasa.

14. The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr.

Harsh Vardhan released the Seismic microzonation reports for Delhi and

Kolkata in New Delhi.

15. Bees can help boost food security of two billion small farmers at no cost:

FAO.

Appointments & Obituaries



1. Dinesh Sharma has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the

Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Development

(IFAD).

2. Senior IPS Officer Alok Kumar Verma has taken charge of new Police

Commissioner of Delhi. He has replaced B. S. Bassi.

3. Gianni Infantino (45) of Switzerland has been elected as new President of

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), a global

governing body of football.

4. The Union Government has appointed Rajendra Singh as the Director

General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), country’s coastal protection

force.

5. Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee has sworn-in as the 28th Chief Justice

of the High Court of Karnataka.

6. Yoichiro Ueno has been appointed as new President and Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of Honda Cars India by its parent Honda Motor

Company.

7. Michael Pesch has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

Infosys Consulting Holding, a subsidiary of India’s second largest software

company Infosys.

8. Union Government has selected former Chief Justice of India (CJI) H L

Dattu as new Chairman of National Human Rights Commission

(NHRC).

9. An Indian-origin Sikh Amar Singh has been appointed the Police

Commissioner of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. With this, he becomes

first person of Indian origin (PIO) and first Malaysian Sikh to achieve the

highest police rank in the Muslim-majority country.

10. Udai Kumar has been appointed as full-time Managing Director (MD) and

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India

(MSEI) Ltd.

11. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Justice Vineet Saran as the

new Chief Justice (CJ) of Orissa High Court as per the provisions of Article

217 of Constitution.

12. Distinguished scientist KN Vyas has been appointed as Director of

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for a term of three years

13. Indian Railway Officer Vinay Kumar Singh has been appointed as

Managing Director of National Capital Region Transport Corporation

(NCRTC). Prior to this appointment, he was working with Rail Vikas Nigam

Limited (RVNL), a railway PSU involved in the study of high speed rail

corridors.

14. The famous Odissa singer Bhubaneshwari Mishra passed away

following a sudden cardiac arrest in New Delhi. She was 67.

15. Senior IRS officer Jayant Misra has been appointed as Director General

(DG) of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).



16. Christine Lagarde (60) from France has been appointed as the Managing

Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund for a second five-

year term.

17. Kalikho Pul has been sworn-in as the 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal

Pradesh after Governor JP Rajkhowa used his discretionary powers to

appoint him.

18. US writer Harper Lee passed away in Monroeville, Alabama, US at the age

of 89. She had authored a novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ released in 1960

which had become a classic of modern American literature. It has sold

more than 40 million copies worldwide.

19. Bollywood lyricist Sameer Anjaan has created world record by composing

around 3524 different songs in 650 Bollywood movies. Guinness Book of

World Records has officially recognised him as the Most prolific Bollywood

Lyricist Ever. With this he becomes first Guinness Record holder in this

category.

20. West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra has been appointed as the

Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on

Goods and Services Tax (GST).

21. Renowned Malayalam writer Akbar Kakkattil passed away in Kozhikode,

Kerala due to cancer. He was 62.

22. Devaraja Reddy has been elected as President of The Institute of

Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

23. India’s Ambassador to Tajikistan Biraja Prasad passed away following a

massive cardiac arrest. He was the youngest Indian Foreign Service

(IFS) officer to be appointed as India’s Ambassador to any country.

24. Dr. Vilas A. Tonapi has been appointed as Director of Indian Institute of

Millets Research (IIMR).

25. Noted Malayalam poet and lyricist O N V Kurup passed away in

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He was 84.

26. Former IAS officer Ashok Chawla has been appointed as Chairman of The

Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

27. Indian-origin lawyer Davinder Singh (58) has been named as Vice-

Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce Commission (ICC) on

Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption.

28. Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu has been appointed as Australian High

Commissioner to India. She replaces outgoing High Commissioner

Patrick Suckling.

29. Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister Kailash Yadav passed away in

Gurgaon after reportedly suffering a brain stroke. He was 65.

30. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri has been appointed as Executive Vice

Chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).



31. Renowned Urdu Poet and well known Bollywood lyricist Nida Fazli

passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra following a heart attack. He was 78

years old.

32. Famous political cartoonist Sudhir Tailang, passed away in Gurgaon,

Haryana after battling with brain cancer for a long time. He was 56.

33. United States (US) Astronaut Edgar Mitchell passed away Lake Worth,

Florida under hospice care. He was 85. He was the sixth man to walk on

the Moon. He had spent more than nine hours on the Moon’s surface in the

Fra Mauro Highlands region as part of the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.

34. US Senate Armed Services Committee has confirmed the nomination of

General John Nicholson to the commander of the NATO forces in

Afghanistan.

35. Former IAS officer D J Pandian has been appointed vice-president and

chief investment officer (CIO) of Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank (AIIB).

36. Renowned economist and former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of

India (RBI) S.S. Tarapore passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He was

80.

37. Saroj Kumar Jha has been appointed Senior Director for the Fragility,

Conflict and Violence Group in the World Bank.

38. Legendary Urdu fiction writer, novelist, columnist and poet Intizar

Husain passed away in Lahore, Pakistan. He was 93.

39. Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba took over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief

(FOC-in-C) of Mumbai headquartered Western Naval Command (WNC) at a

ceremonial parade held at INS Shikra.

List of Important Days in February

1. 2 February — World Wetland Day

2. 4 February — World Cancer Day

3. 6 February — International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital

Mutilation

4. 13 February — World Radio Day

5. 14 February — Valentine’s Day

6. 20 February — World Day of Social Justice

7. 21 February — International Mother Language Day

8. 28 February — National Science Day



Important Points of Census 2011

Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872. The motto of census 2011 was 'Our Census, Our future'. 1. 2011 Census Commissioner of India: C Chandramuli 2. Total population of India according to 2011 census – 121 crore. 3. The most populous state of India – Uttar Pradesh 4. Least populous state in India: Sikkim 5. State has highest rural population– Uttar Pradesh 6. State has lowest rural population - Sikkim 7. State has highest urban population– Maharashtra 8. State has lowest urban population - Sikkim 9. The rate of growth of population of India: 17.64 10. Literacy rate in India : 74.04% 11. Male Literacy rate in India : 82.14% 12. Female Literacy rate: 65.46% 13. Most literate state in India – Kerala (93.9%) 14. Most literate Union territory in India – Lakshadweep (92.2%) 15. Least literate Union territory in India – Dadar and Nagar Haveli 16. State has high density of population – Bihar (1102) 17. State has low density of population – Arunachal Pradesh (17) 18. The number of districts in India according to census 2011 – 640 19. State has highest sex ratio – Kerala (1084/1000) 20. State has lowest sex ratio – Haryana 21. Density of Population of India – 382 22. Sex ratio of India – 940/100 23. Union territory has highest sex ratio - Pondicherry 24. Union territory has lowest sex ratio - Lakshadweep 25. State has highest fertility rate in India – Meghalaya

List of Important Days

Sr.no. Date Day

1. 12th

January National Youth Day ( Birthday of Swami Vivekanand)

2. 15th

January Army Day

3. 24th

January National Girl Child Day

4. 25th

January National Tourism Day/ voters Day

5. 30th

January National Martyrs Day & World anti Leprosy Day

6. 4th

February World Cancer Day

7. 28th

February National Science Day

8. 8th

March International Women’s Day



9. 9th

March World Kidney Day (celebrated on 2nd

Thursday of march)

10. 15th

March International Consumer Day

11. 20th

March World Sparrow Day & International Happiness Day

12. 21st

March World Forestry Day

13. 22nd

March World Water Day

14. 23rd

March World Meterological Day

15. 24th

March World T.B Day

16. 2nd

April World Autism Day

17. 7th

April World Health Day

18. 21st

April Civil Service Day

19. 22nd

April World Earth Day

20. 24th

April Panchayat Divas

21. 1st

May International Labour Day

22. 3rd

May World Press Freedom Day

23. 11th

May National Technology Day

24. 21st

May Anti Terrorism Day ( death date of Rajiv Gandhi)

25. 31st

May Anti Tobacco Day / No Smoking Day

26. 5th

June World Environment Day

27. 1st

July Doctors Day

28. 11th

July National Technology Day

29. 6th

August Hiroshima Day

30. 9th

August Nagasaki Day

31. 12th

August International Youth Day

32. 29th

August National Sports Day

33. 5th

September Teachers Day

34. 8th

September World literacy Day

35. 14th

September Hindi Divas

36. 15th

September Engineers Day

37. 16th

September Ozone Day

38. 2nd

October International non-violence Day

39. 8th

October Air force Day

40. 9th

October World Post Day

41. 24th

October United nation Day

42. 17th

November Students Day

43. 18th

November Adults Day

44. 19th

November Citizen Day

45. 27th

November National Law Day

46. 1st

December AIDS Day

47. 4th

December Navy Day

48. 10th

December Human Rights Day

49. 14th

December National Energy Conservation Day

50. 22nd

December National Mathematics Day

51. 24th

December National Consumer Rights Day

52. 25th

December Good Governance Day (Birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpai)

53. 21st

June International Yoga Day



List of Indian States,their capital

and Chief Minister State Capital Chief Minister

Andhra Pradesh Amravati N.Chandrababu Naidu

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Nabam Tuki

Asom Dispur Tarun Gagoi

Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar

Chhattisgarh Raipur Raman Singh

Goa Panaji Laxmikant Parsekar

Gujarat Gandhinagar Anandi Ben Patel

Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Khattar

Himachal Pradesh Shimla Virbhadra Singh

Jammu-Kashmir Jammu(Winters) Srinagar(Summers)

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

Jharkhand Ranchi Raghuvar Das

Karnataka Bangaluru K.Siddharamaiah

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Ooman Chandy

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shivraj Singh Chauhan

Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis

Manipur Imphal Okram Ibobi Singh

Meghalaya Shillong Mukul Sangma

Mizoram Aizawl P.Laltanhawla

Nagaland Kohima TR Zeliang

Odisha Bhubneswar Naveen Patnaik

Punjab Chandigarh Prakash Singh Badal

Rajasthan Jaipur Vasundhara Raje

Sikkim Gangtok Pawan Chamling

Tamil Nadu Chennai O.Panneerselvam

Tripura Agartala Manik Sarkar

Uttar Pradesh Patna Akhilesh Yadav

Uttrakhand Dehradun Harish Rawat

West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee

Telangana Hyderabad K.Chandrashekhar Rao

Countries Capital Currency Austria Vienna Euro

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar

Afghanistan Kabul Afgan-afgani

Azerbaijan Baku Manat

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka

Belarus Minsk Ruble

Belgium Brussels Euro



Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum

Brazil Barsilia Real

Cambodia Phnom penh Riel

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar

Chile Santiago Peso

China Beijing Yuan

Colombia Bogota Peso

Costa Rica San jose Costa Rican Colon

Croatia Zagreb Kuna

Cuba Havana Peso

Czech Republic Prague Koruna

Denmark Copenhagen Krone Egypt Cairo Pound

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian Birr

Fiji Suva Dollar

Finland Helsinki Euro

France Paris Euro

Germany Berlin Euro

Ghana Accra Cedi

Greece Athens Euro

Hungary Budapest Forint

Hong-kong Victoria Dollar

Iceland Reykjavik Euro

India New Delhi Indian Rupee

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah

Iran Tehran Rial

Iraq Baghdad Dinar

Ireland Dublin Euro

Israel Jerusalem Sheqel

Italy Rome Euro

Japan Tokyo Yen

Jordon Amman Dinar

Jamaica Kingston Dollar

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge

Kenya Nairobi Shilling

Korea North Pyongyang Won

Korea South Seoul Won

Kuwait Kuwait City Dinar

Latvia Riga Euro

Lithuania Vilnius Euro

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit

Maldives Male Rufiyaa

Mauritius Port Louis Rupee

Mexico Mexico city Peso

Myanmar (Burma) Nay Pyi Taw (Rangoon) Kyat

Namibia Windhoek Dollar

Nepal Kathmandu Rupee

Netherlands Amsterdam Euro



New Zealand Wellington Dollar

Nigeria Abuja Naira

Norway Oslo Krone

Oman Muscat Rial

Pakistan Islamabad Rupee

Peru Lima Nuewo Sol

Philippines Manila Peso

Poland Warsaw Polish Zloty

Portugal Lisbon Euro

Qatar Doha Riyal

Russia Moscow Ruble

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal

Seychelles Victoria Rupee

Sierra Leone Freetown Leone

Singapore Singapore Dollar

South Africa Cape Town Rand

South Sudan Juba Pound

Spain Madrid Euro

Sri Lanka Colombo Rupee

Sweden Stockholm Krona

Switzerland Bern France

Syria Damascus Pound

Taiwan Taipei Dollar

Tajikistan Dushanbe Tanzania Somoni

Thailand Bangkok Bhat

Turkey Ankara Lira

Uganda Kampala Shilling

Ukraine Kyiv Hryvnia

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi Dirham

United States of America Washington D.C Dollar

Vietnam Hanoi Dong

Yemen Sanaa Rial

Zambia Lusaka Kwacha

Zimbabwe Harare Dollar

United Kingdom London Pound

List Of Folk and Classical Dances

State Dances

Andhra Pradesh Kuchipudi

Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham, Mask Dance

Asom Bihu Dance,Sattriya

Bihar Jat-Jatin,

Chhattisgarh Gaudi,Karma

Goa Mandi

Gujarat Garba



Haryana Saang

Himachal Pradesh Dhaman,Daf, Jhora-Jhali

Jammu-Kashmir Rauf

Jharkhand Chhau,Sarahul

Karnataka Bharatnatyam

Kerala Kathakali

Madhya Pradesh Gaur maria Dance,Tertali

Maharashtra Lavni ,Koli

Manipur Thang Ta

Meghalaya

Mizoram Khanatm

Nagaland Chang Lo ,Sua lua

Odisha Odissi

Punjab Bhangra

Rajasthan Ghoomer

Sikkim Singhi Chham

Tamil Nadu Bharatnatyam

Tripura Hojagiri

Uttar Pradesh Kathak,Nautanki, Rasleela

Uttrakhand

West Bengal Kathi

Telangana Kuchipudi ,Kolattam

Head and Headquarter of International Organisation

International Organisation Headquarter Head

UNO ( United Nations Org) New York Ban Ki-Moon

UNICEF New York Anthony Lake

UNCTAD (United Nations Geneva Conference on Trade &

Development)

WHO (World Health Org) Geneva Margaret Chan

ILO (International Labour Geneva Guy Ryder Org)

WMO (World Meteorological Geneva Michel Jarraud

Org)

World Intellectual Property Geneva Francis Gurry Org

IMF (International Washington D.C Chirstine Lagrade

Monetary Fund)

World Bank Washington D.C Dr. Jim Yong Kim

UNESCO( United Nations Paris

Irina Bokova



Educational Scientific and

cultural Org)

OECD (Org. for Economic Paris Jose Angel Gurria Cooperation and Dev.)

UNIDO (United Nations Vienna Mr. Li Yong Industrial Dev. Org)

FAO (Food and Agricultural Rome José Graziano da Silva Organization)

ICJ ( International Court of The Hague Ronny Abraham

Some Important Banking Terms Asset turnover ratio - This ratio can be explained as Net assets / Total turnover or sales. This ratio measures the operational efficiency of business assets. In simple terms this measures how many time total assets turned in a year and how efficiently the assets are used in a

business.

Amortization - It is an accounting technique by which intangible assets are written off over a period of time. For example provision for doubtful debts or preliminary expenses are written off over a certain period of time.

Audit - Financial statement and physical stock is checked annually by professional auditor (Chartered Accountant affiliated by ICAI in India)

Capital gain - Gain by selling a capital asset in which a person is not doing business. Income by selling a house by a bank employee is a capital gain whereas when a builder do the same thing it is Income from business and professional. Current asset - An asset that can be converted into cash with 12 months. For example - debtors, stock etc.

Credit rating - A ranking applied to an individual, business or a nation based upon its credit history and current financial position. There are various credit rating companies in India such as Crisil.

CPI - Consumer price index is measure to find price of a bundle of commodities. CPI is used to measure the inflation in a country.



Depreciation - Depreciation is reduction in value of an asset due wear and tear over a period of time. For example a company purchased a machine in 2005 and planned to charge 20% depreciation. In 2010 the machine will be written off from the books of account. Dividend - Dividend is the amount per share paid by a company to its shareholders. Dividend value is based upon company's profitability

GDP - Gross domestic product is the aggregate value of goods and services produced by every person of a nation. GST - Goods and services tax is the same tax system for everything. It is proposed that GST will replace the multi tax system in India by 2015.

IPO - Initial public offer is issue of stocks for the first time in the market. Intangible assets – Assets which can’t be seen but have value for business. For example – Goodwill. Indemnity – A legal contract under which one party promises to pay another for any loses incurred to them by their acts. Interest rate risk – Risk that value of financial assets will deteriorate because of fall in interest rate. For example value of bonds decreases with decrease in interest rate.

Junk fund – A fund which invests investor’s money in junk investments means high risk investments which high returns.

Monopoly - A situation in market where there are many buyers but a single seller exist. Money market - Market dealing in short term lending and borrowing of funds. Also know as Cash market. Monetary policy - Set of actions by Central bank of a country ( RBI in case of India) to control the supply of money. These actions included increase in interest rate, open market purchases, changing commercial bank's reserve funds ratio (SLR) etc. Marginal cost - Additional cost to produce an extra unit of product.



Margin - Amount of profit added to cost price of each unit of a product Margin call - Margin call term is used in two situations. First - Whenever a lender gives a secured loan and loan value is a fixed percentage of loan then whenever the value of security decrease below the decided ratio then lender given a margin call to borrower to bring loan to security ratio to decided level. Secondly in stock exchanges traders trades in various securities by paying 20-30% of the value of securities. Whenever the value of security goes below that margin, broker gives margin call to trader to bring the margin to desired level. Mark-to-market - As explained above while defining margin call, value of assets in case of securities is measured on daily basis. If the trader's asset value increased, increased value is transferred to his account. In case the value of assets decreased margin call is made to adjust the margin.

ROI - Rate on investment is return divided by value of investment Redemption - Maturity date of a security or a bond Recession - An economic situation of negative growth Repo rate - Rate at which Central bank (RBI in case of India) lends money to commercial banks Reverse repo rate - Rate at which commercial banks lends to central bank

Union Budget 2016 highlights

Tax

1. Infrastructure and agriculture cess to be levied.

2. Excise duty raised from 10 to 15 per cent on tobacco products other than

beedis

3. 1 per cent service charge on purchase of luxury cars over Rs. 10 lakh and in-cash

purchase of goods and services over Rs. 2 lakh.

4. SUVs, Luxury cars to be more expensive. 4% high capacity tax for SUVs.



5. Companies with revenue less than Rs 5 crore to be taxed at 29% plus

surcharge.

6. Excise 1 per cent imposed on articles of jewellery, excluding silver.There fore

rates of gold jewellary will go up.

7. 5 per cent Krishi Kalyan Cess to be levied on all services.

8. Pollution cess of 1 per cent on small petrol, LPG and CNG cars, 2.5 per cent on

diesel cars of certain specifications, 4 per cent on higher-end models.

9. Dividend in excess of Rs. 10 lakh per annum to be taxed at additional 10 per cent.

Personal Finance

1. No changes have been made to existing income tax slabs

2. Rs 1,000 crore allocated for new EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) scheme

3. The Government will pay EPF contribution of 8.33% for all new employees

for first three years.

4. Deduction for rent paid will be raised from Rs 20,000 to Rs 60,000 to benefit those

living in rented houses.

5. Additional exemption of Rs. 50,000 for housing loans up to Rs. 35 lakh, provided

cost of house is not above Rs. 50 lakh.

6. Service tax exempted for housing construction of houses less than 60 sq. m

7. 15 per cent surcharge on income above Rs. 1 crore

Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare:

1. Agricultural credit target for this fiscal year will be Rs.9 lakh crore.

2. Govt to allocate Rs 5,500 crore for crop insurance scheme.

3. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana to bring 5 lakh acres under organic farming.

4. 5 lakh hectares of land will to be brought under irrigation.

5. Govt will reorganise agricultural policy to double farmer income in next five years.

6. There will be four new schemes for the animal welfare .

Rural Sector :

1. 5,542 villages have been electrified, more than the last three years combined.

2. 38,500 crore for MNREGA.Highest ever for the rural employment scheme.

3. 2.87 lakh crore for gram panchayats as per recommendation of 14th finance

commission.

4. Total rural sector allocation Rs. 87,769 crore.

Two schemes for digital literacy for rural India to cover 6 crore households in the

next three years.



Social Sector including Healthcare

1. 9,000 crore for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan.

2. National dialysis service programme under PPP model.

3. LPG connection for women members of rural homes.

4. Government to provide health insurance of upto Rs. 1 lakh per family.top up

of Rs. 35,000 for people above 60 years. 3,000 stores to be opened for generic

drugs.

Education:

1. 10 public and 10 private educational institutions to be made world-class.

2. Digital repository for all school leaving certificates and diplomas.

3. 1,000 crore are allocated for higher education financing.

4. 62 new navodaya vidyalayas to provide quality education

5. Digital literacy scheme to be launched to cover 6 crore additional rural households

Skills and Job Creation:

1. 1,700 crore for 1500 multi-skill development centres.

2. Scheme to get Rs.500 cr for promoting entrepreneurship among SC/ST

3. Entrepreneurship training to be provided across schools, colleges and massive

online courses.

4. Objective to skill 1 crore youth in the next 3 years under the PM Kaushal Vikas

Yojna-FM Jaitley

5. National Skill Development Mission has imparted training to 76 lakh youth. 1500

Multi-skill training institutes to be set up.

Infrastructure

1. 27,000 crore to be spent on roadways.

2. 65 eligible habitats to be connected via 2.23 lakh kms of road. Current

construction pace is 100 kms/day

3. Shops to be given option to remain open all seven days in a week across markets.

4. 55,000 crore for roads and highways. Total allocation for road construction,

including PMGSY, – Rs 97,000 crore

5. India’s highest-ever production of motor vehicles was recorded in 2015.

6. Total outlay for infrastructure in Budget 2016 now stands at Rs. 2,21,246 crore

7. New greenfield ports to be developed on east and west coasts

8. Revival of underserved airports. Centre to Partner with States to revive small

airports for regional connectivity



9. 100 per cent FDI in marketing of food products produced and marketed in

India

Highlights of Rail Budget : 1. There is no Hike in the Passenger Fare.

2. Target of Eliminating all unmanned level crossing by 2020.

3. 17000 biotoilets and additional toilets in 475 stations will be made before the

close of this financial year.

4. Mathura,Ajmer, Amritsar, Gaya, Nanded, Nashik, Puri, Tirupati, Varanasi,

Nagapattinam and other pilgrim stations to be beautified.

5. WiFi will be installed at 100 Stations and will be installed on 400 more railway

stations next year.

6. One can send message if the toilet is not clean and can request to clean the toilet.

7. All the major Railway Station will be Brought under CCTV surveillance in a phased

manner.

8. Railway will increase lower berth Quota for Senior Citizens to 50%.

9. FM services will be started in Railways to provide entertainment to the

passengers.

10. 33 per cent reservation to women in reserved quota in Railways will be

introduced.

11. Cold Stores will be set near the vacant lands near warehousing Facilities.

12. Baby foods and Baby boards to be made for the travelling mothers.

13. New uniforms and training for porters. Coolies to rechristened as ‘Sahayaks’.

14. Cancellation Facility will be started through 139 Helpline number.

15. High speed passenger corridor from Ahmedabad to Mumbai.

New Projects Started by Railways This Year :

1. 1600 kms electrification will be done this year and 2000 km electrification will be

done next year.

2. Mizoram and Manipur soon will be connected through Broad Gauge.

3. Special purpose vehicle for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high speed corridor

registered this month.

4. Broad Gauge Lumding-Silchar section in Assam will be implemented this year

which will connect Barak Valley with rest of country.

5. Overnight double-decker trains will be introduced on business travel routes.

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