www.unitedacademy.in National Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2014 introduced in Lok Sabha 1. It is also called Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill 2. It seeks to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime 3. Inserts article Articles 246A, 269A and 279A in the Constitution 4. Provides for Union Finance Minister headed GST Council 5. Sets in a uniform and integrated indirect tax regime in India 14th Finance Commission submitted its report to President 1. It covers the period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2020 2. The Commission headed by former RBI Governor Y V Reddy 3. Provides for devolution of tax receipts from the Centre to the States 4. Article 280 of Constitution provides for appointment of Finance Commission 5. First and 13th Finance Commission was headed by K C Neogy & Dr Vijay Kelkar respectively. Union government decriminalized Attempt to Suicide 1. For this purpose Section 309 of Indian Penal Code removed 2. 20 th Law Commission headed by Justice A P Shah recommended in its 210 Report 3. 210th Report on Humanization and Decriminalization of Attempt to Suicide 4. France was the first country to decriminalize this offense. Lok Sabha passed the Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014 1. Introduced as a periodic measure for updating the list of laws in force 2. Seeks to repeal 90 laws and pass amendment to two laws 3. Proposes to amend the two laws to rectify typographical errors 4. The laws are Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the Indian Maritime University Act, 2008 Karnataka Mobile One App launched for m-governance 1. Launched by President Pranab Mukherjee in Bengaluru 2. First such app in India to user in an era of mobile governance 3. Developed under the ICARE program of Karnataka government 4. Expected to provide more than 4000 services to citizens UNITED ACADEMY - TNPSC Coaching center Page No : 1
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Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2014 introduced in Lok Sabha
1. It is also called Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill
2. It seeks to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime
3. Inserts article Articles 246A, 269A and 279A in the Constitution
4. Provides for Union Finance Minister headed GST Council
5. Sets in a uniform and integrated indirect tax regime in India
14th Finance Commission submitted its report to President
1. It covers the period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2020
2. The Commission headed by former RBI Governor Y V Reddy
3. Provides for devolution of tax receipts from the Centre to the States
4. Article 280 of Constitution provides for appointment of Finance Commission
5. First and 13th Finance Commission was headed by K C Neogy & Dr Vijay Kelkar respectively.
Union government decriminalized Attempt to Suicide
1. For this purpose Section 309 of Indian Penal Code removed
2. 20th Law Commission headed by Justice A P Shah recommended in its 210 Report
3. 210th Report on Humanization and Decriminalization of Attempt to Suicide
4. France was the first country to decriminalize this offense.
Lok Sabha passed the Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014
1. Introduced as a periodic measure for updating the list of laws in force
2. Seeks to repeal 90 laws and pass amendment to two laws
3. Proposes to amend the two laws to rectify typographical errors
4. The laws are Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the Indian Maritime University Act, 2008
Karnataka Mobile One App launched for m-governance
1. Launched by President Pranab Mukherjee in Bengaluru
2. First such app in India to user in an era of mobile governance
3. Developed under the ICARE program of Karnataka government
4. Expected to provide more than 4000 services to citizens
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Social Justice Bench constituted on social issue
1. Constituted by Supreme Court on 3 December 2014
2. Started operation on 12 December 2014
3. The brainchild of Chief Justice of India H L Dattu
4. Two-judge bench to be headed by Justice Madan B Lokur
5. The other member is Justice U U Lalit
Union government unveiled new counter-Naxal doctrine
1. Proposes four-pronged approach to deal with Naxals
2. These are Security, Development, Rights and Entitlement and Public Perception Management
3. Focus on security interventions in worst LWE-affected areas
4. In moderately-affected areas, security and development initiatives will be focus
5. In less affected areas, development interventions will take precedence
Swachh Bharat Mission launched
1. Launched on occasion of 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
2. Aims at making India clean by 2019
3. The year 2019 will be 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
4. Nine people nominated to inspire people to join the Mission
SC quashed allocation of 214 coal blocks
1. Quashed by SC bench headed by Justice R M Lodha
2. Allocations were arbitrary and illegal.
3. 4 out of 218 coal blocks not cancelled.
4. Includes one of NTPC and SAIL each and two of Sasan UMPP owned by Anil Ambani
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) launched
1. It was launched on 28 August 2014
2. Aims to open 15 crore bank accounts by 15 August 2015
3. It is a mega financial inclusion plan
4. Each person covered to be provided bank accounts and RuPay debit cards
5. Also provision for inbuilt insurance cover of 1 lakh rupees
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India: first Country to Ratify the Marrakesh Treaty
1. India ratified the treaty on 30 June 2014
2. Will facilitate access to published works for blind and visually impaired persons
3. The treaty was signed in Marrakesh, Morocco on 28 June 2013
4. It has been signed by 64 countries
SC ruled Shariat Courts are illegal
1. No legal status has been granted to the Sharia Courts
2. Its fatwas/decrees are illegal if it violates fundamental rights
3. The decision was delivered by SC bench headed by Justice C K Prasad
4. The judgement given on a petition filed by Vishwa Lochan Madan in 2005
India became permanent signatory to Washington Accord
1. India signed the Accord on 13 June 2014
2. Joined a select group of 17 countries who joined the Accord
3. Global employment opportunities for India’s technical and engineering graduates to increase
4. Accord promotes mobility and quality assurance of engineers across international boundaries
Sumitra Mahajan elected as Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha
1. She replaced Meira Kumar
2. Became the second women presiding officer of the Lok Sabha
3. She was elected to 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 for the first time
4. 2014 elections was her eighth continuous term as Member of Parliament
Telangana became the 29th state of India
1. It achieved statehood on 2 June 2014
2. Ten districts of the then Andhra Pradesh became part of Telangana
3. Chandrasekhar Rao sworn-in as the first Chief Minister
4. ESL Narasimhan is the Governor of Telangana
5. Hyderabad is the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
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Narendra Modi sworn-in as 15th Prime Minister of India
1. He was sworn-in on 26 May 2014
2. He took oath with 45 Council of Minister including 23 Cabinet Ministers
3. First Prime Minister of India born in independent India
4. For the first time 25% of the Cabinet post allocated to women
5. Swearing-in ceremony attended by heads of seven SAARC countries
16th Lok Sabha Elections 2014
1. The election results for 543 constituencies declared on 16 May 2014
2. Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious with 282 seats
3. Congress led incumbent government just secured 44 seats
4. BJP won the majority for the first time since independence
5. The elections were conducted in nine phases from 7 April – 12 May 2014
Karnataka: first state in India to launch Health Adalat
1. The Health Adalat was launched in Gulbarga, Karnataka.
2. Aims to ensure that all health facilities extended by the government reached all sections of society.
3. During Health Adalat the department will interact with public representatives.
Debroy Panel on restructuring Railway Board
1. The Panel would submit its report till the end of 2015
2. The seven-member panel will be headed by economist Bibek Debroy
3. Mandated to estimate the financial needs of railways and ensure policies to raise resources
4. Restructuring of railway board announced in Union Budget 2014-15
Film Liar's Dice: India's official entry for Oscar Awards 2015
1. The movie has been directed by Geethu Mohandas
2. It is nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category
3. 12-member jury headed by eminent filmmaker T Hariharan nominated it
4. Leading casts are Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui
5. The 87th Oscar Awards will be held in the US on 22 February 2015
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C Rangarajan Committee on Poverty
1. Total number of poor in India at 363 million or 29.6 percent of the population
2. The daily per capita expenditure pegged at 32 rupees for the rural poor
3. The daily per capita expenditure pegged at 47 rupees for the urban poor
4. Poverty line is pegged 972 rupees per month for rural India
5. Poverty line pegged at 1407 rupees per month for urban India
Largest Solar Power Plant of India launched
1. 130-MW Welspun Solar Plant launched at Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, MP
2. It is also the Asia's Largest Solar Power Plant.
3. It was constructed at a cost of 1100 crore rupees.
4. The Project will raise Indian solar capacity by 7 percent.
International
US President signed Ukraine Freedom Support Bill, 2014
1. The Act authorizes administration to impose sanctions on Russia
2. The sanctions to be imposed if needs arises
3. Sanctions were imposed on Russia over Ukraine crisis
4. Authorizes 350 million US dollars in lethal and non-lethal military aid Ukraine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe re-elected
1. He was re-elected for another four year term
2. Japan's ruling coalition won a two thirds majority in the Snap elections
3. Elections were held for the Lower House of the National Diet.
4. The elections saw the voter turnout at 52.7 percent, the lowest since World War-II
Current Indian Foreign Secretary of Subrahmanyam JaishankarPast- Sujatha Singh First- K.P.S. Menon
Current Chief justice of H. L. Dattu Past- RM LodhaPast- P. Sathasivam First- H. J. Kania
Current RBI Chairman: Raguram RajanPast- D. SubbaraoPast- Dr. Y. V ReddyFirst- Osborne Smith
Current Finance Commissioner of India: Dr. Y. V ReddyPast- Dr. Vijay L. KelkarFirst- K. C. Neogy
Lok Sabha:
Speaker: Sumitra MahajanPast: Meira Kumar.Vice speaker: M ThambiduraiPast:Opposite leader: Past: sushma swaraj
Rajya Sabha:Vice speaker: P. J. KurienPast: K Rehman KhanOpposite leader: Ghulam Nabi AzadPast: Arun Jaitley
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Chief of the Naval Staff Robin K. DhowanAdmiral D.K. Joshi
Indian Air ForceMarshal RahaNAK Browne
Principal Secretary- Nripendra Misra
Tamil Nadu:
1. Advocate general- Pattabhi Sundar Raman 2. Election commissioner of Tamilnadu- Sandeep Saxena succeeds Praveen Kumar.3. Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission chairman- THIRU C.BALASUBRAMANIAN4. Chief Secretary Thiru Kumar Jayant, IAS succeed Thiru Debendranath Sarangi IAS5. Speaker P. Dhanapal succeed D. Jayakumar6. Deputy speaker Pollachi V. Jayaraman succeed P. Dhanapal7. Chief justice of High Court Sanjay Kishan Kaul succeed Satish K Agnihotri
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nIndian Civilian Awards:
Bharat Ratna:
It is India’s highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service1. 2014 Sachin Tendulkar and CNR Rao Received Bharat Ratna 2. 2015 Atal Bihari Vajpee and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 3. First Indians to win Bharat Ratna Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, Dr. C. V. Raman in
1954 4. First woman to receive Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi in 1971
Padma Awards:
Padma Vibhushan: LK Advani- Public Affairs- Gujarat, Amitabh Bachchan- Art- Maharashtra, Prakash Singh Badal- Public Affairs- Punjab (Provided to Many person some notable person)
Padma Bhushan N Gopalaswami - Civil Service- Tamil Nadu Sudha Ragunathan- Art- Tamil Nadu(Provided to Many person some notable person)
Padma ShriPadma: awards are for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants. (Provided to Many person some notable person).
Gallantry Awards:
Param Vir Chakra (PVC) ,Ashok Chakra, Shaurya Chakra , krithi chakra:
These awards are given for appreciating the brave and gallant.Ashok Chakra: Major Mukund Varadarajan (Tamil Nadu Chennai) and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh.
Sports Awards:
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is India’s highest honor given for achievement in sports.
Dronacharya Awads: Dronacharya highest civilian award for coach.• Raj Singh • Raj Singh headed coach for CWG 2014
Arjun Awards: Arjuna Award is given for Excellence in sports. (Provided to Many personality some notable person)
• PV Sindhu (Batmiton) 2013• Ravi chandran Ashwin (Cricket) 2014
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Dhyan Chand Award is India's highest award for lifetime achievement in sports and games, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. The award is named after the legendaryIndian hockey player Dhyan Chand.
• Gurmail Singh - hockey• Zeeshan Ali - Tennis• K P Thakkar- swimming diving
Asian Noble Award (2014 Ramon Magsaysay Awards )
2014 Ramon Magsaysay Awards AnnouncedThe prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for year 2014 were announced on 31 July and it included six winners. Education is a big theme in this year’s awards, with two individuals who have dedicated their lives to educating indigenous communities – a Filipino and an Indonesian – and a Pakistani organization that builds schools for girls, among the 6 awardees.
The 2014 Awardees are:-i) Saur Marlina Manurung (Indonesia)ii) Randy Halasan (The Philippines)iii) Hu Shuli (China) iv) Omara Khan Masoudi (Afghanistan)v) Wang Canfa (China)vi) The Citizen Foundation (Pakistan)
International Awards:
Noble Prize:
Peace: Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai have been jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Economics: French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 Economics Nobel Prize for his analysis of market power and regulation.It was the second Nobel Prize for a French national this year after author Patrick Modiano won the literature award.
Chemistry: American scientists Eric Betzig and William Moerner and Germany’s Stefan Hell won the2014 Nobel prize for chemistry. The trio of Betzig, Moerner and Hell wereconferred for their contribution in the area of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy which helped in bringing optical
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microscopy into the nano-dimension
Physics: Three Japanese-born researchers Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics. They were honoured for inventing efficient blue Light-Emitting Diodes(LED) lamps that worked as a bright and energy-saving white lightsources.
Literature: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 was awarded to French author Patrick Modiano for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation. He is the 14th French writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature (one, Jean Paul-Sartre, declined to accept it).
Physiology (or) Medicine: U.S.-British scientist John O’Keefe and Norwegian couple MayBritt Moser, Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the “inner Global Positioning System (GPS)” that helps the brain navigate through the world.
Indians Who received Nobel prize:Literature: First Indian to win Nobel Prize in Literature Rabindranath Tagore in 1913.Physics:
• C. V. Raman (1929)• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar- importance to the structure and evolution of the stars (1983)
Medicine: Har Gobind Khorana- 1968 for his "interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.Peace:
• First women from India to win a Nobel prize Mother Teresa, peace prize in 1979.• Kailash Satyarthi 2014.
Economics: Amartya Sen 1998.Chemistry: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – Ribosomes structure.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee is the fourth person of Indian origin to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of the 2010 book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction.
The earlier three were:
1. Indian-origin journalist Geeta Anand was among the staff of the Wall Street Journal to be awarded a Pulitzer in 2003 for explanatory reporting;
2. Indian-origin author Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer for fiction for her book Interpreters of Maladies
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in 2000. And she was the first women to receive the award.
3. Indian-origin journalist Gobind Behari Lal had won the prestigious prize for reporting in 1937
Bookers Prize: Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things – 1997 and First women & Indian who receives this award.Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss - 2006Aravind Adiga- The White Tiger- 2008
Booker Prize :Australian author Richard Flanagan was on 15 October awarded the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”. The novel narrates story of a love and war during the construction of the Thailand Burma Death Railway in World War II. Flanagan is the third Australian to win the prize after Thomas Keneally and Peter Carey.
Other Important Awards:
The Golden Peacock Awards: It is recognised worldwide as the hallmark of corporate excellence. It builds the Brand Equity and inspires and aligns the entire workforce. wipro -2014
Manthan Award: It is an initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity.
FiFi Awards The FiFi Awards honor the fragrance industry’s creative achievements
International Gandhi Peace Prize: This award is given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political revolution through non-violence and Gandhian philosophy. The award carries Rs. 10 million in cash.
2014- ISRO - Space agency of the Indian Govt. Objective is to advance space technology and deliver the applications of it2013- Chandi Prasad Bhatt - Environmentalist, social activist and pioneer of the Chipko movement
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award is for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management
GREEN STAR AWARDS: The Green Star Awards recognize those who have made extraordinary efforts to respond to environmental disasters around the world.
Jnanpith 1965 F irst recipient of Jnanpith award G Sankara Kurup, for Odakkuzhal (Flute) in Malayalam
Name: P. V. Akilan Novel: Chitttrappavai Year: 1975
Name: D. Jayakanthan Awards : Padma Bhushan, Jnanpith, Sahitya Akademi Award, Order of Friendship (Russian award)Novel:
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Year: 2002Sahitya Akademi Award for Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1972)
Name: Bhalchandra Nemade (Marathi)Novel: Jagnyachi Samrudhha AdgalYear: 2014 First woman to win the Jnanpith award Asha Purna Devi 1976 for her work Pratham Pratisruti in Bengali
Sahitya Akademi Award: *24 Indian languages.1955 Tamil Inbam(Essays) R. P. Sethu Pillai2014 Agngnaadi (Novel) Poomani2013 korkai (Novel) Joe D Cruz
President Pranab Mukherjee Conferred Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Award) is an award constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day), to honor exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is given by the President of India.
Entertainment:
Oscar Awards:1. 86th Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2013
Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave.”2. 87th Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014
Best Picture: "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (both 9 nominations) "
3. First Indian to win two Oscar Awards is A. R. Rahman4. First Indian to win an Oscar in the technical category is Resul Pookutty5. First Indian Oscar winner Bhanu Athaiya, for best costume design for the film 'Gandhi' in 1982.6. First Indian Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film Mother India, 1957
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013 : Veteran Film Lyricist and Director Gulzar.First women Devika Rani in 1970Tamil Industries: Sivaji 1970, Balchandar (director) 2012.
61st National Film Awards: Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – ‘ Thalaimuraigal ’ (Tamil)
Shah Rukh Khan Received ‘Knight Of The Legion Of Honor’ :Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan was conferred with top French civilian award “Knight of the Legion of Honor” (National Order of the Legion of Honour) on 1 July for his
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outstanding contribution to cultural diversity across the world.
Indian Mathematician Named Joint Winner Of ‘ 2014 George Polya Prize ‘Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, on 10 July became the first joint winner of the prestigious ‘ 2014 George Polya Prize ‘ for finding a solution to a problem that had eluded mathematicians for more than half a century.
Jaitley, Karan Singh, Sharad Yadav Conferred with ‘Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ( for 2010), Congress leader Karan Singh (2011) JD(U) President Sharad Yadav (2012) are conferred with ‘Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards’ by the President Pranab Mukherjee on 12 August in New Delhi. The awards were given for their invaluable contribution in discharge of their parliamentary duties.
Indian Scientist Kamal Bawa Won Midori Prize In Biodiversity 2014Indian scientist Kamal Bawa, an eminent professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, has won the prestigious Midori Prize in Biodiversity 2014 for his research that included climate change in the Himalayas.
Malala Won 2014 World’s Children PrizeMalala Yousafzai of Pakistan won the 2014 World’s Children Prize on 29 October 2014 after a global vote involving millions of children. She received the prize at a ceremony in Mariestad near Stockholm. World Children’s prize was created in 2000 and is run by the World’s Children’s Prize Foundation (WCPF), based in Mariefred, Sweden.
Manmohan Singh Received Japan’s Top National Award The “Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers” is perceived as the second highest civilian award of Japan after “Order of the Chrysanthemum”. He was given this award for his “significant contribution to the enhancement of relations and promotion of friendship” between Japan and India. He became the first Indian to receive this prestigious award.
West Bengal’s Darjeeling Zoo Selected For Earth Heroes Award 2014
The Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park was on 1 November selected for the prestigious International Award The Earth Heroes Award 2014. It has become the first zoo in India.It has competed with 300 zoos across the world. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park is largest high altitude zoo of India. It is located in West Bengal.The Earth Heroes award is annually awarded by the Royal Bank of Scotland in collaboration with the Government of United Kingdom.
Neha Gupta Received International Children’s Peace Prize 2014
Indian-American student Neha Gupta has won the 2014 International Children’s Peace Prize Award for her exceptional work to raise money for underprivileged children around the world. Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu the patron of the Dutch children’s rights organization presented her with the award on 18 November in The Hague, Netherlands. She is the first American to be awarded with this prize.
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ISRO selected For Indira Gandhi Prize For Peace – 2014Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014 in recognition of its path-breaking achievements including the Mars Orbiter Mission and contribution in strengthening international cooperation in peaceful use of outer space. ISRO was selected for the award by a jury chaired by Vice President Hamid Ansari on 19 November 2014.
Narendra Modi Named The Straits Times ‘Asian Of The Year 2014′Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on 5 December named ‘Asian of the Year 2014’ for being a development-focused leader by editors of Singapore’s leading daily, The Straits Times. Last year’s award was shared by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and China’sPresident Xi Jinping.
Fidel Castro Awarded China’s Confucius Peace Prize – 2014Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro has been awarded the Confucius Peace Prize -2014, China’s alternative to the Nobel. He did not attend the Confucius Peace Prize awar ceremony on 9 December. ACuban exchange student accepted the award on his behalf. The Confucius Peace prize was established in 2009 as an eastern alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize following the proposal of Chinesebusinessman Lui Zhiqin.
ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission Team Won Space Pioneer Award – 2015The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Team of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on 12 January won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category. The Mars Orbiter Missionteam is located in Bangalore and is headed by Mylswamy Annadurai.This prestigious award is be given by the National Space Society (NSS), an American educational and scientific organization.
Jammu and Kashmir Won National E-Governance Award 2014-15Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been selected for National e-Governance award 2014-15 for its best district level initiative in the country.J&K state has been selected on 16 January for this award by Department of Administrative Reforms for its e-Panchayat project
Tamil Nadu Won National E-Panchayath Award 2014-15
Karnataka Won National E-Health Award 2014-15
Sikkim Won National Tourism Award 2012-13
Amartya Sen Won John Maynard Keynes PrizeEconomist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has won the newly instituted Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015 on 10 February.With this, Professor Sen will receive 7500 British pounds to commission a work of art and will give the annual Charleston-EFG Keynes Lecture at the Charleston Festival in the United Kingdom. This year’s lecture is scheduled for23 May 2015 and it will be on The Economic Consequences of Austerity.
Sports:
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• Boxing: Mary Kom will not participate in this game because Pinki Jangra defeated her in selection match.
• Ravinder Singh Khaira- will participate in javelin throw.• Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New
Zealand, Scotland and Wales.
2: Asian Games 2014 (Incheon)
• Venue: Incheon, South Korea• Theme “Diversity shines here”• 2010: Asian Games Guangzhou, china.• 2018: Jakarta, Indonesia.• 1st 1982 Asian Games: India, New Delhi.
3: London Olympic 2012:
• First Indian Olympic team medal gold for Hockey, at Amsterdam beating the Netherlands in 1928.
• Winner of first Indian Olympic Individual medal K. D. Jadhav, Bronze in wrestling at Helsinki in 1952
Hosting countries:
• 2008: Beijing,China• 2012: London ,UK• 2016: Brazil, South america.• 2020: Tokyo, Japan.
1. Gagan NarangBronze. 10 air-rifle2. Mary Kom Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing3. Saina Nehwal Bronze. Single badminton4. Sushil Kumar Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-bearer. He got bronze in 2008 Beijing.5. Vijay Kumar Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna6. Yogeshwar Dutt Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel ratna.
2 siver, 4 bronze, no gold.
Indian Olympic Association:Chairman N RamachandranSecretary General Rajeev Mehta.
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4. Sochi Winter Olympics 2014
22nd winter Olympics + 11th Winter Paralympics.Slogan- Hot cool yours.Venue: Sochi resort, Russia, near black sea coast.Next Winter Olympic 2018: PyeongChang, South Korea. Motto New horizons.
5. National games
National games are held once in every two years.• 2011: 34th Ranchi• 2015: 35th National games were to be held @Kerala• 2016: 36th Goa.
but postponed because Kerala yet to finish building stadiums.In this context, SAI(Sports authority of India) suggested two things to India Olympic Associationscrap the national games altogether ORHold this 35th tournament @SAI centers.
7. Football FIFA 2014
• 2010 S.Africa Spain had defeated Netherlands in South Africa. other details not important.• 2014 Brazil (June-July) Fuleco, the Armadillo• Ball Name: Brazuca• Song: We Are One (Ole Ola)• Winner: Germany.• Runner: Argentina
2018 Russia2022 Qatar allegations that Qatar paid bribes to win this nomination
Fifa 2014: Total 32 nations participating, 12 stadiums
8. Cricket:
ICC T20 world cup 2014:1. Man's:
Winner: Sri Lanka Captain Dinesh Chandimal (later injured so Lasit Malinga became captain).Runner: India Captain Dhoni (coach Duncan Fletcher)
2. Women's:Winner: Aus. captain Meg LanningRunner: England captain Charlotte EdwardsFor this ICC-T20 series, Indian Women’s team captain was Mithali Raj (and not Joolan Goswami)
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Col.CK Naidu lifetime achievement - Kapil Dev. Award by BCCI
ICC Chairman: N Srinivasan. HQ: Dubai
World Cup 2015: • Jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in February 2015. • Australia and New Zealand• Winner: Australia • Runner: New Zealand
Chess: Norway’s Magnus Carlsen defeated Vishwanath Anand in Chennai. Nov 2013
SquashJoshna chinappa (Tamil)
• won Winnipeg open squash 2014• Richmond Open 2014• also got Arjun Ratna 2013
Saurav Ghosal: won Dato Alex Lee award for best Asian player 2013.
Billiards• Saurav Kothari: national championship• Pankaj Advani has failed to win any major game in 2013-14 so far..• Chitra Magimairaj won World women’s snooker• Geet Sethi: 6 time world champion billiards player from Gujarat. Retired and runs NGO
“Olympic Gold quest” to help Indian athletes along with Prakash Padukone.
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SOME IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT SCHEMESBrief description of some Government Schemes in India:
BHARAT NIRMAN: · It was implemented and extended in three phases i.e., from (2005 - 2009), (2009 - 2012), (2012- 2014)· It is centrally sponsored scheme for the rural development of India started in September 2005.· There are 6 objectives in this schemeObjectives:a) To provide all weather road connectivity to the village which have more than 1000 population in plain areas and 500 population in hilly areas.b) To bring 10 million hectares of land under irrigation facility and to make 1.4 million hectares of additional land for arable land (for the use of agriculture).c) To provide clean drinking water to all villages by the end of 2012 under Rajiv Gandhi payjal yojana.d) To electrify 1, 76,000 villages by the end of 2012 under Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran yojna.e) To construct Pakka houses for BPL house- holds under Indira Awas Yojana (Now from April 1st 2013 cash assistance Rs. 70000 for plain areas and Rs. 75000 for hilly areas) previously it was Rs. 40000 for plain areas and Rs. 45000 for hilly areas.f) To provide telephone connectivity to all villages and all BPL holders by 2012.Note: All these objectives are extended till 2014.
JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission· It was implemented and extended in two phases i.e., (2005 - 2012), (2012 - 2014)· Started in the year 2005 to make million plus cities squatter (Slam area) free.· There are 2 componentsa) To construct pakka houses for urban poor dwelling in squatter under Rajiv Awas yojana.b) To make transportation system faster and greener.
NRHM: National Rural Health Mission· It was started on 12th April 2005 to enhance the health facilities in rural areas.· The appointment of ASHA workers (Accredited social health activist) in Angonwadi Kendra to provide basic information on health and hygiene conditions as well as to guide people regarding conservation of water.
MGNREGA: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act· It was on started on 2nd Feb 2006 to provide minimum 150 days from 1st April 2013 (previously its is100 days) of employment to BPL house hold.· This scheme is both for Urban and Rural areas.· The old name of this scheme is NREGA and it was changed to MGNREGA on 2nd Oct 2009.· The wages under the scheme is fixed on the basis of CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers) which is calculated by the state government on the basis of their Per capita Income.
UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India.· It was started in the year 2010 to provide multipurpose national identity card (MNIC) to every citizen aged above 5 years.· Its name has been changed to Aadhar.· Its model state was Karnataka (started)· The retinal identification is taken from the age group of 14 and above.· Scheme has 7 components like address, PAN no., Passport no., retinal identity etc, It consists of 12 digit number.
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· Chairman: Nandan Nilkani
NFSM: National Food Security Mission· This scheme is to reduce the poverty in India under national social assistance programme.· Under Public Distribution System (PDS), government will provide rice @ Rs. 3/kg, wheat @ Rs. 2/kgto the BPL households.
IGNOAPS: Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension Scheme· This Scheme is for the people who aged above 65 years.· The amount of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be provided by both Central government and State government who aged between 65 – 80 years.· Rs. 500 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 250 + Rs. 250) for the people who aged more than 80 years.
IGNWPS: Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme· The beneficiary is in between age group of 40-64 years in this scheme.· Assistance of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be given to particular person.
NFBS: National Family Benefit Scheme· Under this scheme a grant of Rs. 10000 is given in case of natural and accidental death of the primarily breadwinner of the family (he/she) of BPL households.
ANNAPURNA:· Under this scheme 10 kg of food grains are provided to BPL households free of cost every month.· But for this scheme the particular beneficiary shouldn’t be registered with IGNOAPS.
Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana :To provide bank accounts, insurance cover and a debit card to all the citizens of the country.
Krishi Amdani Beema YojanaTo help the farmers don’t bear any financial burden if their produce gets destroyed due to unexpected weather or for any other reason.
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY)This schem eis a pension and life insurance scheme and is recoghnised by th eIndian governement. Thisscheme was launched in the UAE. A leading Indian financial and health care service player has tied up with the UAE Exchange to offer MGPSY in the Gulf country.
Free CFL bulb Scheme (Tamil Nadu)Tamil Nadu governement launched free CFL bulb scheme under this scheme state government will provide free compact fluorescent light bulbs to over 14 lakh hut dwellers in the state, an energy saving measure aimed at saving 40 mw of power.
e-inclusion project: Centre recently launched e-inclusion project to spread e literacy. This project is aninitiative to make at least one individual in every household e-literate, under the project, economically
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weaker sections of the society including rural SC, ST and women will receive IT training.
Rani Laxmi Bai Pension Scheme'Special pension' would be given to Muzaffarnagar riot victims by U.P. Govt. The pension, which would be anywhere between Rs. 400 and Rs. 500, would be givne under this scheme.
Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Beema Yojana (BPSSBY)Health care scheme for BPL families launched in Punjab.
'Roshini' SchemeCentre launched this scheme for skill development and job placement for rural youth and women in maoist affected 24 districts in 9 states.
Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya YojanaThis is a Health Insurance scheme. This was launched in Maharashtra.
Golden Girl (Bangaru Talli) Scheme :A unique scheme, launched in Andhra Pradesh, to protect girl child and ensure her education.
Anna Bhagya :A programme launched in Karnataka. The programme entitles distribution of 30 kg riceat one rupee per Kg to over 98 lakh BPL and Antyodaya card holders in the state.
Annapurna :Under this scheme. 10 kg of food grains are provided to BPL households free of cost every month.
Swavlamban Abhiyan : Narendra Modi launched 11 welfare schems of Gujarat government under the title of ( Milk Related)
Important Committee
1. Urjit Patel Committee– To Examine the current monetary policy framework
2. Mukul Mudgal- member panel to probe IPL spot-fixing
3. Nachiket Mor– committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low income households.
4. Justice A.P. Shah committee– to head panel on road safety
5. Anil Kaushal committee- to examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing ofSpectrum
6. Bimal Jalan Committee– To scrutinies applications for new bank licences, the committee to submitits report by January, 2014.
7. Khandelwal Committee– on HR issues of public sector banks.
8. Janakiraman Committee– To investigate the security transactions of the bank
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9. Parthasarathi Shome– for Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a system toenforce better tax compliance
10. Damodran Committee- on improvement of customer services in banks
11. Shri M. Narasimham Committee- on Banking Sector Reforms
12. Shri B. Mahapatra Committee- to review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring ofadvances by banks/financial institutions
13. Shri Aditya Puri Committee- Dissemination of Credit Information
14. MBN Rao Committee– to prepare the blueprint of India’s first women’s bank
15. K M Chandrasekhar committee– for rationalization of foreign investment norms
16. Shri Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee– to study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of card present transactions
17. B. Shivraman Committee– Nabard
18. Mukul Mudgal Committee– looking into US giant Walmart’s lobbying activities to enter India
19. MBN Rao Committee – to prepare the blueprint of India’s first women’s bank
20. Shri Raghuram Rajan Committee– on Financial Sector Reforms,
21. Arvind Mayaram Committee– for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) andForeign Institutional Investment (FII)
22. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods– The committee will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman,Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna)
23. JS Mathur committee– to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.
24. Parthasarathi Shome committee– implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule)
25. Mukul Mudgal Committee- looking into US giant Walmart’s lobbying activities to enter India
26. Mukul Mudgal Committee- to look at process of film clearance
28. K. Ratna Prabha – Committee on indecent depiction of women in media
29. SK Srivastava Committee- to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coaloutput
30. K M Chandrasekhar Committee– for rationalization of foreign investment norms
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n31. RS Gujral Committee– suggest measures to boost MSME exports.
32. Arvind Mayaram Committee –for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) andForeign Institutional Investment (FII)
33. Suma Verma Committee– to update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006
34. MS Ahluwalia committee– to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University 35. Sitakant Mahapatra committee– for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule ofconstitution
36. C Rangarajan committee– for poverty scale estimates in the country
37. MB Shah committee– for inspection of illegal mining activities
38. N Rangachary committee– to examine taxation policies for I.T. Sector
39. N R Narayana Murthy committee– for evaluation of corporate sector participation in HigherEducation.
40. Deepak Parekh committee– for Financing Infrastructure sector
41. Naresh Chandra committee– 14 member task force on security issues
42. Bhandari Committee– Reconstruction of RRBs
43. Narasimham Committee I (1991) and Narasimham Committee I (1998) on Banking SectorReforms.
44. Hilton-Young Commission recommendated setting up of RBI.
45. The All-India Rural Credit Survey Committee, 1951– recommending creation of a strong,integrated, state-sponsored, state-partnered commercial banking institution with an effectivemachinery of branches spread all over the country
46. Krishna Committee:1. sri krishna committee report mumbai riots 1992 (Ayodiya)2. 1996 – 6th pay commission3. 2003 – Chennai HC Lawyers clash4. 2010- Telangana state.
47. Govindarajan Committee: School fee structure in Tamil nadu
48.Khusro Committee: Setting up of an apex institution for the co-operative banks.
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nIndira Awaas Yojana- Provides financial assistance to rural poor for constructing their houses themselves
Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana- A cash incentive of Rs. 4000 to women (19 years and above) for the first two live births.
Integrated Child Development Services- 1975 ICDS-tackle malnutrition and health problems in children below 6 years of age and their mothers
Integrated Rural Development Program- 1978self-employment program to raise the income-generation capacity of target groups among the poor
Janani Suraksha Yojana - 2005 One-time cash incentive to pregnant women for institutional/home births through skilled assistance
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2006 Legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs. 120 per day in 2009
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana - Integrated development of Schedule Caste majority villages in four states
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana - Good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana - Achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture through development of Agriculture and its allied sectors during the XI Plan period
Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (Girl Child Prosperity Scheme)The scheme primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child.
National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)The scheme seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country.
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