Current Affairs August 2013

31st August:

• Hyderabad Hotshots wins the first Indian Badminton League (IBL).

30th August:

• India's economy grew at 4.4 per cent in the April-June 2013 quarter, the slowest quarterly rate in last 4 years. 
• India becomes the first nation to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Australia as Air India's first commercial flight landed in Australia.
• Indian Hockey Team assured of a berth in next year's World Hockey Cup in Netherland after defeating Malaysia 2-0 in the semifinal of Asia Cup.

29th August:

• The Land Acquisition Bill passed in Lok Sabha.
• Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal arrested near India-Nepal Border.
• India's Chandrayan mission data helped NASA to detected magmatic water locked under the surface of the Moon. 
• India's first dedicated defense satellite GSAT-7 launched successfully by an European rocket.

28th August:

• Indian rupee ends at new all-time low of 68.85 against US dollar.

The inaugural Mahathir Award for Global Peace has been awarded to former South African President Nelson Mandela.

27th August:

• Rupee hit record low of 66.30 against dollar and posted its biggest single-day fall in nearly 18 years.
• Malala Yousafzai awarded 2013 International Children's Peace Prize. 

• The formal trial of former Pakistani former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto began today.

26th August:

• Food Security Bill passed in Lok Sabha after nine hours of debate. 

• The Union Government has extended the monsoon session of parliament till September 6. 

• U.N. inspectors reach Syria to inspect poison gas attack in a rebel-held suburb of Damascus. 

• India reaches the semi final of Asia Cup hockey after defeating South Korea 2-0. 

25th August:

• Congress wins the by-election Lok Sabha seats of both Bangalore Rural and Mandya seats in Karnataka. 
• The Indian under-23 team wins the ACC Emerging Trophy tournament as they beat Pakistan by nine wickets in the final. 
• England wins the 5 match Ashes Series with 3-0 against Australia.

24th August:

• India's first National Media Centre inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. 

• Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that he will retire within 12 month from post.

23rd August:

• 12 Andhra MPs suspended in Lok Sabha for protesting against Telangana. 

• Nishi Vasudeva became the head of state-owned oil major Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and became the first woman to head a Navratna public sector unit (PSU). 

• Facebook joining hands with six other technology companies Nokia, Samsung, Ericsson, Opera, MediaTek and Qualcomm to launch a new global initiative named “Internet.org” to make Internet access affordable for people across the globe. 

• Gujarat Police DGP Amitabh Pathak died of a heart attack in Bangkok, Thailand.

22nd August:

• Rupee hits record low of 65.56. 

• Parliament disrupting over the suspension of 11 Andhra Pradesh MPs. 

• Robert Mugabe sworn in for 7th term as Zimbabwe President.

• Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak released from prison.

21st August:

• Maharashtra state government clears anti-superstition ordinance. 

• Indian Rupee crashes to record low of 64.55 against dollar. 

• A court ordered the release of deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. 

• The fifth and last test match of Ashes Series begins in Oval, London.

20th August:

• Three bills relating to the first national women's university, an aviation university and an aviation authority were introduced in the Lok Sabha. Both the Women's University and the Aviation University will be setup in Rae Bareli. 

• Delhi becomes the first state to clear the food security scheme as Sonia Gandhi launches food security ration cards to beneficiaries. 

• A court in Pakistan has formally indicted former military dictator Pervez Musharraf with the murder of former premier Benazir Bhutto.

19th August:

• A train killed at least 35 pilgrims crossing a railway track in Dhamara station, 180 km east of Patna, the capital of Bihar.

• Till now Indian Navy recovered seven victims found from the fire-devastated INS Sindhurakshak.
• ISRO called off GSLV launch with just an hour to go before the launch as a "leak" had been detected in fuel tank. 

• Usain Bolt became the most successful athlete in world championship history when he anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4x100 meters relay. Bolt with light gold medals in World Championship equals American trio Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson and Allyson Felix but the Jamaican moved ahead by virtue of his two silvers from 2007. 

17th August:

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a panel of seven-member to assess the status of Scheduled Tribes, to ensure their progress in socioeconomic, health and education fields. The committee will be headed by National Advisory Council member Virginius Xaxa. 

• For the first time, Election Commission will use the paper trail system along with the Electronic Voting Machines in the Nagaland by-election scheduled to be held on September 4.In this process, when the voter presses a button on the EVM to select the party he wants to vote for, a small slip bearing the name and symbol of the party will appear on the attached VVPAT system. 

• IPS Dilip Trivedi appointed the Director General of CRPF.

• Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins his third successive world 200 meters title with 19.66 seconds at 2013 World Championships in Moscow.

16th August: 

• Supreme Court issues notice to Centre and 12 state governments on their response on preventing Bihar mid-day meal like tragic incidents and providing hygienic food to children. 

• A Street in Canada's Winnipeg city has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of India's 67th Independence Day.

15th August:

• India celebrates 67th Independence Day. 

• Death toll from Egypt political violence rises to 525. 

• The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has given clearance for the unit 1 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) to produce 500MW of power. 

• Wimbledon Women’s Singles 2013 winner Marion Bartoli announced her retirement.

 14th August: 

• Indian submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank with 18 crewmen after explosion early in the morning at the high-security naval dockyard in Mumbai. The cause of the explosion is still not known. 

• A 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of China in which 87 people were injured and over 45,000 homes damaged. 

• Indian badminton League (IBL) starts from today. 6 Teams will participate in the event.

13th August:

• The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reports that the Indian Government had failed to follow defense procurement policy rules in awarding a 560 million euros luxury helicopter deal to AgustaWestland.

• Parliament proceedings paralyzed over the debate of alleged dubious land deals of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra.

• Ibrahim Boubacar Keita elected as the new President of Mali.

Anna Hazare to ring bell at NASDAQ and to lead Independence Day parade in New York.

Trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi, the first Indian to win two back-to-back World Cup gold medals recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna while 14 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna award by the selection committee. The Arjuna awardees: Virat Kohli (Cricket), Chekrovolu Swuro (Archery), Renjith Maheshwary (Athletics), P V Sindhu (Badminton), Kavita Chahal (Boxing), Rupesh Shah (Snooker), Gaganjeet Bhullar (Golf), Saba Anjum (Hockey), Rajkumari Rathore (Shooting), Joshna Chinappa (Squash), Mouma Das (Table Tennis), Neha Rathi (Wrestling), Dharmendra Dalal (Wrestling), Amit Kumar Saroha (Athletics).

12th August:

• The Union Government introduced an amendment to the Right to Information Act, 2005 to keep political parties out of the purview of this law.
• India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km.
• India launches first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant from Kochi.
• Usain Bolt wins 100m gold at Moscow World Championships with the time of 9.77sec.
• Shikhar Dhawan smashed the second highest score in limited over cricket with 248 (30 fours and 7 sixes) from 150 balls for India A against South Africa A at the LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria. 
• Serena Williams defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-0 to Win Women's Rogers Cup 2013.

11th August:

• Subramanian Swamy's Janata Party merges with BJP ahead of the 2014 general elections.
• Real Madrid wins Champions Cup after defeating Chelsea 3-1 in MIAMI, USA.
• Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand wins badminton world championship, 2013 in Women Singles after defeating Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the women's singles 22-20 18-21 21-14 in Guangzhou, China.
• Lin Dan of China wins the badminton world title, 2013 in Men's Singles for a fifth time.

10th August:

• Jagan Mohan Reddy quits as MP in protest against the creation of Telangana.

• The 14th World Championships in Athletics starts in Moscow, Russia.

• India's shuttler PV Sindhu win a bronze medal at the World Championships after defeating against world number three Ratchanok Inthanon in the semifinals 10-21, 13-21.

9th August:

• Government approved setting up of all-women bank (Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd) with an initial capital of Rs 1,000 crore.

• India celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr.

• Indian shuttler P. V. Sindhu enters the semifinals of World Badminton Championships after defeating Shixian Wang of China. She becomes the first Indian woman singles player to ensure a medal at the World Badminton Championships.
• A company from Maryland, USA Sanaria has developed a malaria vaccine that has become the first in providing 100% protection against malaria. The vaccine is known as PfSPZ.
• India's first e-library will be launched in Haryana's Sirsa district on August 15.

8th August:

• Companies Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha which aimed at protecting the interest of employees and small investors. Lok Sabha had passed the Companies Bill in 2012.
• Sixth Andhra minister quits in protest against state's division. 
• Telecom and IT minister Kapil Sibal launch the website www.data.gov.in which gives access to 3,500 govt data banks.

7th August:

• Parliament rocked for a second day over the killing of five Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir.
• US President Barack Obama has cancelled plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a retribution for Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
• Amazon boss Jeff Bezos agreed to purchase the Washington Post newspaper for $250m.
• Maria Sharapova tops Forbes rich female athletes list for 9th straight year.

6th August:

• Five Indian soldiers killed by Pakistan in Poonch area of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Rupee hits record low of 61.80 against dollar.
• Raghuram Rajan appointed as next RBI governor.

5th August:

• Monsoon session of Parliament starts. 
• The National Green Tribunal ordered a stay on all sand mining activity in the river beds in country.
• BCCI on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging Bombay High Court’s order that held as illegal and unconstitutional the two-member probe panel constituted by it to look into spot-fixing and betting charges in the IPL tournament as illegal.
• England retains the Ashes Series after the draw of third test in Old Trafford, England. England leads the five match series 2-0 after three test.
• Ravindra Jadeja move to the number one position in ICC ODI bowler’s ranking. He is the second one after Anil Kumble to reach the spot as an Indian bowler.

4th August:

• Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI).
• Japan launches first talking Robot Astronaut Kirobo into Space from the Tanegashima Space Center.
• India women team wins bronze at junior women hockey World Cup after defeating England 3-2 in penalties.
• International Friendship Day observed

3rd August:

• Afghanistan insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's eastern capital Jalalabad killing nine people.
• Hassan Rouhani took office as Iran's president.
• India completed 5-0 whitewash over Zimbabwe in the fifth one-day international at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. Amit Mishra declared as Man of the series.

2nd August:

• Seven TDP MPs resign over Telangana issue.
• Russia granting asylum to NSA intelligence leaker Edward Snowden in Russia for a year.
• Cate Campbell of Australia won gold in the women's 100 meters freestyle at the World Championships in Barcelona.
• Aditya Mehta wins snooker gold in World Games at Cali, Columbia.
• USA wins the 2013 Concacaf Gold Cup.

1st August:

• The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to divest 10 percent of the government's stake in state refiner Indian Oil Corp Ltd.
• The Cabinet cleared crucial changes to the Right to Information Act to block political parties from being covered under RTI which will exempt parties from being obliged to share details of their funding or how they choose their candidates.
• Union Government eased investment rules for the retail sector allowing foreign supermarket operators to procure from small businesses which have invested no more than the equivalent of $2 million in plant and machinery.
• Bhim Sain Bassi appointed as the Delhi Police Commissioner.
• India wins against Zimbabwe by nine-wicket in Bulawayo to lead 4-0 in the five-match series.
• Sujatha Singh takes charge as India’s new foreign secretary.

Foreign Banks In India

Foreign Banks in India always brought an explanation about the prompt services to customers. After the set up foreign banks in India, the banking sector in India also become competitive and accurative.

New rules announced by the Reserve Bank of India for the foreign banks in India in this budget has put up great hopes among foreign banks which allows them to grow unfettered. Now foreign banks in India are permitted to set up local subsidiaries. The policy conveys that forign banks in India may not acquire Indian ones (except for weak banks identified by the RBI, on its terms) and their Indian subsidiaries will not be able to open branches freely. Please see the list of Foreign banks in India till date.List of Foreign Banks in India

• ABN-AMRO Bank
• Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
• Bank of Ceylon
• BNP Paribas Bank
• Citi Bank
• China Trust Commercial Bank
• Deutsche Bank
• HSBC
• JPMorgan Chase Bank
• Standard Chartered Bank
• Scotia Bank
• Taib Bank

By the year 2009, the list of foreign banks in India is going to become more quantitative as number of foreign banks are still waiting with baggage to start business in India.

Regional Rural Banks in India

Rural banking in India started since the establishment of banking sector in India. Rural Banks in those days mainly focussed upon the agro sector. Regional rural banks in India penetrated every corner of the country and extended a helping hand in the growth process of the country.

SBI has 30 Regional Rural Banks in India known as RRBs. The rural banks of SBI is spread in 13 states extending from Kashmir to Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh to North East. The total number of SBIs Regional Rural Banks in India branches is 2349 (16%). Till date in rural banking in India, there are 14,475 rural banks in the country of which 2126 (91%) are located in remote rural areas.

Apart from SBI, there are other few banks which functions for the development of the rural areas in India. Few of them are as follows.Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank Limited

The Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd. commonly called as HARCOBANK plays a vital role in rural banking in the economy of Haryana State and has been providing aids and financing farmers, rural artisans, agricultural labourers, entrepreneurs, etc. in the state and giving service to its depositors.NABARD

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is a development bank in the sector of Regional Rural Banks in India. It provides and regulates credit and gives service for the promotion and development of rural sectors mainly agriculture, small scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts. It also finance rural crafts and other allied rural economic activities to promote integrated rural development. It helps in securing rural prosperity and its connected matters.Sindhanur Urban Souharda Co-operative Bank

Sindhanur Urban Souharda Co-operative Bank, popularly known as SUCO BANK is the first of its kind in rural banks of India. The impressive story of its inception is interesting and inspiring for all the youth of this country.

United Bank of India 

United Bank of India (UBI) also plays an important role in regional rural banks. It has expanded its branch network in a big way to actively participate in the developmental of the rural and semi-urban areas in conformity with the objectives of nationalisation.

Syndicate Bank was firmly rooted in rural India as rural banking and have a clear vision of future India by understanding the grassroot realities. Its progress has been abreast of the phase of progressive banking in India especially in rural banks.

Cooperative Banks in India

The Co operative banks in India started functioning almost 100 years ago. The Cooperative bank is an important constituent of the Indian Financial System, judging by the role assigned to co operative, the expectations the co operative is supposed to fulfil, their number, and the number of offices the cooperative bank operate. Though the co operative movement originated in the West, but the importance of such banks have assumed in India is rarely paralleled anywhere else in the world. The cooperative banks in India plays an important role even today in rural financing. The businessess of cooperative bank in the urban areas also has increased phenomenally in recent years due to the sharp increase in the number of primary co-operative banks.

Co operative Banks in India are registered under the Co-operative Societies Act. The cooperative bank is also regulated by the RBI. They are governed by the Banking Regulations Act 1949 and Banking Laws (Co-operative Societies) Act, 1965.Cooperative banks in India finance rural areas under:

• Farming
• Cattle
• Milk
• Hatchery
• Personal finance

Cooperative banks in India finance urban areas under:

• Self-employment
• Industries
• Small scale units
• Home finance
• Consumer finance
• Personal finance

Some facts about Cooperative banks in India

• Some cooperative banks in India are more forward than many of the state and private sector banks.
• According to NAFCUB the total deposits & lendings of Cooperative Banks in India is much more than Old Private Sector Banks & also the New Private Sector Banks.
• This exponential growth of Co operative Banks in India is attributed mainly to their much better local reach, personal interaction with customers, their ability to catch the nerve of the local clientele

Private Sector Banks

Private banking in India was practiced since the begining of banking system in India. The first private bank in India to be set up in Private Sector Banks in India was Indus Ind Bank. It is one of the fastest growing Bank Private Sector Banks in India. IDBI ranks the tenth largest development bank in the world as Private Banks in India and has promoted a world class institution in India.

The first Private Bank in India to receive an in principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India was Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited, to set up a bank in the private sector banks in India as part of the RBI's liberalisation of the Indian Banking Industry. It was incorporated in August 1994 as HDFC Bank Limited with registered office in Mumbai and commenced operations as Scheduled Commercial Bank in January 1995.

ING Vysya, yet another Private Bank of India was incorporated in the year 1930. Bangalore has a pride of place for having the first branch inception in the year 1934. With successive years of patronage and constantly setting new standards in banking, ING Vysya Bank has many credits to its account.

List of Private Banks in India

• Bank of Punjab
• Bank of Rajasthan
• Catholic Syrian Bank
• Centurion Bank
• City Union Bank
• Dhanalakshmi Bank
• Development Credit Bank
• Federal Bank
• HDFC Bank
• ICICI Bank
• IDBI Bank
• IndusInd Bank
• ING Vysya Bank
• Jammu & Kashmir Bank
• Karnataka Bank
• Karur Vysya Bank
• Laxmi Vilas Bank
• South Indian Bank
• United Western Bank
• UTI Bank

Public Sector Banks In India

Among the Public Sector Banks in India, United Bank of India is one of the 14 major banks which were nationalised on July 19, 1969. Its predecessor, in the Public Sector Banks, the United Bank of India Ltd., was formed in 1950 with the amalgamation of four banks viz. Comilla Banking Corporation Ltd. (1914), Bengal Central Bank Ltd. (1918), Comilla Union Bank Ltd. (1922) and Hooghly Bank Ltd. (1932).

Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), a Governmet of India Undertaking offers Domestic, NRI and Commercial banking services. OBC is implementing a GRAMEEN PROJECT in Dehradun District (UP) and Hanumangarh District (Raiasthan) disbursing small loans. This Public Secotor Bank India has implemented 14 point action plan for strengthening of credit delivery to women and has designated 5 branches as specialized branches for women entrepreneurs.The following are the list of Public Sector Banks in India

• Allahabad Bank
• Andhra Bank
• Bank of Baroda
• Bank of India
• Bank of Maharastra
• Canara Bank
• Central Bank of India
• Corporation Bank
• Dena Bank
• Indian Bank
• Indian Overseas Bank
• Oriental Bank of Commerce
• Punjab & Sind Bank
• Punjab National Bank
• Syndicate Bank
• UCO Bank
• Union Bank of India
• United Bank of India
• Vijaya Bank

List of State Bank of India and its subsidiary, a Public Sector Banks

• State Bank of India
• State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
• State Bank of Hyderabad
• State Bank of Indore
• State Bank of Mysore
• State Bank of Saurastra
• State Bank of Travancore

Indian Bank Association(IBA)

Indian Banks Association (IBA)

The Indian Banks Association (IBA) was formed on the 26th September, 1946 with 22 members. Today IBA has more than 156 members comprising of Public Sector banks, Private Sector banks, Foreign banks having offices in India, Urban Co-operative banks, Developmental financial institutions, Federations, merchant banks, mutual funds, housing finance corporations, etc.

The functioning of IBA

• To promote sound and progressive banking principles and practices.
• To render assistance and to provide common services to members.
• To organise co-ordination and co-operation on procedural, legal, technical, administrative and professional matters.
• To collect, classify and circulate statistical and other information.
• To pool together expertise towards common purposes such as reduction in costs, increase in efficiency, productivity and improve systems, procedures and banking practices.
• To project good public image of banking through publicity and public relations.
• To encourage sports and cultural activities among bank employees.

The Offices of IBA

Stadium House,
Block II & III, 6th Floor,
Veer Nariman Road, Mumbai 400 020.
Tel.:91-22- 22894500, Fax:91-22-22835638

Current Affairs September 2013

30th September: 

• A special CBI court at Ranchi convicted former Bihar Chief Minster and RJD leader Lalu Prasad and 44 others including former Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra in the in the multi-crore fodder scam case.
• Ranjan Mathai appointed as India's High Commissioner to United Kingdom. 

29th September: 

• Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif in New York.
• Kenya's Wilson Kipsang break the marathon world record in Berlin with 2hrs 3 mins and 23 seconds.
• N. Srinivasan re-elected as BCCI president for the third term.
• Ranjib Biswal named as new IPL chairman. 

28th September:

• At Least 31 people killed in a Building Collapse in the dockyard area in the south of Mumbai.
• United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on a resolution to destroy Syria's chemicals weapons stockpile.
• Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association chief Rajeev Shukla, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Ravi Savant and Delhi & District cricket Association (DDCA) secretary Sneh Bansal will the three new vice-presidents of the BCCI.
• Miss Philippines Megan Young crowned as Miss World 2013 in Bali, Indonesia. 

27th September: 

• The Land Acquisition Bill, passed by Parliament during the Monsoon Session to replace a 119-year-old legislation, became a law with President Pranab Mukherjee giving assent to it today.
• Chandigarh-born legal luminary Sri Srinivasan became the first Indian American to be sworn in as judge of the US Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• World Tourism Day observed today.
• Anna Hazare presented with the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity by University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law.
• The Supreme court said that the voters have right to reject all candidates contesting the election.
• Google completes 15 years of its existence.
• Tiger Woods was named on Friday as the PGA Tour's Player of the Year for a record 11th time.
• India beat China in the 8th Asia Cup Women hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur to win the Bronze. 

26th September: 

• Six people including four policemen were killed in a suicide strike on the police station in Hiranagar while four army personnel including a Lieutenant Colonel died at Samba camp. All three terrorists killed after gunbattle.
• CBI summons Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal in Coal scam. 

25th September: 

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for the US for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and meeting with President Barack Obama.
• RBI banned zero per cent interest rate scheme for purchase of consumer goods through credit cards.The central bank has also said that no  additional charges can be levied on payment through debit cards.
• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bans former IPL chief Lalit Modi for life after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of "various acts of indiscipline and misconduct".
• The Union Government announced constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission to revise salary and pension for about 80 lakh staff and pensioners

24th September: 

• An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan’s Balochistan area killing at least 30 people.
• An Ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate disqualification was approved by the Union Cabinet. 

23rd September: 

• A court in Egypt has banned "all activities" of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood from carrying out any activities in the country.
• YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy has been granted bail after 14 months by a special CBI court in Hyderabad in the disproportionate assets case. 

22nd September: 

• 59 people have been killed in an attack by the al Shabaab group at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.
• At least 70 people died in suicide bombing attack outside a church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
• The Uttar Pradesh government revoked the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal.
• Tamil National Alliance (TNA) wins 30 of the 38 seats in the election held at Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Election held after 25 years in this former war zone.
• Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Border Security Force (BSF). 

21st September:

• Gyan Correa's Gujarati film 'The Good Road' nominated to represent India in the Best Foreign Film category at next year's Oscars.
• Pakistan released former Afghan Taliban deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar for peace efforts in Afganistan.

20th September: 

• UP BJP MLA Suresh Rana arrested for alleged role in Muzaffarnagar riots.
• RBI hiking the short-term policy rate by 0.25 per cent which may increase EMIs for home and auto loans in the medium term.
• The Central Bureau of Investigation today officially closed its investigation into a corruption case against Mulayam Singh Yadav citing lack of evidence. 

19th September: 

• Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines decided to set up a new world-class joint venture airline based in India.
• Mohammedan Sporting wins Durand Cup Football tournament after defeating ONGC 2-1 in the final in New Delhi. 

18th September: 

• Indian wrestler Bajrang wins the bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle category in the World Championship.
• Sunrisers Hyderabad enters the main round of CLT20 after two consecutive victory in the qualifying round match. 

17th September: 

• 13 dead include the gunman who was killed after an encounter with security in shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
• China started flight operations at the world's highest civilian airport in Sichuan.
• Pakistani education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and American singer, human rights activist Harry Belafonte named as joint recipients of Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013.
• Amit Kumar Dahiya wins silver medal at World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
• Iran lifts ban on Facebook and Twitter after four years.
• Government raises import duty on gold jewellery to 15%.
• Australia wins the 5 match series by 2-1 against England. 

16th September: 

• Inflation in August rises to 6.1 per cent in food prices.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi visit riot-hit Muzaffarnagar.
• Nina Davuluri wins the 2014 Miss America pageant and becoming the first Indian-American to wear the crown. 

15th September: 

• India successfully test-fired Agni-V missile with range of about 5,000 km for second time from an island of Odisha. 

14th September: 

• US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced a deal on a framework to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, after talks in Switzerland.
• Tripura ahead of Kerala to achieve top position in literacy chart in India with 94.65 percent. 

13th September: 

• The four accused men for raping and murdering a girl in New Delhi on 16th December, 2012 were sentenced to death by a Delhi court under Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna.
• Narendra Modi appointed BJP's PM candidate for 2014 polls.
• Rajasthan Royals cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned for life, Amit Singh for five years and Siddharth Trivedi for one year by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their involvement in the spot fixing scandal during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League(IPL).
• Ray Dolby, Founder and Director Emeritus of Dolby Laboratories died in San Francisco, age 80. He suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and acute leukemia. 

12th September: 

• Thomas Bach of Germany elected as the 9th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in place of Jacques Rogge.
• India Denies Visa to Pakistani team Faisalabad Wolves for the Champions League T20. 

11th September: 

• India lost to Afghanistan 0-2 in the final of the 2013 SAFF Championship at the Dasrath stadium in Kathmandu.
• Prayers resume at Kedarnath Temple after 86 days of calamity hit Uttarakhand in June this year. 

10th September: 

• Syria has accepted a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling.
• India's launch preparations for the Rs 450 crore Mars orbiter mission passed the successful thermo-vacuum test of the spacecraft with its payloads.
• Rafael Nadal wins US Open title and 13th Grand Slam crown as he beat Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final. 

9th September: 

• Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated across India.
• Toll now 31 dead in Muzaffarnagar communal riots.
• Leander Paes-Radek Stepanek win US Open men's doubles title after defeating second seeded Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares pair 6-1, 6-3. Leander Paes becomes the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title. This is his 14th title.
• Serena Williams wins 17th grand slam title with US Open victory over Victoria Azarenka by 7-5, 6-7, 6-1.
• Ryan Campbell of Australia at the age of 19 became the youngest person to fly a single engine aircraft around the globe. 

8th September: 

• Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari steps down as Pak President after successfully completing his five-year term, paving the way for Mamnoon Hussain to take over.
• Liberal leader Tony Abbott will be the next prime minister of Australia after his party wins 88 seats to Labor's 57 in the 150-seat parliament.
• International Literacy Day celebrated.
• Wrestling included in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games after it defeated baseball/softball and squash for a spot in the competition. 

7th September: 

• Zubin Mehta performs his concert in Shalimar Bagh, Kashmir despite threats.
• Tokyo will host the 2020 summer Olympics after beating Istanbul in a head-to-head voting by the International Olympic Committee. 

6th September: 

• The Rajya Sabha today passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill.
• The International Olympic Committee has asked the Indian Olympic Association to sack "charge-framed" officials through constitutional amendments by October 31 and conduct fresh elections by December 15 to return to the Olympic fold.
• Leander Paes with Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic reached the men’s doubles finals of the US Open.
• Egypt government has dissolved the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organization.
• National pentathlon championship starts in Goa.

5th September: 

• Teacher’s Day Celebrated across India on the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• The monsoon session of Parliament has been extended by a day till September 7.
• Air India hikes fares by up to 25 per cent on all domestic routes. 
• Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead outside her house in Afghanistan.
• President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Deepak Sandhu as the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission.
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) informed that the number of telephone subscribers in India reach to 903.09 million at the end of June 2013.
• The United Nations first International Day of Charity held as a marked in honour of Mother Teresa. 

4th September: 

• The Pension fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2013 has been passed in the Lok Sabha. The Bill will open the doors for foreign investment in pension funds.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in St Petersburg for 8th G20 summit.
• Raghuram Rajan took over as the 23rd RBI governor of RBI. 

3rd September: 

• Microsoft to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business in 5.44 billion euros deal.
• Gary Kirsten joins IPL giants Delhi Daredevils as head coach. 

2nd September: 

• Food Security Bill passed by Rajya Sabha.
• Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde inform that the cabinet resolution on Telangana will take place within 20 days.
• Gujarat-based Adani group fined Rs. 200 cr for environmental damage.
• Gareth Bale included in the Real Madrid team after completing his record-breaking move from Tottenham for record 132m dollar.

1st September: 

• South Korea defeats India by 4-3 in the finals to win 9th Asia Cup Hockey Tournament.
• Bhuvana Kalva won 2013 ITF Women's Tennis Tournament defeating sixth-seeded Akari Inoue of Japan 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the tournament.

Current Affairs October 2013

31st October:

• Jharkhand high court rejects Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail petition on fodder scam.
• Gujrat CM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Statue of Unity, a proposed 182 meters (597 ft) monument of Vallabhbhai Patel which will be the tallest statue of the world when completed.

30th October:

• Infosys has agreed to pay a penalty of $34 million to the United States government for making errors in 1-9 paperwork and other visa related matters.
• 45 passengers were burnt to death and five others injured when an air-conditioned private bus, proceeding to Hyderabad from Bangalore caught fire in Andhra Pradesh's Mehabubnagar district.
• Sensex closes at all-time high above 21,000.
• Srishti Rana of India crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in Busan, South Korea.

29th October:

• RBI hikes repo rate by 25 Basis Points to 7.75 % from 7.50%.
• India has developed a new tactical surface-to-surface missile 'Pragati' with a range between 60-170 km.
• Mukesh Ambani becomes India's richest for 6th year in a row in Forbes' list with a net worth of $ 21 billion.
• Union Government appoints Air Marshal Arup Raha as the next Chief of the Air Staff who will replace Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne.
• Pioneer of Nayi Kahani movement and renowned Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav dies at 84 in New Delhi.

28th October:

• The Supreme Court directed the Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of property worth Rs. 20,000 crore to market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) within three weeks.

27th October:

• 5 killed and over 70 injured in seven crude bomb serial explosions ahead of Narendra Modi's rally in Patna.
• Floods triggered by incessant rains for nearly a week left at least 45 persons dead in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
• Sachin Tendulkar playing is last Ranji match as Mumbai take on Haryana at Lahli, Haryana.
• Amitabh Bachchan received the 3rd Hridayanath Mangeshkar Award for his contribution to the film industry.
• Germany's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest four-times world champion on Sunday after winning the Indian Grand Prix for Red Bull.

26th October:

• BCCI terminated Sahara-owned franchise Pune Warriors from the IPL after defaulted on its payments and refused to furnish the bank guarantee for the next season.

25th October:

• The Prime Minister's Office has handed over all documents on the allocation of two coal blocks to a firm owned by Kumar Mangalam Birla to the CBI.
• South African cricketer Faf du Plessis accused for ball-tampering on the third day of the second Test against Pakistan in Dubai.

24th October:

• The legendary singer Manna Dey died of cardiac arrest at the age of 94 in Bangalore hospital where was treated for respiratory illness.
• India ending an eight year ban on military supplies to Nepal with the supplies of vehicles and arms.
• The extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India came into effect with the handing over of the instruments of ratification of the much-awaited pact.
• Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy yet, designated by scientists as  8_GND_5296, took about 13.1 billion years to reach the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, both of which detected the galaxy in infrared light.

23rd October:

• The Election Commission changed the Mizoram assembly election schedule by advancing the polling to November 25 instead of earlier slated on
• December 4.
• Former Delhi health minister Harsh Vardhan will be the BJP's Chief Minister candidate for Delhi election.
• India and China signed Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) to soothing tension on their contested border.

22nd October:

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Beijing today on a three-day visit.
• India started pumping electricity for the first time from Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Tamil Nadu with an initial output of 160 MW.
• CBI filed fresh status report in the Supreme Court on coal block allocation scam.
• Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and JD (U) MP Jagdish Sharma disqualified from the Lok Sabha as both are convicted in the Bihar fodder scam.

21st October:

• Congress MP Rashid Masood has been disqualified from the Rajya Sabha after the Congress MP was convicted in a corruption case.
• 20th October:
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Moscow to strengthen bilateral strategic partnership.
• Lata Mangeshkar presented with the first national Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai.
• Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal defeated former World number one Rachael Grinham of Australia to clinch the Macau Open title.

19th October:

• India’s tallest air traffic control (ATC) tower with 84-metre structure inaugurated in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
• An Italian court ruled that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pradeep Sangwan for 18 months after he was found violating the board's anti-doping regulations in IPL 2013.

18th October:

• The Archaeological Survey of India team began digging at Daundia Khera village of Unnao district, UP for the prophesied 1,000 tones of gold as claimed by a local priest Swami Shobhan Sarkar.
• Micromax has roped in Hollywood star Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador.

17th October:

• The U.S. Congress approved a deal to end a partial government shutdown.US federal workers back to work after 16-day shutdown.The workers have been furloughed since the partial government shutdown began October 1.
• The Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe into the tapes of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia.
• Terence Walsh appointed as Chief Coach of the Indian National Hockey Team.

16th October:

• World Bank cuts India growth forecast to 4.7 per cent from 6.1 percent for the current fiscal year.
• Indian Railways appointed acting chairman of Railway Board Arunendra Kumar as the head of the board.
• INS Sunayna inducted into Indian Navy’s service which is the largest offshore patrol vessel (OPV).
• New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins Man Booker prize for her book "The Luminaries". She becomes the youngest novelist to win the man booker prize at the age of 28 years. Also the book has set a new record for the longest winning novel with 852 pages.
• Australian batsman set a new world record with their top five compiling individual half centuries while scoring 359 runs against India in Jaipur.
• Virat Kohli scores the fastest century by an Indian batsman in ODI with 52 balls against Australia.
• EPL club Liverpool launched a residential football academy in Pune.

15th October:

• Kumar Mangalam Birla, head of the Aditya Birla Group has been charged with conspiracy and cheating to land two coal blocks in Odisha in 2005 by CBI in new FIR.
• An Afghan provincial governor Arsala Jamal killed in a bomb blast at a mosque after Eid prayers in Logar, close to the capital Kabul.
• 93 died in a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in central Philippine island of Bohol.

14th October:

• Vijayadashami and Dussehra celebrated across India.
• Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller of America wins the Nobel prize for economics for developing new methods to study trends in asset markets.

13th October:

• Over 70 people died and over 100 injured in a stampede at Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district.
• Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix.
• 12th October:
• Cyclone Phailin has made landfall in Odisha. Over five lakh people have been evacuated in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to grant cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar his wish to play his 200th and farewell Test in his home town Mumbai.

11th October:

• Hague-based Organisation OPCW awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.
• Agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan selected for the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2012.
• India's industrial production growth slowed to 0.6 percent in August from an upwardly revised 2.75 percent pace in July.

10th October:

• High alert has been declared as the cyclonic storm "Phailin" is expected to hit coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday night.
• Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from Test cricket after playing 200th game which is most likely to be held in Mumbai from November 14.
• Canada's Canada's Alice, 82 Munro won the Nobel Literature Prize.
• Malala Yousafzai, 16-year-old education activist from Pakistan wins European Union's Sakharov human rights award.

9th October:

• The Nobel prize in chemistry awarded jointly to three US scientist named Martin Karplus ( Harvard University), Michael Levitt (Stanford School of Medicine) and Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California).
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Bharti Enterprises breaking up their Indian joint venture. Now Wal-Mart will independently own and operate separate businesses in the country.
• Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf granted bail and free to leave Pakistan after a decision by a court in Islamabad.

8th October:

• The Union Cabinet of India approved the National Identification Authority of India Bill that will give statutory status to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
• Peter Higgs (United Kingdom) and Francois Englert (Belgium) jointly awarded Nobel Prize for Physics.
• Supreme Court lifted the restraints it put on N Srinivasan from assuming charge as the elected chief of the Indian cricket board (BCCI).

7th October:

• Government hike railway fares by two per cent for all classes because of a rise in the prices of diesel and power.
• India test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km from Balasore, Odisha.
• Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as SBI's first woman chairperson.
• Randy Schekman(USA), James Rothman(USA) and Thomas Sudhof (Germany) wins Nobel Prize for Medicine for cell transport.
• The Supreme Court has proposed a three-member panel headed by former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal to probe into IPL spot-fixing scandal.

6th October:

• Sania Mirza and Cara Black wins the Women’s Doubles in China Open tennis championship trophy.
• Mumbai Indians wins the Champions League Twenty20 for the second time after beating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final at the Ferozeshah Kotla. It is the last Twenty20 match for both Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

5th October:

• The Union government launched the Inter Company LPG portability scheme in 24 cities across the country through which consumer can switch their LPG distributors through a portability system and also buy 5kg cylinders of liquefied petroleum gas at select petrol stations.
• The Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and India inaugurated a joint power transmission plant through which Bangladesh will receive up to 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

4th October:

• Indian Election Commission announced election dates for five states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Delhi. The Polls in the five states will be start from 11th Dec to 4th of December and the counting will be on 8th December.
• Afghanistan qualified for its maiden ICC World Cup after defeating Kenya by seven wickets to finish second in the World Cricket League Championship in Sharjah.

3rd October:

• The CBI court in Ranchi sent former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad to five years in jail with a fine of Rs.25 lakh in the case of illegal withdrawal of public money from Chaibasa treasury.
• The union cabinet formally decided to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out Telangana as India's 29th state.Hyderabad will be shared for 10 years as the capital of the old and new state.
• Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi resigned from his post in protest against the Union Cabinet's approval of the formation of separate Telangana.

2nd October:

• The Union Cabinet decided to drop the controversial ordinance and bill aimed at protecting convicted politician.
• Gandhi Jayanti observed in India.
• U.S. master writer and master of spy thriller novels Tom Clancy dies at 66.

1st October:

• Levy of 3% service-tax on all non-unit-linked products of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) added as per IRDA guideline.
• S. Varadarajan took over as the new Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
• SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India) approved Jet-Etihad deal.
• National Voluntary Blood Donation Day observed.

IMPORTANT POINTS FOR IBPS CLERK EXAM:

• President Pranab Mukherjee has authored the book - Beyond Survival
• Prior to being the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was India’s __________- Union Minister of Finance
• Who is the current Union Minister of Finance? - P. Chidambaram
• Who is responsible for the fiscal policy of India? - Finance Minister
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the __________ PM of India.- 13th
• Tehelka is a _______. – Magazine/ Website/ Tabloid
• Volocopter, the world’s first green helicopter which is noiseless and emission free has been tested in which country? –  Germany
• Tessy Mohan is the Project Director of __________. – Agni IV
• Tessy Thomas was conferred ______________ for her outstanding contribution for making India self-reliant in the field of missile technology. - Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award
• Full form of AMFI is ________. - Association of Mutual Funds in India
• What does M stand for in CAMELS ratings? – Management Quality
• Full form of CHOGM is ___________. - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
• Expand CRISIL. - Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
• Expand EGoM. - Empowered Group of Ministers
• The capital of Algeria is _________. – Algiers
• The currency of Libya - Dinar
• The capita of Burkina Faso is ________. Ouagadougou
• The currency of Nigeria - Naira
• The author of the book ‘God of Small Things’ is – Arundhati Roy
• The author of ‘Five Point Someone’- Chetan Bhagat
• The author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’- Jane Austen
• The Author of the book ‘Joseph Anton’- Salman Rushdie
• The author of the book ‘The Luminaries’ is - Eleanor Catton
• Who is the winner of The Man Booker Prize 2013? - Eleanor Catton
• The author of the book ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ – Hilary Mantel
• As per the RBI guidelines PSBs has to give loans to women SHGs at the interest rate of ______. – 7 per cent
• The GAAR rules will become applicable by which year? – 2016
• A type of risk related to the trustworthiness of business is called ________. – Reputational Risk
• Whenever a bank gives out a loan in a fractional-reserve banking system, a new sum of virtual money is created. This process is called _________. – Money Creation
• The Reserve Bank of India will launch Inflation indexed Bonds which will be indexed to – CPI
• C.N.R. Rao, who is to be conferred the prestigious Bharat Ratna Award, is a famous – Scientist
• Who has been appointed as the CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank? - Usha Ananthasubramanian
• How many major central banks of the world have made their network of currency swap facility permanent? – Six
• Expand PACS. - Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies
• Pin code given to Supreme Court is – 110 201
• Who is the Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority? - T. S. Vijayan
• Which bank has, recently, launched a campaign named ‘Own Your NPA’? – IDBI Bank
• Expand P-Notes. – Participatory Notes
• Fitch has scaled down its projections on India’s growth to _________ for the current fiscal. -4.8%
• Which organization is responsible for introduction of KYC norms in India? – RBI
• AML-KYC day is observed in India on which day? - First working day of August each year
• CTS scheme was first implemented by RBI in which city? – New Delhi
• The deadline for implementing the CTS 2010 as given by RBI is - 31 December 2013
• The maximum amount per transaction in NEFT is limited to _________ for cash-based remittances and remittances to Nepal. - Rs.50,000
• Expand CORE in Core Banking Solutions. - Centralized Online Real-time Environment
• Normal core banking functions will include _________________. - Deposit accounts, Loans, Mortgages and Payments.
• Expand IFSC. - Indian Financial System Code
• What is the processing fee for the inward transactions in RTGS? – Free
• Whom should a person contact, in case of non-credit or delay in credit to the beneficiary account under RTGS system? – Bank Branch (If the issue is not resolved satisfactorily, complaint may be lodged to the Customer Service Department of RBI)
• The price at which the government purchases crops from the farmers is called ________. –MSP
• The Special Economic Zones Schemes are managed by ________. – Department of Commerce
• The National Rural Drinking Water Program is a component of – Bharat Nirman Scheme
• Swavalamban Yojana is associated with which aspect of the unorganised sector in India? – Pension Plan
• Expand ASHA. – Accredited Social Health Activities
• Who has been awarded the WTA Player of the Year 2013? – Serena Williams
• Truncation is the process of- stopping the flow of the physical cheque.
• The 14th IIFA Awards for Best Film is given to- Barfi
• RBI set up the committee to look into financial inclusion under the chairmanship of - Dr. C. Rangarajan
• The 14th IIFA Awards for Best Direction is given to - Anurag Basu
• RBI has announced the committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-Income Households under the Chairmanship of- Shri Nachiket Mor
• The 14th IIFA Awards for Best Actor is given to - Ranbir Kapoor
• Which of the following is the most essential financial service which should be provided to the poor people to bring them into the network of financial inclusion- A bank account where he/she can save small amount
• The 14th IIFA Awards for Best Actress is given to - Vidya Balan
• The 14th IIFA Awards for Best Supporting Acteress is given to - Anu Kapoor
• The 14th IIFA Awards for Best Supporting Acteress is given to- Anushka Sharma
• Which of the following Indian film has been nominated in the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) this year- The Lunchbox
• which of the following is the India's entry for Oscar- The Good Road'
• The Good Road' is related to which of the following state of India- Gujarat
• Who is the Director of the movie The Lunchbox - Ritesh Batra
• How many films has been nominated for the Seventh Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) this year-Four
• Which of the following film has been selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards- The Good Road
• Which of the following film has won the award for Best Gujarati film at the 60th National Film Awards- The Good Road
• Who is the Director of the movie The Good Road- Gyan Arora
• The benchmark of CTS prescriptions are collectively known as- "CTS-2010 standard".
• Cheque Truncation System has legal sanction under which of the act- Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
• Financial inclusion or inclusive financing is the delivery of- financial services at affordable costs to sections of low-income group of society
• The United Nations defines the goals of financial inclusion as- access at a reasonable cost for all households in financial services
• India's leading credit rating and research company launched an index to measure the status of financial inclusion in India- CRISIL Inclusix
• United Nations had released a book titled "Building Inclusion Financial Sectors for Development". This book is called -"Blue Book"
• According to this survey, Which of the state is the most financially developed- Himachal Pradesh
• According to this survey, Which of the state is the least financially developed- Bihar
• The banks with a view to achieving greater financial inclusion to make which account-- "no-frills" banking account.
• In India, financial inclusion first featured in- 2005
• Which was the first village in India where all households were provided banking facilities-Mangalam