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Provides for devolution of tax receipts from the Centre to the States
First and 13th Finance Commission was headed by K C Neogy & Dr Vijay Kelkar resp.
Union government decriminalized Attempt to Suicide
20th Law Commission headed by Justice A P Shah recommended in its 210 Report
Lok Sabha passed the Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014
The laws are Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the Indian Maritime University Act,
2008
Karnataka Mobile One App launched for m-governance
Includes details of treaties India signed with France and other nations
These are Security, Development, Rights and Entitlement and Public Perception
Management
Includes one of NTPC and SAIL each and two of Sasan UMPP owned by Anil Ambani
Each person covered to be provided bank accounts and RuPay debit cards
Will facilitate access to published works for blind and visually impaired persons
She was elected to 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 for the first time
For the first time 25% of the Cabinet post allocated to women
BJP won the majority for the first time since independence
The elections were conducted in nine phases from 7 April 12 May 2014
Karnataka: first state in India to launch Health Adalat
Aims to ensure that all health facilities extended by the government reached all sections
of society.
During Health Adalat the department will interact with public representatives.
Debroy Panel on restructuring Railway Board
The Panel would submit its report till the end of 2015
Mandated to estimate the financial needs of railways and ensure policies to raise
resources
Film Liar's Dice: India's official entry for Oscar Awards 2015
Total number of poor in India at 363 million or 29.6 percent of the population
The daily per capita expenditure pegged at 32 rupees for the rural poor
The daily per capita expenditure pegged at 47 rupees for the urban poor
Poverty line is pegged 972 rupees per month for rural India
Poverty line pegged at 1407 rupees per month for urban India
Largest Solar Power Plant of India launched
International
US President signed Ukraine Freedom Support Bill, 2014
Authorizes 350 million US dollars in lethal and non-lethal military aid Ukraine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe re-elected
Japan's ruling coalition won a two thirds majority in the Snap elections
Elections were held for the Lower House of the National Diet.
The elections saw the voter turnout at 52.7 percent, the lowest since World War-II
Nobel Prize presented
Physiology Prize winners John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser
Physics Nobel Prize winner Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
Chemistry Nobel Prize Eric Betzig from Janelia Research Campus, Stefan Hell,
Gottingen
UNFAO and GSP declared the year 2015 as UN International Year of Soils
Events held to raise idea that soil is a critical component of natural system
The list also includes two inventions of Indians namely Blue Room and tablet toy, Osmo
The G20 Summit 2014 concluded
Seeks to reduce the gender gap in labour force participation rates by 25 percent by 2025
It was built to stop people fleeing from East Germany to the West
The Wall stretched for 155 kilometres of which only 3 kilometre remains now
Forbes list of World's Most Powerful People 2014 released
The list gives the annual ranking of the Worlds 72 Most Powerful People
India received the highest 162 votes in the Asia Pacific group
Winners
of
the
inaugural
Tang
Prizes
are
The Rule of Law - Albie Sachs, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South
Africa
The deal calls of creation of post of CEO who will be the acting Prime Minister
More than 7000 patients died due to the Ebola Virus in West Africa.
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia are the countries affected
Artur Avila, Manjul Bhargava, Martin Haire, Maryam Mirzakhani are the recipients
First winner were Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and American mathematician Jesse
Douglas.
He was elected with a vote of 191-6 votes in National Legislative Assembly (NLA)
The participating countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
The full fledged launch of the rocket will take place in two years.
The project in India coordinated by Dept of Science & Technology and DAE
The woman was born without a womb, although the ovaries were intact
ISRO became the fourth space agency in the world to send a mission to Mars
successfully
Equipped against enemy submarines, surface warships, anti-ship missiles and fighter
aircraft
It is made from a one-inch-square piece of quartz coated with a thin layer of silver
Issued at the conclusion of the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP)
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions to form foundation for climate action post
2020
US will reduce carbon emissions by 26 to 28 percent by 2025, compared with 2005 levels
China did not set a specific target, but said emissions would peak by 2030
The two countries agreed to reduce the possibility of military accidents in the air and sea
The two countries together produce about 45% of the world's carbon dioxide
The India State of Forest Report 2013 was the 13th report in the series
States with maximum increase in forest cover are West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala
It will be an important corridor between Tadoba Andhari and Pench Tiger Reserves
Personalities
Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World 2014
Outgoing Miss World, Megan Young of the Philippines presented the sash
India's Koyal Rana bagged the sub-title of Best Designer of the world
Died after a bouncer ball of Sean Abbott hit back of his head
Indian cricketers Raman Lamba and Nari Contractor also died in same situations
Chief Guest of Republic Day 2015: US President Barack Obama
He will be the first US President to attend the Republic Day Parade of India.
Obama will participate in the Republic Day celebrations of India on 26 January 2015.
She became the first ever American to be awarded with the prize
Known for his work Abhi Bilkul Abhi and Yahan Se Dekho
He helped secure 1.3 percent rise in global wheat production per annum.
He is senior scientific advisor at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the
Dry Areas
Arvind Subramanian appointed Chief Economic Advisor
Lalitha Kumaramangalam appointed Chairperson of National Commission for Women
National Commission for Women was set up as a statutory body in January 1992
It was set up under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990
Narula Brothers won 7 crore rupees in Season 8 of KBC
The two brothers, Achin and Sarthak Narula emerged victorious in Season 8 of KBC
The tagline for the season 8 is Yahan Sirf Paise Nahi, Dil Bhi Jeete Jate Hain
Harivansh Rai Bachchan was the first Hindi author to receive the award
Pran, the Creator of Chacha Chowdhury died at 75
He created or sketched Chacha Chaudhary for the Hindi magazine Lotpot in 1969
His name was included in People of the Year 1995 by Limca Book of Records.
Lt General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as Chief of Army Staff
She was the recipient of Padma Vibhshan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri
Sehgals daughter Kiran in 2012 wrote her biography named Zohra Segal: Fatty
Chandi Prasad Bhatt won the Gandhi Peace prize 2013
He was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982.
Sports
Germany won men's Hockey Champions Trophy 2014
Sanath Jayasuriya had scored 109 against India in 2009 at the age of 39
Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma scored the highest ODI score ever of 264
With this he became the only cricketer to score two Double ODI centuries
He achieved this distinction during the 4th ODI between India and Sri Lanka
He broke the record of highest ODI score of 219 runs made by Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar was the first cricketer to score double century in ODIs
Virat Kohli became fastest cricketer to reach 6000 ODI runs
He achieved the distinction after his 53-run knock in the third ODI between India and Sri
Lanka
He is the eighth Indian to have scored 6000 or more runs and 47th overall
Richards reached the milestone in 1989 by playing 141 innings in 156 matches
MC Mary Kom bagged her first Asian Games Gold Medal
First Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games
Chennai Super Kings won 2014 Champions League Twenty20 title
Chennai Super Kings won the trophy for the second time.
The Mens Doubles title was won by Mike and Bob Bryan of US
Sania Mirza of India and Bruno Soares of Brazil won the Mixed Doubles title
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia won the US Open women's doubles
title
2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded
This was third highest medal haul after 2010 Delhi CWG and 2002 Manchester CWG
Germany won the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup
Mario Gotze scored the lone goal of final during the extra-time
It lifted the trophy for 4th time in FIFA world Cup history and first since 1990
Germany became 1st European team to win World Cup played in North or South America
Sim Bhullar became first Indian-origin basketball player to join NBA
Sim Bhullar is originally from Canada and his parents are from Punjab.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Mens Wimbledon Tennis Open 2014
Economy
&
Corporate
The fund approved by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board
India second country outside the Islamic world where a state-owned bank is offering such
fund
The UK is the first country who issued sovereign Islamic bonds in June 2014
Kotak Mahindra Bank first bank in India to fully own insurance business
RBI gave permission to the bank for setting up Kotak General Insurance
Kotak General Insurance will be the 29th non-life insurance company in the country
The bank already promotes life insurance with Old Mutual of South Africa
SEBI de-recognised Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE)
SEBI demutualisation rules requires every stock exchange to sell brokers' 51% equity
It is an amalgamation of Delhi Stock and Share Brokers' Association Ltd and the Delhi
Stocks and Shares Exchange Ltd
Shell India won 18000-crore rupees tax dispute case
It ruled that transfer pricing does not arise in case of transfer of shares
The case pertains to alleged under pricing of shares issued by Shell India
Alibaba made the record of earning 9.3 billion US dollars on a single day
Alibaba shipped 278 million orders out of which 43 percent were mobile devices
SoftBank of Japan to invest 10 billion dollars in India
The retail rates will reflect price changes in the global market.
Old users of Orkut can take back up of pictures till September 2016.
Orkut was started in 2004 and named after its creator, Orkut Buyukkokten.
Union government decided to wind up HMT Watches
HMT Watches is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hindustan Machines Tools (HMT) limited
HMT Limited was set up at Bangalore in 1961 in collaboration with Japans Citizen Watch
In 2000, HMT Watch Business group was restructured as HMT Watches Ltd.
RBI fixed the upper age limit at 70 years for M.D. and CEO in private sector banks
The decision was taken to comply with the Section 196(3) of the Companies Act, 2013
Individual banks boards free to prescribe a lower retirement age for whole time Directors
Earlier, no maximum age was specified and decisions were taken case by case
Union Government granted Navratna Status to CONCOR
CONCOR is the 17th Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) to achieve Navratna
Status.
CONCOR current Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) is Anil Kumar Gupta.
Expenditure Management Commission constituted
Commission will suggest the way for managing public finances by reducing subsidies.
ICICI Bank became the first bank in India to launch EMI facility on Debit Card
Will enable customers to convert their high value transactions into easy installments
Facility available to debit cardholders with minimum fixed deposit of 10000 rupees
C S Verma elected as First President of Indian Steel Association
Aims to work towards transforming the Indian steel industry as a global leader
Membership of ISA open to any steel producer with a yearly capacity of at least 2 million
tones
DIPP notified Press Note 8 allowing 100% FDI in Rail infrastructure
Proposals involving FDI beyond 49 percent in sensitive areas to be placed before the
Cabinet Committee on Security
This was the first budget of newly appointed government led by Narendra Modi
It focussed on providing good infrastructure like public transport, solid waste disposal
Announced that the FDI cap in Defence sector would be raised to 49 percent