22 From the Desk of the Author 87 2015-16 was Record Year for Wind Power
23 Indian Economy : A Few Facts : At A Glance Installations
31 Important Facts Related to Indian
Economy
69 Appointments
Some Aspects of Indian Economy
70 Underdeveloped Country
70 Salient Features of Indian Economy
71 Important Infrastructural Components in
India
72 Nature of Unemployment in India
72 Woman Labour in India
73 Human Development Report2016
74 Employment in India
74 Employment in Eight Key Sectors Estimated
at 28522 lakh
75 34% Jump in Job Growth in 8 Years : Sixth
Economic Census 2013
75 New Poverty Line : 32 in Villages, 47 in
Cities
77 Poverty in India
78 Universal Basic Income
78 Task-force for Identification of Poor
78 Indias Poverty Rate at 124% in 2011-12 :
World Banks Revised Poverty Line US $ 19
79 India Human Development Report 2011
80 Guidelines Changed for New BPL Census
81 8.8 million Households Live in Urban Slums :
NSSO
81 Multidimensional Poverty Index
Mineral Resources of India
82 Key Highlights of Indias Mineral Sector
(2014-15)
84 The Mines and Minerals (Development and
Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016
84 National Mineral Policy 2008
84 Commercial Sources of Energy
85 Parliament Passed Coal Mines (Special Pro-
visions) Act, 2015
86 Non-conventional Sources of Energy
87 NHDC to set-up 100 MW Wind Power Plant
87 Indias Fourth Rank in Wind Power in World
Econ. / 6
87 UDAY for Financial Turn around of Power
Distribution Companies
88 India-Bhutan Sign 600 MW Kholongchu
Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan
88 Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs)
Forest Resources of India
90 Forest Cover in States/UTs in India-2015
National Income of India
91 Concepts of National Income
92 GDP Growth Estimates for Q3 (2016-17)
93 IMF Cuts Indias FY 2016-17 Growth Rate to
66% from 76%
94 UN Puts Indias FY17 GDP Growth at 77%
95 Estimates of National Income in India
Population
95 Population Touches 121 billion Level, but
Growth Rate Declines in Census 2011
96 Census 2011 : Some Facts
98 Final Population Data 2011
99 Socio-Economic & Caste Census 2011
101 Religion Based Census 2011
102 National Literacy Rate Grows to 69%
102 Religionwise Child Sex-Ratio and Literacy
Rate : 2011
102 Indias Median Age in 2011
103 National Commission on Population
103 Population Policy 2000
104 Janasankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK)
104 Occupational Classification
104 UN Project 9.6 billion World Population by 2050
105 Sex Ratio Down, Literacy Rate of Women
Up : Fourth Family Health Survey
105 RGI Releases Census 2011 Data on Literacy,
Workers & Educational Levels
105 Family Welfare
106 Projected Indian Population Scenario After 20
Years
106 Probability of Death by NCDs High in India :
WHO
 Agriculture 121 Flow of Agricultural Credit
121 Interest Subvention Scheme for Crop Loans
107 Acreage under Kharif and Rabi Crops
2016
108 Final Production Data 2015-16
122 Kisan Credit Card Scheme
108 Minimum Support Prices (MSP) of Kharif
Crops of 2016-17 Season Industry
109 Subramanian Committee Recommends 122 New Industrial Policy
Higher MSP for All Pulses
123 IIP-Based Industrial Performance
110 Computation of Minimum Support Price for
Agriculture Crops 124 Industrial Output Slips 04% in December
2016
110 Sugarcane FRP Kept Unchanged at 230/Q
for 2016-17 124 Govt. Scraps MSME Exclusive Items List
110 Food Management in India 125 Gross Capital Formation in the Industrial
Sector
110 Food Subsidy
125 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Deve-
111 National Food Grid Proposed for Easing
lopment Act, 2006
Prices, Cut Wastage
125 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (Present
111 Organic Farming
Performance)
111 Major Crops and their Seasons
125 Various Schemes for Boosting MSMEs
111 Farmers Friendly Steps Taken by the
Government 126 Agro & Rural Industries
112 Horticulture 126 1 Lakh Crore to be Disbursed Under
112 Horticulture Output to Exceed Foodgrain Yield MUDRA for Micro-Entrepreneurs
in 2016-17 127 National Manufacturing Policy
112 Land Use 127 National Manufacturing Competitiveness
113 Plantation Sector Programme
113 Commercial Crops 128 Cotton and Textiles Industry
113 Land Reforms Programmes 128 Important Industries
114 TRIFED 129 National Textile Policy 2000
114 NAFED 130 Special Package for Employment Generation
114 ISOPOM and Promotion of Exports in Textiles and
114 Agriculture Marketing Apparel Sector
115 e-NAM : National Agriculture Market 130 TUFS Extended to 12th Plan with Double
115 Agriculture Holdings Allocation
115 New National Agricultural Policy 130 Iron and Steel Industry
116 Green Revolution in India 131 Sugar Industry
116 Seed Sector 131 Fertilizer Industry
117 Animal Husbandry & Dairy : Highlights 132 Cement Industry
117 Seed Bank 132 Jute Industry
117 White Revolution and Operation Flood in India 133 Coal Industry
118 Fisheries Sector 133 Tourism Industry
118 First Robotic Dairy Plant Opened by Amul 134 Sericulture and Silk Industry
118 Yellow Revolution 134 Leather Industry
118 Use of Fertilizers 134 Petroleum Industry
118 Fertilizer Consumption 135 Govt. Unveils NELP-X
119 Production, Import and Consumption of 135 Indias Crude Oil Refining Capacity
Fertilizers 136 Marketing and Distribution of Petroleum
119 Rainfed Agro-Ecologies Products
119 Irrigation 136 Coal Bed Methane
119 National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) 136 India Hydrocarbon Vision 2025
120 Micro Irrigation 137 Green Fuels
120 New System of Irrigation Sprinkler/Drip 137 More Power to Maharatna and Navratna
Irrigation PSUs for Overseas Buyouts
120 Command Area Development & Water Man- 137 Maharatna and Navratna Companies
agement Programme (CADWMP) 138 Mini Ratna Scheme
120 Agriculture Credit 138 17 Stick Central PSUs Set to be Closed Down
121 Agriculture Trade 138 Govt. Sells 2% Stake in ITC, Raises 6690
121 Agriculture Trade : WTO Agreements crore

Econ. / 8
 139 Highlights of Public Enterprise Survey
2015-16
139 Committee on Public Undertakings
139 Department of Disinvestment Renamed as
DIPAM
140 New Competition Act, 2013
140 Competition Commission of India Becomes
Operational
140 CCIs Approval Required for Companies
Mergers and Acquisitions
141 Multinational Corporations
141 National Labour Commission
Money and Banking
142 Different Stages of the Development of
Indian Banking
142 Reserve Bank of India
143 RBI Decides to Circulate Plastic Notes
144 Demonetisation of 500 and 1000 Notes :
Surgical Strike on Black Money.
144 Government Starts Re-printing of Re. 1 Note
from January 1, 2015
145 Composition of Banking System in India
145 Ordinance Released for Removing Minimum
Ceiling of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
145 Quantitative and Qualitative Credit Control
146 Selective Credit Control
146 RBI Recommends for Reducing Govt. Stake
in Banks
146 Ist Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Review 2017-
18
147 Commercial Banks in India (April 1, 2017)
147 RBI Notifies Final Guidelines on Bad Loans
for NBFCs
148 SBI Launched Indias First Start-up Focussed
Bank Branch SBI InCube
148 Paytm Gets RBI Approval for Payments Bank
148 Bandhan Bank and Started Operations
148 Indradhanush Strategy to Revamp PSU
Banks
149 Indradhanush 20 to be Launched for
Recapitalisation of PSBs
149 BASEL-III Became Effective w.e.f. January
2013
149 RBI Replaces Base Rate System by MCLR
System
150 PocketsICICI Banks Answer to Payment
Banks
150 Government Infuses 23,000 crore to
Recapitalise 13 PSBs
150 RBI Launches Portal to Curb Illegal Money
Pooling, Deposit Taking by Firms
150 RBIs Monetary Policy Committee Constituted
151 Govt. Must Reduce Stake in Public Sector
Banks to Below 50% : Nayak Committee
Report
151 RBI Gives in-principle Licence for 11 Payment
Banks
Econ. / 10
152 Chandrababu Naidu Committees Report on
Promoting Digital Payment
152 RBI Grants in-principle Licence to 10 Entities
for Small Finance Bank
153 MUDRA Bank
153 Salient Features of Banking Laws (Amend-
ment) Act, 2012
154 RBI Releases Guidelines for on tap Licensing
of Universal Banks in the Private Sector
154 RBI Launches Sachet Portal to Check Illegal
Money Collection
155 RBI Issues Charter of Customer Rights
155 iWatch Banking
155 Foreign Banks Operation in India
155 Indian Banks Abroad
155 Co-operative Banks
156 District Central Co-operative Bank (DCCB)
157 Regional Rural Banks
157 Parliament Passes Regional Rural Banks
(Amendment) Bill, 2014
157 SBI Launches No Queue App for Customers
158 Banking Ombudsman Scheme
158 Debt Recovery Tribunals
158 Capital Adequacy Ratio Standards for Banks
and Non-banking Financial Institutions
158 Damodaran Committee Submits Report on
Reforms in Banking Services
158 Report of Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
Commission
159 NPAs of Public Sector Banks on Rise in 2016
160 Capital Market
160 MIBOR and MIBID : Two New Reference
Rates of National Stock Exchange
160 Two New Share Price Indices for Mumbai
Share Market
160 Commodity Futures Market
160 Commodity Exchanges of India
161 Universal Commodity Exchange
161 BSE Launches Shariah Index
162 Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI)
163 BSE Launches Index-based Circuit Breaker
System
163 EPFO to Start Investing in Stock Markets
163 SEBI Raises Retail Investors Investment Limit
164 Depository System in India
164 Working Groups Report on Development
Finance Institutions
164 Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)
165 Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI)
165 Industrial Credit and Investment Corpora-
tion of India Bank (ICICI Bank)
165 Industrial Investment Bank of India Ltd. (IIBIL)
166 State Industrial Development Corporations
(SIDCs)
166 National Equity Fund Scheme
 166 State Finance Corporations 182 National Urban Health Mission
166 Unit Trust of India (UTI) 183 Prime Ministers Employment Generation
166 Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) Programme (PMEGP)
167 RBI Provides 5,000 crore Refinance Win- 183 Rural Drinking Water
dow for EXIM Bank 183 National Social Assistance Programme
167 Housing Price Index 184 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)
167 National Housing Bank (NHB) 184 Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY)
168 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural 184 Self-Employment Programme for the Urban
Development (NABARD) Poor (SEPUP)
168 India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. 184 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
(IIFCL) Mission (JNNURM)
168 Rural Infrastructure Development Fund 184 Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
168 Establishment Years of Major Financial (IGMSY)
Institutions in India 185 Pratibha Kiran Yojana
169 Agriculture and Rural Development Banks 185 Rajeev Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of
169 Insurance Industry in India Adolescent GirlsSABLA
169 Reforms in Insurance Sector
185 Rajeev Gandhi Shramik KalyanYojana
170 General Insurers Public Sector Association
185 Members of Parliament Local Area Develop-
of India (GIPSA)
ment Scheme (MPLADS)
171 Agriculture Insurance Company of India
185 Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Limited (AICIL)
186 Mid-Day Meal Scheme for School Children
171 Recommendations of Malhotra Committee for
Improving Insurance Sector 186 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
186 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
172 Inflation
187 The Unorganised Workers Social Security Act
173 Introduction of New Series of CPI (R + U)
2008
173 CPI Basket Weights Revised, Base Year
188 Khadi and Village Industries Development
Changed from 2010 to 2012
Scheme
173 Deflation
174 Money Stock Measures in India Latest Schemes/Programmes of Central
174 Cheap Money Policy and Dear Money Policy Government
174 Retail Prices Based Three Consumer Price 188 Schemes/Programmes Related with Banking
Index Launched and Insurance
175 Inflation Indexed Bonds No Special Tax Sops 190 Schemes/Programmes Related with Agri-
for Investors culture and Rural Development
175 Inflation-Indexed Bonds (IIBs) 193 Schemes/Programmes Related with Housing
Development, Poverty Alleviation and and Urban Development
Employment Generation Programmes in 194 Schemes/Programmes Related with Techno-
India logy, Education and Skill Development
196 Schemes for Education
176 Pradhan Mantri Aadarsh Gram Yojana
197 Schemes/Programmes Related with Employ-
176 National Rural Livelihood MissionAajeevika
ment and Poverty Alleviation
177 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
197 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana Launched
Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
198 Schemes/Programmes Related with Health
177 Wage Rates under MGNREGA Raised
and Sanitation
177 Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)
199 Schemes/Programmes Related with Electri-
178 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
fication
(PMGSY)
200 Schemes/Programmes Related with Pilgrim-
179 Integrated Watershed Management Program-
age and Tourism
me (IWMP)
200 Other Schemes/Programmes Launched by
179 National Food Security Scheme-2013 Central Government
180 Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana 201 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
(SJSRY)
181 National Urban Livelihood Mission India in Global Indexes
181 Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) 203 India Drops to 122 on World Happiness Index,
181 Annapurna Scheme 2017
181 Village Grain Bank Scheme 203 India Slips to 92nd Rank on Global Talent
182 Various Womenoriented Schemes of State Competitiveness in 2017
Governments 204 CorruptionA Worldwide Phenomenon :
182 National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Transparency Internationals Report 2016

Econ. / 12
 204 India Second Most Unequal Country in the
World : Global Wealth Report-2016
205 Half the World will be Online by the end of
2016, UN International Telecommunications
Union (ITU) Report
205 India is Now the Second Largest Internet
Market in the World
206 India Stands at 112th Spot on World Economic
Freedom Index-2016
206 India Ranks 143 Among 188 Countries in
Health Study
207 India Jumps 19 Places in World Banks Global
Logistics Performance Ranking in 2016
207 World Investment Report, 2016
207 Global Economic Prospects Report, 2016
208 India Ranks 110th on Sustainable Develop-
ment Index
208 India Ranks Low at 105th on Human Capital
Index, Finland Tops
209 India Slips on Business Optimism Index, 2016
209 India Ranks 39th in 2016-17 Global Com-
petitiveness Index
210 India Ranked 97th in 2016 Global Hunger
Index
210 India Ranks 130th in World Bank Doing
Business Index 2016
211 India Up 21 Places in WEF Gender Gap
Report-2016
212 India at 66th Rank in Global Innovation Index
2016
Policy Initiatives
213 National Mineral Exploration Policy 2016
214 New Mining Policy 2016
214 National Capital Goods Policy 2016
214 Indias Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20
216 New National Aviation Policy 2016
217 National Intellectual Property Rights Policy,
2016
217 Comprehensive New Urea Policy, 2015
Foreign Trade and Balance of Payments
218 Volume of Indias Foreign Trade
218 Indias Foreign Trade : 2016-17
219 Composition of Indias Foreign Trade
220 Direction of Indias Trade
221 Indias Service Trade
221 Agricultural Export Zones
221 Indias Share of World Merchandise Trade
Declined to 16% in 2015 : WTO
222 Current Account of BoP
222 Capital Finance Account
223 Meaning of Convertibility of Money
223 Import Liberalisation
223 Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme
(EPCGS)
223 Special Economic Zone Act, 2005
Econ. / 14
223 SEZ Norms Liberalised (2013-14)
223 Tarapore Committees Report on Full Con-
vertibility of Rupee
224 200 SEZs Likely to be Exempt from 185%
MAT
224 Export Development Centres
225 Liberalisation of Foreign Investment Policy
225 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
225 Record High FDI in 2016-17
226 FDI Norms Liberalised
226 Invest India Constituted to Promote FDI
226 100% FDI Policy in Pharmaceutical Sector
Released
227 India Allows FDI from Pakistan
227 100% FDI in Medical Devices Sector
227 FDI Norms Eased for Small Scale Sector
227 Government Relaxes FDI Norms for NRIs,
PIOs, OCIs
227 Indias 10 Biggest Foreign Portfolio Investors
228 FDI upto 100% Allowed for White Label ATMs
under Automatic Route
228 Govt. Created Japan Plus to Fast Track
Japanese Investment
229 Foreign Exchange Reserves in India
229 RBI Relaxes FEMA Norms for Individuals
229 Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)
229 Money Laundering Prevention Act
229 The Prevention of MoneyLaundering
(Amendment) Act, 2012 Notified
230 Indias External Debt as at End-December
2016
231 NEER and REER
Transport and Communications
231 Railways
233 Introduction of LHB Coaches
233 Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Cor-
poration (IRCTC)
233 Indian Transport Sector : An Overview
234 Konkan Railway Plan
234 Rail Tourism
234 India to Join Trans-Asian Rail Network
235 Gatimaan Express on the Track
235 Indias Maharajas Express Among Top Rated
Trains Globally
235 Wi-Fi Services at 100 Railway Stations
235 New Rail Coach Manufacturing Unit at Kolar
in Karnataka
235 Rail Link Between Udhampur & Katra
236 Flexi Fare System Introduced for Rajdhani/
Duronto and Shatabdi Trains
236 Bio-toilets in All Trains in 6 Years
236 Shan-e-Punjab Express Becomes First Indian
Train having CCTV Surveillance
237 Mini Rail Budget : Action Plan for 2017-18
237 Road Transport
237 National Highway Development Project
(NHDP)
238 Status of Various Programmes upto 31st Dec.,
2016 is as Under
 238 Public Private Partnership in Road Projects 252 Recommendations of Chelliah Committee on
238 Rural Roads Tax Reforms
239 New Rules for Greening National Highways 253 Swachh Bharat Cess of 05% on Taxable
239 Bharatmala : An Ambitious Project to Con- Services
nect Border Areas 253 Government Notifies GST Council
239 Setu Bharatam Programme 254 GST Council Fixes 4Rate Structure
239 Water Transport 255 GST Now Set for July 1, 2017 Roll-Out
241 Sagarmala Project 256 All Four GST Bills Passed in Lok Sabha
241 Green Field Airports 256 Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Im-
242 Smart Port Cities : An Ambitious Plan of GoI position of Tax) Bill, 2015 Introduced in Lok
242 Gopalpur set to be an All-weather Port Sabha to Unearth Black Money
242 Tamil Nadu to Get 4th Major Port 257 Rangarajan Panel Proposed to Abolish
Distinction between Plan and Non-Plan Ex-
242 Odisha to Develop a Port in Puri
penditures
242 Satellite Cargo Ports Planned at Surat,
257 Government Set-up Four Task Forces for
Wardha, Aurangabad
Financial Sector
243 Airport Authority of India
257 State Level Reforms
243 National Waterways Bill 2015
258 Economic Survey 2016-17
243 Air Transport
260 Union Budget, 2016-17
244 Airport Infrastructure
244 Indias First Private Greenfield Airport at Andal Economic Planning in India
Started Flights 269 History of Planning in India
244 GAGAN Project 269 NITI Aayog Replaced Planning Commission
245 Government Approved 4500 crore Project
270 Arvind Panagariya Becomes First Vice-Chair-
to Revive 50 Airports, Airstrips
man of NITI Aayog
245 Regional Air Connectivity Scheme (RCS)
270 First Five Year Plan
246 Indias Tele-density at 899% in December
270 Second Five Year Plan
2016 : TRAI
246 New Telecom Policy 2012 Provides Nation- 271 Third Five Year Plan
wide Free Roaming 271 Three Annual Plans
246 Telecom Sector Gets $ 278 Billion FDI during 271 Fourth Five Year Plan
April-September 2016 272 Fifth Five Year Plan
247 Indias First Hi-speed Rural Broadband Net- 272 Sixth Five Year Plan
work Commissioned 273 Seventh Five Year Plan
247 160 Years Old Telegram Service in India 273 Eighth Five Year Plan
Comes to an End 274 Ninth Five Year Plan
247 Hyderabad, Indias First1 Gbps-enabled City
275 Tenth Five Year Plan
247 Gramin Sanchar Sewak Scheme (GSSS)
277 India Vision2020
248 Sanchar Shakti
277 Eleventh Plan (200712)
248 USOF
278 Vision of 12th Five Year Plan (201217)
248 India is Now the Second-Largest Internet
Market in the World International Organisations
248 Audio Tax 281 International Monetary Fund (IMF)
248 Voice Mail 282 International Bank for Reconstruction and
248 Mobiles Industry to Make 82% of GDP by Development (IBRD)
2020, from 65% Now 284 International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Public Finance 284 International Development Association (IDA)
284 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
249 Financial Relations between Centre and
285 International Centre for Settlement of Invest-
States
ment Disputes
249 Service Tax
250 Consolidated Funds of India and of the States 285 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
250 Finance Commission (GATT)
251 Public Accounts of India and of the States 285 GATT Rounds
251 Contingency Fund 285 Uruguay Round and Dunkel Proposals
251 Fourteenth Finance Commission Recommen- 286 World Trade Organisation (WTO)
dations 287 Important International Organisations : A View

Econ. / 16
 287 United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
288 Asian Development Bank (ADB)
288 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
289 International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD)
289 SAARC Summit : When & Where ?
289 South Asian Association for Regional Co-
operation (SAARC)
289 South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)
290 ASEAN Summits
290 Association of South-East Asian Nations
(ASEAN)
290 Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Coun-
tries (OPEC)
291 G-8 (Formerly G-7)
291 G-15
292 G-20
293 G-77
293 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD)
293 European Economic Community (EEC) or
European Common Market (ECM)
293 Brexit
293 European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
293 North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
294 Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)
294 Mercosur
294 Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-
operation (IORARC)
294 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
295 BRICS Nations Agree to Trade in Own
Currencies
296 Glossary
Important Events
307 Prime Minister Announced Welfare Schemes
in the Shadow of Demonetisation
307 BHIM : Aadhaar-based App Launched to
Simplify Digital Payments
307 Income Declaration Scheme 2016
308 Child Labour Law Passed
308 Government Launches Lucky Grahak Yojana
and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana
309 Penalty of Equal Amount for Receiving Cash
Over 3 Lakh
309 Recommendations of Ratan Watal Committee
for Digital Payments
310 India Skills Report-2016
310 Black Money Bill Passed in Both Houses of
Parliament
310 Richest 1% Own 58% of Total Wealth in India :
Oxfam
311 India to Become Worlds Largest Economy by
2050 : Wealth Report
Econ. / 18
311 No LPG Subsidy to Consumers Having Taxable
Income above 10 lakh
311 6 Indian Cities in Worlds Most Dynamilities List,
Bengaluru Tops Chart
311 Govt. Approves 10,000 crore Funds of Funds
for Startups
312 Parliament Passes Bankruptcy Code Bill
312 Central Government Announced a Package for
Online Payments
312 Rush for Less Cash : A List of Incentives to
Encourage Digital Payments
313 Nauru Becomes 189th Member of IMF, World
Bank
313 Indian Tourism Industry : Some Key Facts
313 Lok Sabha Passes Companies (Amendment)
Bill 2014
313 World Economic Situation and Prospects
(WESP) 2017 Report
314 Telangana, Andhra Top East of Doing Biz
Rankings, Gujarat Slides to 3rd Spot in 2016
314 NITI Aayog Ranks Maharashtra Most Farmer-
Friendly State
315 Rajan Panel Classified States on Backwardness
Index
315 UNESCO R eleases the Global Education
Monitoring (GEM) 2016
316 30% of Very Poor Children Live in India : UNICEF
316 Mauritius Investors to be Taxed from April 2017
316 20,000 Crore Allocation for Namami Gange
Scheme
316 National Food Security Scheme 2013
317 India-UAE Strategic Oil Reserves Pact
318 President Launches RuPay, Indias Own Card
Payment Network
318 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill,
2013 Passed in Parliament
318 Indias First Digital Village
319 India Post Payments Bank Incorporated, to
Start Operations in 2017
319 Union Cabinet Approves Project SAKSHAM
320 Certification Marks
320 Skill Development Mission Launched
321 DigiShala, New 24-Hour Government TV
Channel for Cashless Lessons
321 MDG Report 2015 Released
322 Royal Palace Named Worlds Best Hotel
322 Composition of New WPI Series
322 Hallmarking of Gold Becomes Compulsory
323 BRICS Development Bank
323 India Signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agree-
ment with Lithuania
323 International Year of Pulses 2016
324 PAN to Become Mandatory for All Bank Transac-
tions
324 India Achieves UN Millennium Goal for Drinking
Water
 324 India Enlarges Currency Swap Deal with
Japan
324 SEZ Norms for Social Infrastructure
Finalised
325 Orange Card
325 ECOMARC
325 Fruit Product OrdinanceF.P.O.
325 Planning Commissions India Vision-
2020
325 Agriculture Gene Bank in India
326 Zero Coupon Bond
326 Targeted Public Distribution System
326 Golden Handshake Scheme
326 Revamped Public Distribution System
(RPDS)
327 Jago Grahak Jago Scheme
327 Indian Hydrocarbon Vision 2025
327 Credit Rating Agencies
327 Consumer Protection Act, 1986
(COPRA-1986)
328 Harkin Bill
328 Floriculture Centres
328 Open Sky Policy
328 Sui Generis
329 Consolidated Funds of India and the
States
329 Contingency Fund of India
329 Contingency Fund of the State
329 Latest Services of Postal Departments
329 Abolition of Bonded Labour System
329 Special 301 and Super 301 Trade Pro-
tection Policies of USA
329 Technology Vision-2020
330 National Air Quality Index
330 Globalisation
331 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics
332 Objective Questions

The concurrence of the views of the Editor is not

necessary for any matter or figure published in
Pratiyogita Darpan.

Econ. / 21