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GDP Growth Rate Prediction for India
Agency 2019-20 (FY20) 2020-21 (FY21) 2021-22 (FY22)

NCAER 4.9%
Crisil 6.3%
Moody 5.6% (CY19) 6.6% (CY20) 6.7% (CY21)
Fitch 5.5% 6.2% 6.7%
ADB 6.5% 7.2%
OPEC 7.2% (2019)
IMF 6.1% (2019) 7.0% (2020)
FICCI 7.1% 7.2%
6.9% (FICCI Survey)
Morgan Stanley 6.2% (2019) 7.1% (2020)
India Rating 5.6%
DBS 6.2% 7.0%
RBI 6.1% 7.2%
CSO -
World Bank 6.0% 6.9% 7.2%
UN WESP 7.1%
OECD 5.8% (2019) 6.2% (2020) 6.4% (2021)
Goldman Sachs 7.2%
UBS 6.7% -
Australia and New 6.2% 6.5%
Zealand Banking Group
(ANZ)
Fitch Solutions 6.4%
UNCTAD CY2019- 6% CY2020- 7.4%
S&P Global Ratings 6.3% 7.0%
BofAML 5.8%
Nomura 4.9% 6.1%
SBI Report 5% 6.2%
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Appointments and Resignations

Person Post Organisation
Aditya Mishra (IPS officer) Chairman Authority of India
Sudhir Mital President Gymnastics Federation of India
(GFI)
Dr Vinaya Shetty General Vice President (GVP) International Organisation
Development Association (IODA).
[first Indian to hold this post]
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al President United Arab Emirates (re-elected)
Nahyan
Shane Watson President Australian Cricketers Association
(ACA)
Pravind Jugnauth Prime Minister Mauritius
Arsene Wenger Chief Global Football Development
Gotabaya Rajapaksa President Sri Lanka
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde 47th Chief Justice of India
Uddhav Bal Thackeray Chief Minister (19th) Maharashtra
Amur Swaminathan Managing Director (MD) and Chief Tata Communications
Lakshminarayanan Executive Officer (CEO)
Nita Ambani First Indian To Be Board Member Of New York’s Metropolitan Museum
Indian boxing ace, Laishram Sarita Devi has been elected unopposed as a member of the international boxing
body, AIBA’s first-ever athletes’ commission.
General Bipin Rawat set to be named first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
Resignation
Dhanlaxmi Bank MD & CEO T. Latha Resigns
Bolivia President Evo Morales Announces Resignation; Bolivia capital – Sucre; Bolivia Currency – Bolivian
boliviano
Arvind Sawant Quits as Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; Prakash Javadekar gets Additional
charge
Senior journalist Rajat Sharma has resigned from the post of President of Delhi and Districts Cricket
Association (DDCA)
Awards and Recognitions

Award Winner Achievement/Extra Info
Leeladhar Jagoori 2018 Vyas Samman for his collection of poems, Jitne
Log Utne Prem
Sudarsan Pattnaik Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019
Madhuri Vijay 2019 JCB prize for Literature For his novel ‘The Far Field’
Neeraj Sharma ‘Early Career Researcher of the by Australian Govt
Year’ award
Sara Damnjanovic Miss Asia Global 2019 of Serbia
Venu Srinivasan (Chairman of TVS Deming Prize for Individuals 2019
Motor Company and Sundaram
Clayton)
Elgi Equipments (Coimbatore- 2019 Deming Prize for Total Quality
headquartered) Management
Gulab Kothari Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award for by PCI
Journalism
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla ABLF Global Asian Award by the UAE Government in Dubai
Shanta Gokhale Tata Literature Live! Lifetime
Achievement Award 2019
K. Ullas Karanth George Schaller Lifetime Award
Tobacco Board of India Golden Leaf award 2019 in the at Tab Expo 2019 in Amsterdam,
‘Public Service Initiative’ category Netherlands
Rekha Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR)
National Award for the years 2019
Sridevi Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR)
National Award for the years 2018
Virat Kohli PETA India’s 2019 Person of the
Year
Sir David Attenborough 2019 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Renowned naturalist and
Disarmament and Development. broadcaster
Greta Thunberg and Divina International Children’s Peace Prize
Maloum 2019
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Lesley Ho Asian Film Talent Award At Singapore International Film
Festival for his Netflix’s Emmy-
nominated original series ‘Sacred
Games’.
‘The Arcadia Education Project’ Aga Khan Architecture Award. It is a Floating school project of
Bangladesh
Mr Suresh Krishna India’s first Quality Ratna award (by Chairman of Sundram Fasteners’,
CII)
Neha Dixit 2019 International Press Freedom Other winners include:◦Patrícia
Awards Campos Mello – Brazil; Lucía Pineda
Ubau and Miguel Mora –
Nicaragua; Maxence Melo Mubyazi
– Tanzania
Manisha Kulshreshtha 28th Bihari Puraskar Rajasthan Writer
Jhili Dalabehera Ekalabya Puraskar 2019 Odia Weightlifter
G Satheesh Reddy Honorary Fellowship by UK’s Royal
Aeronautical Society
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Jnanpith Award 2019 He is popularly known by the name
(Malayalam poet) “Akkitham”.
Superstar Rajinikanth will be honored with the Icon of Golden Jubilee award at the Golden Jubilee edition of
International Film Festival of India in Goa. French actor Isabelle Huppert will receive the Lifetime Achievement
Award for Foreign Artiste at IFFI 2019.
Five Indian Writers’ Novel Included in BBC’s ‘100 Novels That Shaped Our World’
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
Swami and Friends by RK Narayan
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A House for Mr Biswas by VS Naipaul
India has received the first prize at BRICS Young Scientist forum’s conclave in Brazil from 6- 8 November.
Ravi Prakash, who is a PhD scholar from Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Dairy Research
Institute, has bagged the first position for inventing an affordable indigenously designed milk chilling unit for
small to marginal rural dairy farmers.
Manoj Bajpayee starrer critically accalimed movie Bhonsle has won two prestigious awards at the Asian Film
Festival Barcelona.
Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia and World powerlifting champion Gaurav Sharma have been awarded at the
Indo Arab Leaders Summit & Awards 2019 in Dubai on November 15.
Bajrang has been conferred the Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports)
Gaurav Sharma was honoured with Visionary Leaders of the Year (Sports) award.
Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 Awards: Tamil Nadu Top State, Peddapalli (Telangana) Top District
Chitharesh Natesan from Kerala has become the first Indian to be crowned Mr Universe 2019 title at the 11th
World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship (WBPF) 2019 held in South Korea.
American singer Billie Eilish named Billboard’s 2019 Woman of the Year; Taylor Swift named inaugural
‘Woman of the Decade’ award.
Conference and Summits

Conference/Event Venue Extra Info
3rd Global Ayurveda Summit 2019 Kochi theme of the Summit was
‘Mainstreaming Ayurveda through
Startups, Innovation and Branding’.
2019 United Nations Climate Madrid, Spain
Change Conference, COP25
SCO Joint Exercise on Urban New Delhi
Earthquake Search and Rescue
(SCOJtEx)
Biennial Commonwealth Law Colombo, Sri Lanka Theme of the event: “Equal Access
Ministers’ Conference to Justice and the Rule of Law”.
5th world conference of world Katowice, Poland
anti-doping agency (WADA)
India’s first global Mega Science Kolkata
Exhibition ‘Vigyan Samagam’
‘BIMSTEC Ports’ Conclave’ Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh
Sixth G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Tokyo, Japan
Summit
‘No Money For Terror’ Conference India In 2020
10th Asian Conference on New Delhi
Emergency Medicine 2019 (ACEM
2019)
15th Governing Council Meeting of Dhaka
South Asia Co-operative
Environment Programme
27th Conference of Central and Kolkata, West Bengal The theme of the event is:
State Statistical Organizations “Sustainable Development Goals
(COCSSO) (SDGs)”.
Shilpostav- 2019 New Delhi It is the annual fair of artisans from
across the country.
‘World Tolerance Summit’ Dubai
Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan New Delhi three-day first-of-its-kind global
conference
‘Def-Connect’ New Delhi Organized by Ministry of Defence
(MoD) to showcase the
accomplishments of the
Innovations for Defence Excellence
(iDEX) initiative and growth of the
defence ecosystem in the country.
19th council of heads of New Delhi In 2020
government of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation
11th edition of the BRICS summit Brasilia, Brazil Theme: “Economic Growth for an
Innovative Future.”
“National Capital Region -2041” New Delhi
Conclave
‘IndiaJoy’ Hyderabad It is a global platform for Digital,
Media and Entertainment
Corporations to collaborate and
innovate.
39th India International Trade Fair Delhi Theme- ‘Ease of Doing Business’.
2019 (IITF 2019) Partner Country – The Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan
Focus Country – The Republic of
Korea
Focus States – Bihar and Jharkhand
6th World Congress on Rural and APRACA Headquarters- Manila,
Agricultural Finance Philippines
International Lavi Fair Shimla
8th International Conference on New Delhi
Agricultural Statistics
Regional Conference on Jammu
Replication of Good Governance
Practices Concludes
National Tribal Festival ‘Aadi New Delhi Theme: “A celebration of the spirit
Mahotsav’ of tribal culture, craft, cuisine and
commerce”.
1st National Agrochemicals New Delhi Theme: “Country’s Status on
Congress Various Fronts of Agrochemicals.”
International Conference on Yoga Mysuru, Karnataka Theme: “Yoga for Heart Care”
for Heart care
21st Annual Meeting of New Delhi
International Society of Addiction
Medicine
SARAS India International Trade New Delhi
Fair (IITF) 2019
12th Urban Mobility India Lucknow Theme: “Accessible and liveable
Conference and Expo 2019 Cities”.
International Principal’s Education Nagpur
Conference (IPEC)
India ASEAN InnoTech Summit Davao, Philippines Theme: “Accelerating towards
2019 innovative development”
29th WCO Asia Pacific Regional Puducherry
Contact Points (RCP)
Global Bio-India Summit 2019 New Delhi Theme: Power to Transform Lives:
Bioscience to Bioeconomy – USD
100 Bn by 2025
NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 Manesar Theme 2019: “Smart & Green
Mobility”
2019 ‘Destination North East’ Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Festival
first counter-terror exercise for New Delhi
Quad countries
G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Nagoya, Japan
2019
world’s biggest Islamic Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Congregation, Aalmi Tablighi Ijtima
11th edition of Agrovision (an Nagpur, Maharashtra. Theme: “Smart Technologies for
Agricultural exhibition) Sustainable Development”.
3rd Military Literature Festival Chandigarh
50th conference of Governors and New Delhi
Lieutenant Governors
Shanghai Cooperation India In 2020
Organisation (SCO) Forum of
Young Scientists and Innovators
8th International Tourism Mart Imphal, Manipur
National Tribal Craft Mela 2019 Bhubaneswar
Ocean Dance Festival 2019 Cox Bazar, Bangladesh
47th All India Police Science Lucknow
Congress
“DEFCOM INDIA 2019” New Delhi Theme: “Communications: A
Decisive Catalyst for Jointness”.
WATEC 2019 Conference Tel Aviv in Israel
“Landslides Risk Reduction and New Delhi
Resilience-2019” Conference
Military Literature Festival 2019 Chandigarh
Obituary
Person Profession Extra Info/Age
Champak Jain Film Producer
Krishan Kumar Modi Industrialist chairman of Modi Enterprises.
Modi was also a former president
of FICCI.
N.V. Balasubramanian Judge Retired Judge of Madras High Court
Dhabekar Politician Former Maharashtra Minister
Nabaneeta Dev Sen Writer Sahitya Akademi Awardee
TN Seshan Former CEC
Ramakant Gundecha Dhrupad maestro
Vashishtha Narayan Singh Mathematician
Pranab Nanda Goa’s Director General of Police
(DGP)
Kailash Joshi Former Madhya Pradesh CM
Sudhir Dhar Cartoonist
Sushil Kumar Former Navy Chief Admiral
Brad Gobright US rock climber
Yasuhiro Nakasone Former Japanese PM
Laxminarayan Nayak Freedom fighter & former MP
 French Resistance member Yvette Lundy who survived Nazi camps Passes Away at 103
 Christopher Dennis, known for performing as Superman on Hollywood Boulevard, Passed away in the
San Fernando Valley at the age of 52.
 Veteran Theatre And Film Actor and Shabana Azmi’s mother Shaukat Kaifi passed away due to age-
related illness at the age of 93
Rankings
Ranking Top Extra Info
2019 Women, Peace, and Security Norway India- 133
Index
‘India Justice Report (IJR) 2019’ Maharashtra Maharashtra has been ranked first
published by the Tata Trusts among 18 large states in the first
ever ranking of states on their
capacity to deliver justice to
citizens
Bribery Risk Matrix 2019 by TRACE New Zealand India- 78
Water Quality Report for State Mumbai
Capitals & Delhi ( analysed by BIS)
IMD World Talent Ranking Report Switzerland India- 59
‘Prime Global Cities Index’ by Moscow New Delhi has been ranked at 9th
Knight Frank place. Bengaluru is at 20th while
fastest growing prime residential Mumbai is ranked at 28th position.
market
Fortune’s Businessperson of the Satya Nadella – CEO Microsoft Ajay Banga the CEO of Mastercard
Year 2019 list is the top Indian in the list and is
ranked at 8th spot. Jayshree Ullal of
Arista is ranked at 18th.
Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal Zurich, Switzerland Bengaluru is top Indian city placed
and Awards (PICSA) Index at 83rd position, Delhi (101) and
Mumbai (107)
2019 Global Terrorism Index Afghanistan India- 7
WHO study on physical activity Bangladesh India- 8
among adolescents
Nomura’s Food Vulnerability Index - India- 44
(NFVI) 2019
QS World University Asia Rankings National University of Singapore IIT Bombay top Indian at 34
2020
Forbes ‘The Real-Time Billionaires Jeff Bezos – Amazon ($112 billion) Mukesh Ambani has become the
List’ 9th richest person- $60.6 billion. He
is the top Indian.
2019 Global Diplomacy Index China India- 12
Eight Indian firms have been named in the KPMG and H2 Ventures’ ‘Fintech100’ list with two firms in top 10.
PayTm is ranked 5th while Ola is ranked 8th.
Ant Financial (China) is on rank one in the list. This report compiles a list of the best fintech innovators from
around the world.
Indian start-up ecosystem continues to be the 3rd largest in the world, Top- China: NASSCOM Report
Here are some other facts from the report:
8900-9300 Start-ups incepted during 2014-19, overall base growing at 12-15% y-o-y
1300+ Start-ups added in 2019
7 Unicorns added in 2019; total 24 unicorns are active in India
$ 4.4 bn Total funding received by Start-ups in 2019 (Jan-Sep)
60,000 New Direct Jobs created; 1.3-1.8 Lakh New Indirect Jobs created
TIME magazine has released its first-ever TIME 100 Next and Indian athlete Dutee Chand has been named in
the list.
TIME 100 Next is a new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
Bill Gates Surpasses Jeff Bezos as World’s Richest Person: Bloomberg
Committee
Committee Purpose Formed by Head
Development Council for Bicycle Department for Promotion of Secretary DPIIT - Dr. Guruprasad
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Mohapatra
High Level Committee on Govt Rajat Bhargava
Petrochemical Investment
committee to examine the impact DoT Rajiv Gauba
of telecom tariff hikes
expert committee for reviewing Sports Ministry Justice Mukundakam Sharma
National Sports Code draft
Agreements and MoUs

 The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Government of Assam has signed a 50 million euro (Rs
400 crore) project agreement for supporting Phase II of Assam Project for Forest and Biodiversity
Conservation (APFBC).
 Important Cabinet Approvals: November 6, 2019 – At the end of the PDF
 Important Cabinet Approvals: November 20– At the end of the PDF
 The New Delhi based All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Western Sydney University, Australia.
 Important Cabinet Approvals: November 27, 2019– At the end of the PDF
Apps/Services/Portals
 Uttar Pradesh government has launched a web portal and a mobile application named e-Ganna App, for
sugarcane farmers of the state.
 Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) has launched a mobile app named
‘Sishu Suraksha’ for the protection of rights of children of Assam.
 Visakhapatnam Police have launched first of its kind cybersecurity interactive robotic agent robot
named CYBIRA to improve the efficiency to address the complaints.
 The Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh has introduced indigenously developed
humanoid robot named ‘Sona 1.5’ to transport documents from one place to another.
Banking and Economy News

 World’s First Blockchain-based Carbon Trading Exchange Launched in Singapore
 Reserve Bank announces the opening of first cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox; Theme- ‘Retail
Payments’
The innovative products/services that will be considered by RBI for inclusion under this ‘Retail
Payments’ based RS is:
Mobile payments including feature phone-based payment services
Offline payment solutions
Contactless payments
 The Reserve Bank of India has increased the household income limits for borrowers of Non-Banking
Financial Companies-Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs) in rural and urban/semi urban areas as
under:
For rural areas: Increased to Rs 1.25 lakhs from Rs 1 lakh
For urban/semi urban areas: Increased to Rs 2 lakhs from Rs 1.6 lakhs
 American business and financial services company Moody’s has downgraded India’s economic outlook
to “Negative” from “Stable”.
 PayNearby partners with Equitas Small Finance Bank for launching micro ATMs at retail shops
 ICICI Bank launches ‘Maha Loan Dhamaka’ to provide on-the-spot loan approvals
 RBI expands the scope of SNRR Account- Given at the end of PDF
 RBI announces the Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement for SAARC countries for the period 2019
to 2022
•The Reserve Bank of India has announced the revised Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement for
SAARC countries 2019-2022 to improve financial stability and economic cooperation within the SAARC
region.
•The Framework is valid from November 14, 2019 to November 13, 2022. Based on the terms and
conditions of the Framework, the RBI would enter into bilateral swap agreements with SAARC central
banks, who want to avail swap facility.
•SAARC Currency Swap Facility came into operation on November 15, 2012. SAARC has 8 member
countries.
•Under the revised condition (Framework for 2019-22) RBI will continue to offer swap arrangement
within the overall corpus of US $ Two billion. The drawals can be made in US Dollar, Euro or Indian
Rupee.
 The Ministry of Finance has decided to amalgamate three regional rural public sector banks of Uttar
Pradesh namely Baroda Uttar Pradesh Grameen Bank, Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank and Purvanchal
Bank into a single regional rural bank.
These banks will be amalgamated on April 1, 2020 and will be called Baroda UP Bank.
 Shri. H R Khan has been appointed as the first chairman of the steering committee of the Code for
Responsible Lending (CRL) in micro-credit. HR Khan is a Former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI). Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan had jointly unveiled the ‘Code for
Responsible Lending’ (CRL) for the micro-credit industry in September 2019.
GDP Growth
 OECD predicts India’s GDP growth at 6.6% in 2020-24
 BofAML predicts India’s GDP growth rate for FY20 at 5.8%
 Nomura cuts GDP prediction for India to 4.9% for FY20; 6.1% for FY21
 SBI Report predicts India’s GDP for FY20 at 5% and FY21 at 6.2%
 Moody’s Investors Service has revised its GDP growth rate prediction for India for Calender Year 2019 to
5.6% from its earlier prediction of 5.8%.
India’s GDP growth rate prediction for 2020 as per Moody’s- 6.6%.
India’s GDP growth rate prediction for 2021 as per Moody’s- 6.7%.
 NCAER predicts India’s GDP growth at 4.9% in FY20
 OECD Cuts Global Growth Forecast for 2020 to 2.9%. As per OECD, the world economy is projected to
grow 2.9% in 2019 and 2020, as against its earlier estimate of 3.0% in September.
 OECD predicts India’s GDP growth rate in 2020 at 6.2%
2019- 5.8%
◦2020- 6.2%
◦2021- 6.4%
 India Ratings projects India’s GDP growth for FY20 at 5.6%
Loans in News
 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved to provide $451-million (around Rs 3200 crore) loan
to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai–
Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.
 India contributes USD 1 million for World Food Programme’s humanitarian activities in North Korea
 Exim Bank Provides USD 30 mn line of credit to Ghana for potable water project
 ADB approves $300 million for power transmission expansion in Bangladesh
 India Pledges To Contribute $5 Million In 2020 To UN Palestine Refugee Agency
 UNDP Green Climate Fund to provide India with 43 million USD to boost climate in 3 coastal states-
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
 India has pledged to contribute USD 13.5 million for various operational activities of development across
the UN agencies for the year 2020.
 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has approved $575 million loan to ease congestion in Mumbai
and boost private capital investment in renewable energy, power transmission and water infrastructure.
 India Inks $91 Million Loan with ADB for Comprehensive Water Management in Karnataka
 ADB clears $250-mn loan to help EESL expand energy efficiency investments
 ADB and India sign $451 Million Loan to strengthen Power Connectivity in Tamil Nadu
 PM Modi announces $400-mn line of credit to Sri Lanka to boost development
Insurance News
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has allowed policyholders to revive their policies that have
lapsed for more than two years. Before: Earlier, after the IRDA Product Regulation 2013, which came
into effect on January 1, 2014, the revival period was restricted to two consecutive years from the date
of the first unpaid premium.
Now: The LIC policyholders who bought their policies after January 1, 2014 could revive their,
Non-linked policies within five years of the first unpaid premium.
Unit-linked policies within three years of the first unpaid premium.
 IRDAI has barred Reliance Health Insurance Ltd (RHICL) from selling new policies due to its weak
financial health.
The regulator has also asked RHICL to transfer the entire policyholders’ liabilities along with financial
assets to Reliance General Insurance Co Ltd (RGICL), which in turn will settle claims of the existing
policyholders.
Business News
 TRAI fixes mobile call ring time at 30 seconds; 60 seconds for landline
 Google to buy wearables maker “Fitbit” for $2.1 billion
 The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) on Wednesday released its 5th annual Doing Business in India
Report.
56 per cent of the survey respondents have stated that it is getting easier to do business in India, and
only 21 per cent saying that it has not improved (while 23 per cent were undecided).
 Google will launch a checking account service next year in a collaboration with Citigroup and a credit
union at Stanford University. It will be launched under a project code named Cache
 National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has partnered with NSE Indices Limited and
launched India’s first agri index — ‘NCDEX Agridex’, for easy reference to price variations in agricultural
commodities.
The AGRIDEX tracks and replicates the performance of the ten most liquid commodities traded on the
NCDEX’s platform.

Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves merger of BNP Paribas (BNPP) Mutual Fund and the
Baroda (BOB) Mutual Fund, under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.
 Vodafone Idea posts India’s biggest ever quarterly loss at Rs 50,921 crore
 Oil to telecom major Reliance Industries (RIL) surpasses the Rs 10-lakh-crore in market capitalisation,
becoming the first Indian company to do so.
 Aditya Birla Finance becomes first NBFC to list commercial paper on Stock Market
Books and Authors

 The book titled ‘Simplicity and Wisdom’, dedicated to Late Vedanti Swami Pragananand, authored by
Renowned industrialist and philanthropist, Dinesh Shahra.
 Harish Bhat Authors Novel Named ‘An Extreme Love for Coffee’

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Releases the book ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past’ authored
by Vikram Sampath
 Book titled “Finding a Gaps” authored by Simon Taufel released
 Christopher Paolini’s first science fiction novel titled “To Sleep in a Sea of Stars” to be out soon
 The Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched three books namely Kumbh, Garam
Pahad and Dilli ki Bulbul (Sindhi edition)in New Delhi on November 27, 2019.
These three books are a collection of stories for children and has been authored by popular writer of
children’s books and travelogues and 1985 batch IAS, Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain.
Defence News
 India and Uzbekistan will hold their first-ever joint field training exercise named ‘DUSTLIK-2019’. It will
be held at Chirchiq area in Uzbekistan from November 04 to November 13, 2019.
 The US Navy exercise that it conducts with various other navies named ‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness
and Training (CARAT)- 2019’ has started with Bangladesh Navy in Chattogram, Bangladesh from 4 to 7
November, 2019.
CARAT is a series of annual bilateral military exercises conducted by the United States Pacific Fleet with
several member nations of ASEAN in Southeast Asia.
 The Indian Coast Guard conducted the Regional level Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise – 2019
(ReSAREX – 2019) in Goa on November 05 and 06, 2019.
 The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) delivered ‘ ICGS Annie Besant’, second in the
series of five fast patrol vessels (FPV) to the Indian Coast Guard.
 India, Indonesia joint naval exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ held in Bay of Bengal
 Indo-Russian Joint Tri-Service Exercise INDRA 2019 to be held from December 10-19
 IAF conducts Air-Fest 2019 in Nagpur
 The first India-US joint tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise named
‘Tiger Triumph’ is scheduled to begin at Visakhapatnam from November 13 to 21.
 India successfully Conducts first night trial of surface-to-surface medium-range missile Agni-II
 First Ever India-Qatar Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr Begins in Doha
 Indian Army Begins Exercise ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ in Rajasthan’s Barmer

 The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) delivered ‘ICGS Amrit Kaur’, third in the series
of five fast patrol vessels (FPV) to the Indian Coast Guard on November 19, 2019.
 Shivangi, hailing from Muzzafarpur, Bihar, has created history by becoming the first Indian woman pilot
to join the Indian Navy.
 The United States has approved the sale of 13 MK45 Naval guns and related equipment to India at an
estimated cost of $1.0210 billion (approximately Rs 7,331.76 crore).
 Indian Army conduct ‘Epic Run 2019’ in West Bengal
 Lt General Sahir Shamshad Mirza appointed new Chief of Joint Staff in Pakistan
 Joint military exercise ‘SURYA KIRAN – XIV’ between India and Nepal will be conducted at Salijhandi,
Rupendehi district of Nepal from 03 to 16 December 2019.
 The 10th edition of joint military training (JMT) between Indian Air Force (IAF) and Republic of Singapore
Air Force (RSAF) is being held at Kalaikunda Air Force Station, West Bengal from Oct 31 to Dec 12.
International News
 Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Victory Day celebrations
in May 09, 2020. Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945
 Pakistan became the first country in the world to introduce the World Health Organization (WHO)-
recommended typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV)
 Pakistan conducts successful test-firing of nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile (SSBM)
Shaheen-I which can strike targets up to a range of 650 kilometres
 Oxford Dictionaries has declared “climate emergency” as the word of the year for 2019
 King Of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf And Queen Silvia To Embark On 6-Day India Visit
 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa On 3-Day India Visit
National and State News

 UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of
Film.
Hyderabad has also been included in this network in the field of Gastronomy.
 Coal India Targets to produce one billion tonne of coal by 2024, Announces Shri Pralhad Joshi on 45th
Coal India Foundation Day
 The United States Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Steven Mnuchin visited Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai
and held discussions with Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor and other senior officials of Reserve Bank of
India.
 The maps prepared by Survey General of India depicting the new Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir
and Ladakh has been now released.
The new Union Territory of Ladakh consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh. The rest of the former
State of Jammu and Kashmir is in the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
 PM Modi Releases Commemorative Coin to Mark 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak at Bangkok
 As per the data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India’s unemployment
rate in October rose to 8.5%. This is the highest since August 2016, and up from 7.2% in September.
Here are some other facts:
Urban unemployment rate: 8.9%
Rural unemployment rate: 8.3%.
Tripura and Haryana saw unemployment levels of more than 20% (the highest),
while unemployment was the lowest in Tamil Nadu at 1.1%.
 The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the
upgraded National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD) at AG Colony
Road, Erragadda, Hyderabad.
 IIT Madras develops India’s “first indigenously” designed standing wheelchair named Arise
 Fertiliser major, the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), has introduced first of its kind
‘nano-technology’ based products – nano nitrogen, nano zinc and nano copper for on–field trials in an
effort to cut usage of chemical fertilisers and boost farmers’ income.
 Bihar bans 15-year-old vehicles in Patna while over 15-year-old govt cars in entire state to curb air
pollution
 Raksha Rajya Mantri Shripad Naik inaugurated the Defence Research & Development Organisation
(DRDO) Igniter Complex at High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) in Pune
 The ministry of commerce and industries has allocated a separate Harmonized System(HS) code to Khadi
fabrics.
HS Stands for Harmonized System and it is a six digit identification code. It was developed by the WCO
(World Customs Organization- HQ- Brussels, Belgium) and custom officers use HS Code to clear every
commodity that enters or crosses any international border.
 SC bench headed by CJ Gogoi rules to set up trust for temple construction in Ayodhya, Muslims to get
alternate land
The 5 judge bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has given its verdict
on Ayodhya Ram Temple case (Rām Janmabhoomi – Bābrī Masjid Land Title Dispute) on November 09,
2019. Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer were the other 4
members of the bench and the decision passed by the bench was in agreement in 5-0 ratio.
The decision by the Supreme Court is mentioned below:
Supreme Court has cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site (area of
2.77 acres) and has given three months time to Central Government to set up a board of trustees for
construction of the temple (Ram Temple) at the disputed structure.
The bench also ruled that the Hindu organisation Nirmohi Akhara would not be the shebait, but would
instead get to be a member of the trust.
SC has directed Centre for arrangement of suitable alternative plot of land measuring 5 acres at Ayodhya
for Sunni Waqf Board (for Mosque).
It must be noted that in 2010, Allahabad High Court had divided the 2.77 acres of disputed land in 3
part. 1⁄3 going to the Ram Lalla or Infant Rama represented by the Hindu Maha Sabha, 1⁄3 going to the
Sunni Waqf Board and the remaining 1⁄3 going to Nirmohi Akhara. However, now the SC bench has
declared it invalid.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally inaugurated the Integrated Check Post of the Kartarpur
Corridor.
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor is a 4.7 kilometre long passage that connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India’s
Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur.
Narendra Modi flagged off the first batch of 500 pilgrims led by Akal Takhat Jathedar Giani Harpreet
Singh.
 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released the ‘Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India’ (ADSI-
2016) report. Here are the major highlights of the report:
All-India suicide rate of 10.3 (per lakh of population) in 2016. In cities suicide rate was 13.0.
A total of 11,379 people engaged in the farming sector committed suicide in the year 2016. Maharashtra
had the highest number of farmer suicide.
The suicides in the farming sector comprised 8.7 per cent of the total suicides 1,31,008 in the country.
 India’s first Elephant Memorial opens in Mathura

 World’s first CNG port terminal to be set up at Bhavnagar in Gujarat
 A New Spider Species Named After Sachin Tendulkar

A research scholar, Dhruv Prajapati, who is pursuing a Ph. D in spider taxonomy at the Gujarat Ecological
Education & Research (GEER) Foundation has discovered two new species of spiders.
Of the two, he has named one spider species after Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, as Marengo
sachintendulkar, to show his love towards his favourite cricketer.
 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change gives Environment Clearance to Indian Oil
Corporation Limited (IOCL) to set up new 2G Ethanol plant at Panipat, Haryana at an estimated
investment of Rs 766 crore.
 Maharashtra under President’s rule for 3rd time
 Cyclone Bulbul hits part of West Bengal and Odisha
 The Central government has approved setting up of four medical device parks in the country to support
Make in India initiative and provide world-class treatment at affordable prices.
The medical parks will be established in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
 Prime Minister Modi invited the President of Brazil, Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro to be the Chief Guest at
the Republic Day 2020.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met H.E. Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of Brazil on the
sidelines of the 11th BRICS summit at Brasilia on 13 November 2019.
 “Bali Yatra” festival begins in Cuttack, Odisha
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurates Sisseri River Bridge in Arunachal Pradesh
 The Central Bureau of Investigation has set up an online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE)
Prevention/Investigation Unit at New Delhi under its Special Crime Zone.
The territorial jurisdiction of the online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE)
Prevention/Investigation Unit of CBI will be throughout India.
 Darjeeling Green and White Tea gets Geographical Indications (GI) tag
 UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inaugurates North India’s First Ethanol Producing Sugar Mill in Gorakhpur
 4th India International Cherry Blossom Festival Held at Shillong
 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) launches special winter-grade diesel for UT of Ladakh that remains
unfrozen up to minus 33 degree Celsius.
 Government Bans Meghalaya-based insurgent group Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council over
increased activities of violence
 ISRO To Launch Cartosat-3 Satellite and 13 Commercial Nano Satellites On November 25
 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has installed India’s first-of-its-kind high-end Reverse
Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines for quick detection of diseases like dengue,
tuberculosis and swine flu.
 IRCTC Signs MoU with Karnataka Tourism to market & run Golden Chariot train
 Microsoft has unveiled ‘K-12 Education Transformation Framework’ to offer comprehensive digital
transformation of schools in India.
 Indian Army Dedicates Army Goodwill Park To Celebrated Soldier Lt. Naib Subedar Chuni Lal in Jammu &
Kashmir
 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Releases Documentary ‘Shikhar se Pukar’ by Ravindra Kumar to promote ‘Jal
Shakti Abhiyan’
 Kalaburagi Airport Inaugurated in Karnataka Under UDAN / RCS
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Fit India School grading system in schools across the
country on November 24, 2019.
The Fit India School rankings have been divided into three categories — The Fit India Schools, which is
the first level of ranking, Fit India School (3 star) and Fit India School (5 star).
 Sangai Festival 2019 Commences in Manipur
 Etawah Lion Safari in Uttar Pradesh opened for public. The Etawah lion safari is the first in India to have
a lion breeding centre set up with an aim to develop a research facility on Asiatic lions.
 Centre Extends Ban on Assam based Bodo Insurgents Group for 5 years
 Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) Set up in Hyderabad
 Chhattisgarh government has decided to declare Guru Ghasidas National Park in its Koriya district as a
tiger reserve. This will be 4th tiger reserve in the state.
 Uttar Pradesh Govt to set up its First vulture conservation and breeding centre in Maharajganj district
 Indian Women’s Association in Nepal donates two electric vehicles to Pashupati Area Development
Trust as support for pilgrims visiting Pashupatinath Temple, which is enlisted as UNESCO’s World
Heritage Site.
 UNDP Launches Accelerator Lab India in New Delhi to work on tackling pollution. The Accelerator
laboratory has partnered with the Indian government’s Atal Innovation Mission to achieve its objectives.
 Government Extends the date of compulsory implementation of FASTags on National Highway Toll
Plazas to 15 December, 2019 from earlier deadline of December 1
Schemes in News
 Atal Pension Yojana has over 1.9 cr subscribers now: PFRDA
 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled two new IT Initiatives named ICEDASH and ATITHI on
November 4, 2019 for improved monitoring and pace of customs clearance of imported goods and
facilitating arriving international passengers.
ICEDASH is an Ease of Doing Business monitoring dashboard of the Indian Customs helping the public
see the daily Customs clearance times of import cargo at various ports and airports.
The ATITHI app will facilitate hassle-free and faster clearance by Customs at the airports by electronic
filing of Customs baggage and currency declarations and thus enhance the experience of international
tourists and other visitors at the airports.
 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has started a mass cleanliness-cum-
awareness drive in 50 identified beaches under the “Swachh – Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan” from 11th -17th
November, 2019.
 YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has launched the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme
which aims at transforming government schools into vibrant and competitive institutions.
The scheme was launched on November 14, 2019 i.e Children’s Day.
The total budget of the scheme is Rs 12,000 crores.
 Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan has launched SAANS Campaign which
stands for ‘Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully’.
The aim of the campaign is to reduce child mortality due to pneumonia, which contributes to around
15% deaths annually of children under the age of five.
The campaign was launched in Gandhinagar, Gujarat at the 6th National Summit on Good, Replicable
Practices and Innovations.
 Union Minister Smriti Irani Inaugurates Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) to Tackle Malnutrition
 The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the highest road length in the country
under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in this year. 11,400 km construction
completed
 Over 7 crore farmers have been benefited under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
scheme: Government
Sports News
 Six-time world champion M. C. Mary Kom has been included in a 10-member athlete ambassadors group
for boxers by the International Olympic Council’s Boxing Task Force to represent boxers at the Tokyo
Olympics 2020.
 Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, banned from cricket for 2 years by ICC for match fixing.
 South Africa defeated England 32-12 to win the Rugby World Cup title 2019.
 Valtteri Bottas wins US Grand Prix 2019; Hamilton awarded F1 World Drivers’ Championship 2019
 Ashleigh Barty of Australia defeated the defending champion Elina Svitolina to win the WTA Finals 2019
in women’s single.
 Lakshya Sen Wins SaarLorLux Open Badminton Tournament in Germany
 Wrestler Pooja Gehlot wins silver in UWW Under-23 World Championships
 Novak Djokovic beat Denis Shapovalov to win fifth Paris Masters title
 Ireland women’s cricketer Amy Kenealy has announced her retirement from international cricket
 Manu Bhaker bags gold in 10m air pistol in the (14th) Asian Shooting Championship, 2019 in Doha, Qatar
 India will be the host country for the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023. Apart from this, Spain and the
Netherlands have been selected to co-host the 2022 FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup.
 The 15-year-old Shafali Verma has created history as she became the youngest Indian cricketer to score
a half-century in international cricket, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s 30-year-old record.
 Kento Momota Defends Fuzhou China Open Badminton Title to Claim 10th Title of 2019
 France Claims Fed Cup Title 2019 (Tennis) with 3-2 Win Against Australia
 2019 World Kabaddi Cup to be held from December 1 to 9 in Punjab
 The 14th edition of the Asian Shooting Championships, 2019 was held from 5 to 13 November 2019 in
Doha, Qatar.
India won total 26 medals (5G-10S-11B) to be placed at fourth spot in the medal table.
China stood first with highest number of medals (45), followed by South Korea (21) and North Korea
(11).
 Luka Modric Wins The 2019 Golden Foot Award
 India’s first-ever day-night pink ball Test match to be played at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens from November
22 against Bangladesh
 India has won 9 medals at the World Para Athletics Championship held in Dubai finishing in the 24th
position. This is the best medal-winning haul by India. China topped the medals tally with 59 medals
including 25 gold.
 Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Dominic Thiem to win Maiden ATP Finals title
 South Korea’s Joohyung Kim Wins Panasonic Open India 2019 (Golf)
 Harmeet Desai Wins 2019 Indonesia Open TT Championship
 The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officially changes its name as World
Athletics
 Max Verstappen wins Brazilian Grand Prix 2019
 Bhubaneswar to host India’s home matches in 2020 Hockey Pro League
 Manu Bhaker Bags gold in 10m Air Pistol at 2019 ISSF World Cup Final
 Eliud Kipchoge (Men's) and Dalilah Muhammad (Women's) Wins World Athlete of the Year 2019
 Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Badminton Open title

 Rafael Nadal Beat Denis Shapovalov to Win 2019 Davis Cup Title
 Sangram Dahiya & Varsha Varman win double trap national titles at 63rd National Shotgun Shooting
Championship
 Odisha to host Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023
Important Days in November

Date Day Theme/Extra Info (Theme
is in double quotes)
November 1 World Vegan Day -
November 2 International Day to End Impunity
for Crimes against Journalists
November 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day
November 6 International Day for Preventing -
the Exploitation of the Environment
in War and Armed Conflict:
November 7 National Cancer Awareness Day -
November 8 International Day of Radiology Theme 2019: "Sports Imaging
(Musculoskeletal Radiology)."
November 8 World Urbanism Day (“World Town
Planning Day”)
November 9 National Legal Services Day
November 10 World Science Day for Peace and 2019 Theme: “Open science,
Development leaving no one behind”
November 11 National Education Day
November 12 Public Service Broadcasting Day
November 12 World Pneumonia Day: Theme 2019: “healthy lungs for
all”.
November 13 World Kindness Day Theme 2019: "empathy,
encouraging people across the
globe to better understand “the
pains of others” and touch their
lives “positively”.
November 14, 2019 65th Children’s Day Of India
November 14 World Diabetes Day Theme for 2019: “The Family and
Diabetes – diabetes concerns every
family.”
November 16 International Day for Tolerance
November 16 National Press Day
November 17 World Day of Remembrance for Theme 2019 – “Life is not a car
Road Traffic Victims 2019 part:
November 17 International Students’ Day
November 17 National Epilepsy Day
November 18-24 World Antibiotic Awareness Week
(WAAW) 2019
November 19 World Toilet Day 2019 theme– “Leaving no one
behind.”
November 19 Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
November 19 International Men’s Day
November 20 Universal Children’s Day
November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
(International Transgender Day of
Remembrance)
November 20 World COPD Day 2019 2019 theme: “All Together to End
COPD.”
November 21 World Television Day
November 21 World Fisheries Day Theme 2019: “Social Responsibility
in the fisheries value chain”

November 21, 2019 (third World Philosophy Day 2019 World Philosophy Day is celebrated
Thursday of November) on every third Thursday of
November to raise public
awareness of the importance of
philosophy.
November 24, 2019 71st Raising Day of National Cadet
Corps (NCC)
November 25 International Day for the Theme 2019: “Orange the World:
Elimination of Violence against Generation Equality Stands Against
Women Rape”.
November 26 Constitution Day of India/ 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of
Samvidhan Diwas the adoption of the Constitution of
India.
November 26 National Milk Day
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with
the Palestinian People
November 30 Day of Remembrance for all Victims
of Chemical Warfare
Important Cabinet Approvals: November 6, 2019

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approve several Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) and proposals. They are listed below:
List of MoUs Approved
1. India and Paraguay – Strengthening Cooperation in the field of Tourism.

2. India and Brazil – Strengthening Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine and also
signing of the Protocol to amend the Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the
prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
3. India and Switzerland – Technical Cooperation in the field of Climate Change and Environment.
4. India and Guinea – Cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy
5. India and Maldives – Training and Capacity-Building Programme for Maldivian Judicial Officers
in India.
6. India and German – collaboration in the field of Occupational Diseases, Re-habilitation and
vocational training of Insured Persons with disabilities
7. India and Bangladesh – Withdrawal of 1.82 cusec of water from Feni River by India for drinking
water supply scheme for Sabroom town Tripura, India.
Other approvals
 Establishment of a ‘Special Window’ fund to provide priority debt financing for the
completion of stalled housing projects that are in the Affordable and Middle-Income
Housing sector. The government shall act as the Sponsor and the total commitment to
be infused by the Government would be upto INR 10,000 crore.
 Approved the Cadre Review of Posts & Telegraphs Building Works Service, Group
‘A’. The number of Duty posts was fixed as 105.
RBI expands the scope of SNRR Account

 The Reserve Bank of India has expanded the scope of SNRR Account by permitting person
resident outside India to open such account.
 Before this, only a person resident outside India, having a business interest in India, was
authorised to open a Special Non-Resident Rupee Account (SNRR account) with an
authorised dealer for the purpose of putting through bona fide transactions in rupees.
 Now RBI has expanded the scope of SNRR Account by permitting person resident outside
India to open such account for:
o External Commercial Borrowings in INR;
o Trade Credits in INR;
o Trade (Export/ Import) Invoicing in INR; and
o Business related transactions outside International Financial Service Centre
(IFSC) by IFSC units at GIFT city like administrative expenses in INR outside
IFSC, INR amount from sale of scrap, government incentives in INR, etc. The
account will be maintained with bank in India (outside IFSC).
 Also, earlier there was a restriction that No operations are permissible in the account after
seven years from the date of opening of the account. Now this restriction of 7 years has
been removed.
Points to remember:
1. Full form of SNRR Account.

2. In which four cases now can the SNRR Account be opened?
Important Cabinet Approvals: November 20

Following are the important approvals made by the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi on November 20, 2019.
 Establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous

organization under the Ministry of AYUSH
 Ex-post facto approval for the proposal that has been approved under Rule 12 of the
Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961 with regard to removing
difficulty arising in giving effect to the provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation
Act 2019 with regard to section 3 of the Act
 Extension/renewal of the extant Pharmaceuticals Purchase Policy (PPP) with the same
terms and conditions while adding one additional product namely, Alcoholic Hand
Disinfectant (AHD) to the existing list of 103 medicines till the final closure/strategic
disinvestment of the Pharma CPSUs
 Approved the proposal for introducing the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in
order to replace the Ordinance.
 Adoption of the Patent Prosecution Highway programme
 Mitigating financial stress being faced by the Telecom Services Sector
 Introduction of International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha,
after withdrawal from Rajya Sabha
 Introduction of the Industrial Relations Code, 2019 in the Parliament.
 Amendments and modifications in the Toll-Operate-Transfer model and securitization of
user fee receipts of NH
 ‘In-principle’ approval for strategic disinvestment in select CPSEs: Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI), Container Corporation
of India Ltd. (CONCOR), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation India Limited (THDCIL)
and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO)
 Reduction of Government of India equity shareholding in select CPSEs below 51% by
retaining management control
 Proposal for enactment of Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 and accession to the Hong Kong
International Convention for Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009.
 MoU between India and Finland for strengthening cooperation in the field of Tourism.
 MoU between India and Comoros on cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine
Important Cabinet Approvals: November 27, 2019

The following proposals and MoU were approved during the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on November 27, 2019:
MoUs approved
 Myanmar – bilateral cooperation for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons; Rescue,

Recovery, Repatriation and Re-integration of victims of Trafficking.
 Saudi Arabia – Establishment of Strategic Partnership Council
 Saudi Arabia – combating illicit trafficking and smuggling of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic
Substances and Chemical Precursors.
 Chile – signing of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and Protocol for
the elimination of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion and avoidance
with respect to taxes on income.
Proposals approved
 Increase the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India (FCI) from existing Rs.3,500
crore to Rs.10,000 crore.
 Approved the negotiating stand of India at the 25th Conference of Parties (COP) to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) scheduled to be
held in Madrid, Spain (under the Presidency of Chile) from 2-13 December 2019.
 Approved the Fifteenth Finance Commission to submit first report for the first fiscal year
viz. 2020-21 and to extend the tenure of XV-FC to provide for the presentation of the
final report covering FYs 2021-22 to 2025-26 by 30th October, 2020.
 Allotment of 1800 sqm of Airports Authority of India’s (AAI’s) land to Andhra Pradesh
Education and Welfare Infrastructure Development Corporation (APEWIDC) for the
construction of Ceremonial Lounge at Tirupati Airport.
 Mandatory packaging of foodgrains and sugar in jute material for the Jute Year 2019-20.
 Waiver of repayment of loan of Rs.54 lakh and interest thereon, amounting to Rs.370.40
lakh, totalling Rs. 424.40 lakh plus the amount of interest that will accrue on total
amount, from 01.04.2019 till this approval outstanding against the Sikkim Mining
Corporation.
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Conference and Summits

Agreements and MoUs

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Books and Authors

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National and State News

 India’s first Elephant Memorial opens in Mathura

 A New Spider Species Named After Sachin Tendulkar

 Sangai Festival 2019 Commences in Manipur

 Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Badminton Open title

Important Days in November

in the fisheries value chain”

Important Cabinet Approvals: November 6, 2019

List of MoUs Approved

1. India and Paraguay – Strengthening Cooperation in the field of Tourism.

RBI expands the scope of SNRR Account

1. Full form of SNRR Account.

Important Cabinet Approvals: November 20

 Establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous

Important Cabinet Approvals: November 27, 2019

 Myanmar – bilateral cooperation for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons; Rescue,

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