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List of CMDs of Public Sector Banks
State Bank of India and It’s Associates

S. No Name of the Bank Name of the CMD
1 State Bank of India
2 State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
3 State Bank of Hyderabad Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya
4 State Bank of Mysore
5 State Bank of Travancore
6 State Bank of Patiala
Other Public Sector Banks
S. No Name of the Bank Name of the CMD
1 Allahabad Bank Rakesh Sethi
2 Andhra Bank C. V. R. Rajendran
3 Bank of Baroda S. S. Mundra
4 Bank of India V. R. Iyer
5 Bank of Maharashtra Sushil Muhnot
6 Canara Bank R. K. Dubey
7 Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi
8 Corporation Bank Sadhu Ram Bansal
9 Dena Bank Ashwini Kumar
10 Indian Bank T. M. Bhasin
11 Indian Overseas Bank M. Narendra
12 Oriental Bank of Commerce S. L. Bansal
13 Punjab & Sindh Bank Jatinder Bir Singh
14 Punjab National Bank K. R. Kamath
15 Syndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar Jain
16 UCO Bank Arun Kaul
17 Union Bank of India Arun Tiwari
18 United Bank of India Vacant
19 Vijaya Bank V. Kannan
20 IDBI Bank Ltd M. S. Raghavan
21 Bharatiya Mahila Bank Usha Anantha Subramaniyan
List of Chief Ministers and Governors of Indian States

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S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

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1 Andaman & Nicobar U.T. A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor)

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2 Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan

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3 Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki Nirbhay Sharma

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4 Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

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5 Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi D. Y. Patil
6 Chandigarh U.T. Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator)
7 Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Balramji Dass Tandon
8 Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar Margaret Alva
Anandiben Patel
9 Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli
(1st Woman CM of Gujarat)
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10 Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda Shri Jagannath Pahadia
11 Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Urmila Singh
12 Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah Narinder Nath Vohra
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13 Jharkhand Hemant Soren Dr. Syed Ahmed
14 Karnataka Shri K. Siddaramaiah K. Rosaiah
15 Kerala Shri Oommen Chandy Sheila Dikshit
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16 Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Ram Naresh Yadav
17 Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan K. Sankaranarayanan
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Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
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Shri Okram Ibobi Singh
Mukul Sangma
Pu Lalthanhawla
Vinod Kumar Duggal
K. K. Paul
Kamla Beniwal
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21 Nagaland T R Zeliang Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
22 New Delhi President’s rule Najeeb Jung (Lieutenant-Governor)
23 Odisha Sh. Naveen Patnaik Shri S. C. Jamir
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24 Puducherry Shri N. Rangasamy A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor )

25 Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal Shri Shivraj Patil
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26 Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Margaret Alva

27 Sikkim Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
28 Tamil Nadu Sushree J. Jayalalithaa Konijeti Rosaiah
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29 Telangana K. Chandrasekhar Rao ESL Narasimhan

30 Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
31 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Ram Naik
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31 Uttarakhand Harish Rawat Aziz Qureshi

32 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
33 Dadra and Nagar Haveli U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)
34 Daman and Diu U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)
35 Lakshadweep U.T. Shri H. Rajesh Prasad
Indian General elections (16th Lok sabha elections) 2014 Highlights
 Held during : 7th April 2014 to 12th May 2014

 Result : NDA won with 336 seats, 282 for BJP
 Total Number of Voters : 814.5 million
 Total Number of Voters (2009) : 809 million
 First time Voters : 150 million
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 Youth Voters more in : Jabalpur (Total Youth Voters 34% 18-19 yrs.
 Total Number of Polling Stations : 9,30,000 ( 10 million Polling officials)
 Maximum eligible Voters in : U.P (134 million)
 Minimum eligible Voters in : Sikkim (3,62,000)
 Male Voters in 2014 Election : 52.4%
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 Women Voters maximum in : Puducherry, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Daman & Diu,
Megalaya, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh
 Largest Constituency (Voters) : Malakajgiri (30 lakh)-Andhra pradesh
 Smallest Polling Stn (Voters) : Hukani Pooling Stn of Lower Dibong Valley District of
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Arunachal Pradesh (only 22 registered voters)
 Total expenditure (2014) : Rs.3426 Crore
 (2009) : Rs.1483 Crore
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Maximum Amount that a
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Contested candidates in 2014 election:

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5.4 million rupees ( for Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim)
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in 2009 election : 78%
 Highest Polling % in 2014 : Nagaland (88.57%)

In 2009 : Nagaland (89.99%)
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 Lowest Polling % in 2014 : J & K (43%)

In 2009 : J & K (39.68%)
 Over all polling % 2014 : 66.38 %

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In 2009 : 58.7%
 Richest candidate in 2014 : NandanNilekani (Rs.7700 crore)

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 Poorest Candidate in 2014 : SoniSoori (only 424/- cash & 95,000/- Asset)
 Oldest candidate in 2014 : Babulal Abdul Hameedkhan
 Youngest candidate in 2014 : Rajesh Chudasama
 Oldest Voter in 2014 : Shyam Saran Negi (From H.P, First Voter of
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Independent India)
 Maximum number of candidates : Chennai South (42 candidates)

 Highest margin in 2014 : NarendraModi (5,70,128 voters)
 Loksabha seats reserved for SC : 79 seats
 Loksabha Seats reserved for ST : 41 seats
 General : 423 seats
 Loksabha total seats : 543 + 2 Anglo Indians (If nominated by president)
under article 331
 Highest polling station : Hikkim in (H.P) 14500 ft. above sea level
 Largest Parliamentary : Lodakh (Area :1,73,266.37 sq.km.)
 constituency (Area wise)
 Smallest constituency (Area) : ChandiniChowk (Delhi) 10 sq.km.
 NDA Vote share in 2014 : 38.5 %
 BJP Vote share in 2014 : 31 %
 Congress vote share : 19.3 %
 UPA Vote share : 23 %
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 TMC (Mamta) : 3.8 %
 AIADMK : 3.3 %
 SP : 3.4 %
 BJD : 1.7%
 CPI : 0.8%
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 ShriNarendraModi was sworn in as 15th PM of India.
List of New Cabinet Ministers with Portfolios
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 Prime Minister
o Narendra Modi :
 Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of
 Cabinet Ministers
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Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
o Anant Geete : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

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o Ananth Kumar : Chemicals and Fertilizers
o Arun Jaitley : Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence
o Ashok Gajapathi Raju : Civil Aviation
o D.V. Sadananda Gowda : Railways
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o Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare

o Gopinath Munde (Nitin Gadkari): Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and
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o Harsimrat Kaur Badal : Food Processing Industries

o Jual Oram : Tribal Affairs
o Kalraj Mishra : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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o Maneka Sanjay Gandhi : Women and Child Development

o Najma Heptulla : Minority Affairs
o Narendra Singh Tomar : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment
o Nitin Gadkari : Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
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o Radha Mohan Singh : Agriculture

o Rajnath Singh : Home Affairs
o Ram Vilas Paswan : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
o Ravi Shankar Prasad : Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice
o Smriti Irani : Human Resource Development
o Sushma Swaraj : External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
o Thawar Chand Gehlot : Social Justice and Empowerment
o Uma Bharati : Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
o Venkaiah Naidu : Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs
 Ministers of State
o Dharmendra Pradhan : Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
o Dr. Jitendra Singh : Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent
Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic
Energy, Department of Space
o Gen. VK Singh : Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs,
Overseas Indian Affairs
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o GM Siddeshwara : Civil Aviation
o Kiren Rijiju : Home Affairs
o Krishan Pal Gujjar : Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
o Manoj Sinha : Railways
o Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava : Tribal Affairs
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o Nihalchand : Chemicals and Fertilizers
o Nirmala Sitharaman : Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs
o Piyush Goyal : Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy
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(Independent Charge)
o Pon Radhakrishnan : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
o Prakash Javadekar : Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and
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Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs
o Rao Inderjit Singh : Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation
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o Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
o Sanjiv Baliyan : Agriculture, Food Processing Industries
o Santosh Kumar Gangwar : Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
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o Sarbananda Sonowal : Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent
Charge)
o Shripad Naik : Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge)
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o Sudarshan Bhagat : Social Justice and Empowerment

o Upendra Kushwaha : Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
o Vishnu Deo Sai : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment
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Heads of Important Organizations
 United Nations Organizations (UNO) :

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o Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present)

o Deputy Secretary General – Jan Eliasson
o General Assembly President –
 John William Ashe (2013-2014)
 Sam Kutesa (2014-15)
o Security Council members
 Permanent Members : China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
 Elected for 2013-14 : Argentina, Australia, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Rwanda
(elected for 2013–2014)
 Elected for 2014-15 : Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, Nigeria
 International Organizations related to UN
o Food and Agriculture Organization : Director-General - José Graziano da Silva, Brazil (2012–
present)
o International Atomic Energy Agency : Director-General - Yukiya Amano, Japan (2009–present)
o International Civil Aviation Organization :
 President of the Council - Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (2013-present)
 Secretary-General - Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present)
o International Labour Organization (ILO) : Director-General - Guy Ryder, UK (2012–present)
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o Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) : Director-General - Jose Graziano da Silva, USA
(2012-present)
o International Telecommunication Union : Secretary General - Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Mali (2007-
present)
o Universal Postal Union (UPU) : Director-General - Bishar Abdirahman Hussein, Kenya (2012-
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o International Court of Justice (ICJ) :
 President - Peter Tomka, Slovakia (2012-present)
 Vice President - Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor
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o Internatiional Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) : Director General - Yukiya Amano, Japan (200-
present)
o United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) : Executive Director - Anthony Lake, United States
(2010–present)
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o United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) : Director-
General - Irina Bokova, Bulgaria (2009–present)
o United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : High Commissioner - Navanethem
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Pillay, South Africa (2008–present)
o United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : High Commissioner - António
Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)
o United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) : Director-general – Li Yong,
China (2013–present)
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o World Food Programme (WFP) : Executive Director - Ertharin Cousin

o World Health Organization (WHO) : Director-General - Margaret Chan, China (acting) (2007–
present)
o World Meteorological Organization (WMO) :
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 President – David Grimes

 Secretary-General - Michel Jarraud
o World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) :
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 Secretary-General - Taleb Rifai, Jordan (2010–present)
Heads of International Organizations

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 Kamalesh Sharma : Secretary-General, Commonwealth of Nations

 Arjun Bahadur Thapa : Secretary-General, SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation)
 Roberto Azevêdo : Director-General, WTO (World Trade Organization)
 Anders Fogh Rasmussen : Secretary-General, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
 Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliyev : Secretary-General, SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)
 Dr. Le Luong Minh : Secretary-General, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)
 Abdullah Salem el-Badri : Secretary-General, OPEC (Organization of Petrolium Exporting Countries)
 Christine Lagarde : Managing Director, IMF (International Monetary Fund)
 Jim Yong Kim : President, WB (World Bank)
 Takehiko Nakao : President, ADB (Asian Development Bank)
 Jose Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development)
Heads of Important Indian Government Offices
 Prime Minister – Narendra Modi

 Defence Minister – Arun Jaitley
 Finance Minister - Arun Jaitley
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 Home Affairs Minister – Rajnath Singh
 President - Pranab Mukherjee
 Vice-President - Mhd Hamid Ansari (Chairman of Rajya Sabha)
Heads of Indian Organizations
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 ASSOCHAM - Rana Kapoor  RBI – Raghu Ram Rajan
 Attorney General of India - Mukul Rohatgi  RAW - Alok Joshi
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 Bombay Stock Exchange - Ashish Chauhan  SBI - Arundhathi Bhattacharya
 CAG - Shashi Kant Sharma  SEBI - U.K. Sinha
 CBDT - R.K. Tewari  SSC - Amitava Bhattacharyya
 CBI - Ranjeet Sinha  TRAI - Rahul Khullar
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CCI - Ashok Chawla
Chief Economic Advisor - Siddharth Tiwari
Chief Election Commissionor - V.S.Sampath
DRDO - Avinash Chander
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UGC - Ved Prakash
UPSC - D.P. Agarwal
Heads of Indian Armed Forces

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 FICCI - Sidharth Birla
 IB - Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim  Commander-in-Chief : Pranab Mukherjee (President)
 IRDA - T.S.Vijayan  Chief of the Army Staff : Gen. Bikram Singh
 ISRO - Dr. K. Radhakrishnan  Chief of the Naval Staff : Admiral Robin K Dhowan
 NABARD - Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala  Chief of the Air Staff : Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha
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 NASSCOM - Krishna kumar Natrajan  Chief of Border Security Force : Subhash Joshi
 National Commission for women - Mamta Sharma
 National Innovation Council - Sam Pitroda Judiciary
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 National Security Advisor - Ajit Kumar Doval

 National Stock Exchange - Chitra Ramkrishna  Chief Justice of India : Rajendra Mal Lodha
 PM Economic Advisor - C.Rangrajan  Attorney General of India : Mukul Rohatgi
 Press Council of India - Marandey Katju  Solicitor General of India : Ranjit Kumar
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 Press Trust of India - K N Shanth Kumar
List of countries and currencies

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Country Currency Anguilla East Caribbean dollar

Afghanistan Afghan afghani Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean dollar
Albania Albanian lek Argentina Argentine peso
Algeria Algerian dinar Armenia Armenian dram
Andorra European euro Aruba Aruban florin
Angola Angolan kwanza Australia Australian dollar
Country Currency Congo, Democratic
Congolese franc
Austria European euro Republic
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani manat Costa Rica Costa Rican colon
Bahamas Bahamian dollar Côte d'Ivoire West African CFA franc
Bahrain Bahraini dinar Croatia Croatian kuna
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Bangladesh Bangladeshi taka Cuba Cuban peso
Barbados Barbadian dollar Cyprus European euro
Belarus Belarusian ruble Czech Republic Czech koruna
Belgium European euro Denmark Danish krone
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Belize Belize dollar Djibouti Djiboutian franc
Benin West African CFA franc Dominica East Caribbean dollar
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Bhutan Bhutanese ngultrum Dominican Republic Dominican peso
Bolivia Bolivian boliviano East Timor uses the U.S. Dollar
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ecuador uses the U.S. Dollar
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
konvertibilna marka
Botswana pula
Brazilian real
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El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Egyptian pound
uses the U.S. Dollar
Central African CFA franc
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Brunei Brunei dollar Eritrea Eritrean nakfa
Bulgaria Bulgarian lev Estonia Estonian kroon
Burkina Faso West African CFA franc Ethiopia Ethiopian birr
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Burundi Burundi franc Falkland Islands Falkland Islands pound

Cambodia Cambodian riel Fiji Fijian dollar
Cameroon Central African CFA franc Finland European euro
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Canada Canadian dollar France European euro

Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo French Polynesia CFP franc
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands dollar Gabon Central African CFA franc
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Central African Gambia Gambian dalasi

Central African CFA franc
Republic Georgia Georgian lari
Chad Central African CFA franc Germany European euro
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Chile Chilean peso Ghana Ghanaian cedi

China Chinese renminbi Gibraltar Gibraltar pound
Colombia Colombian peso Greece European euro
Comoros Comorian franc East Caribbean dollar
Grenada
Congo Central African CFA franc
Country Currency Libya Libyan dinar
Guatemala Guatemalan quetzal Liechtenstein uses the Swiss Franc
Guinea Guinean franc Lithuania Lithuanian litas
Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc Luxembourg European euro
Guyana Guyanese dollar Macau Macanese pataca
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Haiti Haitian gourde Macedonia (Former
Macedonian denar
Honduras Honduran lempira Yug. Rep.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong dollar Madagascar Malagasy ariary
Hungary Hungarian forint Malawi Malawian kwacha
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Iceland Icelandic króna Malaysia Malaysian ringgit
India Indian rupee Maldives Maldivian rufiyaa
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Indonesia Indonesian rupiah Mali West African CFA franc
International Malta European Euro
Special Drawing Rights
Monetary Fund Mauritania Mauritanian ouguiya
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Iranian rial
Iraqi dinar
European euro
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Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Mauritian rupee
Mexican peso
uses the U.S. Dollar
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Israel Israeli new sheqel Moldova Moldovan leu
Italy European euro Monaco European Euro
Jamaica Jamaican dollar Mongolia Mongolian tugrik
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Japan Japanese yen Montenegro European Euro

Jordan Jordanian dinar Montserrat East Caribbean dollar
Kazakhstan Kazakhstani tenge Morocco Moroccan dirham
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Kenya Kenyan shilling Mozambique Mozambican metical

Kiribati Australian dollar Myanmar Myanma kyat
Korea North North Korean won Namibia Namibian dollar
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Korea South South Korean won Nauru Australian dollar

Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar Nepal Nepalese rupee
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani som Netherlands Antillean
Netherlands Antilles
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Laos Lao kip gulden

Latvia Latvian lats Netherlands European euro
Lebanon Lebanese lira New Caledonia CFP franc
Lesotho Lesotho loti New Zealand New Zealand dollar
Liberia Liberian dollar
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Country Currency Russia Russian ruble

Nicaragua Nicaraguan cordoba Rwanda Rwandan franc
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Niger West African CFA franc Saint Helena Saint Helena pound
Nigeria Nigerian naira Saint Kitts and Nevis East Caribbean dollar
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Norway Norwegian krone Saint Lucia East Caribbean dollar
Oman Omani rial Saint Vincent and the
East Caribbean dollar
Pakistan Pakistani rupee Grenadines
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Palau uses the U.S. Dollar Samoa (Western) Samoan tala
Panama Panamanian balboa San Marino European euro
Panama Canal Zone uses the U.S. Dollar Vanuatu Vanuatu vatu
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Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean kina Vatican European euro
Paraguay Paraguayan guarani Venezuela Venezuelan bolivar
Peru Peruvian nuevo sol Vietnam Vietnamese dong
Wallis and Futuna
Philippines
Poland
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Polish zloty
Islands
CFP franc
iutigu Yemen Yemeni rial
Portugal European euro
Zambia Zambian kwacha
Puerto Rico uses the U.S. Dollar
Zimbabwe Zimbabwean dollar
Qatar Qatari riyal
Romania Romanian leu
Current RBI Rates with Explanations
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S. No Rates / Reserve Ratios % W.e.f

1 Bank Rate 9 % 28th January 2014
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2 Repo Rate 8% 28th January 2014

3 Reverse Repo Rate 7% 28th January 2014
4 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.00% 29th October 2013
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5 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 22.50% 3rd June 2014

6 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) 9% 28th January 2014
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loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks

Bank Rate and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank
rate are often used by central banks to control the
Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the money supply.
rate of interest which a central bank charges on the
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Repo Rate (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive

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Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees
from RBI. Whenever the banks have any shortage of SLR
funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the
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repo rate will help banks to get money at a cheaper SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a
rate. When the repo rate increases, borrowing from commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of
RBI becomes more expensive. cash, or gold or govt. approved securities (Bonds)
before providing credit to its customers. SLR rate is
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Reverse Repo Rate determined and maintained by the RBI (Reserve Bank
of India) in order to control the expansion of bank
This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate credit. SLR is determined as the percentage of total
is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time
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borrows money from banks. RBI uses this tool when it Liabilities are the liabilities a commercial bank liable
feels there is too much money floating in the banking to pay to the customers on their anytime demand. SLR
system. Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI is used to control inflation and propel growth. Through
since their money is in safe hands with a good interest. SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system can be
An increase in Reverse repo rate can cause the banks controlled efficiently.
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to transfer more funds to RBI due to this attractive
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interest rates. Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
CRR Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which

scheduled banks could borrow funds overnight from
Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against approved
the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to government securities. The basic difference between
increase the percent of this, the available amount with Repo and MSF scheme is that in MSF banks can use
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the banks comes down. RBI is using this method the securities under SLR to get loans from RBI and
hence MSF rate is 1% more than repo rate.
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Important Abbreviations in News
 AAP: Aam Admi Party  ASD: Application Services Delivery

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 ACB: Anti-Corruption Bureau  ASI: Archaeological Survey of India

 ADB: Asian Development Bank  BAI: Badminton Association of India
 ADR: American Depository Receipt  BBK: Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait
 AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Science  BCCC: Broadcasting Content Complaints Council
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 AIMA: All India Management Association  BEPS: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
 AITA: All India Tennis Association  BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
 ALM : Asset Liability Management Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
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 AMFI : Association of Mutual Fund in India  BMB: Bharatiya Mahila Bank

 ANN : Assigned Names and Numbers  BOJ: Bank of Japan
 ASCPCR: Assam State Commission for Protection  BSBDA : Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account
of Child Rights  BSF: Border Security Force

 BWF: Badminton World Federation  FEMA : Foreign Exchange Management Act

 CACP: Commission for Agricultural Costs and  FII : Foreign Institutional Investor
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Prices  FINO: Financial Inclusion Network Operation
 CAG: Comptroller and Auditor General of India  FIPB : Foreign Investment Promotion board
 CAR : Cash Adequacy Ratio  FNCCI: Federation of Nepalese Chamber of
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 CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes Commerce and Industry
 CBS : Core Banking Solution  FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
 CCEA : Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Management Act
 CECA : Comprehensive Economic Cooperation  FRP: Fair and Remunerative Price
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Agreement  FSLRC : Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
 CEO: Chief Executive Officer Commission
 CEPA : Comprehensive Economic Partnership  FTA : Free trade agreement
Agreement  GAAR : General anti avoidance rule
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 CKS: Center for Knowledge Societie  GCMMF: Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing
 CNG: Compressed Natural Gas Federation
 CPCR: Central Police Control Room  GIRO : Government Internal Revenue Order
 CRAR : Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio  GSLV : Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle
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CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force
CSK: Chennai Super Kings
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IABF: Indian Amateur Boxing Federation
IBF: Indian Broadcasting Foundation
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 CSO: Central Statistics Office  ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
 CVO: Chief Vigilance Officer  ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research
 DCIO: Deputy Chief Information Officer  IIFCL: India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd
 DEAF : Depositor Education and Awareness Fund  IINSS-C: Inflation Indexed National Saving
 DGMO: Director General Military Operations Securities - Cumulative
 DGP: Director General of Police  IJA: Indian Journalists‘ Association
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 DHR: Department of Health Research  IMD: Indian Meteorological Department

 DICGC : Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee  IMPS : Interbank Mobile Payment Service
Corporation  INMA: International News Media Association
 DMRC: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation  IOA: India's Olympic Association
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 DTAA : Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement  IRCTC: Indian Railways Catering and Tourism
 DTH: Direct-To-Home Corporation
 ECB : External Commercial Borrowings  IRS: Indian Revenue Service
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 ECB: England and Wales Cricket Board  IRV2020: Indian Rhino Vision 2020
 ECI: Election Commission of India  ITEs : Intra Group Transactions and Exposures
 ECR: Emigration Check Required  ITFOK: International Theatre Festival of Kerala
 EEFC : Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency  JNTBGRI: Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic
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 EFSF : European Financial Stability Facility Garden and Research Institute

 EPFO: Employees' Provident Fund Organisation  LAF : Liquidity Adjustment Facility
 EPI: Environmental Performance Index  LCR : Liquidity Coverage Ratio
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 ETF: Exchange Traded Funds  LIBOR : London Inter Bank Offer Rate
 EVM: Electronic Voting Machine  LRMT : Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools
 FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation  MCX: Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
 FCNR(B) : Foreign Currency Non Resident Bank  MDIF: Media Development Investment Fund

 MGPSY: Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha  RSPB: Railway Sports Promotion Board
Yojana  RTGS : Real Time Gross Settlement
 MIBOR : Mumbai Inter Bank Offer Rate  SAP: Statutory Advised Price
 M-PIN: Mobile Personal Identification Number  SBTF: Shore Based Test Facility
 MSE: Micro and Small Enterprises  SEARO: South East Asian Regional Organistion
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 MSF : Marginal Standing Facility  SIM: Subscriber Identification Modules
 MSIL: Maruti Suzuki India Limited  SLR : Statutory Liquidity Ratio
 NALCO: National Aluminium Company Ltd  SUUTI: Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of
 NBFC : Non Banking Finance Companies India
 NCTC: National Counter‐Terrorism Centre  SWIFT : Society for Worldwide Interbank
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 NDDB: National Dairy Development Board Financial Telecommunication
 NDMC: North Delhi Municipal Corporation  TAPI : Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
 NEFT : National Electronic Funds Transfer  TARC : Tax Administration Reform Commission
 TDSAT: Telecom Disputes Settlement and
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 NEOWISE: Near-Earth Object Wide-field
Infrared Survey Explorer Appellate Tribunal
 NGT: National Green Tribunal  TFSC: Toyota Financial Services Corporation
 NSFR : Net Stable Funding Ratio  TIEA : Tax Information Exchange Agreement
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NSIC: National Small Industries Corporation
OFB: Ordnance Factory Board
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OLTAS : On line Tax Accounting System is used
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TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
UAN: Universal Account Number
UAS: Unified Access Service
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for Direct Taxes  UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India
 PEACE: Promoting Energy Access through Clean  UNESCO: United Nations Organisation for
Energy Education, Science and Culture
 PLO: Palestine Liberation Organisation  UNICEF: United Nations Children‗s Fund
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 POI: Proof of Identity  UNSC: United Nations Security Council

 PPP : Public Private Partnership & Purchasing  UNWTO: United Nations World Tourism
Power parity Organization
 PSEB: Public Enterprises Selection Board  USAID: US Agency for International Development
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 PSLV : Polar Satellite Launch vehicle  USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
 QFI: Qualified Foreign Investors  VVPAT: 'Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
 RAW: Research and Analysis Wing  WBF: World Badminton Federation
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 READ : Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream Commission
 REER : Real Effective Exchange Rate  WEL: Welspun Energy Ltd.
 RIDF: Rural Infrastructure Development Fund  WISE: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
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 RR: Rajasthan Royals  WTA: Women‘s Tennis Association

 RRTS : Regional Rapid Transit System  WWF: World Wide Fund for Nature

Committees of RBI (Prior to 2000)
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Year Chairman Issue SSIs
1969 Gadgil Priority Sector Lending Industrial Sickness and
1993 Goswami
Exit Policy
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Follow up of Bank
1975 Prakash Tandon
Credit 1993 R. Jilani Credit Delivery System
1975 M. Narasimham Establishment of RRBs Review of Progress of
1993 D.R. Mehta
1975 Lakshmi Narayan Consortium Lending IRDP
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1979 R.K. Talwar Customer Service Insurance Sector
1993 R.N. Malhotra
Reforms
Review of Cash Credit
1980 K.B. Chore NRI Investments in
System 1995 Sodhani
India
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B. sivaraman
1981 Setting up of NABARD 1995 S. Padmanabhan Banking Supervision
(CRAFICARD)
1983 Y.B. Damle MICR Introduction Electronic Funds
1995 K.S. Shere
Transfer
1986 Rangarajan Bank Mechanisation
1988 Vaghul
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Inspection System in
Banks
1989
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P.D. Ojha Service Area Approach 1997 B.D. Shah Stock Lending Schemes
S.C. Introduction of Capital Account
1989 1997 S.S. Tarapore
Kalyanasundaram Factoring Services Convertibility
1991 Rangarajan Bank Mechanisation 1997 Paneer Selvam N.P.A. in Banks
Review of Agriculture Agriculture Credit
1991 Kushro 1998 Gupta R.V.
Credit System Delivery
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Customer Service Financial Sector

1991 M.N. Goiporia 1998 M. Narasimham
Improvement Reforms II
Financial Sector Institutional Credit Flow
1991 M. Narasimham
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Reforms 1998 S.L. Kapoor

to SSI
Functioning of Mutual Harmonization of the
1992 S.A. Dave
Funds 1998 R.H. Khan Role of Financial
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1992 A.C. Shah NBFCs Institution in Banks

1992 C. Rao Agriculture Policy Reforms in Primary
1998 Malegam
1993 Raja Chelliah Tax Reforms Market
1993 Ghosh Frauds and Malpractices 1998 C.B. Bhave Share Transfer Reforms
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Norms for Working Financial Aggregate

1998 Y.V. Reddy
1993 I.T. Vaz Capital Finance by System
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Banks Insolvency Law and

1999 Balakrisha Eradi
Consortium Lending by Winding Up
1993 J.V. Shetty
Banks Measures for Weak
1999 M.S. Verma
1993 P.R. Nayak Institutional Credit to Banks

Rationalization of Staff 2000 S.V.S. Raghavan Competition Law

2000 S.S. Kohli
Strength in Banks Changes in NI Act,
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2000 Adhyarjuna
2000 V.S. Vyas Rural Credit Stamp Act etc.,
2000 Dave Pension Sector Reforms
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Committees of RBI (after 2000)
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Year Head of the Their Focus Area
Committee
2001 S. R. Mittal Internet Banking
2001 Dr. N. L. Mitra Legal Aspects of Bank Frauds
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2002 M. R. Ramesh Guidelines on STRIPS (Separately Traded Registered Interest and Principal
of Securities)
2002 A. L. Narasimhan Payment Systems
2003 C. Ramachandran Ways and Means Advances to State Govts
2003 Dr. Barman Cheque Truncation and E-Cheques
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Smt. Usha Thorat Instruments of Sterilization
2003 G. Padmanabhan Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives
2004 Tarapore Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services
2004 N. Sadasivan Development Financial Institutions
2005 A. V. Sardesai Internal Working Group on RRBs
2005 H.R. Khan Issues of Rural Credit and Micro Finance
2007 C. P. Swarnkar Procedures and Processes of Agricultural Loans
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2008 Dr. K. C. Rehabilitation of Sick SMEs

Chakrabarty
2008 V. K. Sharma Interest Rate Futures
2008 G. Srinivasan Technology Up gradation of RRBs
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2009 Dr. C. Rangarajan Estimation of Savings and Investment

2009 Dr. Rakesh Mohan Financial Sector Assessment
2009 Usha Thorat Procedures for Currency Distribution
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2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Review the Business Correspondent Model

Rao
2009 Usha Thorat Review Lead Bank Scheme
2009 Deepak Mohanty Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR)
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2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Branch Authorization Policy

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2009 Dr. K. C. CRAR of RRBs
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2010 V. K. Sharma Review of the Credit Guarantee Scheme of the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust
for Micro and Small Enterprises
2010 Deepak Mohanty Balance of Payments Manual for India
2011 G. Gopala Krishna Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management,

Cyber Frauds
2011- Dr. K. C. Information Technology Vision Document
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2017 Chakrabarty
2011 Deepak Monanty Operating Procedure of Monetary Policy
2011 Shyamala Gopinath Financial Holding Company Structure in India
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2011 M. Damodaran Customer Service in Banks
2011 K. J. Udeshi To Review the Facilities for FEMA Act, 1999
2011 Usha THorat The Issues and Concerns in the NBFC Sector
2011 Y. H. Malegan Licensing of New Urban Co-operative Banks
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2013 G. Padmanabhan To Boost Bank Finance for Exports
2013 Suma Varma Working Group to Review Ombudsman Scheme
2013 Nachiket Mor Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income
Households
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Important details of Telangana state
 Formed on : 2nd June 2014
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1st Chief Minister : K. Chandra Sekhar Rao
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 1st Governor : E. S. L. Narasimhan (common governor for AP and Telangana)
 1st Speaker : Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary
 It is the 12th Largest state in India (114,840 km2)
 Capital : Hyderabad (joint capital with Andhra Pradesh)
 Population : 35,193,978 (as of 2011 sensex)
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Important details about PSLV C-23

 Full form : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
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 Launched on - 30th June 2014

 Launched at - ISRO from Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
 Launch was attended by - Prime minister Narendra Modi
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 Caried : Five foreign satellites

o SPOT-7
o NLS-7.1 (Can-X4)
o NLS-7.2 (Can-X5)
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o AISat
o VELOX-1
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 Result - Successful
 This is the 27th in the PSLV series and 26th successful mission

Appointments
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 A L Banerjee - New DGP (UP)  Ashraf Jehan - First female judge, Pakistan‘s
 A.K. Dubey - Chairman, Coal India Limited National Sharia Court
 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - 6th President of Egypt  Ashwin B. Pandya - Chairman, Central Water
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 Adarsh Kumar Goel- New Judge of Supreme Commission
Court  B.N. Sri Krishna - Chairman of Financial
 Aditi Khanna - first woman President of Planning Standards Board India (FPSB)
Indian Journalists‘ Association (IJA), London.  BS Chauhan - Chairman of Cauvery Water
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 Abdullah al-Thani- New Prime Minister of Disputes Tribunal (CWDT)
Libya  Chetan Tamboli - Chairman of CII
 Ajit Doval - New National Security Adviser (Confederation of Indian Industry), Western
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 Ajoy Misra - MD & CEO, Tata Global Region.
Beverages Limited  D K Pathak - New Director General of BSF
 Akhilesh Das Gupta - President (Re-Elected),  D. Y. Patil - West Bengal's Governor
Badminton Association of India (BAI)  D.V. Sadananda Gowda - Railways Minister
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Akhilesh Gupta - President of Indian  Dalbir Singh Suhag - New Army Chief
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Meteorological Society  Devendra Kumar Pathak - Special DG,
 Amit Shah - BJP President Border Security Force.
 Amit Sharma - New Commander of Strategic  Dinesh Sarraf - New CMD of Oil and Natural
Forces Gas Corporation.
 Amitabh Kant - Secretary, Department of  Dr. Harsh Vardhan- Health and Family
Industrial Policy and Promotion. Welfare Minister
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 Anandiben - Chief Minister of Gujarat  Edward Snowden - New Rector of the

 Anant Geete - Heavy Industries and Public University of Glasgow
Enterprises Minister  G. Rohini – 1st Woman Chief Justice, Delhi
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 Ananth Kumar - Chemicals and Fertilizers High Court

Minister  Glen Attewell - New CEO to Tesco HSC
 Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Interim Prime Minister  H C Meena - Secretary Security, Cabinet
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of Ukraine Secretariat.
 Arun Jaitley - Finance, Corporate Affairs,  Harish Rawat - CM of Uttrarakhand.
Defence Minister  Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing
 Arun Kumar Gupta - CMD, Shipping Industries Minister
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Corporation of India (SCI)  Hiroshi Naka - Vice President and Auditor

 Arun Mishra - New Judge of Supreme Court General of World Bank
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 Arvind Mayaram - New finance secretary  Ibrahim Mahlab - New PM of Egypt

 Ashok Gajapathi Raju - Civil Aviation  Jamila Bayaz - First Women Police chief,
Minister Afghanistan

 Janet Yellen - Head of US Federal Reserve  Madhusudanachari - first Speaker of

(1st Woman) Telangana
 Jatinder Bir Singh - Chairman and Managing  Maneka Sanjay Gandhi - Women and Child
Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) Development Minister
 Jean-Claude Juncker - Next President of  Manuel Valls - New Prime minister of France
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European Commission  Marco Lambertini - Director-general of the
 Jitan Ram Manjhi - Chief Minister of Bihar WWF International
 John Thompson - Chairman of Microsoft.  Margaret Alva - New Governor of Gujarat
 Jual Oram - Tribal Affairs Minister  Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca - Precident of
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 Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez - President of Malta
Panama  Matteo Renzi - Italy's youngest PM
 Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman of  Mukul Mudgal - chairperson of Broadcasting
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the 7th Pay Commission Content Complaints Council (BCCC)
 Justice B.S. Chauhan - Judge of the Supreme  Mukul Rohatgi - new Attorney-General of
Court India
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K. Chandra Sekhar Rao - CM of Telangana
state
K. Siva Prasada Rao - first Assembly speaker
of new Andhra Pradesh
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N P Singh - CEO, Multi Screen Media
N Srinivasan - 1st Chariperson of ICC
N. Ramachandran - President, Indian
Olympic Association
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 Kailash Meghwal - Speaker, Rajasthan  N. Srinivasan - Chairman of the International
Assembly Cricket Council
 Kalraj Mishra - Micro, Small and Medium  N. Srinivasan - Chief of the Tamil Nadu
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Enterprises Minister Cricket Association

 Kalvakuntla Chandra Sekhar Rao - Chief  Nabam Tuki - Chief Minister of Arunachal
Minister of Telngana Pradesh
 Kalyan Singh - vice president of BJP 
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Najma Heptulla - Minority Affairs Minister

 Kamal Nath - pro tem speaker of Lok Sabha  Nara Chandra Babu Naidu - Chief Minister
 Kamla Beniwal - Mizoram Governor of Andhra Pradesh
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 Karim Massimov - New Prime Minister of  Narasimhan - Common Governor of 2 states

Kazakhstan (Andhra Pradesh & Telangana)
 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Chairperson, Indian  Narendra Kothari - Chairman of National
Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
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 Lt Gen P R Kumar - Director General of Ltd

Military Operations (DGMO), Indian Army  Narendra Modi - Prime Minister of India
 M Teresa Kho - ADB's (Asian Development  Narendra Singh Tomar - Mines, Steel,
Bank) new country director for India Labour and Employment Minister
 Madhuri Dixit - Brand ambassador for Mamta  Naveen Patnaik - Chief Minister of Odisha
Abhiyan, Madhya Pradesh  Nitin Gadkari - Road Transport and
Highways, Shipping Minister

 Nripendra Misra - Principal Secretary to  Ram Vilas Paswan - Consumer Affairs, Food
Narendra Modi and Public Distribution Minister
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 Oleksandr Turchynov - Interim President of  Ranjit Kumar - Solicitor General of India
Ukraine  Rasik Ravindra - member of UNCLCS
 P. Madhusudan - CMD, Rashtriya Ispat  Ratan Tata - member of the Board of Boao
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Nigam Ltd (RINL) Forum for Asia (BFA)
 Pawan Chamling - Chief Minister of Sikkim  Ravi Chauhan - New MD of SAP India
 Petro Poroshenko - Ukraine President  Ravi Shankar Prasad - Communications and
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 PK Mishra - Additional Principal Secretary of Information Technology, Law and Justice
Prime Minister Minister
 Poonam Khetrapal Singh - Regional Director  Rohington F Nariman - New Judge of
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of World Health Organisation (WHO) South- Supreme Court
East Asia Region  S.K. Sharma - CMD of Bharat Electronics
 Pradeep Kumar Saxena - GM, South Western Ltd.
Railway  Salvador Sanchez Ceren - EL Salvador
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Priyadarshi Mohapatra - MD Avaya's India
and SAARC operations) 
President
Sanjay - Deputy Chairman of CII
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 R Gandhi - Deputy Governor of RBI (Confederation of Indian Industry), Western
 R. Chandrashekhar – President, NASCOM Region.
 R. K. Dhowan – New Navy Chief  Sanjay Kapoor - Chairman, Micromax
 R. Kavery Banerjee - New Secretary at  Satya Nadella – 1st Indian CEO of Microsoft
Department of Posts  Saurabh Chandra - Secretary, Ministry of
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 R. M. Lodha - New Chief Justice of India Petroleum & Natural Gas

 R.K.Tiwari - Chairman of Central Board of  Shaktikanta Das - New Revenue Secretary
Direct Taxes (CBDT)  Shankar Venkateswaran - Chief, Tata
 Sustainability Group
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Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture Minister

 Rajeev Kher - Secretary in Department of  Sharat Chander - Information officer in PMO
Commerce.  Shefali Duggal - Member, US Holocaust
Rajeev Suri – 1st Indian President and CEO of
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 Memorial Council
Nokia  Sheikh Hasina - Prime Minister of
 Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to Prime Bangladesh, 3rd Time
Minister  Sheila Dikshit - Governor of Kerala
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 Rajendra Mal Lodha - Chief Justice of India  Shikhar Dhawan - Brand Ambassador to
 Rajiv Takru - New Revenue Secretary Canara Bank
 Rajnath Singh - Home Affairs Minister  Smriti Irani - Human Resource Development
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 Rakesh Khurana - Dean, Harvard College Minister

 Rakesh Maria - Mumbai Police Commissioner  Soma Mondal – 1st woman director of
National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO).
 Sudhir Gupta - Secretary, TRAI

 Sumitra Mahajan - Speaker of Lok Sabha  V. Kannan - CMD of Vijaya Bank

 Sunil Kumar Sood - General Manager, Central  Vakkom Purushothaman - Nagaland
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Railway governor (resigned immediately)
 Suresh Kumar Reddy - First ambassador to  Venkaiah Naidu - Urban Development,
ASEAN and East Asia Summit Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,
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 Sushil Koirala - PM of Nepal Parliamentary Affairs Minister
 Sushma Swaraj - External Affairs, Overseas  Viktor Orban - Prime Minister of Hungary
Indian Affairs Minister  Vinod Sawhny - CEO of Reliance
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 T. Nanda Kumar - Chairman, National Dairy Communications (RCom)
Development Board (NDDB)  Vishal Sikka - Infosys CEO
 Thawar Chand Gehlot - Social Justice and  Yaduvendra Mathur - CMD of Export-Import
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Empowerment Minister Bank of India (Exim Bank)
 TR Zeliang - Chief Minister of Nagaland  Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein - UN High
 Uday Sareen - Deputy CEO, ING Vysya Bank Commissioner for Human Rights
 Uma Bharati - Water Resources, River
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Obituaries
 Adhip Chaudhuri - Economist  Chester Nez - Last of original Navajo code
 Adolfo Suarez - first elected Prime Minister talkers of World War II
of Spain  Christopher Burger - Cricketer (South
 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - 3rd President of Africa)
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Sierra Leone  Dermot Healy - Irishi Poet

 Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Telugu Film  Eduardo Coutinho - Brazil Film Maker
Actor (Killed)
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 Alfredo Di Stéfano - Argentine-Spanish  Fernando Lucio da Costa - Former Brazilian

footballer football player (Helicopter Accident)
 Anjali Devi - South Indian Film Actress  Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Latin American
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 Anjan Das - National Award-winning Bengali Author

filmmaker  Gary Gilmour - Australian Cricketer
 Ariel Sharon - Former Israeli Prime Minister  Gopinath Munde - Union Minister
 B Shobha Nagi Reddy - Sitting MLA of AP  Harris Blake - Former Moore County state
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(Accident) senator
 Balu Mahendra - Tamil cinematographer,  Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini - Brazil's first World
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director, screenwriter Cup-winning captain (Football)

 Bangaru Laxman - former BJP President  Ila Pathak - Social Activist
 Bob Mischak - Football player (America)  Ishrat Ali Siddiqui - Padma Shree Awardee,
Journalist, Freedom Fighter

 J.S. Sarma - former TRAI Chairman  Philip Seymour Hoffman - Oscar Winning
 Jagat Singh Mehta - Former foreign Actor
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Secretary, diplomat and educationist  Prokash Karmakar - Painter
 Janamaddhi Hanamachhaastri - Telugu  Rama Narayanan - Tamil Producer / Director
Writer  Shanti Patel - Ex. MP, Freedom Fighter
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 Jehangir Pocha - Senior Journalist  Sheila MacRae - English Actress
 Joe McGinniss - Author (Fatal Vision)  Shirley Temple - Former Child Actress
 José Gómez Lucas - Olympic winning cyclist (Hollywood)
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(Spain)  Silverine Swer - 1st Padma Shri Awardee
 K. Suryanarayana Raja - Former from Meghalaya
International Basketball player  Stephen Gaskin - Founder of The Farm
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 Karl Slym - MD of TATA Motors commune
(Committed Suicide)  Suchitra Sen - Bengali Actress
 Khagen Mahanta - Folk Singer of Assam  Sudhir Mahato - Deputy CM of Jharkhand
 Khushwant Singh - Padma Vibhushan Writer  T C Teli - Former Minister (Arunachal
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Leslie Francois Manigat - Former Haiti  Tom Finney - Footballer (England)
President  Tony Benn - British Politician
 Namdeo Dhasal - Marathi Poet  Uday Kiran – Actor (Telugu)
 Nanda - Bollywood Actress  Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre - Ranji
 Norman Willis - Former TUC leader Cricketer (Mumbai)
 P Ramdas - Malayalam Director  William Clay Ford - Auto Family Scion and
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 Paco de Lucia - Guitarist (Mexico) Detroit Lions Owner

 Zohra Sehgal - Grand
 Old Lady of Indian Cinema
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List of Important Agreements / MOUs 2014
 16th January 2014 - India and South Korea signed on 9 pacts. They have decided to intensify
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cooperation in a range of key sectors including trade, investment and defence.

 18th January 2014 - India and Pakistan have decided to open the Wagah-Attari border for trade 24X7
(after 16 months of gap)
 19th January 2014 - The interim Nuclear Deal over Teheran‘s nuclear program between Iran and the
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six major world powers comes into effect.

 23rd January 2014 - India and France signed a pact to jointly build 3rd satellite for climate change
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studies.
 27th January 2014 - India and Saudi Arabia have decided to enhance their bilateral trade and economic
co-operation. Both the countries have urged the public and private sectors to build strong partnerships in
different fields.

 28th January 2014 - The Union Ministry of Rural Development signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Digital Green to exchange the relevant livelihood practices among rural
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communities under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).
 29th January 2014 - Six state-owned companies (PSUs) have come together to set up the world’s
largest single-location 4,000-MW ultra mega solar power project in Rajasthan.
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 30th January 2014 - India and Fiji signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for
avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
 4th February 2014 - India and Germany signed on an agreement for €1 billion for greenfield projects
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during the visit of the German President.
 14th February 2014 - India and Poland have agreed to expand co-operation in the restoration and
digitization of Film archives.
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 24th February 2014 - NTPC signed a MoU with Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited and
Lakhisarai Bijlee Company Private Limited (LBCPL) to develop a 1320 MW (2 X 660 MW) Thermal
Power Project at Kajra in Lakhisarai district of Bihar.
 24th February 2014 - India and Canada have signed three MoUs for cooperation in health sector,
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25th February 2014 - India and Azerbaijan propose to constitute a joint working group in the field of
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hydrocarbon.
 2nd April 2014 - Iran and Japan signed MoU on for bilateral cooperation on environmental issues at
Tokyo by Masoumeh Ebtekar of Iran who is Vice-President and Head of Department of Environment of
Iran government and Nobuteru Ishihara of Japan Head of International Cooperation Agency.This is
most anticipated MoU between these two countries.
 22nd April 2014 - India and Bhutan signed an agreement for the development of joint hydropower
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projects in a bid to further strengthen their bilateral strategic partnership.

 26th April 2014 - State Bank of India (SBI) has signed an MoU with Enable India, a non-profit
organisation, to train persons with disabilities towards economic independence.
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 4th June 2014 - The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and Grant Thornton India LLP have signed a
memorandum of understanding to develop capacity of the Indian companies for effective
implementation of the CSR Rules laid down as per Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013.
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 9th June 2014 - A MoU signed on HIV preventive services to transport sector workers between Union
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW).
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 25th June 2014 - The Union Cabinet approved an in principle memorandum of understanding (MoU)
between India and China for setting up industrial parks in the country.
 8 July 2014 - The Union External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj and UK foreign secretary of state
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William Hague decided to launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation.

 10th July 2014 - Saudi-Indian joint committee on labour issues finalised the recruitment contract that
consist of several provisions to ensure the authenticity and implementation of the standard employment
contract.

Summits
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 BRICS Summit : Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This is an international relations conference
attended by the head of states or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and
South Africa. Fifth summit was held in Durban, South Africa in the year 2013. This completed the first cycle of
BRICS summits. The 2014 BRICS summit will be the Sixth annual BRICS summit. This will be held from 15th
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July 2014 to 17th July 2014.
o Host - Fortaleza, Brazil
o This will be the First multilateral meet in which our PM Modi will participate.
 ASEAN Summit : An annual meeting held by the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in
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relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries.
o Member States – 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam)
o Leader - Le Luong Minh
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o Recent Summits :
 24th – in May 2014 at Myanmar
 25th – in November 2014 at Myanmar
 NATO Summit : This is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and
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Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance
activities.
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o Recent Summit - 2012 (20 to 21st May) Chicago Summit
o Next Summit - 2014 (4 to 5 September) Newport, Wales
 G7 Summit : The 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels at the Council of the
European Union on 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014. It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit.
 Important Note : G7 was earlier known as G8 but after Russia being expelled from the group, the group is
again known as G7.
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o Earlier G8 Summits List

 37th G8 Summit 2011 - Deauville, France
 38th G8 Summit 2012 - David Camp, USA
 39th G8 Summit 2013 - County Fermanagh, UK
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 40th G7 Summit 2014 - Burssels, Belgium (This summit was supposed to be held in Russia
in the year 2014, but after suspension of Russia from G8, now it held at Brussels)
o Members - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America
 NAM Summit : The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states which are not formally aligned with
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or against any major power bloc. 16th NAM Summit held at Iran in 2013 and 17th will be held at Venezulea in
the year 2015.
 G 20 Summit : Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (19 countries and EU)
o G 20 Leaders Summit 2014 – Brisbane (Australia)
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 SAARC Summit : South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

o 17th Summit – Maldieves 2011
o 18th Summit – Kathmandu (proposed)
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 Commonwealth Summit : The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Colombo, Sri
Lanka, from 15 to 17 November 2013. Next summit will be hosted by Malta (in 2015).
 SCO Summit : The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO Summit was held at Bishkek. Our foreign
minister Salman Kurshid attended this.

 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) : The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is a world summit, aimed at
preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe. The first summit was held in Washington, D.C. on April 12,
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2010. The second summit was in Seoul (South Korea) in 2012. The third summit was held in The Hague
(Netherlands) on March 24-15, 2014. The fourth summit will be held at US in 2016.
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Books & Authors
 1283 by Pele (Brazilian footballer)  First Woman President Of India Reinventing
 A Brush with Life by Satish Gujral Leadership Pratibha Devisingh Patil by
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 A Leaf Turns Yellow The Sufis Of Awadh by Sunaina Singh
Muzaff ar Ali  Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
 An Agenda for India’s Growth: Essays in  Gandhi Before India by Ramchandra Guha
Honour of P. Chidambaram edited by  Grand Ceremony by Mo Yan
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Sameer Kochhar  Half A Rupee Stories by Guljiar
 An Ardent Patriot-Dinesh Goswami by  Hard Choices by Hillary Clinton
Kumar Deepak Das  Haunted by Fire: Essays on Caste, Class,
 An Uncertain Glory India & Its Exploitation and Emancipation by Mythily
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Contradictions by Amartya Sen & Jean Sivaraman
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Dreze  Healing Memories: Civilization In Dialogue
 An Uncertain Glory: India and its by Zeenat Shaukat Ali
Contradictions by Jean Dreze and Amartya  Hero by Rhonda Byrne
Sen.  House Of Cards by Sudha Murthy
 And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled  House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus) by Rick
Hosseini Riordan
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 Birth of Cinema authored by N. Gopal  How Not To Make Money by Raj Kundra
Krishna  How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia by
 Boomtown by Aditya Mukherjee Mohsin Hamid
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 Breakpoint by Jeff Tejpal  I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

 Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling  In The Shadow Of The Banyan by Vaddey
 China’s Travel Attraction (Also Called Ratner
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Kailamakal) by Jhao Jiang  India And Malaysia-Intertwined Strands by

 City Of Bohane by Kevin Barry Veena Sikri
 Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and  India at Risk by Jaswant Singh.
other Truths by PC Parakh  India Saga Of Steel (Coffee Table Book) by
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 Dare To Do For The New Generation by Beni Prasad Verma

Kiran Bedi  Indian Painting: Themes, History and
 Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey by Interpretations: by Professor B N Goswami
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Luis Fernandes  Inferno by Dan Brown

 Fida-E-Lucknow by Parveen Talha  Introduction to Urdu poetry by Anees
Ayesha
 Labyrinth by Udayan Majumdar

 Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership  Shivraj Singh and Rise of Madhya Pradesh
by Pavan Choudary . by Abhilash Khandekar
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 Lean In: Women Work And The Will To  Smritiyan by Garima Sanjay
Lead by Sheryl Sanberg  Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
 Maharani by Ruskin Bond  The Accidental Prime Minister by Dr.
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 Mary Kom - Unbreakable An Autobiography Sanjaya Baru
by Mary Kom  The Billionaire’s Apprentice by Anita
 ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Raghavan
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Governance by Sameer Kochhar.  The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
 My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayer  The Good Daughter by Jasmin Darznik
 My Journey Transforming Dreams Into  The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy) by
Actions by Abdul Kalam Amish Tripathi
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 My Unforgettable Memories by Mamata  The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Banerjee  The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Man
 My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by Booker winner 2013 -Longest Novel to Win
R.D.Pradhan the Award)
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Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil  The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
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Narendra Modi: A Political Biography by  The Mahabharata Secret by Christopher C.
Andy Marino. Doyle
 Ninja Innovation by Gary Shapiro  The Malice Of Fortune by Michael Ennis
 Public Issues Before Parliament by Vijay  The Moonballer by Nirupama
Darda Vaidyanathan
 Punjab by Rajmohan Gandhi  The Namo Story: A Political Life by
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 Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri by Dr. R L Kingshuk Nag

Bhat  The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam
 Re imagining India by Clay Chandler Johnson
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 Religion Law & Society - Across The Globe  The Political Economy of Energy and
by Prof. Tahir Mahmood Growth by Sh. Najeeb Jung
 S.D. Burman:The World Of His Music by  The Race Of My Life by Milkha Singh
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Khagesh Dev Burman  The Racketeer by John Grisham

 Sahara: The Untold Story by Tamal  The Siege: The Attack on the Taj by Adrian
Bandhopadhyay Levy
 Satyagraha - The Story Behind Revolution  The Story Of My Assasins by Tarun Tejpal
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by Prakash Jha  The Substance and the Shadow: An

 Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists by Autobiography of Dilip Kumar by Udayatara
Raghuram Rajan Nayar
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 Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru Second  The Test Of My Life by Yuvraj Singh
Series, Edited by Prof Madhavan Palat  The Third Curve by Mansoor Khan
 Shahar Sone Chala (Collection Of Poems) by  Understanding Bhagat Singh by Prof.
Sat Pal Chaman Lal

 Walking With Giants by G. Ramachandran.  Warrior State by T V Paul

 Walking With Lions: Tales From A  We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Diplomatic Past by K. Natwar Singh
 Famous books of Kushwant Singh (Famous Indian Author died on 20th March 2014)
o Train to Pakistan (1953)
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o I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1959)
o A History of Sikhs (1963)
o Delhi: A Novel (1990)
o The Company of Women (1999)
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o Truth, Love and a Little Malice : Autobiography (2002)
o Why I Supported the Emergency (2004)
o The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous (2013)
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Awards & Honors
 Abhishikta S Shetty - Miss South India 2014  Chandi Prasad Bhatt - Gandhi Peace Prize
(2013)
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Ahmet Sik (Turkish
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize 2014 uj
journalist)
Amitabh Bachchan - India's Global Icon of

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Cristiano Ronaldo - world's best soccer player
for the 2012/2013 season (FIFA)
Cyrus Mistry - DSC prize for South Asian
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the Year literature
 Amul (Milk Product Brand) - High  Donna Tartt (for the book Goldfinch) -
Performance Brand Award 2013 Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Fiction)
 Anand Kumar - Ramanujan Mathematics  Dr Sumeet Chugh - Simon Dack Award
Award 2014  Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram - World Food Prize
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 Anees Salim - The Hindu Prize for Best 2014

Fiction 2013  Dr. Tej Vir Singh - UNWTO Ulysses Prize for
 Angela Merkel - Israel's highest civilian Excellence 2013 in the Creation and
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honour (the "Medal of Distinction") Dissemination of Knowledge

 APJ Abdul Kalam - honorary degree from  Eimear McBride (Author, A Girl is a Half-
University of Edinburgh Formed Thing) - Bailey's Women's Prize 2014
 Arogya Swami Joseph Paulraj - 2014  Gabriela Isler – Miss Universe 2013
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Marconi Society Prize  Govind Mishra (for the book Dhool Paudho
 Assamese Film Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Par) - Sarawasti Samman (2013)
Xipaare (As River Flows) - Audience choice  Gulzar - Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013
award in North Carolina film festival  Gyan Correa - Gollapudi Srinivas National
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 Bharat Gupta - Youth Achievers Award Award 2013

 Bipan Chandra - Itihas Ratna Award 2014  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) -
 C Radhakrishnan (Writer, Theekkadal Navaratna award
Katanhu Thirumadhuram) - Moortidevi  ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund - Morningstar
Award for 2013 India‘s best fund house award in the debt
 Swaraj Paul of Caparo Group - International  Iwao Hakamada - WBC honorary
Business of the Year award 2014 Championship Belt

 Javed Aktar - Sahitya Akademi Award 2013  Nadine Angerer - Best women's football
 Jeev Milkha Singh (for the book Lava) - player in the world (2013)
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Asian Tour‘s Player of the Decade  Nirendranath Chakraborty - Sunil
 Jhumpa Lahiri (for the book Lowland) - Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2012)
Baileys Prize 2014(Shortlisted)  Pankaj Mishra - Windham Campbell
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 Kapil Dev - C. K. Naidu Award Literature Prize 2014 (Non-Fiction)
 Kathy Cross - First woman to be inducted in  Pope Francis - Time Person of the year 2013
an ICC umpires' panel  Pranab Mukherjee - Award of Honor from
 Kedarnath Singh - Jnanpith award 2013 Rotary International
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 Kerala Tourism - United Nations Award  Prof C N R Rao - Bharat Ratna
 Killa (a Marathi film) - Crystal Bear  Prof Stuart Parkin - Millennium technology
(Glasernen Bar)Award at the 64th Berlin Prize 2014
International Film Festival.  Queen Latifah - 2014 Matrix Award
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 Kolkata Airport - Airport Service Quality  Rajesh Gopakumar - 23rd G D Birla Award
Award for scientific research (2013)
 Koyal Rana - 51st Femina Miss India  Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Sword
 Laxmi (an acid attack victim) - International of Honour award
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Women of Courage Award, US
Lewis Hamilton - Chinese F1 Grand Prix
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Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman Prize
Ratan Tata - UK's highest civilian award
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 Lingaiah Nagarapu - STF Best Scientist (Knight Grand Cross)
Award  Richard Quest - UNWTO Award for Lifetime
 Lord Swraj Paul - Lifetime Achievement Achievement 2013
Award, Black Country Asian Business  Sachin Tendulkar - Bharat Ratna
Association  Sachin Tendulkar - Cricketer of Generation
 Luis Suarez - PFA Player of the year Award
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 Madan Babu - Protein Science Young  Sankha Ghosh - Sunil Gangopadhyay

Investigator Award 2014 Memorial Award (2013)
 Malala Yousafzai - Children’s Nobel Prize  Shahrukh Khan - Officer of the Legion of
(Nominated) Honour, France
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 Malala Yousafzai - Liberty Medal  Shigeru Ban - Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
 Mathangi Sathyamurthy - M S Subbulakshmi  Shikhar Dhawan - Wisden's Five Cricketers of
Award the Year
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 Meb Keflezighi - First US male athlete to win  Shubhranshu Choudhary - Digital activism
the Boston Marathon award
 Meera Chandrasekhar - Robert Foster Cherry  Sikkim - National Tourism Award
Award for Teaching 2014  Silent Screams : India's Fight Against Rape
 Mitchell Johnson - Allan Border medal (documentary) - New York Festivals TV
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 Mitul Kadakia - Gregory Braden Memorial & Film Awards 2014

Fellow of the Year Award 2014  Slaman Rushdie - Pen Pinter Prize 2014
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 MS Dhoni - UK’s 2014 Asian Award  Sourav Ganguly - Honorary Doctor of Letters
 N R Narayana Murthy (Infosys) - Canada (D.Litt) degree by BESU
India Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian  Sriprakash KS - Asia Pacific Academy Award
Award 2014  Stanislas Wawrinka - Monte Carlo Masters
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 Sudarsan Pattnaik - People's Choice prize at  V. Somasundaram - Bharat Ratna JRD Tata
World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014 Award 2013
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 TCS - Top Employer in Europe  Vijay Seshadri - Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Poetry)
 Tejinder Virdee - Knighthood Bachelor  Vishwanath Tripathi - Vyas Samman 2013
 Tomas Halik - Templeton Prize 2014  Yakov Grigorevich Sinai - Abel Prize 2014
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 T-TBI (Technopark Technology Business  Yushi (Taiwan Poet) – Thiruvalluvar award
Incubator) - Golden Peacock Award 2014
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61st Idea Filmfare Awards Winners List (South)
 Best South film

o Tamil - Thanga Meengal
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o Telugu - Attarintiki Daredi
o Malayalam - Drishyam
o Kannada - Mynaa
 Best Actor (Male)
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o Tamil - Adharva for Paradesi
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o Telugu - Mahesh Babu for Seetamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
o Kannada - Prem for Charminar
o Malayalam - Fahad Fazil for North 24 Kadam
 Best Actor (Female)
o Tamil - Nayantara (Rajarani)
o Telugu - Nithya Menen for Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
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o Kannada - Amulya for Shravani Saubramanya

o Malayalam - Ann Augustin for Artist
 Best Director
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o Tamil - Bala for Paradesi

o Telugu - Trivikram Srinivas for Attarintiki Daredi
o Kannada - Pawan Kumar for Lucia
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o Malayalam - Shyamprasad for Artist

 Lifetime Achievement Award
o Tamil Director Late Balu Mahendra's family
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59th Film Fare Awards 2014 Winners List
 Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

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 Best Actor - Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

 Best Debut Actor - Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)
 Best Actress - Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki Raslila RamLeela)
 Best Debut Actress - Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)

 Best Director - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

 Best Debut Director - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
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 Best Film (Critics) - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
 Best Actor (Critics) - Rajkummar Rao (Shahid)
 Best Actress (Critics) - Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass)
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 Best Screenplay - Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudari (Kai Po Che)
 Best Story - Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)
 Best Actor (Supporting Role) - Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)
 Best Actress (Supporting Role) - Supriya Pathak Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raslila- Ram Leela)
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 Lifetime Achievement Award - Tanuja
 Best Music - Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari (Aashiqui 2)
 Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
 Best Playback Singer Male - Arijit Singh (Tum hi ho, Aashiqui)
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 Best Playback Singer Female - Monali Thakur (Sawaar loon, Lootera)
 RD Burman Award - Sidharth Mahadevan
 Best Choreography - Samir and Arsh Tanna - Lahu muh lag gaya (Goliyon Ki Raasleel Ram-Leela)
 Best VFX - Tata Elxis (Dhoom:3)
 Best Background Score - Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che)
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Best Action - Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan (D Day)
Best Cinematography - Kamaljit Negi (Madras Cafe)
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 Best Editing - Aarif Sheikh (D-Day)
 Trendsetter of the year - Chennai Express
 Best Production Design - Acropolis Design (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
 Best Costume - Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
 Best Sound Design - Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samar (Madras Cafe)
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61st National Film Awards Winners List
 Best Film (Hindi) : Jolly LLB

 Best Actress : Geetanjali Thapa (Liar's Dice, Hindi)
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 Best Actor : Raj Kumar (Shahid, Hindi) & Suraj Venjaramoodu (Perariyathavar, Malyalam)
 Supporting Actor (Female) : Aida Elkashef, Ship of Theseus and Amruta Subash, Astu
 Best Direction : Hansal Mehta for Shahid (Hindi)
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 Special Mention : Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai for 'Yellow' (Marathi)
 Direction (Non Feature) : Chidiya Udh
 Special Effects : Jal
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 Short Fiction (Non Feature) : Mandrake! Mandrake! (Hindi)

 Non Feature Film on Social Issues : Gulabi Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhandi)
 Environmental Film including Agriculture : Foresting Life (Hindi,Assamese)
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 Non Feature Film : Rangbhoomi (Hindi)

 Best Book on Cinema : Cinema Ga Cinema (Telgu) by Nandagopal
 Sound Design : Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Madras Cafe

 Choreography : Ganesh Aacharya, Havan Karenge (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

 Special Jury Award : Yellow (Marathi) & Miss Lovely (Hindi)
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 Best Children's Film : Kaphal (Hindi)
 Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation : Perariyathavar (Malyalam)
 Best Film on Social Issues : Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)
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 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration : Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)
 Best Popular Film providing wholesome Entertainment : Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)
 Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director : Fandry (Marathi)
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 Best Feature Film : Ship of Theseus
 Playback Singer : Bela Shinde Khura Khura
 Best Feature Films in Local Languages (in alphabetical order) :
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 Best Feature Film in Assamese : 'Ajeyo'
 Best Feature Film in Bengali : 'Bakitar Byaktigoto'
 Best Feature Film in English : 'The Coffin Maker'
 Best Feature Film in Hindi : 'Jolly LLB'
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Best Feature Film in Kannada : 'December 1'
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Best Feature Film in Konkani : 'Baga Beach'
 Best Feature Film in Malayalam : 'North 24 Kaatham'
 Best Feature Film in Marathi : 'Acha Divaz Mazha'
 Best Feature Film in Tamil : 'Thanga
 Best Feature Film in Telugu : 'Naa Bangaru Talli '
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15th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Awards) winners list

2014
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Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Farhan Akhtar for ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’
 Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) – Deepika Padukone
 Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Aditya Roy Kapur for “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’
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 Best Debut (Male) – Dhanush for ‘Raanjhanaa’.

 Best Debut (Female) – Vaani Kapoor for Shudh Desi Romance
 Best Director – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’.
 Best performance in a comic role - Arshad Warsi for ‘Jolly L.L.B’
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 Best performance in a negative role – Rishi Kapoor for ‘D-Day’

 Best Playback Singer (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal for Sun Raha Hai Na Tu (Aashiqui 2)
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 Best Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)

 Entertainer of the year – Deepika Padukone
 Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema – Shatrughan Sinha
 Outstanding Contribution To International Cinema – John Travolta

 Best Cinematography – Binod Pradhan

 Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue – Prasoon Joshi
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 Best Editing – P S Bharti
 Best Sound Design – Nakul Kamte
 Best Sound Mixing – Pranav Shukla
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 Best Background Score – Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy
 Best Costume Designing – Dolly Ahluwalia
 Best Make-Up – Vikram Gaikwad
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67th annual Cannes Film Festival Winners List 2014
 Palme d’Or : “Winter Sleep” (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
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 Grand Prix : “The Wonders” (Alice Rohrwacher)
 Director : Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
 Actor : Timothy Spall, “Mr. Turner”
 Actress : Julianne Moore, “Maps to the Stars”
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 Screenplay : Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, “Leviathan”
List of 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners
 Journalism
o Public Service : The Guardian Us And The Washington Post
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o Breaking News Reporting - The Boston Globe Staff

o Investigative Reporting - Chris Hamby Of The Center For Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
o Explanatory Reporting - Eli Saslow Of The Washington Post
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o Local Reporting - Will Hobson And Michael Laforgia Of The Tampa Bay Times
o National Reporting - David Philipps Of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Co
o International Reporting - Jason Szep And Andrew R.C. Marshall Of Reuters
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o Feature Writing - No Award

o Commentary - Stephen Henderson Of The Detroit Free Press
o Criticism - Inga Saffron Of The Philadelphia Inquirer
o Editorial Writing - The Editorial Staff Of The Oregonian, Portland
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o Editorial Cartooning - Kevin Siers Of The Charlotte Observer

o Breaking News Photography - Tyler Hicks Of The New York Times
o Feature Photography - Josh Haner Of The New York Times
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 Books, Drama And Music

o Fiction - "The Goldfinch" By Donna Tartt (Little, Brown)
o Drama - "The Flick" By Annie Baker

o History - "The Internal Enemy: Slavery And War In Virginia, 1772-1832" By Alan Taylor (W.W.
Norton)
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o Biography - "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life" By Megan Marshall (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt)
o Poetry - "3 Sections" By Vijay Seshadri (Graywolf Press)
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o General Nonfiction - "Toms River: A Story Of Science And Salvation" By Dan Fagin (Bantam Books)
o Music - "Become Ocean" By John Luther Adams (Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature)
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2014
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 Ms. Senator Lisa Maria Singh - First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament
 Kurian Varghese - Leading overseas Indian businessman in Bahrain
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 Vasdev Chanchlani - Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Canada
 Ramakrishna Mission - Fiji
 Bikas Chandra Sanyal - Renowned educationist in France
 Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh - Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India in The
Netherlands
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Sasindran Muthuvel - First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua New Guinea
 Shihabudeen Vava Kunju - Contributor to welfare of Indian community in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 Ms. Ela Gandhi - Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom in
South Africa
 Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil Parambath - Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting better
understanding of India in UAE
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 Shailesh Lakhman Vara - First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party in UK
 Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai - Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between
India and USA
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 Dr. Renu Khator - one of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in
America. President and Chancellor of The University of Houston.
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National Communal Harmony Awards 2013
 Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai - Organization category

 Mohinder Singh - Individual Category
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 N Radhakrishnan - Individual Category
71st Golden Globe Awards Winners List 2014

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 Best motion picture, drama : 12 Years A Slave

 Best motion picture, musical or comedy : American Hustle
 Best director for motion picture : Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

 Best actor in a motion picture, drama : Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
 Best actress in a motion picture, drama : Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
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 Best actor in a motion picture, comedy : Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street
 Best actress in a motion picture, comedy : Amy Adams, American Hustle
 Best supporting actor in a motion picture : Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
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 Best supporting actress in a motion picture : Jennifer Lawrence
 Best screenplay : Spike Jonze, Her
 Best foreign language film : The Great Beauty
 Best original score : Alex Ebert, All is Lost
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 Best original song from a motion picture : Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
 Best animated feature film : Frozen
 Best TV drama : Breaking Bad
 Best actor in a TV series, drama : Bryan Cranston
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 Best actress in a TV series, drama : Robin Wright, House of Cards
 Best actor in a TV series, comedy : Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
 Best actress in a TV series, Comedy : Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
 Best TV series, comedy or musical : Brooklyn 99
 Best supporting actor in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie : Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
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Best mini-series or TV movie : Behind the Candelabra
Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie : Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
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 Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie : Elisabeth Moss
Oscar Awards 2014 winners List
 Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave

 Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
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 Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

 Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
 Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
 Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
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 Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

 Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
 Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
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 Best Documentary Feature Film - 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)

 Best Documentary Short Film - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas
Reed)
 Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
 Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy)
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 Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
 Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)
 Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen
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 Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
 Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
 Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
 Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

 Best Sound Mixing - Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
 Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
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 Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
 Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)
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Padma Awards Winners List for the year 2014
 Padma Vibhushan o Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Civil Service,

o Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Science and Delhi
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Engineering, Maharashtra o Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, Public
o Shri B.K.S. Iyengar, Others-Yoga, Affairs, Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra o Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna, Science and
 Padma Bhushan Engineering, Andhra Pradesh
o Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art - o Prof. Anisuzzaman, Literature and Education,
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Painting, Gujarat Bangladesh
o Begum Parveen Sultana, Art - Classical o Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph, Literature and
Singing, Maharashtra Education, USA
o Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art - Ghatam Artist, o Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph, Literature and
Tamil Nadu Education, USA
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o Shri Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil o Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler, Medicine -
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Nadu Neonatology, Delhi
o Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs,  Padma Shri
Delhi o Shri Mohammad Ali Baig, Art - Theatre,
o Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and Andhra Pradesh
Engineering, Karnataka o Ms. Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra
o Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi, Science and o Shri Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Art -
Engineering, Maharashtra Instrumental Music - Pauna Manjha,
o Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, Science and Himachal Pradesh
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Engineering, Karnataka o Ms. Sabitri Chatterjee, Art - Film, West

o Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Science and Bengal
Engineering, Delhi o Prof. Biman Bihari Das, Art - Sculptor, Delhi
o Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma, Science and o Shri Sunil Das, Art - Painting, West Bengal
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Engineering, Delhi o Smt. Elam Endira Devi, Art - Manipuri

o Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil, Science and Dance, Manipur
Engineering, Karnataka o Shri Vijay Ghate, Art - Instrumental Music -
o Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya, Literature and Tabla, Maharashtra
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Education, Delhi o Smt Rani Karnaa, Art - Kathak, West Bengal

o Ms. Anita Desai, Literature and Education, o Shri Bansi Kaul, Art - Theatre, Jammu and
Delhi Kashmir
o Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker, Literature and o Ustad Moinuddin Khan, Art - Instrumental
Education, Gujarat Music-Sarangi Player, Rajasthan
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o Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar, o Ms. Geeta Mahalik, Art - Odishi Dance, Delhi
Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu o Shri Paresh Maity, Art - Painting, Delhi
o Shri Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education, o Shri Ram Mohan, Art - Film Animation,
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Uttarakhand, Maharashtra
o Shri Pullela Gopichand, Sports - Badminton, o Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik, Art - Sand Artist,
Andhra Pradesh Orissa
o Shri Leander Paes, Sports - Tennis, o Shri Paresh Rawal, Art - Cinema and Theatre,
Maharashtra Maharashtra

o Shri Wendell Augustine Rodricks, Art - o Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Science and

Fashion Designing, Goa Engineering, Delhi
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o Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama, Art - o Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, Science and
Mohini Attam, Kerala Engineering, West Bengal
o Shri Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma, Art - o Shri Ravi Kumar Narra, Trade and Industry,
Performing Art, Chhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh
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o Shri Santosh Sivan, Art - Film, Tamil Nadu o Shri Rajesh Saraiya, Trade and Industry,
o Ms. Supriya Devi, Art-Bengali Cinema, West Maharashtra
Bengal o Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Trade and Industry,
o Ms. Sooni Taraporevala, Art- Script Writing, Tamil Nadu
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Maharashtra o Shri Pratap Govindrao Pawar, Trade and
o Ms. Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra Industry, Maharashtra
o Smt. Durga Jain, Social Work, Maharashtra o Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya,
o Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu, Social Work, Medicine - Dermatology, Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh o Dr. Balram Bhargava, Medicine - Cardiology,
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o Dr. Brahm Dutt, Social Work, Haryana Uttar Pradesh
o Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami, Social Work, o Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty, Medicine -
Assam Health and Hygiene, West Bengal
o Shri J.L. Kaul, Social Work, Delhi o Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande, Medicine
o Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani, Social - Oncology, Maharashtra
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Work, Gujarat o Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal, Medicine -
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Shri Tashi Tondup, Public Affairs, Jammu Chest Disease, Haryana
and Kashmir o Prof. Amod Gupta, Medicine - Opthalmology,
o Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah, Public Affairs, Haryana
Gujarat o Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra, Medicine,
o Shri Sekhar Basu, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra o Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob,
o Shri Madhavan Chandradathan, Science and Medicine - Vascular Surgery, Tamil Nadu
Engineering, Kerala o Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi, Medicine -
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o Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, Science Endocrinology, Maharashtra

and Engineering, West Bengal o Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah, Medicine
o Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover, Science and - Unani Medicine, Tamil Nadu
Engineering, Maharashtra o Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane, Medicine - ENT
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o Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis, Science Surgeory, Maharashtra

and Engineering, Karnataka o Dr. Lalit Kumar, Medicine - oncology, Delhi
o Shri Ramkrishna V. Hosur, Science and o Dr. Mohan Mishra, Medicine, Bihar
Engineering, Maharashtra o Dr. M. Subhadra Nair, Medicine -
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o Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida, Science and Gyneacology, Kerala

Engineering, Tamil Nadu o Dr. Ashok Panagariya, Medicine - Neurology,
o Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara Satyanarayana Rajasthan
Prasad, Science and Engineering, Andhra o Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey, Medicine -
Pradesh Surgery, Haryana
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o Shri Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin, Science and o Dr. Sunil Pradhan, Medicine - Neurology,
Engineering, Gujarat Uttar Pradesh
o Dr. Brahma Singh, Science and Engineering, o Dr. Ashok Rajgopal, Medicine -
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Delhi Orthopaedics, Delhi

o Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh, Science and o Dr. Kamini A. Rao, Medicine - Reproductive
Engineering, Madhya Pradesh Medicine, Karnataka
o Dr. Govindan Sundararajan, Science and o Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah, Medicine - Surgery,
Engineering, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh

o Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya, Medicine, o Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri,

Punjab Literature and Education, Kerala
o Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma, Medicine - Dental o Prof. Dinesh Singh, Literature and Education,
Science, Delhi Delhi
o Dr. J.S. Titiyal, Medicine- Opthalmology, o Dr. (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla, Literature and
Delhi Education, Nagaland
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o Dr. Nitish Naik, Medicine- Cardiology, Delhi o Ms. Anjum Chopra, Sports - Cricket, Delhi
o Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya, Medicine- o Ms. Sunil Dabas, Sports - Kabbadi, Haryana
Gastroentrology, Delhi o Shri Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports -
o Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover, Medicine- Mountaineering, Delhi
Oncology,Delhi o Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports - Squash,
o Dr. Naheed Abidi, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu
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Uttar Pradesh o Shri H. Boniface Prabhu, Sports - Wheelchair
o Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, Literature and Tennis, Karnataka
Education, Delhi o Shri Yuvraj Singh, Sports - Cricket, Haryana
Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawram, Literature Smt. Mamta Sodha, Sports - Mountaineering,
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and Education, Mizoram Haryana
o Shri Keki N. Daruwalla, Literature and o Ms Parveen Talha, Civil Service, Uttar
Education, Delhi Pradesh
o Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi, Literature and o Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Social
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Education, Gujarat
Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch, Literature and
Education, Andhra Pradesh
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Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai, Literature and
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Work, Maharashtra
Shri Ashok Kumar Mago, Trade and Industry,
USA
Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee, Medicine-
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Education, Jammu and Kashmir Oncology, USA
o Smt. Manorama Jafa, Literature and o Dr. Vamsi Mootha, Medicine - Biomedical
Education, Delhi Research, USA
o Prof. Rehana Khatoon, Literature and o Dr. Sengaku Mayeda, Literature and
Education, Delhi Education, Japan
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o Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei, Literature and

Education, Manipur
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Beauty Contests
 51st Femina Miss India 2014 – Koyal Rana

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 Miss India Earth 2014 – Jhataleka Malhotra

 Miss India Supernational - Gail Nicole Da Silva
 Miss India Asia Pacific World 2014 - Anukriti Gusain
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 Miss Universe 2013 – Gabriela Isler

 Miss World 2013 – Megan Young
 Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 - May Myat Noe (Myanmar)

Sports
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FIFA World Cup 2014
T he 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the association football world
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championship, which took place during 12th June 2014 to 13th July 2014 at several venues across Brazil (12 venues).
Below are some important details you should know about FIFA 2014.
Important Points you should know :
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 Winner - Germany
 Runners-up - Argentina
 3rd Place - Netherlands
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 4th Place - Brazil
 Top scorer (Golden Boot Award) - James Rodríguez of Colombia with 6 goals
 Best player (Golden Ball award) - Lionel Messi of Argentina
 Best goalkeeper (Golden Glove award) - Manuel Neuer of Germany
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Best young player - Paul Pogba of France
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Official Logo :
 Nick name : Inspiration

 The design is based around a photograph of three victorious hands together raising the World Cup
trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the world to
their country.
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Official Ball : Adidas Brazuca.
Official Song - On 24 January 2014, FIFA and Sony Music announced that the official song for the tournament
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will be “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte. A customized version of the
song “Dare (La La La)” by Shakira, who provided the official song of the 2010 tournament, will be used as a
secondary theme song.
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Official Mascot : Fuleco (An armadillo). The tatu-bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by
rolling up into a ball, was chosen by FIFA in September 2012 as the official mascot from 47 designs created by
six Brazilian agencies.
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Official Slogan : “All in One Rhythm” (Portuguese: “Juntos num só ritmo“)
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 Brazil has hosted this competitive for the second time (first time in 1950)
 32 Countries competed
 Total Matches played are 64

 This is the most expensive tournament (US$14 billion)

 12th June 2014, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Commemorative Postage Stamp on the
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2014 FIFA World Cup
 Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez was suspended for nine international matches and banned from taking
part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months, following a biting
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incident on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
Indian Premier League (IPL) - 2014
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T he 2014 season of the Indian Premier League, which is also known as IPL 7 or Pepsi IPL 2014, is the
seventh season of the IPL. The IPL tournament started in 2008 and from then it usually takes place every
year during the months of April - June. There are eight teams this season, one fewer than in 2013 after the
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withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India. Initially DLF used to sponsor IPL matches. But from the year 2013,
Pepsi is sponsoring the matches. IPL 2014 tournament was held from 16th April 2014 to 1st June 2014. Below
are some important details you should know about IPL.
 Winners - Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd Title)

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Orange Cap - Robin Uthappa (KKR) with 660 Runs
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 Purple Cap - Mohit Sharma (CSK) with 23 wickets
 Hosts : India and the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Important Note : Don’t be confused between Australian Open (Tennis) and Australian Open (Badminton). In
the exam, check the given options before marking your answer. Indian Ace Shuttler Saina Nehwal has won
Australian Open (Badminton) Australian Open Super Series on 29th June 2014.
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Australian Open (Badminton)  Women’s Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta

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 Men's singles - Lin Dan
 Mixed Doubles - Kristina Mladenovic /
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 Women's singles - Saina Nehwal Daniel Nestor

 Men's doubles - Lee Yong-dae and Yoo
Yeon-seong Wimbledon 2014
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 Women's doubles - Tian Qing and Zhao

 Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic
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 Women's Singles - Petra Kvitová
 Mixed doubles - Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-
na  Men's Doubles - Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock
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 Women's Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta

Australian Open (Tennis) Vinci
 Mixed Doubles - Nenad Zimonjić / Samantha
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 Men’s Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka

Stosur
 Women’s Singles – Li Na
 Men’s Doubles - Łukasz Kubot / Robert
Lindstedt

French Open 2014 : o Men’s Doubles - Santiago González /

Scott Lipsky
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 Men’s Singles – Rafael Nadal o Women’s Doubles - Cara Black / Sania
 Women’s Singles – Maria Sharapova Mirza
 Men’s Doubles - Julien Benneteau and
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Édouard Roger Indian Wells Masters / BNP Paribas Open :
 Women’s Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei / Peng
o Men’s Single – Novak Djovic
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o Women’s Single - Flavia Pennetta
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 Mixed Doubles - Anna-Lena Grönefeld / o Men’s Doubles - Bob Bryan Mike
Jean-Julien Rojer
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ICC World Twenty 20 o Women’s Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai
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o Mens – Srilanka  2014 Women's Hockey World Cup -
o Womens – Australia Netherlands (7th title)
 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup - Australia
Sony Open Tennis / Miami Masters 2014
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Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic 
(3rd title)
2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup –
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 Women's Singles - Serena Williams Germany (6th Title)
 Men's Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan  2014 Indian Women's Football
 Women's Doubles - Martina Hingis / Sabine Championship – Manipur
Lisicki  2014 world snooker championship - Mark
Selby
Italian Open (Tennis) 2014
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 ACC U 19 Cup – India

 Men's singles - Novak Djokovic  Asia Cup – Srilanka
 Women's singles - Serena Williams  ATP's Heineken Open / Auckland title 2014
- John Isner
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 Men's doubles - Daniel Nestor and Nenad

Zimonjić  CCI Billiards Title – Pankaj Advani
 Women's doubles - Květa Peschke and  Deodhar Trophy 2014 (Cricket) – West
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Katarina Srebotnik
 Dubai Tennis Championship 2014 - Roger
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2014 Federer
 ICC U 19 World Cup – South Africa
 Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka
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 Imet Open 2013 - Mahesh Mangaonkar

 Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
 Indonesian Masters 2014 (Golf) - Anirban
2014 Fortugal Open : Lahiri
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 Madrid Open 2014 - Rafael Nadal

o Men’s Single - Carlos Berlocq  Irani Trophy 2014 – Karnataka
o Women’s Single - Carla Suárez
 Kabaddi World Cup 2013 – India
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 Malaysian Grand Pix - Lewis Hamilton

 Ranji Trophy 2014 – Karnataka  Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014 – Karnataka

 Santosh Trophy – Mizoram  World Women's Senior snooker
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 Syed Modi International – Saina Nehwal Championship – Chitra Magimairaj
 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy – Baroda
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Sport Terminology
Relay, Photofinish, Track, Lane, Hurdles, heading, etc.

Shotput, Discuss Throw, Hammar Throw,
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Athletics Triple Jump, High Jump, Cross Country, etc. Course, links, tee, hole, caddie, threesome,
foursome, niblic, club, putt, iron, birdie,
Drop, deuce, smash, double-touch, clash, Golf eagle, etc.
Badminton service, love, service-line, etc.
Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Floor exercise,
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Bunting, hole, pitcher, put-out, strike, Gymnastics Uneven bar, Push up, Sit up. etc.
Pinching, Home run, Base runner, Throw,
Base Ball Perfect game, Strike, Put out, etc.. Centre, defender, forward, half, penalty-
stroke, penalty corner, push-in, free-hit,
Cue, cannon, baulk, pot scratch, long jenny, striking circle goal, goal-line, touch-line,
Billiards
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short jenny, frame, spider, short and long
rest, in-off, etc. Hockey
goal keeper, off-side, foul, stick, carry,
dribble, tiebreaker, trapping, etc.
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Round, knock-outs, countdown, flyweight, Horse Race course, steeplechase, bets, bookies,
jab, uppercut, hook, punch, Knock. out, Ring Racing jockey, punter, etc.
Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney punch,
Boxing Timing, Foot work, etc. etc. Judo Cocoa, Blue, white, Green belt, etc.
Contract bridge, duplicate bridge, tricks, Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal,
suite , rubber, trump, grand slam, little slam, Polo sixty yarder, etc.
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Bridge etc.
Bag, bull’s eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet,
Billiards Shooting etc.
& Pull, Cue, Hit, Object ball, Break shot,
Snooker Scoring, Cushion billiards, etc. , etc. Freestyle, Breast stroke, Back stroke,
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Swimming Butterfly, Lane, Pool, Crawl, etc.

Gambit, stalemate, move, resign, checkmate,
Chess etc. Table Tennis Smash, drop, deuce, spin , let, service, etc.
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Hat-trick, maiden, follow-on, declare, smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand,

bowled, caught, run-out, leg before forehand,slice, top-spin,serve, dropshot, lob,
wicket(LBW), stumped, striker, slips, gully, down-the-line, deuce, tie-breaker, set, game,
short leg, silly, mid-on, point, cover, mid-off, Tennis grand slam, ace, volley, etc.
bouncer, beamer, googly, full toss, drive, cut,
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Cricket pull, hook, flick, etc. Blocking, doubling, heave, smash, point,
Volleyball serve, volley, etc.
Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Trackrace, etc.
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Kick off, goal, corner-kick, throw-in, Lifting Snatch, Jerk, etc.
penalty, offside, red card, yellow card, foul,
hat trick, dribble, pass, forward, defender, Wrestling Free style, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.
Football half, goalkeeper, tie-breaker, trapping,

Union Budget 2014-15 Highlights
I ndian Finance Minster Arun Jaitley presented the Narendra Modi Government’s maiden Budget for the year
2014-15 on 10th July 2014. In this budget the modi govenrment mainly focused to keep up their election
promises. In this budget Arun Jaitely has mentioned the issues like Raising the personal tax exemption limit by
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Rs. 50,000, raising the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit to 49%, Ganga Conservation Mission called
'Namami Gange' with Rs 2,037, Increasing safety of women in large cities with Rs. 150 crores, setting up 100
smart cities with Rs 7,060 crore, National Rural Internet and Technology Mission etc. He confidently stated that
this budget can can growth even while curbing borrowing, after the country's longest slowdown in a quarter of a
century. Below are the Highlights of Union Budget 2014-15.
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Highlights of Union Budget 2014-15
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 FY16 Fiscal Deficit Target at 3.6%
 FY17 Fiscal Deficit Target at 3%
 Rs. 200 crore for 6 more textile clusters in Rase Bareily, Lucknow, Surat and Bhagalpur.
 Rs. 30 crore set aside for 'hasthakala academy' for reviaval of handicrafts
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Rs. 50 crore set aside for Pashmina Production programme in J&K
Rs. 378,800 crore for NHAI and State Highways
Rs. 4,200 corre for Jal Marg Vikas project on river Ganga connecting allahabad to Haldia
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 100 : Number of new cities government will build
 Rs. 7,060 cr : Amount sanctioned for creation of new smart cities
 E-Visas : To be introduced at 9 airports to provide much requried boost to tourism
 Rs. 200 crore : Amount sanctioned for Sardar Patel statue
 Rs. 500 crore : To be spent on Gram Jyhothi Youjana
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 Rs. 6,000 crore : Amount for welfare of senior citizens

 Rs. 150 crore : To be spent to enhance safety of women on roads
 Rs. 1,000 crore : Pension for EP subscriber scheme
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o Rs. 2.5 lakh : Tax exemption limit for small & marginal, senior tax payers, up from Rs. 2 lakh
o Rs. 3 lakh : Tax exemption limit for senoir citizens, up from Rs. 2.5 lakh
o Rs. 1.5 lakh : Increased investment limit under Section 80C, up from Rs. 1 lakh
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o Rs. 2 Lakh : Revised housing lan regate, up from Rs. 1.5 lakh
o No change in tax rates
o No change in surcharge
 Agriculture highlights
o Rs. 100 crore set aside for schemes to provide soil health card
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o Rs. 56 crore for soil testing labs across the country

o Rs. 200 crore set aside for agriculture universities in AP and Rajasthan, and Horticulture University in
Haryana, Telangana
o 5 lakh landless farmers to be provided finance through NABARD
o Rs. 8 lakh crore set aside for development of agriculture sector
o 3% amount of incentive to be given to farmers repaying loans on time
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o Rs. 100 crore set aside for Kisan Television to provide real time information on various farming and
agriculture issues
 Education Highlights
o Rs. 100 crore for Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao yojana
o 4 new AIIMS to be set up in AP, UP, WB and Maharashtra
o Rs. 28,000 core for sanitation in all primary schools
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o 12 more governement medical colleges to be set up
o 5 new IITs and IIMs to be set up
o Rs. 3,600 crore for rural drinking water programme
o Rs. 8,000 crore for rural housing scheme
o Rs. 100 crore to be spent on upgrading madarsas
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A day ahead of the Union Budget 2014-15, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented the
Economic Survey for the year 2013-14 in Lok Sabha on 9th July 2014. According to this survey, India's
economy is expected to grow between 5.4 percent and 5.9 Per Cent in the current fiscal year. A flagship annual
document of the Ministry of Finance, the Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy
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over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programs, and highlights the
policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term. Below are
the highlights of Economic Survey 2013-14.
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Major Highlights of the Economic Survey 2013-14
 GDP growth seen at 5.4-5.9% in 2014/15

 Growth rate of 7-8% can occur after 2015/16
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 Poor monsoon, external factors pose risk to growth

 Need subsidy reforms for fiscal consolidation
 Raise tax-to-GDP ratio for fiscal consolidation
 CAD to be contained at 2.1% of GDP in 2014-15
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 Wholesale inflation expected to moderate by end-2014

 Retail inflation showing signs of moderation
 Reduce spillovers from food to non-food inflation by putting in place a formal monetary policy
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 Contain revenue shortfall via better mobilisation, reforms
 Move towards simple tax regime, fewer exemptions, GST rate
 Need DTC as clean modern replacement for existing I-T laws
 Cutting capital expenditure not good for economy
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 Changes in tax administration required

 Need sharp fiscal correction, new FRBM Act with ‘teeth’
 Government needs to move towards low and stable inflation through fiscal consolidation
 RBI intervention in forex market behind accumulation of reserves “generally”
 Rupee has stabilized, reflecting an overall sense of confidence in forex and capital markets
 Time over-runs in infra project main cause of under achievement in the sector
 Exports still fragile; Iraq crisis a risk
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 Industrial growth expected to revive gradually over 2-yearr

 Indian legislation governing business need thorough revamp
 Improve business environment by shifting important decision making from inspectors to higher officers
 Re-examine laws that empower govt to interfere in markets
 Capital controls under FEMA do not support rapidly globalizing economy.
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 Banking sector impacted by global and domestic slowdown
 State APMC laws hurdle to modernisation of good economy; have created cartels of buyers who possess
market power
 Foodgrains production to go up to 264.4 MT in 2013/14
 Need to review nutrient—based fertiliser subsidy
 Plan to add 88,537 MW power capacity over next 5 yrs
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 Allow private companies to mine coal commercially
 Gold & silver imports dropped 40% to $33.4 bn in 2013/14Improvement in fiscal deficit and CAD
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 India’s increase in share in world services exports from 0.6% in 1990 to 3.3% in 2013 faster than goods
exports
 Despite deceleration, services GDP growth at 6.8% was above the 4.7% overall GDP in 2013/14
 3 milestones of 2013/14: passage of PFRDA Act, shift of commodity futures trading into FinMin &
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presentation of FSLRC report
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Poverty ratio declined from 37.2% in 2004/05 to 21.9% in 2011/12.
Railway Budget 2014-15 Highlights

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T he Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden Railway Budget in Parliament
on 8th July 2014, promising to seek increased foreign and domestic private investment to fund
modernization of the country's huge but badly stretched network. The state-owned railway has suffered from
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years of low investment and populist policies to subsidise fares. These have reduced the system to a slow,
congested network that crimps economic growth. Here are the highlights of this Budget.
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 No new increase in passenger fares and freight  Women RPF Constables to escort ladies
charges coaches; 4,000 women constables to be
 Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector inducted
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 Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains  Retiring room facility to be extended to all
 Plan to hike speed of trains to 160-200 km/hr in stations
9 sectors  Battery operated cars for differently-abled and
 Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per senior citizens at major stations
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minute; to allow 1.2 lakh users log in  Feedback services through IVRS on quality of
simultaneously food
 Reservation system to be revamped, ticket-  Food can be ordered through SMS, phone;
booking through mobile phones, post offices to Food courts at major stations
be popularized  Cleanliness budget up by 40 per cent over last
 Online platform for unreserved tickets year
 Combo parking-platform tickets at stations
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 CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring  Premium Trains

cleanliness 1. Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium
 Setting up of corpus fund for stations’ upkeep; AC Express
RO drinking water in some stations and trains 2. Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC
 Automatic door closing in mainline and sub- Express
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urban coaches 3. Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin
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additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai 4. Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express
over 2 years 5. Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express
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 FDI in railway projects, except in operations  AC ExpressTrains
 FDI, domestic investments in rail infrastructure 1. VijayawadaNewDelhiAPExpress
 Office-on-Wheels: Internet & workstation (Daily)
facilities on select trains
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2. LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow (Weekly)
 WiFi in A1, A category stations and in select 3. Nagpur-Pune (Weekly)
trains 4. Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly)
 Railways university for technical and non- 5. Naharlagun-NewDelhi (Weekly)
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technical subjects
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Some stations to be developed to international 
6. Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)
Express Trains
1. Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly)via
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 Parcel traffic to be segregated to separate Varanasi
terminals to make passenger traffic unhindered 2. Ahmedabad Chennai Express
 Loss per passenger per kilometre up from 10 (Biweekly)via Vasai Road
per cent in 2000-01 to 23 per cent in 2012-13 3. Bengaluru -Mangalore Express (Daily)
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 Solar energy to be tapped at major stations 4. Bengaluru -Shimoga Express

 Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for (Biweekly)
2014-15 5. Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via
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 Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176 Nagda, Kota

crore. 6. Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
7. Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri weekly)
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8. Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (6 days a
 Jansadharan Trains
week)
1. Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan
9. Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express
Express via Surat
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2. Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express
10. Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity
3. Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan
Express (Daily)
Express
11. Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express
4. Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan
(Weekly)
Express via Motihari
5. Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express
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Nagpur (Weekly)
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13. Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express  Passenger Trains
(Weekly) 1. Bikaner-Rewari Passenger (Daily)
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15. Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via Alnavar
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16. Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express 4. Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger
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18. Mumbai_Kazipeth Express (Weekly) 7. Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger
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19. Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly)
20. New Delhi Bhatinda Shatabdi Express 
8. Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger (Daily)
MEMU services
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21. New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily) (3 Pairs)
22. Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly) 2. Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh
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(Weekly) 1. Bengaluru-Neelmangala (Daily)
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24. Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly) 2. Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week) via

25. Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly) Ballia
26. Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali 3. Baramula-Banihal (Daily)
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List of CMDs of Public Sector Banks

State Bank of India and It’s Associates

List of Chief Ministers and Governors of Indian States

S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

1 Andaman & Nicobar U.T. A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor)

2 Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan

3 Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki Nirbhay Sharma

4 Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

24 Puducherry Shri N. Rangasamy A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor )

26 Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Margaret Alva

29 Telangana K. Chandrasekhar Rao ESL Narasimhan

31 Uttarakhand Harish Rawat Aziz Qureshi

 Held during : 7th April 2014 to 12th May 2014

Contested candidates in 2014 election:

 Highest Polling % in 2014 : Nagaland (88.57%)

 Lowest Polling % in 2014 : J & K (43%)

 Over all polling % 2014 : 66.38 %

 Richest candidate in 2014 : NandanNilekani (Rs.7700 crore)

 Maximum number of candidates : Chennai South (42 candidates)

List of New Cabinet Ministers with Portfolios

o Anant Geete : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

o Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare

o Harsimrat Kaur Badal : Food Processing Industries

o Maneka Sanjay Gandhi : Women and Child Development

o Radha Mohan Singh : Agriculture

o Sudarshan Bhagat : Social Justice and Empowerment

Heads of Important Organizations

 United Nations Organizations (UNO) :

o Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present)

o World Food Programme (WFP) : Executive Director - Ertharin Cousin

 President – David Grimes

 Secretary-General - Taleb Rifai, Jordan (2010–present)

Heads of International Organizations

 Kamalesh Sharma : Secretary-General, Commonwealth of Nations

Heads of Important Indian Government Offices

 Prime Minister – Narendra Modi

Heads of Indian Organizations

Heads of Indian Armed Forces

 National Security Advisor - Ajit Kumar Doval

 Press Trust of India - K N Shanth Kumar

List of countries and currencies

Country Currency Anguilla East Caribbean dollar

Burundi Burundi franc Falkland Islands Falkland Islands pound

Canada Canadian dollar France European euro

Central African Gambia Gambian dalasi

Chile Chilean peso Ghana Ghanaian cedi

Japan Japanese yen Montenegro European Euro

Kenya Kenyan shilling Mozambique Mozambican metical

Korea South South Korean won Nauru Australian dollar

Laos Lao kip gulden

Country Currency Russia Russian ruble

S. No Rates / Reserve Ratios % W.e.f

2 Repo Rate 8% 28th January 2014

5 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 22.50% 3rd June 2014

loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks

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Repo Rate (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive

CRR Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which

Important Abbreviations in News

 AAP: Aam Admi Party  ASD: Application Services Delivery

 ACB: Anti-Corruption Bureau  ASI: Archaeological Survey of India

 AMFI : Association of Mutual Fund in India  BMB: Bharatiya Mahila Bank

 R. M. Lodha - New Chief Justice of India Petroleum & Natural Gas