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RBI proposes new liquidity norms for NBFCs o It has been observed on June 1 each year since
2001.
o RBI has issued draft guidelines on liquidity
o The day is intended to provide an opportunity to
management for the NBFCS and proposed a
bring attention to activities that are connected
liquidity coverage ratio for large NBFCs.
with the dairy sector.
o It covers all deposit taking NBFCs and non-deposit
taking NBFCs with an asset size of ₹5,000 crore Science Film Festival to be held in Agartala
and above.
o 10th National Science Film Festival of India will be
o Company fixed deposits (FDs), unlike bank FDs,
in Agartala, Tripura in January-February 2020.
don’t come with insurance.
o This is for the second time the event will be held
NASA plan to send equipment to Moon from 2020 in a North-Eastern city. It will be jointly hosted by
Vigyan Prasar of the Central Government, State
o NASA has chosen Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines
Government, and Tripura Central University.
and Orbit Beyond to send equipment to the
o Chief Minister of Tripura is Biplab Kumar Deb.
Moon.
o Donald Trump has accelerated the timetable for RBI to observe fin lit week from June 3-7
putting humans back on the Moon with 2024 the
o The Reserve Bank of India will observe Financial
new target date.
Literacy Week across the country from 3rd to 7th
o Each company has developed lunar landers of
June 2019.
different sizes and shapes: one is tall, and the
o The theme this year is - 'Farmers and how they
other two are more compact.
benefit by being a part of the formal banking
Rajasthan government banned E-cigarettes system'.
o In a release, the apex bank said, posters and
o Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced
leaflets will be used to spread awareness and
the ban on the sale of e-cigarettes in Rajasthan.
spread the message of financial literacy among
o Gehlot issued the order on the occasion of World
the farming community.
No Tobacco Day on May 31.
o The government had banned the online or offline Health Ministry to focus on tobacco control
sale, storage, production, distribution, and
o Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in
advertisement of e-cigarettes in the state.
partnership with World Health Organization,
World Milk Day is observed on 1 June India, today organized a National Consultation on
‘Tobacco and Lung Health’ to commemorate the
o World Milk Day is a day established by the Food
World No Tobacco Day 2019.
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United
o The Ministry has commissioned three National
Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a
Tobacco Testing Laboratories (NTTL) which
global food.

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 possess world class facilities to analyze various New initiative to control Foot & Mouth Disease
kinds of tobacco products.
o This initiative pertains to controlling Foot and
China gave $6.56 billion to Pakistan Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis to support
the livestock rearing farmers.
o China gave $628.4 million for the construction of
o FMD is very common amongst the livestock.
two ongoing nuclear power plants known as K2
o If a cow/buffalo gets infected with FMD, the milk
and K3 in the past 10 months.
loss is upto 100% which could last for four to six
o China also gave $1.4 billion in financing largely for
months. Further, in case of Brucellosis the milk
projects that form part of the CPEC
output reduces by 30%, during the entire life cycle
o Project loans have largely been disbursed for the
of animal.
Sukkur-Multan motorway, Havelian-Thakot
project of the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor(CPEC) and the Lahore Orange Line
project.
Cabinet approves Rs 3,000 pension for 60y old
o The Cabinet chaired by PM decided to give
monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to small
traders,businessmen and shopkeepers after they
attain the age of 60 years.
o All small shopkeeper with Goods and Services Tax
(GST) turnover below Rs 1.5 crore and aged
between 18 and 40 years can enroll themselves
for the scheme.
o The decision is likely to benefit 5 crore small
traders in the coming three years.
India Per-capita income showing a rise of 10%
o In 2017-18, the monthly per-capita income had
stood at ₹9,580.
o The country's per-capita income is estimated to
have risen by 10% to ₹10,534 a month during the
financial year ended March 2019.
o The gross national income (GNI) at current prices
is estimated at ₹188.17 lakh crore during 2018-19,
as compared to ₹169.10 lakh crore during 2017-
18, rising by 11.3%.
PM-KISAN Yojana extended to all farmers
AAI signs agreement with NTrust Infotech
o PM-KISAN Scheme extension to include all eligible
o Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed an farmer families irrespective of the size of land
agreement with NTrustInfotech - Anarock holdings.
Consortium for asset rationalization, lease o The key element of PM-KISAN is income support
administration and related services on a pan-India of Rs.6000/- to the small and marginal landholder
basis through cutting edge Lease Administration farmer families with cultivable land holding upto 2
Technology. hectare across the country which has been now
o This agreement will help AAI in identifying the expanded.
best potential of land asset which in turn will o The amount will be released in three 4-monthly
improve its revenue stream. instalments of Rs.2000/- each year
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GDP growth slumps to 5.8% in March quarter o Nirmala Sitharaman, the country’s first full-time
woman Finance Minister, will present the Union
o India’s GDP grew at 5.8% in the January-March
Budget on July 5.
2019 quarter, dragging down the full year growth
o First session of 17th Lok Sabha is slated to begin
to a five-year low of 6.8%.
on 17 June and continues till July 26.
o The unemployment rate in the country rose to a
o President Ram Nath Kovind will address a joint
45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18
session of both the Houses on 20 June prior to
o The data showed that 7.8% of the employable
budget presentation in the first week of July.
urban youth and 5.3% of employable rural youth
was without jobs. Additionally 6.2% male and List of portfolios retained by Narendra Modi
5.7% of females across the country were jobless.
o Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
New Draft Policy for education and RTE retain Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions also in-charge of Department of
o A committee led by Chairman Dr Kasturirangan
Atomic Energy; Department of Space.
submitted the Draft National Educational Policy
o All important policy issues and All other
2019 to improve the education structure and
portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
expansion of Right to Education (RTE)
o The government had initiated the process of Few portfolios allocated to Cabinet ministers
formulating a New Education Policy to meet the
o Nitin Jairam Gadkari has been appointed
changing dynamics of the requirements of the
as Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and
population with regard to quality education,
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
innovation and research.
o Ramesh Pokhriyal gets Minister of Human
Jal Shakti Ministry formed by Modi Government Resource Development.
o Ram Vilas Paswan gets Minister of Consumer
o A new ‘Jal Shakti’ Ministry in which the Ministries
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
of Water Resources and Drinking Water and
Sanitation will be merged. Piyush Goyal gets to retain the Railways
o Shekhawat took charge of the Ministry on Friday,
o Piyush Goyal gets to retain the Railways portfolio
a day after he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister.
and has also been given Commerce and Industry
o The Ministry will encompass issues ranging from
which was held by Suresh Prabhu, who has been
international and inter-State water, the flagship
dropped.
initiative to clean the Ganga and the provision of
o Smriti Irani has been made the Minister of
clean drinking water.
Women and Child Development and Minister of
Nirmala S to present maiden Budget on July 5 Textiles.

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