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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR SBI CLERKS ONLINE EXAM 2014 Gr8AmbitionZ.com
What to Prepare ?
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riends, The General Awareness section of SBI Clerks is of 40 questions and will carry 40 marks.
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Luckily the GA section for SBI Clerks is very easy when compared to other banking exams' GA
Sections. This is because, almost all the questions (approximately 93%) are from the current affairs of
last six months. So, if you prepare in a proper manner, you can easily grab your 40 marks without losing any.
You should prepare topics like, People and Places in News, Sports, Politics, Economy, Science & Technology,
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Awards & Honors, Books & Authors, Important Committees, Important Movies (award winners, controversial
and attention grabbers). 6 months current affairs prior to the exam date are enough to prepare. In our case, its
better to prepare from January 2014 to 1st week of July 2014.
Below chart shows you the topic wise marks analysis based on previous SBI Clerks exam papers. This chart
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will help you in getting the basic idea of the mark distribution and will help you to prepare in a proper order.
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Important Topics to cover : Apart from above mentioned topics, Focus more on the following topics. You will
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get atleast one question from each of these topics.
 Union Budget 2014-15

 Railway Budget 2014-15
 Economic Survey Highlights 2013-14
 PSLV C 23
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 FIFA World Cup 2014

 IPL 7
 General Elections 2014
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 New Ministers and their Portfolios
 Basic details of Telangana State
Important Points you should know about State Bank of India
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 State Bank of India
o SBI is the largest banking and financial services company in India by assets. The bank traces its
ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of
Calcutta, making it the oldest commercial bank in the Indian Subcontinent. Bank of Madras merged
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into the other two presidency banks Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay to form the Imperial
Bank of India, which in turn became the State Bank of India. Government of India nationalized the
Imperial Bank of India in 1956, with Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the
State Bank of India. In 2008, the government took over the stake held by the Reserve Bank of India.
o CMD : Smt. Arundathi Bhattacharya (first woman to be appointed Chairperson of the bank)
o Headquarters : Mumbai
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o Associate Banks : SBI has five associate banks; all use the State Bank of India logo, which is a blue
circle, and all use the "State Bank of" name, followed by the regional headquarters' name:
 State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
 State Bank of Hyderabad
 State Bank of Mysore
 State Bank of Patiala
 State Bank of Travancore
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 Note : Earlier SBI had seven associate banks. State Bank of Saurashtra and State Bank of
Indore merged with SBI on 13 August 2008 and 19 June 2009 respectively.
o Non-banking subsidiaries : Apart from its five associate banks, SBI also has the following non-
banking subsidiaries :
 SBI Capital Markets Ltd
 SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd
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 SBI Factors & Commercial Services Pvt Ltd

 SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd. (SBICPSL)
 SBI DFHI Ltd
 SBI Life Insurance Company Limited
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 SBI General Insurance

o Slogans :
 Pure Banking, Nothing Else
 With You - All The Way
 A Bank Of The Common Man
 The Banker To Every Indian
 The Nation Banks On Us
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o Branches :
 It had 14,816 branches
o ATMs :
 It has 43,515 ATMs and SBI group (including associate banks) has 51,491 ATMs (As of 31
March 2014)
 It is the first bank to install an ATM at Drass in the Jammu & Kashmir Kargil region

o Logo : The logo of the SBI (blue circle with a small cut in the bottom) was inspired by the Kankaria
Lake of Ahmedabad. It depicts perfection and the small man the common man - being the center of
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List of CMDs of Public Sector Banks
State Bank of India and It’s Associates
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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
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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
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Andhra Bank
Bank of Baroda
Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra
Canara Bank
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S. S. Mundra
V. R. Iyer
Sushil Muhnot
R. K. Dubey
7 Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi
8 Corporation Bank Sadhu Ram Bansal
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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
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15 Syndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar Jain

16 UCO Bank Arun Kaul
17 Union Bank of India Arun Tiwari
18 United Bank of India Vacant
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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
S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

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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

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
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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
13 Jharkhand Hemant Soren Dr. Syed Ahmed
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14 Karnataka Shri K. Siddaramaiah K. Rosaiah
15 Kerala Shri Oommen Chandy Sheila Dikshit
16 Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Ram Naresh Yadav
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Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
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Shri Prithviraj Chavan
Shri Okram Ibobi Singh
Mukul Sangma
Pu Lalthanhawla
K. Sankaranarayanan
Vinod Kumar Duggal
K. K. Paul
Kamla Beniwal
21 Nagaland T R Zeliang Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
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22 New Delhi President’s rule Najeeb Jung (Lieutenant-Governor)
23 Odisha Sh. Naveen Patnaik Shri S. C. Jamir
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
31 Uttarakhand Harish Rawat Aziz Qureshi
32 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
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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
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 Total Number of Voters : 814.5 million
 Total Number of Voters (2009) : 809 million
 First time Voters : 150 million
 Youth Voters more in : Jabalpur (Total Youth Voters 34% 18-19 yrs.
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 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%
 Women Voters maximum in : Puducherry, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Daman & Diu,
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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
Arunachal Pradesh (only 22 registered voters)
 Total expenditure (2014) : Rs.3426 Crore
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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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 Highest Polling % in 2014 : Nagaland (88.57%)
In 2009 : Nagaland (89.99%)
 Lowest Polling % in 2014 : J & K (43%)

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

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

 Poorest Candidate in 2014 : SoniSoori (only 424/- cash & 95,000/- Asset)
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 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
Independent India)
 Maximum number of candidates : Chennai South (42 candidates)

 Highest margin in 2014 : NarendraModi (5,70,128 voters)
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 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 %
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 BJP Vote share in 2014 : 31 %
 Congress vote share : 19.3 %
 UPA Vote share : 23 %
 TMC (Mamta) : 3.8 %
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 AIADMK : 3.3 %
 SP : 3.4 %
 BJD : 1.7%
 CPI : 0.8%
 ShriNarendraModi was sworn in as 15th PM of India.
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List of New Cabinet Ministers with Portfolios
 Prime Minister
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o Narendra Modi :
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 Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of
Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
Cabinet Ministers
o Anant Geete : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
o Ananth Kumar : Chemicals and Fertilizers
o Arun Jaitley : Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence
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o Ashok Gajapathi Raju : Civil Aviation
o D.V. Sadananda Gowda : Railways
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
o Maneka Sanjay Gandhi : Women and Child Development
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o Najma Heptulla : Minority Affairs

o Narendra Singh Tomar : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment
o Nitin Gadkari : Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
o Radha Mohan Singh : Agriculture
o Rajnath Singh : Home Affairs
o Ram Vilas Paswan : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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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
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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,
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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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o Pon Radhakrishnan : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
o Prakash Javadekar : Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs
o Rao Inderjit Singh : Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation
(Independent Charge), Defence
o Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
o Sanjiv Baliyan : Agriculture, Food Processing Industries
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o Santosh Kumar Gangwar : Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
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) :

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)
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 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)
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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
o Internatiional Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) : Director General - Yukiya Amano, Japan (200-
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o United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) : Executive Director - Anthony Lake, United States
(2010–present)
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
Pillay, South Africa (2008–present)
o United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : High Commissioner - António
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Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)
o United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) : Director-general – Li Yong,
China (2013–present)
o World Food Programme (WFP) : Executive Director - Ertharin Cousin
o World Health Organization (WHO) : Director-General - Margaret Chan, China (acting) (2007–
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o World Meteorological Organization (WMO) :

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

 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)
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 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
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Heads of Important Indian Government Offices
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 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
 Bombay Stock Exchange - Ashish Chauhan  SBI - Arundhathi Bhattacharya
 CAG - Shashi Kant Sharma  SEBI - U.K. Sinha
CBDT - R.K. Tewari SSC - Amitava Bhattacharyya
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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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TRAI - Rahul Khullar
UGC - Ved Prakash
UPSC - D.P. Agarwal
Heads of Indian Armed Forces

 FICCI - Sidharth Birla
 IB - Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim  Commander-in-Chief : Pranab Mukherjee (President)
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 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
 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
Country Currency Anguilla East Caribbean dollar

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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

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Country Currency Congo, Democratic

Congolese franc
Austria European euro Republic
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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
Bhutan Bhutanese ngultrum Dominican Republic Dominican peso
Bolivia Bolivian boliviano East Timor uses the U.S. Dollar
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bosnia and Herzegovina
konvertibilna marka
Botswana pula
Brazilian real
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Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
uses the U.S. Dollar
Egyptian pound
Central African CFA franc
Brunei Brunei dollar Eritrea Eritrean nakfa
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Bulgaria Bulgarian lev Estonia Estonian kroon
Burkina Faso West African CFA franc Ethiopia Ethiopian birr
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
Chile Chilean peso Ghana Ghanaian cedi
China Chinese renminbi Gibraltar Gibraltar pound
Colombia Colombian peso Greece European euro
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Comoros Comorian franc East Caribbean dollar

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Congo Central African CFA franc

Country Currency Libya Libyan dinar

Guatemala Guatemalan quetzal Liechtenstein uses the Swiss Franc
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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
Indonesia Indonesian rupiah Mali West African CFA franc
International Malta European Euro
Monetary Fund
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Special Drawing Rights
Iranian rial
Iraqi dinar
European euro
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Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritian rupee
Mexican peso
Israel Israeli new sheqel Moldova Moldovan leu
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Italy European euro Monaco European Euro
Jamaica Jamaican dollar Mongolia Mongolian tugrik
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
Laos Lao kip gulden
Latvia Latvian lats Netherlands European euro
Lebanon Lebanese lira New Caledonia CFP franc
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Lesotho Lesotho loti New Zealand New Zealand dollar

Liberia Liberian dollar

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
Norway Norwegian krone Saint Lucia East Caribbean dollar
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Oman Omani rial Saint Vincent and the
East Caribbean dollar
Pakistan Pakistani rupee Grenadines
Palau uses the U.S. Dollar Samoa (Western) Samoan tala
Panama Panamanian balboa San Marino European euro
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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
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Philippine peso
Polish zloty
European euro
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Islands
Yemen
Zambia
CFP franc
Yemeni rial
Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe Zimbabwean dollar
Qatar Qatari riyal
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Romania Romanian leu
Current RBI Rates with Explanations
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
5 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 22.50% 3rd June 2014
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6 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) 9% 28th January 2014
Explanations
loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks
Bank Rate
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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

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

money from the banks.
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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
repo rate will help banks to get money at a cheaper SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a
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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
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
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is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time
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
interest rates.
CRR
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An increase in Reverse repo rate can cause the banks
to transfer more funds to RBI due to this attractive
controlled efficiently.
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
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
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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
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

 ACB: Anti-Corruption Bureau  ASI: Archaeological Survey of India
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 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
 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
 AMFI : Association of Mutual Fund in India  BMB: Bharatiya Mahila Bank
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 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
 CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes Commerce and Industry
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 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
Agreement  FSLRC : Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
 CEO: Chief Executive Officer Commission
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 CEPA : Comprehensive Economic Partnership  FTA : Free trade agreement
Agreement  GAAR : General anti avoidance rule
 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
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CSK: Chennai Super Kings
CSO: Central Statistics Office
CVO: Chief Vigilance Officer
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CRAR : Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio 
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IABF: Indian Amateur Boxing Federation
IBF: Indian Broadcasting Foundation
ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
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
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 DGMO: Director General Military Operations Securities - Cumulative
 DGP: Director General of Police  IJA: Indian Journalists‘ Association
 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
 ECB: England and Wales Cricket Board  IRV2020: Indian Rhino Vision 2020
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 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
 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
 ETF: Exchange Traded Funds  LIBOR : London Inter Bank Offer Rate
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 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
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 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
 MSF : Marginal Standing Facility  SIM: Subscriber Identification Modules
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 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
 NDDB: National Dairy Development Board Financial Telecommunication
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 NDMC: North Delhi Municipal Corporation  TAPI : Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
 NEFT : National Electronic Funds Transfer  TARC : Tax Administration Reform Commission
 NEOWISE: Near-Earth Object Wide-field  TDSAT: Telecom Disputes Settlement and
Infrared Survey Explorer Appellate Tribunal
 NGT: National Green Tribunal  TFSC: Toyota Financial Services Corporation
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NSG : Nuclear Suppliers Group
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NSIC: National Small Industries Corporation
OFB: Ordnance Factory Board
OLTAS : On line Tax Accounting System is used
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TIEA : Tax Information Exchange Agreement
TIN : Tax Information Network
TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
UAN: Universal Account Number
UAS: Unified Access Service
for Direct Taxes  UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India
 PEACE: Promoting Energy Access through Clean  UNESCO: United Nations Organisation for
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Energy Education, Science and Culture
 PLO: Palestine Liberation Organisation  UNICEF: United Nations Children‗s Fund
 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
 RCom: Reliance Communications  WBHRC: West Bengal Human Rights
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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
 RR: Rajasthan Royals  WTA: Women‘s Tennis Association
 RRTS : Regional Rapid Transit System  WWF: World Wide Fund for Nature
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Committees of RBI (Prior to 2000)
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Year Chairman Issue SSIs
1969 Gadgil Priority Sector Lending Industrial Sickness and
1993 Goswami
Follow up of Bank Exit Policy
1975 Prakash Tandon
Credit 1993 R. Jilani Credit Delivery System
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1975 M. Narasimham Establishment of RRBs Review of Progress of
1993 D.R. Mehta
1975 Lakshmi Narayan Consortium Lending IRDP
1979 R.K. Talwar Customer Service Insurance Sector
1993 R.N. Malhotra
Reforms
Review of Cash Credit
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1980 K.B. Chore NRI Investments in
System 1995 Sodhani
India
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
1988
1989
1989
Rangarajan
Vaghul
P.D. Ojha
S.C.
Kalyanasundaram
Bank Mechanisation
Money Market
Service Area Approach
Introduction of
Factoring Services
ion 1996 R. Jilani
1997 B.D. Shah
1997 S.S. Tarapore

Inspection System in
Banks
Stock Lending Schemes
Capital Account
Convertibility
1991 Rangarajan Bank Mechanisation 1997 Paneer Selvam N.P.A. in Banks
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Review of Agriculture Agriculture Credit
1991 Kushro 1998 Gupta R.V.
Credit System Delivery
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
1992 A.C. Shah NBFCs Institution in Banks
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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
Norms for Working Financial Aggregate
1998 Y.V. Reddy
1993 I.T. Vaz Capital Finance by System
Banks Insolvency Law and
1999 Balakrisha Eradi
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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)
Year Head of the Their Focus Area

Committee
2001 S. R. Mittal Internet Banking
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2001 Dr. N. L. Mitra Legal Aspects of Bank Frauds
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
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2003
2003
2003
2004
Dr. Barman
Vepa Kamesam
Smt. Usha Thorat
G. Padmanabhan
Tarapore
Micro Finance ion
Cheque Truncation and E-Cheques
Instruments of Sterilization
Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives
Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services
2004 N. Sadasivan Development Financial Institutions
2005 A. V. Sardesai Internal Working Group on RRBs
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2005 H.R. Khan Issues of Rural Credit and Micro Finance
2007 C. P. Swarnkar Procedures and Processes of Agricultural Loans
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
2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Review the Business Correspondent Model
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Rao
2009 Usha Thorat Review Lead Bank Scheme
2009 Deepak Mohanty Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR)
2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Branch Authorization Policy
Rao
2009 Dr. K. C. CRAR of RRBs
Chakrabarty
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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
2011 M. Damodaran Customer Service in Banks
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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
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
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Important details of Telangana state

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Formed on : 2nd June 2014
It has became India’s 29th State ion
1st Chief Minister : K. Chandra Sekhar Rao
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)
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 Capital : Hyderabad (joint capital with Andhra Pradesh)
 Population : 35,193,978 (as of 2011 sensex)
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
 Caried : Five foreign satellites
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o SPOT-7
o NLS-7.1 (Can-X4)
o NLS-7.2 (Can-X5)
o AISat
o VELOX-1
 Result - Successful
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 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
 Adarsh Kumar Goel- New Judge of Supreme Commission
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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
 Abdullah al-Thani- New Prime Minister of Disputes Tribunal (CWDT)
Libya  Chetan Tamboli - Chairman of CII
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 Ajit Doval - New National Security Adviser (Confederation of Indian Industry), Western
 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
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Badminton Association of India (BAI)
Akhilesh Gupta - President of Indian
Meteorological Society
Amit Shah - BJP President
Amit Sharma - New Commander of Strategic
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D.V. Sadananda Gowda - Railways Minister
Dalbir Singh Suhag - New Army Chief
Devendra Kumar Pathak - Special DG,
Border Security Force.
Dinesh Sarraf - New CMD of Oil and Natural
Forces Gas Corporation.
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 Amitabh Kant - Secretary, Department of  Dr. Harsh Vardhan- Health and Family
Industrial Policy and Promotion. Welfare Minister
 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
of Ukraine Secretariat.
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 Arun Jaitley - Finance, Corporate Affairs,  Harish Rawat - CM of Uttrarakhand.

Defence Minister  Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing
 Arun Kumar Gupta - CMD, Shipping Industries Minister
Corporation of India (SCI)  Hiroshi Naka - Vice President and Auditor
 Arun Mishra - New Judge of Supreme Court General of World Bank
 Arvind Mayaram - New finance secretary  Ibrahim Mahlab - New PM of Egypt
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 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
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 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
European Commission  Marco Lambertini - Director-general of the
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 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
 Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez - President of Malta
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Panama  Matteo Renzi - Italy's youngest PM
 Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman of  Mukul Mudgal - chairperson of Broadcasting
the 7th Pay Commission Content Complaints Council (BCCC)
 Justice B.S. Chauhan - Judge of the Supreme  Mukul Rohatgi - new Attorney-General of
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Court
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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
 Kailash Meghwal - Speaker, Rajasthan  N. Srinivasan - Chairman of the International
Assembly Cricket Council
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 Kalraj Mishra - Micro, Small and Medium  N. Srinivasan - Chief of the Tamil Nadu
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  Najma Heptulla - Minority Affairs Minister
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 Kamal Nath - pro tem speaker of Lok Sabha  Nara Chandra Babu Naidu - Chief Minister
 Kamla Beniwal - Mizoram Governor of Andhra Pradesh
 Karim Massimov - New Prime Minister of  Narasimhan - Common Governor of 2 states
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Kazakhstan (Andhra Pradesh & Telangana)

 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Chairperson, Indian  Narendra Kothari - Chairman of National
Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
 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,
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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
Nigam Ltd (RINL) Forum for Asia (BFA)
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 Pawan Chamling - Chief Minister of Sikkim  Ravi Chauhan - New MD of SAP India
 Petro Poroshenko - Ukraine President  Ravi Shankar Prasad - Communications and
 PK Mishra - Additional Principal Secretary of Information Technology, Law and Justice
Prime Minister Minister
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 Poonam Khetrapal Singh - Regional Director  Rohington F Nariman - New Judge of
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.
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R Gandhi - Deputy Governor of RBI

R. Chandrashekhar – President, NASCOM
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Priyadarshi Mohapatra - MD Avaya's India
and SAARC operations)
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Salvador Sanchez Ceren - EL Salvador
President
Sanjay - Deputy Chairman of CII
(Confederation of Indian Industry), Western
Region.
 R. K. Dhowan – New Navy Chief  Sanjay Kapoor - Chairman, Micromax
 R. Kavery Banerjee - New Secretary at  Satya Nadella – 1st Indian CEO of Microsoft
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Department of Posts  Saurabh Chandra - Secretary, Ministry of
 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
 Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture Minister Sustainability Group
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 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 Memorial Council
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Nokia  Sheikh Hasina - Prime Minister of

 Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to Prime Bangladesh, 3rd Time
Minister  Sheila Dikshit - Governor of Kerala
 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,
 Sushil Koirala - PM of Nepal Parliamentary Affairs Minister
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 Sushma Swaraj - External Affairs, Overseas  Viktor Orban - Prime Minister of Hungary
Indian Affairs Minister  Vinod Sawhny - CEO of Reliance
 T. Nanda Kumar - Chairman, National Dairy Communications (RCom)
Development Board (NDDB)  Vishal Sikka - Infosys CEO
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 Thawar Chand Gehlot - Social Justice and  Yaduvendra Mathur - CMD of Export-Import
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
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Uma Bharati - Water Resources, River
Adhip Chaudhuri - Economist

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Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister
Obituaries
 Chester Nez - Last of original Navajo code
 Adolfo Suarez - first elected Prime Minister talkers of World War II
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of Spain  Christopher Burger - Cricketer (South
 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - 3rd President of Africa)
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
 Anjan Das - National Award-winning Bengali Author
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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
(Accident) senator
 Balu Mahendra - Tamil cinematographer,  Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini - Brazil's first World
director, screenwriter Cup-winning captain (Football)
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 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
 Jehangir Pocha - Senior Journalist  Sheila MacRae - English Actress
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 Joe McGinniss - Author (Fatal Vision)  Shirley Temple - Former Child Actress
 José Gómez Lucas - Olympic winning cyclist (Hollywood)
(Spain)  Silverine Swer - 1st Padma Shri Awardee
 K. Suryanarayana Raja - Former from Meghalaya
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International Basketball player  Stephen Gaskin - Founder of The Farm
 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
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Leslie Francois Manigat - Former Haiti
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Tom Finney - Footballer (England)
Tony Benn - British Politician
Uday Kiran – Actor (Telugu)
 Nanda - Bollywood Actress  Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre - Ranji
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 Norman Willis - Former TUC leader Cricketer (Mumbai)
 P Ramdas - Malayalam Director  William Clay Ford - Auto Family Scion and
 Paco de Lucia - Guitarist (Mexico) Detroit Lions Owner
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 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
cooperation in a range of key sectors including trade, investment and defence.
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 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
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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 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.
 30th January 2014 - India and Fiji signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for
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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
during the visit of the German President.
 14th February 2014 - India and Poland have agreed to expand co-operation in the restoration and
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digitization of Film archives.
 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.
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24th February 2014 - India and Canada have signed three MoUs for cooperation in health sector,
audio-visual co-production and skill development.
25th February 2014 - India and Azerbaijan propose to constitute a joint working group in the field of
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
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most anticipated MoU between these two countries.
 22nd April 2014 - India and Bhutan signed an agreement for the development of joint hydropower
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.
 9th June 2014 - A MoU signed on HIV preventive services to transport sector workers between Union
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW).
 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
William Hague decided to launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation.
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 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.

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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
July 2014 to 17th July 2014.
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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
relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries.
o Member States – 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore,
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Thailand and Vietnam)
o Leader - Le Luong Minh
o Recent Summits :
 24th – in May 2014 at Myanmar
 25th – in November 2014 at Myanmar
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NATO Summit : This is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and
Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance
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.
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again known as G7.
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
 40th G7 Summit 2014 - Burssels, Belgium (This summit was supposed to be held in Russia
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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
or against any major power bloc. 16th NAM Summit held at Iran in 2013 and 17th will be held at Venezulea in
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 G 20 Summit : Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (19 countries and EU)
o G 20 Leaders Summit 2014 – Brisbane (Australia)
 SAARC Summit : South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
o 17th Summit – Maldieves 2011
o 18th Summit – Kathmandu (proposed)
 Commonwealth Summit : The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Colombo, Sri
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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.
Books & Authors
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 1283 by Pele (Brazilian footballer)  First Woman President Of India Reinventing
 A Brush with Life by Satish Gujral Leadership Pratibha Devisingh Patil by
 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
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Honour of P. Chidambaram edited by  Grand Ceremony by Mo Yan
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,
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Contradictions by Amartya Sen & Jean
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Contradictions by Jean Dreze and Amartya
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Exploitation and Emancipation by Mythily
Sivaraman
Healing Memories: Civilization In Dialogue
by Zeenat Shaukat Ali
Hero by Rhonda Byrne
Sen.  House Of Cards by Sudha Murthy
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 And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled  House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus) by Rick
Hosseini Riordan
 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
Breakpoint by Jeff Tejpal I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
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Kailamakal) by Jhao Jiang  India And Malaysia-Intertwined Strands by
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 Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and  India at Risk by Jaswant Singh.
other Truths by PC Parakh  India Saga Of Steel (Coffee Table Book) by
 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
Luis Fernandes Inferno by Dan Brown
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 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.
 Mary Kom - Unbreakable An Autobiography Sanjaya Baru
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by Mary Kom  The Billionaire’s Apprentice by Anita
 ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Raghavan
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
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Actions by Abdul Kalam Amish Tripathi
 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
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Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
Andy Marino.
Ninja Innovation by Gary Shapiro
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Narendra Modi: A Political Biography by
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The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Mahabharata Secret by Christopher C.
Doyle
The Malice Of Fortune by Michael Ennis
 Public Issues Before Parliament by Vijay  The Moonballer by Nirupama
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Darda Vaidyanathan
 Punjab by Rajmohan Gandhi  The Namo Story: A Political Life by
 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
Khagesh Dev Burman  The Racketeer by John Grisham
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 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
by Prakash Jha  The Substance and the Shadow: An
 Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists by Autobiography of Dilip Kumar by Udayatara
Raghuram Rajan Nayar
Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru Second The Test Of My Life by Yuvraj Singh
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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
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Diplomatic Past by K. Natwar Singh
 Famous books of Kushwant Singh (Famous Indian Author died on 20th March 2014)
o Train to Pakistan (1953)
o I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1959)
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o A History of Sikhs (1963)
o Delhi: A Novel (1990)
o The Company of Women (1999)
o Truth, Love and a Little Malice : Autobiography (2002)
o Why I Supported the Emergency (2004)
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o The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous (2013)
Awards & Honors

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UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize 2014
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Abhishikta S Shetty - Miss South India 2014
journalist)
Amitabh Bachchan - India's Global Icon of

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Chandi Prasad Bhatt - Gandhi Peace Prize
(2013)
Cristiano Ronaldo - world's best soccer player
for the 2012/2013 season (FIFA)
Cyrus Mistry - DSC prize for South Asian
literature
 Amul (Milk Product Brand) - High  Donna Tartt (for the book Goldfinch) -
Performance Brand Award 2013 Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Fiction)
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 Anand Kumar - Ramanujan Mathematics  Dr Sumeet Chugh - Simon Dack Award
Award 2014  Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram - World Food Prize
 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
Marconi Society Prize  Govind Mishra (for the book Dhool Paudho
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 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
 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
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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
 Kapil Dev - C. K. Naidu Award Literature Prize 2014 (Non-Fiction)
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 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
 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
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International Film Festival.  Queen Latifah - 2014 Matrix Award
 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
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Lewis Hamilton - Chinese F1 Grand Prix
Lingaiah Nagarapu - STF Best Scientist
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Laxmi (an acid attack victim) - International
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Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman Prize
Ratan Tata - UK's highest civilian award
(Knight Grand Cross)
Richard Quest - UNWTO Award for Lifetime
Achievement 2013
Award, Black Country Asian Business  Sachin Tendulkar - Bharat Ratna
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Association  Sachin Tendulkar - Cricketer of Generation
 Luis Suarez - PFA Player of the year Award
 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
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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
 Meb Keflezighi - First US male athlete to win  Shubhranshu Choudhary - Digital activism
the Boston Marathon award
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 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
 Mitul Kadakia - Gregory Braden Memorial & Film Awards 2014
Fellow of the Year Award 2014  Slaman Rushdie - Pen Pinter Prize 2014
 MS Dhoni - UK’s 2014 Asian Award  Sourav Ganguly - Honorary Doctor of Letters
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 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
 T-TBI (Technopark Technology Business  Yushi (Taiwan Poet) – Thiruvalluvar award
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Incubator) - Golden Peacock Award 2014
61st Idea Filmfare Awards Winners List (South)
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 Best South film
o Tamil - Thanga Meengal
o Telugu - Attarintiki Daredi
o Malayalam - Drishyam
o Kannada - Mynaa
 Best Actor (Male)
o Tamil - Adharva for Paradesi ion
o Telugu - Mahesh Babu for Seetamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
o Kannada - Prem for Charminar
o Malayalam - Fahad Fazil for North 24 Kadam
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o Tamil - Nayantara (Rajarani)
o Telugu - Nithya Menen for Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
o Kannada - Amulya for Shravani Saubramanya
o Malayalam - Ann Augustin for Artist
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o Telugu - Trivikram Srinivas for Attarintiki Daredi
o Kannada - Pawan Kumar for Lucia
o Malayalam - Shyamprasad for Artist
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o Tamil Director Late Balu Mahendra's family
59th Film Fare Awards 2014 Winners List
 Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Actor - Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
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 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)
 Best Screenplay - Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudari (Kai Po Che)
Best Story - Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)
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 Best Actress (Supporting Role) - Supriya Pathak Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raslila- Ram Leela)
 Lifetime Achievement Award - Tanuja
 Best Music - Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari (Aashiqui 2)
 Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
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 Best Playback Singer Male - Arijit Singh (Tum hi ho, Aashiqui)
 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)
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Best Background Score - Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che)
Best Action - Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan (D Day)
Best Cinematography - Kamaljit Negi (Madras Cafe)
Best Production Design - Acropolis Design (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

 Best Costume - Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
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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)
 Special Mention : Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai for 'Yellow' (Marathi)
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 Direction (Non Feature) : Chidiya Udh

 Special Effects : Jal
 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 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)
 Best Feature Film : Ship of Theseus
 Playback Singer : Bela Shinde Khura Khura
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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'
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Best Feature Film in Kannada : 'December 1'
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Best Feature Film in Malayalam : 'North 24 Kaatham'
Best Feature Film in Marathi : 'Acha Divaz Mazha'
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 Best Feature Film in Telugu : 'Naa Bangaru Talli '
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 Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Aditya Roy Kapur for “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’
 Best Debut (Male) – Dhanush for ‘Raanjhanaa’.
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 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’
 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)
 Best Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)
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 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
67th annual Cannes Film Festival Winners List 2014
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 Palme d’Or : “Winter Sleep” (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
 Grand Prix : “The Wonders” (Alice Rohrwacher)
 Director : Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
 Actor : Timothy Spall, “Mr. Turner”
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Jury Prize : “Mommy” (Xavier Dolan) and “Goodbye to Language” (Jean-Luc Godard)
Screenplay : Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, “Leviathan”
List of 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners

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 Journalism
o Public Service : The Guardian Us And The Washington Post
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
o Local Reporting - Will Hobson And Michael Laforgia Of The Tampa Bay Times
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o National Reporting - David Philipps Of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Co

o International Reporting - Jason Szep And Andrew R.C. Marshall Of Reuters
o Feature Writing - No Award
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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
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
 Books, Drama And Music
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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)
o General Nonfiction - "Toms River: A Story Of Science And Salvation" By Dan Fagin (Bantam Books)
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o Music - "Become Ocean" By John Luther Adams (Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature)
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2014
 Ms. Senator Lisa Maria Singh - First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament
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 Kurian Varghese - Leading overseas Indian businessman in Bahrain
 Vasdev Chanchlani - Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Canada
 Ramakrishna Mission - Fiji
 Bikas Chandra Sanyal - Renowned educationist in France
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Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh - Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India in The
Netherlands
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
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 Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil Parambath - Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting better
understanding of India in UAE
 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.
National Communal Harmony Awards 2013

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 Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai - Organization category

 Mohinder Singh - Individual Category
 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
 Best supporting actress in a motion picture : Jennifer Lawrence
Best screenplay : Spike Jonze, Her
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 Best foreign language film : The Great Beauty
 Best original score : Alex Ebert, All is Lost
 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
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 Best actor in a TV series, drama : Bryan Cranston
 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
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Best supporting actor in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie : Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Best mini-series or TV movie : Behind the Candelabra
Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie : Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie : Elisabeth Moss
Oscar Awards 2014 winners List

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 Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
 Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
 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)
 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
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 Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
 Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy)
 Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
 Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)
 Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen
 Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
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 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)
Padma Awards Winners List for the year 2014
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 Padma Vibhushan o Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Civil Service,
o Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Science and Delhi
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
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 Padma Bhushan Engineering, Andhra Pradesh
o Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art - o Prof. Anisuzzaman, Literature and Education,
Painting, Gujarat Bangladesh
o Begum Parveen Sultana, Art - Classical o Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph, Literature and
Singing, Maharashtra Education, USA
Tamil Nadu
o Shri Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil
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o Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art - Ghatam Artist,
o Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs,

Delhi
o Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and
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o Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph, Literature and
Education, USA
o Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler, Medicine -
Neonatology, Delhi
Padma Shri
o Shri Mohammad Ali Baig, Art - Theatre,
Andhra Pradesh
Engineering, Karnataka o Ms. Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra
o Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi, Science and o Shri Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Art -
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Engineering, Maharashtra Instrumental Music - Pauna Manjha,
o Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, Science and Himachal Pradesh
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
Education, Delhi o Smt Rani Karnaa, Art - Kathak, West Bengal
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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
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,
Uttarakhand, Maharashtra
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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
o Shri Santosh Sivan, Art - Film, Tamil Nadu o Shri Rajesh Saraiya, Trade and Industry,
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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
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,
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o Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu, Social Work, Medicine - Dermatology, Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh o Dr. Balram Bhargava, Medicine - Cardiology,
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
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Shri J.L. Kaul, Social Work, Delhi
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Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani, Social
Work, Gujarat
Shri Tashi Tondup, Public Affairs, Jammu
and Kashmir
Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah, Public Affairs,
Gujarat
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Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande, Medicine
- Oncology, Maharashtra
Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal, Medicine -
Chest Disease, Haryana
Prof. Amod Gupta, Medicine - Opthalmology,
Haryana
Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra, Medicine,
o Shri Sekhar Basu, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob,
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o Shri Madhavan Chandradathan, Science and Medicine - Vascular Surgery, Tamil Nadu
Engineering, Kerala o Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi, Medicine -
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 -
o Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida, Science and Gyneacology, Kerala
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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
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 -
Delhi Orthopaedics, Delhi
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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
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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
o Dr. Nitish Naik, Medicine- Cardiology, Delhi o Ms. Anjum Chopra, Sports - Cricket, Delhi
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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
Uttar Pradesh o Shri H. Boniface Prabhu, Sports - Wheelchair
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o Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, Literature and Tennis, Karnataka
Education, Delhi o Shri Yuvraj Singh, Sports - Cricket, Haryana
o Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawram, Literature o Smt. Mamta Sodha, Sports - Mountaineering,
and Education, Mizoram Haryana
o Shri Keki N. Daruwalla, Literature and o Ms Parveen Talha, Civil Service, Uttar
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Education, Gujarat
Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch, Literature and
Education, Andhra Pradesh
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Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi, Literature and
Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai, Literature and

Education, Jammu and Kashmir
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Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Social
Work, Maharashtra
Shri Ashok Kumar Mago, Trade and Industry,
USA
Dr. Siddharth
Oncology, USA
Mukherjee, Medicine-
o Smt. Manorama Jafa, Literature and o Dr. Vamsi Mootha, Medicine - Biomedical
Education, Delhi Research, USA
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o Prof. Rehana Khatoon, Literature and o Dr. Sengaku Mayeda, Literature and
Education, Delhi Education, Japan
o Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei, Literature and
Education, Manipur
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Beauty Contests
 51st Femina Miss India 2014 – Koyal Rana

 Miss India Earth 2014 – Jhataleka Malhotra
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 Miss India Supernational - Gail Nicole Da Silva

 Miss India Asia Pacific World 2014 - Anukriti Gusain
 Miss Universe 2013 – Gabriela Isler
 Miss World 2013 – Megan Young
 Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 - May Myat Noe (Myanmar)
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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
championship, which took place during 12th June 2014 to 13th July 2014 at several venues across Brazil (12 venues).
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Below are some important details you should know about FIFA 2014.
Important Points you should know :
 Winner - Germany
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 3rd Place - Netherlands
 4th Place - Brazil
 Top scorer (Golden Boot Award) - James Rodríguez of Colombia with 6 goals
 Best player (Golden Ball award) - Lionel Messi of Argentina
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Official Logo :
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Best goalkeeper (Golden Glove award) - Manuel Neuer of Germany
 The design is based around a photograph of three victorious hands together raising the World Cup
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trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the world to
their country.
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.
Official Mascot : Fuleco (An armadillo). The tatu-bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by
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rolling up into a ball, was chosen by FIFA in September 2012 as the official mascot from 47 designs created by
six Brazilian agencies.
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
incident on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
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Indian Premier League (IPL) - 2014
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
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year during the months of April - June. There are eight teams this season, one fewer than in 2013 after the
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.
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Winners - Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd Title)
Orange Cap - Robin Uthappa (KKR) with 660 Runs
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
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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.
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
 Women's doubles - Tian Qing and Zhao
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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
 Women's Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta
Australian Open (Tennis) Vinci
 Mixed Doubles - Nenad Zimonjić / Samantha
 Men’s Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka
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 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
Édouard Roger Indian Wells Masters / BNP Paribas Open :
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 Women’s Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei / Peng
o Men’s Single – Novak Djovic
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o Women’s Single - Flavia Pennetta
 Mixed Doubles - Anna-Lena Grönefeld / o Men’s Doubles - Bob Bryan Mike
Jean-Julien Rojer Bryan
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ICC World Twenty 20 o Women’s Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai
o Mens – Srilanka  2014 Women's Hockey World Cup -
o Womens – Australia Netherlands (7th title)
Sony Open Tennis / Miami Masters 2014
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2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup –
Germany (6th Title)
2014 Indian Women's Football
 Women's Doubles - Martina Hingis / Sabine Championship – Manipur
Lisicki  2014 world snooker championship - Mark
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Italian Open (Tennis) 2014  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
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Zimonjić  CCI Billiards Title – Pankaj Advani
 Women's doubles - Květa Peschke and  Deodhar Trophy 2014 (Cricket) – West
Katarina Srebotnik Zone
 Dubai Tennis Championship 2014 - Roger
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Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2014 Federer

 ICC U 19 World Cup – South Africa
 Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka
 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
Sport Terminology
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Relay, Photofinish, Track, Lane, Hurdles, heading, etc.
Shotput, Discuss Throw, Hammar Throw,
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.
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Badminton service, love, service-line, etc.
Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Floor exercise,
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,
Billiards
short jenny, frame, spider, short and long
rest, in-off, etc.
Round, knock-outs, countdown, flyweight,

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Cue, cannon, baulk, pot scratch, long jenny,
jab, uppercut, hook, punch, Knock. out, Ring

Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney punch,
Hockey
Horse
Racing
striking circle goal, goal-line, touch-line,
goal keeper, off-side, foul, stick, carry,
dribble, tiebreaker, trapping, etc.
Race course, steeplechase, bets, bookies,

jockey, punter, etc.
Boxing Timing, Foot work, etc. etc. Judo Cocoa, Blue, white, Green belt, etc.
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Contract bridge, duplicate bridge, tricks, Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal,
suite , rubber, trump, grand slam, little slam, Polo sixty yarder, etc.
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.
Hat-trick, maiden, follow-on, declare, smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand,

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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,
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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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
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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
Rs. 50,000, raising the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit to 49%, Ganga Conservation Mission called
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'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
 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.
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Rs. 30 crore set aside for 'hasthakala academy' for reviaval of handicrafts
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
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
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 Rs. 200 crore : Amount sanctioned for Sardar Patel statue
 Rs. 500 crore : To be spent on Gram Jyhothi Youjana
 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
 Taxes Highlights :
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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
o Rs. 2 Lakh : Revised housing lan regate, up from Rs. 1.5 lakh
o No change in tax rates
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o No change in surcharge
 Agriculture highlights
o Rs. 100 crore set aside for schemes to provide soil health card
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
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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

o Rs. 100 crore set aside for Kisan Television to provide real time information on various farming and
agriculture issues
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 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
o 12 more governement medical colleges to be set up
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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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Highlights of Economic Survey 2013-14
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
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document of the Ministry of Finance, the Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy
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.
Major Highlights of the Economic Survey 2013-14

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 GDP growth seen at 5.4-5.9% in 2014/15
 Growth rate of 7-8% can occur after 2015/16
 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
framework
 Contain revenue shortfall via better mobilisation, reforms
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 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
 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”
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 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

 Industrial growth expected to revive gradually over 2-yearr

 Indian legislation governing business need thorough revamp
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 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.
 Banking sector impacted by global and domestic slowdown
State APMC laws hurdle to modernisation of good economy; have created cartels of buyers who possess
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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
 Allow private companies to mine coal commercially
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 Gold & silver imports dropped 40% to $33.4 bn in 2013/14Improvement in fiscal deficit and CAD
to feed higher growth
 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
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3 milestones of 2013/14: passage of PFRDA Act, shift of commodity futures trading into FinMin &
Poverty ratio declined from 37.2% in 2004/05 to 21.9% in 2011/12.
Railway Budget 2014-15 Highlights
T he Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden Railway Budget in Parliament
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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
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.
 No new increase in passenger fares and freight  Women RPF Constables to escort ladies
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charges coaches; 4,000 women constables to be

 Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector inducted
 Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains  Retiring room facility to be extended to all
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 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
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
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be popularized  Cleanliness budget up by 40 per cent over last

 Online platform for unreserved tickets year
 Combo parking-platform tickets at stations
 CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring  Premium Trains

cleanliness 1. Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium
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 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
urban coaches 3. Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin
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 58 new trains and extension of 11; 864 Premium AC Express 6
additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai 4. Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express
over 2 years 5. Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express
 FDI in railway projects, except in operations  AC ExpressTrains
FDI, domestic investments in rail infrastructure 1. VijayawadaNewDelhiAPExpress
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 Office-on-Wheels: Internet & workstation (Daily)
facilities on select trains 2. LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow (Weekly)
 WiFi in A1, A category stations and in select 3. Nagpur-Pune (Weekly)
trains 4. Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly)
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standards through PPP model

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Railways university for technical and non-
Some stations to be developed to international
Parcel traffic to be segregated to separate

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5. Naharlagun-NewDelhi (Weekly)
6. Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)
Express Trains
1. Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly)via
Varanasi
terminals to make passenger traffic unhindered 2. Ahmedabad Chennai Express
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 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)
 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
Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176 Nagda, Kota
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crore. 6. Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
7. Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri weekly)
New Trains via Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi
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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
(Daily)
2. Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express
10. Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity
3. Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan
Express (Daily)
Express
11. Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express
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4. Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan

(Weekly)
Express via Motihari
5. Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express

12. Hapa-Bilaspur Express (Weekly)via 27. Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express

Nagpur (Weekly)
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13. Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express  Passenger Trains
(Weekly) 1. Bikaner-Rewari Passenger (Daily)
14. Indore-Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) 2. Dharwad-Dandeli Passenger (Daily)via
15. Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via Alnavar
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Darbhanga 3. Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Passenger (Daily)
16. Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express 4. Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger
(Biweekly) (Daily)
17. Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Azamgarh Express 5. Hatia-Rourkela Passenger 7
(Weekly) 6. Byndoor-Kasaragod Passenger (Daily)
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18. Mumbai_Kazipeth Express (Weekly) 7. Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger
via Balharshah (Daily)
19. Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly) 8. Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger (Daily)
20. New Delhi Bhatinda Shatabdi Express  MEMU services
(Biweekly)
23. Paradeep-Visakhapatnam
(Weekly)
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21. New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily)
22. Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly)
Express 
1. Bengaluru-Ramanagaram 6 days a week
(3 Pairs)
2. Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh
DEMU services
1. Bengaluru-Neelmangala (Daily)
24. Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly) 2. Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week) via
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25. Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly) Ballia
26. Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali 3. Baramula-Banihal (Daily)
(Bengaluru) Express (Weekly) 4. Sambalpur-Rourkela (6 days a week)
5. Yesvantpur-Hosur (6 days a week)
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 SBI Factors & Commercial Services Pvt Ltd

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State Bank of India and It’s Associates

15 Syndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar Jain

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

Contested candidates in 2014 election:

in 2009 election : 78%

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

 Over all polling % 2014 : 66.38 %

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

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