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GDP Growth Rate Prediction for India
Agency 2020-21 (FY21) 2021-22 (FY22) 2022-23 (FY23)

ICRA -11.00%
NCAER -12.60% 7.00%
UNCTAD CY2020= -5.9% CY2021= +3.9%
Fitch Solutions -8.60%
OECD -10.20% 10.70%
UBS -8.60% 10.00%
ADB -9.00% 8.00%
S&P Global Ratings (BBB-) -9.00% 6.00% 6.20%
CARE Between -8 to -8.2% - -
Moody (Baa3) -11.50% 10.60%
Crisil -9.00% 10%
India Rating -11.80% 9.90%
Goldman Sachs (-14.8%) 15.7%
For Calendar Year For Calendar Year 2021
2020 (-11.1%) 9.9%
Fitch (BBB- with negative -10.50% 11.00% -
outlook)
SBI Report (Ecowrap) -10.90% -
Nomura -10.80%
Barclays -6.00% 7%
DBS -6.00%
FICCI -4.50%
BofA Securities -3.00% 9.00%
CITI -6.00% - -
IMF -4.50% 6.00%
World Bank -3.20% 3.10%
Bernstein -7.00%
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Appointments and Resignations

Person Post Organisation
Kiara Advani brand ambassador Myntra
Aveek Sarkar Chairman Press Trust of India
Pramod Chandra Mody Chairman CBDT (extension)
Mustapha Adib Prime Minister Lebanon
Hemant Khatri CMD Hindustan Shipyard
V K Yadav CEO (first CEO) Railway Board
Usha Padhee DG (first women DG) Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
K Padmakar CMD BPCL
LC Goyal CMD ITPO (extension)
Murali Ramakrishnan MD and CEO South Indian Bank
S Krishnan MD and CEO Punjab & Sind Bank
Kenichi Ayukawa President SIAM
Ayushmann Khurrana brand ambassador Bajaj Allianz Life
Ayushmann Khurrana celebrity advocate for children’s Of UNICEF
rights campaign
Vinkesh Gulati President Federation of Automobile Dealers
Associations (FADA)
Anil Jain President All India Tennis Association
Paresh Rawal chairperson National School of Drama
Jane Fraser CEO Citigroup
Subhash Kamath Chairman Advertising Standards Council of
India (ASCI)
Rajesh Khullar Executive Director World Bank
Sameer Kumar Khare Executive Director Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Yoshihide Suga Prime Minister-designate of Japan
Takeo Konishi Country Director for India Of ADB
Harivansh Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha (re-elected)
Sachin Tendulkar brand ambassador ‘Paytm First Games’
Virat Kohli brand ambassador Great Learning
Anil Dhasmana Chief National Technical Research
Organisation (NTRO)
AK Das (ex-general manager at administrator Punjab and Maharashtra Co-
Union Bank of India) operative (PMC) Bank
Bah Ndaw interim President Mali
Ishmael Toroama President Bougainville
Alexander Lukashenko President Belarus
Sonu Sood brand ambassador Acer India
Rajat Sud Managing Director Energy Efficiency Services Limited
(EESL)
Mohamed Hussein Roble Prime Minister  Somalia
Neetu David head of India women’s selection committee of BCCI
Aamir Khan brand ambassador Vedantu
Moctar Ouane Prime Minister Mali
P D Vaghela Chairman Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (TRAI)
Tamil Nadu has appointed India’s first-ever woman ambulance driver under a new initiative by CM
Palaniswami. M Veeralakshmi was appointed driver of one of the newly launched ‘108’ ambulances in Tamil
Nadu
Former Health Secretary Preeti Sudan appointed to WHO’s Panel For Pandemic Preparedness
Amazon signs Amitabh Bachchan for its Alexa voice assistant

Khushi Chindaliya, a 17-year-old girl from Surat, Gujarat has been appointed as Regional Ambassador for India
by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)- Tunza Eco-Generation.
Resignations/Retirements
Rajiv Lall resigns as chairman of IDFC First Bank
Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Quits; Narendra Singh Tomar takes additional charge
Lebanon PM-designate Mustapha Adib steps down amid failure over govt formation
Awards and Recognitions

Award Winner Achievement/Extra Info
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 David Attenborough
Lifetime Achievement Award by Aditya Puri MD of HDFC Bank
Euromoney Awards of Excellence
2020.
2020 Asia Game Changer Award Chef Vikas Khanna
Best Screenplay award at Venice Indian Film ‘The Disciple’ by Chaitanya Tamhane
Film Festival 2020
2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s Margaret Atwood (Canada) Margaret Atwood is famous for her
lifetime achievement award novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale”.
United Nations Inter-Agency Task Kerala for its “outstanding contribution”
Force on the Prevention and towards the non-communicable
Control of Noncommunicable diseases-related sustainable
Diseases Awards 2020 development goals.
SDG Special Humanitarian Action Sonu Sood By United Nations Development
Award Programme (UNDP)
Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar by Maharashtra Govt
award for 2020-21
Indian Teenager Udit Singhal, named in UN’s 2020 list of Young Leaders for Sustainable Goals
Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education.
He has been awarded the prestigious award for “using the COVID-19 pandemic to teach the world that
politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can”. PM Modi is
the second Indian Prime Minister to be honored with the Ig Nobel Prize. (After Atal Bihari Vajpayee)
Apart from this, the governments of India and Pakistan jointly won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize 2020 for having
their diplomats surreptitiously ring each other’s doorbells in the middle of the night, and then run away
before anyone had a chance to answer the door in Islamabad and New Delhi city respectively.
Time Magazine has released the TIME 100 Most Influential People List 2020. Prime Minister of India, Shri
Narendra Modi is the only politician on the list. He has been named in this for the fourth time since coming in
power in 2014.
The List has named people in five categories- Pioneers, Artists, Leaders, Titans, Icons.
The following Indians have also been named in this list:
Professor Ravindra Gupta (Pioneer)– is a Professor of Clinical Microbiology and has worked for the cure of
HIV.
Ayushmann Khurrana (Artists)
Bilkis (Icons)– the ‘dadi from Shaheen Bagh’
President Ram Nath Kovind confers National Service Scheme (NSS) Award for 2018-19 to 42 Awardees
Obituary
Person Profession Extra Info
Pranab Mukherjee Politician Pranab Mukherjee was the
President of India from 2012 to
2017. He was the 13th President of
India
Dr S. Padmavati India’s First Female Cardiologist
David Capel Cricketer England
Johnny Bakshi Producer-Director
Prof. Govind Swarup Pioneer of Radio Astronomy in
India
Jaya Prakash Reddy Telugu actor
Jiri Menzel Oscar winning Czech director
Amitabha Ghosh Former RBI Governor Shortest serving RBI governor
Moussa Traore Former President of Mali
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Politician
Chanesh Ram Rathiya Politician
Sadashiv Patil Cricketer
Swami Agnivesh social activist and Politician
Sachin Deshmukh Cricketer nicknamed as ‘Mini Gavaskar’
Babu Sivan Tamil Director
Ashok Gasti Politician
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg US Supreme Court
Purba Dam Singer Rabindra Sangeet exponent
Bibhuranjan Choudhury Music composer, singer, lyricist and He was from Assam
actor
Ang Rita Sherpa Nepal’s Legendary Mountaineer first to Summit Mount Everest 10
times
John Turner Former Canadian Prime Minister
Ashalata Wabgaonkar Marathi actress
Zakiya Inam Politician
Bhupesh Pandya Actor
Suresh Angadi Politician Minister of State for Railways
Dean Jones Australian Cricketer
Jaswant Singh Politician
Abhilash Lyricist best known for ‘Itni Shakti Hame
Dena Daata’
Dr. G S Amur Author and critic
Syeda Anwara Taimur Politician Assam’s only woman CM
Rankings
Ranking Top Extra Info
Global Innovation Index 2020 Switzerland India- 48
Global Economic Freedom Index Hong Kong India- 105
2020
World Bank’s Human Capital Index Singapore India- 116
2020
World Risk Index 2020 Pacific island state of Vanuatu India- 89
IMD’s Global Smart City Index Singapore Hyderabad top Indian city
2020
largest solar market in 2019: China India- 3
top Solar Developer in 2019: Adani Green Energy 12.3 Gw capacity.
Mercom global listing
THE World University Rankings Oxford University IISc top Indian
2021
Business Reform Action Plan Andhra Pradesh It was the 4th edition. It is also
(BRAP) ranking of states for 2018- known as The Ease of Doing
19 Business rankings. Uttar Pradesh is
ranked second and Telangana is
ranked third in the ranking
States Startup Ranking Results Gujarat
2019
States Startup Ranking Results Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2019 (small state/UT category)
‘happiest’ state as per ‘India Mizoram
Happiness Report 2020’
2020 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable HDFC Bank LIC- 2nd; TCS- 3rd
Indian Brands ranking
IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List Mukesh Ambani Top for 9th consecutive year, total
2020 net worth of Rs 6,58,400 crore.
Committee and its Head

Committee Purpose Formed by Head
to review the effective utilisation Ministry of Defence (MoD) Lt General D B Shekatkar
of the Armed Forces Headquarters
Civil Services (AFHQ CS) cadre ( 3
members)
Multidimensional Poverty Index NITI Aayog Ms Sanyukta Samaddar
Coordination Committee (MPICC)
to study calls for giving interest Government of India Rajiv Mehrishi
relief on bank loans
Empowered Group of Ministers Government of India Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
(EGoM) to oversee the process of
the corporatisation of the
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)
technical committee on social SEBI Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
stock exchange
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has extended the tenure of the Company Law Committee by one year until
September 2021. Corporate affairs secretary Rajesh Verma is the present chairperson of the committee.
The committee has a total of 11 members
Books and Authors

Book Author Extra Info
‘The Big Thoughts of Little Luv’ Karan Johar
‘The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Ramachandra Guha
Lifelong Love Affair with the Most
Subtle and Sophisticated Game
Known to Humankind’
“Let Us Dream” Pope Francis’

“My Life In Design” Gauri Khan Interior designer
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. Arundhati Roy
“Kitchens of Gratitude” Chef Vikas Khanna
“Voices of Dissent” Romila Thapar
‘A bouquet of flowers’ Dr. Krishna Saksena
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launches “The Little Book of Green Nudges” for universities
Barack Obama’s first presidential memoir, ‘A Promised Land,’ to hit stands in November 2020
Neena Gupta’s memoir ‘Sach Kahun Toh’ to be out in 2021
 India and Japan inks agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between Armed Forces
 Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding for controlling Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan. Apart from this, both the
ministries will launch the hashtag #Ayush4Anganwadi for generating awareness about the activities on
the digital media.
The Anganwadi worker who is providing the Ayurveda nutrition message to the community at ground
level may be designated as ‘DHATRI’ – Dedicated Health Activist to Replenish the Innutrition.
 The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) has signed
a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 21 September 2020 to promote adventure sports activities
at Tehri Lake.
 India-UK sign MoU on Water Partnership through video conferencing
 India & Denmark Inks MoU for Cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property
 India and Israel Form Sub Working Group To Promote Co-Development & Co-Production Of High-Tech
Weapon Systems. The SWG will be headed by Sanjay Jaju, joint secretary (defence industries
production) in the Indian defence ministry and Eyal Calif, director Asia & Pacific, Ministry of Defence of
Israel.
 The UAE has launched Agriota, an agri-commodity trading and sourcing e-market platform that will
bridge the gap between rural farmers in India and the UAE’s food industry.
 Central govt has launched pan-India Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) in electricity through video
conference in New Delhi on 01 September 2020. The GTAM platform is the first Exclusive product for
the renewable energy sector in the world and is a step towards Greening the Indian short term power
Market. This initiative will also help the Government of India to achieve its target of 175 GW RE Capacity
by 2022.
 ICICI Prudential Life launches AI-powered voice chatbot ‘LiGo’ on Google Assistant
 The State Forest Department of Punjab has launched a mobile application named ‘I Rakhwali’ to
strengthen its drive to preserve and maintain the environment in Punjab
 Haryana launches chatbot ”Apka Mitra” for admission-related queries and online admission platform for
UG courses
 Uttar Pradesh Govt launches unified portal ‘U-Rise’ to help students get jobs
 The Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the first-of-its-kind national vaccine portal for
Covid-19 on 28 September 2020, created by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). You can
access the website at https://vaccine.icmr.org.in/
 The chief minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao will launch a web portal named “Dharani” for
integrated land record management on October 26, 2020 i.e. on the festive occasion of Dussehra.
 RBI Announces Measures to Foster Orderly Market Conditions

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the following measures to ensure the orderly functioning of
financial markets in India (weakened due to COVID-19):
Additional special open market operation of Rs 20,000 crore: The Reserve Bank will conduct additional
special open market operation involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of Government securities
for an aggregate amount of Rs. 20,000 crore in two tranches of Rs. 10,000 crore each.
Term repo operations for an aggregate amount of Rs. 100,000 crore: The Reserve Bank will conduct
term repo operations for an aggregate amount of ₹100,000 crore at floating rates (i.e., at the prevailing
repo rate) in the middle of September 2020 to assuage pressures on the market on account of advance
tax outflows. The banks which had availed of funds under the previous long-term repo operations
(LTROs) may reduce their interest liability by returning funds taken at the repo rate prevailing at that
time (5.15 per cent) and availing funds at the current repo rate of 4 per cent.
Increase of HTM up to an overall limit of 22 per cent of NDTL: Currently, banks are required to maintain
18 per cent of their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) in SLR securities. The extant limit for
investments that can be held in HTM category is 25 per cent of total investment. Banks are allowed to
exceed this limit provided the excess is invested in SLR securities within an overall limit of 19.5 per cent
of NDTL. RBI has decided to allow banks to hold fresh acquisitions of SLR securities acquired from
September 1, 2020 under HTM up to an overall limit of 22 per cent of NDTL up to March 31, 2021.
 ICICI Bank launches ‘Home Utsav’, a virtual property exhibition
 RBL Bank launches cardless cash withdrawal facility through ATMs via MoBank app in partnership with
Empays Payment Systems
 Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation ceased to be a banking company: RBI
 SIDBI in association with the Maharashtra state government will be setting up a Project Management
Unit (PMU), in order to boost the MSME ecosystem in Maharashtra.
The role of PMU will be to design schemes and programs in the areas of equity support, interest
subvention, resolution of stressed MSMEs, and supporting them. It will also facilitate other need-based
interventions based on an evaluation of the existing status of MSMEs.
Apart from Maharashtra, the bank has already appointed an agency that would look at setting up PMUs
in 10 other states- Assam, New Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
 RBI Releases Revised Priority Sector Lending Guidelines
The Reserve Bank of India has reviewed the priority sector guidelines to align it with emerging national
priorities and bring a sharper focus on inclusive development.
Some new categories eligible for finance under the priority sector have been added like- Bank finance to
start-ups (up to Rs 50 crore); loans to farmers for installation of solar power plants for solarisation of
grid-connected agriculture pumps and loans for setting up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plants.
Some of the salient features of revised PSL guidelines are:
To address regional disparities in the flow of priority sector credit, higher weightage have been assigned
to incremental priority sector credit in ‘identified districts’ where priority sector credit flow is
comparatively low.
The targets prescribed for “small and marginal farmers” and “weaker sections” are being increased in a
phased manner.
Higher credit limit has been specified for Farmers Producers Organisations (FPOs)/Farmers Producers
Companies (FPCs) undertaking farming with assured marketing of their produce at a pre-determined
price.
Loan limits for renewable energy have been increased (doubled). from Rs 15 lakhs to Rs 30 lakhs
For improvement of health infrastructure, credit limit for health infrastructure (including those under
‘Ayushman Bharat’) has been doubled.
 India’s leading online Instant Credit app LazyPay has launched a digital credit card facility called LazyUPI
to offer easy access to credit across online and offline platforms.
LazyUPI is a first of its kind digital credit card that combines the power of UPI and the Buy-Now-Pay-
Later concept to enable users access to real-time credit using Unified Payments Interface (UPI) across
omnichannel networks..
 Finance Minister launches Doorstep Banking Services by PSBs
Union Minister of Finance, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Doorstep Banking Services by Public
Sector Banks (PSBs).
The service aims to provide banking services to the customers of Public Sector Banks at their doorstep
via three modes-
Call Centre (18001037188 or 18001213721)
Web Portal (www.psbdsb.in)
Mobile App (Doorstep Banking(DSB)
The targetted customers are- Senior citizens, Defense personnel, CRPF, widows, Divyangindividuals,
Students, Salaried employees, Corporate clients, Retail shopkeepers and street vendors.
The service is available in 11 languages. It aims to deliver the services in 3 hours. For this 100 Doorstep
banking centres have been established across India.
All 12 Public Sectors banks have been covered in this scheme.
Available Services: Services like- Cheques/DD/PO, New cheque book requisition, 15G, 15H forms, IT
Challan, Standing Instructions request, A/c Statement, Non-personalised Cheque Books, DD, PO, Prepaid
instrument/Gift card, TDS / Form 16 Certificate issuance, Term Deposit Receipt /Acknowledgement can
be availed by the customers at their doorsteps.
 SBI managing director C S Setty has announced that State Bank of India will launch a loan product,
SAFAL, for organic cotton growers who don’t have any credit history.
It stands for Safe and Fast Agriculture Loan (SAFAL). SBI will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine
Learning (ML) for this purpose.
 Bank of Baroda has topped the EASE Banking Reforms Index 2.0. State Bank of India and erstwhile
Oriental Bank of Commerce are second and third respectively.
EASE (Enhanced Access and Service Excellence) reform index is prepared by the Indian Banking
Association (IBA).
 ICICI Bank has launched a new product named iStartup 2.0, to cater to the banking needs of startups and
entrepreneurs.
 RBI defines Role and selection criteria of Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in Banks
The Reserve Bank of India has released the guidelines to be followed by commercial banks for the
appointment of Chief Compliance Officer (CCO).
Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs), Local Area Banks, Small Finance Banks and Payment
Banks have to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to have an effective compliance culture,
independent corporate compliance function and a strong compliance risk management programme at
bank and group level.
Here are some of the norms to be followed by banks for the appointment of a CCO:
Tenor for the appointment of CCO – minimum fixed tenure of not less than 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria for appointment as CCO
Age – Not more than 55 years;
Experience – The CCO shall have an overall experience of at least 15 years in the banking or financial
services, out of which minimum 5 years shall be in the Audit / Finance / Compliance / Legal / Risk
Management functions;
Rank – The CCO shall be a senior executive of the bank, preferably in the rank of a General Manager or
an equivalent position (not below two levels from the CEO).
 Mastercard has announced that it has launched a Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Testing
Platform that will enable Central Banks to assess and explore national Digital Currencies.
 Titan partners with SBI to launch contactless payment watches “Titan Pay”
 Mexico has become the first country in the world to issue a sovereign bond linked to the sustainable
development goals set by the United Nations. It has raised EUR 750 million ($890 million) by such bonds.
 Bandhan Bank launches new vertical named Emerging Entrepreneurs Business (EEB) to focus on small
businesses
 ICICI Home Finance launches home loan scheme ‘Apna Ghar Dreamz’ for skilled workers
 Canara Bank launches i-Lead 2.0 Initiative to improve banking penetration
 The Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has launched a special gold loan scheme titled ‘Vikas Laghu
Suvarna’ with a reduced interest rate of 7.25 percent.
 State Bank of India has launched a programme named “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” (meaning-
Women Self-Reliance programme) in order to accelerate Self Help Group (SHG) finance in the Bank.
 IDFC First Bank will launch a contactless debit card-based payment facility, SafePay. It will allow
transactions up to Rs 20,000 per day. ( to be launched in September 2020 end)
The per transaction limit will be Rs 2000 under this payment facility of SafePay.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will implement the “’Technology Vision for Cyber Security’ for Urban Co-
operative Banks (UCBs) – 2020-2023” to enhance the IT security system of Urban Co-operative banking
to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from cyber-attacks.
RBI will achieve this objective using its five-pillared strategic approach ‘GUARD’. GUARD denotes:
G – Governance Oversight,
U – Utile Technology Investment,
A – Appropriate Regulation and Supervision,
R – Robust Collaboration
D – Developing necessary IT, cyber security skills set.
To accomplish the five pillared approach, RBI has established 12 specific action points.
The implementation of this Technology Vision document will strengthen the cyber resilience of the
Urban Co-operative Banks.
 RBI to introduce Positive Pay System for Cheque Truncation System from January 01, 2021
The Reserve Bank of India has announced to launch the facility of Positive Pay System for Cheque
Truncation System (CTS) i.e the cheques cleared through CTS (movement of the image of cheque in
place of physical movement of cheque).
Positive Pay in CTS will be developed by NPCI which manages the CTS in India.
Under this facility, the issuer of the cheque will submit the important details (like date, name of the
beneficiary / payee, amount, etc.) of large value cheques to the drawee bank. These details will be
crossed checked against the actual cheque that is presented on the CTS. This will help in preventing
cheque fraud.
NPCI will make this facility available to the commercial banks. These banks in turn will make this facility
available to its customers. The customer can submit the cheque details through channels like SMS,
mobile app, internet banking, ATM, etc.
Banks are required to make this facility available to the customers where the amount of cheque is Rs.
50,000 and above. However, availing of this facility is at the discretion of the account holder. Banks can
however mak this facility compulsory for cheques with the amount of Rs 5 lakh and above.
Positive Pay System will be implemented from January 01, 2021.
 RBI approves 3-member committee of directors for Lakshmi Vilas Bank; Head- Meeta Makhan
 The Reserve Bank of India has extended the timeline for which banks can avail funds under the marginal
standing facility (MSF) at the rate of 3% of its NDTL till March 31, 2021.
Normally, banks are allowed to avail maximum funds under MSF from RBI at 2% of its net demand and
time liabilities (NDTL). After COVID-19, RBI had allowed banks to dip 1% extra to this limit, that is now
banks could borrow money from RBI under MSF, at 3%.
 SBI Card has launched its new brand campaign titled ‘Contactless Connections’, which aims to spreads
the message that love and care can be shared even during this difficult period where social distancing is
the norm.
 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has eased the norms for Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) for preferential and institutional placement of their
respective units. Earlier the allowed time gap was six months between two institutional placements.
 The Govt. of Japan has committed Official Development Assistance loan of an amount of JPY50 billion
(approx. Rs. 3,500 crore) for the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support to India.
 European Investment Bank announces 650 Million Euro for Kanpur Metro Project
 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India has signed a $500 million loan pact on
8th September 2020 to build a modern, high-speed 82-kilometer Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit
System (RRTS) corridor.
 World Bank approves USD82 million loan for implementation of Himachal Pradesh State Roads
Transformation Project
 India extends USD 250 million support to the Maldives to overcome the economic impact of Covid-19
 India extends USD 15 million aid to Sri Lanka for promoting Buddhist ties
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of Rs 2,200 crore (USD 300 million) to finance
inclusive water supply and sanitation infrastructure and services in secondary towns of Rajasthan.
 As per the official data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO), India’s GDP has contracted by
23.9% in the first quarter (April-June 2020) for FY21. Gross value added (GVA) for India declined by
22.8%. All the sectors except agriculture witnessed contractions during the April-June quarter of 2020-
21. The highest drop was witnessed by the construction industry of 50.3%.
 Nomura Slashes India’s GDP at -10.8% in 2020-21
 SBI Ecowrap report predicts India’s real GDP for FY21 at -10.9%
 Fitch Ratings Projects Indian economy to contract 10.5% in FY21; Growth of 11% in FY22
 Goldman Sachs has predicted India’s GDP for FY21 at -14.8%. For Calendar Year 2020 it has projected a
contraction of 11.1%.
For FY22, Goldman Sachs predicts India’s GDP to grow at 15.7% and for Calendar Year 2021 at 9.9%.
 India Ratings and Research has projected India’s FY21 GDP growth forecast at -11.8% as against its
earlier prediction of -5.3%.
For FY22, India Ratings and Research projects India’s GDP at 9.9%.
 Crisil projects India’s GDP for FY21 at -9%; For FY22 at 10%
 Moody’s forecasts India’s GDP at -11.5% for FY21, 10.6% for FY22
 CARE Ratings projects India’s GDP to contact between 8-8.2% in FY21
 S&P Global Ratings Projects India’s GDP at -9% in FY21 & 6% in FY22; 6.2% in FY23
 Asian Development Bank projects Indian economy to shrink by 9% in FY21, grow by 8% in FY22
 OECD projects India’s GDP at -10.2% in FY21 & 10.7% in FY22, Global GDP at -4.5% in 2020
 UBS Securities projects India’s GDP to contract by 8.6% in FY21; For FY22=+10%
 Fitch Solutions projects India’s GDP growth at -8.6% in 2020-21
 UNCTAD projects India’s GDP at -5.9% in 2020; 3.9% for 2021
 NCAER predicts India GDP for FY21 at -12.6%; For FY22 +7%
 ICRA projects India’s GDP for FY21 to contact by 11%
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has chosen the following insurers as
Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2020-21:
Life Insurance Corporation of India;
General Insurance Corporation of India; and
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
 Adani Group has acquired 74% stake in Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) that operates
Mumbai Airport
 The state-owned national miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) has announced that the company will invest over Rs.
1.22 lakh crore on the development of nearly 500 projects, with the objective to achieve 1 billion tonnes
(BT) coal production by the year 2023-24 and in the process make the nation Aatmanirbhar (self-reliant)
in terms of Coal.
 Infosys to acquire US-based firm Kaleidoscope for $42 million
 The Facebook-owned WhatsApp has entered into a partnership with the cyber security think tank
CyberPeace Foundation to create awareness on cyber safety among students.
 India’s telecom service provider Vodafone Idea Limited has announced that it has re-branded itself as
‘VI’, to mark the completion of the largest telecom merger in the world and present itself as a merged
entity.
Tagline- 'Together for Tomorrow'.
MD and CEO- Ravinder Takkar
 The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of the NITI Aayog has partnered with a customer-engagement
software company Freshworks Inc. to provide support to incubators and the startup ecosystem in India
to get further empowered in their innovation journey.
 Technology giant Apple Inc. has announced that it is going to open its first ever “floating” store, in
Singapore on 10th September 2020.
 Reliance Industries becomes first Indian firm to cross $200 bn m-cap
 Infosys to acquire Europe-based GuideVision for €30 million
 VI (erstwhile Vodafone Idea) has launched GIGAnet network that is an integrated 4G network.
With the launch of GIGAnet, VI aims to overcome the loss of customers and attract new customers from
rivals Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio.
 Byju’s launches ‘Education for All’ to empower 5 mn children by 2025
 Google Pay has partnered with VISA for the rollout of tokenization that will enable users to safely
transact with their debit or credit cards.
Through tokenization, Google Pay users can make payment by using the debit or credit card without
physically sharing their credit or debit card details through a secure digital token attached to their
phone.
 The Amnesty International India has stopped its operations in the country, after the government of India
froze the bank accounts of the organisation on September 10, for allegedly breaking rules on foreign
funding laws.
The organization has laid off more than 100 staff members and ceased its human rights campaigns and
research work in India.
 Rajnath Singh attends SCO Defence Minister meet in Moscow; inks deal with Russia to manufacture AK-
47 203 rifles
 India participated in the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the regional grouping BIMSTEC on 2
September 2020 to discuss ways to further expand cooperation among its member nations to effectively
deal with key challenges including impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The key meeting of BIMSTEC was held under the chairmanship of Sri Lanka.
 The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting was held on 3 September 2020 under the current
Chair, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-
Saud, chaired the virtual meeting.
From India External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar represented the meeting.
 The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda virtually inaugurated the two day National Tribal
Research Conclave which is being held from 3-4 September 2020.
 India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit of the council of heads of
government on November 30, 2020 in New Delhi.
 The 35th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference for Asia and the
Pacific (APRC 35), was held from 01 – 04 September 2020, in virtual format due to the global COVID-19
pandemic.
The Conference was held under the Chair of the Host Country, Bhutan.
 The Union Minister of State (I//C) for Culture and Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel attended the 5th
BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting to present India’s perspective to strengthen the cultural cooperation
within BRICS.
The Meeting took place virtually under the Chairpersonship of Russian Federation on 03 September
2020.
 Harsh Vardhan Attends 73rd Session of Regional Committee meet of WHO South-East Asia Region
hosted by Thailand Govt
 S Jaishankar co-chairs ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting with Thailand
 The fourth edition of the Global Ayurveda Summit was inaugurated by the Vice President M Venkaiah
Naidu through video-conferencing on 15 September 2020.
The theme for Global Ayurveda Summit 2020 is “Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic”
 The IBSA Foreign Ministers customary meeting was held through video conferencing on 16th
September, 2020. IBSA is a Forum of three countries including India, Brazil and South Africa.
 The G20 Environment Ministerial Meeting was held on 17 September 2020 through video conferencing.
The meeting was chaired by Saudi Arabia.
The Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar represented India in the meeting.
 Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik
(VAIBHAV) Summit on 2nd October’2020 through videoconferencing.
The VAIBHAV Summit is a joint initiative of all S&T and Academic Organisations of India (working in
Research, Academic and Scientific fields) to enable deliberations on thought processes, practices and
R&D culture with a problem-solving approach for well-defined objectives.
 The 10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security was held on 17 September
2020 virtually under the chairmanship of Russia. Apart from this, the 6th BRICS Communications
Ministers’ Meeting was also held on 17 September. Russia is chair of BRICS and SCO in 2020
India will take up the chairmanship of the BRICS in 2021
BRICS nation consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
 The Union Minister of External Affairs, Dr S Jaishankar participated in the Special Ministerial Meeting of
Foreign Ministers of the CICA on 24 September 2020.
CICA stands for the ‘Conference on Interaction & Confidence Building Measures in Asia’. The Secretariat
of CICA is based at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
 The United Kingdom and the United Nations are going to co-organise a global climate summit on
December 12 to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015.
 Prakash Javadekar addresses virtual Ministerial Roundtable Dialogue on Biodiversity Beyond 2020
 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the NITI Aayog will jointly organise a
Mega Virtual Summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) ‘RAISE 2020’ from 5 to 9 October 2020.
RAISE 2020 stands for ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020.’
The Summit will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 The Union Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar, represented India in
the annual Informal Meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers on 24th September 2020, held on the
sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.
The meeting was held in virtual mode under the chairmanship of Nepal and reviewed regional efforts to
combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
 The Prime Minister of India,Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen
participated in a virtual India-Denmark Bilateral Summit on 28 September 2020.
 The Acquisition Wing of Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed contracts with three private companies,
inlcuidng Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML), Tata Power Company Ltd. (TPCL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
for supply of Six Pinaka Regiments to the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army.
 11th India-Russia biennial bilateral maritime naval exercise ‘INDRA NAVY’ organised in Bay of Bengal
 The first batch of five Rafale fighter jets was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 10
September 2020 at the Air Force Station in Ambala.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight test of ABHYAS –
High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha.
ABHYAS has been developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO.
 India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II, on 23
September 2020, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the Odisha coast.
 The fourth edition of the biennial India-Japan Maritime bilateral Exercise (JIMEX) kicked off on 26
September 2020 in the northern Arabia Sea.
 The trade ministers of India-Japan-Australia held a trilateral meeting on 01 September through

videoconferencing to plan on launching a trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) for building a
resilient supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region.
The main motive of the trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) is to reduce dependency on
China and create a free and transparent trade & investment environment.
 Donald Trump announced Wilmington as the first World War II Heritage City
 Fiumicino International Airport in Rome becomes World’s First Airport to earn “COVID-19 5-star airport
rating” from Skytrax
 New Zealand has become the first country to pass legislation requiring financial entities to declare their
climate-related risks.
 September to be observed as ‘Nutrition Month’: PM Modi

 The Government of India has set the target to achieve 100 million tonnes (MT) coal gasification by the
year 2030.
This will be achieved with an estimated investments of over Rs. 4 lakh crores.
 Durgapur, West Bengal based CSIR-CMERI (Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute) has
developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which has been installed at the residential colony of the
institute.
The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp (kilowatts peak) on a daily basis. The solar tree
has an annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green Power. There are a total of
35 Solar PV Panels in each tree with a capacity of 330 wp each.
 The state government of Uttar Pradesh has announced to set up exclusive anti-electricity theft police
stations in each of the 75 district of state to address the problem of frequent cases of power theft.
 The Madhya Pradesh government had launched a special massive cleanliness campaign titled “Gandgi
Bharat Chhodo – Madhya Pradesh” (Free India and Madhya Pradesh from garbage) from 16 to 30
August 2020 to make the state garbage-free.
 Indian Railways launches remote-controlled medical trolley ‘MEDBOT’ to deliver food, medicines to
COVID-19 patients
 IIT Bombay students launches AI-based Scanning app ‘AIR Scanner’
 India’s First Regional Voters’ Awareness Centre to Come Up in Jaipur
 Ladakh & Lakshadweep joins ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ scheme, bringing total States/UTs under the
Scheme to 26
 First-ever cannabis medicine project to come up in Jammu
 IIT Delhi incubated startup launches ‘‘Chakr DeCoV’’ to decontaminate N95 masks
 The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha recently launched a Smart Performance
Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW) system for Jammu and Kashmir Administrative
Service officers.
The SPARROW system aims to bring more transparency, avoide loss of Appraisal Reports during the
transition, ensure better monitoring and timely completion of performance appraisals.
 Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic
air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of the Hypersonic Technology Demonstration
Vehicle (HSTDV) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha on
September 07, 2020.
India has thus become the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to develop and
successfully test hypersonic technology.
 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Patrika Gate in Jaipur, Rajasthan through video
conference on 8th September 2020.
The Iconic Gate is built by the Rajasthan-based Patrika Group of Newspapers on the Jawaharlal Nehru
Marg in Jaipur, to bring together the art, craft, and cultural heritage of all the regions of Rajasthan at
one place.
 The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the first edition of the
World Solar Technology Summit (WSTS) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), on 8th September 2020,
with focus on new Technologies and Innovations in the field of Solar.
The World Solar Technology Summit (WSTS) was organised by ISA and FICCI.
WSTS assumes importance as its will enable:
India to achieve its ambitious target of having 100 GW of solar energy by 2022.
ISA to achieve its aim of creating a World Solar Bank with authorised capital of $15 billion to fund
projects
The Summit included signing of four agreements between
ISA and International Institute of Refrigeration,
ISA and Global Green Growth Institute.
ISA and National Thermal Power Corporation,
A tripartite agreement between India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the World Bank and the
International Solar Alliance.
ISA also launched a Journal on Solar Energy (I JOSE) that would help authors from across the globe to
publish their articles on solar energy.
 Child Mortality Rate in India declined substantially between 1990 and 2019: UNICEF Report
According to the new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, India’s child mortality rate has declined
substantially between 1990 and 2019.
The under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in India declined to 34% in 2019 from 126% in
1990.
The Levels & Trends in Child Mortality’ Report 2020 is a joint work of UNICEF, the World Health
Organization (WHO), the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs and the World Bank Group.
Key Points
India registered a 4.5 percent annual rate of reduction in under-five mortality between 1990-2019.
The number of under-five deaths in India (i.e the probability of dying at age less than 5 years) reduced to
824,000 in 2019 from 3.4 million in 1990.
The infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in India declined from 89 in 1990 to 28 in 2019.
Globally, the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 down to
5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990.
 Ministry of Shipping has launched the SAROD-Ports’ (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes –
Ports) which is a Dispute Redressal Mechanism for all kind of disputes of the maritime sector.
 India’s Second and South India’s First Kisan Rail flagged off from Andhra’s Anantapur to Delhi
 Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa inaugurated India’s first state-of-the-art integrated air
ambulance service, exclusively to transport critical Covid-19 patients
 India-France-Australia holds first-ever Trilateral Dialogue on Ind0-Pacific
 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved registration of the Sri Harmandir Sahib under the
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010 on 9 September 2020.
Sri Harmandir Sahib is famous as Golden Temple in Amritsar.
 13th Aero India-21 to be held in Bengaluru in Feb 2021
 MoHUA launches Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF 2.0)
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment
Framework (CSCAF) 2.0.
Objective: To provide a clear roadmap for cities towards combating Climate Change while planning and
implementing their actions, including investments.
The initiative was launched by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing
and Urban Affairs on 11 September in a virtual event organised by the Smart Cities Mission.
The framework comprise of 28 indicators across five categories. They are:
Energy and Green Buildings,
Urban Planning, Green Cover and Biodiversity,
Mobility and Air Quality,
Water Management and
Waste Management.
The CSCAF 2.0 initiative will be implemented by the MoHUA, with support from the Climate Centre for
Cities under National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).
CSCAF initiative will inculcate a climate-sensitive approach to urban planning and development in India.
 India’s first coronavirus airport testing facility has been launched at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International
Airport.
 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation three key projects related to the Petroleum
sector in Bihar worth more than Rs 900 crore via video conferencing on 13 September 2020.
The projects include:
Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline Augmentation Project and
Two LPG Bottling Plants – in East Champaran and Banka.
 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in Madhya Pradesh through
video conferencing.
Under this, 1.75 Lakh Families in Madhya Pradesh were delivered pucca houses under the Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G).
PM Modi also interacted with the beneficiaries under PMAY-G in Madhya Pradesh.
 Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh virtually lays foundation stone of Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports
Complex in Jammu
 India has been elected as a member of the United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women (UNCSW).
UNCSW Headquarters- New York, United States
India will be a member of the UNCSW for four years — from 2021 to 2025
 The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved establishment of a
new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Darbhanga, Bihar.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for seven projects related to
urban infrastructure in Bihar through video conferencing on 15 September 2020.
The overall cost of these seven projects is Rs. 541 crore.
 The Lok Sabha has passed the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment)
Bill, 2020 on 15 September 2020.
The bill seeks to cut salaries of all Members of Parliaments (MPs) by 30 percent for a period of one year
commencing April 1, 2020, to meet the urgent financial need arising out COVID-19 pandemic.
 The Ministry of Railways has decided to run 20 pairs (40 trains) of clone Special trains from September
21, 2020, to meet the need of passengers with waitlist ticket and who do not get confirmed reservations
on the regular trains.
Clone Trains are being run for the first time by the India Railways. They will operate on the high traffic
routes that have a long waiting list, so that the passengers with such tickets can travel.
 Govt targets to increase the number of Janaushadhi Kendras to 10500 by year 2025
 PM Modi virtually Dedicates Historic Kosi Rail Mega Bridge to nation and inaugurates 12 projects in
Bihar. The length of the rail bridge is 1.9 kilometres and has been constructed at the cost of Rs 516 crore
 India’s first terminal facility for chartered and jet planes launched at IGI Airport Delhi
 Eight Indian beaches selected for coveted ‘Blue Flag’ eco-label
The eight beaches selected for Blue flag certification are
Shivrajpur in Gujarat,
Ghoghla in Daman & Diu,
Kasarkod in Karnataka
Padubidri beach in Karnataka
Kappad in Kerala,
Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh,
Golden beach of Odisha
Radhanagar beach in Andaman and Nicobar
During the event, Union Minister Javadekar also announced the launch of India’s own eco-label ‘Beach
Environment and Aesthetics Management Services’ (BEAMS). BEAMS program aims to mitigate pollution
in coastal waters, promote sustainable development of beach facilities, maintain high standards of
cleanliness, hygiene & safety for beachgoers in accordance with coastal environment & regulations
 Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to launch AI, blockchain, cybersecurity policies
 Former PM HD Deve Gowda Takes Oath as Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka
 PM Modi lays foundation stone of nine highway projects worth Rs 14,258 Cr in Bihar; launches Ghar Tak
Fibre project
Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of nine highway projects worth
Rs. 14,258 crore in Bihar through video conferencing on 21 September 2020.
These highway projects includes constructing road length of about 350 kilometres at a cost of Rs. 4258
crore and three bridges.
PM Modi also inaugurated the Ghar Tak Fibre project, under which all the 45,945 villages of Bihar will be
connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service.
 India and the Maldives have launched the first ever Direct Cargo Ferry Service on 21 September 2020 to
boost trade between the two countries.
The cargo ferry service will connect the Indian ports of Tuticorin and Cochin ports with Kulhudhuhfushi
and Male ports in the Maldives.
 Railway plans to complete 100 % electrification of its broad gauge routes by 2023
 Government Increases SDRF Spending Limit by States from 35 percent to 50 percent to tackle COVID
situation. For 7 states with high COVID-19 cases. These are- Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with fitness experts, citizens and influencers from across the
country during a nation-wide online Fit India Dialogue on 24 September 2020, to mark the one-year
anniversary of Fit India Movement.
PM Modi also launched the ‘Fit India Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols’ during the event.
This fitness protocols have been prepared with the help of fitness enthusiasts for fitness and good
health.
It has been prepared for three age categories which includes:
5-18 years category
18-65 years category
65 plus age category
 On 29 September 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated six mega projects in Uttarakhand
under the Namami Gange Mission through video conference.
These projects include:
Construction of a 68 MLD (million liters per day) STP and up-gradation of the existing 27 MLD STP at
Jagjeetpur, in Haridwar
Construction of an 18 MLD STP at Sarai, in Haridwar.
Inauguration of a 26 MLD STP at Lakkadghat, in Rishikesh
7.5 MLD STP in Chandreshwar Nagar
5 MLD STP at Chorpani
2 STPs with capacities of 1 MLD and 0.01 MLD at Badrinath
Other inaugurations done by PM Modi includes
“Ganga Avalokan”, the first museum on River Ganga, located at Chandi Ghat, Haridwar. The museum
will showcase the culture, biodiversity and rejuvenation activities done in Ganga river.
A book titled, ‘Rowing down the Ganges’, co-published by National Mission for Clean Ganga & Wildlife
Institute of India.
Logo of Jal Jeevan Mission and ‘Margdarshika for Gram Panchayats and Paani Samitis under Jal Jeevan
Mission’
 India’s top regulator of medical education, National Medical Commission (NMC) comes into existence,
replacing Medical Council of India (MCI).
Dr Suresh Chandra Sharma, former head of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS-ENT
department), Delhi, has been appointed as Chairman of NMC for a period of three years.
 The Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have come up with an indigenously-
made Microprocessor, named ‘MOUSHIK.’
 The Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the ‘Destination North East-2020’, through video-
conferencing on 27 September 2020. The theme for ‘Destination North East 2020’ is ‘The Emerging
Delightful Destinations’.
 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the oldest ally of Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance
(NDA), has quit the coalition due to the differences over the three farm bills which were recently passed
by Parliament.
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched a life insurance scheme named “Chhavni COVID: Yodha
Sanrakshan Yojana”, for the employees working in cantonment areas across India.
The Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana is a group life insurance scheme that will provide a cover
of Rs five lakhs each to more than 10,000 employees in all 62 cantonment boards, in the event of any
unfortunate fatal calamity.
The scheme will be implemented by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.
 The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved ‘Mission Karmayogi’
a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB).
Mission Karmayogi is a unique skill building programme for civil servants across the country to prepare
them for the future by making them more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, proactive,
professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent and technology-enabled.
The main objective of this Mission is to build future-ready civil servants with right attitude, skills &
knowledge, with focus on competency led capacity building.
 The state government of Assam re-launched an old scheme titled ‘Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth
Empowerment (SVAYEM)’ on 4 September 2020, which aims to provide self-employment to around 2
lakh youths of the state.
The SVAYEM scheme was launched by the government in 2017-18. The scheme has been re-launched
with a budget of Rs 1000 crore.
 The Karnataka Cabinet has approved a project titled ‘Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agriculture Resilience
through Innovative Development (REWARD)’. The total cost of this project is Rs 600 crore.
 Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched two nutrition schemes ‘YSR
Sampoorna Poshana’ and ‘YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus’ to provide nutritious food to pregnant women,
lactating mothers and children in the state.
YSR Sampoorna Poshana will cover the urban and rural areas lying in plain lands while YSR Sampoorna
Poshana Plus is intended to supply nutritious food exclusively in 77 Tribal areas covering 8320
Anganwadi Centres.
 PM Modi launches PM Matsya Sampada Yojana and e-Gopala App
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana has been launched in 21 states with an outlay of Rs 20,050
crore for a period of 5 years (during 2020-21 to 2024-25). The scheme aims to bring about the Blue
Revolution through the sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector in India.
The government aims to double fish exports in the coming 3-4 years.
The e-Gopala app is a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for the
direct use of farmers. It will give all the information related to cattle care, from productivity to its health
and diet. The app will help the farmers to choose better quality livestock without the help of
middlemen, which will make it easier for cattle owners to buy and sell animals.
 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has launched the Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-Atal New India
Challenges to foster innovation in Indian MSMEs and startups.
The programme will support research-based innovations by providing funding support to MSMEs and
startups up to Rs 50 lakh.
The programme will be driven by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) along with Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) and four Government Ministries– Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Food Processing
Industries; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
 Govt increases scholarship amount under ‘Pragati and Saksham’ schemes for J&K students to Rs 50,000
Pragati scheme- This scheme provides scholarships to the girls of UT Jammu and Kashmir who belong to
families having an annual income of less than Rs 8 lakh and who shall be admitted in the AlCTE approved
institutions for the session 2020-21.
Saksham scheme– This scheme provides scholarships to all specially-abled students with 40% disability
and belonging to families with annual income less than Rs 8 lakh. They should be pursuing technical
education at degree or diploma level.
 The Department of Posts has launched a new scheme called Five Star Villages, to ensure universal
coverage of flagship postal schemes in rural areas of the country.
The scheme aims to bridge the gaps in public awareness and reach of postal products and services,
especially in interior villages.
 The Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik launched a new scheme named ‘GARIMA’ which aims to
ensure the economic safety and social dignity of core sanitation workers in the state.
Initially, the state government has allocated a corpus fund of Rs 50 crore for the scheme.
 India’s ‘largest piggery mission’ launched in Meghalaya. The overall cost of the project is estimated at
Rs. 209 crore.
It will be funded by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).
 The Insurance Scheme announced under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package for health workers who
are fighting to contain COVID-19 has been extended for another six months till March 2021.
 Maharashtra launches ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ campaign to tackle Covid-19
 Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa launched the “Arthika Spandana” programme on 16
September 2020, under which loans worth Rs. 39,300 crore would be disbursed through various
cooperative institutions, for helping people during the times of COVID-19 and floods.
 Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani has launched a scheme named Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh
Yojana (MMUY) that will provide interest-free loans to women’s groups in the state. Under the scheme,
Gujarat State Govt will provide an interest-free loan of Rs 1 lakh to these one lakh women JLEGs.
 The Government of India has approved a total outlay of Rs.600.00 crores for the PM SVANidhi scheme.
 The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have signed
a “Statement of Intent” to establish YuWaah-Generation Unlimited (GenU), a global multi-stakeholder
platform in India, to equip young people in India with the skills they need to fulfil their potential and lift
up their communities.
The YuWaah initiative is linked to the global Generation Unlimited (GenU) movement of UNICEF, which
began in New York in September 2018.
 The Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shri Ashok Gehlot has approved the Rajasthan State Road Transport
Corporation’s scheme called ‘Moksha Kalash Yojana-2020’.
This Moksha Kalash Yojana aims to allow free bus travel to two members of the family of the deceased
to immerse ashes of their loved ones in the Ganga in Haridwar.
 Assam Government launches Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni to improve rural connectivity
 The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -“Saubhagya Scheme” has completed three years of
inception on 25 September 2020.
 Madhya Pradesh CM launches ‘Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna’ on lines of PM-Kisan Scheme. Under
the Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna, the MP state government would transfer Rs 4,000 to accounts of
1,75,000 farmers in the state.
 Olympic Ski Racing Champion Viktoria Rebensburg announces retirement at 30

 Indian GM P. Iniyan wins World Open Online Chess Tournament
 Pierre Gasly (Scuderia AlphaTauri, France) has won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix 2020
 England cricketer Ian Bell announces retirement from professional cricket
 Lewis Hamilton wins F1 Tuscan Grand Prix 2020

 Japan’s Naomi Osaka beats Victoria Azarenka to win US Open Tennis Tournament
 US Open Tennis 2020 winners
Men’s Single- Dominic Thiem (Austria)
US Open women’s Single- Naomi Osaka
Men’s Doubles- Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares
Women’s Doubles- Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva
Wheelchair Men’s Singles- Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women’s Singles- Diede de Groot
 BWF Postpones Thomas And Uber Cup Finals To 2021

 The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has renamed the Fed Cup, an annual team competition in
women tennis, as the “Billie Jean King Cup.”
 Simona Halep & Novak Djokovic wins 2020 Italian Open title
Winners List
Men’s Single- Novak Djokovic

Women’s Single- Simona Halep
Men’s Double- Marcel Granollers /Horacio Zeballos
Women’s Double- Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
 Multi-talented Tennis world No. 1 and former cricketer Ash Barty wins Golf Club Championship
 Valtteri Bottas wins Russian Grand Prix 2020
 Gurpreet Sandhu (Mens Category) & Sanju Yadav (Womens Category) Declared Winners of AIFF Player
of The Year Awards
Important Days in September 2020
Date Day Theme/Extra Info

02 September World Coconut Day The theme of World Coconut Day
2020 is ‘Invest in coconut to save
the world’.
05 September International Day of Charity
05 September National Teachers’ Day
07 September International Day of Clean Air for The theme for 2020 is “Clean Air for
blue skies All.”
08 September International Literacy Day The theme of 54th International
Literacy Day is “Literacy teaching
and learning in the COVID-19 crisis
and beyond.”
09 September International Day to Protect
Education from Attack
10 September World Suicide Prevention Day The theme for 2020 World Suicide
Prevention Day is ‘Working
Together to Prevent Suicide’
12 September United Nations Day for South-South Theme for 2020 is “Pathways
Cooperation toward the SDGs through South-
South solidarity beyond COVID-19.”
12 September 2020 ( second World First Aid Day
Saturday of September every year)

14 September National Hindi Day
15 September Engineer’s Day The day marks the birth
anniversary of the engineering
pioneer of India, Sir
Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya,
(popularly known as Sir MV).
15 September International Day of Democracy The theme for 2020 International
Day of Democracy is “COVID-19: A
Spotlight on Democracy.”
15 September World Lymphoma Awareness Day
16 September International Day for the Theme for 2020 World Ozone Day:
Preservation of the Ozone Layer: ‘Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone
layer protection’.
17 September World Patient Safety Day The theme for 2020 WPSD is ‘Safe
health workers, Safe patients’.
18 September World Bamboo Day The theme for 11th edition of WBD
2020 is ‘BAMBOO NOW.’
18 September World Water Monitoring Day Theme for 2020 WWMD is ‘Solve
Water.’
18 September International Equal Pay Day: Theme of International Equal Pay
Day 2020: Building back a better
future of work by ensuring pay
equity.
19 September International Coastal Clean-Up Day Theme 2020: “Achieving a trash-
2020 free Coastline “
19 September International Red Panda Day
21 September International Day of Peace The 2020 theme for the
International Day of Peace is
“Shaping Peace Together.”
21 September World Alzheimer’s Day The theme for World Alzheimer
Day 2020 is ‘Let’s talk about
dementia’.
22 September World Rhino Day
23 September International Day of Sign Languages Theme 2020 : “Sign Languages Are
for Everyone!”
24 September World Maritime Day 2020: 2020 theme for WMD is
“Sustainable Shipping for a
Sustainable Planet.”
25 September World Pharmacist Day: 2020 theme : “Transforming global
health“.
25 September Antyodaya Divas In India
26 September World Environmental Health Day The Theme for the 2020 World
Environmental Health Day:
Environmental health, a key public
health intervention in disease
pandemic prevention.
26 September International Day for the Total
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 September World Tourism Day In 2020 the theme of WTD is
““Tourism and Rural
Development””.
28 September World Rabies Day The theme for the 14th WRD in
2020 is ‘End Rabies: Collaborate,
Vaccinate’.
28 September International Day for Universal Theme 2020 : Access to
Access to Information Information – Saving lives, Building
Trust, Bringing Hope!
29 September 2020 World Heart Day Theme 2020: ‘Use Heart to Beat:
for society, your loved ones and
you’
29 September International Day of Awareness of The theme for 2020 is Stop food
Food Loss and Waste loss and waste. For the people. For
the planet.
30 September International Translation Day 2020 theme: Finding the words for
a world in crisis.
21-27 September 2020 International Week of the Deaf The theme of 2020 IWD is
“Reaffirming Deaf People’s Human
Rights”
Current Static GK in News – September 2020

Headquarters
International
 European Investment Bank- Luxembourg, Luxembourg [September 02, 2020]
 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)- Geneva, Switzerland
[September 04, 2020]
 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)- Beijing, China [September 05, 2020]
 BIMSTEC- Dhaka, Bangladesh [September 05, 2020]
 UN Environment Programme (UNEP)- Nairobi, Kenya [September 06, 2020]
 International Solar Alliance (ISA)- Gurugram, India [September 09, 2020]
 Asian Development Bank (ADB)- Manila, Philippines [September 09, 2020]
 World Bank- Washington, D.C., U.S [September 09, 2020]
 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)- New York, United States [September
10, 2020]
 World Health Organization (WHO)- Geneva, Switzerland [September 10, 2020]
 Mastercard- New York, US [September 12, 2020]
 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Jakarta, Indonesia
 Citigroup- New York, United States [September 13, 2020]
 United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women (UNCSW)- New York, United
States [September 16, 2020]
 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)- New York, United
States [September 16, 2020]
 Badminton World Federation (BWF)- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [September 16,
2020]
 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)- Geneva,
Switzerland [September 24, 2020]
 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)- Kathmandu, Nepal
 World Heart Federation- Geneva, Switzerland [September 29, 2020]
 Amnesty International – London, United Kingdom [September 30, 2020]
 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – New York, United States
National
 Life Insurance Corporation- Mumbai [September 02, 2020]
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)- New Delhi
 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)- Hyderabad
 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)- Mumbai [September 28, 2020]
 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- New Delhi [September 29, 2020]
 ICRA Limited- Gurgaon [September 29, 2020]
 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)- New Delhi[September 30, 2020]
Banks
 Reserve Bank of India- Mumbai; Governor- Shaktikanta Das [September 01,
2020]
 ICICI Bank- Mumbai; MD-CEO- Sandeep Bakhshi [September 04, 2020]
 State Bank of India- Mumbai; Chairman- Rajnish Kumar [September 04, 2020]
 RBL Bank- Mumbai [September 05, 2020]
 Small Industrial Development Bank of India (SIDBI)- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
 South Indian Bank- Thrissur, Kerala [September 05, 2020]
 Punjab & Sind Bank- New Delhi [September 05, 2020]
 IDFC First Bank- Mumbai [September 06, 2020]
 Bandhan Bank- Kolkata [September 19, 2020]
 Canara Bank- Bengaluru [September 20, 2020]
 Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) headquarters- Dharwad, Karnataka
 HDFC Bank- Mumbai [September 21, 2020]
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)- Mumbai [September 23, 2020]
 Lakshmi Vilas Bank- Chennai [September 29, 2020]
Country – Capital, Currency
 Japan- Tokyo, Yen [September 01, 2020]

 United Arab Emirates (UAE)- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Dirham
 Australia- Canberra, Australian Dollar [September 02, 2020]
 Lebanon- Beirut, Lebanese Pound [September 03, 2020]
 Saudi Arabia- Riyadh, Saudi Riyal [September 05, 2020]
 Russia- Moscow, Russian Ruble [September 05, 2020]
 France- Paris, Euro, CFP Franc [September 11, 2020]
 Denmark- Copenhagen, Danish krone [September 16, 2020]
 Italy- Rome, Euro [September 17, 2020]
 New Zealand- Wellington, New Zealand Dollar [September 18, 2020]
 Mexico- Mexico City, Mexican Peso [September 18, 2020]
 Maldives- Male, Maldivian Rufiyaa [September 21, 2020]
 Canada- Ottawa, Canadian Dollar [September 23, 2020]
 Mali- Bamako, West African CFA Franc [September 24, 2020]
 Belarus- Minsk, Belarusian Ruble [September 25, 2020]
 Somalia- Mogadishu, United States Dollar, Somali Shilling [September 26, 2020]
 Sri Lanka- Colombo (Commercial) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative),
Sri Lankan Rupee [September 27, 2020]
 Denmark- Copenhagen, Danish Krone [September 27, 2020]
Schemes
 ‘Mission Karmayogi’- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building

(NPCSCB). [September 03, 2020]
 ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo-MP’- Madhya Pradesh [September 03, 2020]
 SVAYEM Scheme- Assam (Stands for Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth
Empowerment) [September 07, 2020]
 ‘YSR Sampoorna Poshana’ scheme- Andhra Pradesh [September 10, 2020]
 ‘GARIMA’ Scheme- Odisha [September 13, 2020]
 “Arthika Spandana” programme- Karnataka [September 18, 2020]
 Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY)- Gujarat [September 19, 2020]
 ‘Moksha Kalash Yojana-2020’- Rajasthan [September 25, 2020]
 Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni- Assam [September 25, 2020]
 Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna- Madhya Pradesh [September 28, 2020]
Books & Author
 ‘The Big Thoughts of Little Luv’- Karan Johar [September 02, 2020]
 ‘The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and
Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind’- Ramachandra Guha [September 04,
2020]
 “Let Us Dream”- Pope Francis [September 05, 2020]
 “The Little Book of Green Nudges”- UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
 ‘My Life in Design’- Gauri Khan [September 15, 2020]
 “The Handmaid’s Tale”- Margaret Atwood (Canada) [September 19, 2020]
 ‘Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.‘- Arundhati Roy [September 19, 2020]
 “A Promised Land.”- Memoir of Barack Obama [September 20, 2020]
 “Kitchens of Gratitude”- Vikas Khanna [September 23, 2020]
 “Voices of Dissent”- Romila Thapar [September 24, 2020]
 Neena Gupta will to come out with her memoir titled ‘Sach Kahun Toh’
 ‘A bouquet of flowers’ – Dr. Krishna Saksena [September 30, 2020]
Miscellaneous
 BRICS Nations- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa [September 07,
2020]
 Global Economic Freedom Index- published by Fraser Institute, Canada

 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- 10 members- Indonesia,
Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar (Burma),
Cambodia, Laos [September 13, 2020]
 Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex- Jammu and Kashmir [September 15,
2020]
 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup related to – Badminton [September 16, 2020]
 Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)- Rome, Italy [September 17, 2020]
 IBSA is a Forum of three countries including India, Brazil and South Africa.
 Union Minister for Ministry of Food Processing Industries- Narendra Singh Tomar
 Kosi Rail Mega Bridge- Bihar [September 19, 2020]
 Fed Cup is related to?- Tennis [September 19, 2020]
 CICA stands for the ‘Conference on Interaction & Confidence Building Measures
in Asia’- The Secretariat of CICA is based at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It has 27
member states including India [September 25, 2020]
 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) to be held in Glasgow,
Scotland [September 25, 2020]
 Ganga Avalokan Museum- Haridwar [September 30, 2020]
 Web portal Dharani- Telangana
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