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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

ALL ABOUT NABARD BANK - VARIOUS FACTS WHICH YOU SHOULD KNOW

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NABARD
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development was established on 12th July 1982 with its Head Quarter at Mumbai with an aim of Promotion and Development of Agriculture, Small Scale Industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts.
Ø  CRAFICARD committee set up by RBI, under the chairmanship of Sh. B.Shivaraman recommended the establishment of NABARD.
Ø  CRAFICARD –Committee to review arrangements for Institutional credit for Agricultural and rural Development.
Ø  Initial capital of NABARD was Rs. 100 crore. Paid up capital as on 31st March, 2013, stood at 4000 crore with government of India holding 3,980 crore i.e. 99.50 % and RBI 20 crore i.e. 0.50 %.
MAIN ROLES OF NABARD:
Ø  It manages and controls all the matters concerning policy, planning and operations in the field of credit for agriculture and other economic activities in rural areas.
Ø  It harmonize the rural financing activities of all institutions engaged in developmental work at the field level.
Ø  It monitors and evaluates the projects refinanced by it.
Ø  It refinances the financial institutions which finances the rural sector.
Ø  It ensures training facilities to the institutions working in the field of rural upliftment.
Ø  It regulates the co0operative banks at the RRB’s.

NOTE: Before the establishment of NABARD, Reserve Bank of India was responsible for Development of the Agricultural and Rural Sector.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 24 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 24 FEBRUARY 2015
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1.      ANNA HAZARE TO PROTEST AGAINST LAND ACQUISITION BILL:-
Ø  Anna Hazare along with other leaders such as Medha Patkar, launched his protest at Jantar Mantar against the ordinance on Land Acquisition Bill.
Ø  The vital Land Acquisition Bill is claimed by many as ‘ Anti-Farmers” as the new government has changed it a lot.
Note :- About Land Acquisition in India:-
Land Acquisition in India is currently governed by, “The Rights of Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and resettlement Act, 2013 “, which came into effect from  Ist  January 2014. Prior to this, Land Acquisition in India was governed by Land Acquisition Act of 1894.

2.      IBA PERSUADED BANKS TO CALL OFF THEIR STRIKE:-
Ø  Indian Banks Association have managed to convince Banks to call off their strike.
Ø  IBA has agreed to 15 % wage hike effective from November, 2012.
Ø  IBA has also agreed for two Saturdays off from work every month.
Ø  Two Saturdays off will be 2nd and 4th Saturday of month.
Note:- T.M. Bhasin is the chairman of IBA.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q-1  Who is the chairman of IBA?
Ø  T.M.Bhasin
Ø  Arundhati Bhatacharya
Ø  Upendra Sinha
Ø  Raghuram Rajan



“INTERNATIONAL “

3.      INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY :-
Ø  International Mother Language Day was celebrated on 21st February.
Ø  International Mother Language Day is honoured on 21st February every year since the year 2000, as announced by UNESCO in 1999.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q-1 When is the International Mother Language Day observed ?
Ø  22 April
Ø  21 February
Ø  17 December
Ø  18 October

4.     87th ACADEMY AWARDS 2015:
Ø  87th Academy Awards were organised at Los Angeles.
Ø  The Official Title Academy Awards was rebranded as the OSCARS in the year 2013.
Ø  Various important awards are:-
a.       Best foreign Language Film ----- Ida (Polish Movie)
b.      Best Documentry Feature------ Citizen four
c.       Best Director----- Alefandro Ganzalez Inarrite for Birdman.
d.      Best Actor----- Eddie Redmayne for “ THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING”
e.       Best Actress---- Julianne Moore for “Still Alice”
f.        Best Picture---- Birdman
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q-1 Which movie won the Best Foreign Language Film ?
a.       Birdman
b.      The Theory of Everything
c.       Citizen four
d.      Ida
Q.2 OSCARDS 2015 HELD AT WHICH STATE:
a.  London
b. Phiadelphia
c. New York
d. Los angeles
SPORTS
5)   ANIL KUMBLE IN ICC HALL OF FAME:
Ø  Anil Kumble is inducted in ICC Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket Council.
Ø  Anil Kumble is the fourth Indian player to be included in the elite group after, Sunil Gawaskar, Kapil Dev and Bishan Bedi.
Ø  Along with Anil Kumble, Australian Legend Bety Wilson is also inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame
Ø  ICC- International Cricket Council.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q. 1   Which of the following players is not inducted in Hall of Fame
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Anil Kumble
c.  Kapil Dev
d. Bishan Bedi
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Monday, February 23, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 & 23 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22&23 FEBRUARY 2015
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1)      IPCC MEET
Ø  IPCC meet is scheduled for next week in Nairobi, the largest and capital city of Kenya.
Ø  P.K.Pachauri, the chairman of ‘IPCC’ will not attend the meet due to sexual harassment allegations on him.
Ø  P.K.Pachauri is world’s top climate change official. He is the chairman of the UN’s IPCC and Director General of ‘TERI’.
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q.1 Who is the Director General of ‘TERI’?
A.      AmartyaSen
B.      Hillary Clinton
C.      Narendra Modi
D.     P.K. Panchauri
Q.2 Who is the chairman of UN’s IPCC?
A.      Tony Abbott
B.      Michelle Obama
C.      P.K. Panchauri
D.     Peter Cosgrove

2)      RANCHI RAYS BAGS HIL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ø  M.S. Dhoni’s Ranchi rays bags HIL championship.
Ø  Ranchi rays defected Punjab warriors by 2-0 in the final match of HIL championship.
Ø  Final game held at Dhyan Chand stadium in New Delhi
Ø  Note: A total of 8 teams took part in the tournament
Ø  HIL- Hokey India League
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q.1 Which team won HIL-2015:
A.      Dabang Mumbai
B.      Punjab Warriors
C.      Ranchi Rays
D.     Kalinga lancers

3)      LAHIRI BAGS INDIAN OPEN GOLF TITLE
Ø  Amir Ban Lahiri bags Indian Open title
Ø  Lahiri had a thrilling fight with overnight leader SSP Chowrasia

Note:Indian Open Title is associated with Golf and held at Delhi Gold Club on Sunday.
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

ALL ABOUT SWINE FLU WHICH YOU SHOULD KNOW

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 ALL ABOUT SWINE FLU
Swine Flu is an infection found in Pigs and commonly known as H1N1. This infection is caused by a virus SIV OR S-OIV.
Ø  SIV-Swine influenza virus.
Ø  S-OIV-Swine Origin Influenza Virus.
Ø  Transmission of this virus from Pigs to Humans is not common and if it does, it is called zoonotic Swine flu.
Ø  The virus first appeared in Mexico in 2009 & rapidly spread all over the world.
Ø  In august 2010,WHO officially declared swine Flu as Paendamic.
Ø  Swine Influenza is caused by influenza ‘A’.
Ø  Four Influenza ‘A’ virus subtypes is Pigs are:-
A.      H1N1
B.      H1N2
C.      H3N2
D.     H7N9
SWINE FLU IN INDIA:
Ø  Currently India is struggling hard against the Deadly swine Flu outbreak. This year’s outbreak of the deadly virus.H1N1 which causes Swine Flu is the deadliest in India since 2010.
Ø  More than 11000 have been infected with this disease and above 700 deaths have been accounted in India till now from 9 different states.
Ø  States like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra and Telangana have witnessed a rapid increase in H1N1 cases.
Ø  Oseltamivir drug is used to tackle the virus.
NOTE:-  J. P. Nadda is union Health Minister.
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