DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 24
SEPT 2015
(Daily News India)
1. NITI
AAYOG CONSTITUTED ‘T HAQUE EXPERT GROUP ON LAND LEASING’
i) National
Institution for Transforming India Aayog constituted an Expert Group on Land
Leasing.
ii) The expert group will have 10-member
committee which will be headed by T Haque.
iii) The
committee will review the existing agricultural laws of states and will suggest
appropriate amendments, keeping in view the need to legalise and liberalise
land leasing for agricultural
efficiency, equity, occupational diversification, and rapid rural
transformation.
CHAIRMAN
OF NITI AYOG: PM NARENDRA MODI
VICE
CHAIRMAN OF NITI AYOG: ARVIND PANAGRIYA
CEO
OF NITI AYOG: SINDHUSHREE KHULLAR
2. ‘IST
INDIA-US STRATEGIC AND COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE’ HELD IN WASHINGTON
i) 1st
India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue was held in Washington, USA
ii) It was
chaired by the External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj from india and US
Secretary of State John Kerry chaired it from us.
iii) The
purpose of the dialogue was to ramp up bilateral economic exchange to 500
billion US dollars and enhance regional security.
3. ‘HINDI
WRITER DR KAMAL KISHORE’ CONFERRED WITH VYAAS SAMMAN
i) Hindi
writer Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka has been conferred with Vyaas Samman for year
2014.
ii) The
award is given for his work ‘Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar
Adhyayan’.
Vyas Samman Award: It was
started by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991. It is awarded annually for extra
ordinary contribution made by writers towards the Hindi language
4. ‘MUKESH
AMBANI’ INDIA’S RICHEST PERSON FOR 9TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
i) Mukesh
Ambani has been named as India’s richest person for ninth consecutive year by
forbes with worth of 18.9 billion dollars.
ii) Reliance
india limited is India’s second most valuable company by market value after
Tata Consultancy Services.
iii) Top 5
richest persons from india : Mukesh Ambani
, Dilip Shanghvi, Azim Premji , Hinduja brothers,Pallonji Mistry.
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