DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
1. ANDHRA BANK LAUNCHED IMMEDIATE PAYMENT SERVICE
i.Andhra Bank has launched Immediate Payment Service the National
Payments Corporation of India in its all branches.
ii.It will help in making payments possible within seconds with
all the standards and integrity maintained for security.
iii.The IMPS will help in providing inter-bank electronic fund
transfer service capable of processing person to account remittances.
iv.The maximum amount of transaction will be 2 lakh rupees and
charged at the rate of five rupees per transaction.
V.National Payments Corporation of India is an organization for
all retail payments system in India
2. WORLD'S LARGEST BLUE STAR SAPPHIRE DISCOVERED IN SRI LANKA
i. The world's largest blue star sapphire was discovered in Sri
Lanka.
ii.The sapphire was found near Ratnapura city in the South of Sri
Lanka.
ii.The stone is worth at an estimated cost of 100 million US
dollars
3. CCI CLEARED RELIANCE
CAPITAL-GOLDMAN SACHS DEAL
i. The Competition Commission of India gave its approval to Reliance Capital Asset
Management for acquiring Goldman Sachs' mutual fund business in India for 243
crore rupees.
ii. In Reliance Capital and Goldman Sachs deal the company will
acquire all 12 onshore mutual fund schemes of Goldman Sachs Asset Management India.
iii. The Goldman Sachs Group is an American multinational
investment banking firm.
iv.It deals in global investment banking, securities, investment
management and other financial services primarily with institutional clients.
4. PRANAV DHANAWADE MAKES WORLD RECORD BY SCORING 1009 RUNS AT
SCHOOL LEVEL TOURNAMENT
i. 15-year-old cricketer Pranav Dhanawade created a world record
by scoring 1009 runs in HT Bhandari Cup an under-16 inter-school tournament
held in Mumbai.
ii. He has broken a century old cricket record by becoming the
first batsman to score 1000 plus runs in an innings in any form of cricket
iii.He scored 1009 runs in 323 balls with 129 fours and 59 sixes in the entire match.
iv.He had broken 116 yr Record
of runs 628 made by AEJ Collins in 1899.
5. UNION CABINET APPROVED
STAND UP INDIA SCHEME
i.The Union Cabinet approved the Stand up India Scheme to promote
entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Women
entrepreneurs.
ii.The Scheme is started to facilitate at least two projects per
bank branch, on an average one for each category of entrepreneur. It is
expected to benefit at least 2.5 lakh borrowers.
iii.Under the Stand Up India Scheme :
a.
Refinance window
through Small Industries Development Bank of India with an initial amount of 10000 crore rupees
is set up.
b.
It will
create credit guarantee mechanism through the National Credit Guarantee Trustee
Company
c.
Support will
be provided for borrowers both at the pre loan stage and during operations.
d.
Main focus
is on handholding support for both SC/ST and Women borrowers.
e.
The loan under
the scheme will be secured and backed by a credit guarantee through a credit
guarantee scheme.
6. CRPF TO DEPLOY WOMEN COMMANDOS IN ANTI-NAXAL OPERATIONS
i. Central Reserve Police Force has decided to deploy 300 women commandos for undertaking anti-Naxal
operations in Extreme affected states.
ii. Women in CRPF will help in interacting with the local women which
helps in gathering good intelligence and also helps in bringing forces closer
to the locals and villagers.
CRPF DIRECTOR GENERAL: PRAKASH MISHRA
7. UNION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED GANGA GRAM YOJANA IN UTTAR PRADESH
i. The Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation Uma bharti launched Ganga Gram Yojana at Village Puth in Hapur
district of Uttar Pradesh.
ii.Under this scheme 1600 villages of UP situated along the banks
of river Ganga will be developed.
iii. Under this yojna 200 villages have been selected.
iv.Under this yojna open drains falling into river Ganga will be
diverted and alternative arrangements for sewage treatment will be made.
v.Toilets will be developed in every house hold.
