DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 14 MARCH 2016
(Daily News India)
1. ICICI
BANK LAUNCHED A CREDIT-LINKED SUBSIDY SCHEME FOR HOME LOANS UNDER PRADHAN
MANTRI AWAS YOJANA
i. ICICI Bank has signed a MoU with
National Housing Bank to facilitate the credit-linked subsidy to eligible
borrowers.
ii. Under the scheme customer will get
a subsidy at 6.5 per cent per annum on a maximum amount of Rs 6 lakh or the
loan amount whichever is lower for a maximum tenure of 15 years.
iii. Individual borrowers from the
economically weaker section and the low-income will be able to acquire and
construct the house for the family by paying significantly lower equated
monthly installments.
iv. ICICI Bank is supporting Government’s vision to provide
housing for all by 2022.
2. TAPAN
CHAND ELECTED AS AAI CHIEF
i. Aluminium Association of India
elected Tapan Kumar Chand as the President
of the metal governing body.
ii. Aluminium Association of India, was
founded in 1981
iii. It was founded to fulfill the
needs of Indian Aluminium Industry and to interface with various aluminium
industries world over
3.
KANGANA RANAUT HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF REEBOK INDIA
i. Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has
been appointed as the brand ambassador of Reebok India.
ii. She also launched the new campaign
of the brand titled “Be More Human”.
iii. It aims to inspire women to become
better versions of themselves physically , mentally and socially.
4. UNION
CABINET GAVE GREEN SIGNAL FOR AMENDMENT TO SIKH GURDWARAS ACT, 1925
i. The Union Cabinet approved the
proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs to amend the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925.
ii. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave
green signal to remove the exception given to Sehajdhari Sikhs in 1944 to vote
in the elections for selecting members of the board and the committees
constituted under the Act.
iii. The Sehajdhari Sikhs were
continuously exercising their voting rights in the SGPC elections since 1949.
iv. In 2003 the Sehajdhari Sikhs were
debarred from voting by amending the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925.
5. NUCLEAR PLANT IN GUJRAT LEAKED
i. A power generation unit at Kakrapar
Atomic Power Station in Surat was closed after leakage of heavy water.
ii. No nuclear radiation has occurred
due to the leakage.
iii. The radioactivity and radiation
levels in the plant premises and outside are normal.
6. CRISIL
PROJECTS GDP GROWTH AT 7.9% IN 2016-17
i. Crisil projected country’s GDP
growth rate at 7.9 per cent in next fiscal year.
ii. Crisil said the growth will be
positive if the monsoon is normal and the government implements the reform
measures announced by it recently.
iii. CRISIL known as Credit Rating
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