DAILY GK 28 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 28 JUNE 2019

1. UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA SCHEME, 81,03,196 HOUSES WERE APPROVED

✔Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri announced that 81,03,196 houses were approved under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme.

✔Central Assistance of Rs. 51,113 crores was released under the PMAY(Urban).

✔State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary of the concerned State/Union Territories reviews the progress of implementation of the Mission ‘Housing for All by 2022’ at the State level.

2. RBI RECOMMENDS COMMERCIAL BANKS TO ADOPT EDUCATION LOAN SCHEME

✔India’s central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India has advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks to adopt Education Loan Scheme which is formulated by Indian Banks’ Associatio.

✔The IBA scheme circulated to all member Banks including State Bank of India for providing financial support to meritorious students for pursuing higher education in India and abroad.

✔Loan up to Rs 10 lakh for study in India and upto Rs 20 lakh for study abroad. Collateral free loans upto Rs 7.5 Lakh under the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Education Loans.

✔Repayment period of 15 years.

3. SAMANT KUMAR GOEL GOT APPOINTED AS RAW CHIEF

✔As per the Personnel Ministry, Government of India, Samant Kumar Goel, a 1984 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre appointed as chief of  Research and Analysis Wing for a fixed two-year term.

✔He is presently serving as Special Secretary in the RAW.

✔He will succeed Anil K Dhasmana.

4. ARVIND KUMAR BECOMES NEW IB HEAD

✔According to the Personnel Ministry, Government of India, Arvind Kumar, a 1984 batch IPS officer from Assam- Meghalaya cadre has been made the chief of Intelligence Bureau for the tenure of two years.

✔He is currently serving as special director in the IB.

✔He will succeed Rajiv Jain

5. BJP MP MEENAKSHI LEKHI PENS HER FIRST NOVEL ‘THE NEW DELHI CONSPIRACY’

✔Meenakshi Lekhi, a women politician has written her debut novel titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’.

✔Ms. Lekhi is a Supreme Court lawyer by profession.

✔The book is published by Harper Collins and has been co-written by Krishna Kumar who works with her.