DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1. PER CAPITA INCOME OF INDIANS TO CROSS RS 1
LAKH IN FY17
i. India’s per capita income is estimated to cross Rs 1
lakh in 2016-17, up from Rs 93,293 in the previous fiscal.
ii. As per the ‘First Advance Estimates of National
Income, 2016-17’ released by CSO, the per capita net national income during
2016-17 is “estimated to be Rs 103,007” at current prices. This is higher by
10.4 per cent compared to Rs 93,293 during 2015-16.
iii. The Central Statistics Office said India’s GDP is
expected to slow down to 7.1 per cent during 2016-17 from 7.6 per cent in the
previous fiscal.
2. BUDGET
SESSION OF PARLIAMENT TO BEGIN FROM JANUARY 31ST
i. The Budget session of Parliament convened to start
from January 31, a day before the Union Budget is likely to be presented.
ii. President
Pranab Mukherjee has summoned the Rajya Sabha to meet on January 31, 2017.
iii. The practice of separate railway Budget presentation
is being scrapped from this year. The railway estimates will be part of the
Union Budget.
3. SANIA
WON BRISBANE WOMEN'S DOUBLES TITLE BUT LOSES NO.1 RANK
i. Indian tennis playeer Sania Mirza picked up her first
title of the season, combining with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands to lift the
Brisbane International women's doubles title.
ii. The trophy ended Sania's 91-week reign as the world
No.1 doubles player in the WTA rankings. That position was taken over by her
partner Bethanie.
4. NOVAK
DJOKOVIC WINS QATAR OPEN TENNIS TITLE
i. Serbian Player Novak Djokovic has won the Qatar Open
tennis title held in Doha.
ii. He defeated Andy Murray of UK.
5. 2017
INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL BEGINS AT AHMEDABAD
i. A 7 day International Kite Festival is inaugurated by
International Kite festival CM Vijay Rupani and Gujarat Governor OP Kohli at
the Sabarmati riverfront, Ahmedabad.
ii. International Kite festival includes a theme pavilion
based on ‘Tourist Destinations of Gujarat’, kite workshop, adventure games for
kids, craft stalls to display the local art and food stalls with local
delicacies for the visitors.