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Monday, March 20, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 MARCH

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 MARCH

1. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT PROPOSED A DRAFT OF LABOUR CODE TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY COVER TO THE ENTIRE WORKFORCE IN THE COUNTRY. WHO IS THE UNION MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT?
a) Bandaru Dattatreya
b) Sis Ram Ola
c) Mallikarjun Kharge
d) Narendra Singh Tomar

ANS - A
2. THE 1ST EDITION OF THE 3 DAY HARYANA SAHITYA SANGAM WAS HELD IN WHICH CITY OF HARYANA?
a) Kurukshetra
b) Panipat
c) Rohtak
d) Panchkula

ANS - C
3. THE TWO DAY 2017 GLOBAL MILLENNIUM SUMMIT WAS ORGANIZED IN WHICH COUNTRY?
a) Dubai, UAE
b) Canberra, Australia
c) Kathmandu,Nepal
d) Moscow,Russia

ANS - A
4. HOW MANY INDIAN WOMEN HAVE BEEN HONORED WITH THE 2017 ‘WOMEN ICONS’ AWARD AMONG THE 25 ASIAN WOMEN IN SINGAPORE FOR DEDICATING THEIR LIVES TO SOCIAL WORK?
a) 10
b) 11
c) 20
d) 15

ANS - B
5. WHO HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF UTTARAKHAND?
a) Harak Singh Rawat
b) Madan Kaushik
c) Dhan Singh Rawat
d) Trivendra Singh Rawat

ANS - D
6.  STATE OWNED PSU, NTPC COMMISSIONED THE SECOND UNIT OF 660 MW OF MOUDA SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION STAGE-II. MOUDA SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) West Bengal
c) Karnataka
d) Maharashtra

ANS - D
7.  WHO HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF UTTAR PRADESH?
a) Keshav Prasad Maurya
b) Yogi Adityanath
c) Raj Nath Singh
d) Amit Shah

ANS - B
8.  WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST CONFERENCE?
a) Buddhism in the 21st Century
b) Fountain of Buddhism and World Peace
c) Buddhism for Conflict Avoidance and Peace Building
d) Connecting World with Buddhism

ANS - A
9.  THE FIRST MADE-IN-INDIA TRAIN NAMED ________ WAS FLAGGED OFF FROM THE DADAR STATION TO BORIVALI AT LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS.
a) Vani
b) Mahasweta
c) Medha
d) Bharti

ANS - C
10.  DILIP SHANGHVI WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A MEMBER ON THE WESTERN AREA LOCAL BOARD OF RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, SERVES AS THE MD OF WHICH COMPANY?
a) Accenture
b) Sun Pharmaceuticals
c) Ranbaxy
d) Larson & Turbo

ANS - B



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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20TH MAR 2017
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1. 2017 INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST CONFERENCE HELD IN BIHAR
i. The 3 days International Buddhist Conference was held at the Rajgir International Convention Center of Nav Nalanda Mahavira Deemed University, Rajgir, Bihar.
ii. The conference was inaugurated by His Holiness, The Dalai Lama jointly with the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr. Mahesh Sharma by lighting a ceremonial lamp.
iii. The main theme of the conference was Buddhism in the 21st Century – Perspectives and Responses to Global Challenges and Crisis.
iv. He also inaugurated the Nava Nalanda University’s new department of the Buddhist Science, first of its kind in Asia.

2. FIRST MADE-IN-INDIA TRAIN, MEDHA, FLAGGED OFF AT DADAR STATION
i. India’s 41st homemade train for Western Railway Fleet, Medha was flagged off for its maiden run by the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, via videoconferencing from Dadar to Borivali at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus.
ii. The 12-coach, made-in-India train, halted at Bandra and Andheri stations during the transit. Medha has been manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. The train has been installed with LED lighting to reduce energy consumption.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19TH MAR 2017
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1. LABOUR MINISTRY PROPOSES LABOUR CODE TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY COVER TO ALL WORKERS
i. The Union Ministry of Labour & Employment has proposed a preliminary draft of Labour Code to provide social security cover to the entire workforce in the country including self-employed and agricultural workers.
ii. The Code on Social Security & Welfare 2017 seeks to simplify, rationalize, consolidate, and amend the laws relating to social security of workforce so as to make them less complex for easier comprehension, implementation and enforcement.
iii. This is for the 1st time that the ministry has formulated a code to cover agricultural workers along with self-employed people and target to provide social security benefits to 45 cr workers.

2.  FIRST-EVER HARYANA SAHITYA SANGAM BEGAN IN PANCHKULA
i. The 1st edition of the Haryana Sahitya Sangam began at Indradhanush Auditorium, Panchkula in Haryana.
ii. The 3 day event was inaugurated by the CM Manohar Lal Khattar and has been organized as a part of the Haryana Swarna Jayanti celebrations.
iii. The objective of the festival is to highlight the contribution of Haryana in the field of literature and culture and to provide a platform for young and budding writers to get genuine and wide range of guidance.

3. SPORTS MINISTER VIJAY GOEL ADDRESSES GLOBAL MILLENNIUM SUMMIT AT DUBAI
i. Shri Vijay Goel, The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports was invited as the Chief Guest at the 2-day Global Millennium Summit in Dubai.
ii. The Summit has been organized by the Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi in association with the Office of International Programmes and IIM-Ahmedabad.
iii. Goel said that a National Youth Policy has been launched in 2014 replacing the previous National Youth Policy, 2003 for the youth of India.
iv. The new policy empowers youth of the country to achieve their full potential, and through them enable India to find its rightful place in the community of nations.
v. The Global Millennium Summit is a 1st-of-its-kind initiative where an Indian institute has organized an International Summit. The theme of the summit is ‘Future of this Millennium’. The Summit aims to provide the youth across the world with a platform to discuss, act and interact.

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Saturday, March 18, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18TH MAR 2017
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1. GST COUNCIL APPROVES SGST & UTGST DRAFT BILLS AT ITS 12TH MEETING
i. The Goods and Service Tax council headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cleared the State GST and Union Territory GST laws during its 12 Council meet.
ii. Now the draft bills will need to be approved by the Cabinet and taken up in Parliament’s ongoing budget session for final approval.
iii. The SGST draft law will have to be approved by the legislative assemblies of respective states including Delhi and Puducherry.
iv. The UTGST draft law is for the union territories like Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which do not have legislative assemblies.
v. The GST tax regime has 9 set of rules and regulations out of which the Council has already approved 5 including registration, payment, refunds, invoices and returns.
vii. The 4 other rules namely composition, valuation, input tax and credit transitions is yet to get formal approval of the Council and will be taken up in the next meeting on March 31. After March 31, the Council will take up the exercise of fitment of various commodities in the GST tax slabs of 5%, 12%, 15% and 28%.

2. INDIA, BRAZIL CONCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENT  
i. India and Brazil have finalised text of the Social Security Agreement. It will be effective from 2018.
ii. This is the 1st SSA agreement between the BRICS Countries.
iii. India has signed Social Security Agreements with 18 countries: Australia, Belgium, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and South Korea.
iv. SSA will help to promote more investment flows between the 2 countries. A detached workers of the 2 countries are exempted from making social security contributions in either countries so long as they were making such contributions in their respective countries.

3. DEMANDS FOR GRANTS OF MINISTRY OF DEFENCE FOR 2017-18 PASSED IN LOK SABHA
i. The Lok Sabha passed the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Defence for 2017-18 after negotiating with the opposition.
ii. In 2017-18, the Ministry of Defence has been allocated Rs 3,59,854 cr (including pensions) for expenditure across the various services, production establishments and research and development organisations.
iii. This allocation is the highest from all other departments and represents 16.8% of the central government’s budget of 2017-18 and 2.1% of India’s estimated GDP.

4. G20 MEET OF FINANCE MINISTERS & CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS BEGAN IN GERMANY
i. The 2 day G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet began in Baden-Baden, Germany.
ii. The meeting will focus on strengthening economic resilience in finance, digitalization and promote investment in Africa.
iii. The meetings between finance ministers and central bank governors will provide a preliminary discussion platform ahead the G20 Summit of heads of state and government, which will be held in Hamburg.
iv. This is the 1st global gather to discuss economic challenges since Donald Trump took over as the US President. The gathering will help to set the tone for international commerce and finance.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 17TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 17TH MAR 2017
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1. CABINET APPROVALS ON MARCH 15, 2017
i. The Union Cabinet under the chairmanship of PM Shri Narendra Modi gave its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management, Namibi.
ii. The government was apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between India with Indonesia for cooperation in youth and sports matters and Kyrgyz Republic for cooperation in the field of youth development.
iii. Cabinet also gave its approval to the revised Memorandum of Understanding and Mode of Operation between India and Bangladesh for establishing Border Haats on India-Bangladesh Border.
iv. Narendra Modi approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships, Ministry of Shipping and the Department of Shipping, Government of Bangladesh on Aids to Navigation.
v. The Centre has approved to increase the Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners to 4% from the existing rate of 2% with effect from January 1, 2017.

2. TAMIL NADU FINANCE MINISTER JAYAKUMAR PRESENTS TAX-FREE BUDGET FOR 2017-18
i. The Tamil Nadu Finance Minister D Jayakumar presented a tax free and revenue deficit budget for the fiscal 2017-18 in the state Legislative Assembly. It is the 1st Budget presented by the state Finance Minister as well as the 1st budget of the AIADMK government headed by E. Palaniswami.
ii. Total Revenue Receipts: Rs 1,59,363 cr, Total Expenditure: Rs 1,75,293 cr.
iii. Revenue Deficit: Rs 15,930 cr, Fiscal Deficit: Rs 41,977 cr (2.79% of GDP)

3. INDIA AMONG OTHER SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRY SIGNS WHO’S CALL TO END TB BY 2030
i. India along with other South East Asian Region countries signed a ‘Call for Action’ to end tuberculosis and pledged to take efforts to end the disease by 2030.
ii. The  ‘call for action’ was signed by the Health ministers of the WHO’s South-East Asia Region countries and the World Health Organization on the concluding day of the 2 day ministerial meeting towards ending TB in the region.
iii. The initiative envisages scale-up efforts and implementing adequately funded, innovative, multi-sectoral and comprehensive measures to achieve the global target to end the disease by 2030.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 17 & 18 MARCH

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 17 & 18 MARCH

1. INDIA AND OTHER SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGION SIGNED A WHO’S CALL FOR ACTION ON MARCH 16, 2017 TO END TUBERCULOSIS (TB) BY WHICH YEAR?
a) 2020
b) 2019
c) 2023
d) 2030

ANS - D
2. THE UNION CABINET APPROVED TO INCREASE THE DEARNESS ALLOWANCE/ DEARNESS RELIEF TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES/PENSIONERS FROM 2% TO ______ %.
a) 5%
b) 4%
c) 6%
d) 3%

ANS - B
3. WHICH BANK HAS LAUNCHED INDIA’S FIRST DIGITAL LOAN AGAINST SECURITIES SERVICES?
a) HDFC Bank
b) ICICI Bank
c) Axis Bank
d) Yes Bank

ANS - A
4. WHO HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF PUNJAB?
a) Manpreet Singh Badal
b) Aruna Chaudhary
c) Amarinder Singh
d) Rana Gurjit Singh

ANS - C
5. WHICH COUNTRY SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES A LAND-BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE TO STRENGTHEN ITS DEFENCE CAPABILITIES?
a) Russia
b) China
c) Iran
d) Pakistan

ANS - D
6.  WHAT IS THE INDIA’S RANK IN THE WORLD FOR THE NUMBER OF MPS IN PARLIAMENT, AS PER LATEST UN REPORT “WOMEN IN POLITICS 2017 MAP”?
a) 155th
b) 119th
c) 148th
d) 169th

ANS - C
7. THE 2017 G20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS MEETING HAVE BEEN STARTED IN WHICH COUNTRY?
a) Germany
b) India
c) Italy
d) France

ANS - A
8. FIRST AIRBUS TRAINING CENTRE IN ASIA TO BE SET UP IN WHICH STATE?
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) New Delhi

ANS - D
9.  ESAF SMALL FINANCE BANK LAUNCHED IN WHICH CITY OF KERALA?
a) Kochi
b) Thrissur
c) Kollam
d) Kozhikode

ANS - B
10.  WHICH BANK HAS SIGNED AN MOU WITH THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS’ BODY CREDAI FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REALTY SECTOR?
a) Bank of Baroda
b) ICICI Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Reserve Bank of India

ANS - C


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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 15 & 16 MARCH

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 15 & 16 MARCH

1. IN WHICH OF THE GIVEN STATES, GOVERNMENT HAS LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF BANANA RESEARCH CENTRE TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF BANANA GROWERS?
a) Maharashtra
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Bihar
d) Madhya Pradesh

ANS - C
2. WHICH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IS SET TO PROVIDE LOAN FOR THE UPCOMING REWA ULTRA MEGA SOLAR PROJECT IN MADHYA PRADESH?
a) International Monetary Fund
b) Asian Development Bank
c) Reserve Bank of India
d) World Bank

ANS - D
3. WHO HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF GOA?
a) M. Venkaiah Naidu
b) Manohar Parrikar
c) Amit Shah
d) Laxmikant Parsekar

ANS - B
4. 51 YEAR OLD AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL WHO DIED RECENTLY WAS A RENOWNED ____?
a) Journalist
b) Actor
c) Author
d) Singer

ANS - A
5. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF RELIANCE COMMERCIAL FINANCE LTD?
a) Ashok Mishra
b) Devang Mody
c) Deepak Jain
d) Pawan Kumar

ANS - B
6.  WHAT IS THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR 2017-18 PRESENTED BY THE ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNMENT?
a) Rs. 2,90,155 crore
b) Rs, 1,25,110 crore
c) Rs. 2,15,890 crore
d) Rs 1,56,999 crore

ANS - D
7.  A NEW TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EXPORT SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR DEVELOPING EXPORT LINKED INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST ALLOCATED FOR THE SCHEME?
a) Rs. 615 crore
b) Rs. 600 crore
c) Rs. 820 crore
d) Rs. 750 crore

ANS - B
8.  THE KRISHI UNNATI MELA 2017 HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN WHICH CITY?
a) Shimla
b) Bhopal
c) New Delhi
d) Panaji

ANS - C
9.  THE 3 DAY INTERNATIONAL VISION ZERO CONFERENCE ON OCCUPATIONAL, SAFETY AND HEALTH HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN WHICH CITY?
a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) Karnataka

ANS - A
10.  WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY 2017?
a) Our Money, Our Rights
b) Fix Our Phone Rights
c) Building a Digital World Consumers can Trust
d) Antibiotics Off the Menu

ANS - C


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Friday, March 17, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16TH MAR 2017
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1. ANDHRA PRADESH PRESENTS AROUND 1.57 LAKH CR BUDGETS FOR 2017-18
i. The Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu presented Rs 1,56,999 cr budget for the financial year 2017-18 in the Legislative Assembly.The proposed budget for 2017-18 is about 15.70% more than the budget for 2016-17.
ii. The objective of the gender budget is to save women and girls from discrimination and neglect in matters of development, progress, security and human rights.
iii. Revenue expenditure: Rs 1.25 lakh cr, Capital expenditure: Rs 31,087 cr, State’s revenue deficit in 2017-18: Rs 416 cr.
iv. Fiscal deficit: Rs 23,054 cr. Under Vision 2029, the state is targeting a growth rate of 12% every year.

2. CENTRE LAUNCHES NEW SCHEME TIES FOR DEVELOPING EXPORT LINKED INFRASTRUCTURE
i. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Commerce and Industry Minister launched a new scheme named Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme for developing export linked infrastructure and boost the competitiveness of India’s shipments.
ii. TIES aims to bridge the infrastructure gap in India to ensure smoother movement of export cargo and also ensure quality standards and certification measures to promote outbound shipment.
iii. The scheme will have a total budgetary allocation of Rs 600 cr for 3 years with an annual outlay of Rs 200 cr.

3. ANNUAL KRISHI UNNATI MELA BEGINS IN NEW DELHI
i. The 3-day annual Krishi Unnati Mela was inaugurated by Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute in Pusa, New Delhi.
ii. Its aim is to provide information on new farm schemes and technologies and other welfare scheme that will help to double the farmer’s incomes by 2022.
iii. The 3 day fair has been organized by the Indian Agricultural Research Annual Krishi Unnati Mela 2017 Institute jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
iv. As a part of the event, the Minister also gave away Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Puraskar 2016 to recognise contribution of Krishi Vigyan Kendras.

4. MEGHALAYA CHIEF MINISTER MUKUL SANGMA PRESENTS RS 1236 CRORE DEFICIT BUDGET
i. The CM of Meghalaya, Mukul Sangma, who also holds charge of Finance department, presented Rs 1236 cr deficit budget for the financial year 2017-18 in the state assembly with focus on development expenditure.
ii. In order to synchronize with the budgetary framework of the Union Government, the Meghalaya CM also announced the merger of the plan and non-plan expenditure and has increased the tax slabs for transportation to raise additional revenue.
iii. Fiscal deficit is pegged at Rs 1236 cr which is around 3.8 % of the GSDP.
iv. Rural Development: Rs 1731.57 cr, Road and Bridges: Rs 712.8 cr, Education: Rs 909.94 cr,  Health and Family Welfare: Rs 420.93 cr.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15TH MAR 2017
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1. FOOTWEAR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE BILL, 2017 INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA
i. The Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill, 2017 in the Lok Sabha in order to declare the FDDI as an Institution of National Importance.
ii. Its objective is to enable FDDI emerge as Centre of Excellence to meet with the international standards and address the shortage of trained human resource in the sector.
iii. The Bill seeks to facilitate and promote teaching, training and research in all disciplines relating to design and development of Footwear and leather products.
iv. The institute shall consist of a governing council where chairperson shall be an academician, scientist or industrialist from the leather sector to be nominated by the central government.
iv. The central government shall have the power to remove the chairperson or other members or reconstitute the governing council if it considers it appropriate to do so.
v. It will also develop an international centre for creation and transmission of information, with a focus on educational, professional and industrial commitments.

2. GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES BANANA RESEARCH CENTRE IN VAISHALI DISTRICT OF BIHAR
i. Shri Radha Mohan Singh, The Union Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Minister laid the foundation stone of the Banana Research Centre at Gorole, Vaishali, Bihar Centre to fulfill the aspirations of the local banana growers.
ii. The new centre will work to find reasons behind less production in banana, enhancement in acreage for cultivation, suitable utilization of the various parts of the plants, different products, marketing and value addition.
iii. The new research centre at Vaishali will let the research work to get more momentum to bring a new era of banana cultivation in Bihar and surrounding states
iv. India is the largest producer of banana in the world. Among the states, Maharashtra is the largest producer followed by Tamil Nadu.

3. RBI LIKELY TO OPEN UPI PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL WALLETS SOON
i. The Reserve Bank of India is set to open up the Unified Payment Interface platform for digital wallets firms as part of the government’s digitization campaign.
ii. Presently, the digital wallets can access the UPI network through partner banks to facilitate bank-to-bank money transfers.
iii. The initiative will enable the digital wallets such as Paytm and MobiKwik to become inter-operable and also help them to expand their business model.
iv. RBI is expected to issue guidelines shortly on inte`roperability and ‘know your customer’ norms for digital wallet companies as well as the interchange fees to be levied between the wallets to access the UPI framework.

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