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Union Government appoints 9 Executive Directors in Public Sector Banks
Union Government has appointed 9 Executive Directors (EDs) in Public Sector Banks (PSBs). Their appointment was approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on recommendation of selection panel headed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan. Following ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Indian Railways inks MoU with LIC for Rs 1.5 lakh crore investments in rail infrastructure
Indian Railways on 11 March 2015 inked an MoU with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to raise Rs 1.5 lakh crore for financing the development of its various commercially viable infrastructure projects. The MoU was signed by Financial Commissioner (Railways) Rajalakshmi ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Parliament passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Parliament has passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015. It was first passed in Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 and later in the Rajya Sabha on 11 March 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
India's literacy rate rose to 72.98 % in 2011: Union Government
Union government has announced that India’s literacy rate has risen to 72.98%. It was informed by Union Minister Human Resource Development (HRD) Smriti Irani while replying to the supplementaries in the Lok Sabha. Union governments reply informed that As per ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Kumar Sangakkara creates record by scoring four consecutive ODI centuries
Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara became first batsman to score four consecutive one-day international (ODI) centuries in a Cricket World Cup. He achieved this feat by hitting 4th century by scoring 124 runs in a match against Scotland in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Attorney General is a public authority and comes under RTI: Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court in its ruling has held that Attorney General of India comes under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. This ruling reversed the previous decision of the Central Information Commission (CIC) which had held that ..