Page-2 of Current Affairs - September, 2009
High Level Summit on Climate Change at UN Headquarters
On 22 September, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a high-level Summit on Climate Change, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. The summit brought together political leaders, including 100 Heads of State and ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2009
Category: Summits and Conferences
Forbes’s annual ranking of the best of Asia-Pacific
Indian Companies in the Forbes’s annual ranking of the best of Asia-Pacific Listed Companies Some facts: The ranking was started in 2005, Infosys and Wipro are getting a place every year since 2005. China has maximum number (16) of Companies. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2009
S. C. Gupta Panel for Control on Money Lenders in India
RBI announced in the ‘Annual Policy Statement for the year 2006-2007’ the setting up of a Technical Group to review legislations on money lending for : reviewing the efficacy of the existing legislative framework, which governs money lending, reviewing the ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2009
RBI’s Financial Literacy Drive Programme for Financial Inclusion
The idea behind the Financial inclusion is that all people or every household in the country must have an operative account in a bank. To achieve 100 per cent financial inclusion across the country,Reserve Bank of India has decided to ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2009
Orissa government signs MOU with SBI for Electronic benefit transfer for NREGA
September 23, 2009: With an aim to achieve financial inclusion and provide door step banking to the rural people, the Orissa government today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the public sector State Bank of India (SBI) for implementing ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2009
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
India’s first Islamic bank will open in Kerala by 2010
What is a Islamic Bank? Islamic banking refers to a system of banking or banking activity that is consistent with the principles of Islamic law (Sharia) and its practical application through the development of Islamic economics. Sharia prohibits the ..