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RUPEE: Norway Oslo

India New Delhi Indian rupee Svalbard and Jan Norwegian krone (pl. kroner)

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee Mayen Longyearbyen

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Sweden Stockholm Swedish krona (pl. kronor)

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee PESO:

Seychelles Victoria Seychellois rupee Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso

Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lankan rupee Chile Santiago Chilean peso
Colombia Santa Fe de Bogotá Colombian peso
AUSTRALIA DOLLAR: Cuba Havana Cuban peso
Australia Canberra Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso
Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso
Cocos (Keeling) Islands West island Philippines Manila Philippine peso
Nauru Yaren Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso
Norfolk Island Kingston
Tuvalu Funafuti
EASTERN CARIBBEAN DOLLAR:

US DOLLAR: Anguilla The Valley

American Samoa Pago Pago Antigua and Barbuda St John's
British Virgin Islands Road Town Dominica Roseau
Ecuador Quito Grenada St George's
Guam Hagatna Montserrat Plymouth
Marshall Islands Majuro Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Micronesia Palikir Saint Lucia Castries
Northern Marianas Capitol Hill, Saipan
Palau Ngerulmud Saint Vincent and theGrenadines Kingstown
Puerto Rico San Juan
Timor-Leste Dili CENTRAL AFRICAN CFA FRANC:
Turks and CaicosIslands Cockburn Town Cameroon Yaoundé
United States Washington DC
Central African Republic Bangui
US Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie
Chad N'Djamena
El Salvador San Salvador
Congo Brazzaville

Ivory coast Yamoussoukro

FRANC:
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Burundi Bujumbura Burundian franc
Gabon Libreville
Comoros Moroni Comorian franc
WESTERN AFRICAN CFA FRANC:
Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Congolese franc
Benin Porto Novo
Djibouti Djibouti city Djiboutian franc
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Guinea Conakry Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy ariary
Mali Bamako
Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc
Niger Niamey
Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc
Senegal Dakar
Switzerland Bern Swiss franc
Togo Lomé

KRONE:
EURO:
Denmark Copenhagen
Andorra Andorra la Vella
Faroe Islands Torshavn Danish krone (pl. kroner)
Austria Vienna
Greenland Nuuk
Netherlands Amsterdam

Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry

Belgium Brussels Brazil Brasilia Brazilian real (pl. reais)

Finland Helsinki Bulgaria Sofia lev (pl. leva)
France Paris Cambodia Phnom Penh riel
French Guiana Cayenne Cape Verde Praia Cape Verde escudo
Germany Berlin China Beijing renminbi-yuan
Greece Athens Costa Rica San José Costa Rican colón (pl. colones)

Guadeloupe Basse Terre Croatia Zagreb kuna

Ireland Dublin Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna (pl. koruny)

Italy Rome Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound

Luxembourg Luxembourg city Eritrea Asmara nakfa

Martinique Fort-de-France Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr

Mayotte Mamoudzou Falkland Islands Stanley Falkland Islands pound

Monaco Monaco Former Yugoslav Skopje denar

Portugal Lisbon Republic of

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre Macedonia

San Marino San Marino Georgia Tbilisi lari

Lithuania Vilnius Ghana Accra cedi

Spain Madrid Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar pound

Cyprus Nicosia Guatemala Guatemala City Guatemalan quetzal (pl.

quetzales)
Réunion Saint-Denis
Haiti Port-au-Prince gourde
Latvia Riga
Honduras Tegucigalpa lempira
Estonia Tallinn
Hungary Budapest forint
Malta Valletta
Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna (pl. krónur)
Slovenia Ljubljana
Indonesia Jakarta Indonesian rupiah
Slovakia Bratislava
Iran Tehran Iranian rial
The Holy See (Vatican City Vatican City
Israel Jerusalem new shekel
State)
Japan Tokyo yen
Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan tenge
DINAR:
Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling
Algeria Algiers Algerian dinar
Kiribati Tarawa Kiribati dollar
Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek som
Iraq Baghdad Iraqi dinar
Laos Vientiane kip
Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar
Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar
Lesotho Maseru loti (pl. maloti)
Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar
Macau Macau pataca
Serbia Belgrade dinar (1); euro (2)
Malawi Lilongwe Malawian kwacha
Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian ringgit
Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar
Maldives Malé rufiyaa
Serbia Belgrade dinar
Mauritania Nouakchott Mauritanian ouguiya
Moldova Chisinau Moldovan leu (pl. lei)
OTHERS:
Mongolia Ulan Bator Mongolian togrog
Afghanistan Kabul Afghan afghani
Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham
Albania Tirana Albanian lek
Mozambique Maputo metical (pl. meticais)
Angola Luanda Kwanza
Myanmar Naypyidaw Burmese kyat
Armenia Yerevan dram
Netherlands Willemstad Netherlands Antillean guilder,
Aruba Oranjestad Aruban florin
Antilles dutch guilder
Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijani manat
Nicaragua Managua córdoba
Bangladesh Dhaka taka
Nigeria Abuja naira
Belarus Minsk Belarusian ruble
North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won
Bhutan Thimphu ngultrum
Oman Muscat Omani rial
Bolivia Sucre16 boliviano
Panama Panama City Balboa, Us Dollar
Bosnia and Sarajevo Bosnian convertible mark
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby kina
Herzegovina
Paraguay Asunción guaraní (pl. guaraníes)
Botswana Gaborone pula

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

Peru Lima new sol Syria Damascus Syrian pound

Poland Warsaw Polish zloty Tajikistan Dushanbe somoni
Tanzania Dodoma Tanzanian shilling
Qatar Doha Qatari rial
Thailand Bangkok baht
Romania Bucharest Romanian leu (pl. lei)
The Gambia Banjul dalasi
Russia Moscow ruble
Tonga Nuku'alofa pa'anga
Saint Helena Jamestown Saint Helena pound
Turkey Ankara Turkish lira
Samoa Apia tala
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmen manat
São Tomé and São Tomé dobra
Uganda Kampala Ugandan shilling
Príncipe
Ukraine Kiev hryvnia
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal
United Arab Abu Dhabi UAE dirham
Sierra Leone Freetown leone
Emirates
Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar
United Kingdom London pound sterling
Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling
Uzbekistan Tashkent som
South Africa Pretoria rand
Vanuatu Port Vila vatu
South Korea Seoul South Korean won
Venezuela Caracas bolívar
Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound
Vietnam Hanoi dong
Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese dollar
Western Sahara Al aaiun Moroccan dirham
Swaziland Mbabane lilangeni (pl. emalangeni),
Yemen San'a Yemeni rial
south African rand
Zambia Lusaka Zambian kwacha
Sweden Stockholm Swedish krona (pl. kronor)

S.No States Capitals Chief Ministers Governors/

Administrators
1 Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Biswa Bhushan Harichandan
2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Pema Khandu B D Mishra
3 Assam Dispur Himanta Biswa Sarma Jagdish Mukhi
4 Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan
5 Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Sushri Anusuiya Uikey
6 Delhi New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal (Lt.Governor)
7 Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(Additional Charge)
8 Gujarat Gandhinagar Vijay Rupani Acharya Devvrat
9 Haryana Chandigarh (Shared with punjab) Manohar Lal Khattar Satyadev Narayan Arya
10 Himachal Pradesh Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala Jai Ram Thakur Bandaru Dattatreya
(Winter)
11 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) - Manoj Sinha (Lt.Governor)
12 Jharkhand Ranchi Hemant Soren Draupadi Murmu
13 Karnataka Bangalore B. S. Yeddyurappa Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
14 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan Arif Mohammed Khan
15 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shivraj Singh Chouhan Anandiben Patel (Additional
Charge)
16 Maharashtra Mumbai Uddhav Thackeray Bhagat Singh Koshyari
17 Manipur Imphal Nongthombam Biren Singh Najma Heptulla
18 Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma Satya Pal Malik
19 Mizoram Aizawl Zoramthanga P S Sreedharan Pillai
20 Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio R N Ravi
21 Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal
22 Puducherry Puducherry N. Rangaswamy (Lt.Governor)Tamilisai
Soundararajan(Additional
Charge)
23 Punjab Chandigarh (shared with Haryana) Captain Amarinder Singh V P Singh Badnore
24 Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalraj Mishra
25 Sikkim Gangtok Prem Singh Tamang Ganga Prasad

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

26 Tamil Nadu Chennai MK Stalin Banwarilal Purohit

27 Telangana Hyderabad K Chandrasekhar Rao Tamilisai Soundararajan
28 Tripura Agartala Biplab Kumar Deb Ramesh Bais
29 Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra Singh Rawat Baby Rani Maurya
30 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Patel
31 West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Jagdeep Dhankhar
32 Andaman and Nicobar Port blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi
Islands
33 Dadra and Nagar Silvassa - Praful Patel (Administrator)
Haveli
34. Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Patel (Administrator)
35. Lakshadweep Kavaratti - Praful Patel (Administrator)
36. Chandigarh Chandigarh - V.P. Singh Badnore
(Administrator)
37. Ladakh Leh - Radha Krishna Mathur

(*Note: All union territories are administered by only Governors except Delhi and Puducherry. Delhi and puducherry have chief minister and
Lt.Governor).

Cabinet Ministers:

Portfolio (Department) Minister CONSTITUENCY

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Atomic Energy

Department of Space

All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated
to any minister.

Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)

Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah Gandhinagar (Gujarat)

Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)

Minister of Corporate Affairs

Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Nagpur (Maharashtra)

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)

Minister of Commerce and Industry

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani Amethi (Uttar Pradesh)

Minister of Women and Child Development

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers D. V. Sadananda Gowda Bangalore North (Karnataka)

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda Khunti (Jharkhand)

Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Patna Sahib (Bihar)

Minister of Communications

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh)

Minister of Steel

Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Narendra Singh Tomar Morena (Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of Rural Development

Minister of Panchayati Raj

Minister of Food Processing Industries

Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Hardwar (Uttrakhand)

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh)

Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan Chandni Chowk(NCT of Delhi)

Minister of Science and Technology

Minister of Earth Sciences

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javdekar

Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Rajya Sabha (Jharkhand)

Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey Chandauli(Uttar Pradesh)

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi Dharwad(Karnataka)

Minister of Coal

Minister of Mines

Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Jodhpur(Rajasthan)

Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Giriraj Singh Begusarai(Bihar)

Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Portfolio (Department) Minister CONSTITUENCY

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Labour and Santosh Kumar Gangwar Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)
Employment

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Rao Inderjit Singh Gurgaon (Haryana)
Programme Implementation

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Planning

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ayurveda, Yoga and Shripad Yesso Naik North Goa (Goa)
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Development of North Jitendra Singh Udhampur (Jammu & Kashmir)
Eastern Region

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances

and Pensions

Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy

Minister of State in the Department of Space

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Youth Affairs and Kiren Rijiju Arunachal Pradesh West
Sports
(Andhra Pradesh)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Culture Prahlad Singh Patel Damoh (Madhya Pradesh)

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Tourism

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Power Raj Kumar Singh Arrah (Bihar)

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of New and Renewable

Energy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Housing and Urban Hardeep Singh Puri Rajya Sabha (Uttar Pradesh)
Affairs

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Civil Aviation

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ports, Shipping and Mansukh L. Mandaviya Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
Waterways

Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

BANK AND THEIR HEADQUATERS, TAGLINES

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA
Bank Name Headquarters Tagline
Allahabad Bank Kolkata A Tradition of Trust.
Andhra Bank Hyderabad Where India Banks.
Bank of Baroda Vadodara India’s International Bank.
Bank of India Mumbai Relationship beyond banking.
Bank of Maharashtra Pune One family one bank.
Canara Bank Bangalore Together We Can.
Central Bank of India Mumbai Central To you Since 1911.
Corporation Bank Mangalore A Premier Public Sector Bank, Prosperity for all.
Dena Bank Mumbai Trusted Family Bank.
Indian Bank Chennai Your Tech- Friendly Bank, Taking Banking Technology to
the Common Man, Your Own Bank.
Indian Overseas Bank Chennai Good people to grow with.
IDBI Bank Mumbai Banking For All, “Aao Sochein Bada”.
Oriental Bank of Commerce Gurugram Where every individual is committed.
Punjab National Bank New Delhi The name you can bank upon.
Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi Where service is a way of life.
Syndicate Bank Manipal (Karnataka) Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner.
UCO Bank Kolkata Honours Your Trust.
Union Bank of India Mumbai Good People to Bank with.
United Bank of India Kolkata The Bank that begins with “U”.
Vijaya Bank Bangalore A friend you can bank on.

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

SBI Five Associates Bank + Bhartiya Mahila Bank after Merged with SBI effect from 1 April, 2017
State Bank of India Mumbai With you all the way, Pure Banking Nothing Else, The
Nation’s banks on us.
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Jaipur The Bank with a vision.
Hyderabad You can always bank on us.
State Bank of Hyderabad
State Bank of Mysore Bangalore Working for a better tomorrow.
State Bank of Patiala Patiala Blending Modernity with Tradition.
State Bank of Travancore Thiruvananthapuram A long Tradition of Trust.
Bhartiya Mahila Bank New Delhi Empowering Women, Empowering India.
PRIVATE
SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA
Bank Name Headquarters Tagline
Axis Bank Mumbai Badhti Ka naam Zindagi.
Dhanlaxmi Bank Thrissur, Kerala Tann. Mann. Dhan
HDFC Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra We understand your world.
ICICI Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra Hum Hai Na, Khyal Apka.
J & K Bank Srinagar, J&K Serving to Empower.
Karur Vysya Bank Karur, Tamil Nadu Smart Way to Bank.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra Let’s Make Money Simple.
Lakshmi Vilas Bank Karur, Tamil Nadu The changing face of prosperity.
South Indian Bank Thrissur, Kerala Experience next generation banking.
Yes Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra Experience our Expertise.
Karnataka Bank Mangalore Your Family Bank, Across India.
Bandhan Bank Kolkata, West Bengal Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai
Catholic Syrian Bank Thrissur, Kerala Support all the way
City Union Bank Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu Trust and Excellence- Since 1904
DCB Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra We Value You
Federal Bank Kochi, Kerala Your Perfect Banking Partner

IndusInd Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra We Make You Feel Richer

IDFC Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra Banking Hatke

Nainital Bank Nainital, Uttarakhand Banking with personal touch

RBL Bank Mumbai, Maharashtra Apno ka Bank

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu Be a step ahead of life

INTERNATIONAL BANKS
Bank Name Headquarters Tagline
Standard Chartered Bank London, UK Your Right Partner.
Bank of America Charlotte, USA Higher Standards, Bank of Opportunity
BNP Paribas Paris, France The Bank for the changing world.
CITI Bank New York, USA The City never sleeps.
Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, Germany A Passion to perform.
HSBC London, UK The world’s local bank.
Royal Bank of Scotland Edinburgh, United With you all the way
Kingdom
DBS Bank Marina Bay, Singapore Living, Breathing Asia
Barclays London, UK Fluent in finance
JPMorgan Chase Bank New York, United States The right relationship is everything
State Bank of Mauritius Port Louis, Mauritius -
Rabobank Utrecht, Netherlands A Bank with Ideas
Bank of Ceylon Colombo, Sri Lanka The Bank you can trust.
Other Financial/ Important Institutions in India

Name Headquarters Tagline

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) -Money Market Mumbai, Maharashtra -

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) Mumbai, Maharashtra You focus on exports. We cover the risks.

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) Chennai, India -

Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) Mumbai, Maharashtra -

Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh KARE PRAYAS , PAYE VIKAS

National Housing Bank (NHB) New Delhi -

Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) New Delhi -

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Mumbai, Maharashtra -

(NABARD)
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of Hyderabad, Telangana -
India (IRDAI)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) - Capital Mumbai, Maharashtra -
Market
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Mumbai, Maharashtra -

Pension Fund Regulatory And Development Authority New Delhi -

(PFRDA)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) New Delhi

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and New Delhi

Industry (FICCI)
Foods safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) New Delhi -

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) New Delhi -

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) New Delhi -

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Mumbai, Maharashtra -

Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) New Delhi -

Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) New Delhi -

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) New Delhi -

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) Mumbai, Maharashtra -

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Mumbai, Maharashtra -

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) New Delhi -

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBEC) New Delhi -

Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) New Delhi -

National Association of Software and Services New Delhi -

Companies (NASSCOM)
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of New Delhi -
India (ASSOCHAM)

Important Days in a Year: Last Sunday of Jan (28th 2018): World Leprosy Eradication Day
January 01: Global Family Day. January 30: Martyrs' Day
January 01: Army Medical Corps Establishment February 01: Indian Coast Guard Day
Day February 02: World Wetland Day
January 04: World Braille Day February 04: World Cancer Day
January 06: World Day of War Orphan’s February 06: International Day of Zero Tolerance against female
January 09: NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas). genital mutilation
January 10: World Hindi Day February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
January 12: National Youth Day (Birthday of February 12: Darwin Day
Swami Vivekananda). Feb 12th – 18th: National Productivity Week
January 15: Army Day. February 13: World Radio Day
January 16: National Religious Freedom Day February 13: Sarojini Naydu's Birthday
January 19: National Disaster Response Force Raising Day February 14: Valentine’s Day
January 23: Netaji Subhash Chandra bose February 20: World Day of Social Justice
Birthday (Desh Prem Divas) February 21: International Mother Language Day
January 24: National Girl Child Day February 22: World thinking Day
January 25: National Tourism Day February 23: World Peace And Understanding Day
January 25: National Voters Day February 24: Central Excise Day
January 26: India's Republic Day February 28: National Science Day
January 26: International Customs Day. 2nd Thursday in March (Mar 8th 2018): World Kidney Day
January 28: Lala lajpat Rai birthday 3rd Friday in March (Mar 16th 2018): World Sleep Day
January 28: Data protection Day March 1: Zero Discrimination Day, World Civil Defence Day

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

March 3: World Wildlife Day, World Hearing Day May 22: International Day for Biodiversity
March 4: World Day of fight against sexual May 24: Commonwealth Day (India)
exploitation, National Security Day, National Safety Day. May 29: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
March 8: International Women's Day May 31: Anti-Tobacco Day (World No Tobacco Day)
March 14: Pi Day (3/14) June 1: World Milk Day (India)
March 15: World consumer rights Day. June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
March 20: World Day of theatre for children and June 5: World Environment Day
young people. June 8: World Ocean Day
March 20: International Day for Francophonie June 12: World Day Against Child Labour
March 20: World Sparrow Day June 14: World Blood Donor Day.
March 21: International Day of Forests June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination of June 17: World Day to combat desertification and
Racial Discrimination. Drought
March 22: World Water Day June 19: International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in
March 23: World Meteorological Day Conflict
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day June 20: World Refugee Day
March 24: International Day For Achievers June 21: World Music Day
March 25: International Day of remembrance- June 21: World Hydrographic Day
victims of slavery and transatlantic slave trade June 21: International Day of Yoga
March 27: World Drama Day 3rd Sunday of June (June 17th 2018): Father’s Day
March 27: World Theatre Day June 23: United Nation’s Public Service Day
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day June 23: International Widow’s Day
April 4: International Day for mine awareness and June 26: International Day against Drug abuse &
assistance in mine action Illicit Trafficking
April 5: National Maritime Day (India) June 29: National Statistics Day
April 7: World Health Day July 1: National Doctor’s Day
April 10: World Homeopathy Day First Saturday of July: International Day of Co-operatives
April 11: National Safe Motherhood Day July 6: World Zoonosis Day
April 17: World Haemophilia Day July 7: Global Forgiveness Day
April 18: World Heritage Day July 11: World Population Day
April 20: World Orphans Day July 12: World Malala Day
April 21: Civil Services Day July 15: World Youth skills Day
April 22: Earth Day July 17: World Day for International Justice
April 23: World Book And Copyright Day July 18: Nelson Mendela International Day
April 24: National Panchayati Raj Diwas July 26: Kargil vijay Diwas
April 25: World Malaria Day July 28: World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
April 26: World Intellectual property Day July 29: International Tiger Day
April 29: International Dance Day July 30: World Day against Trafficking in Persons
April 30: International Jazz Day August (1-7): World Breastfeeding Week
Last week of April: World Immunization Week First Sunday of August (Aug 5th 2018) : Friendship Day (India),
May 1: International Labour Day (Workers Day) International Forgiveness Day
May 3: Press Freedom Day August 6: Hiroshima Day
May 4: Coal miner’s Day August 7: National Handloom Day
1st Sunday of May: World Laughter Day August 9: International Day of World’s indigenous People, Quit India
May 8: World Red Cross Day Day and Nagasaki Day
May 9: Victory Day of Soviet Union August 10: World Bio-fuel Day
May 11: National Technology Day August 12: International Youth Day
May 12: International Nurses Day August 15: Independence Day of India
2nd Sunday of May (May 13 2018): Mother's Day,
th
August 19: World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
From 2018 (Two times in the year- Second Saturday in May and in August 20: World Mosquito Day
October): World Migratory bird Day August 23: International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade
May 15: International Day of the Family and its abolition
May 16: National Dengue Day August 26: Women’s Equality Day
May 17: World Telecommunication Day August 29: National Sports Day
(Information society Day), World Hypertension Day August 29: International Day against Nuclear Tests
May 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day, International Museum Day September 2: World coconut Day
May 20: World Metrology Day September 5: International Day of charity, Teachers' Day (Dr.
May 21: Anti-terrorism Day Radhakrishnan’s birthday)

Chennai | Trivandrum | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem |

September 8: World Literacy Day November 25: International Day for the Elimination of violence against
First Saturday of September (Sep 8 2018): World First Aid Day
th
women
September 14: National Hindi Diwas November 26: Constitution Day (National Law Day or Samvidhan
September 15: International Day of democracy, Engineers Day (India) Divas)
September 16: World Ozone Day November 29: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
September 21: Alzheimer's Day, International Day of peace December 1: World AIDS Day.
Last Sunday of September (Sep 30 , 2018): Day of the Deaf
th
December 2: World Computer literacy Day, International Day of
September 27: World Tourism Day, World Maritime Day abolition of slavery
September 28: World Rabies Day December 3: International Day of People with Disabilities.
September 29: World Heart Day December 4: Navy Day.
September 30: International Translation Day December 5: International volunteer Day for economic and social
October 1: International Day of the older person, World Vegetarian Day development, World Soil Day.
October 2: Mahatma Gandhi birthday, International Day of non- December 7: Armed Forces Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day.
violence December 9: International Day against corruption.
First Friday of October (Oct 5 2018): World smile Day
th
December 10: Human Rights Day.
First Monday of October (Oct 1 st
2018): World Habitat Day, World December 11: International Mountain Day.
Architecture Day, December 14: International Energy conservestion Day (India)
October 4: World Animal Day December 15: International Tea Day
October 5: World Teacher’s Day December 17: International Day against violence against sex workers
October 8: Indian Air Force Day December 18: International Migrants Day.
October 9: World Post Office Day December 19: Goa’s liberation Day.
Second Thursday of October (Oct 11 2018): World sight Day
th
December 20: International Human solidarity Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day).
October 11: International girl child Day December 25: National Good governance Day (Birth anniversary of Atal
October 12: World Arthritis Day Bihari Vajpayee)
Second Wednesday of October (Oct 10 th
2018): UN International Day INTERNATIONAL ORGNISATIONS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS:
for National disaster reduction, World Calamity Control Day. ASIAN ORGANISATIONS:
October 14: World Standards Day. • Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Manila, Phillipines
October 15: World White Cane Day (guiding the Blind) • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) – Beijing, China
October 15: World Students Day (Birthday of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam). • New Development Bank (NDB) – Shanghai, China
October 16: World Food Day • Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Jakarta,
October 17: International Day for the eradication of poverty. Indonesia
October 20: World Statistics Day • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) –
October 22: World Energy Day Kathmandu, Nepal
October 24: UN Day, World development information Day. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS BY LOCATION
October 30: World Saving Day or World Thrift Day. New York City, USA:
October 31: World Cities Day • International Rescue Committee
November 1: World Vegan Day • United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of
November 2: International Day to end impurity for crimes against Women, also known as UN Women
Journalist • United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
November 5: World Tsunami awareness Day • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
November 8: World Radiography Day. • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
November 9: National legal services Day Washington DC, USA
November 10: World Science Day for peace and development • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
November 12: World Pneumonia Day • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
November 14: World Diabetes Day • World Bank Group (WB)
November 14: Children's Day in India, Jawaharlal Nehru birthday • International Development Association
November 16: International Day for Tolerance • International Finance Corporation
November 17: International Day of Students, National Journalism Day. • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
Third Thursday of November (Nov 15 th
2018) : World philosophy Day • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
November 18: World Adult Day. • Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
November 19: World Citizen Day. Geneva, Switzerland
November 19: World Toilet Day, National Integration Day. • Inter-Parliamentary Union
November 20: Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children’s Day. • International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
November 21: World Television Day, World Fisheries Day. • International Labour Organization (ILO)
November 21: World Hello Day • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
November 25: World Non-veg Day. • World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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• World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Madrid, Spain

• World Trade Organization (WTO) • World Tourism Organization
• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bern, Switzerland
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • Universal Postal Union
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Gland, Switzerland
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors without Borders • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
• International Organization of Migration (IOM) Basel, Switzerland
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) • Bank for International Settlements
Vienna, Austria: Montreal, Canada
• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) • International Civil Aviation Organization
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Tokyo, Japan
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization • United Nations University
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Singapore
London, UK • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO) Nairobi, Kenya
• Commonwealth of Nations • United Nations Environment Programme
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) • United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
• Amnesty International Abu Dhabi, UAE
Copenhagen, Denmark • International Renewable Energy Agency
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Ebene, Mauritius
Brussels, Belgium • Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
• World Customs Organization Monaco
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) • International Hydrographic Organization
Paris, France Los Angeles, USA
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
(UNESCO) Kathmandu, Nepal
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) • South Asian Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN)
• International Energy Agency Santiago, Chile
• International Chamber of Commerce • United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Caribbean (UNECLAC)
Lyon, France AddisAbba, Ethiopia
• International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Rome, Italy Bangkok, Thailand
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
• International Fund for Agricultural Development Pacific (UNESCAP)
• World Food Programme Beirut, Lebanon
The Hague, The Netherlands • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
• International Court of Justice (UNESCWA)
• International Criminal Court

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS RELATED TO SPORTS:

Organisations Headquarters
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Motne carlo, Monaco
Badminton World Federation (BWF) Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
International Tennis Federation (ITF) London, UK
United World Wrestling (UWW) Lausanne, Switzerland
International Olympic Committee Lausanne, Switzerland
International Boxing Association (Association Internationale de Boxe Lausanne, Switzerland
Amateur (AIBA))
International Golf Federation (IGF) Lausanne, Switzerland
International Hockey Federation Lausanne, Switzerland
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Lausanne, Switzerland
World Archery Federation (WAF) Lausanne, Switzerland
Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Lausanne, Switzerland
World Taekwondo Jongno-gu, Seoul
International Weightlifting Federation Budapest, Hungary
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Zurich, Switzerland

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International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Munich, Germany

World Rugby Dublin, Ireland

BOUNDARIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES:

Line of Actual Control: India & China on the Northern Border 9. The Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act –
Line of Control: India and Pakistan 1949
Durand Line: Afghanistan and Pakistan 10. The Banking Regulation (Companies) Rules – 1949
Radcliffe Line: India and Pakistan (its includes Bangladesh Line) 11. The Banking Regulation Act – 1949
Blue Line: Israel & Lebanon 12. The State Financial Corporations Act – 1951
Purple Line: Israel and Syria 13. The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Misc. Provisions) Act –
Green Line: Israel and its neighbours (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and 1953
Syria) 14. The Industrial Disputes (Banking Companies) Decision Act – 1955
Mason-Dixon Line: Maryland and Pennsylvania/Delaware in Colonia 15. The State Bank of India Act – 1955
America 16. Companies Act - 2013
Curzon Line: Poland & Russia 17. The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act – 1959
Military Demarcation Line (MDL) or Armistice Line: North Korea 18. The Subsidiary banks General Regulation – 1959
and South Korea 19. The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act
McMohan Line: Northe east India & Tibet (DICGC) – 1961
Maginot Line: France & Germany 20. Limitation Act - 1963
Mannerheim line: Russia & Finland 21. The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)
Order Neisse Line: Germany & Poland (aftermath of World War II) Act – 1970
Hindenburg Line: Poland & Germany (at the time of First World War) 22. The Nationalized Banks (Management and Misc. Provisions) Scheme
Siegfried Line East: France & Germany (at the time of Second World - 1970
War) 23. Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act - 2010
16th Parallel North: Angola and Namibia 24. The Regional Rural Banks Act – 1976
17th Parallel Line: North & South Vietnam 25. The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)
20th Parallel North: Libya & Sudan Act – 1970
22th Parallel North: Egypt & Sudan 26. The Export – Import Bank of India Act - 1981
24th Parallel: India & Mynamar 27. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act –
25th Parallel North: Mauritania & Mali 1981
26th Parallel North: Western Sahara & Mauritania 28. Chit Fund Act – 1982
31 Parallel North: Iraq & Iran 29. NABARD General Regulations - 1982
35 Parallel North: US it serves as border b/w Tennessee/Mississippi, 30. Banking Companies (Period of Preservation of Records) Rules -
Tennessee/Alabama, Tennessee/Georgia and North Carolina/Georgia 1985
36 Parallel North: In the US it forms the southernmost boundary of 31. Banking Regulation (Companies) Rules -1949
the state of Missouri with the state of Arkansas 32. Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act – 1985
38 Parallel North Line: North & South Korea 33. Shipping Development Fund Committee (Abolition) Act – 1986
40 Parallel North: US it serves as border b/w Nebraska & Kansas 34. The National Housing Bank Act – 1987
41 Parallel North: US it forms the border b/w Wyoming/Utah border, 35. NABARD Bonds Regulations – 1987
Wyoming/Colorado, Nebraska/Colorado. 36. SIDBI Act – 1989
42 Parallel North: US it serves as border of New York & Pennsylvania 37. SIDBI General Regulations - 1990
Border 38. The Special Court (trial of Offences relating to Transactions in
43 Parallel North: US it serve as border of b/w State Nebraska & state Securities) Act – 1992
of South Dakota 39. The Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertakings and
45 Parallel North: US it forms the boundary b/w Montana & Wyoming Repeal) Act – 1993
49 Parallel North (Medicine Line): USA & Canada 40. Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act -
1993

BANKING RELATED ACTS: 41. Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules - 1994

1. Negotiable Instrument Act – 1881 42. Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertaking & Appeal)

2. Indian Trusts Act - 1882 Act – 1997

3. The Bankers ‘Books Evidence Act – 1891 43. Foreign Exchange Management Act - 1999

4. Indian Stamp Act - 1899 44. The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and

5. Indian Partnership Act - 1932 Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SARFASI) - 2002

6. The Reserve Bank of India Act – 1934 45. Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking & Repeal)

7. The Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act – 1948 Act – 2003

8. The Banking Companies (Legal Practitioner Clients’ Accounts) Act – 46. Credit Information Companies (Rules & Regulation) Act – 2005

1949 47. The Banking Ombudsman Scheme –2006

49. SARFAESI (Central registry) Rules - 2011 50. Insurance Act - 1938

List of Countries and its Central banks:

S. No. Country Central Bank Headquarters Head of Bank

1. Afghanistan Da Afghanistan Bank Kabul Khalil Sediq

2. Albania Bank of Albania Tirana Gent Sejko

Mohammed
3. Algeria Bank of Algeria Algiers
Loukal
4. Angola National Bank of Angola De Fevereiro Valter Filipe da Silva
5. Armenia Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia Yerevan Arthur Javadyan
6. Argentina Central Bank of Argentina Buenos Aires Federico Sturzenegger
7. Aruba Central Bank of Aruba Arbua Jeanette R. Semeleer
8. Australia Reserve Bank of Australia Sydney Philip Lowe
9. Azerbaijan Central Bank of Azerbaijan Baku Elman Rustamov
10. Bahrain Central Bank of Bahrain Manama Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj
11. Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank Dhaka Fazle Kabir
12. Barbados Central Bank of Barbados Bridgetown Cleviston Haynes
13. Belarus National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Minsk Pavel Kallaur
Bosnia &
14. Central Bank of Bosnia & Herzegovina Sarajevo Senad Softić
Herzegovina
15. Botswana Bank of Botswana Gaborone Moses Dinekere Pelaelo

16. Brazil Central Bank of Brazil Brasilia Ilan Goldfajn

17. Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank Sofia Dimitar Radev

18. Cambodia National Bank of Cambodia Phnom Penh Chea Chanto
19. Canada Bank of Canada Ottawa, Canada Stephen Poloz
20. Chile Central Bank of Chile Santiago Mario Marcel
21. China People’s Bank of China Beijing & Shanghai Zhou Xiaochuan
22. Colombia Bank of the Republic Bogota Juan Jose Echavarria
23. Comoros Central Bank of the Comoros Moroni Mer Said Ahmed Said Ali
24. Congo Central Bank of Congo Kinshasa Deogratias Mutombo

25. Djibouti Central Bank of Djibouti Djibouti Ahmed Osman Ali

26. Egypt Central Bank of Egypt Cairo Tarek Amer

27. Ethiopia National Bank of Ethiopia Addis Ababa Teklewold Atnafu

28. Georgia National Bank of Georgia Public Service Hall, Tbilisi Koba Gvenetadze
29. Iceland Central Bank of Iceland Reykjavik Mar Gudmundsson
30. India Reserve Bank of India Mumbai Urjit Patel

31. Indonesia Bank of Indonesia Jakarta Agus Martowardojo

Central Bank of the Islamic

32. Iran Tehran Valiollah Seif
Republic of Iran
33. Iraq Central Bank of Iraq Baghdad Abdei Basset Turki
34. Israel Bank of Israel Jerusalem Karnit Flug
35. Jamaica Bank of Jamaica Kingston Brian Wynter
36. Japan Bank of Japan Tokyo Haruhiko Kuroda
37. Jordan Central Bank of Jordan Amman Ziad Fariz
38. Kazakhstan National Bank of Kazakhstan Almaty Akishev Daniyar Talgatovich
39. Kenya Central bank of Kenya Nairobi Patrick Ngugi Njoroge
40. Kuwait Central Bank of Kuwait Kuwait city Mohammad Al Hashel

List of Highest Peaks and its location in India:

S.No Highest Peak Height (in Meters) States
1. Kangchenjunga 8586 Sikkim
2. Nanda Devi 7816 Uttarakhand
3. Saltoro Kangri 7742 Jammu and Kashmir
4. Kangto 7060 Arunachal Pradesh

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5. Reo Purgyil 6816 Himachal Pradesh

6. Saramati 3826 Nagaland
7. Sandakphu 3636 West Bengal
8. Khayang 3114 Manipur
9. Anamudi 2695 Kerala
10. Dodda Betta 2637 Tamil Nadu

List of Important Seaports in India:

S.NO. SEAPORTS LOCATION STATE HIGHLIGHTS
Only natural seaport in the shores of Bay of Bengal
1. Vizag port Vishakapatnam Andhra Pradesh
Oldest shipyard of India
2nd largest port in India
2. Madras Port Chennai Tamil Nadu
Largest port in TamilNadu
3. Tuticorin Port Tuticorin Tamil Nadu 2nd largest port inTamil Nadu
4. Kandla Port Gandhidham Gujarat Major seaport of west coast
Nhava Sheva (or)
Largest container port in India
5. Jawaharlal Nehru Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
King Port of Arabian Sea
Port
6. Mumbai Port West Mumbai Maharashtra Largest port in India
7. Marmagao Port South Goa Goa One of India’s earliest modern ports
Panambur (or) New
8. Dakshina Kannada Karnataka All weather port on the shore of Arabian Sea
Mangalore Port
Major port on the Arabian Sea andIndian Ocean Sea route
9. Cochin Port Cochin Kerala
It lies on 2 islands Wellington and Vallarpadam
Situated at the confluence of the river Mahanadi and Bay of
10. Paradip Port Jagatsinghpur Odisha
Bengal
11. Haldia Port Kolkata West Bengal It is the base of Indian Coast Guard
Andaman &
12. Port Blair Port Blair Located at the junctureof Bay of Bengal andAndaman Sea
Nicobar islands

List of Important Food Festivals and countries where it was celebrated:

S. No Festival Countries
1. Potato Festival Sweden
2. Chocolate Festival London, UK
3. Tomato Festival Spain
4. Onion Eating Festival Spain
5. Orange Warsaw Festival Poland
6. Vegetarian Festival Thailand
7. Watermelon Festival Australia
8. Baltic Herring Festival Helsinki, Finland
9. Food & Wine Festival Melbourne, Australia
10. International Mango Festival New Delhi, India
11. Street Food Festival San Francisco, USA
12. Pancake Festival Moscow, Russia
13. Maine Lobster Festival Rockland, USA
14. Mistura Food Festival Lima, Peru
15. Alba White Truffle Festival Alba, Italy
16. Monkey Buffet Festival Lopburi province, Thailand
17. Oktoberfest Munich, Germany
18. Grape Throwing Festival Mallorca, Spain

List of Important Awards and Its Related Fields:

S.No. Awards Related Fields
1. Oscar Film
2. Dada Sahib Phalke Film
3. Grammy Music

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4. Pulitzer Journalism, Literature and Music

5. Arjuna Sports
6. Bowelay Agriculture
7. Kalinga Science
8. Dhanwantri Medical Science
9. Bhatnagar Science
10. Nobel Prize Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical Science
11. Abel Maths
12. Merlin Magic
13. Bharat Ratna Art, Science, Public Service, Sports
14. Vyas Samman Hindi Literature
15. Bihari Award Literature
16. Saraswati Samman Literature
17. Man Booker Literature
18. Vachspati Samman Sanskrit Literature
19. Param Vir Chakra Military
20. Ashok Chakra Civilians
21. Dronacharya Award Sports Coaches
22. Sahitya Akademi Award Literary
23. Kalidas Samman Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts
24. Tansen Award Music
25. Moorthi Devi Award Literature
26. Jnanpith Award Literature
27. Dhyan Chand Award Sports
28. Stirling Prize Architecture
29. Aga khan Award Architecture
30. Pritzker Prize Architecture
31. Green Star award Environmental emergencies (disasters)

Important Airports in India:

Airport Location

1. Veer Savarkar International Airport Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

2. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati, Assam

3. Gaya International Airport Gaya, Bihar

4. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash International Airport Patna, Bihar

5. Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi, Delhi

6. Dabolim Airport Goa

7. Kandla Airport Kandla, Gujarat

8. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad, Gujarat

9. Birsa Munda International Airport Ranchi, Jharkhand

10. Kempegowda International Airport Bangalore, Karnataka

11. Raja Bhoj International Airport Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

12. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, Maharashtra

13. Tulihal International Airport Imphal, Manipur

14. Daporijo Airport Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh

15. Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

16. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport Amritsar, Punjab

17. Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun, Uttrakhand

18. Rajahmundry Airport Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh

19. Shaheed S. Bhagat Singh International Airport Chandigarh, Punjab

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20. Maharana Pratap Airport Udaipur, Rajasthan

21. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad, Telangana

22. Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

23. Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

24. Sonari Airport Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

25. Lengpui Airport Aizwal, Mizoram

26. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata, Bengal

27. Bagdogra Airport Siliguri, Bengal

28. Agatti Aerodrome Agatti, Lakshadweep

29. Tezu Airport Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh

30. Zaruki International Airport Shillong, Meghalaya

31. Silchar Airport Silchar, Assam

32. Swami Vivekananda Airport Raipur, Chhattisgarh

33. Agartala Airport Agartala, Tripura

34. Imphal International Airport Imphal, Manipur

35. Calicut International Airport Kozhikode, Kerala

List of Important Thermal Power Plants in India:

S.No Thermal Power Plant State
1 Simhadri Super TPS Andhra Pradesh
2 Sri Damodaram Andhra Pradesh
3 Sanjeevaiah TPS Andhra Pradesh
4 Bongaigaon TPS Assam
5 Kahalgaon Super TPS Bihar
6 Barauni TPP Bihar
7 Sipat TPS Chattisgarh
8 Korpa super TPS Chattisgarh
9 Bhillai Expansion TPP Chattisgarh
10 Hasdeo TPS Chattisgarh
11 Guru Gobind Singh Super TPS Punjab
12 Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram TPS Haryana
13 Rajiv Gandhi TPS Haryana
14 ChandrapuraTPS Jharkhand
15 Koderma TPS Jharkhand
16 Bokaro TPS Jharkhand
17 Patratu TPS Jharkhand
18 Mundra TPS Gujarat
19 Ukai TPS Gujarat
20 Akrimota TPS Gujarat
21 Sikka TPS Gujarat
22 Raichur TPS Karnataka
23 Udupi TPP Karnataka
24 Bellary TPS Karnataka
25 Brahmapuram Power Station Kerala
26 Kayamkulam Power Station Kerala
27 Vindhyachal Super TPS Madhya pradesh
28 Sant Singaji TPP Madhya pradesh
29 Satpura TPS Madhya pradesh
30 Amarkantak TPS Madhya pradesh
31 Tirora TPS Maharashtra
32 Amravati TPP Maharashtra

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33 Chandrapur Super TPP Maharashtra

34 Khaperkheda TPS Maharashtra
35 Talcher Super TPS Odisha
36 Hirakud captive TPP Odisha
37 Chhabra TPS Rajasthan
38 Suratgarh TPS Rajasthan
39 Neyveli TPS Tamil Nadu
40 Tuticorin TPS Tamil Nadu
41 Mettur TPS Tamil Nadu
42 Palatana TPP Tripura
43 Chibro Power Plant Uttarakhand
44 Khodri Power Plant Uttarakhand
45 Chilla Power Plant Uttarakhand
46 Rihand TPP Uttar Pradesh
47 Anpara TPS Uttar Pradesh
48 Singraulli TPS Uttar Pradesh
49 Obra TPS Uttar Pradesh
50 Rosa TPS Uttar Pradesh
51 Panki TPS Uttar Pradesh
52 Mejia TPS West Bengal
53 Farakka SuperTPS West Bengal
54 Kolaghat TPS West Bengal
55 Bakreshwar TPS West Bengal
56 Durgapur Steel TPS West Bengal
57. Sagardighi Thermal Power West Bengal
Station

List of Nuclear Power Plants in India:

S.No Nuclear Power Plants Location
1. Narora Atomic Power Plant Narora, Uttar Pradesh
2. Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant Rawatbhatta, Rajasthan (India & Canada)
3. Tarapur Atomic Power Plant Palghar, Maharashtra (India & USA)
4. Kakarpar Atomic Power Plant Vyara, Gujarat
5. Madras Atomic Power Plant Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu
6. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant Uttar Kannada, Karnataka
7. Kudankullam Atomic Power Plant Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu (India & Russia)
8. Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant Ratnagiri, Maharashtra (India & France)

Important Dances in India:

S. No State Classical Dance Folk Dance
1 Andra Pradesh Kuchipudi Kolattam, Dhimsa, Veeranatyam, Veedhi Natakam, Burrakatha, Ghanta Mardala
2 Assam Sattriya, Bihu Ojapali, Bihu, Ankia Naat, Jhumur Naach, Bayurumba, Ali Ai Ligang, Khel Gopal, Rakhal
Lila, Tabal Chongli, Canoe
3 ArunachalPradesh Lion and peacock dance, Cardo chham, Aji lamu.
4 Bihar Chan Jata jatin, Bikhari, Jadur, Chhau, kathaputli, Bakho,Jhijhiya, Samochakwa, Karma,Jatra,
Natna
5 Chattisgarh Panthi, Raut Nacha.
6 Gujarat Garba Dandiya Rass, Garba, Bhavi, Tippani, Gomph
7 Goa Fugdi, Tarangamel, Dhala, Dekhni(Going to be Classical recognised), Dhangar
8 Haryana Saang, Khoria, Gugga Dance, Teej, Phag, Jhumar, Ras Leela, Phag dance, Daph, Dhamal,
Loor, Gagor
9 Punjab Bhangar Luddi, Pandass, Kikkli, Giddha(Women), Bhangra(Men) (Going to be Classical recognised)
10 Jammu and Hikat, Rouf, Kud, Dumhal
Kashmir
11 Jharkhand Karma or Munda
12 Kerala Kathakali, Chakyar koothu, Kaikottikali, Mudiyettu, Krishnaaattam, Thullal, Thirayattam, Kaliyattam,

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Mohiniyattam Thappatikkali
13 Karnataka Hatlari Bayalata, Dollu Kunitha, Veeragaase, Yakshagana (Going to be Classical recognised),
Huttari, Suggi Kunitha
14 Madhya Pradesh Karma Teratali, Charkula, Jawara, Matki, Maanch, Grida Dance.
15 Mizoram Khantumm Bamboo Cheraw Dance(Bamboo Dance)
16 Manipur Manipuri Dhol Cholom, Thang Ta(form of martial art)
17 Maharastra Tamasha, Pavri Nah, Lavani, Mauni, Dasavtar,Gafa, Dahikala, Kathakeertan, Lezin,
Dandaniya
18 Odisha Odissi, Chan Ghumura Dance, Chhau Dance, Baagh Naach(Tiger Dance), Dalkhai, Karma Naach,
Chadya Dandanata
19 Puducherry Garadi
20 Rajasthan Kalbelia, Bhavai, Kach hi Ghodi, Ghoomar, Ginad, Chakri, Gangore, Terahttal, Kayal,
Jhulan, Leela, Jhumaa, Suisini
21 Tamilnadu Bharathanatyam Kavadi, Devarattum, Kummi, Kollatum, Karagattam, Mayilattum, Paambattum,
Puliyattum, Poikal kudirai, Bommalattum, Therukoothu.
22 Tripura Hojagiri, Goria, Labang Boomani.
23 Sikkim Singhi Chham, Yak Chaam, Rechungma.
24 Telangana Perini Thandavam, Dappu, Lambadi.
25 Himachal Pradesh Nati Kinnauri Nati, Namgen, Jhora, Jhali, Dangli, Mahasu, Jadda, Jhainta, Chharhi
26 Nagaland Chang Lo or Sua Lua
27 Uttarakhand Garwali Chholiya, Thali Jadda, Jhainta
28 Uttar Pradesh Kathak, Chan Rasiya, Swang, Nautanki, Naqual, Thora, Chappeli, Raslila, Kajri
29 West Bengal Chhau, Gambhira, Kalikapatadi, Alkap, Baul Kirtan, Jatra, Lama

Important Stadiums in India:

Name Location Type
1. Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Cricket
2. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi Cricket
3. M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai , Tamil Nadu Cricket
4. Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal Cricket
5. Gymkhana Ground Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket
6. Jsca Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Cricket
7. Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune , Maharashtra Cricket

8. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad, Telangana Cricket

9. Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur, Rajasthan Cricket
10. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Kochi, Kerala Multipurpose (football (soccer) and cricket)
11. K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Multipurpose
12. Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa Football & Cricket
13. Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket
14. Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Cricket
15. University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Multi-purpose
16. Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior , Madhya Pradesh Cricket
17. Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra Multipurpose
18. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Delhi Multipurpose
19. Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur , Jharkhand Multipurpose
20. Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad , Gujarat Cricket
21. Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara , Gujarat Cricket
22. Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket
23. Sawai Mani Singh Stadium Jaipur , Rajasthan Cricket
24.Gandhi Sports Complex Ground Amritsar , Punjab Cricket

25.Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odissa Cricket

26.M. Chinnasawami Stadium Bangalore , Karnataka Cricket
27. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Telengana, Andhra Pradesh Cricket and Football
28. Brabourne Stadium Mumbai , Maharashtra Cricket
29.Guru Gobind Singh Stadium Jalandhar, Punjab Multipurpose
30. Birsa Munda Stadium Ranchi, Jharkhand Hockey

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31. Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Hockey

32. Dadaji Kondadev Stadium Thane, Maharashtra Cricket
33. Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana, Punjab Football
34. HPCA stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Cricket
35. Khanderi Cricket stadium Rajkot, Gujarat Cricket
36. New VCA stadium Nagpur, Maharashtra Cricket
37. Dr. D.Y. Patil stadium Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra Football & Cricket
38. Apca-Vdca stadium Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh Cricket
39. Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground Indore, Madhya Pradesh Cricket
40. IPCL Sport Complex Vadodara, Gujarat Cricket
41. Nahar Singh Stadium Faridabad, Haryana Cricket
42. Madhav Rao SC India Ground Rajkot, Gujarat Cricket
43. Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh Cricket
44.Dr shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor stadium Taleigao, Goa Volleyball and Basketball.
45. Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttarpradesh Cricket
46. Fort Maidan Palakkad , Kerala Multipurpose
47. Dilip Tirkey stadium Rourkela, Odisha Hockey
48. Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar, Odisha Multipurpose
49. Mahindra Hockey Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra Hockey
50. Burlton park or Gandhi stadium Jalandhar, Punjab Cricket
51. Greater Noida Cricket Stadium Uttar Pradesh Cricket
52. Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, Westbengal Multipurpose

International Stadium:
Name of the Stadium Cities Countries
Adelaide Oval Adelaide Australia
Bundaberg Rum Cairns Australia
Telstra Dome Melbourne Australia
Manuka Oval Canberra Australia
Marrara Cricket ground Darwin Australia
Melbourne Cricket ground Melbourne Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Australia
W.A. C. A Ground Perth Australia
Bangabandhu National stadium Dhaka Bangladesh
Chittagong Stadium Chittagong Bangladesh
Edgbaston Stadium Birmingham England
Headingley Stadium Leeds England
Lord’s Stadium London England
Old Trafford Stadium Manchester England
Sophia Gardens Stadium Cardiff England
St Lawrence Ground Canterbury England
The Brit Oval London England
Trent Bridge Nottingham England
Basin Reserve Wellington New Zealand
Eden Park Auckland New Zealand
Jade Stadium Christchurch New Zealand
John Davies Oval Queenstown New Zealand
McLean Park Napier New Zealand
Arbab Niaz Stadium- Peshawar Pakistan
Ayub National Stadium- Quetta Pakistan
Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Pakistan
Kingsmead Stadium Durban South Africa
New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg South Africa
Newlands Cape Town South Africa

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St George's Park Port Elizabeth South Africa

Centurion Super Sport Park Pretoria South Africa
Colombo Cricket Club Ground Colombo Sri Lanka
Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium Colombo Sri Lanka
R.Premadasa Stadium Colombo Sri Lanka
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground- Colombo Sri Lanka
Sabina Park Kingston Jamaica West Indies
Antigua Recreation Ground St John's Antigua West Indies
Guyana Cricket Stadium Guyana West Indies
Georgetown
Kensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados West Indies
Mindoo Phillip Park Castries St Lucia West Indies
Bulawayo Athletic Club Bulawayo Zimbabwe
Harare Sports Club Harare Zimbabwe
Kwekwe Sports Club Kwekwe Zimbabwe
Queens Sports Club Bulawayo Zimbabwe
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sharjah United Arab Emirates

LIST OF STOCK EXCHANGES AND THEIR INDEX:

1. BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) - SENSEX (Sensitive Index) - Mumbai
2. NSE (National Stock Exchange) - Nifty-50-Mumbai
3. NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) – Newyork
4. NASDAQ (National association of securities dealers Automated Quotation System) - NASDAQ is the first electronic stock market in the world
located in New York.
5. Tokyo Stock Exchange (Japan) - Nikkei-225
6. Korea Stock Exchange (Seoul, South Korea) – KOSPI
7. Shanghai Stock Exchange (China) - Composite Index - Shanghai
8. Shenzhen Stock Exchange (China) - Composite Index - Shenzhen
9. German Stock Exchange - DAX (Deutscher Aktein Index) - Frankfurt
10. Hong Kong Stock Exchange- Hang Seng- Hong Kong
11. SGX (Singapore Exchange) - STI (Straits Times Index) - Singapore
12. LSE (London Stock exchange) or UK stock Exchange - Footsie or FTSE-100 (Financial Times and London Stock Exchange)- London
13. France Stock Exchange - CAC-40 (Cotation Assisteen Continuo) - Paris
14. Tepix Stock Exchange - Iran
15. SET Stock Exchange – Thailand
16. TAIEX Stock Exchange – Taipei (Taiwan)
17. S & P/TSX Stock Exchange - Toronto, Canada
18. BOVESPA Stock Exchange – Brazil
19. FTSEMIB Stock Exchange- Italy
20. IPC Stock Exchange – Mexico
21. SMI Stock Exchange- Switzerland
22. IBEX35 Stock Exchange- Spain
23. ADX Genral Stock Exchange – United Arab Emirates
24. FTSE BURSA Stock Exchange – Malaysia
25. American Stock Exchange (AMEX) – America
26. Montreal Stock Exchange (MSE) – Canada
27. Madrid Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Madrid) – Madrid Spain
28. Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) - Almaty
29. Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) - Srilanka
30. Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) - Kathamandu
List of Indian Rivers and it TOUCHING STATES at which it was ORIGINATION:
RIVERS TOUCHING STATES ORIGINATION
Ganga Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal Gangothri
Yamuna Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi Yamunothri
Brahmaputra Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet Himalayas

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Mahanadi Chhattisgarh, Odisha Sihawa

Godavari Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Brahmagiri Mountain Nasik, Maharashtra
Puducherry(Yanam)
Krishna Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra
Narmada Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat Amarkantak (Shahdol district),Madhya Pradesh

Tapti Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat Satpura range, Madhya Pradesh

Gomati Lucknow Gomat Taal
Gandaki Tibet(China), Nepal, Nhubine Himal Glacier
India(Bihar)
Kosi Nepal, Himalayas, Nepal
India(Bihar)
Son Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Amarkantak (Shahdol district),
Jharkhand, Bihar Madhya Pradesh
Betwa Madhya Pradesh, Vindhya Range
Uttar Pradesh
Chambal Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan Singar Chouri, Vindhya Range, Madhya Pradesh
Sutlej Punjab (India), China, Rakshatal Lake( West of Manassarovar), Mount
Pakistan Kailash
Ravi Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Kulu Valley(Chamba), Himachal Pradesh
Beas Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Beas Kund Himalayas
Chenab India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir) and Pakistan Bara-lacha la
Jhelum Punjab Pir Panjal Range
Kaveri Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka
Mahanadi Odisha, Chhattisgarh Sihawa

STATE WISE RIVERS:

S. No. State River
1 Andhra Pradesh Godavari
2 Bihar Ganga
3 Delhi Yamuna
4 Goa Mandovi
5 Gujarat Sabarmati, Tapti, Vishwamitri, Narmada
6 Haryana Yamuna
7 Jharkhand Damodar, Ganga & Subarnarekha
8 Karnataka Bhadra, Tungabhadra, Cauvery, Tunga & Pennar, Vrishabhavathi
9 Kerala Pamba
10 Madhya Pradesh Betwa, Tapti, Wainganga, Khan, Narmada, shipra, Beehar, Chambal
11 Mahrashtra Krishna, Godavari, Tapi and Panchganga
12 Nagaland Diphu & Dhansiri
13 Odissa Brahmini & Mahanadi
14 Punjab Sutlej
15 Rajasthan Chambal
16 Sikkim Rani Chu
17 Tamil Nadu Cauvery, Adyar, Cooum, Vennar, Vaigai & Tambarani
18 Telangana Musi
19 Uttar Pradesh Yamuna, Ganga & Gomti, Chambal
20 Uttranchal Ganga, Mandakini
21 West Bengal Ganga, Damodar & Mahananda

Dams:
STATES DAMS RIVER

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Dhanikhari Dhanikhari

Kalpong Kalpong

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Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Krishna

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Ranganadi

Assam Pagladia Pagladia

Khandong Kopili
Umrong Umrong Nalah
Subansiri Lower Dam Subansiri
Karbi langpi Dam Borpani

Chhattisgarh Dudhawa Dam, Mahanadi

Gangrel Dam
Mongra Barrage Shivnath
Murrum Silli Sillari

Sondur Sondur
Tandula Tandula and Sukh nala
Goa Amthane Amthane nala
Anjunem Gunuleni Nala
Panchwadi Zuari
Salaulim Sanguem
Gujarat Dantiwada West Banas
Dharoi Sabarmati
Mitti Mitti
Sardar Sarovar Narmada
Ranghola Rangholi

Sukhi Sukhi
Ukai Tapti

Himachal Pradesh Bhakra Sutlej

Kishau Tons

Nathpa Sutlej

Pandoh Beas

Pong Beas
Chamera Ravi
Haryana Ottu barrage Ghaggar – Hakra
Kaushalya Kaushalya
Jammu and Kashmir Salal Chenab
Pakal Dul Chenab
Baglihar Chenab
Uri Jhelum
Jharkhand Getalsud Subarnarekha

Konar Konar
Maithon Barakar
Tenughat Damodar
Ranjit Sagar/ Thein Ravi
Tilaiya Barakar
Khandoli Damodar

Almatti Krishna
Basava Sagara/ Narayanpur Krishna
Karnataka
Bhadra Bhadra
Tungabhadra Tungabhadra

Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) Kaveri

Linganamakki Sharavati
Raja Lakhamagowda/ Hidkal Ghataprabha
Renuka Sagara Malaprabha

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Kadra Kali
Supa Kali
Kodasalli Kali
Chakra Chakra
Vani Vilasa Sagara/ Mari Kanive Vedavathi

Kerala Malampuzha Bharathapuzha

Solaiyar Chalakkudy
Parambikulam
Peringalkuthu
Neyyar Neyyar
Idukki Periyar
Chimmony Chimmony

Cheruthoni Cheruthoni
Mullai Periyar Periyar
Madhya Pradesh Bansagar Son

Bargi Narmada
Barna Barna
Gandhi Sagar Chambal

Halali Halali
Indirasagar Narmada
Kolar Kolar
Omkareshwar Narmada
Rajghat Betwa
Tigra/ Tighra Sank
Manipur Khuga Khuga
Tipaimukh Barak
Maharashtra Koyna Koyna
Jayakwadi Godavari
Totladoh Pench
Isapur Penganga
Ujani/Bhima Bhima
Khadakwasla Mutha
Mizoram Serlui B dam Serlui
Tuirial Tuirial
Odisha Hirakud Mahanadi
Jalaput Sileru
Mandira Sankh
Patora Jonk

Rengali Brahmani

Indravati Indravati

Punjab Ranjit Sagar Ravi

Rajasthan Parbati Parbati

Jawahar Sagar Chambal

Jawai Bandh Jawai
Mahi Bajaj Sagar Mahi
Ranapratap Sagar Chambal
Jakham Jakham
Sikkim Rangit Rangit

Tamilnadu Amaravathi Amaravathi

Kallanai Kaveri
Kodaveri Bhavani
Mettur Kaveri
Vaigai Vaigai
Nallathangal Nallathangal odai

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Orathuppalayam Noyyal
Pillur Dam Bhavani
Utharakhand Dhauliganga Dhauliganga

Gusain Tons
Lakhwar Yamuna
Tehri Bhagirathi
Koteshwar Bhagirathi
Uttar pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand

West Bengal Maithon Damodar

Panchet Damodar

World's Largest Dams in decreasing order: 2. Chit Funds - Respective State Governments
Dam Location 3. Merchant Banking companies – SEBI (Securities and Exchange

Three Gorges China Board of India)

Syncrude Tailings Canada 4. Foreign Exchange or Forex Market - RBI

Chapetón Argentina 5. Venture Capital Fund - SEBI

Pati Argentina 6. Stock broking companies – SEBI

New Cornelia Tailings United States 7. Capital Market- SEBI

Tarbela Pakistan 8. Algorithmic Trading – SEBI

9. Credit Rating agencies - SEBI

Largest Dams (in India): 10. Money Market - RBI

11. Nidhi Companies - Ministry of corporate affairs, Government of
Name State
India
Tehri Uttarakhand
12. Cooperative banks and RRBs – NABARD (National Bank for
Bhakra Himachal Pradesh
agriculture and Rural Development)
Hirakud Odissa
13. Micro-Finance Regulatory Authority - NABARD
NagarjunaSagar Dam Andhra Pradesh
14. Public health & Food Safety - FSSAI (Foods safety and
Bhavani Sagar TamilNadu
Standards Authority of India)
ThungaBhadra Karnataka
15. Telecommunication Business – TRAI (Telecom Regulatory
Rihand Uttar Pradesh
Authority of India)
Maithon dam Jharkhand
16. Civil Aviation – DGCA (Directorate general of civil aviation),
Koyna Maharashtra
Regulator - The Government of India
17. Financial Audit and Accounting Professions – ICAI (Institute
Important Lakes in India:
of Chartered Accounts in India)
Name of the State Name of the lake
18. Financing Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises –
Jammu and Kashmir Wular Lake, Dal Lake
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Madhya Pradesh Upper Lake
19. Pension – Pension Fund Regulatory And Development Authority
Odisha Chilka Lake, Kanjia Lake (PFRDA)
Kerala Vembanad Lake 20. Insurance – Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
Sikkim Cholamu Lake, Gurudongmar India (IRDAI)
Lake 21. Financing Housing – National Housing Bank (NHB)
Andhra Pradesh Kolleru Lake, Pulicat Lake 22. Film/TV Certification & Censorship – CBFC (Central Board of
Punjab Kanjli Lake, Ropar Lake Film Certification)
Uttarakhand Bhimtal Lake, Devtal lake 23. Foreign Direct Investment - FIPB (Foreign Investment
Rajasthan Pichola Lake, sambhar salt lake, Promotion Board)
pushkar lake, Anasagar lake 24. Financial Sector Development - FSDC (Financial Stability and
Haryana Damdama Lake Development Council)
Manipur Loktak Lake 25. Standards & Certification - BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards)
Maharashtra Lonar Lake
Bihar Kanwar Lake
RECENT AND UPCOMING SUMMITS AND SPORTS EVENTS:
Assam Chandubi Lake
1. FIFA World Cup 2018 - Russia
Gujarat Thol Lake 2. FIFA World Cup 2022 - Qatar
3. FIFA U-20 world cup 2017 – South Korea
FINANCIAL BODIES AND ITS REGULATORS 4. FIFA U-17 world cup 2017 – India
1. Commodity Market – FMC (Forward Market Commission), It is now 5. FIFA U-17 Women’s world cup 2018 - Uruguay
being merged in SEBI 6. Commonwealth Games 2018 – Goldcoast, Australia
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7. Commonwealth Games 2022 – Durban, South Africa Michael Rosbash (America) - for the discoveries of molecular
8. Olympics Games 2020 - Tokyo (Japan) mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
9. Winter Olympics Games 2018 - Pyeongyang (South Korea) Michael W. Young (America) - for the discoveries of molecular
10. Summer Olympics Games 2020 - Tokyo (Japan) mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
11. Winter Olympic Games 2022 - Beijing (China) Literature:
12. Paralympics Games 2020 - Tokyo (Japan) Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan) – for novels of great emotional force, has
13. Paralympics Games 2022 – Beijing, China uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the
14. Winter Special Olympics World Games2017 – Austria world.
15. Summer Special Olympics World Games2019 – Abu Dhabi, United Peace Prize:
Arab Emirates International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) - for
16. ICC World Cup Twenty20 2020 - Australia its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian
17. ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 – West Indies consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-
18. ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2020 - Australia breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons.
19. ODI Cricket World Cup 2019 - England & Wales (UK) GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS HEADS:
20. ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 - India 1. Chairperson of Railway Board - Ashwani Lohani
21. Asian Games 2018 – Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia 2. Speaker of Lok Sabha - Sumitra Mahajan
22. Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China 3. Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha – M.Thambidurai
23. Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan 4. Chairman of Rajya Sabha – Venkaiah Naidu
24. Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 – Bhubaneswar, India 5. Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - PJ Kurein
25. Women’s Hockey World Cup 2018 – London, England 6. Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha – Mallikarjun Khagre
26. 9 BRICS Summit 2017 – China
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7. Attorney General of India - K K Venugopal
27. Shanghai Co-operation (SCO) Summit 2017 June – Astana, 8.Permanent Representative of India to United Nations– Syed
Kazakhstan Akbaruddin
28. 43rd G7 Summit 2017 – Taormina, Siscily -Italy 9. Comptroller and Auditor General – Rajiv Mehrishi
29. National Games 2022 – Meghalaya, India 10. Chairperson of National Commission for Women – Rekha Sharma
30. 44 G7 summit 2018 – Canada
th
11. Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission – H.L Dattu
31. 45 G7 summit 2019 – France
th
12. Chairperson of Union Public Service Commission – Vinay Mittal
32. 46 G7 summit 2020 – United States
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13. NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog
33. 47th G7 summit 2021 – United Kingdom Chairperson –PM Narendra Modi
34. G20 Summit 2017 – Hamburg, Germany NITI Aayog Vice Chairman – Rajiv Kumar
35. G20 Summit 2018 – Buenos Aires, Argentina NITI Aayog CEO – Amitabh khant
36. 30 ASEAN Summit - April – Metro Manila, Philippines
th
14. Cabinet Secretary of India – Pradeep Kumar Sinha
37. 31 ASEAN Summit - November – Pampanga, Philippines
st
15. Foreign secretary of India – Vijay Keshav Gokhale
38. 29th APEC Summit 2017 - Danang, Vietnam 16. Chief Justice of India – Dipak Misra
39. 30th APEC Summit 2018 - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 17. Chairman of UIDAI – Nandan Nilekani
40. 31st APEC Summit 2019 – Chile 18. Head of Public Enterprises Selection Board – Ajit Kumar Seth
41. NATO Summit 2018 - Istanbul, Turkey 19. Chairman of 21st Law Commission of India – Bulbir Singh
Chauhan
NOBLE PRIZE WINNERS: 20. Chairman of 7th Pay Commission - Justice A.K Mathur
Chemistry: 21. MD of GIFT city – Ajay Pandey
Jacques Dubochet (Switzerland) - for developing cryo-electron 22.Chairman of Indian Bank's Association (IBA) – Usha
microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of Ananthasubramanian (First Woman)
biomolecules in solution.
Joachim Frank (USA)- for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HEADS:
high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. 1. Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Jens Weidmann
Richard Henderson (UK) - for developing cryo-electron microscopy for (Chairman)
the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. 2. New Development Bank (NDB) – K.V. Kamath (President)
Physics: 3. International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) – Meng
Rainer Weiss (German-born, American Scientist)- for decisive Hongwei (president)
contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational 4. World Bank– Jim Yong Kim (President)
waves 5. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) –Achim Steiner
Barry C. Barish (America) - for decisive contributions to the LIGO 6. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) –
detector and the observation of gravitational waves Jim Yong Kim
Kip S. Thorne (America) – for decisive contributions to the LIGO 7. Amnesty International (Secretary) - Kumi Naidoo
detector and the observation of gravitational waves. 8. International Finance Corporation (IFC) – Philippe Le Houérou
Physiology or Medicine: (CEO)
Jeffrey C. Hall (America)– for the discoveries of molecular 9. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) – Keiko Honda
mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. (Executive Vice President)

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10. World Trade Organization (WTO) – Roberto Azevedo (Director 1. Defence research and Development Organization Chairman - Dr. S.
General) Christopher
11. International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Christine Lagarde (MD) 2. Indian Space and Research Organization Chairman – K Sivan
12. Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Takehiko Nakao (President) 3. Director General of National Security Guard- Sudhir Pratap Singh
13. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Francis Gurry 4. Intelligence Bureau Director- Rajiv Jain
(CEO) 5. Central Bureau Investigation(CBI) Director- Alok Kumar Verma
14. World Health Organization (WHO) - Tedros Adhanom (Former Delhi Police Chief)
15. International Labour Organization (ILO) – Guy Ryder 6. Border Security Force Chief (BSF) – K K Sharma
16. United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) – Anthony 7. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Head - R K Pachnanda
Lake 8. National Security Advisor - Rajinder Khanna
17. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) – Jin Liqun 9. Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Head- Anil Dhasmana
18. North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Jens Stolenberg (Secretary 10. Chief of Naval Staff - Sunil Lanba
General) 11. Chief of Army- Bipin Rawat
19. United Nations Organization – Antonio Guterres (Secretary 12. Chief of Air Force- Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
General)
20. World Food Program - David Beasley (Executive Director). IMPORTANT INDIAN COMMITTEES:
21. UN General Assembly - Miroslav Lajčák (President) • Kamlesh Chandra Committee – to examine the wage structure,
22. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization service conditions of the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the Department
(UNESCO) - Audrey Azoulay (Director General) of Posts (DoP).
23. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Erik Solheim • Adam Lewis Panel – to safeguard integrity in International tennis.
24. International Court of Justice – Abdulqawi Yusuf (President) • Shyam Benegal Committee – to look into revamp the film
certification nuances by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
25. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - • RM Lodha Committee – on the IPL betting scandal.
Mohammed Barkindo (Secretary-General) • Dr T K Viswanathan Committee – on Bankruptcy Law Reforms
26. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Robert M. • A P Shah committee – to look into the dispute between Oil and
Lightfoot Jr. (Administrator) Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and Reliance Industries
27. Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Limited (RIL) on Krishna Godavari (KG) gas fields.
Cooperation SAARC- Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Secretary-General) • A P Shah committee – on applicability of Minimum Alternate Tax
(MAT) to Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Foreign Portfolio
PRESIDENT OF SPORTS FEDERATION HEADS: Investors (FPIs).
1. President of Indian Olympic Association – Narinder Dhruv Batra • L Narasimha Reddy Committee – to look into the implementation
2. President of Indian Football Association - Subrata Datta of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for the ex-servicemen.
3. President of All India Football Federation - Praful Patel (India) • Arvind Subramanian Committee – on Possible Tax rates under
4. President of Indian Wrestling Federation - Brijibhusan Sharan Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Singh • MB Shah Committee – on illegal mining, its trade, transportation
5. President of International Hockey Federation - Dr Narinder Batra and export in Goa.
(India) • RV Easwar Committee – to simplify the provisions of the Income
6. President of Indian Hockey Federation - Mariamma Koshy Tax Act, 1961.
7. President of Indian Boxing Federation - Ajay Singh • T Haque committee – NITI Aayog constituted T Haque Expert
8. President of International Boxing Federation – Daryl J. Peoples Group on Land Leasing
(Australia) • R Gandhi committee – recommended conversion of Urban
9. President of International Olympic Committee - Thomas Bach Cooperative Banks (UCBs) with business size of 20,000 crore rupees or
(German) more into regular banks.
10. President of International Cricket Council - Zaheer Abbas • Deepak Mohanty committee – to frame Medium-term Path on
(Pakistan) Financial Inclusion.
11. Chairman of International Cricket Council - Shashank Manohar • Vijay Kelkar committee - on Revisiting and Revitalizing the Public
(India) Private Partnership (PPP) Model of Infrastructure Development.
12. President of FIFA - Gianni Infantino (Italian) • AK Bhargava committee - to look into the issues of “Net
13. President of BCCI – C K Khanna neutrality”.
14. President of All India Tennis Association - Praveen Mahajan • Aravind Subramanian Committee – to tackle the shortage of
15. President of International Tennis Federation - David Haggerty pulses in India.
(America) • Partha Mukhopadhay Committee - Working group on Migration
16. President of Badminton Association of India - Dr. Himanta Bishwa recommended necessary legal and policy framework to protect the
Sarma interests of the migrants in the country.
17. President of Badminton World Federation - Poul-Erik Hoyer • Meena Hemchandra Committee – on cyber security to review the
Larsen (Denmark) threats in the existing and emerging technology.

DEFENCE HEADS:

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• Kadiyam Srihari Committee – a sub-committee of Central 1. Urjit Patel (Chairperson) – RBI governor – having a casting vote
Advisory Board of Education (CABE) to look into issues of girl’s 2. Viral V Acharya - Deputy Governor of RBI in charge of Monetary
education. Policy
• Eight members Task Force Committee – for preparing action 3. Michael Patra – Executive Director of RBI
plan for next three Olympic games 2020, 2024 and 2028. Three members appointed by Central Government
• Members of Task Force – Pulella Gopichand, Abinav Bindra, Rajesh 4. Chetan Ghate – Professor of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
Kalra, Sandeep Pradhan, Om Pathak, Viren Rasquinha, S. Baldey Singh, 5. Pami Dua – Director of Delhi School of Economics (DSE)
G L Khanna. 6. Ravindra H Dholakia – Professor of IIM, Ahmedabad
• N. K. Singh Committee - on revising the FRBM (Fiscal CENSUS 2011:
Responsibility and Budget Management) ❖ Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872
• Injeti Srinivas Committee – to frame comprehensive National ❖ Census 2011 was held in two phases:
Sports Development Code across sports disciplines. • House listing & Housing Census (April to September 2010)
• B.N. Srikrishna Committee – to review institutionalization of • Population Enumeration (9th to 28th February 2011)
arbitration mechanism in India. And to deliberate on a data protection ❖ Revision round: From 1st March to 5th, 2011
framework for the country. Population Total 1,21,08,54,977
• Nripendra Mishra Committee – task force to look into all the Males 62,37,24,248
strategic aspects of Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan. Females 58,64,69,174
• Ratan P. Watal Committee – on Digital Payments. Literacy Total 74%
• Six members committee – to study the ways to improve India’s Males 82.10%
Haj policy. Females 65.50%
Convenor of committee – Afzal Amanullah Density of population per km 2
382
• Aarvind Pangariya Committee – To classify the caste Names
Sex ratio per 1000 males 940 females
returned in the Socio Economic & Caste Census (SECC) 2011.
Child sex ratio (0–6 per 1000 males 919
• Gail LNG shipe tender float
age group)
• Examine the issue of poor regulation of medical eduction by MCL
and Proposed replacing MCL with NMC.
• The slogan of census 2011 was “Our Census, Our future”.
• Pam Rajput Committee – High level committee on status of
• Total estimated cost of the Census was INR2200 crore (US$340
Women, as well to empower them.
million).
• Bibek Debroy committee - on or mobilization of resources for
major railway projects and the restructuring of Indian Railways.
• First biometric information was collected in 2011.
• Aravind Subramanian – Universal Basic Income to allow people to • Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner – Sailesh
go above poverty line. • Total Population – 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)
• Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman - BCCI’s • India in 2nd rank in population with 17.64%. decadal growth &
newly-constituted cricket advisory committee. China is 1st rank with decadal growth 19% (over 1.35 billion)
• Monetary Policy Committee – for setting interest rates and • World Population is 7 Billions
ending the Reserve Bank of India governor’s role as sole arbiter.
• Increase in population during 2001 – 2011 is 181 Million
Its first policy review is scheduled for October 4.
• 100% Banking State - Kerala
Six members:
100% Banking District - Palakkad (Kerala)
Three members from RBI

Population – 1210.19 million [Males – 623.7 million (51.54%) Females – 586.46 million (48.46%)]
Top Populous of the Country
1 Uttar Pradesh 19,98,12,341
2 Maharashtra 11,23,74,333
3 Bihar 10,40,99,452
4 West Bengal 9,12,76,115
5 Andhra Pradesh 8,45,80,777
Least Populous of the Country
1 Lakshadweep 64,473
2 Daman and Diu 2,43,247
3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 3,43,709
4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3,80,581
5 Sikkim 6,10,577

Population Highlight

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Highest Populous UT Delhi

Least Populous UT Lakshadweep
Highest Populous state Uttar Pradesh
Least populous state Sikkim
Highest urban Population in India (state& UT) Maharashtra – 4,11,00,980
Lowest urban Population in India (state& UT) Lakshadweep – 26,967
Highest Rural Population in India (state& UT) Uttar Pradesh – 13,16,58,339
Lowest Rural Population in India (state& UT) Lakshadweep – 33,683
Highest Density of Population Bihar (1102 sq.km)
Lowest Density of Population Arunachal Pradesh (17)
Highest Populous District Thane (Mumbai)

Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males)

Sex ratio in India 943
Highest sex ratio in state Kerala (1084)
Lowest sex ratio in state Haryana (879)
Highest sex ratio in UT Pondicherry (1037)
Lowest sex ratio in UT Daman and Diu (618)
Child (0-6 years) sex ratio 914
Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in state Mizoram (971)
Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in state Haryana (830)

Literacy Rate in India

Total Person Literacy Rate 74%

Total person Literacy Rate in Urban 86%

Total person Literacy Rate in Rural 71%
Males 82.14%
Females 65.46%
Highest Literacy Rate in State Kerala (94%)
Lowest Literacy Rate in State Bihar (61.8%)
Highest Literacy Rate in UT Lakshadweep (92.2%)
Lowest Literacy Rate in UT Dadra and Nagar Haveli (76.24%)
100% Literacy District Palakkad (Kerala)
Highest Literacy rate in rural (state) Kerala (92.92%)
Highest Literacy rate in urban (state) Kerala (94.99%)[
Lowest Literacy rate in rural (state) Andhra Pradesh (61.14%)
Lowest Literacy rate in urban (state) Uttar Pradesh (77.0%)

NATIONAL PARK:
NAME OF THE NATIONAL PARK STORY FOR NATIONAL PARKS WILD LIFE SANCTUARY
STATE
Andaman and Campbell Bay NP JHANSHI & HARRIET went to camp to Spike Island WLS
Nicobar Islands Galathea NP ANDAMAN and doing GALATHA at Lohabarrack Salt Water Crocodile WLS
Mahatma Gandhi CAMPELL BAY PEAK ,but suddenly both Defence Island WLS
Marine (wandoor) NP saw a marine of statue of MAHATMA Cinque Island WLS
Middle Button Island GANDHI, who is known as peace icon in Flat Island WLS
NP India, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH, SOUTH and Barren Island WLS
Mount Harriet NP some Islands also ,so they become silent
North Button Island NP and went to eat MUTTON
South Button Island NP
Rani Jhansi Marine NP
Saddle Peak NP
Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateshwara NP PVR cinemas. GundlaBrahmeswaram WLS
Rajiv Gandhi NP Rollapadu WLS
Papikonda NP Sri Lankamalleswara WLS
Koundinya WLS

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Coringa WLS
Krishna WLS
Kambalakonda WLS
Kolleru WLS
Nellapattu WLS
Pulicat Lake WLS (located in the border
of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Sri PenusilaNarasimha WLS
Arunachal Mouling NP ARUN had a MOU with a girl named APHA. Pakhui Tiger Reserve
Pradesh Namdapha NP ( NAMEDAPHA) Dibang WLS
Kamlang WLS
Mehao WLS
Eaglenest WLS
Itanagar WLS
Sessa Orchid WLS
Kane WLS
Talley Valley WLS
Assam Dibru-Saikhowa NP One person named RANGA, loves a local Barnadi WLS
Kaziranga NP ORANGE fruit seller daughter MANASU. Garampani WLS
Manas NP Both meet at BRU coffee shop secretly SonaiRupai WLS
Rajiv Gandhi Orang NP Lawkhowa WLS
Nameri NP Pobitora WLS
Amchang WLS
Nambor WLS
East KarbiAnglong WLS
North KarbiAnglong WLS
Bihar Valmiki NP Kaimur WLS
Bhimbandh WLS
Valmikinagar WLS
GautamBuddha WLS (located in the
border jharkhand& bihar)
Pant rajgir WLS
Udaipur WLS
Nagi dam WLS
Bhimbandh WLS
Chhattisgarh Indravati NP INDRAVATI presented KANGAROOS to his Bhoramdev WLS
Kanger Valley NP or GURU GHASIDAS Bhairamgarh WLS
Kanger Ghati NP Barnawapara WLS
Guru Ghasi Udanti WLS
Das(Sanjay) NP Semarsot WLS
Sitanadi WLS
Tamor Pingla WLS
Pamed WLS
Badalkhol WLS
Goa Mollem NP Bondla WLS
Bhagwan Mahavir WLS
Mhadei WLS
Netravali WLS
Cotigao WLS
Gujarat Blackbuck NP GIRI fast riding his new BLACK BIKE at Balaram-Ambaji WLS
Gir Forest NP MARINE road which is a ONE SIDE WAY Kutch Desert WLS
Marine NP, Gulf of Barda WLS
Kutch Gir WLS
Vansda NP Jessore WLS
Mitiyala WLS
Thol lake WLS
Rampara WLS

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Ratan Mahal WLS

Haryana Kalesar NP Bhindawas WLS
Sultanpur NP Kalesar WLS
Khaparwas WLS
Nahar WLS
Himachal Great Himalayan NP Once there is a GREAT HIMALAYAN king Rupi Bhaba WLS
Pradesh Pin Valley NP who has two wife’s namely INDER AND Tundah WLS
Inderkilla NP GANGA went to VALLEY to taste SIMLA Kugti WLS
Khir ganga NP SAMBAR Nargu WLS
Simbalbara NP Bandli WLS
Daranghati WLS
Pong Dam Lake WLS
Dhauladhar WLS
Manali Sanctuary
Jammu and Dachigam NP Three friends HEMA, SALIM ALI and Kirkoram WLS
Kashmir Hemis NP ISHWAR went to JAMMU & KASHMIR to Hirapora WLS
Kishtwar NP visit DACHIGAM NP Changtang WLS
Salim Ali NP Limber WLS
Nandni WLS
Gulbarga WLS
Jharkhand Betla NP JHARKHAND cricket board suspends Dalma WLS
Hazaribagh NP HARBAJAN SINGH for committing Gautham Buddha WLS
BETTING Koderma WLS
Lawalong WLS
Hazaribagh WLS
Palkot WLS
Parasnath WLS
Karnataka Bandipur NP Mukesh ambani(KUNDREMUKH) and Mookambika WLS
Bannerghatta NP Shilpa shetty (ANSHI) started a road show Nugu WLS
Kudremukh NP with banners(BANNERGATTA) in banner it Arabithittu WLS
Nagarhole NP is written that Betting’s are Attiveri WLS
Anshi NP banned(BANDIPUR) in all Adichunchanagiri WLS
Rajiv gandhi Nagars(NAGARHOLE) Bhadra WLS
(Rameswaram) NP Bhimgad WLS
Brahmagiri WLS
Cauvery WLS
Dandeli WLS
Melkote Temple WLS
Pushpagiri WLS
Ranibennur Blackbuck WLS
Ghataprabha Bird
Kerala Eravikulam NP Periyar silently think about the pambaram Parambikulam WLS
Mathikettan shola NP of the pair Eravi and mathi in anamudi Peechi-Vazhani WLS
Periyar NP hills. Chimmony WLS
Silent Valley NP Malabar WLS
Anamudi shola NP Aralam WLS
Pambadum shola NP Idukki WLS
Neyyar WLS
Thattekkad WLS
Kumarakom WLS
Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh NP Kanha SANJAY and SATPURA went to VIHAR on Bori WLS
NP VAN and sitting on a BENCH because of Bagdara WLS
Madhav NP college BANDH. MADHAV sees and told to Phen WLS
Mandla plant Fossils NP SATPURA brother OMKARESHWAR who Pench WLS
Van Vihar NP looks like DINOSAUR and he is coming Ghatigaon WLS
Panna NP towards SANJAY & SATPURA. SANJAY Gandhi Sagar WLS
Pench NP friend KANNA watching this and run fast Karera WLS

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Sanjay NP then told this matter to SANJAY, so they Ken Ghariyal WLS
Satpura NP went from park and goes to movie FANNA Kheoni WLS
Omkareshwar NP Narsinghgarh WLS
Kuno WLS
Sajay-Dubri WLS
Singhori WLS
Son Ghariyal WLS
Sardarpur WLS
Maharashtra Chandoli NP NAVEEN Gone to GUGAN MAL at Koyna WLS
Navegaon NP CHANDOLI LANE to watch Aner WLS
Sanjay Gandhi sardarGabarSingh movie, especially for Jaikwadi WLS
(Borivali) NP TAUBA TAUBA song. Tungareshwar WLS
Tadoba NP Tipeshwar WLS
Gugamal NP Sagareshwar WLS
Radhanagiri WLS
Painganga WLS
Nagzira WLS
Great Indian Bustard WLS
Bhamragarh WLS
Bhimashankar WLS
Manipur Keibul Lamjao NP Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS
Sirohi NP Khongjaingamba Ching WLS
Meghalaya Balphakram NP Nokrek Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS
NP Siju WLS
Nongkhyllem WLS
Mizoram Murlen NP MURALI eats PANI PURI at blue mountain TakaloWLS
PhawngpuiBlueMountai hotel in MIZORAM Ngengpui WLS
n NP or Phawngpui NP Pualreng WLS
Dampa WLS
Tawi WLS
Nagaland Ntangki NP FakimWLS
Puliebadze WLS
Rangapahar WLS
Odisha Bhitarkanika NP Badrama WLS
Simlipal NP Baisipalli WLS
Debrigarh WLS
Kuldiha WLS
Satkosia Gorge WLS
Sunabeda WLS
Chilika WLS
Punjab AboharWLS
Harike Lake WLS
Jhajjar Bachauli WLS
Bassi WLS
Nangal WLS
Rajasthan Mukundar Hills Sariska went to darrah desert with keo Mount Abu WLS
(Darrah) NP (lady) on the way of Ranthombore. Darrah WLS
Desert NP Kailadevi WLS
Keoladeo NP Phulwari WLS
Ranthambore NP JaswantSagar WLS
Sariska NP or sariska RamgarhVishdhari WLS
Tiger Reserve Sitamata WLS
Tal Chhapar WLS
TodgarhRaoli WLS
Ram Sagar WLS
Sariska WLS
Sikkim Khangchendzonga NP Barsey Rhododendron WLS

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Pangolakha WLS
Kyongnosla Alpine WLS
Shingba Rhododendron WLS
Fambong lho WLS
Kitam WLS
Maenam WLS
Tamil Nadu Guindy NP AT INDIRA GANDHI road a GULF girl Sathyamangalam WLS
Gulf of Mannar NP MALAI kidnapped by GUNDAY & taken her Mudumalai WLS
Indira Gandhi in to the MUKURTHI NP Kariikili WLS
(Aanamalai) NP Karaivetti WLS
Mudumalai NP Mukurthi Pulicat Lake WLS
NP Vaduvoor WLS
Palani Hills NP Vedanthangal WLS
Vettangudi WLS
Mundanthurai WLS
Telangana Kasu brahmananda Vanas pathi was bought by murugavani to Eturnagaram WLS
Reddy NP kasu reddy home for mahavir function. Kawal WLS
Mahavir Harina Kinnerasani WLS
Vanasthali NP Manjira Crocodile WLS
Murugavani NP Pakhal WLS
Pocharam Forest & WLS
Pranahita WLS
Nagarjunsagar- Srisailam WLS
Shivaram WLS
Tripura Bison (Rajbari) NP A LEOPARD show is running at BISON Gumti WLS
Clouded leopard NP PARK by RAJ BARI in TRIPURA. Rowa WLS
Trishna WLS
Sipahijola WLS
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa NP Chandra Prabha WLS
Kaimur WLS
Katerniaghat WLS
Ranipur WLS
SohagiBarwa WLS
Kishanpur WLS
Hastinapur WLS
National Chambal WLS
Sur Sarovar WLS
Uttarakhand Gangotri NP A boy named RAJA he went to propose his Askot Musk Deer WLS
Jim Corbett NP girlfriend NANDA DEVI with FLOWERS but Govind Pashu Vihar WLS
Nanda Devi NP Rajaji she rejected him because his body is too Kedarnath WLS
NP week he went to Jim trainer JIM CORBETT Sonanadi WLS
Valley of Flowers NP trainer advise him to swim river GANGA... Mussoorie WLS
Govind pashu vihar NP he became strong and they married went Binsar WLS
to honeymoon Uttarakhand
West Bengal Sundarbans NP After Marriage, sundar and neora went to BallavpurWLS
Gorumara NP Jaldapara jaldapara National park and saw a Lion. Haliday Island WLS
NP Singalila NP Then they travel to Buxa’s home. Mahananda WLS
Buxa NP SenchalWLS
Neora Valley NP Buxa Tiger Reserve
Lothian Island WLS

SCHEMES BY GOVERNMENT: Outlay: Rs. 50,000 Cr

SMART CITY MISSION: Target: Hundred districts across the country.

Launched: Ministry of Urban Development Sector: Women Welfare
Launch Year: 2015 Aim: To generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare
Outlay: Rs. 98,000 Cr services meant for women.
Target: 100 cities by 2022 ● In Haryana where the child sex ratio (CSR) is too low,12 districts
Sector: Urban Development have been chosen specially for this scheme.
● 20 cities that meet the criteria will be going to fund for the first year SANSAD AADARSH GRAM YOJNA (SAGY):
of implementation, followed by 40 each over the next two years. Launched: Ministry of Rural Development
Launch Year: 2014
DIGITAL INDIA: Outlay: Initial corpus of Rs 100 crore
Launched: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Target: For developing model villages through implementation of
Launch Year: 2015 completed by 2019 existing schemes.
Outlay: Rs. 1 Lakh Cr ● Under the scheme, each Member of Parliament will take the
Target: responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in
• 9 pillars. three villages and turn them into model villages by 2019 and a total of
• Expected to generate more than 5 crore jobs. eight villages each by 2024.
• Broadband Highways–rural, urban–by 2017.
Sector: Digitally Empowered nation. PAHAL SCHEME:
● The aim of this project is to bring the whole of India under the IT It is also known as DBTL (Direct benefit Transfer for LPG)
umbrella and provide all government services through the internet for ● More than 60 per cent of LPG customers in the country have joined
which there will be massive need for an IT Infrastructure covering the the ambitious PAHAL scheme for receiving cash subsidy so that they
whole of India. can buy cooking gas (LPG) at market price.
● Over 9 crore consumers, out of a total customer base of 15.33 crore,
DIGI – LOCKER: have joined the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme and Rs
● Digi Locker is another Digital India initiative launched by the 2,262 crore in cash has been transferred to them.
Government of India. Released by the Department of Electronics &
Information Technology (DEITY), Ministry of Communications &IT, Digit DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY GRAM JYOTI YOJNA:
Locker is an online Locker to save your official and other documents Launched: Ministry of Power
● You can not only store your official documents like mark sheets, Pan Launch Year: 2015
cards, Passports, certificates, voter id cards, etc. but also store Uniform Outlay: 756 billion
Resource Identifier (URI) link documents issued by various Sector: Rural Power Supply
departments. You can digitally sign edocuments with the esign facility Replaced: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).
provided by this system. ● The scheme is likely to work towards improvement in hours of power
● You will be allotted a storage space of 1 GB linked with his or her supply in rural areas, reduction in peak load, improvement in billed
Aadhaar number. energy based on metered con and providing access to electricity to
● You can also sign in using your Gmail ID or Facebook ID. rural households.
Pradhan Mantri Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (PMSSY) KIRAN
Launched: Ministry of Women and Child Development Union Ministry of Science& Technology announced "KIRAN" (Knowledge,
Launch Year: 22 January 2015 Involvement, Research and Advancement through Nurturing) scheme
Deposit: min Rs. 1000 -max Rs.1.5 Lakh per year for Women Scientists
Age: Below 10 years and deadline is 18 years ● Its main aim is to increase the number of women researchers in
Sector: Women Empowerment India. Provide Research grants particularly to those female researchers
• It is a small deposit savings scheme for a girl child. Under this, a and technologists and to Bring about, as far as achievable, gender
saving account can be opened in the name of girl child and deposits can parity in the field of science and technology.
be made for 14 years. After the girl reach 18 years of age, she can
withdraw 50% of the amount for marriage or higher study purposes. PRADHAN MANTRI JANDHAN YOJANA:
• After the girl completes 21 years of age, the maturity amount can Launched: Ministry of Finance
be withdrawn including the interest at rates decided by Government Launch year: 2014
every year. Sector: Financial inclusion
• In case of more than one girl child, parents can open another Validity of life Insurance cover: 30,000 Rs is just 5 years.
account on the different name but only for 2 girl children. Only Main objective: To provide universal and clear access to banking
exception is that the parents have twins and another girl child. facilities starting with basic banking accounts with overdraft facility of
Rs. 5000 (Zero-balance bank account)
BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO SCHEME: Guinness world Records Recognises the achievements made under
Launched: Ministry of Women and Child Development PMJDY- 18,096,130 bank accounts opened.
Launch Year: 2015 ● After Six months of opening of the bank account, holders can avail
Outlay: Initial corpus of Rs 100 crore Rs.5,000 overdraft from the bank. This facility is for Aadhar-linked

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accounts Target: To build 2 crore houses for 305 cities in 9 states by 2022.
● Recently, RBI said bank overdrafts of up to Rs 5,000 in accounts Sector: Housing.
opened under this financial inclusion mission will be treated as priority Main Objective: Under this scheme, the government will provide
sector lending. (PSL) financial assistance to the poor home buyers, interest subsidy on home
loan and direct subsidy on homes bought under the scheme.
PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJNA: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Launched: Ministry of Finance Launched: Ministry of Agriculture
Launch year: 2015 Launched: 2016
Sector: Insurance Outlay: Rs. 17,600 crore
Objective: Sector: Crop Insurance
• Accident insurance scheme with annual premium of Rs.12 Premium paid by farmers:
• Age: 18 to 70 years i) 2% for Kharif crops
• Death or full disability Rs. 2 Lakh ii) 1.5% for Rabi crops
• Partial disability Rs. 1 Lakh Main Objective: In order to make crop insurance simpler and cheaper
• The premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the for the farmers and to provide them with better insurance services.
subscribers’ account. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana (PMGSY)
Launched: Ministry of Agriculture
PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI YOJANA Period: 2015 to 2020
Launched: Ministry of Finance Outlay: Rs. 50,000 crore for next 5 years
Launch year: 2015 Target: Irrigation project, Soil Health Card
Sector: Insurance Main Objective: The scheme is aimed to attract investments in irrigation
Objective: Life Insurance Scheme system at field level, develop and expand cultivable land in the country,
Age: 18 to 50 and having a bank account. enhance ranch water use in order to minimize wastage of water,
Premium: Rs.330 per annum. It will be auto-debited in one instalment. enhance crop per drop by implementing water-saving technologies and
Payment Mode: Directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers precision irrigation.
account. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)
Risk Coverage: Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason. Launched: Ministry of Finance
Terms of Risk Coverage: Launch year: 2016
A person has to opt for the scheme every year. He can also prefer to Scheme will start from Dec 16 and run until March 31
give a long-term option of continuing, in which case his account will be Main Objective: APoverty Alleviation Scheme, which implement the pro-
auto-debited every year by the bank. poor schemes in more effective way.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY)
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) Launched: Ministry of Chemistry and Fertilizer
Launched: Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency(MUDRA) Launch year: 2016
bank Replaced: Jan Aushadhi Yojana
Launch Year: 2015 Main Objective: Provides drugs/medicines at affordable cost across the
Main Objective: Financial support for growth of micro enterprises country.
sector. • Under the scheme, over 500 medicines will be sold through Jan
Target: Loans from Rs. 50 thousand to 10 Lakh to start/grow their Aushadhi stores at price less than the market price. Private hospitals,
business under the three, Shishu, Kishore and Tarun categories of the NGO’s, and other social groups are eligible to open the Jan Aushadhi
scheme. stores with a onetime assistance of Rs. 2.5 Lakh from the central
1. Shishu: Loan upto Rs. 50,000 Government.
2. Kishore: Loan ranging from Rs. 50,000 to 5 lakh Kisan Vikas Patra
3. Tarun: Loan above 5 lakh and below 10 lakh • KPV are regulated by KVP Rules 2014, Scheme is available through
Budget allocated: Rs 2.44 lakh crore for 2017-2018 Post Offices and those banks that are authorized to operate PPF
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) scheme.
Launched: Pension Fund Regulatory • Denomination: Rs.1000, Rs.5000, Rs.10000 and Rs.50000
Launch Year: 2015 • Maturity period: 115 months.
Age: 60 years • Rate of interest: Rs.1000 becomes double during the maturity
The scheme provides a monthly pension of Rs 1000 to Rs. 5000 per period.
month based on the contribution amount. • 1. Nomination facility, 2. pledge for loan facility and 3. pre-mature
Sector: Increase the number of people covered under any kind of payment after 2 years and 6 months subject to certain conditions, is
pension scheme. eligible.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)
Launched: Ministry of Housing Urban and Poverty Alliviation. National Saving Certificates (NSCs)
Launch year: 2015. • NSCS are certificates issued by Govt of India and are available at all
Outlay: 2 trillion. post office counters.

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• Maturity:5 years (VIII issue),10 years (IX issue); Interest rate: Aim: To provide financial assistance to women and Scheduled Caste
7.8% and Scheduled Tribe Enterprenuers.
• Denomination: Rs 100, Rs 500, Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000. Main Objective: To provide support to all start-up businesses in all
• Max amount of investment: No upper limit. aspects of doing business in India.
• Who can purchase: Individuals, singly or jointly or on behalf of Under the scheme, the start-ups will adopt self-certification to reduce
minors. Trust and HUF cannot invest. the regulatory liabilities. An online portal, in the shape of a mobile
• Nomination: One person. For denomination above Rs. 100, more application, will be launched to help start-up founders to easily register.
than one person can be nominated.
PUBLIC PROVIDENT FUND UJWAL Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
• It is operated by SBI/selected banks and post offices. Launched: Ministry of Power
• Contribution: Min Rs.500 and max Rs.150000 p.a. w.e.f.1.04.2014 Launch Year: 2015
(max 12 instalments in a year). Account can be opened with initial Sector: Electricity
deposit of Rs.100. Main Objective: To obtain operational and financial turnaround of State
• Period: 15 years. It can be extended by 5 years at the request of owned Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs).
the subscriber. • The Scheme aims to reduce the interest burden, reduce the cost of
• Any amount deposited in excess of Rs 1.5 lacs in a financial year power, reduce power losses in Distribution sector, and improve
won't earn any interest. operational efficiency of DISCOMs.
• Interest is 7.8% (02-10-17) allowed on the minimum balance • In January 2017, Tamil Nadu became the 21st state to join the
between 5th and last day of the month. UDAY scheme. According to the Power Ministry, with Tamil Nadu joining
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) the scheme, 92% of the country’s DISCOM debt has been covered by
Launched: Ministry of Rural Development UDAY.
Launch year: 2014 Setu Bharatam Project
Age: 15-35 years Launched: Prime Minister
Sector: Skill development Outlay: Rs. 50,000 crore
Main Objective: To achieve inclusive growth, by developing skills and Target: To build bridges for safe and seamless travel on National
productive capacity of the rural youth from poor families. Highways.
• Aims to train rural youth who are poor and provide them with jobs Main Objective: To free all national highways from railway level
having regular monthly wages. crossings and renovate the old bridges on national highways by 2019.
• To promote rural livelihoods. • Under this 208 new “road over bridges / road under bridges” are
• It is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) – the envisaged for construction, while 1500 bridges will be widened,
Mission for poverty reduction called Aajeevika. rehabilitated or replaced.
PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)
Drive) Implemented by: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Main Objective: Develop world class tourism infrastructure in Amritsar, (MSDE).
Ajmer, Amaravati, Dwaraka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath, Outlay: Rs. 10,000 crores
Kamakhya, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and Vellankani. Target: To train 50 lakh apprentices by the year 2019-20.
PRASAD scheme aims to create spiritual centres for tourism Sector: Skill Development
development within the nation. As part of mission strategy, religious • Under the scheme, the government will incentivize employers to
destinations that have potential to be show-cased as world-class engage apprentices. 25% of the total stipend payable to an apprentice
tourism products are identified and infrastructure is developed on a would be shared with employers directly by Government of India.
priority basis. • The scheme also provides basic training, which is essential
National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana component of apprenticeship training. 50% of the total expenditure
(HRIDAY) incurred on providing basic training will be provided by the union
Launched: Ministry of Urban Development government.
Launch Year: 2015 Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
Outlay: 500 Cr. Launched: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Target: November 2018 in 12 cities Launch year: November 4th, 2016
Sector: Urban Development Target: The pregnant ladies will be given free health check-up and
Main Objective: Bringing together urban planning, economic growth and required treatment for free on 9th of every month.
heritage conservation in an inclusive manner to preserve the heritage Main Objective:
character of each Heritage City. • Boosting the health care facilities for the pregnant women,
The Scheme is being implemented in 12 identified Cities namely, Ajmer, especially the poor.
Amaravati, Amritsar, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Mathura, • Lowering the maternity mortality rate.
Puri, Varanasi, Velankanni and Warangal. The scheme is implemented • Making sure safe delivery and healthy life of the baby.
in a mission mode. ‘Lucky Grahak Yojna’ and ‘Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojna’
Startup India, Standup India
Loan amount: 10 Lakh to 10 crore

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Aim: To incentivize digital transaction so that all sections of the society, Committee members: Anil Khanna, Prakash Padukone, Karnam
especially the poor, lower middle class and small businesses adopt Malleshwari, P. T. Usha, Murlidhar Raja, Anjali Bhagwat, Rekha Yadav,
digital payment mode. Dr. S.S. Roy and Inder Dhamija.
Launched: NITI Aayog Objectives: Identifying and supporting potential medal prospects for
Launch Year: December 15, 2016 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
Lucky Grahak Yojana (Consumers) • The committee will select elite athletes to provided financial

• As per the lucky draw scheme, daily reward of Rs 1000 will be given assistance for their customized training at Institutes having world class

to 15,000 lucky consumers for a period of 100 days facilities and other necessary support.
Atal-Amrit Abhiyan
• Besides, weekly prizes worth Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10,000 and Rs. 5000 will
be given to consumers who use the alternate modes of digital Payments Launched: Assam Govt
Outlay: Rs. 200 crore
• This will include all forms of transactions viz. UPI, USSD, AEPS and
Aim: A health insurance scheme to provide coverage against several
RuPay Cards but will for the time being exclude transactions through
critical illnesses.
Private Credit Cards and Digital Wallets.
Objectives: To make quality health care affordable to every individual
• 3 Mega Prizes for consumers worth Rs 1 cr, 50 lakhs, 25 lakhs for
member of a family in the state.
digital transactions conducted between 8th November 2016 to
• Under the scheme Both Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty
13th April, 2017 to be announced on 14th April, 2017
Line (APL) families with annual income below Rs 5 lakh are eligible to
Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana (Merchants)
avail benefit.
• Under the scheme, merchants will get weekly prizes worth Rs.
• Cashless cards will be provided to eligible individuals to avail
50,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs. 2,500
treatment for as many as 437 diseases under six categories at most
• 3 Mega Prizes for merchants worth Rs 50 lakhs, 25 lakh, 12 lakh for
major hospitals across the country.
digital transactions conducted between 8th November, 2016 to 13th
Gold schemes
April, 2017 to be announced on 14th April, 2017.
Launched: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan
Aim: to reduce the physical demand for gold and fish out 20,000 tonnes
Launched: Union Ministry for Human Resource Development (HRD)
of the precious metal worth $800 billion lying idle with households.
Objectives: To make people aware about cashless economic system and
1. Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS)
to create awareness among people about digital economy and cashless
Interest rate: up to 2.5% per annum
modes of transactions. It is campaign by Higher Educational institutions
Replaced: The existing Gold Deposit Scheme, 1999
for digital economy.
Minimum deposit: 30 grams of gold of 995 fineness.
• Under this, young students and faculty members will be roped to
There is no maximum limit.
encourage and motivate people to use a digitally enabled cashless
Resident Indians (Individuals, HUF, Trusts including Mutual
economic system for transfer of fund.
Funds/Exchange Traded Funds registered under SEBI (Mutual Fund)
• For active participation of youth and faculty, HRD Minister also Regulations and Companies) can make deposits under the scheme.
launched a webpage where students can register themselves. The principal and interest of the deposit under the scheme will be
• On this website, students and faculty members also can provide denominated in gold.
their feedback and suggestions on the initiative as well as upload the 2. Gold Sovereign Bond Scheme
progress of their work. Interest rate: up to 2.75% per annum
Operation Clean Money Minimum investment: 2 grams
Launched: Income Tax Department Maximum buying limit: of 500 grams per person per fiscal year.
Objectives: Security: Denominated in grams of gold & will be issued by Reserve

• It is an e-platform to analyse large cash deposits made during the Bank on behalf of Government of India.
demonetisation window (9 November to 30 December 2016). • Persons resident in India as defined under Foreign Exchange

• Under this, e-verification of large cash has been done using data Management Act, 1999 are eligible to invest in SGB. Eligible investors

analytics for comparing the demonetisation data with information in ITD include individuals, HUFs, trusts, universities, charitable institutions,

databases. etc.
• The Bonds are issued in denominations of one gram of gold and in
• In the first batch of the operation, around 18 lakh persons have
multiples thereof. Bonds are sold through scheduled commercial banks
been identified in whose case, cash transactions do not appear to be in
and designated Post Offices either directly or through their agents like
line with the tax payer’s profile.
NBFCs, NSC agents, etc.
• It comprises account-holders whose deposits did not match their
3. Gold Coin/Bullion Scheme
incomes, as per data with the IT department, will be alerted on their e-
• It is the first ever national gold coin minted in India.
filing portals.
• It is having National Emblem of Ashok Chakra engraved on one side
Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme
and Mahatma Gandhi on the other side.
Launched: Sports Ministry reconstitutes committee to identify athletes
• The Coin weighs 5 and 10 grams.
under TOP Scheme.
• The gold coin and bullion will carry advanced anti-counterfeit
Committee head: Abhinav Bindra
features and tamper proof packaging and hallmarked by Bureau of
Indian Standards.
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• Aim: The government's move comes on the hope that Indians who 3. Air transport services (domestic airlines)— 100 % for NRIs
is said to have an obsession for gold will prefer the national coin over 49% for others
imported ones. 4. E-Commerce Activities
• Distributed through the outlets of state-owned Metals and Minerals 5. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
Trading Corporation of India. 6. Defence Manufacturing
Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana: 7. Broadcasting
Launched: Ministry of Skill and Developmentand Entrepreneurship 8. Electricity
Launch year: 2016 t0 2021 9. Plantation sector
Outlay: Rs. 499.94 Cr 10. Construction Development
Age: Below 30 years 11. Mining (Mining of Gold and Silver)
Sector: Skill Development 12. NBFC (Non-Banking Finance Companies)
Aim: To provide assistance for skill development to entrepreneurs. 13. Oil Exploration
• It will provide entrepreneurship education and training to over 7 14. Petroleum and Natural Gas
lakh students in 5 years through 3,050 institutes. 15. White label ATM Operations
• It will provide easy access to information and mentor network, 16. Pollution Control
incubator, credit and accelerator and advocacy to create a pathway for 17. Road, Highways, Ports and Harbours
the youth. 18. Tourism
Vidhyanjali Yojana: 19. Satellites- Establishment and operation
Launched: Ministry of Human Resource Development 20. Advertising
Launch year: 2016 21. Railway Infrastructure
Sector: Education 22. Single Brand Retail (Upto 49% Automatic 49-100% by FIPB)
Aim: To boost education sector by delivering Volunteer teachers. 23. Telecommunications (Upto 49% Automatic 49-100% by FIPB)
To enhance community and private sector involvement in 24. Asset Reconstruction Companies (Upto 49% Automatic 49-100% by
Government run elementary schools across the country under the FIPB)
overall aegis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. 25. Credit Information Companies
26. pharmaceuticals green and brown filed
Recent Yogana launched by various states: 27. Food product manufactured or produced in India
Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana: 28. Direct To Home (DTH)
• The Haryana government has launched Bhavantar 29.Financial services activities regulated by RBI, SEBI, IRDA or any
Bharpayee Yojana to assure farmers of fair prices for their other regulator
produce and emphasising on diversification of crops. 30. Duty Free Shops
Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana (MMKSY): 31. Cash & Carry Wholesale Trading
• Odisha government has launched Mukhyamantri Kalakar 32. Limited Liability Partnershis
Sahayata Yojana to give financial assistance to Artists. SECTORS WITH 74% FDI LIMITS ARE —
Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana: 1.Private Security Agencies
• Punjab chief minister has launched Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat 2. Private Sector Banking
Vikas Yojana to give the distressed sections the help they 3. Credit rating Companies
need, socially or economically or psychologically. 4. Satellites
Asmita Yojana: SECTORS WITH 51 % FDI LIMITS ARE —
• Maharashtra government has launched Asmita Yojana to 1. Multi brand retail
supply and sale of sanitary pads and counselling the girls and SECTORS WITH 49% FDI LIMITS ARE —
women. 1.Multi Brand Retail Trading
Atal Bhujal Yojana: 2. Defence
• Central governmnet of India has launched Atal Bhujal yojana 3. Pension
to tackle the country’s depleting groundwater level. 4. Petroleum and natural gas (Refining by the PSU)
Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana: 5. Broadcasting content sevices (FM Radio)
• Haryana CM has launched ‘Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana’ to 6. Power Exchanges
provide healthy, nutritious & hygienic food at only Rs 10 per 7. Insurance
meal to all poor & needy in 4 food canteens at Faridabad, 8.Infrastructure Company in the Securities Market
Gurugram, Hisar & Yamunanagar via video-conferencing from SECTORS WITH 26% FDI LIMITS ARE —
Chandigarh. 1. Print Media (Newspaper – 26%
Scientific & Periodicals – 100%)
SECTORS WITH 20% FDI LIMITS IS
FDI LIMITS FOR VARIOUS SECTORS 1. Public Sector Banks
SECTORS WITH 100% FDI LIMITS ARE —
1. Special Economic Zone(SEZ) FDI is prohibited in the following sectors:
2. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

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• Lottery Business including Government/private lottery, online 19. Citi Bank India introduced voice biometrics authentication

lotteries, etc. system for its phone banking clients, replacing current practice of
interactive voice response.
• Gambling and Betting including casinos etc.
20. YES Bank launched unique Customizable Savings Account to
• Chit funds
enable customers to design an account as per their convenience
• Nidhi company
21. Karnataka Bank launched personal accident insurance scheme
• Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)
for savings bank accountholders with name KBL Suraksha
• Real Estate Business or Construction of Farm Houses (Real estate 22. State Bank of India (SBI) rebranded its website as bank.sbi from
business does not include development of townships, construction of earlier sbi.co.in.
residential /commercial premises, roads or bridges) 23. Paytm launched Paytm Mall as a mobile app and online shopping
• Manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of portal, aiming to offer combination of Mall and Bazaar concepts to
tobacco or of tobacco substitutes Indian consumers on online platform.
Activities/sectors not open to private sector investment e.g. Atomic 24. HDFC life launched life insurance plan Pragati for low income group
Energy and Railway operations (other than permitted activities) families.
25. Dena Bank introduced Radio Frequency Identification Card
LIST OF LATEST SCHEMES AND APPS LAUNCHED BY BANKS: (RFID) enabled banking cards. It enables branch manager to identify a
1. Vijaya Bank launched 3 innovative apps VPAYQWIK, Vijaya *99# valued client entering a branch with the card.
and VeConnect+. 26. Citi Bank launched instant chat services for its customers named
2. MobiKwik launched Bubble Pin as an onestep offline payments Citibank Online, First such customer support service in India by a Bank.
mode, which allows users to make payments without data connection. 27. Airtel Payments Bank and Mastercard launched India’s first online
3. ICICI Bank became first Indian Bank to deploy ‘Software Robotics’ debit card along with a prepaid card, accessible via Myairtel App
4. DCB Bank launched mVisa, a mobilebased payment solution that will 28. The State Bank of India has launched a new wealth management
make payments at retail outlets much easier product named 'SBI Exclusif' in Kochi, Kerala.
5.India’s first banking robot Lakshmi launched by Kumbakonam 29. After its successful launch on Android, the Bharat Interface for
based City Union Bank (CUB) in Chennai (Tamil Nadu). Lakshmi Money (BHIM) an app, has been finally launched on the iOS platform by
will be first onsite huamanoid (robot) in India. NPCI
6.Airtel launched India's First Payments Bank services (in name of Ai 30. Karnataka VikasGrameen Banks (KVGB) has come up with ‘Bank
rtel Payment Bank Limited) in Rajasthan. Sakhi’ innovative scheme for employing women in villages to promote
7.Yes Bank launched “Yes Mobile 2.0” as new mobile banking app wit & improve the cashless transactions in rural areas.
h multiple more features and support for banking 31. State Bank of India Launched State Bank Rewardz Scheme-
transactions on Apple and Androidbased SmartWatches Reward points for timely repayment of loans and also for opening an
8. Yes Bank launched SIMsePAY service that allows any account holder account or transferring funds through internet or mobile banking.
to do money transfers, pay utility bills and other mobile banking 32. Axis Bank launched Shubh Aarambh Scheme- It will waive 12
services, without need for smart phones or internet, based on simsleeve equated monthly installments (EMI) on regular repayment of loans of
technology up to 30 lakh.
9. State Bank of India (SBI) launched State Bank MobiCash Mobile 33. Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) has come up with several digital
Wallet, in association with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). offerings including launch of mobile wallet 'Oriental Batuaa'.
10. South Indian Bank introduced NRI focused mobile banking 34. State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a new credit card called the
application SIB Mirror+ Unnati card. The Unnati card is provided to an account holder who
11. RBL Bank launched 'Aadhaar Payment Bridge System' (APBS) holds an account balance of Rs.25,000 or more.
for small ticket microfinance loan disbursement 35. HDFC bank have started Bharat Bill Payment System to
12. Indian ecommerce Firm Paytm launched tollfree number 1800- collaborate with National Payment Corporation of India - Ease of Bill
18001234 to enable transaction through mobile phones without payment service for customers.
internet connection 36. Lakshmi Vilas Bank and Fisdom has launched FINFIT for the
13. ICICI Bank launched EazyPay mobile application for merchants
Wealth Management using Robo Advisory.
that allows all in one acceptance payments platform
37. The government of India patterning with ICICI Bank has launched
14. Railways launched IRCTC Rail Connect a new ticketing App to
facilitate booking of train tickets in a faster and easier way. electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) - To make

15. Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched Contactless Credit Card cashless payments at mandis.

Wave N Pay (on Visa Platinum platform), for transactions up to INR SATELLITE LAUNCHING STATIONS IN INDIA

2000 1. ISRO satellite centre – Bangalore.

16. Kerala Gramin Bank launched FI@School Program to propagate 2. Satish Dhawan Space Centre – Sri Hari Kota, AP.

financial literacy among school children 3. Vikram Sarabhai Space Center– Thiruvananthapuram.

17. HDFC Bank launched chatbot service OnChat to allow users to 4. Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station – Thiruvananthapuram.

make payments through Facebook Messenger. 5. Space Applications Centre (SAC) – Ahmedabad

18. HDFC Bank launched IRA (Intelligent Robotic Assistant), a 6. Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) – Bengaluru

‘humanoid’ at its Mumbai branch 7. Integrated Test Range (ITR) – Wheeler’s Island (Chandipur), Odisha

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REVOLUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE IN INDIA Manchester of India Ahmedabad
• Black Revolution – Petroleum Production City of seven islands Mumbai
• Blue Revolution – Fish Production Queen of Arabian sea Cochin
• Brown Revolution – Leather / non-conventional (India) / Cocoa Space city Bangalore
production Garden City of India Bangalore
• Golden Fiber Revolution – Jute Production Silicon valley of India Bangalore
• Golden Revolution – Fruits/Overall Horticulture Electronic city of India Bangalore
development/Honey Production
Pink city Jaipur
• Green Revolution – Food grains
Gateway of India Mumbai
• Grey Revolution – Fertilizer
Twin city Hyderabad – Secundarabad
• Pink Revolution – Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India) /
City of festivals Madurai
Prawn production
Deccan Queen Pune
• Red Revolution – Meat & Tomato Production
City of buildings Kolkata
• Round Revolution – Potato
Gateway of Eastern India Kolkata
• Silver Fiber Revolution – Cotton
Dakshin Queen Godavari
• Silver Revolution – Egg/Poultry Production
Old Ganga Godavari
• White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) – Milk/Dairy
Egg bowls of Asia Andhra Pradesh
production
Rice bowls of India Andhra Pradesh
• Yellow Revolution – Oil Seeds production
Soya region Madhya Pradesh
Manchester of the South Coimbatore
MAJOR CROPS PRODUCER IN INDIA
City of Nawabs Lucknow
• Apple: Jammu & Kashmir
• Rice: West Bengal Venice of the east Cochin

• Bajra: Rajasthan Sorrow of Bengal Damodar river

• Bamboos: Assam Sorrow of Bihar Kosi river

• Bananas: Tamil Nadu Blue Mountains Nilgiri

• Barley: Uttar Pradesh Queen of the Mountains Mussoorie (Uttarakhand)

• Cashewnut: Maharashtra Sacred river Ganga

• Chillies: Maharashtra Hollywood of India Mumbai

• Cotton: Gujarat City of Castles Kolkata

• Wheat: Uttar Pradesh State of five rivers Punjab
• Maize: Andhra Pradesh City of weavers Panipat
• Gram & Pulses: Madhya Pradesh City of lakes Srinagar
• Ground Nut: Gujarat Steel city of India Jamshedpur (Called
• Jute: West Bengal Tatanagar)
• Mango: Uttar Pradesh City of temples Varanasi
• Mustard: Rajasthan Manchester of the north Kanpur
• Onion: Maharashtra City of Rallies New Delhi
• Pepper: Kerala Heaven of India Jammu & Kashmir
• Paddy: West Bengal
Boston of India Ahmedabad
• Potato: Uttar Pradesh
Garden of spices of India Kerala
• Ragi: Karnataka
Switzerland of India Kashmir
• Rubber: Kerala
Abode of the God Prayag (Allahabad)
• Silk: Karnataka
Pittsburg of India Jamshedpur
• Sugarcane: Uttar Pradesh
• Soyabean: Madhya Pradesh
BANKING ABBREVIATIONS
• Sunflower: Karnataka
1. ACF – Auto-Correlation Function
• Tea: Assam
2. AD – Authorized Dealer
• Tobacco: Andhra Pradesh
3. ADB – Asian Development Bank
• Turmeric: Maharashtra
4. ADR – American Depository Receipt
• Wheat: Uttar Pradesh
5. AFS – Annual Financial Statement
• Tur dhal: Uttar Pradesh
6. AGM – Annual General Meeting
• Coconut: Kerala
7.ASSOCHAM – Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of
India
NICKNAME OF SOME INDIAN PLACES
8. AMFI – Association of Mutual Funds in India
Nick Name Place
9. ALM – Asset Liability Management
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10. ATM – Automated Teller Machine 66. NEFT – National Electronic Funds Transfer System
11. BIS – Bank for International Settlements 67. NSE – National Stock Exchange
12. BOP – Balance of Payments 68. NPA – Non- Performing Assets
13. BCBS – Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 69. OMO – Open Market Operations
14. BSR – Basic Statistical Returns 70. RTGS – Real Time Gross Settlement
15. BSE – Bombay Stock Exchange 71. SSC – Selective Credit Control
16. CAD – Capital Account Deficit 72. SHGs – Self Help Groups
17. CAG – Comptroller and Auditor General of India 73. SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India
18. CAR – Cash Adequacy Ratio 74. SIDBI – Small Industries and Development Bank of India
19. CBS – Core Banking Solution 75. WPI – Wholesale Price Index
20. CCEA – Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement 76. MFI – Micro Financial Institution
21. CDBS – Committee of Direction of Banking Statistics 77. IFI – International Financial Institution
22. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement 78. FSR – Financial Stability Report
23. CFRA – Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts 79. MFSS – Mutual Fund Service System
24. CGRA – Currency and Gold Revaluation Account 80. FRA – Financial Redressal Agency
25. CIBIL – Credit Information Bureau of India Limited 81. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
26. CII – Confederation of Indian Industries 82. IPR – Intellectual Property Rights
27. CPI – Consumer Price Index 83. AIIB – Asian Infrastructure Investment bank
28. CRR – Cash Reserve Ratio 84. ETF – Exchange Traded Funds
29. DICGC – Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation 85. NPS – National Pension Scheme
30. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 86. EDFC – Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
31. ECB – External Commercial Borrowings 87. OCAS – Online Customer Acquisition Solution
32. ECS – Electronic Clearing Service 88. SDR – Strategic Debt Restructuring
33. EEFC – Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency 89. RSOC – Rapid Survey On Children
34. EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility 90. FSSAI – Food Safety & Standard Authority of India
35. EXIM – Export-Import Bank of India 91. SECC – Socio Economic & Caste Census
36. FCA – Foreign Currency Assets 92. PPI – Prepaid payment Instrument
37. FCNRA – Foreign Currency Non-resident Account 93. OLP – Online Learning Portal
38. FDI – Foreign Direct Investment 94. UCT – Unconditional Cash Transfer
39. FERA – Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 95. CCT – Conditional Cash Transfer
40. FICCI – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 96. AEOI – Automatic Exchange Of Information
41. FII – Foreign Institutional Investor 97. FATCA – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
42. FIMMDA – Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association 98. NGN – New Generation Network
43. FINO – Financial Inclusion Network Operation 99. UPI – Unified Payments Interface
44. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion Board 100. NUUP - National Unified USSD Platform
45. FPI – Foreign Portfolio Investment 101. AEPS – Aadhaar Enabled Payment System
46. FSDC – Financial Stability and Development Council 102.BACS-BankersAutomated Clearing System
47. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission 103. CDR- Corporate Debt Restructuring
48. FTA – Free Trade Agreement 104. CNP- Card Not Present
49. GDP – Gross Domestic Product 105. EFTPOS- Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale
50. GDR – Global Depository Receipt 106. EESS- Equity Linked Saving Scheme
51. GFD – Gross Fiscal Deficit 107. DEAF- Depositer Education and Awareness Fund
52. GIRO – Government Internal Revenue order 108. MAT- Minimum Alternate Tax
53. GAAR – General Anti Avoidance Rule 109. GMS - Gold Monetisation Scheme
54. HDFC – Housing Development Finance Corporation 110. CRAR - Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio
55. SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio 111. FCNR - Foreign Currency Non-Repatriable account
56. ICICI – Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India 112. PPP - Public-Private Partnership and Purchasing Power Parity
57. IDBI – Industrial Development Bank of India 113. IIB - International Investment Bank
58. IMF – International Monetary Fund 114. IMPS - IMmediate Payment Service / Interbank Mobile Payment
59. IPO – Initial Public Offering Service
60. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility 115. BCSBI - Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
61. LIBOR – London Inter Bank offered Rate 116. PCA - Prompt Corrective Action
62. MIBOR – Mumbai Inter – Bank Offer Rate 117. MICR - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
63. NABARD – National Bank of Agricultural and Rural Development 118. NECS - National Electronic Clearing Service
64. NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Services 119. NRE - Non Resident External
Companies 120. CARE - Credit Analysis and Research Limited
65. NBFC – Non-Banking and Finance Companies 121. CMIS - Currency Management Information System

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122. DRAT - Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal 178. RDBMS - Relational Database Management System
123. EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 179. RDDBFI - Recovery of Debt due to Banks and Financial Institutions
124. EIB - European Investment Bank. 180. REC - Rural Electrification Corporation
125. EPS - Earning per Share 181. RFC - Resident Foreign Currency
126. GSTN - Goods and Services Network 182. RIDF - Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
127. IBBI - Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India 183. RoA - Return On Assets
128. IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 184. RoE - Return On Equity
129. IBU - International Banking Unit 185. RRB - Regional Rural Bank.
130. IDRBT - Institute for Development and Research Of Banking 186. RWA - Risk Weighted Assets
131. IMT - Instant Money Transfer 187. SARFAESI- Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets
132. IPPB - India Post Payments Bank and Enforcement of Security Interest
133. IRBI - Industrial Reconstruction Bank Of India 188. SBI - State Bank of India
134. IRDAI- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India 189. SCB - Scheduled Commercial Bank
135. KCC - Kisan Credit Card 190. SDBS - Service Discharge Benefit Scheme
136. KVIC - Khadi and Village Industries Corporation 191. SDR - Special Drawing Rights
137. KVP - Kisan Vikas Patra 192. SEPA - Single Euro Payment Area.
138. KYC - Know Your Customer 193. SFMS - Structured Financial Messaging Services
139. LDB - Land Development Bank. 194. SGB - Sovereign Gold Bond
140. LTN - Long Term Note 195. SIDC - State Industrial Development Corporation
141. MFDF - Micro Finance Development Fund 196. SIFI - Systematically Important Financial Intermediaries
142. MSS - Market Stabilisation Scheme 197. SIP - Systematic Investment Plans
143. MTN - Medium Term Note 198. SIPS - Systemically Important Payment System
144. MUDRA - Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency 199. SJSRY - Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana
145. NAV - Net Asset Value. 200. SLR - Statutory Reserve Ratio
146. NDA - Net Domestic Asset 201. SLRS - Scheme for Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers
147. NDS - Negotiated Dealing Systems 202. SME - Small and Medium Industries
148. NDTL - Net Demand and Time Liability 203. SMERA - SME Rating Agency of India Limited
149. NFA - No Frills Account. 204. SMILE - SIDBI Make in India Loan for small Enterprises
150. NFS - National Financial Switch 205. SPNS - Shared Payment Network System.
151. NHB - National Housing Bank. 206. SSI- Small Scale Industries
152. NPA - Non Performing Assets. 207. SSSBE - Small Scale Service and Business Enterprises
153. NPCI - National Payments Corporation Of India 208. SWIFT - Society For Worldwide Inter Bank Financial
154. NPV - Net Present Value Telecommunication.
155. NSFDC - National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development 209. TDS - Tax Deducted at Source
Corporation 210. TIN - Tax Information Network
156. OCB - Overseas Corporate Bodies 211. UBIN - Unique Business Identification Number
157. ODIs- Offshore/Overseas Derivative Instruments 212. UCB - Urban Cooperative Bank.
158. OECD- Organisation For Economic Cooperation and Development 213. UCNs - Uniform Code Numbers
159. OLTAS- Online Tax Accounting System 214. UEBA - Universal Electronic Bank Account.
160. OTCEI - Over the Counter Exchange Of India 215. UIDAI - Unique Identification Authority of India
161. OTP - One-Time Password 216. UPIN - Unique Property Identification Numbers.
162. PACS - Primary Agricultural Credit Societies 217. USB - Ultra Small Branch.
163. PAN - Permanent Account Number 218. USD - United States Dollar.
164. PDO - Public Debt Office 219. USSD - Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
165. PFRDA - Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority 220. UTI - Unit Trust of India
166. PGS - Payment Gateway System. 221. VDBS- Vertically Differentiated Banking System.
167. PIN - Personal Identification Number 222. VPA - Virtual Payment Address
168. PIS - Portfolio Investment Scheme 223. WBCIS- Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme.
169. P-Notes - Participatory Notes 224. WCTL - Working Capital Term Loan
170. PoA - Power of Attorney 225. WL ATM - White Label ATM.
171. PoS - Point of Sale 226. WMA - Ways and Means Advances
172. PPF - Public Provident Fund 227. WPI- Wholesale Price Index
173. PPIs - Prepaid Payment Instruments 228. YTM - Yield to Maturity
174. PRSF - Partial Risk Sharing Facility 229. IFSC – Indian Financial System Code / International Financial
175. QIB - Qualified Institutional Bankers Service Centre
176. RBI - Reserve Bank of India 230. EBT – Electronic Benefit Transfer
177. RBS - Royal Bank of Scotland. 231. NACH – National Automated Clearing House

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232. FATF – Financial Action Task Force 242. VAT – Value Added Tax
233. CFMS - Centralised Funds Management System 243. MCLR - Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate
234. AMRUT - Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 244. NFC – Near Field Communication
235. SEAC - Standing External Advisory Committee 245. NSSF – National Small Savings Fund
236. VVPAT - Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail 246. P2P – Peer – to - Peer
237. RERA - Real Estate Regulation Act 247. PCR – Provision Coverage Ratio / Public Credit Registry
238. MMID - Mobile Money IDentifier 248. PLR – Prime Lending Rate
239. RFID – Radio Frequency IDentifier 249. AML – Anti Money Laundering
240. MDR - Merchant Discount Rate 250. ASBA - Application Supported by Blocked Amount
241. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

TEMPLES:
S.No. NAME OF THE PLACES LOCATION

1. Badrinath Temple Chamboli district, Uttarakhand

2. The Konark Sun Temple Puri district, Odisha

3. Brihadeeswara Temple (largest temple in India) Thanjavur, Tamilnadu

4. Somnath Temple Gujarat

5. Kedarnath Temple Uttarakhand

6. Sanchi stupa Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh

7. Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple Tamilnadu

8. Vaishno Devi Temple Jammu & Kashmir

9. Siddhivinayak Temple Mumbai, Maharashtra

10. Gangotri Temple Uttarakhand

11. Golden Temple Amristar, Punjab

12. Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

13. Lord Jagannath Temple Puri district, Odisha

14. Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand

15. Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamilnadu

16. Amarnath Cave Temple Jammu & Kashmir

17. Lingaraja Temple Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha

18. Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple Andhra Pradesh

19. Kanchipuram Temples (The city of thousand temples) Tamilnadu

20. Khajuraho Temple Madhya Pradesh

21. Virupaksha Temple Bellary district, Karnataka

22. Akshardham Temple Delhi

23. Gomateshwara Temple Karnataka

24. Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple Kerala

25. Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam

26. Birla Mandir Jaipur

27. Mahabodhi Temple Gaya, Bihar

28. MarkandeshwarTemple Haryana

29. Srisailam Temple Andhra Pradesh

Understanding the Groups: G7, G8, G10, G15, G20, G24

G4 Brazil, India, Germany and Japan

G-7 Canada, Japan, France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States and Italy

G 10 Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden and Germany
G-15 Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria, Argentina, Iran, Islamic Rep., Senegal, Brazil, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Chile, Egypt,
India, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Venezuela and Rép. Bol. de Zimbabwe
G-20 Argentina, France, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Korea, Turkey, Brazil, India, Mexico, United
Kingdom, Canada, Indonesia, Russia, United States, China, Italy, Saudi Arabia and The European Union

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G-24 Members Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Islamic Rep.Philippines, Argentina, Ethiopia, Lebanon, South Africa, Brazil, Gabon, Mexico,
Sri Lanka, Colombia, Ghana, Nigeria, Syrian Arab Republic, Congo, Dem. Rep., Guatemala, Pakistan, Trinidad
and Tobago, Côte d’Ivoire, India, Peru, Venezuela, Rép. Bol. De
India G 4, G 15, BIMSTEC, BRICS, EAST ASIA SUMMIT, ARAB LEAGUE, NON-ALINGED MOVEMENT, SHANGAI
COOPERATION, SOUTH ASIA ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COOPERATION
SAARC (South Asia Association Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Of Regional Cooperation)
BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic
Cooperation)
SCO (Shanghai Cooperation China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan
Organisation)
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

LAST SIX MONTHS CONDUCTED EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES
S.no Military Exercises 2017 & Participating Countries with Place
2018 India
1. Khanjar IV Kyrgyzstan Kok Jhangak, Kyrgyzstan
2. Surya Kiran XI Nepal Pithoragarh, India
3. Al Nagah- li Oman Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
4. Bold Kurukshetra Singapore Madhya Pradesh, India
5. Nomadic Elephant XII Mongolia Vairengte, India
6. Thar Shakti Thailand Rajasthan, India
7. Maitree Thailand Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
8. Surya Kiran XII Nepal Saljhandi, Nepal
9. Yudh Abhyas United States Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
10. VINBAX 2018 Vietnam Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
11. Gaurda Shakti 2018 Indonesia Bandung, Indonesia.
12. Vajra Prahar USA Joint Base Lewis-McChord, United States
13. Shakti IV France Mailly-le-Camp. France
14. Lamitye VIII Seychelles Mahe, Seychelles
15. Surya Kiran XIII Nepal Pithoragarh, India
Foal Eagle (Military): US and South Korea
Sagarmatha-2017 (Military): Nepal and China, held in Kathmandu, Nepal
DRUZBA 2017 (Military): Pakistan and Russia, held in Minralney Vody, Russia
Iron Fist (Military) 2018: America & Japanese, held in California, USA
Cobra Gold Training 2018: USA & Thailand, held in Thailand
S.no Naval Exercises 2017 & 2018 Participating Countries with India Place

1. Malabar US and Japan Chennai, Tamil Nadu

2. SIMBEX Singapore RSS Singapura - Changi Naval Base

3. SLINEX Srilanka Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

4. CORPAT Indonesia Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Island
5. Naseem-Al-Bahr (Sea Breeze) Oman Said Bin Sultan Naval Base, Wudam
2017 in Oman
6. International Multilateral Maritime Bangladesh Bangladesh
Search and Rescue Exercise
(IMMSAREX) 2017
7. MILAN 2018 Australia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Island
New Zealand, Oman, Vietnam, Thailand, Tanzania,
Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Kenya and Cambodia (16 Countries)

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S.no Air Exercises 2017 Participating Countries with Place

India
1. Indra Russia Sergeyvsky Training Ranges, Russia
2. Blue Flag Israel, United States, Greece, Uvda Air Force Base, Israel
Poland, France, Germany, Italy
3. Danx - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

UNION BUDGET 2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS

Union Budget for the financial year 2018-19, presented by the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in the Parliament , envisaged a total
outlay of Rs.24,42,213 crore. The budget is largely focused on uplift of agricultural sector, along with major push to healthcare and
education sectors in the country. The government estimates 7.2-7.5% GDP growth in second half of the current FY18.

AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMY

• MSP for all unannounced kharif crops will be one and half times of their production cost like majority of rabi crops: Institutional Farm Credit
raised to 11 lakh crore in 2018-19 from 8.5 lakh crore in 2014-15.

• 22,000 rural haats&585APMCs (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) to be developed and upgraded into Gramin Agricultural
Markets (GrAMs) to protect the interests of 86% small and marginal farmers with a corpus of Rs.2000 crore.So far 470 APMCs have been
connected to e-NAM network and rest will be connected by March, 2018.

• On the lines of ‘‘Operation Flood’’ a new Scheme “Operation Greens” was announced with an outlay of Rs 500 Crore to address price
fluctuations in potato, tomato and onion for benefit of farmers and consumers.

• Two New Funds of Rs.10,000 crore announced for Fisheries and Animal Husbandary sectors; Re-structured National Bamboo Mission
gets Rs.1290 crore, as it is green gold.

• Institutional creditfor Agri-sector increased to Rs.10 lakh crore in 2017-18.

• Loans to Women Self Help Groups will increase to Rs.75,000 crore in 2019 from 42,500 crore last year.

• 100 percent deduction proposed to companies registered as Farmer Producer Companies with an annual turnover uptoRs. 100 crore on
profit derived from such activities, for five years from 2018-19.

• Rs 200 crore for organized cultivation of highly specialized medicinal and aromatic plants and said that the organic farming by Farmer
Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Village Producers’ Organizations (VPOs) in large clusters.

• Allocation of Ministry of Food Processing has been doubled from Rs.715 crore in 2017-18 to Rs.1400 crore in 2018-19.

• Under Prime Minister KrishiSinchaiYojna-HarKhetkoPani, 96 deprived irrigation districts will be taken up with an allocation of Rs 2600
crore.

• Allocation of National Rural Livelihood Mission to Rs 5750 crore in 2018-19.

• Under Ujjwala Scheme distribution of free LPG connections will be given to 8 crore poor women instead of 5 crore women.

• Under SaubahagyaYojana, 4 crore poor households are being provided with electricity connection with an outlay of Rs.16,000 crore.

• To fulfil target of Housing for All by 2022, more than one crore houses will be built by 2019 in rural areas.

• A sum of Rs. 3794 crore has been provided for giving credit support, capital and interest subsidy and for innovations of Medium, Small and
Micro Enterprises (MSMEs). It is proposed to set a target of Rs.3 lakh crore for lending under MUDRA for 2018-19.

• The Budget proposed an outlay of Rs.7148 crore for the textile sector in 2018-19 as against Rs.6,000 Crore in 2016.

• Micro irrigation fund Rs. 5,000 crore.

• Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) Rs. 10,881 crore.

• Customs duty is proposed to be reduced on raw cashew from 5 percent to 2.5 percent, to help the cashew processing industry.

• It is proposed to impose a Social Welfare Surcharge at the rate of 10 percent of the aggregate duties of Customs, on imported goods, to
provide for social welfare schemes of the government.

EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

• Outlay on health, education and social protection for 2018-19 is Rs.1.38 lakh crore against estimated expenditure of Rs.1.22 lakh crore
in 2017-18.
• Tribal students to get Ekalavya Model Residential School on par with NavodayaVidyalayas to provide the best quality education to the
tribal children in their own environment by 2022.
• To step up investments in research and related infrastructure in premier educational institutions, including health institutions, a major
initiative named ‘‘Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022’’ with a total investment of Rs.1,00,000 crore in
next four years.
• Allocation on National Social Assistance Programme this year has been kept at Rs. 9975 crore.

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• World’s largest Health Protection Scheme covering over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families launched with a family limit upto5
lakh rupees for secondary and tertiary treatment.
• Allocation ofRs 1200 crore for the National Health Policy, 2017. The Government also decided to allocate additional Rs.600 crore to
provide nutritional support to all TB patients at the rate of Rs.500 per month for the duration of their treatment.
• The total budgetary provision for the WCD Ministry for the year 2018-19 is Rs.24,700 crore.
• On cleaning the Ganga, a total of 187 projects have been sanctioned under the NamamiGangeprogramme for infrastructure
development, river surface cleaning, rural sanitation and other interventions at a cost of Rs.16,713 crore. Out of this 47 projects have been
completed.
MEDIUM, SMALL AND MICRO ENTERPRISES (MSMEs) AND EMPLOYMENT
• A sum of Rs. 3794 crore has been provided for giving credit support, capital and interest subsidy and for innovations.
• MUDRA Yojana launched in April, 2015 has led to sanction of Rs.4.6 lakh crore in credit from 10.38 crore MUDRA loans.It is proposed
to set a target of Rs.3 lakh crore for lending under MUDRA for 2018-19.
• The Budget proposed an outlay of Rs.7148 crore for the textile sector in 2018-19 as against Rs.6,000 Crore in 2016.
Infrastructure and Financial Sector Development:
• Increase of budgetary allocation on infrastructure for 2018-19 to Rs.5.97 lakh crore against estimated expenditure of Rs.4.94 lakh crore
in 2017-18.
• Under the BharatmalaPariyojana, about 35000 kms road construction in Phase-I at an estimated cost of Rs.5,35,000 crore has been
approved.
RAILWAYS
• Railways Capital Expenditure for the year 2018-19 has been pegged at Rs.1,48,528 crore.
• The total expenditure planned on safety activities including Rashtriya Rail SanrakshaKosh (RRSK) is Rs. 68,725 cr in RE 2017-18 and Rs.
73,065 cr in BE 2018-19.
• Mumbai’s local train network will have 90 kilometers of double line tracks at a cost of over Rs.11,000 crore.
• A sub-urban network of approximately 160 kilometers at an estimated cost of Rs.17,000 crore.
AIR TRANSPORT
• The Budget proposes to expand the airport capacity more than five times to handle a billion trips a year under a new initiative - NABH
Nirman.
DIGITAL ECONOMY
• The Budget doubled the allocation on Digital India Programme to Rs 3073 crore in 2018-19.
• The Finance Minister allocated Rs. 10000 crore in 2018-19 for creation and augmentation of Telecom infrastructure.
DISINVESTMENT
• Disinvestment target of Rs.80, 000 crore for 2018-19.
• Three Public Sector Insurance companies - National Insurance Co. Ltd.,United India Assurance Co. Ltd., and Oriental India
insurance Co. Ltd., will be merged into a single insurance entity.
• To celebrate the 150 Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation from 2nd October 2019, the Budget set aside Rs.150
crore for the activities leading to the commemoration programme.
• The Budget proposes to revise emoluments to Rs.5 lakh for the President, Rs 4 lakhs for the Vice President and Rs.3.5 lakh per month
to Governor. These emoluments were last revised in 2006.To refix the salary and allowances with effect from April 1, 2018.

FISCAL MANAGEMENT
• The Budget Revised Estimates for expenditure in 2017-18 are Rs.21.57 lakh crore (net of GST compensation transfers to the States) as
against the Budget Estimates of Rs.21.47 lakh crore.
• Fiscal Deficit pegged at 3.5 %, projected at 3.3 % for 2018-19.
• More concessions for International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), to promote trade in stock exchanges located in IFSC.
• The Budget proposes to increase the cess on personal income tax and corporation tax to 4 percent from the present 3 percent.
• To control cash economy, payments exceeding Rs. 10,000 in cash made by trusts and institutions to be disallowed and would be
subject to tax.
• The estimated revenue forgone during Financial Year 2018-19 will be Rs. 7,000 crore.

RELIEF TO SENIOR CITIZENS

The proposals are

▪ Exemption of interest income on deposits with banks and post offices to be increased from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 50,000.

▪ TDS not required to be deducted under section 194A. Benefit also available for interest from all fixed deposit schemes and recurring
deposit schemes.

▪ Hike in deduction limit for health insurance premium and/ or medical expenditure from Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 50,000 under section 80D.

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▪ Increase in deduction limit for medical expenditure for certain critical illness from Rs. 60,000 (in case of senior citizens) and from Rs.
80,000 (in case of very senior citizens) to Rs. 1 lakh for all senior citizens, under section 80DDB.

▪ Proposed to extend Pradhan MantriVayaVandanaYojana up to March, 2020. Current investment limit proposed to be increased to
Rs. 15 lakh from the existing limit of Rs. 7.5 lakh per senior citizen.

▪ In order to take care of the education and health care needs of Below Poverty Line (BPL) and rural families, the Budget proposes to
increase the cess on personal income tax and corporation tax to 4 percent from the present 3 percent.

▪ The new cess will be called the “Health and Education Cess” and is expected to lead to a collection of an estimated additional amount
of Rs. 11,000 crore.

DEFENCE
• Out of total amount,Rs 2,95,511.41 crore has been earmarked for Defence.
• Rs. 1,95,947.55 crore has been allocated for Revenue (Net) expenditure and Rs. 99,563.86 crore for Capital expenditure for the
Defence Services and the Organizations/ Departments under Ministry of Defence.
• For Defence Pension, which is over and above the outlay mentioned above, an amount of Rs. 1,08,853.30 crore has been provided in
BE 2018-19.

ECONOMY SURVEY 2018 HIGHLIGHTS

• GDP to grow 7-7.5% in FY19; India to regain fastest growing major economy tag.

• GDP growth to be 6.75% in FY2017-18.

• Policy vigilance required next fiscal if high oil prices persist or stock prices correct sharply.

• Policy agenda for next year — support agriculture, privatise Air India, finish bank recapitalisation

• GST data shows 50% rise in number of indirect taxpayers.

• Tax collection by states, local governments significantly lower than those in other federal countries.

• Insolvency Code being actively used to resolve NPA woes.

• Retail inflation averaged 3.3% in 2017-18, lowest in last 6 fiscals.

• Urban migration leading to feminisation of farm sector.

• Swachh Bharat initiative improved sanitation coverage in rural areas from 39% in 2014 to 76% in January 2018.

• Suvey 2017-18 in Pink Colour to highlight gender issues.

• India needs $4.5 trillion by 2040 to develop Infrastructure Development.

• The Gross Value Added (GVA) at constant basic prices is expected to grow at the rate of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18 as compared to 6.6 per
cent in 2016-17. Similarly, Agriculture, industry and services sectors are expected to grow at the rate of 2.1 per cent, 4.4 per cent, and 8.3
per cent respectively in 2017-18.

• As on December 2017, there were 9.8 million unique GST registrants slightly more than the total Indirect Tax registrants under the old
system (where many taxpayers were registered under several taxes).

• The profile of new filers is interesting of their total turnover, Business-To-Consumer (B2C) transactions account for only 17 percent of the
total. The bulk of transactions are Business-To-Business (B2B) and exports, which account for 30-34 percent apiece.

• Maharashtra, UP, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat are the States with the greatest number of GST registrants. UP and West Bengal have
been large increases in the number of tax registrants compared to the old tax regime.

• On the subject of International Trade, Inter-State Trade and Economic Prosperity, the Survey points-out for the first time in India‘s history
that five States- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana account for 70% of India‘s exports.

• The Government has imposed stock holding limits on stockiest/dealers of sugar till April, 2018. The Government imposed 20% duty on
export of sugar for promoting availability and moderating price rise. Permitted import of 5 lakh tones of raw sugar at zero duty; subsequently,
import of additional 3 lakh tones was allowed at 25% duty.

• Rs.20,339crore approved for interest subvention in 2017-18 to meet various obligations arising from interest subvention being provided to
the farmers on short term crop loans, especially small and marginal farmers who are the major borrowers.

• India‘s urban population is projected to grow to about 600 million by 2031.

• During the period April-September 2017-18, growth in services exports and services imports were robust at 16.2 per cent and 17.4 per
cent respectively.

• To boost services exports, the Survey mentions that the Government in its mid-term Review of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, has
increased incentives under Services Exports from India Schemes (SEIS) by 2 per cent, leading to an additional annual incentive of Rs.1,140
crore which could help services exports including Hotel & Restaurant, Hospital, Educational services etc.

• Out of the 32 States and Union Territories (UTs), in 15 states and UTs, the Services Sector is the dominant sector, contributing more than
half of the Gross State Value Added (GSVA). Delhi and Chandigarh are at the top with over 80 per cent share, while Sikkim is at the bottom

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with 31.7 per cent share. In terms of services GSVA growth, Bihar is at the top and Uttar Pradesh at the bottom with 14.5 per cent and 7.0 per
cent growth respectively in 2016-17.

• FDI equity inflows to the services sector grew by 15.0 percent during 2017-18 (April-October).

• The Services sector, with a share of 55.2 per cent in India‘s Gross Value Added (GVA), continued to be the key driver of India‘s economic
growth contributing almost 72.5 per cent of GVA growth in 2017-18.

• With the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) on 2nd October, 2014, the sanitation coverage in rural India has increased
substantially from 39 per cent in 2014 to 76 percent in January, 2018.

Superlatives of India
The longest Bridge Above Water Dhola–Sadiya Bridge or Bhupen Hazarika Setu (9.15 km.)
The largest animal Fair Sonpur (Bihar)
The largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhananda Hall (Mumbai, Maharashtra)
The highest Dam Tehri dam (Uttarakhand)
The largest Desert Thar (Rajastan)
The largest cave Temple Kailash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra)
The largest Zoological Park Vandalur Zoo (1300 Acres)
The largest Mosque Jama Masjid (Delhi)
The highest peak Kangchenjunga (8,586m)
The longest Tunnel Pir panjal tunnel
The largest Delta Sundarbans (W. Bengal)
The State with maximum forest area Madhya Pradesh (77,522 sq kms)
The longest Corridor Corridor of Ramanathaswamy Temple of Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu)
The highest Waterfall Kunchikal Falls (Karnataka)
The longest Road Grand Trunk Road (Kolkata to Delhi)
The highest Gate way Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (U.P)
The longest River The Ganges (2525 km. long)
The largest museum Indian museum, Kolkata
The largest Dome Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (in Karnataka)
The Tallest Statue Veera Abhaya Anjeneya Hanuman Swami, Vijayawada, Andra (41 m)
The largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of India
The Biggest Canti lever Bridge Rabindra Setu or Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
The longest Canal Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
The longest Railway platform Gorakhpur, UP
The Biggest Stadium Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium Kolkata (foot ball)
The most popular city Mumbai (Maharastra)
The Longest Passenger Train Route Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
The Oldest Church St. Thomas Church at palayer, Thrissur (Kerela)
The longest National Highway N.H- 44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari) (3,745 km)
The State with longest Coast Line Gujarat
The Highest Lake Cholamu lake (north Sikim)
The largest Saline water Lake Sambhar lake, Rajasthan
The largest fresh water Lake wular Lake
The Largest Cave Amarnath (J & K)
The longest river of Southern India Godawari
The longest Dam Hirakud Dam (Orissa)
The highest Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra (Military) & Ashok Chakra (highest peace time
gallantry honour)
The highest Award Bharat Ratna
The biggest Church Saint Cathedral at old Goa (goa)
The Southern Indian State with Longest Costal line Andhra Pradesh
The Longest Sea Beach Marina Beach (Chennai)
The Highest Road Road at Khardungla, (in Leh –Manali Sector)
The largest artificial Lake Govind Sagar (Bhakhra Nangal)
The deepest River Valley Bhagirathi and Alaknanda

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The largest River without Delta Narmada and Tapi

The biggest river Island Majuli Brahmputra river, (Assam)
The largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium
The Highest Airport Leh Airport (Ladakh)
The Largest state in area Rajasthan (3,42,239 sq.km)
The Smallest state in area Goa (3,702sq.km)

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