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S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor/ 1 Andhra Pradesh Shri. Jagan Mohan Reddy Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan 2 Andaman & Nicobar (UT) U.T Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi 3 Arunachal Pradesh Shri Pema Khandu Retired Brigadier BD Mishra 4 Assam Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Shri Jagdish Mukhi 5 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Faagu Chauhan 6 Chandigarh (UT) U.T Shri V.P. Singh Badnore 7 Chhatisgarh Shri Bhupesh Baghel Anusuiya Uikey 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT) U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS 9 Daman and Diu (UT) U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS 10 Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal 11 Goa Shri Pramod Sawant Shri Satya Pal Malik 12 Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai R. Rupani Shri Acharya Dev Vrat 13 Haryana Shri Manohar Lal Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya 14 Himachal Pradesh Shri Jairam Thakur Shri Bandaru Dattatreya 15 Jammu and Kashmir U.T. Shri Girish Chandra Murmu 16 Jharkhand Shri Hemant Soren Smt. Draupadi Murmu 17 Karnataka Shri B. S. Yeddyurappa Shr...

Interim Budget 2014: Highlights * Income tax rates kept unchanged * 10 % surcharge on ‘super-rich’ having annual income above Rs. 1 crore to continue * 10 % surcharge on domestic corporates with income of Rs. 10 crore * Foodgrain production estimated at 263 million tonnes in 2013-14 * Fiscal deficit at 4.6% in 2013-14 and 4.1% next year, revenue deficit at 3% in 2013-14 * Current Account Deficit (CAD) to be $45 billion as against $88 billion in 2012-13 * Excise duty on small cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles cut from 12 to 8% * Excise duty on SUVs cut from 30 to 24% * Large and mid-segment cars from 27-24% to 24-20% * Excise duty on mobile handsets to be 6% on CENVAT credit to encourage domestic production * Excise duty cut on capital goods, non-consumer durables cut from 12 to 10% * Moratorium on interest on student loans taken before March 31, 2009; to benefit 9 lakh borrowers * $15 billion addition to foreign exchange in 2013-14 * Disi...

1 ) The RBI on 17th December 2012 allowed property developers to borrow money from overseas through External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) for which type of housing projects?  – Low-cost housing projects 2) Which ad agency has made Idea’s Cellular’s new jingle ‘Honey Bunny’, which has become one of the most popular jingles of all time in just a few days of its launch?  – Lowe Lintas 3) The Finance Ministry scaled down its growth projection for Indian economy from 7.6 per cent to what levels for the current fiscal year of 2012-13, which is the lowest GDP growth estimate in a decade.  – Between 5.7 per cent to 5.9 per cent 4) It was reported in newspapers recently that the govt. is considering measures like offering gold-linked savings and goldbacked financial instruments to bring down the overall demand for gold. Due to which primary reason the need to reduce demand for gold is arising of-late?  – Due to deteriorating current account deficit ...

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recommended post :  Women empowerment  ,  Child issue  21.MEDI CLAIM FACILITY FOR THE FARMERS HOLDING KCC LAUNCHED The Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on 24 April 2013 launched medi claim facility for the farmers holding Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) issued by Dena Bank. The medi claim policies along with ID cards were handed over to six farmers of different States holding KCC of Dena Bank. 22.BIHAR CABINET GAVE ITS NOD ON QUOTA FOR WOMEN IN POLICE The State Cabinet of Bihar on 16 April 2013 gave its nod to the Home Department’s proposal to grant 35 percent reservation for women in the recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors in reserved and unreserved categories of the state. 23.ANDHRA PRADESH LAUNCHED AMMA HASTHAM The State Government of Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2013 on occasion of Ugadi Festival launched a new scheme named Amma Hastham (mother's hand) to supply nine essential food items to poor at subsidized rates. 24. ARMY TO LAUNCH...

see : updates no 21 to 26 recommended post : Women empowerment , Child issue  PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE SIGNED ORDINANCE ON FOOD SECURITY President Pranab Mukherjee signed the ordinance on food security on 5 July 2013 which seeks to give legal rights to 67 per cent of the population over subsidised grains every month.     2. MARRAKESH TREATY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED SIGNED The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled was adopted by more than 150 countries at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Diplomatic Conference hosted by Morocco in Marrakesh, Morocco on 28 June 2013. The treaty will provide access to various books for the print disabled, visually impaired as well as blind.    3. ANDHRA ASSEMBLY PASSED BILL TO RESTORE GENDER BALANCE Andhra Pradesh state Assembly on 19 June 2013 passed the bill called the Andhra Pradesh Bangaru Ta...

Topics covered: NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS,CHILD MARRIAGE: ITS PREVENTION,  CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELIQUENCY, CHILD ABUSE AND ITS PREVENTION,The Step taken by the Government to prevent malnutrition in Children Recommended Post : TISS-IRMA:Women empowerment NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was set up in March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005, an Act of Parliament (December 2005). The Commission's Mandate is to ensure that all Laws, Policies, Programmes, and Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution of India and also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Child is defined as a person in the 0 to 18 years age group CHILD MARRIAGE: ITS PREVENTION The Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929: It is also known as Sarda act. It was applied to all the ...

Topics covered : GENDER EMPOWERMENT,  PC-PNDT ACT,  WOMEN RESERVATION BILL, SELF HELP GROUP,PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT-2005,VERMA PANEL RECOMMENDATION FOR PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN,CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR WOMEN Recommended Post : Tiss-Irma topic 2 :Child issue GENDER EMPOWERMENT Gender Empowerment is conceived as a process by which women can overcome many of the hurdles that they face such as education, work status, employment opportunities, health care, social security, position in decision making by virtue of their gender.  Thus gender empowerment veritably implies empowerment of women to do away with subordination or discrimination and injustices done to them in male dominated society. Measures taken by the Government of India include the establishment of the National Commission for Women(NCW), Rashtriya Mahila Kosh(RMK), launching of Indira Mahila Yojana(IMY), Balika Samridhi Yojana(BSY) and Rural Women’s Developm...

  Important Mergers & Acquistions 1. Cisco all set to acquire US based cloudcomputing firm Meraki for USD 1.2 billion 2. Global liquor giant Diageo to acquire 53.4% stake in Mallya’sUnited Spirits Ltd for USD 2 billion 3. Sun Pharma to acquire US Company DUSA for USD 230 million 4. Hinduja Group’s Gulf Oil acquires Houghton International fornearly USD 1 billion 5. MakeMyTrip acquires Hotel Travel Group for USD 25 million 6. Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL) to merge with IDBIBank 7. Mass Media giant Disney to acquire Lucasfilm for USD 4.05billion 8. Telenor ropes in Lakshdeep as its new Indian Partner for its newTelecom venture 9. Goenka owned CESC acquires 49.5% First Source; Enters intoBPO Segment 10. Dr Reddy’s Lab to acquire Dutch firm OctoPlus NV 11. Indian Hotels bids USD 1.42 billion to acquireOrient-Express 12. Japanese Telecom Operator Softbank to acquire US telecomprovider Sprint Nextel for USD 20.1 billion recommended ...