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Kuna is currency of ?

Who has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary of India ?

India's Oscar nomination for year 2014 in Best Foreign Film Category?

Prasar Bharati and ___________ Network signed an agreement to strengthen the partnership between the two public broad-casters.

Which of the following Union Territories has recently celebrated its 60th liberation day?

Recently, who won the Denmark's Politiken Cup at Copenhagen ?

Commercial Papers are short term borrowings by Corporates, FIs, PDs, from Money Market. what is their maturity time zone?

which of the following is or are Debt Instrument?

Assam government launched 'Swavalamban Pension Scheme'

i. As per the scheme named 'Swavalamban Pension Scheme', a person with a minimum contribution of Rs 1,000 per year will get an equal amount of contribution from the govt.

ii. New pension scheme will start from next month and is basically meant to take care of all the people in the unorganized sector," Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Himangshu Sekhar Das said.

iii. The benefit will be available to a subscriber whose investment will not exceed Rs 12,000 every year. The maximum amount of contribution is fixed at Rs 50,000 annually.

iv. All subscribers after enrollment in the system will get a Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN).

v. The aggregator for the scheme in the state will be Assam Gramin Vikash Bank and Alankit Assignment, while the fund managers are SBI Pension Fund, LIC and UTI.

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Bannks are not permitted to offer different interest rates to different customers for fixed term deposits of same maturity period, except in the case of deposits of Rs. ___ lakhs and above. ?

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1 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Surakhsa Yojna, MGPSY ,a pension scheme for blue-collar Indian workers would be launched in the Gulf next month. Under the scheme, Government contributes Rs.1,000 per annum for men and Rs. 2000 for women subscribers of MGPSY who save between Rs.1,000 and Rs.12,000 per year in NPS-Lite.

2. Centre launches skill development and job placement scheme 'Roshini' for rural youth and women in maoist affected 24 districts in 9 states

3. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna for BPL families in Assam: BPL families are availing medical benefits under this scheme

4. Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana launched in Madhya Pradesh. For assisting youths of Madhya Pradesh to start their own industries and businesses. Under the scheme, time-limit of one month has been fixed for disposal of loan cases by banks.

5. Umeed a central social welfare scheme for poor rural women launched in Jammu and Kashmir by Rahul Gandhi

6. Govt launches schemes for free generic drugs at health centres: The initiatives, called 'Free Drug Service' and 'Free Diagnostics Service' under the National Health Mission: Gujarat Info Petro Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, has signed an agreement with Cason Engineering Plc, Hungary, in pursuant to the MoU signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2013, for a gas monitoring system.

7. Golden Girl Scheme Launched in Andhra Pradesh to protect girl child and ensure her education. The sheme is limited to two children of each BPL family.

8. Andhra Pradesh Launched 'Amma Hastham' Scheme, a welfare scheme named after Indira Gandhi 'Amma Hastham' as a Ugadi gift to the poor. This scheme is for supplying specified quantities of 9 essential commodities in a packet just for Rs.185 to white card households.

9. Dhanwantari Yojana in the healthcare sector - Madhya Pradesh

10. β€œPriyadarshni Awaas Yojna” in Haryana state at Karnal to provide affordable housing facility to the people living in rural areas.

11. Nitaqat scheme: India and Saudi Arabia for migrant labourers

12. National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), aiming to eradicate poverty in villages by empowering women in the country.

13. National Cyber Security Policy that aims to create a secure computing environment in the country.

14. Government has revised wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) from April 1 to factor in inflation. The maximum wage of Rs. 214 has been fixed for Haryana, and a minimum of Rs. 135 for the northeastern States.

15. The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for the LPG consumers, putting subsidy cash directly into the account of beneficiaries, would be launched in 20 districts with high Aadhaar card penetration from June 1. The scheme is likely to be extended to the entire country from October this year.

16. Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides financial assistance to mothers for institutional deliveries.

17. U.P started Ashirwad Bal Swasthya Guarantee Yojna NRHM.

18. UP govt. launched unemployment allowance scheme.

19. Madya Pradesh starts new scheme Sampark Setu.

20. UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state.

21. Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system

22. Uttarakhand govt to strictly implement 'no work no pay' rule.

23. Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav launched free laptop scheme for intermediate pass.

24. Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra

25. Nirmal Bharat Campaign had started in Sevagram, Maharashtra.

26. In Haryana, to ensure that all the health facilities and services provided by Health Department are accessible to the people, a programme called β€œ Rapid Appraisal of Programme Implementation in District”.

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Jawaid Akhtar Elected Chairperson of International Coffee Council

i. Jawaid Akhtar, the Chairman of Coffee Board of India, was elected as the Chairperson of the International Coffee Council at the meetings of the International Coffee Organization which took place on 9 September 2013 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

ii. The 111th session of the Council and the meetings took place from 9 September 2013- 12 September 2013.

iii. At the same time, Conradin Rasi of Switzerland was elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the International Coffee Council. The Council also appointed Juan Esteban Orduz of Colombia as the Chairperson of the Consultative Forum.

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Housing loans upto ___ lakhs are treated as priority sector lending .

Malala Yousafzai, Edward Snowden Nominated for EU's Sakharov Prize

i. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on 17 September 2013.

ii. European Parliament also named the Standing Man group, activists behind the Taksim Square protests in Istanbul in June 2013.

iii. Past winners of the Sakharov Prize include South African anti apartheid hero Nelson Mandela and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.

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Ernest Bai Koroma is president of which country ?

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NEW APPOINTMENTS

1. Justice P Sathasivam - next (40th) Chief Justice of India (CJI) (by suceeding Altamas Kabir).

2. K N Shanth Kumar - PTI Chairman (succeeded R Lakshmipathy)

3. K R Kamath Re-Elected - Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA).

4. Rami Hamdallah - New Prime Minister of Palestine.

5. Sudha Sharma - New CBDT chief.

6. S.K.Roy - New Chairman Of LIC succeeded D K Mehrotra, retired on 31 May.

7. Mahendra Mohan Gupta -Vice Chairman of PTI.

8. S Gopalakrishnan - new President of CII.

9. M F Farooqui - new Telecom Secretary

10. Deepak Sandhu - first woman Chief Information Commissioner (replaced Satyananda Mishra).

11. Rahul Dravid - Brand ambassador for Tobacco control campaign.

12. Rakesh Sood - Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

13. Anil Goswami - New Union Home Secretary (by replacing R.K Singh).

14. Shashi Kant Sharma - New CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) of India (by succeeding Vinod Rai)

15. Radha Krishna Mathur - Indian Defence Secretary (succeeded Shashikant Sharma).

16. V Hariharan - Secretary of the All India chess federation.

17. Mittu Chandilya - chief executive of AirAsia India.

18. Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma - new Governor of Arunanchal Pradesh.

19. Siddaramaiah - C.M. of Karnataka.

20. Aruna Bahuguna - First Women Special DG of CRPF.

21. Nirbhay Sharma - Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.

22. Krishna Kumar Natrajan (CEO and Director of Mindtree) - New Chief of NASSCOM (replaced N Chandrasekaran).

23. PJ Kurien - Chairman of Asian forum of Parliamentarians (replaced Yasuo Fukuda, former P M of Japan)

24. Vinod Rai - Re-Elected As Chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors.

25. Sidharth Birla (Chairman of Xpro India Ltd and Digjam Ltd) - Senior Vice-President of FICCI.

26. Justice D.K. Jain - new Chairman of Law Commission.

27. Shyamala Gopinath - New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd(CCIL) Chairperson.

28. Jawahar Sircar - New CEO of Prasar Bharti.

29. Rajiv Takru - Secretary of Financial Services in the Finance Ministry replacing Dinesh Kumar.

30. P.R. Vasudeva Rao - Director of the IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) replacing S.C Chetal.

31. Asoke Kumar Mukerji - Next Permanent Representative of India to the UN.

32. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as International GoodwillAmbassador β‚¬β€œ UNAIDS (UN Programme on HIV/AIDS).

33. Mary Kom - Brand Ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL) .

34. Rajan Bharti Mittal - president of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India.

35. Gregg Clark - Coach of the Junior Hockey Men's National Team

36. K K Paul - Meghalaya governor replacing Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary.

37. Sunil Soni - Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards

38. Shriniwas Patil - new governor of Sikkim.

39. R. Chandrasekhar (the former Secretary Department of Telecommunications (DoT)) - Nasscom President, succeeding current Nasscom President Som Mittal, whose tenure expires in January 2014

40. Hazem El-Beblawi - new Prime Minister of Egypt by the Interim President Adly Mansour.

41. Francisco Garcia (Spain) - as head coach of the Indian seniorwomen's basketball team.

42. Hemant Soren (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader) - Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

43. Abdul Rahim Rather (Jammu & Kashmir Finance Minister) - new Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on GST.

44. Arvind Sharma (Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India) - President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI)

45. Professor Mahendra P. Lama - new pro-vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU).

46. Sujatha Singh - India's new foreign secretary. Sujatha Singh is the third woman to head the Foreign services after Chokila Iyer and Nirupama Rao.

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