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Legend Magazine (November - 2017) Current Affairs and Quiz, Computer, Aptitude, Banking Awareness Exclusively prepared for RACE students Issue : 6 | Page : 56 | Topic : Legend of November | Price : Not for Sale Current Affairs: Provident Fund, Pension & Insurance. Smt Now, any Indian Citizen, resident or NATIONAL Mahajan inaugurated 65th foundation day non-resident, between the age of 60- 65 years, Home Ministry sets up two new divisions to celebrations of EPFO in New Delhi. She also can also join NPS and continue up to the age of deal with radicalisation & cybercrime: inaugurated 1 MW solar power plant at various 70 years in NPS. NPS provides a very robust The Union Home Ministry, as part of regional offices of EPFO. EPFO is spreading the platform to the subscriber to save for his/her an administrative rejig, has formed two new coverage area of its schemes for workers from old age income security. divisions to exclusively deal with emerging unorganized sector. security challenges such as radicalisation and President of India inaugurates Global cybercrime. The two divisions called Counter- EESL launches $454 million ‘Creating and Clubfoot Conference in New Delhi: Terrorism and Counter-Radicalisation (CTCR) Sustaining Markets for Energy Efficiency’ The President of India, Shri Ram Nath and the Cyber and Information Security project in partnership with the GEF: Kovind, inaugurated the Global Clubfoot (CIS) also encompass merger of some of the Recognizing India’s efforts towards a low Conference being organised by the CURE India Ministry’s existing divisions. emission-economy and focusing on energy in partnership with the Ministry of Health and The CTCR wing, which is basically efficiency programmes, the Global Environment Family Welfare, Government of India, in New modified version of the Home Ministry’s internal Facility (GEF) has now partnered with Energy Delhi. Clubfoot is one of the most common security-II division, will focus on tracking and Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) , under orthopaedic birth defects. It can cause assessing the online reach of global terrorist Ministry of Power, for the project ‘Creating and permanent disability if not treated early. This outfits and devising strategies to counter their Sustaining Markets for Energy Efficiency’. affects the child’s mobility and confidence. propaganda. The CIS division will monitor online The project will receive a composite Inevitably, education and schooling suffer – and crimes and threats, including cyber fraud and funding of $454 million comprised of the GEF the child cannot fulfil his or her potential. hacking, and suggest ways to minimise and fight grant of $20 million and co-financing of $434 them. million in the form of loans and equity, including PM’s address at World Food India 2017: a $200 million loan from the Asian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh celebrates its Development Bank (ADB) . EESL further inaugurated the World Food India 2017 62nd formation day: proposes Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund festival at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi in Five states — Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, (EERF) for sustainable funding mechanism of the presence of Union Minister for Food Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka — are energy efficiency projects in the country. Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal. celebrating their foundation day on Nov 1. The event aims to transform food economy and Karnataka & Madhya Pradesh -62nd state Delhi to host 9th global green film festival: realise the vision of doubling of famers' income foundation day. The 9th edition of ‘CMS Vatavaran’, a by 2022 establishing India as a preferred Kerala - 60th anniversary of the state formation global film festival on environment and wildlife, investment destination and sourcing hub for the day (‘Kerala Piravi’) . will begin on November 2, 2017 in New Delhi. global food processing industry. Haryana - 51st anniversary of the state formation The Theme of CMS Vatavaran is “Conservation A memorandum of understanding day. 4 Water”. The festival "aims to create (MoU) of Rs 10, 000 Crore was signed between Chhattisgarh - 17th state foundation day. awareness and sensitize people through films the Government of India (GoI) and Patanjali and discussions regarding water conservation and at the World Food India 2017. The MoU was President of India inaugurates 21st World the inter-connectedness of climate change and signed by Managing Director of Patanjali, Congress of mental health, calls for fighting water, water struggles in a world dealing with Acharya Balkrishna and Harsimrat Kaur stigma: global warming, climate variability, bio-diversity Badal, the Union Cabinet Minister of Food The President of India, Shri Ram Nath loss, and environmental damage”. Processing in the Government of India. Kovind, inaugurated the 21st World Congress The event is supported and partnered by The Telangana government unveiled of Mental Health being organised by the World Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate the food processing policy at the World Food Federation for Mental Health in partnership Change, National Geographic, United Nations India 2017 conference being held in New with Caring Foundation and other institutions in Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Delhi. The policy is aimed at attracting New Delhi. World Congress of Mental Health is (UNESCO) , United Nations Development investments to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore in taking place in India for the first time. Our Programme (UNDP) and World-Wide Fund for the food processing sector in the state and also National Mental Health Survey 2016 found that Nature (WWF) . creating about 1.25 lakh direct jobs in the next close to 14 per cent of India’s population five years. required active mental health interventions. Maximum Age of Joining NPS Increased from 60 to 65 years: Finance Ministry PAN Indian Army Release of Integrated Smt. Sumitra Mahajan inaugurates 65th Pension Fund Regulatory and Quarter Master Package (IQMP) Software foundation day celebrations of EPFO in New Development Authority (PFRDA) during the Application: Delhi: last few years to increase the pension coverage Integrated Quarter Master Package Smt. Sumitra Mahajan praised the in the country, PFRDA has now increased the (IQMP) software application was formally efforts of Employees’ Provident Fund maximum age of joining under NPS-Private released to the Indian Army by the Vice Chief of Organisation (EPFO) to digitalize the services to Sector (i.e. All Citizen and Corporate Model) from Army Staff Lt Gen Sarath Chand in an event accelerate the claims of EPFO beneficiaries in the existing 60 years to 65 years of age. organised at South Block. IQMP is web based Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore |Legend Magazine | November - 2017| 2 software developed by Army Software First Heli Expo India & International Civil India became the first country to partner Development Centre in association with M/s TCS Helicopter Conclave in New Delhi: with Facebook on disaster response: Ltd. The application automates various logistics The 1st Heli Expo India and India is the first country to partner related functions of an Army Unit. The application International Civil Helicopter Conclave-2017 with social networking site Facebook on disaster will replace numerous legacy applications such as is inaugurated in New Delhi by the response, Union minister Kiren Rijiju. 'India ‘Vastra’ and ‘Quarter Master Package’. Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Shri Satpal Disaster Response Summit', organised jointly by Maharaja ji in the presence of the Secretary, the National Disaster Management Authority Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana launched to Civil Aviation Shri R.N. Choubey, CMD Pawan (NDMA) and Facebook. The programme will be promote philately-Manoj Sinha: Hans, Dr. B. P. Sharma and other dignitaries. The piloted in two disaster prone states Assam and Minister of Communications Shri first issue of Pawan Hans Magazine Aviation is Uttarakhand. She said that India need to prepare Manoj Sinha launched a Pan India also unveiled by the chief guests on this itself for moving towards Disaster Risk scholarship program for school children called occasion. Management (DRM) and Disaster Risk Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana to increase the Pawan Hans, a Mini Ratna company of Reduction (DRR) from an approach of traditional reach of Philately. Under the scheme of SPARSH Ministry of Civil Aviation in association with PHD Disaster Management. (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the Research in Stamps as a Hobby) , it is theme of ‘Enhancing Connectivity’ at the Smriti Irani flags off Digital Rath in New proposed to award annual scholarships to Pawan Hans Heliport, Rohini, New Delhi. Delhi: children of Standard VI to IX having good Information and Broadcasting Minister academic record and also pursuing Philately as a Chennai included in UNESCO’s Creative Smriti Irani flagged off Digital Rath in New hobby through a competitive selection process in Cities Network: Delhi to create awareness among people for all postal circles. The amount of Scholarship will Chennai is the third Indian city on the cashless transaction. UPI transactions have be Rs. 6000/- per annum @ Rs. 500/- per month. list of UNESCO Creative Cities list after Jaipur increased from 3.8 million in April to 77 million and Varanasi. They join a network at the in October this year. National secretary