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National Safety Day is observed on 4 IMPORTANT DAYS ➢ National Safety Week observed from March 4 to

National Important Days 10 Janaushadhi Diwas 2021 week is observed on 1st ➢ Theme-‘Sadak Suraksha’ (road safety)-Creating week of March awareness to safety measures ➢ Last day of week (March 7) celebrated as ➢ Labour& Employment Ministry conference on ‘JanaushadhiDiwas’ Industrial safety from Dec 11 to 13, st ➢ 1 was observed on March 7 2019 1965 rd ➢ This year 3 edition under the theme-“Seve bhi- ➢ National Safety Day campaign on March 4,1972 Rozgar bhi” 52nd CISF Rising day is observed on March 10 Week long events: ➢ CISF-Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 st ✓ 1 day PM Bhartiya Jan AushadhiKendras – is setup under ministry of Home Affairs in 1969 organized more than 1000 health checkup ➢ In 1983 is was brought under the armed forces camps act rd ✓ 3 day Awarnessprogramme under theme ➢ CISF Hq- New Delhi, DG-Subodh Kumar Jawal ‘Teach Them Young’-Jan Aushadhi medicines National Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) cheaper by 50% to 90% average market prize Awareness Day is observed on March 10 th ✓ 4 day- under theme-“Suvidha Se Samman”- ➢ 1st observed in 2019 educate female students about usage of ➢ Dr Jitendra Singh released guidelines for sanitary pads management of diabetes in pregnancy th ✓ 5 Day -under theme-“Jan Aushadhi ka Sath”-To National Vaccination Day is observed on March 16 reach out senior citizens ➢ It was first celebrated at the time when the th ✓ 7 day-Modi addressed the nation. Dedicated National Pulse Polio vaccination drive was th 7500 Janaushadhi Kendra at Shillong launched, in 1995 Meghalaya ➢ The day also known as Natioal Immunization th 45 Civil Accounts Day is March 1 Day Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janushadhi Pariyojana: Poshan Pakhwada (Nutrition Fortnight) being ➢ Launched by government of India in 2008 celebrated from 16th-31st March ➢ Objective-availability of quality medicine at ➢ Celebrated by Ministry of Women and Child affordable price through PM Bhartiya Jan Development AushadhiKendras ➢ To address nutritional challenges, distribution of ➢ Nodal Agency-Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India 4 saplings of nutrition rich plants per (BPPI)- Dept. of Pharmaceuticals Ministry of Anganwadi Centre (AWC) in the Aspirational Chemicals & Fertilizers Districts Chabahar Day is observed on March 4 ➢ Poshan Abhiyan launched by Modi on 8th March ➢ Ministry of External affairs will commemorate 2018 this day on the slidelines of Maritime India ➢ POSHAN Abiyan-Prime Minister’s Overarching Summit 2021 Scheme for Holistic Nutrition ➢ Virtual participants-Afghanistan, , Iran, Ordnance Factory Day is observed on March 18 Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan ➢ First Ordnance Factory in colonial India at ➢ Two Webinar sessions- i) Boosting Business Cossipore near Kolkata in 1801 through Trade Promotion and Regional ➢ Ordnance Factory Board (OFB): Connectivity ii) Development of Port ✓ Chairman-C S Vishuwakarma Infrastructure: Unleashing Opportunities ✓ Hq-Kolkata, West Bengal ➢ Chabahar Port is located in Iran in the Gulf of ✓ OFB came into existence of 2nd April Oman 1979

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Chinar Corps or 15 crops celebrates 80th Raising World Wildlife Day is observed on March 3 Day is observed on ➢ Commemorating Convention on International ➢ Chinar Corps headquartered at Srinagar Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and ➢ General officer commading Lieutant General Flora (CITES) in 1973 Devendra Pratap Pandy ➢ Celebrated by UN General Assembly to raise Bihar Day is observed on March 22 awareness about global wildlife & plants ➢ To commemorated the formation of Bihar which ➢ The day was 1st observed in 2014 is carvedout from Bengal in 1912 ➢ Theme-Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining ➢ Theme- ‘Jal Jeevan Hariyali’to raise awareness People and Planet- is set in alignment with UN about declining annual rainfall threatening water Sustainable Development Goals 1, 12, 13, 15 security in the state World Hearing Day is observed on March 3 Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ day is observed on ➢ Day was started in 2007 by the Office of January 30 & March 23 Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the ➢ Day is observed to honour the 3young freedom WHO fighters of our country-Bhagat ➢ It was called International Ear Care Day till 2016 Singh,SukhdevThapar,and Shivaram Rajguru ➢ Theme-“Hearing care for all! Screen, ➢ 30th January –Death anniversary of Mahatma Rehabilitate, Communicate” Gandhi, is also observed as Martyr’s day International Women’s Day (IWD) is observed on 186th Raising Day of Assam Rifles on 24th March March 8 ➢ The Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary ➢ Theme-Women in leadership: achieving an force of India, dating back to 1835 under the equal future in a covid-19 world British Raj, raised under the name Cachar Levy ➢ IWD, the Campaign theme is “choose to ➢ The name ‘Assam Rifles’ has been used since challenge” 1917 ➢ The 1st IWD was observed by the Russian Rajasthan Statehood day is observed on March 30 Women Clara Zetkin on the last day of February ➢ Day also known as Rajasthan Diwas this year 2023 declared as International Year of Millets – celebrated as 72nd foundation ➢ The state was formed on March 30, 1949 ➢ Resolution was initiated by India with International Important Days Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria Russia & Zero discrimination Day 2021 observed on March 1 ➢ Zero Discrimination campaign was launched by ➢ Resolution implemented by FAO of United UNAIDS director Michel Sidibé on World Aids Nations Day in December 2013 ➢ In India National year of Millets celebrated in ➢ Day 1st observed on March 1, 2014. “A butterfly” 2018 is the symbol of Zero Discrimination World Kidney day is observed on 2nd Thursday of ➢ Objective-To eliminate mental boundaries March (11 march 2021) related to sex, age, health status, occupation, ➢ Theme: “Living Well with Kidney Disease” disability, sexual orientation, etc ➢ Day was launched on 9th March 2006 & World Civil Defence Day 2021 is observed on inaugurated on 8th March 2007 March 1 ➢ Campaign-#MyGr8Rule Challenge-involves 8 ➢ This day was integrated by the International golden rules of kidney care Civil DefenceOrganisation (ICDO) in 1990. World Pi day is observed on March 14 ➢ Theme-Civil Defence and the first aider in every ➢ Value for Pi is 3.14 diameter and its value is home 3.14 World Birth Defects Day is observed on March 3 ➢ The day was recognised in 1988 by physicist ➢ Started in 2015 by World Health Organization Larry Shaw (WHO) ➢ To raise awareness on congenital disorders

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➢ In 2019, UNESCO’s 40th General Conference ➢ 6 official language of UN- Arabic, Chinese, decided to observe Pi Day as the International English, French, Russian, Spanish Day of Mathematics ➢ Theme-Francophone Women Resilient Women 24th International Day of Action for Rivers is World Poetry Day is observed on March 21 observed on March 14 ➢ Announced by UNESCO, celebrated on March 21 ➢ The day is observed to sensitise people about during 30th General conference in Paris in 1999 the importance of rivers ➢ Day is celebrated to help linguistic diversity ➢ Theme-Rights of Rivers through poetic expression and to provide World Consumer Rights Day is observed on 15 recognition to endangered languages within March their communities ➢ Day was inspired by Former US president John F International Day for the Elimination of Racial Kennadywhie speaking at the US Congress on Discrimination is observed on March 21 15 March, 1962 ➢ Theme-‘Youth standing up against racism’ ➢ Theme-Tackle Plastic Pollution ➢ 1979, the General Assembly adopted a Global Recycling Day is observed on March 18 programme for Action to Combat Racism and ➢ The Global Recycling Foundation, in Racial Discrimination collaboration with the United Nations, work World Down Syndrome day is observed on March unitedly towards these awareness programmes 21 ➢ Theme-Recycling Heroes ➢ Day observed on March 21every year by UN World Sleep Day is observed on March 19 from 2012 ➢ In 2021 is being celebrated 14th edition ➢ Online campaign-#LotsofSocks (to wear ➢ The day is held the Friday before sprig vernal mismatched socks,was conducted to spread equinor of each year awareness) ➢ It was first observed in 2008 by healthcare ➢ Theme-“We CONNECT so that we can” professionals who worked in the field of sleep #CONNECT by the United Nations medicine and research International day of Forests is observed on ➢ Slogan-Regular Sleep, Healthy Future March 21 World Sparrow Day is observed on March 20 ➢ Observation on the United Nations from 2012 ➢ In March 20, 2010 1stSparrow day celebrated ➢ Organized by UN Forum on Forestsand FAO in ➢ Indian conversationalist Mohammed Dilawar- collaboration with governments and various efforts to raise awareness among people NGO ➢ Theme- I Love Sparrows ➢ Theme-“Forest restoration: a path to recovery International Day of Happiness is observed on and well-being” March 20 International Day of Nowruz is celebrated on ➢ Day is observed by United Nations from 2013 March 21 ➢ Initiative was first stressed upon by Bhutan who ➢ Declared by United Nations every year from believed in the importance of national 2010 happiness ➢ The word Nowruz means Newday and it marks ➢ Theme- “Happiness for all, forever” the first day of the spring World Oral Health Day is observed March 20 World Puppetry Day is observed on March 21 ➢ The day first declared and originally celebrated ➢ Celebrated by Union Internationale de la on September 12, 2007, however, the campaign Marionnette [UNIMA] affliated to UNESCO from came into action in 2013 2003 ➢ FDI World Dental Federation marks a specific ➢ The idea came from the puppet theater artist theme- ‘Be Proud of Your Mouth’ Javad Zolfaghari from Iran World Day of Theatre for Children and Young World Water Day is observed on March 22 People is observed on March 20 ➢ Resolution 1st adopted by UN General Assembly UN Day is observed on March 20 on December 22, 1992

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➢ March 22 was declared World Water day around UN relief & Work agency for Palestine refugees the world in 1993 in the Near east (UNRWA) ➢ Objective-to support the achievement of ➢ He was abducted by an armed gunman in 1985 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) which is & his body was found in Bekaa Valley, to ensure water and sanitation for all by 2030 in 2009 ➢ Theme- Valuing water World Theatre Day is observed on March 27 Earth Hour 2021 is observed on last Saturday of ➢ This day was initiated back in 1962 March ➢ The first international message on World ➢ Theme-Climate Change to Save Earth Theatre Day was written by a French poet and World Metrological day (WMD) is observed on playwriter named Jean Cocteau March 23 ➢ The first ITI conference was held in Helsinki in ➢ The day to commemorate the establishment of Finland, the second one being in Vienna the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Piano day is observed on 88th day of the ➢ The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) year (in 2021 it’s the 29th March) 88 denotes the was established in 1950 on March 23 number of keys on the instruments ➢ Theme-The ocean, our climate, and weather International Transgender Day of Visibility is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed on observed on March 31 March 24 ➢ Raising awareness of discrimination faced by ➢ Theme-The Clock is Ticking transgender people worldwide ➢ This annual event commemorates the date in ➢ The day was founded by US-based transgender 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his activist Rachel Crandall of Michigan in 2009 discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the The first International Transgender Day of Visibility bacillus that causes TB was held on March 31, 2009 ➢ In 1982 , 100th anniversary of Robert Koch’s presentation about TB, the International Union BANKING & FINANCE Against TB & Lung Diseases (IUATLD) proposed 24th March as TB day RBI ➢ India has set to achieve ‘End Tuberculosis’ RBI-extended the timeline for processing recurring reducing new TB cases by 80% by 2025 online transactions by 6 months to September 30, ➢ Ending TB epidemic by 2030 the health target of 2021 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Penalty

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims RBI-imposed penalty of Rs 2 crore on State Bank of of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is India for contravention of norms, including specific observed on March 25 directions to the lender on remuneration to its ➢ The day designated by UN General Assembly in employees in the form of commission

2007 RBI-imposed penalty of Rs 1 lakh on Nagpur ➢ Day honors & remembers those victims of Mahanagarpalika Karmachari Sahakari Bank Ltd, transatlantic slave trade, which is “the worst Nagpur for contravention of/non-compliance with violation of human rights in history”, in which the directions issued by RBI on “Exposure Norms over 400 years more than 15 million men, and Statutory/Other Restrictions – UCBs”

women and children were the victims RBI-imposed penalty Rs 15 lakh on Sonata Finance ➢ Theme-“Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: A Private Limited, Lucknow, UP for non-compliance Global Imperative for Justice” with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Pricing of The International Day of Solidarity with Detained Credit’ contained in NBFC’s and Missing Staff Members is observed on March PUBLIC BANKS State Bank of India 25 SBI-raised $1 billion from Japan Bank for ➢ The Day marks the anniversary of the abduction International Cooperation (JBIC) of Alec Collett (Journalist) who worked for the

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➢ To extend loans to supply chain of Japanese IDBI Bank automobile industry in India IDBI Bank taken out of Prompt Corrective Action ➢ SBI signed a loan agreement with JBIC, taking (PCA) the total facility to $2 billion ➢ IDBI Bank was placed under PCA in May, 2017 Punjab National Bank ➢ Net interest income rose 18 per cent to Rs 1,810 PNB + Yes Bank - for a strategic co-lending service crore compared with the same period a year- that will facilitate retail home loans at competitive ago rates ➢ Net Interest Margin (NIM) improved by 60 basis Indian Overseas Bank points to 2.87 per cent in the quarter Indian Overseas Bank – ‘IOB Trendy’ savings Karnataka Bank account for millennials Karnataka Bank + IIFL Securities to launch ‘KBL ➢ Features of IOB Trendy Account Smart Trade’ ✓ Age: 21-38 & no ‘Opening balance ➢ It will provide a two-in-one account facility needed Karnataka’s Savings Bank Account holders can ✓ No charges levied for non-maintenance open a Demat& Trading account with IIFL of balance only for first month security instantly ✓ Daily minimum balance of Rs.10,000 or ➢ Demat account (Dematerialized account) to Rs.5000 and digital transcation of Rs. hold shares and financial securities in electronic 20,000 per month; form ✓ Online application submission facility, ➢ Trading account will provide the interface to buy free personalised accident (death) and sell shares in the stock market insurance cover of Rs.5 lakh Karnataka Bank + Maruti Suzuki-teamed up for car ✓ If the quarterly average balance is Rs.1 loans lakh and above, auto-sweep facility, ➢ Customers will be able to avail car loans of up when the balance exceeds Rs.50,000 to 85 per cent of the on-road price among others ➢ The offers is applicable on all new Maruti Suzuki PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS cars, i.e. the ones retailed via cars ARENA and HDFC Bank NEXA showrooms HDFC bank-launched ‘SmartUp Unnati’ for women Kotak Mahindra Bank Entrepreneurs Kotak Mahindra Bank + Indian Army-Salary account ➢ Under this programme senior women leaders for India Army to all army personal both active & from HDFC bank women entrepreneurs to retired achieve their goals in next one year ➢ Zero balance salary account earns upto 4% ➢ SmartUpprogramme was an online mentoring interest per annum, free unlimited ATM platform for banking start-ups launched by transactions HDFC in 2018 ➢ Personal Accident Insurance cover-both ICICI Bank accidental death & permanent disability ICICI Bank + BillDesk +Razorpay-launched Instant ➢ Educational benefits for salary account holder’s EMI facility children of up to 22 years ➢ To provide the customer to convert their high- Yes Bank value transactions up to Rs 5 lakh into Equated Yes Bank-launched ‘YES Essence’ women centric Monthly Installments (EMI) program ➢ The facility in its internet banking platform ‘EMI ➢ For women across customer segments – @ Internet Banking’ homemakers, salaried professionals, ➢ Higher transaction limit-purchase of products or entrepreneurs and senior citizens services ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakh ➢ Yes bank promoted ‘#Be Yourself’ by ➢ Tenure-customers can select 3 months, 6 encouraging them months, 9 months & 12 months

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Yes Bank + SHEROES – Launched ‘Yes Essence Premium Age limit Age at Options Plus’ program Type Entry Maturity ➢ The program to support the women A) Sum entrepreneurs & women-led startups assured on ➢ Over a 10-week period, the cohort start-ups will death 10 Minimum-90 Minimum- receive customised training through virtual times of days both Single 18 years workshops conducted by industry experts tabular option A & B premium Maximum - EXIM Bank premium Maximum - Payment 65 years (A), Exim Bank - $ 10.4 million (Rs 75.99 crore) loan B) 1.25 44 years (A), 80 years (B) deal with Eswatini (Swaziland) time of 70 years (B) ➢ For construction of disaster recovery site tabular ➢ With this agreement Bank has extended three premium LoCs to Eswatini total value to $68.30 million A) Sum ➢ Exim Bank has now in place 270 LoCs, covering assured on Minimum-90 62 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and death 10 days (A), 40 Maximum - the CIS with credit commitments of around USD Limited times of years (B) 75 years 26.75 billion. Premium tabular Maximum- both A & B Insurance Payment premium Aegon Life Insurance- launches Aegon Life Saral 60 years A& B) 7 time Jeevan Bima B of tabular ➢ Policy that will pay the nominee a fixed amount premium after the policyholder’s death during the policy IRDAI-hiked maximum cover under Arogya term SanjeevaniPolicy ➢ Eligibility-Age between 18 to 65 years ➢ Maximum cover amount increased from Rs 5 ➢ Sum Assured-Rs 5 lakks to Rs 25 lakhs lakh to Rs 10 lakh ➢ Cover Period-5 years to 40 years ➢ Expanded sum insured bands under the policy Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)- to between Rs 50000 to Rs 10 lakh in multiples introduced LIC’s Bachat Plus of Rs 50000 against previous range Rs 1 lakh to ➢ It is a non-linked, participating, individual, Rs 5 lakh savings plan ➢ The age to get this policy between 18 years to ➢ Protection, savings and financial support for 65 years of age family of deceased policyholder ➢ The standardised health insurance product that ➢ Minimum assured sum Rs 1,00,000 with no was launched in March 2020 upper limit Aquaconnect + Alliance Insurance Brokers – An ➢ Maturity period-5 years insurance programme for shrimp farmers ➢ Minimum policy term is 10 years & maximum of Small Finance Bank 25 years under all options Ujjivan SFB-launched ‘Women Saving Account’ ➢ The account called ‘Garima Saving Account’ to provide financial needs of women ➢ Features: ✓ Maximum of 7% rate of interest on savings account ✓ Free cash deposit up to Rs 5 lakhs per month or 8 transactions whichever is earlier at any branch ✓ The account comes with complementary membership to ‘Kavach Plan’ protection worth Rs 60,000

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World Bank ➢ Provide option for SME’s to open current and World bank-extended $ 500 million financing to savings accounts at RBL Bank through tide The Philippines platform ➢ For the purchase and distribution of vaccines ➢ Apart from SME sector, unregistered and and to strengthen the country’s health systems unorganized sector companies also benefitted ➢ In May, it extended a $500-million loan to ➢ Tide aiming 25000 customers in India within provide relief to Filipinos who had lost jobs FY22 & up to 20 lakh in next 5 years during lockdowns Card/Pay News ➢ The ADB allotted $400 million for the BharatPe launches instant liquidity facility for Philippines, the first recipient of its vaccine SME’s access support programme ➢ The product named ‘Distributor to Retailer’ World Bank’s IDA- approved USD 200 million to (D2R) finance Bangladesh ➢ Offer collateral free loan upto Rs 50 lakhs for ➢ Provide support and services to the low-income period of 7 days to 30 days urban youths impacted by COVID 19 pandemic ➢ Loan available at low interest rate, with zero and the migrants who had to return involuntarily processing to distributors, traders & dealers ➢ Provides concessional lending over 30 year Magicbricks + Razorpay + HDFC Bank- create term including 5 year grace period secure online solution for payments through credit World Bank’s IDA-USD 500 million to Bangladesh cards with the 10 million rental residential vaccinate 54 million people against COVID 19 with household market 30 year term including 5 year grace period Samsung Electronics + Mastercard + Samsung International Monetary Fund Card – Fingerprint Biometric Payment Card to IMF- $ 500million for Pakistan to help the country’s provide faster and more secure payment economy and save lives and livelihoods amid the experiences COVID-19 pandemic Others Asian Development Bank NPCI + SBI payments – to launch a solution ADB-USD 300 million loan to finance for ‘RupaySoftPoS’ for merchants construction of hydropower plant ➢ Merchants able to do digital payment & ➢ 300-megawatt hydropower plant on the Kunhar acceptance Rs 5000 through ‘tap & pay’ river near Balakot City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mechanism Province ➢ Near Field communication (NFC) for ➢ Plant will increase the share of clean energy in communication between two electronic devices Pakistan and improve the country’s energy distance of 4 cm security NPCI-launched ‘UPI-Help’ on BHIM UPI application ➢ The plant add 1,143 gigawatt of clean energy ➢ UPI-Help act as a grievance redressal annually to the country mechanism for the users of the BHIM ➢ The plant will be commissioned by 2027 application National Development Bank ➢ UPI pilot was launched on 11th april 2016 by NDB-approved a loan upto $ 1billion to Russia RaguramRajan former RBI governor at Mumbai ➢ To support healthcare workers treating patients SEBI-experts to examine to introducing SPACs like for COVID-19 structures in India ➢ The NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, ➢ Special Purpose Acquisition Companies India, China and South Africa (SPACs) are formed to raise capital in an initial public offering (IPO) ➢ SPACs are usually formed by private equity RBL Bank funds or financial institutions, with expertise in a RBL Bank + Tide India to serve Indian SME’s particular industry or business sector, with

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investment for initial working capital and issue SEBI-approved Paytm UPI handle to enable fast and related expenses seamless payment mandates for Initial Public ➢ SPACs companies become popular in United Offering (IPO) applications States SEBI- appoints forensic auditor to audit the financial NSE- setup International bullion exchange at GIFT statements of Suzlon Energy city ➢ NSE signed with Multi Commodity Exchange of RANKING India Ltd, India INX International Exchange Ltd, National Securities Depository Ltd and Central National Ranking Depository Services (India) Ltd Aspirational districts ranking in January-NITI Muthoot Fincorp-launched AatmanirbharMahila Aayog Gold Loan Aspirational programme launched in January 2018 ➢ The gold loan a unique and exclusive gold loan Rank City State scheme for women 1st Nawada Bihar ➢ This is an extension of Muthoot FinCorp’s 2nd Kiphire Nagaland #RestartIndia Mission Arunachal 3rd Namsai ➢ Scheme launched by Actress Vidya Balan Pradesh Karnataka Vikas GrameenaBank(KVGB) launched 4th Hailakandi Assam the ‘Vikas Asha’ Loan scheme 5th Chandel Manipur ➢ Scheme for women entrepreneurs to meet their Ease of Living Index 2020 & Municipal Performance business related needs Index 2020 ➢ Eligible loan amount up to Rs 10 lakhs, ➢ Released by-Housing & Urban Affairs Minister H repayment Period- 84 months or 7 years S Puri ➢ KVGB established in 2005, sponsored by ➢ Participated 111 cities in the assessment which Syndicate bank headquarted at Dharwad was conducted in 2020 Telangana Grameena Bank (TGB) + Andhra ➢ First edition of the Index started in 2018 Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) have Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020 launched digital savings account opening facility Million+ category Less than Million category through video-KYC. These banks sponsored by SBI Rank City Rank City Axis Securities- launch of ‘YIELD’-an online Shimla Bengaluru platform to buy and sells bonds as well as 1st 1st (Himachal (Karanataka) debentures in the secondary market Pradesh) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (Dharwad) + Our Pune Bhuvaneshwar 2nd 2nd food Pvt ltd-for arranging cost-effective processing (Maharashtra) (Odisha) units to farmers through the bank loan Ahmedabad Silvassa (Dadra 3rd 3rd Tata Motors + SBI-3 year MoU to offer innovative (Gujarat) & Nagar Haveli) financial solutions to commercial vehicle customers

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Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2020 Million+ category Less than Million category Rank City Rank City 1st Indore (Madhya Pradesh) 1st New Delhi MC 2nd Surat (Gujarat) 2nd Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) 3rd Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) 3rd Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat) List of clean energy mission in last three-and-a-half years Rank State 1st Karnataka 2nd Gujarat 3rd Tamil Nadu Central Pollution Control Board Data Contaminated Sites Ranking Rank State/UT Contaminated Sites 1st Odisha 23 2nd Uttar Pradesh 21 3rd Delhi 11 Wealth Report 2020-released by Hurun India High Net Worth Individuals (HNI)- state wise Rank State Households No.of Richest 1st Maharashtra 56000 247 2nd Uttar Pradesh 36000 - 3rd Tamil Nadu 35000 65 4th Karnataka 33000 72 5th Gujarat 29000 60 4th edition of GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich list 2020-India’s Richest Property Developers list Rank Person 1st Mangal Prabhat Lodha of Macrotech Developers 2nd Rajiv Singh of DLF Ltd 3rd Chandru Raheja of K Raheja

International Ranking Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking By Subject2021 ➢ Addressed by Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Ministry of Education ➢ 12 institutions in the list of top 100 from India ➢ These are- IIT-Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IISC Bangalore, IIT Guwahati, IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, JNU, Anna University, University of Delhi, O P Jindal University Institutions top 100 among 5 broad subjects Subject Rank Institutes 1st Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT)-US 49th IIT Bombay-Mumbai Engineering & Technology 54th IIT-Delhi 94th IIT-Madras, Tamil Nadu 1st MIT, US Natural Sciences 92nd IISc Bengaluru Social Sciences & Management 1st Harvard University, US Life Sciences & Medicine 1st Harvard University, US Arts & Humanities 1st University of Oxford, UK

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Indian Institutes among top 100 in other Disciples Subject Rank Institutes 30th IIT Madras (Tamil Nadu) Petroleum & Engineering Course 51st IIT Guwahati (Assam) 51-100th Anna University (Chennai) Mineral & Mining Engineering 41st IIT-Bombay 44th IIT-Kharagpur (West Bengal) Business & Management 76th& 80th IIM-Bengaluru & IIM Ahmedabad Law 76th OP Jindal Global University, Haryana Development Studies 50th University of Delhi Anthropology 51-100 Jawaharlal Nehru University-Delhi

27th edition Economic Freedom Index-released by The Heritage Foundation ➢ Index ranks 12 indicators under 4 categories-rule of law, size of government, regulatory efficiency and open markets ➢ In Asia-pacific region Singapore topped & India ranked 26th ➢ Lowest ranked countries-North Korea (178), Venezuela (177), Cuba (176) Rank Country 1st Singapore 2nd New Zealand 3rd Australia 121st India 178th North Korea

2020 World Air Quality Report-released by IQ Air Swiss Air Technology Company Most polluted cities Rank City Country 1st Xinjiang China 2nd Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 3rd Bulandshaha Uttar Pradesh

Most polluted Country 2020 Rank Country PM 1st Bangladesh 77.1 2nd Pakistan 59 3rd India 51.9 Note: ✓ Least Polluted cities- Puerto Rico, New Caledonia, US Virgin Islands ✓ Delhi is most polluted capital city for 3rd consecutive time followed by Dhaka (Bangladesh), Ulaanbaatar (Mangolia) ✓ In most polluted cities ranking 22 out 30 cities are in India Global House Price Index Q4 2020-released by Knight Frank Rank Country 1st Turkey 2nd New Zealand 3rd 56th India

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World’s Most Dangerous Roads to drive list-by Zutobi International driver Education Company Total Countries-56 Rank Country 1st South Africa 2nd 3rd United States 4th India 5th

World’s Safest Roads: Rank Country 1st Norway 2nd Japan 3rd Sweden 4th Estonia 5th Iceland

World Happiest Country list-released by UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Total Countries-149 Rank Country 1st Finland 2nd Iceland 3rd Denmark 139th India

Military Strength Index-released by defence website Military Direct Rank Country Score/100 1st China 82 2nd USA 74 3rd Russia 69 4th India 61

Note: World’s biggest Military spender-USA (732 billion per year), followed by China (261 billion), India (71 billion) Gender Gap Report 2021- released by World Economic Forum Rank Country 1st Iceland 2nd Finland 3rd Norway 140th India 156th Afghanistan

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