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Inside Highlights Copyrights © aff airscloud.com Current Affairs PDF: July 2015 Current Affairs for Competitive Exam Table of Contents Indian Affairs ................................................................................................................................................. 3 International Affairs ................................................................................................................................. 41 Awards ........................................................................................................................................................... 66 Banking & Finance .................................................................................................................................... 76 Appointments & Resigns ......................................................................................................................... 87 Acquisitions & Mergers ............................................................................................................................ 95 Business ........................................................................................................................................................ 99 Science & Technology ............................................................................................................................ 102 Environment .............................................................................................................................................. 106 Sports .......................................................................................................................................................... 110 Obituary ...................................................................................................................................................... 125 Books & Authors ...................................................................................................................................... 133 Important Days ........................................................................................................................................ 135 Current Affairs July Quiz Competition – Aug 14 & 15 AffairsCloud Specials – Check Out Our Pages Current Affairs Sections Current Affairs Today Current Affairs Monthly PDF Current Affairs Daily Quiz Current Affairs Monthly Quiz Competition & Mock Test Study Materials PDF Subject-Wise Quiz Sections Reasoning Quiz Quantitative Aptitude Quiz English Quiz Computer Quiz Study Guide Sections General Aptitude Reasoning Letter Writing Math Tricks Computer Awareness Bank Aspirants - Read our Current Affairs Pocket PDF Current Affairs Questions & Answers PDF 2 | P a g e Current Affairs PDF: July 2015 Indian Affairs Digital India Programme – An Overview The Government of India has launched the Digital India programme with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy .This will be done by transforming the entire ecosystem of public services through the use of information technology . The project is intended for completion by 2019. The scheme will be monitored and controlled by the Digital India Advisory group which will be chaired by the Ministry of Communications and IT . The vision of Digital India is keyed on three key areas – 1. Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen 2. Governance & Services on Demand 3. Digital Empowerment of Citizens There are nine Pillars of Digital India – 1. Broadband Highways 2. Universal Access to Phones 3. Public Internet Access Programme 4. e-Governance – Reforming government through Technology 5. e-Kranti – Electronic delivery of services 6. Information for All 7. Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports 8. IT for Jobs 9. Early Harvest Programmes The government has launched some initiatives in line with these objectives • Digital Locker System aims to minimize the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents across agencies. The sharing of the e-documents will be done through registered repositories thereby ensuring the authenticity of the documents online. • MyGov.in is a platform for citizen engagement in governance, through a “Discuss”, “Do” and “Disseminate” approach. The mobile app for MyGov would bring these features to users on a mobile phone. 3 | P a g e Current Affairs PDF: July 2015 • Swachh Bharat App to be used by people and Government organizations for achieving the goals of Swachh Bharat Mission. • eSign framework which would allow citizens to digitally sign a document online using Aadhaar authentication. • Online Registration System (ORS) has been introduced to provides important services such as online registration, payment of fees and appointment, online diagnostic reports, enquiring availability of blood online etc. • National Scholarships Portal is a one stop solution for end to end scholarship process. • Digitize India Platform (DIP) for large scale digitization of records in the country that would facilitate efficient delivery of services to the citizens. • Bharat Net , a high speed digital highway to connect all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats of country. This would be the world’s largest rural broadband connectivity project using optical fibre • BSNL has undertaken large scale deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the country. Literacy rate 71 percent in rural areas, 86 percent in urban areas: NSSO survey • According to NSSO survey, the literacy rate in rural areas is 71% while it is 86% in urban areas . • Among the age group of seven years and above, male literacy rate was 83% while the female literacy rate was 67%. • The survey conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) covered entire country with samples taken from 36,479 households in rural areas and 29,447 in urban areas from 4,577 villages and 3,720 urban blocks. Mobile portability number from July 3 • In a great news for mobile phone users in the country, DoT (Department of Telecommunications) has decided to implement nationwide mobile number portability from July 3. • Presently, MNP has been partially implemented, it allows subscribers to change mobile network while retaining their number in the same telecom circle . This has also led to an inflated mobile subscriber base in the country, as a person is forced to get a new number when they relocate. • From July 3, the full MNP will allow subscribers to retain their mobile number in any part of the country even when they change their operator or state. • Union Minister for Telecommunications: Ravi Shankar Prasad Modi Foreign Visits PDF Download 4 | P a g e Current Affairs PDF: July 2015 Automatic refund if trail cancels • Soon, passengers who book their railway tickets online will get automatic refund if their train gets cancelled. Already waitlisted e-tickets gets cancelled and passengers get refunded automatically. • There shall not be any requirement for cancellation/filing of ticket deposit receipt (TDR) for refund of e-tickets in case of cancellation of trains. • For those who book tickets at the passenger reservation system (PRS) counters shall continue to be refunded across the reservation counter as per the existing provisions. • Presently the systems needed for this facility are under upgradation. India launches online system – eMigrate for foreign employers • India has launched an online registration system for foreign employers who wants to recruit Indian workers . • All the foreign employers need to register in the eMigrate system. This will make compulsory for the employer to fill in a registration application which will then be inspected by the Indian mission. Kerala announces port development works worth Rs 850 crore • Kerala government has announced port development project worth Rs 850 crore. • K Babu, Minister for Ports and Fisheries, said that a bunkering service would be introduced to enable refuelling, provide water and other items for big vessels passing through the sea off Kerala coast. • There are also plans to set up a sand purification plant at the port at a cost of Rs 20 crore. Mumbai to get first rail, road double-decker bridge at CST • Mumbai will get its first double-decker bridge on P D’Mello Road at CST that will have railway tracks and a motorway. • Railway tracks will be constructed at an elevated level and cars will run above that as the Eastern Freeway will be extended up from Orange Gate to GPO junction. • Platforms between CST and Dockyard Road station will be built at the elevated level and will be equipped with escalators. Govt launches mob app; Twitter handle of Panchayati Raj Min • Government has launched an online mobile application for better planning of Panchayat assets and the official Twitter handle of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj . 5 | P a g e Current Affairs PDF: July 2015 • The mobile app “m-asset” can be used by citizens to capture photographs and geographical coordinates of various assets available at Gram Panchayat level. • It will enable these assets to be seen on a map and will be useful for planning by the Panchayats and the government. • The initiatives and programmes as well as important development of the ministry will be communicated through the Twitter handle “@MoPRInida”. Army Launches Software to Digitise Data on Soldiers • Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar launched a software to digitise records of over 12 lakh soldiers of the Indian Army . • The new automation software ARPAN 3.0 . will provide easy access to pay, leave, transfer and posting details