GK Digest October – BankExamsToday.com www.BankExamsToday.com GK Digest By Ramandeep Singh October Ramandeep Singh 11/1/2014 GK Digest October Heads of six public sector banks i.e. Bank of Baroda, Politics Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, United Bank of India and Vijaya Bank National Events sacked by the Union Government of India. Home Ministry of Government of India announced to Rajasthan became first state to start Olive Refinery, the rename 12 cities and towns of the State of Karnataka. refinery established in the district Bikaner. The oil 12 cities and towns with replaced names are: produced under the name Raj Olive Oil which would Bangalore to Bengaluru be available in the Indian market in a short span. Belgaum to Belagavi Bellary to Ballari Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi addresed Bijapur to Vijayapura the country over All India Radio for the first time after Chikmagalur to Chikkamagaluru becoming Prime Minister, the name of programme is Gulbarga to Kalaburagi ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Franklin D. Roosevelt, former President of USA became very first politician who was Hospet to Hosapete addressed the country on Radio. Hubli to Hubballi Mangalore to Mangaluru Sadiq, just 10 year old terminally ill boy became Mysore to Mysuru Police Commissioner for a day of Hyderabad. Shimoga to Shivamogga Tumkur to Tumakuru India became the first country in South Asia to ban on animal testing for cosmetics. Now, India became first Harshit Saumitra, just 5 year old child of India became cruelty-free cosmetics zone in South Asia. the youngest to reach the Everest Base Camp. He takes 10 days to reach at the top. He broke the record of Border Haat opened in the State of Tripura on Zero Aaryan Balaji who had created this record at the age of Line on the border of India-Bangladesh. 7. Indians became the 2nd largest community which was The State Government of Rajasthan signed an allowed into European Union. agreement with SunEdison to set up 5000MW solar projects in the State. Manohar Lal Khatar became first BJP Chief Minister and also first Non-Jat Chief Minister of Haryana in the Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana launched by the Union last 18 years. He was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the development of tribal Haryana in Panchkula. people. Alan Eustace, Google executive jumped from more TB-Mission 2020 launched by the Union Ministry of than 25 miles from sky and set a new stratospher sky Health and Family Welfare to eliminate the desease diving record. He is a Senior Vice-President of Tuberculosis generally known as TB. Google. The States of Manipur and Nagaland cut-off from the Popular Government country on the issue of Karbi Along District situated in the State of Assam. Welfare Schemes The postal stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala was RMSA (RASTRIYA MADHYAMIK SHIKSHA released by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. Anagarika Dharmapala was Buddhist ABHIYAAN) monk of Sri Lanka. Launched in 2009 with an objective to achieve enrollment ratio of 75%, in 2005 the enrollment By Ramandeep Singh Page 2 GK Digest October was just 52.26%, for class IX-X within 5 years by Awardee. The Brand Ambassador of this is Vidya providing a secondary school with reasonable Balan. The new govt. target is by 2019 achieving distance of every habitation, target for 2017 is “Swachh Bharat”. fixed at 100% retention at secondary level. It is a flagship programme for secondary education, In NIRMAL GRAM PURASKAR YOJANA the budget 2014-15 the allocation for RMSA was Rs.4966 Crore. To encourage Panchayati Raj Institution to take up total santitation campaing (TSC) an award of RUSA (RASHTRIYA UCCHATAR SHIKSHA Rs.5 Lac is given to PRIs that attain a 100% open ABHIYAAN) defection free village, Sikkim has become the 1st Nirmal State of India, 2nd State is H.P. It was announced in 2007, but the financial architecture was only finalized in 2010, the main NUHM (NATIONAL URBAN HEALTH concern was over low enrolment ratio in higher MISSION) education, under this 374 Model Degree colleges in educationally backward districts will be opened Coverage of districts having above 50000 just to remove imbalances in unserved and population. One ASHA for every 200-500 slums undeserved area. The Present level of higher and urban poor households. 30-100 bedded education is just 12.4% enrollment which has health centre for 5 Lac population. One ANM for been targeted to 30% by 2020. For finances the every 10000-12000 population. Urban Primary ratio between centre and the state would be Health Centres for every 50000, located with or 75:25 and in special category state it would be near slums like settlement. 779 urban having 90:10. Under Budget 2014-15, Rs.2200 Crore more than 50000 populations will be covered by have been allocated for RUSA in the last budget 2015 is the target. there were only Rs.400 Crore, and further proposed to set up 5 IIMs and 5 IITs. RASHTRIYA KISHORE SWASTHYA SJSRY (SWARNA JAYANTI SHAHARI ROJGAR KARYAKARAM: NATIONAL ADOLESCENT YOJANA) HEALTH PROGRAMME For the gainful employment to Urban Poor, It is nation’s 1st comprehensive programme on Unemployed and under employed. It is provided adolescent, in this age group between 10 to 19 to BPL, educated upto 9th class and maximum years are taken with the dimension on mental unit cost should be Rs.50000. SJSRY was health, nutrition, substance misuse, gender based launched in lieu of Nehru Rojgar Yojana and violence and non communicable diseases. 243 other schemes. millions adolescents constitute 21% of the total population in India. The National Family Health Survey-3 indicates that 56% pf girls and 30% of NIRMAL BHARAT ABHIYAN SCHEME (TOTAL boys aged 15-19 years are anemic. SANITATION CAMPAIGN) PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA’S During 12th five year plan Rs.36000 Crore have been allocated for Drinking Water and Sanitation, TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME under this scheme Rs.10000 is provided for each household latrine in rural areas, Rs.3200 from For preparing the Teaching staff of global centre, Rs.1400 from State govt. Rs.900 from standard Rs.500 Crore has been allocated for this home owner and Rs.4500 leverage from programme in the Budget 2014-15. MGNREGS will be provided, India target is to eradicate Open Defecation from India by 2019. Rs.5 Lac award is given to Each Nirmal Gram By Ramandeep Singh Page 3 GK Digest October national average KGBV is later on merged with BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO YOJANA SSA in 2007. Goverhnment has introduced a new scheme RYTHU RATNAM called Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, which will help in generating awareness and improving the It is mobile van started by Andhra Pradesh to efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for educate farmers; it is equipped with the latest women with an initial corpus of Rs.100 Crore. The technology mainly to provide information to Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley farmers. announced in his maiden Budget speech that government would focus on campaigns to sensitize people of this country towards the DEEN DAYAL UPADHAYAYA GRAM JYOTI concernes of the girl child and women. He said that the process of sensitization must begin early YOJANA and therefore the school curriculum must have a separate chapter on gender mainstreaming. Rs.500 Crore were allocated for this yojana in the Budget 2014-15 for 24 x 7 days uninterrupted Sharing the concerns of the members on power supply to all homes, strengthening sub- Women’s safety, the Finance Minister informed transmission and distribution system and power the House that Ministry of Road Transport and will be supplied to all rural areas. Highways will spend Rs.50 Crore on pilot testing a scheme for safety of women on public road INDIRA GANDHI MATRITVA SAHYOG transport. Similarly, Ministry of Home Affairs will YOJANA (IGMSY) spend Rs.150 Crore on a scheme t increase the safety of women in large cities. The Finance Implemented thru ICDS (Integrated Child Minister also proposed to set up Crisis Development Services) Scheme, In IGMSY Management Centres in all the districts of NCT of Rs.4000 is given in 3 installments from the 2nd Delhi this year in all government and private trimester of pregnency and until the child is 6 hospitals. The funding will be provided from the months old is available for above 19 years olds, Nirbhaya Fund, the Minister added. ensuring proper nutrition for new born. RSBY (RASTRIYA SWASTHYA BIMA YOJANA) Launched in 2007 for BPL (a unit of 5 family Popular Govt. Welfare members) in the un organized sector, A smart card for cash less health insurance cover is Schemes - Part II provided, with the sum insured is Rs.30,000 per family and expenses bearing ratio of centre and MID DAY MEALS state 75:25 in case of NE states it is 90:10. It was started first of all in Tamil Nadu in 1960. It is for the benefit of class I to VIII in schools run by KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYA government, Local bodies, government aided and national child labour project schools, in this meals (KGBV) are provided with a minimum energy contents for primary level children 485 calories and 13 gm Under this scheme a provision of settings up protein and for upper primary level a 728 calories residential schools at upper primary level for girls and 21 gm of protein is provided per day. belonging to SC/ST and OBC and minority, it was Rs.13215 Crore were provided in the Budget implemented in EBB (Educatonally Backward 2014-15. The cooking cost per child per day Blocks) where rural femaly literacy is below 30% and in select areas where female literacy is below By Ramandeep Singh Page 4 GK Digest October provided Rs.3.59 for primary section and Rs.5.38 for upper primary section.