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NATIONAL Territories which do not have legislative Assembly Maharashtra most farmer friendly state: NITI are also members of the Council. Aayog Six Union Ministers: Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Maharashtra has been adjudged as the country's most Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Defence Minister farmer friendly state followed by Gujarat and Manohar Parrikar, External Affairs Minister Sushma Rajasthan, according to NITI Aayog's 'Agriculture Swaraj, Minister for Information and Broadcasting M Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index'. Venkiah Naidu and Road Transport Highways and NITI AYOG Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari. NITI Aayog' or the National Institution for The Standing Committee of the Inter State Council Transforming India is a Government of India policy will be headed by Union Minister of Home Affairs think-tank established by the Narendra Modi Rajnath Singh government to replace the Planning CommissionThe Himachal Pradesh & Kerala declared India’s Union Government of India announced the formation second & third Open Defecation Free State of NITI Aayog on 1 January 2015, and the first a) The State of Himachal Pradesh was officially meeting was held on 8 February 2015. The Prime declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). Minister serves as the Ex-officio chairman. b) This status will further entitle Himachal Pradesh NITI Aayog Executives to receive World Bank funding under Rs 9,000 Chairman-Narendra Modi crore project to sustain sanitation campaign. CEO-Amitabh Kant c) Previously Sikkim became the first state to Vice Chairman-Arvind Panagariya, achieve the status of Open Defecation Free Member-Bibek Debroy, V. K. Saraswat, Ramesh (ODF). Chand H.P. First meeting of NCTF held in New Delhi Governor-Acharya Dev Vrat a) The first meeting of National Committee on Chief Minister-Virbhadra Singh Trade Facilitation (NCTF) was held in New DoPT launched Employees Online Application Delhi headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha. a) The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) b) The meeting discusses ways for developing under the Ministry of Personnel, Public roadmap for implementation of WTOs trade Grievances and Pensions has launched facilitation agreement. Employees Online (EO) App. c) The NCTF is a mandatory requirement under the b) The mobile application aims to update on WTOs Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) WTO appointments and postings on real time basis and Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland to bring transparency. Leader: Roberto Azevêdo c) The Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises Union Government reconstitutes Inter-State Sunil Bharti Mittal was appointed as Chairman Council of GSM(Groupe Spécial Mobile) Association a) The Union Government has reconstituted the (GSMA). Inter State Council (ISC) and the Standing Centre decides to fix minimum wage for unskilled Committee of the ISC under Clause 2 of the Inter agricultural labour in C-class towns in central State Council order,1990. sphere b) The Inter-State Council is a constitutional body a) The Centre has decided to fix the minimum wage to facilitate coordination between states and the for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns centre. It will be headed by the Prime Minister in central sphere at 350 rupees per day. Narendra Modi. b) At present, agriculture workers in the central c) Inter State Council (ISC) set up on the basis of sphere are paid as per the rates prescribed under provisions in Article 263 of the Constitution of the national floor level minimum wage, which is India by a Presidential Order, 1990 based on the 160 rupees per day. recommendation of Sarkaria Commission. Centre soon to open 300 pharmacy AMRIT Composition of reconstituted Inter State Council outlets in different parts of the country to provide (ISC) affordable medicines Members: Chief Ministers of all states and Union a) The Centre would soon open 300 pharmacy Territories (having legislative Assembly), Six Union AMRIT outlets in different parts of the country Ministers. Besides, administrators of Union to provide affordable medicines to the people at a discount rate of 60-70 per cent.
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DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 29.10.2016 TO 2.11.2016 b) This was stated by the Union Health and Family Prime Minister : Pushpa Kamal Dahal Welfare Minister Anupriya Patel while Chief Justice : Sushila Karki inaugurating Uttar Pradesh's first AMRIT India-China pharmacy outlet at Hospital of BHU in Varanasi China has warned India against Tibetan leader in exile Dalai Lama‟s visit to Arunachal Pradesh. BILATERAL India and Russia INTERNATIONAL India and Russia have agreed to double the range of EU, Canada signed Comprehensive Economic and the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from 290 km Trade Agreement to over 600 km. a) The European Union (EU) and Canada have BrahMos Missile signed Comprehensive Economic and Trade BrahMos is one of its kind supersonic cruise missile. Agreement (CETA), a landmark trade deal. Named from the names of two rivers, India‟s b) The deal was signed by Canadian Prime Minister Brahmaputra River and Russia‟s Moskva River. It Justin Trudeau and top European Union officials operates on fire and forget principal and is capable of in Brussels, Belgium. being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against c) All 28 European Union states approved the deal. sea and land targets. It is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kilogram and has top supersonic Top10 largest economy by GDP speed of Mach 3 (that is, three times the speed of 1-United States (2nd is European Union if not sound). consider country wise) Indo- Russia Recently agreement on Defence 2-China, 3-Japan, 4-Germany, 5- United Kingdom India has signed $2 billion agreement with 6-France, 7-India, 8-Italy, 9-Brazil, 10-Canada Russia to lease second Akula-II class(INS 300 million children live with polluted outdoor Chakra) nuclear attack submarine (SSN). air: UNICEF India has signed a defence deal worth nearly Rs United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF has said, 39,000 crore with Russia to purchase five state of about 300 million children live with polluted outdoor art S-400 „Triumf‟ air defence systems. air and it can cause serious physical damage, Besides, India also announced to collaborate in including harming their developing brains. making four stealth frigates and setting up a joint UNICEF production facility for making Kamov Headquarters: New York, United States helicopters under Make in India. CEO: Anthony Lake India, China hold discussions on NSG issue in China, Belgium to enhance investment ties Beijing a) China and Belgium have agreed to expand a) India and China hold discussions on Nuclear cooperation in areas such as investment, new Suppliers Group, NSG issue in Beijing energy, and in the Belt and Road Initiative. b) The first such meeting was held in New Delhi on b) This came following the meeting of Chinese 13 October. President Xi Jinping and Belgian Prime Minister c) Earlier in June 2016, India‟s membership bid to Charles Michel in Beijing. NSG had failed to make headway in Seoul Belgium (South Korea) after it was opposed by China and Capital: Brussels, Currency: Euro other countries. India-Palestine: Indai and Palestine signed MOU for ECONOMY & BANKING setting up a Palestine-India techno park in Ramallaha. GST Network To Borrow Rs. 800 Crore To Fund India has announced to grant of $12 million for Infra Costs setting of the park. Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), the Palestine company that is building the world's biggest and most Capital: East Jerusalem complex tax system, will borrow Rs. 800 crore from Currency: Shekel banks to fund infrastructure costs to support the President: Mahmoud Abbas rollout of Goods and Services Tax from April 1 next Prime minister: Rami Hamdallah year. India –Nepal: India and Nepal Joint Military GSTN Exercise Surya Kiran commenced at Army Battle GSTN, a not-for-profit, non-government, private School, Saljhandi in Nepal. limited company promoted by the central and state Nepal governments. The government of India has a 24.5 per President : Bidhya Devi Bhandari cent stake in GSTN and the state government an equal share. The remaining 51 per cent is with private
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DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 29.10.2016 TO 2.11.2016 financial institutions.GSTN chairman is Navin d) The new legislation provides for seven years Kumar. imprisonment and fine for those indulging in Ease of Doing Business: A.P., Telangana top in illegal transactions. 2016 all-India ranking a) Commerce and Industry Minister PERSON IN NEWS NirmalaSitharaman has released the report on Vikas Thakur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has State-wise Ease of Doing Business rankings. praised Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan b) Andhra Pradesh and Telengana topped the all- Vikas Thakur for contributing his salary to make his India ranking with 98.78 per cent each, followed village in Himachal Pradesh open defecation free. by Gujarat with 98.21 per cent. Odisha is at 11 Mariano Rajoy: Mariano Rajoy became the prime rank. Minister of Spain. c) Top 10:1- Andhra Pradesh,2- Telengana,3- Kristalina Georgieva: Kristalina Georgieva, a Gujarat,4- Chhattisgarh , 5- Madhya Pradesh , 6- former head of EU humanitarian affairs and vice- Haryana ,7- Jharkhand,8- Rajasthan , 9- president of the European commission, has been Uttarakhand & 10- Maharashtra . appointed chief executive of the World Bank. SBI to allot shares to govt for 5.6k cr capital Sunil Lanba:Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has infusion left on a four-day visit to Myanmar a) The country‟s largest state lender State Bank of Sushil Chandra: Senior Indian Revenue Service India will issue equity shares on preferential officer, Sushil Chandra will take over as chairman of basis to the Centre for capital infusion of 5,681 the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). crore. Shashikala Kakodkar:Goa‟s second Chief Minister b) The transaction is subject to the approvals by the and the only woman to hold that post so far, Government of India and the Reserve bank of ShashikalaKakodkar has passed away. India. Silvio Gazzaniga: Silvio Gazzaniga, who created the PNB plans to raise 6,000 crore via bonds issue FIFA World Cup Trophy, passed away. a) State-owned Punjab National Bank planed to raise 6,000 crore in tranches from bonds to fund SPORTS its business expansion. India beat Pakistan 3-2, lifts Asian Champions b) The board will be considering issuance of Basel Trophy III-compliant Perpetual Additional Tier I capital a) In Hockey, India has lifted the Men's Asian bonds worth 3,000 crore and Tier-II bonds of up Champions Trophy by defeating Pakistan. to 3,000 crore. b) The final match was played at Kuantan, Malaysia CVC ordered bank to report frauds of RS 1 crore Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami has become the and above top-ranked female bowler in the ICC ODI a) Central Vigilance Commission has now made it rankings. mandatory for the public sector bank to report all India clinched the five-match ODI series against fraud matters involving funds over Rs one corer. New Zealand 3-2 after winning the final ODI by b) The commission will also call regular monthly 190 runs. meetings of senior official of RBI, CBI and Andy Murray has beaten Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to banks to monitor probe in suspected bank frauds win the Erste Bank Open. of Rs 50 crore and above. Indian junior men's hockey team clinched the 4 CVC Nations Invitational Tournament in Spain by Chairmen-K V Chowdary defeating Germany 5-2 in the final. Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Commodore V Sriramulu a 92-year-old Indian Act, 2016 to curb black money comes into effect Navy veteran has won a gold medal in a 5,000- a) The new law to prohibit benami transactions will metres race walk at the World Masters Athletics come into effect from 1st of next month. Championships being held in Perth. b) Parliament had passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 to curb AWARD black money. Indian Documentary Film “Daughters of Mother c) After coming into effect, the existing Benami India”Wins Award Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 will be a) Indian Documentary film “Daughters of Mother renamed as the Prohibition of Benami Property India” has won at the 6th CAM International Transactions, PBPT, Act, 1988. Film Festival in Cairo. b) The film won the first prize in the documentary section of the festival.
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DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 29.10.2016 TO 2.11.2016 c) The festival was organized by theArabic Minister of Railway Suresh Prabhu launched a Egyptian Society for Culture, Media and Arts new train service through video conferencing (CMA). between AnandVihar to Ballia in Uttar Pradesh Veteran actress Rekha is set to be honoured with Union Minister Ramesh Jigajinagi on behalf of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Centre has sanctioned 100 crore rupees for upcoming Dubai International Film Festival. development of various roads in Vijayapura District of Karnataka under Central Road Fund. IMPORTANT DAY Union Minister of State for Skill Development October 31: Rashtriya Ekta Diwas and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy a) Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) is announced that the PradhanMantriKaushal observed across India on 31 October to Kendra will be set up in all districts of Assam in commemorate birth anniversary (141st ) of phase manner. Independent India‟s first Deputy Prime Minister The Odisha Government Friday evening Sardar Vallabhai Patel. announced to implement the recommendations of b) 2016 Theme: “Integration of India”. 7th Pay Commission for its employees. c) The idea of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was mooted by Centre has sanctioned 84 thousand 460 more PM Narendra Modi in October 2014 to mark the affordable houses for five States under birth anniversary of country‟s first Home PradhanMantriAwasYojana. Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The finance Ministry has released first instalment d) In the occasion of RashtriyaEktaDiwas of special assistance of Rs 1093.34 crore for J & Maharashtra and Assam Government organized K . “Run for Unity” a special event. India has ranked very poorly at 133 in a new e) The week in which 31st October, the birthday of Global Youth Development Index. late SardarVallabhbhai Patel falls is observed as In Odisha, after Free Wi-Fi service in Vigilance Awareness Week (31oct – 5nov).. Bhubaneswar and Puri railway stations, the October 31: World Cities Day service was launched today at Cuttack Railway a) The World is observing Cities Day globally on Station. As a part of the Digital India initiative, 31st October to work together for a planned and the Indian Railways have made a target to sustainable urban life in the wake of rapid provide internet facilities to the passengers at growth of population and problems. 100 busiest stations by the end of this year. b) 2016 Theme: “Inclusive Cities, Shared The ruling Telugu Desam Party will launch 'Jana Development“. Chaitanya Yatra' from today in Andhra Pradesh 29 october:International Internet Day to highlight the welfare and developmental Punjab government will observe 1st November as initiatives of the government. no tabaco day. India has emerged as the world's third largest SMART LINE startup base, behind the US and UK, according to New Year BestuVaras is being celebrated with a new report by Nasscom. traditional zeal and fervour in Gujarat. As per report 6.54 cr. children in 5-19 age have The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports never attended school in India and 4.49 cr. has recognized Boxing Federation of India (BFI) dropped out from school. as the National Sports Federation (NSF) for Deepavali was celebrated for the first time at Boxing. UNO Headquarter. Karnataka is gearing up to celebrate 60th Air Indian apologised for an erroneous article anniversary of state formation day on November published in its magazine, “Shubh Yatra 1st. derogatory to Jagannath Temple”. Following a decrease in rainfall during the Russia has been voted out of the UN Human South-West Monsoon, Kerala government Right Council for its alleged human right declared the state as drought-hit. violation in Syrian War. British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton won Inoperative EPFO Account will get 8.8% interest the Mexican Grand Prix. by govt. order. SaniaMirza will end the season as world's top doubles Tennis player for the second straight year. India's first 'Design Yatra' will be conducted in Kerala's Kozhikode city.
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