GA POWER CAPSULE FOR IBPS CLERK MAINS 2018 Contents Must-Do Current Affairs for IBPS CLERK MAINS 2018 ................................................................................................................... 2 BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS CURRENT AFFAIRS .................................................................................................... 8 ECONOMY/FINANCIAL CURRENT AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................. 11 Static Takeaways from Banking & Economy Current Affairs ........................................................................................................ 12 Current Affairs Injections of JANUARY 2018 for IBPS CLERK MAINS 2018 .............................................................................. 14 Static Take Aways January 2018 Current Affairs Injec .................................................................................................................... 18 Static Take Aways December 2017 Current Affairs ......................................................................................................................... 19 Static Take Aways November 2017 Current Affairs ........................................................................................................................ 22 Static Take Aways from October 2017 Current Affairs ................................................................................................................... 25 BUSINESS NEWS (NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL) ................................................................................................................. 28 Static Takeaways from Business Current Affairs ............................................................................................................................. 29 AGREEMENTS/MOU SIGNED ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Countries|Capital|Currency Part 1 ................................................................................................................................................... 30 NEW APPOINTMENTS: NATIONAL .............................................................................................................................................. 30 NEW APPOINTMENTS: INTERNATIONAL .................................................................................................................................. 32 Static Takeaways from New Appointments ..................................................................................................................................... 33 AWARDS ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 CURRENT SUMMITS/EVENTS HELD (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL) .............................................................................. 36 COMMITTEES IN NEWS .................................................................................................................................................................... 39 NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS ..................................................................................................................................................... 39 INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................................... 42 Countries | Capital | Currency Part 2 ............................................................................................................................................... 43 CURRENT AFFAIRS RELATED TO STATES IN INDIA ................................................................................................................ 44 ALL ABOUT THE STATES IN INDIA CM/GOVERNORS/WILDLIFE SANTUARIES/NATIONAL PARKS / POWER PLANTS IN INDIA ............................................................................................................................................................................... 46 OBITUARIES (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL) ........................................................................................................................... 49 LIST/INDEXES ANNOUNCED RECENTLY ................................................................................................................................... 50 Static Takeaways: Index/Reports released by different Organisations ........................................................................................ 52 IMPORTANT DAYS OBSERVED RECENTLY ................................................................................................................................. 53 BOOKS & AUTHORS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 54 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................................................... 55 SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................................................ 57 SCHEMES .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS ................................................................................................................................................................ 64 BANKING AWARENESS CAPSULE FOR IBPS CLERK MAINS 2018 ......................................................................................... 66 HANDY NOTES BANKING: PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING ...................................................................................................... 74 STATIC GK CAPSULE for IBPS CLERK MAINS 2018 .................................................................................................................... 87 List of Schemes & Apps launched by Banks ..................................................................................................................................... 87 List of Union Cabinet Ministers & their Constituency .................................................................................................................... 87 IMPORTANT AIRPORTS IN INDIA ................................................................................................................................................. 92 BOUNDARY LINES ............................................................................................................................................................................. 93 IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA ......................................................................................................................................................... 93 CLASSICAL DANCES&FOLK DANCES IN INDIA ....................................................................................................................... 93 IMPORTANT DAYS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 94 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected] GA POWER CAPSULE FOR IBPS CLERK MAINS 2018 Must-Do Current Affairs for IBPS CLERK MAINS 2018 BJP wins absolute Majority in Gujarat & Himachal Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya (Dangal) Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017 Best Music Director: Pritam (Dangal) BJP retained power in Gujarat for the 6th time in a row & Best Debut Director: Suresh Triveni (Tumhari Sulu) swept the polls in HP. In Gujarat, BJP won 99 seats, Congress won 77 seats & others 6. In Himachal Pradesh, Center Enhances Monetary Allowances for Gallantry BJP won 44 seats. In HP, Congress CM Virbhadra Singh Award Winners won, while former BJP CM Prem Kumar Dhumal lost. Jairam Thakur will be Himachal Pradesh‘s new CM . Post-Independence Gallantry Awards (100% Increase) Vijay Rupani will continue as CM of Gujarat & Nitin Patel Gallantry Award Revised rate of Monetary will be elected as his deputy chief minister. Allowance (Rupees per month) State-Run Banks' NPAs Touched Rs 7.34 Lakh Crore- RBI Param Vir Chakra (PVC) 20,000 Data Ashoka Chakra 12,000 Bad loans of Public sector banks (PSBs) stood at Rs 7.34 Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) 10,000 lakh crore by the end of second quarter this fiscal. Kirti Chakra (KC),000 9,000 The network of Debt Recovery Tribunals expanded to 39 at Vir Chakra (VrC) 7,000 present, as compared to 33 in 2016-17. Shaurya Chakra (SC) 6,000 The gross NPA of public sector & private sector banks as Sena/Nao Sena/Vayu 2,000 on Sept. 30, 2017, were Rs 7,33,974 crores & Rs 1,02,808 Sena Medal crore, respectively. Note: Chief of Army Staff- Bipin Rawat| Chief of Navy Among the major govt.-owned banks, SBI had the highest Staff- Sunil Lanba. | Chief of Air Staff- Birender Singh level of NPAs at over Rs 1.86 lakh crore, followed by PNB Dhanoa. (Rs 57,630 crore) & Bank of India (Rs 49,307 crore). Among private banks, ICICI Bank had the most amount 11th WTO Ministerial Conference Held in Argentina of NPAs at Rs 44,237 crore,