Current Affairs Of June 2019 Help Line No:- Khanpur : +91-9311668899 South Ex : +91-9311556699 CONTENTS National……………………………………………………...…...2 International……………………………………………….……09 Defence ………………………………………………….……..11 Appointments or Resign/Retired…………………………….....12 Honours/ Awards…………………………………………….....16 Sports…………………………………………………………...19 Obituaries…………………………………………………….....22 Important Days with theme…………………………………….24 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs National i. Former ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan led Committee submitted the draft National The first session of 17th Lok Sabha from June 17th Educational Policy (NEP) to i. The first session of the HRD Minister Ramesh 17th Lok Sabha will Pokhriyal Nishank in New commence on 17th of this Delhi. The policy draft recommends incorporation of month. The Rajya Sabha Indian knowledge systems in the curriculum, will have its sitting from constituting a National Education Commission and 20th onwards. Information curbing arbitrary fees hikes by private schools. and Broadcasting Minister ii. The existing NEP was framed in 1986 and revised Prakash Javdekar stated the session will continue till in 1992. 26th of next month (July). ii. The election for the Speaker of the Lower House Financial Literacy Week to be observed during will be held on 19th of June. The President will June 3-7 address the Joint sitting of both the Houses of i. Financial Literacy Week Parliament on the 20th. The Economic Survey will be 2019 to be observed from tabled on the 4th of July and the Union Budget will be June 3-7 on the theme of presented on the 5th of July. “Farmers” and how they benefit by being a part of the Nirmala Sitharaman To Present First Union formal banking system. Financial Literacy Week is an Budget On 05th July initiative of RBI to promote awareness of key topics i. The first session of the every year through a focused campaign. Growth in newly-elected Lok Sabha agriculture is necessary for the overall economic has been convened from growth and finance is an essential enabler for the 17th June to 26th July same. RBI is actively involved in formulating policies 2019 and the new that enhance the flow of credit to the farming government of Prime community. Minister Narendra Modi will present its first Budget on 05th July 2019 by ONGC topples IOC to regain most profitable Nirmala Sitharaman, who is Minister of Finance and public sector company Minister of Corporate Affairs. The 40-day session will i. ONGC, India’s top oil have 30 sittings. and gas producer, has Important Facts:- toppled Indian Oil Corp 1. The election for Lok Sabha Speaker will take place (IOC) to regain the crown on 19th June’19. of being the country’s most profitable public sector 2. The Economic Survey, which gives the status of the company. According to earnings statements of the country’s economy, will be presented in Parliament on listed companies, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) 04th July’19. reported a 34 percent jump it’s in 2018-19 fiscal net 3. Nirmala Sitharaman is the only woman to hold the profit to Rs 26,716 crore. portfolio (Minister of Finance) after former Prime ii. In comparison, IOC registered a net profit of Rs Minister Indira Gandhi. 17.274 crore for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. 4. The Modi government had on 01st February 2019 ONGC, in the previous two financial years, had lost presented the interim Budget in view of the upcoming the most profitable PSU tag to IOC. Lok Sabha elections. Important Takeways from above news- Kasturirangan committee submits new draft The headquarters of ONGC is in New Delhi. education policy to HRD Ministry Shashi Shankar is Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs the first state ever to have 33 percent or the largest IndianOil, BPCL And HPCL Ink JV For Kandla- share of women MPs of its total of 21 seats. Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline Project iii. Chandrani Murmu, who has replaced Dushyant i. IndianOil, Bharat Chautala, was elected as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Petroleum Corporation candidate from the Keonjhar seat, as the youngest (BPCL) and Hindustan parliamentarian in the country. Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) had signed a joint Ashis Ray’s Book On World Cup “Cricket World venture in New Delhi for Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG Cup: The Indian Challenge” Launched Pipeline Project. They will be laying the world’s i. “Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge” – a longest LPG pipeline from Kandla (Gujarat) to book on the history of the tournament from an Indian Gorakhpur (UP). perspective by veteran broadcaster and writer Ashis ii. The Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG Pipeline is estimated to Ray – has been formally unveiled by the chief cost about Rs10,000 crore. It would be implemented executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, by a Joint Venture Company of IndianOil with 50% Tom Harrison. shareholding. BPCL and HPCL will have 25% share each. PM Modi Forms 2 Cabinet Panels For Growth & Jobs Telangana Formation Day: 02nd June i. In a bid to spur investment i. On the occasion of the and create new employment fifth Telangana State opportunities, Prime Minister Formation Day on 02nd June Narendra Modi set up two 2019, President Ram Nath Cabinet committees to deal Kovind and Prime Minister with the two crucial Narendra Modi have issues. Both the panels, respectively on Investment extended their wishes to the and Growth and on Employment and Skill people of the state. Development, will be headed by the prime ii. Telangana Formation Day is celebrated on the minister. formation of Telangana State on 2nd June every year ii. The Cabinet Committee on Investment and since 2014. The State celebrates the occasion with Growth will have Union Home Minister Amit Shah, formal events across the districts. Finance Minister Nirmala Sithataman, Road Transport Important Takeways from above news- and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Railways K Chandrashekhar Rao is the first and present and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as its members. CM of Telangana. iii. The Cabinet Committee on Employment and Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. Skill Development will include, besides Shah, The current governor of Telangana is ESL Sithataman and Goyal, Agriculture Minister Narendra Narasimhan. Singh Tomar, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, The current PM of Sweden is Stefan Lofven. Minister of Skill Development M N Pandey, Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar and Housing and Chandrani Murmu became the youngest MP in Urban Development Minister Hardip Puri. India’s history MP Cabinet passes resolution to increase i. In a first, a 25-year- reservation for OBCs to 27% old engineering graduate i. Madhya Pradesh from Odisha has become Cabinet has passed a the youngest Member of resolution to increase Parliament to the 17th reservation quota Lok Sabha. for Other Backward ii. Odisha has a total of seven women MPs, making it Classes (OBC) from www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs existing 14% to 27%. Affairs, Political Affairs, Security, Investment and ii. The move will lead to the reservation in the state Growth and Cabinet Committee on Employment and breaching the Supreme Court-mandated 50 percent Skill Development. cap to reach 63 percent. If implemented, Madhya ii. The Cabinet Committee on Security will have Prime Pradesh will become the only state in the country to Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath have a 27% quota for OBCs. Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman and JLR Inks Pact With BMW To Develop Next-Gen External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar. Electric Vehicles iii. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has Prime i. Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover Minister Modi and Mr Shah. While Cabinet has joined hands with BMW to develop next- Committee on Investment and Growth will have the generation electric drive systems. Prime Minister and Ministers of Home, Road ii. The two partners will invest jointly in research and Transport and Highways, Finance and Corporate development, engineering and procurement with an Affairs and Railways and Commerce and Industry. aim to provide the necessary economies of scale to support increased consumer adoption of electric Delhi Metro Becomes India's 1st Project To vehicles. Receive Power From Waste-To-Energy i. The Delhi Metro Rail Traffic Index-2018: Mumbai ‘Most Congested’, Corporation (DMRC) has Delhi Ranks 4th become the first ever i. Mumbai ranked first in the study, ‘Traffic Index- project in the country to 2018’, compiled by location technology specialist receive power generated TomTom, with a congestion level of 65%, while New from a waste-to-energy Delhi ranked fourth with congestion of 58%. plant. It has started ii. The study covered 403 cities in 56 countries and receiving 2 MW power from a 12 MW capacity waste- defined congestion as the extra time added to road to-energy plant set up in Ghazipur. travel when traffic doesn’t flow freely. ii. The waste-to-energy plant set up by East Delhi Waste Processing Company Limited (EDWPCL) is Global Gender Equality Index Released: India based on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) involving Ranks 95, Denmark Tops the Delhi government and East Delhi Municipal i. India ranked 95th out of 129 countries in a new Corporation (EDMC), besides the EDWPCL. index that measures global gender equality looking at aspects such as poverty, health, education, literacy, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) acquires political representation and equality at the Jaypore workplace. The list was topped by Denmark. i. Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL), ii. 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