Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel TEST .AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 1 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Index (Current Affairs) Part -1 1. Scheme (State gov/ Central Gov) 2. Important Summit/Meeting 3. Appointment (National/ International/ Brand ambassador 4. Web Portal/ Application 5. Awards (Important Award, 64th Filmfare Awards 2019, Bhart rattan, Padma Vibhsan, Pdma bhusan, , Nobel price 2018, Oscar award, ) 6. India’s Ranking Index 7. Loan 8. Company Merger List 9. Budget (2019) 10. Economics Survey 2018-19/ RBI Annual Report 11. Partnership and Agreement 12. Defence News 13. Important Current Affairs in short 14. Important Banking and finance in short 15. GDP FORCASTING 16. Public bank, Headquater and Tagline 17. Obituary 18. Book and Author 19 Sports Affairs 20. Up coming Sport Event Venue 21. Important Days and Theme 22. State-CM-Goverment 23. Union Cabinet Minister 24. PM, President and Vice President Foreign Visit List Part 2 (Static GK) 1. Important Dam in India 2. Major Sea port 3. Lake (State –wise) 4. Important National Park 5. Stadium Game Related TEST.AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 2 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel 6. Important Temple in India 7. List of Countries –Capital and Currencies 8. States Festivals 9. International Organizations headquarter 10. List of Important Airport 11. Folk Dance (State-wise) Govt Scheme (1st March to 13th November) Chapter-1 SCHEME PURPOSE Ex-gratia Nagaland Government today launched the Nagaland Ex-gratia Scheme for Students (Nagaland) Studying outside Nagaland belonging to any (Updated 4th November) recognized scheduled tribes and indigenous inhabitants of the state. Aims: Students who die outside the state while pursuing secular, technical, professional, diploma and theology courses. Five crore Rupees will be kept in a fixed deposit and the interest accruing from the deposit will be utilized for payment of ex-gratia amounting to five lakh rupees to the nominee of the deceased students. “Swachh-Nirmal Tat Abhiyan” Environment Ministry began with its cleanliness cum awareness drive in 50 beaches under a (Environment Ministry) campaign called “Swachh-Nirmal Tat Abhiyan”. The drive began from November 11 and will continue till November 17. Beaches in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman and Diu, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka and Kerala have been identified for the campaign after consultation with the state governments “YSR Vahana Mitra” Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will (Andhra Pradesh) launch the “YSR Vahana Mitra” scheme in (Updated 4th October) Eluru on 4th October. Benefit: He will distribute ₹10,000 financial assistance to auto, taxi and maxi driver-cum- owners. The government received 1,75,352 TEST.AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 3 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel applications under the scheme. Out of this, 1,73,102 were cleared. Of the sanctioned number, there were 1,56,804 auto drivers, 5,093 maxi drivers and 1,205 taxi drivers. ‘DHRUV’ 60 talented students have been selected in (Union HRD Minister) the first batch. After the launch, a programme (Updated 6th October) of around 14 days’ duration would be conducted with these students. ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan, Wing Cdr Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to enter space and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Prof K Vijay Raghavan were the guests of honour. Addressing the gathering the HRD Minister said that the programme is named after the Pole Star DHRUV and every student is a DHRUV TARA. Purpose: ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan said that the objective of ‘DHRUV’ is to allow talented students realise their full potential and contribute to society. Rythu Bharosa scheme Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said (Andhra Pradesh) his ‘farmer-friendly’ government is (Updated 8th October) committed to providing input assistance of ₹13,500 per year to all eligible ones. Launching the YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme amid fanfare at Kakaturu near Sarvepalli in SPSR Nellore district. About Scheme: ₹7,500 would be provided to each farmer before start of the kharif season, another ₹4,000 at the time of harvesting and just before the start of the rabi season, and the last instalment of ₹2,000 at the time of the farmers’ festival of Sankranti. Food safety mitra’ scheme On the lines of ‘arogya mitras’, the (Central Govt.) government on 16 October launched a (Updated 16th October) scheme for engaging ‘food safety mitras’ to sensitise street food vendors on hygiene aspects and assist businessmen to comply with standards and facilitate licensing and registration. Aims: scaling up the government’s ‘Eat Right India’ movement. ‘Food Safety Mitra’ would undergo training and certification by FSSAI to do their work and get paid by food businesses for their services. YSR Navodayam scheme Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on (Andhra Pradesh) 17th October launched ‘Dr. YSR Navodayam’ (Updated 17th October) scheme. About Scheme: Under which the State government will reimburse 50% (not exceeding ₹2 lakh per account) of the TEST.AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 4 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel auditors’ fee for preparation of techno- economic viability reports required for One- Time Restructuring (OTR) of stressed loans of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by banks and NBFCs as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) norms up to March 31, 2020. ‘AB-MGRSBY’ ( Rajasthan) The Rajasthan state government has (Updated 10 September ) launched a new health insurance scheme called Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna (AB- MGRSBY) by integrating the Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme(BSBY) of the State Government and Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna Scheme(AB-PMJAY) of the Central Government. The sum insured now is Rs. 30000 for general diseases and Rs. 3 lakh per year for serious diseases, despite merger with Centre’s AB-PMJAY, which provides coverage of Rs5lakh per year Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Delayed Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Delayed Payment ( MSME) Payment of MSMEs’ held at New Delhi, the (Updated 12 September ) Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Shri Nitin Gadkari has launched the updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) to enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) access to capital. It offers an upfront subsidy of 15 % on institutional credit up to Rs 1 crore for MSMEs sectors in the specified 51 sub- sectors.In the new updated scheme, there is an additional 10 % subsidy for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes(ST) entrepreneurs while special provisions have been offered for 117 ‘aspirational’ districts, hill states and the northeastern region in India. Benefits: The scheme would be crucial in raising MSME contribution to gross domestic product (GDP).The current stake in the scheme is to be increased from 29 % to 50 %. Also, exports from the region will have to be increased from the current 40 percent to 50 percent. E-assessment Scheme 2019 (Central Board of The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified the e-assessment scheme 2019 for (Updated 15 September ) conducting faceless scrutiny assessment of income tax returns (ITR). It will be established at regional and national level with auto-allocation of different scrutiny TEST.AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 5 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel matters. ‘Aponar Apon Ghar’ (Assam) It is an upgraded version of the previous (Updated 25 September ) Apun Ghar home loan subsidy scheme, which will provide a subsidy of up to Rs 2.5 lakh on home loans up to Rs 40 lakh to all citizens of the state. Abhinandan’(Assam) it is an Education Loan Subsidy scheme, (Updated 25 September ) under this every student in the state of assam having active education loan account regardless of the amount for pursuing higher education can get benefitted. The Assam government will provide a one-time subsidy of up to Rs 50,000 to all educational loans. Free Drugs Scheme(Assam) Under this scheme, 142 essential drugs, 47 (Updated 25 September ) surgical items, 45 consumables/linens and 6 numbers of disinfectants would be provided free of cost to the 651 tea garden hospitals of the state. An amount of Rs 20 crore would be spent every year on the scheme. The scheme is for the patients of the tea tribe community. ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata (West Bengal) (Updated- 2August) Banerjee launched an awareness campaign‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ for preserving the greenery and keeping the environment clean in Kolkata, which will be celebrated every year. She participated in the Padayatra for this purpose. ‘Odisha Small Savings Incentive Scheme‘ Odisha government unveiled the ‘Odisha (Odisha) (Updated- 8August) Small Savings Incentive Scheme‘ for the calendar year 2019 under the notation “AQ” series. The aim of the scheme is to stop people from transacting with ‘suspicious’ non-banking private financial institutions. “Mo Sarkar” During the independence day celebration in (Odisha) (Updated- 15August) the state, the Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik announced the “Mo Sarkar” initiative. It is an initiative to ensure transparency in governance focusing fully on the common public and will be