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Friday, October 4, 2013
List of Various Committees & their Focus Areas
List of Various Committees &
their Focus Areas
Dear Friends...Here is the list of Various Committees
& their Focus Areas which is very useful for all kinds of competitive Exams
and mainly for bank exams. This article has been submitted by our friend Manish Kumar Goutam from Jamuni, Bihar. We thank him on behalf of our
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1.Abhijit Sen Committee (2002) :Long Term
Food Policy
2.Abid Hussain Committee:On Small Scale
Industries
3.AjitKumar Committee :Army Pay Scales
4.AthreyaCommittee:Restructuring Of IDBI
5.Basel Committee:Banking Supervision
6.BhurelalCommittee :Increase In Motor
Vehicle Tax
7.Bimal Julka Committee :Working Conditions
ATCOS
8.C B Bhave Committee :Company Information
9.C Babu Rajiv Committee :Reforms In Ship
Act 1908 & Ship Trust Act 1963
10.Chakravarty Committee :Working Of The
Monetary System And Suggest Measure For Improving The Effectiveness Fo Monetary
Policy In Promoting Economic Development
11.Chandra Shekhar Committee :Venture
Capital
12.ChandrateCommittee:Delisting In
Sharemarket
13.Chore Committee :Review The Operation Of
The Cash Credit System
14.Dave Committee (2000) :Pension Scheme
For Unorganized Sector
15.Deepak Parikh Committee :To Revive Unit
Trust of India (UTI)
16.DhanukaCommittee :Simplification Of
Transfer Rules In Security Markets
17.G V Ramakrishna Committee :On
Disinvestment
18.GoiporiaCommittee :Improvement In The
Customer Service At Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks
19.HanumantRao Committee:Fertilizers
20.J R Varma Committee:Current Account
Carry Forward Practice
21.JankiramananCommittee :Securities
Transactions
22.JJ Irani Committee :Company Law Reforms
23.K Kannan Committee :To Examine The
Relevance Of The Concept Of MaximumermissibleBank Finance (MPBF) As A Method Of
Assessing The
Requirements Of Bank Credit For Working
Capital And To Suggest Alternative Methods.
24.KelkarCommittee :Tax Structure Reforms
25.Khan Working Group:Development Finance
Institutions
26.KhusroCommittee :Agricultural Credit
System
27.KumarmanglamBirla Report:Corporate
Governance
28.Mahajan Committee (1997):Sugar Industry
29.MalegamCommittee :Reforms In The Primary
Market & Repositioning of UTI
30.Malhotra Committee :Broad Framework Of
Insurance Sector
31.Marathe Committee:Recommendation For
Urban Co-operative Banks
32.MashelkarCommittee 2002 :Auto Fuel
Policy
33.MckinseyReport:Merger Of 7 Associate
Banks With SBI
34.Meera Seth Committee:Development Of
Handlooms
35.NarismhanCommittee:Banking Reforms
36.NN Vohra Committee :Relations (Nexus) Of
Politicians With Criminals
37.Parekh Committee :Infrastructure
Financing
38.Percy Mistry Committee:Making Mumbai An
International Financial Center
39.Prasad Panel :International Trade And
Services
40.R V Gupta Committee :Small Savings
41.Raja Chelliah Committee:Tax Reforms
42.RekhiCommittee :Indirect Taxes
43.RV Gupta Committee :Agricultural Credit
44.S P Talwar Committee:Restructuring Of
Weak Public Sector Bank
45.S Tendulkar Committee:Redefining Poverty
Line And Its Calculation Formula
46.Sapta Rishi Committee (July 2002)
:Development Of Domestic Tea Industry
47.Shah Committee :Reforms Relating To Non
Banking Financial Companies (NFBC)
48.SL Kapoor Committee :Credit & Flow
Problems Of Ssis
49.SN Verma Committee (1999) :Restructuring
The Commercial Banks
50.Tandon Committee :System Of WORKING
CAPITAL Financing By Banks
51.TaraporeCommittee:Report On Capital
Account Convertibility
52.UdeshKohli Committee:Analyze Fund
Requirement In Power Sector
53.UK Sharma Committee :NABARD's Role In
RRB
54.VaghulCommittee :Money Market In India
55.Vasudev Committee:NBFC (Non Banking
Finance Corp) Sector Reforms
56.Y B Reddy Committee :2001 : Review Of
Income Tax Rebates
57.A C Shah Committee:NBFC
58.A Ghosh Committee:Final Accounts
59.A Ghosh Committee:Modalities Of
Implementation Of New 20 PointProgramme
60.A Ghosh Committee:Frauds &
Malpractices In Banks
61.Abid Hussain Committee:Development Of
Capital Markets
62.AdhyarjunaCommittee:Changes In NI Act
And Stamp Act
63.AK Bhuchar Committee:Coordination
Between Term Lending Institutions And Commercial Banks
64.B Eradi Committee:Insolvency And Wind Up
Laws
65.B Sivaraman Committee:Institutional
Credit For Agricultural & Rural Development
66.B Venkatappaiah Committee:All India
Rural Credit Review
67.BD Shah Committee:Stock Lending Scheme
68.BD Thakar Committee:Job Criteria In Bank
Loans (Approach)
69.Bhagwati Committee:Unemployment
70.Bhagwati Committee:Public Welfare
71.Bhave Committee:Share Transfer Reforms
72.Bhide Committee:Coordination Between
Commercial Banks And SFC's
73.BhootlingamCommittee:Wage, Income &
Prices
74.C Rao Committee:Agricultural Policy
75.CE Kamath Committee:Multi Agency
Approach In Agricultural Finance
76.ChatalierCommittee:Finance To Small
Scale Industry
77.ChesiCommittee:Direct Taxes
78.Cook Committee (On Behalf Of BIS - Under
Basel Committee ):Capital Adequacy Of Banks
79.D R Mehta Committee:Review Progress And
RecommendImprovementMeasuresOf IRDP
80.DamleCommittee:MICR
81.Dandekar Committee:Regional Imbalances
82.DantwalaCommittee:Estimation Of
Employments
83.Dave Committee:Mutual Funds
(Functioning)
84.DhariaCommittee:Public Distribution
System
85.DR Gadgil Committee:Agricultural Finance
86.Dutta Committee:Industrial Licensing
87.G Lakshmai Narayan Committee:Extension
Of Credit Limits On BasisOfConsortium
88.G Sundaram Committee:Export Credit
89.GadgilCommittee (1969):Lead Banking System
90.GodwalaCommittee:Rural Finance
91.GoiporiaCommittee:Customer Service In
Banks
92.GS Dahotre Committee:Credit Requirements
Of Leasing Industry
93.GS Patel Committee:Carry Forward System
On Stock Exchanges
94.Hathi Committee:Soiled Banknotes
95.HazariCommittee (1967):Industrial Policy
96.IT Vaz Committee:Working Capital Finance
In Banks
97.J Reddy Committee:Reforms In Insurance
Sector
98.James Raj Committee:Functioning Of
Public Sector Banks
99.JankiramananCommittee:Securities
Transactions Of Banks & Financial Institutions
100.JV Shetty Committee:Consortium Advances
101.K Madhav Das Committee:Urban
Cooperative Banks
102.KalyansundaramCommittee:Introduction Of
Factoring Services In India
103.Kamath Committee:Education Loan Scheme
104.Karve Committee:Small Scale Industry
105.KB Chore Committee:To Review The Symbol
Of Cash Credit Q
106.Khanna Committee:Non Performing Assets
107.KhusrauCommittee:Agricultural Credit
108.KS Krishnaswamy Committee:Role Of Banks
In Priority Sector And 20
Point EconomicProgramme
109.L K Jha Committee:Indirect Taxes
110.LC Gupta Committee:Financial
Derivatives
111.Mahadevan Committee:Single Window
System
112.Mahalanobis Committee:Income
Distribution
113.Marathe Committee:Licensing Of New
Banks
114.ML Dantwala Committee:Regional Rural
Banks
115.Mrs. KS Shere Committee:Electronic Fund
Transfer
116.Nadkarni Committee:Improved Procedures
For Transactions In PSU
Bonds And Units
117.Nariman Committee:Branch
ExpansionProgramme
118.NarsimhamCommittee:Financial System
119.Omkar Goswami Committee:Industrial
Sickness And Corporate Restructuring
120.P R Nayak Committee:Institutional
Credit To SSI Sector
121.P Selvam Committee:Non Performing
Assets Of Banks
122.PC Luther Committee:Productivity,
Operational Efficiency &
Profitability Of Banks
123.PD Ojha Committee:Service Area Approach
124.PendarkarCommittee:Review The System Of
Inspection Of Commercial,
RRB And Urban Cooperative Banks
125.Pillai Committee:Pay Scales Of Bank
Officers
126.PL Tandon Committee:Export Strategy
127.PR Khanna Committee:Develop Appropriate
Supervisory Framework For NBFC
128.PurshottamDas Committee:Agricultural
Finance And Cooperative Societies
129.R Jilani Banks:Inspection System Of
Banks
130.R S Saria Committee:Agricultural
Finance And Cooperative Societies
131.Raghavan Committee:Competition Law
132.Raja Chelliah Committee:Tax Reforms
133.RajamannarCommittee:Centre - State
Fiscal Relationships
134.RajamannarCommittee:Changes In Banking
Laws , BouncingOfChequesEtc.
135.Rakesh Mohan Committee:Petro Chemical
Sector
136.Ram Niwas Mirdha Committee
(JPC):Securities Scam
137.RangrajanCommittee:Computerization Of
Banking Industry
138.RangrajanCommittee:Public Sector
Disinvestment
139.Rashid Jilani Committee:Cash Credit
System
140.Ray Committee:Industrial Sickness
141.RG Saraiya Committee (1972):Banking
Commission
142.RH Khan Committee:Harmonization Of
Banks And Ssis
143.RK Hajare
Committee:DifferentialInterest Rates Scheme
144.RK Talwar Committee:Customer Service
145.RK Talwar Committee:Enactment Having A
Bearing On Agro Landings By
Commercial Banks
146.RN Malhotra Committee:Reforms In
Insurance Sector
147.RN Mirdha Committee:Cooperative
Societies
148.RV Gupta Committee:Agricultural Credit
Delivery
149.S Padmanabhan
Committee:OnsiteSupervision Function Of Banks
150.S Padmanabhan Committee:Inspection Of
Banks (By RBI)
151.SamalCommittee:Rural Credit
152.SC Choksi Committee:Direct Tax Law
153.Shankar Lal Gauri
Committee:Agricultural Marketing
154.SK Kalia Committee:Role Of NGO And SHG
In Credit
155.SL Kapoor Committee:Institutional
Credit To SSI
156.SodhaniCommittee:Foreign Exchange
Markets In NRI Investment In India
157.SS Kohli Committee:Rehabilitation Of
Sick Industrial Units
158.SS Kohli Committee:Rationalization Of
Staff Strength In Banks
159.SS Kohli Committee:Willful Defaulters
160.SS Nadkarni Committee:Trading In Public
Sector Banks
161.SS Tarapore Committee:Capital Account
Convertibility
162.SukhmoyChakravarty Committee:To Review
The Working Of Monetary System
163.TambeCommittee:Term Loans To SSI
164.Tandon Committee:Follow Up Of Bank
Credit
165.Tandon Committee:Industrial Sickness
166.Thakkar Committee:Credit
SchemesToSelfEmployed
167.ThingalayaCommittee:Restructuring Of
RRB
168.Tiwari Committee:Rehabilitation Of Sick
Industrial Undertakings
169.UK Sharma Committee:Lead Bank Scheme
(Review)
170.Usha Thorat Panel:Financial Inclusion
171.VaghulCommittee:Mutual Fund Scheme
172.Varshney Committee:Revised Methods For
Loans (>2 Lakhs)
173.VenketaiyaCommittee:Review Of
RuralFinancingSystem
174.VipinMalik Committee:Consolidated
Accounting By Banks
175.VT Dehejia Committee:To Study Credit
Needs Of Industry And Trade Likely To Be Inflated
176.Vyas Committee:Rural Credit
177.WanchooCommittee:Direct Taxes
178.WS Saraf Committee:Technology Issues In
Banking Industry
179.Y H Malegam Committee:Disclosure Norms
For Public Issues
180.YV Reddy Committee:Reforms In Small
Savings
Some Recent Working
Groups & Committees by RBI & Their Focus Area: (Name of Chairmen is
given)
1. Working Group on Benchmark Prime Lending
Rate (BPLR):Deepak Mohanty
2. Working Group on Surveys:Deepak Mohanty
3. High Level Committee to Review Lead Bank
Scheme:Usha Thorat
4. Working Group to Review the Business
Correspondent Model:P Vijaya Bhaskar Rao
5. High Level Group on Systems and
Procedures for Currency
Distribution:Usha Thorat
6. G20 Working Group on Enhancing Sound
Regulation and Strengthening
Transparency:Dr. Rakesh Mohan and Mr. Tiff
Macklem
7. Committee on Financial Sector
Assessment:Dr. Rakesh Mohan
8. High Level Committee on Estimation of
Savings and Investment:Dr. C. Rangarajan
9. Committee on the Global Financial System
(CGFS) on Capital Flows
and Emerging Market Economies:Dr. Rakesh
Mohan
10. Task Force For Diamond Sector:A K Bera
11. Technical Advisory Group on Development
of Housing Start-Up Index
in India:Prof. Amitabh Kundu12. Working
Group on Defraying Cost of ICT
Solutions for RRBs:Shri G. Padmanabhan
13. Working Group on IT support for Urban
Cooperative Banks:R Gandhi
14. Working Group on Technology Upgradation
of Regional Rural Banks: Shri G. Srinivasan
15. Interest Rate Futures:Shri V.K. Sharma
16. Internal Working Group to Study the
Recommendations of the NCEUS Report: KUB Rao
17. Working Group on Improvement of Banking
Services in the Union
Territory of Lakshadweep: S. Ramaswamy
18. Working Group on Rehabilitation of Sick
SMEs:Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty
19. Working Group on Improvement of Banking
Services In Jharkhand:V.S.Das
20. Working Group on Improvement of Banking
Services in Himachal Pradesh: Dr. J.Sadakkadulla
21. Internal Technical Group on Seasonal
Movements in Inflation: Dr.Balvant Singh
22. Working Group to Examine the Procedures
and Processes of Agricultural Loans:C P Swarankar
23. Task Force on Empowering RRB Boards for
Operational Efficiency:Dr. K.G. Karmakar
24. Technical Group Set up to Review
Legislations on Money Lending: Shri.S. C. Gupta
25. Working Group To Suggest Measures To
Assist Distressed Farmers: Shri. S. S.Johl
26. Technical Group on StatisticsforInternational
Trade in Banking Services: Shri K.S.R.Rao
27. Technical Advisory Group On Development
Of Leading Economic Indicators For Indian Economy: Dr. R B Barman
28. Working Group on Savings for the
Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011- 12): Dr.Rakesh Mohan
29. Working Group on Compilation of State
Government Liabilities:Dr. N.D. Jadhav
30. Working Group on Improvement of Banking
Services in Uttaranchal:V.S. Das
31. Working Group on Cost of NRI
Remittances:P. K. Pain
32. Working group to formulate a scheme for
Ensuring Reasonableness of Bank Charges: N.Sadasivam
33. Committee on Fuller Capital Account
Convertibility: S.S.Tarapore
34. Committee on Financial Sector Plan for
North Eastern Region:Smt. Usha Thorat
35. Survey on Impact of Trade Related Measures
on Transaction Costs of Exports: Balwant Singh
36. Advisory Committee on Ways and Means
Advances to State Governments: M.P.Bezbaruah
37. Need and Use Behavior for Small
Denomination Coins:Sanal Kumar Velayudhan
38. Debt Sustainability at State Level in
India:Indira Rajaraman,
Shashank Bhide and R.K.Pattnaik
39. Internal Group to Examine Issues
Relating to Rural Credit and
Microfinance:Shri H.R.Khan
40. Working Group to Review Export
Credit:Shri Anand Sinha
41. Internal Working Group on RRBs:Shri A V
Sardesai
42. Working Group on Warehouse Receipts and
Commodity Futures: Shri Prashant Saran
43. Internal Group to Review Guidelines on Credit
Flow to SME Sector: Shri C.S.Murthy
44. Working Group on Regulatory Mechanism for
Cards:Shri R.Gandhi
45. Group on Model Fiscal Responsibility
Legislation at State Level: Shri H R Khan
46. Task Force on Revival of Cooperative
Credit Institutions: Prof.A.Vaidyanathan
47. Special Group for Formulation of Debt
Restructuring Mechanism for
Medium Enterprises:ShriG.Srinivasan
48. Working Group on Screen Based Trading
In Government Securities:Dr.R.H.Patil
49. Expert Group on Internet Deployment of
Central Database Management
System (CDBMS):Prof.A.Vaidyanathan
50. Report on Monitoring of Financial
Conglomerates:Smt.Shyamala Gopinath
51. Working Group on Development Financial
Institutions:Shri N.Sadasivan
52. Advisory Committee to Advise on the
Administered Interest Rates
And Rationalisationof Saving
Instruments:Dr.Rakesh Mohan
53. Advisory Committee on Flow of Credit to
Agriculture:Prof.V.S.Vyas
54. Working Group on Flow of Credit to SSI
Sector:Dr.A.S.Ganguly
55. Group to Study the Pension Liabilities
of the State Governments: B. K. Bhattacharya
56. Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives:Shri G.
Padmanabhan
57. Working Group on Instruments
ofSterilisation:Smt. Usha Thorat
58. Working Group on Information on State
Government Guaranteed
Advances and Bonds:Shri.G.Padmanabhan
59. Working Group onChequeTruncation and
E-cheques:Dr.Barman, ED
60. Working Group on Introduction of Credit
Derivatives in India:Shri
B.Mahapatra
61. Group to Assess the Fiscal Risk of
State Government
Guarantees:Smt. Usha Thorat
62. Advisory Committee on Ways and Means
Advances to State
Governments:ShriC.Ramachandran
63. Working Group on Rupee Derivatives:Shri
Jaspal Bindra
64. Committee on Computer Audit:Shri A.L.
Narasimhan
65. Committee on Payment Systems:Dr R H
Patil
66. Review Group on The Working of The
Local Area Bank Scheme:ShriG.Ramachandran
67. Technical Group on Statistics of
International Trade in
Services:Shri Deepak Mohanty
68. Working Group for Suggesting
Operational and Prudential Guidelines
on STRIPS (Separately Traded Registered
Interest and Principal of
Securities):Shri M.R.Ramesh
69. Working Group on Electronic
Money:Mr.Zarir J.Cama
70. Working Group on Economic
Indicators:Dr. R.B. Barman
71. Working Group to Examine the Role of
Credit Information Bureaus in
Collection and Dissemination of Information
on Suit-filed Accounts and
Defaulters:Shri S.R. Iyer
72. Information systems audit policy for
the banking and financial
sector:Dr. R.B.Burman
73. Working Group on Consolidated
Accounting and Other Quantitative
Methods to Facilitate Consolidated
Supervision:Shri Vipin Malik
74. Expert Committee to Review the System
of Administered Interest
Rates and Other Related Issues:Dr.Y.V.
Reddy
75.Inter-DepartmentalGroup to study
theRationalisationof Current
account Facility with Reserve Bank of
India:Shri K.W.Korgaonkar
76. The Expert Committee on Legal Aspects
of Bank Frauds:Dr.N.L. Mitra
77. The Standing Committee on International
Financial Standards and
Codes Standing Committee on International
Financial Standards and
Codes:Dr. Y.V.Reddy
78. Technical Group on Market Integrity:Shri
C.R. Muralidharan
79. Technical Group on Phasing Out of
Non-banks from Call/Notice Money
Market (March 2001):Dr.Y.V.Reddy
80. Core Group on Voluntary Disclosure
Norms for State Governments:Dr.Y.V.Reddy
81. Task Force to Study the Cooperative Credit
System and Suggest
Measures for its Strengthening:Shri Jagdish
Kapoor
82. Internal Group to Review the Guidelines
Relating to Commercial
Paper:Dr.Y.V.Reddy
83. High Power Committee on Urban
Cooperative Banks:Shri Madhav Rao
84.Working Groupfor setting up Credit
Information Bureau in India:Shri
N.H.Siddiqui
85. Committee for Redesigning of Financial
Statements of Non-Banking
Financial Companies:Shri V.S.N. Murthy
86. Working Group on Restructuring Weak
Public Sector Banks:Shri M.S.Verma
87. Working Group for Working Out
Modalities on Dissemination of
Information in Electronic Form:Shri
Y.S.P.Thoratand Shri
C.R.Gopalasundaram
88. Committee on Technology Upgradation in
the Banking Sector:DrA.Vasudevan
89. Working Group of
EURO:ShriV.Subrahmanyam
90. New Monetary Aggregates:Dr. Y.V. Reddy
91. Committee on Capital Account
Convertibility:Shri S.S.Tarapore
~~~~~~~~~Latest
Committees ~~~~~~~~~
1.Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods
:The committee will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood
ControlcommitteesCommission,Patna).
2.JS Mathur committee : to
reviseNewspaperAdvertisementRates.
3.K. Ratna Prabha :Committee on indecent
depiction of women in media.
4.Mukul Mudgal Committee:looking into US
giant Walmart’s lobbying activities to enter India
5.Mukul Mudgal Committee:to look at process
of film clearance.
6.MBN Rao Committee:to prepare the
blueprint of India’s first women’s bank
7.SK Srivastava Committee:to formulate a
policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output.
8.K M Chandrasekhar Committee :for
rationalization of foreign investment norms
9.Arvind Mayaram Committee :for giving
clear definitions to Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign
Institutional Investment (FII),
10.JanakiramanCommittee :To investigate the
security transactions of the bank
11.MS Ahluwalia committee :to evaluate
aspects related to set up of
Nalanda University
12.Sitakant Mahapatra committee :for
inclusion of Bhojpuri language in
eighth schedule of constitution
13.N R Narayana Murthy committee :for
evaluation of corporate sector
participation in Higher Education.
14.C Rangarajan committee :for poverty
scale estimates in the country
15.MB Shah committee :for inspection of
illegal mining activities
16.N Rangachary committee :To examine
taxation policies for I.T.sector
17.Parthasarathi Shome committee
:Implementation of GAAR (General Anti
Avoidance Rule).
18.Deepak Parekh committee :for Financing
Infrastructure
sector
19.Naresh Chandracommittee:14 member task
force on security issues
20.Bhandari Committee :Reconstruction of
RRBs
21.RS Gujral Committee :suggest measures to
boost MSME exports.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Daily Current Affairs Updates from 02 October 2013
Daily Current Affairs Updates from 02 October 2013
Days
1) Nation
pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on 144th birth anniversary: Nation today
remembered Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 144th birth anniversary with top
leaders paying floral tributes at his memorial here. Country also today
celebrated the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri.
2) International
Day of Non-Violence Observed: United Nations General Assembly announced on
15 June 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that October 2(Gandhi
Jayanti) will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence.
National
1) Cabinet
withdraws ordinance on convicted lawmakers: Union Cabinet on Wednesday
decided to withdraw the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers. Government
has withdrawn the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers with the
Congress Core Group debating the matter in the wake of Rahul Gandhi’s denunciation
of the Cabinet move last week.
2) Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader
Rasheed Masood was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court
in a corruption case, becoming the first MP to lose his seat after a recent
Supreme Court judgment had removed the immunity for convicted lawmakers.
3) National Green Tribunal on Tuesday
pulled up the Environment Ministry for not filing its final report on
recommendations of two panels set up to study environmental sensitivity and
ecological significance of the Western Ghats, saying better standards were
expected from it.
International
1) Vladimir
Putin nominated for 2014 Nobel Peace Prize: Russian President Vladimir
Putin has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by a Russian advocacy group
for his key role in preventing a US missile strike on Syria and initiatives to
dismantle Damascus’ chemical weapons. In 1990, the then President of the USSR Mikhail
Gorbachev received the Nobel Peace Prize.
2) US
shutdown enters second day; Obama slams Republicans: With both Democrats
and Republicans sticking to their stands on a new budget pushing the shutdown into
the second day today, President Barack Obama has blamed a “reckless” opposition
for the latest financial crisis that has forced up to one million workers off
the job.
3) Key
part of US health reform launched despite shutdown: A key stage of
President Barack Obama’s drive to offer cheaper health insurance to millions of
Americans began on Tuesday, despite a Government shutdown over Republican opposition
to the plan.
Sports
1) World
Cup trophy will remain in subcontinent: Tendulkar:- Iconic batsman Sachin
Tendulkar believes defending champions India are favourites to retain the ICC Cricket
World Cup title in 2015 and exuded confidence that the trophy will remain in
the subcontinent.
2) Wanted
to become a soldier, became cricketer: Dhoni:- Indian captain Mahendra
Singh Dhoni aspired to be a soldier but says, destiny intervened to make him a cricketer,
he said in an interview.
Banking/Economy
1) Canara
Bank launches online window to open SB accounts: Canara Bank, Kerala
Circle, has thrown open an online facility to open savings bank accounts ‘free
of hassles.’ Anybody with access to Internet can apply from anywhere in the
country for the facility, according to G. Sreeram, general manager, Kerala
circle, Canara Bank.
2) All the wholesale commodity markets,
including bullion and metal, were closed today on account of ‘Gandhi Jayanti’.
3) State
Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) opened four all-woman branches: State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) on Wednesday
opened four all-woman branches in the country, one each at Visakhapatnam,
Salem, Bangalore and Pune, according to K. Ramesh Babu, Deputy General Manager
in charge of the Visakhapatnam zone.
4)
LPG cylinders to be available at petrol pumps: Cooking gas (LPG) will now
be available at select petrol pumps in metro cities after the oil ministry has
allowed sale of small 5kg cylinders at retail outlets.
5)
IRCTC earns Rs 29cr from food business:
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has earned Rs 29
crore from its 80 non- railway catering outlets across the country in 2012-13,
a jump of Rs 18 crore compared to previous year.
6) Govt
plans cut in non-plan spending; fiscal gap to be met: Chidambaram: As the fiscal deficit numbers reached
three-fourths of the budget estimate in the first five months of the fiscal,
finance minister P Chidambaram has said the government is planning to trim
non-plan expenditure to meet the fiscal deficit target of 4.8 per cent for the
current financial year.
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Quiz on Gandhi Jayanti- Gandhi Jayanti wishes to all
Quiz on Gandhi Jayanti- Gandhi Jayanti wishes to all
Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated in India to
mark the occasion of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the "Father of the
Nation". The United Nations General Assembly announced on 15 June 2007
that it adopted a resolution which declared that October 2 will be celebrated
as the International Day of Non-Violence. Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on
October 2nd, every year and is one of the three official declared National Holidays
of India and is observed in all its states and union territories. The other two
are Independence Day (15 August) and Republic Day (26 January). Gandhi Jayanti
is marked by prayer services and tributes all over India, especially at Raj
Ghat, Gandhi's memorial in New Delhi where he was cremated. Popular celebration
includes prayer meetings, commemorative ceremonies in different cities by
colleges, local government institutions and socio-political institutions.
In this post we are bringing you some
useful Quiz Questions of Mahatma Gandhi that will be useful for competitive
Exams as well as Quiz competitions...
Q1. When was Mahatma Gandhi born?
(a)
October 2, 1869
(b) January 26, 1850
(c) August 15, 1845
(d) September 24, 1844
Ans. (a) October 2, 1869
Q2. Who said “Live as if you were to die
tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
a)
Mahatma Gandhi
b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans. a) Mahatma Gandhi
Q3. When is the International Day of
Non-Violence celebrated?
a)
14th August
b) 16th May
c) 8th October
d) 2nd October
Ans. d) 2nd October
Q4.
In _______, Mahatma Gandhi called for the non-cooperation movement
against the British Government with the sole object of attaining Swaraj or
independence for India.
a)
1921
b) 1945
c) 1988
d) 1920
Ans. a) 1921
Q5. Gandhi campaigned to improve the lives
of the untouchables, whom he called _________.
a)
Naxalites
b) Dalits
c) Hari
d) Harijans
Ans. d) Harijans
Q6. What title did Gandhiji give to his
Gujrati translation of "Unto This Last"?
a)
Manavta
b) Sadbhavna
c) Sarvodaya
d) Ahimsa
Ans. c) Sarvodaya
Q7. Where was Gandhi ji born?
a)
Porbandar
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Andra Pradesh
Ans. a) Porbandar
Q8.
___________ was the mother of Mahatma Gandhi
a)
Putlibai Gandhi
b) Kasturba Gandhi
c) Meera Gandhi
d) Anuradha Gandhi
Ans. a) Putlibai Gandhi
Q9. ________________ was the father of
Mahatma Gandhi
a)
Karamchand Gandhi
b) Manish Gandhi
c) Vinod Gandhi
d) Manakchand Gandhi
Ans. a) Karamchand Gandhi
Q10. Which of the following slogans is
associated with the name of Gandhiji?
a)
Do or Die
b) Tum mujhe khoon do main tumhe azaadi
dunga
c) Swaraj is my birth-right
d) Jai Hind
Ans. a) Do or Die
Q11. Mahatma Gandhi was married to
________________ in May 1883, when he was 14 year old.
a)
Anuradha Mukherjee
b) Kasturbai Makhanji
c) Meera Gandhi
d) Putlibai Gandhi
Ans. b) Kasturbai Makhanji
Q12. How many days did Mahatma Gandhi and
his volunteers took to cover 24 mile journeyfrom Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi?
a)
24
b) 20
c) 21
d) 17
Ans. a) 24
Q13. Time magazine named Gandhi the Man of
the Year in ________.
a)
1930
b) 1945
c) 1918
d) 1922
Ans. a) 1930
Q14. Where is Sabarmati Ashram?
a)
Rajkot
b) Ahmedabad
c) Pathankot
d) Baroda
Ans. b) Ahmedabad
Q15. Which book did Mohandas Gandhi write?
a)
India - The Nationa
b) The Story of My Experiments with Truth
c) 2 States
d) The Good Earth
Ans. b) The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Q16. Mahatma Gandhi was shot three times in
the chest and died while on his way to a prayer meeting, on ___________.
a)
January 14, 1945
b) January 30, 1948
c) January 16, 1988
d) January 10, 1945
Ans. b) January 30, 1948
Q17. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by
Hindu fanatic ____________________.
a)
Lois Mountbatten
b) Velupillai Prabhakaran
c) Nathuram Godse
d) Radha Vinod Raju
Ans. c) Nathuram Godse
Q18. Gandhi's date of death, 30 January, is
commemorated as ______________ in India.
a)
Martyr's Day
b) Slave's Day
c) Freedom Day
d) Republic Day
Ans. a) Martyr's Day
Q19. Who gave the title ‘‘Mahatma’’ to Gandhiji?
Ans. Rabindranath Tagore
Q20. Which stamp is called 'Mourning stamp
ofindia'?
Ans. Stamp of Mahatma Gandhi issued on 1948
Q21. Where in Delhi was M.K Gandhi
assassinated ?
Ans. Birla House
Q22. Which was the only session of Indian
National Congress (INC) presided over by Mahatma Gandhi?
Ans. Belgaum (1924)
Q23.
Who was the founder of All India Harijan Sabha ?
Ans. Mahathma Gandhi
Q24.
“The True Democracy is what promotes the welfare of the society”. Who
said it ?
Ans. Mahatma Gandhi
Q25.
Where was the first Gandhi stamp printed?
Ans. Switzerland