Page-16 of Current Affairs - June, 2012

Govt to fine-tune Persons with Disability Act 1995

June 13, 2012

Govt will introduce a fresh law to substitute the current Persons with Disability Act 1995 Objective: To synchronize the rights and facilities entitled to persons with disabilities at par with international standards. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is working ..

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Govt to open Nuclear Energy Sector for FDI

June 13, 2012

Government will open nuclear energy sector to foreign direct investment (FDI). India expects to attract foreign investment of over $100 billion in nuclear energy in the next 20 years. One-fourth of the above investment is expected to come from France. ..

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Agreement signed b/w India & Finland to boost cooperation on social security

June 13, 2012

India and Finland inked pact in New Delhi to boost bilateral cooperation on social security. Subsequent to the agreement: No social security contribution will be paid by detached Indian nationals working on a short term contract up to 5 years ..

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No decision on Siachen confrontation between India-Pak

June 13, 2012

No progress was achieved on resolving the military dispute on the Siachen glacier b/w India and Pakistan and both the sides stuck to their stated positions. Pakistani restated its call for demilitarization of the Siachen and moving the troops back ..

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Gram Tarang wins National Skill Development Award

June 13, 2012

Gram Tarang conferred with the overall best performer by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for the year 2011-12 What is Gram Tarang? Gram Tarang is a social entrepreneurial extension of Centurion University, which operates in some of the most ..

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India, US start ‘Open Government Platform’

June 13, 2012

India and the United States inaugurated the Open Government Platform (OGPL) Objective of OGPL: It is a bilateral effort focused at foment transparency and increase citizen engagement by making government data, documents, tools and processes publicly available. It was launched ..

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India might be 1st BRIC to lose investment rating: S&P

June 13, 2012

As per the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s India may become the 1st BRIC country to be degraded in investment grade rating. What is the reason that might lead India loose its investment rating? Slow GDP growth and degree of ..

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SBI violates RBI norms on RIL loans

June 12, 2012

SBI temporarily exceeded RBI-set credit exposure limit for the consecutive 4th year in 2011-12 in case of loans given to Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). It also infringed RBI’s single borrower exposure rules in case of loans to two state-run entities ..

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