Page-17 of Current Affairs - March, 2015
Parliament passes Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Parliament has passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015. It was first passed in Lok Sabha on 4 March 2015 and later in Rajya Sabha on 12 March 2015. In both the houses the bill was passed by voice vote. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
N Sakthan elected Kerala Assembly Speaker
Congress legislator and deputy speaker N Shakthan was elected as the new speaker of the Kerala Assembly on 12 March 2015. It was announced by Pro-tem Speaker Dominic Presentation. Shakthan defeated CPI (M) candidate P. Aysha Potty by 74 to ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
India and Mauritius ink five MoUs to boost bilateral co-operation
India and Mauritius have inked 5 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to give new impetus to bilateral co-operation. These MoUs were signed in Port Luis, Mauritius during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to island nation as part of three-nation tour of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
High Court's cannot entertain plea against Armed Forces Tribunal: Supreme Court
Supreme Court has barred High Courts (HCs) from entertaining pleas under writ jurisdiction against the verdicts of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) in disputes pertaining to Armed forces. SC ruling also set aside the order of Delhi High Court which had ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Union Government appoints 9 Executive Directors in Public Sector Banks
Union Government has appointed 9 Executive Directors (EDs) in Public Sector Banks (PSBs). Their appointment was approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on recommendation of selection panel headed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan. Following ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Indian Railways inks MoU with LIC for Rs 1.5 lakh crore investments in rail infrastructure
Indian Railways on 11 March 2015 inked an MoU with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to raise Rs 1.5 lakh crore for financing the development of its various commercially viable infrastructure projects. The MoU was signed by Financial Commissioner (Railways) Rajalakshmi ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Parliament passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Parliament has passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015. It was first passed in Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 and later in the Rajya Sabha on 11 March 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
India's literacy rate rose to 72.98 % in 2011: Union Government
Union government has announced that India’s literacy rate has risen to 72.98%. It was informed by Union Minister Human Resource Development (HRD) Smriti Irani while replying to the supplementaries in the Lok Sabha. Union governments reply informed that As per ..