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IRCTC launches payment aggregator IRCTC iPay
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay. This a step towards promoting the government’s Digital India initiative. IRCTC iPay IRCTC iPay is a prepaid card cum wallet. With IRCTC iPay IRCTC ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
EASE Index Report
The BCG-IBA report EASE Reforms for Public Sector Banks measures the performance of each PSB on 140 objective metrics across 6 themes. The 6 themes are: Customer Responsiveness: EASE for customer comfort Responsible Banking: Financial stability, governance for ensuring outcomes, ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
CCEA approves Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the “Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana” under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to provide financial support to Integrated Bioethanol Projects using lignocellulosic biomass and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
CCEA Approves Phase 2 of FAME Scheme
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Rs 10,000 crore package over three years till 2022 for the second phase of Faster Adoption & Manufacturing of Electric (and hybrid) vehicles (FAME) scheme. FAME II Scheme The FAME scheme ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Scheme for Development of Knitwear Sector Launched
The Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani launched, Scheme for development of knitting and knitwear sector under PowerTex India. Features of the Scheme for Development of Knitwear Sector Out of the 487.07 crore outlay of Powertex India, ₹72 crore has been ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Advance Estimates of Production of Major Crops for 2018-19
The second advance estimates for the production of most of the crops for the agricultural year 2018-19 been released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare. Data on Production of Food Crops Foodgrains – 281.37 million tonnes. Rice – 115.60 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
World Bank-ILO Report: Key Facts
The World Bank-ILO report titled Exports to Jobs: Boosting the Gains from Trade in South Asia has been released. The report studies the effect on local employment and wages of changes in exports by combining disaggregated data from household-level or ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Cabinet approves ₹1,450 crore for share capital of RBI in NHB
The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Rs1,450 crore for the share capital of Reserve Bank of India in the National Housing Bank (NHB). The authorized capital of NHB stood at Rs 2000 crore of ..