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RBI enhances scope of Special Non-Resident Rupee accounts
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enhanced scope of ‘Special Non-resident Rupee’ (SNRR) by allowing persons residing outside India to open such accounts for purposes such as- (a) external commercial borrowing (ECB), (b) trade credit and and (c) Trade ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Destination North East Festival held in Varanasi
The Ministry of Development of North East Region conducted a four day long North East festival in Varanasi. The festival is to be conducted between November 23, 2019 and November 26, 2019. It aims to fuse the cultures of Ganga ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Mine Counter Measure Exercise-first time between India and Japan
The Indian Naval Forces and the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) was held on November 23, 2019. This is the firs time an explosive ordance disposal and mine counter measure was held by Indian and Japanese forces. Mine Counter ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Internet Connections to 2 lakh Gram Panchayat by 2020
Government of India has set a target of providing broad band connectivity to two lakh Gram Panchayats by March 2020. So far (till 7th November, 2019) over 1,28,000 Gram Panchayats have already been connected. The project is being implemented under ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
50th Governors Conference inaugurated in Rashtrapathi Bhavan
A two-day conference of governors is being held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. It was attended by President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Narendra Modi and other ministers. The conference is being held between 23 November, 2019 and 24 November, 2019. ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
GoI new scheme: Rs 400 crores for testing MSME Defense products
The Government of India is planning to launch a new scheme to test defense products manufactured by MSMEs. In order to achieve this, the Ministry of Defence has allocated Rs 400 crores. Features of the scheme The test units that ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
J&K achieves highest road length in country under PMGSY in 2019
During the current fiscal year so far, the Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the highest road length in country under Centre’s rural roads’ programme of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a centrally-sponsored scheme under the Union Ministry of Rural ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
WHO study on physical activity-India ranks 8th
The World Health Organization on November 22, 2019 published its study about physical activity of adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years. The study was conducted across 146 countries with the help of data from 298 school-based surveys. The assessment ..