Page-2 of Current Affairs - September, 2009

S. C. Gupta Panel for Control on Money Lenders in India

September 22, 2009

RBI announced in the ‘Annual Policy Statement for the year 2006-2007’ the setting up of a Technical Group to review legislations on money lending for : reviewing the efficacy of the existing legislative framework, which governs money lending, reviewing the ..

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Current Affairs 2009 Business & Finance Mini Current Affairs

September 20, 2009

September 22, 2009: ADB projects China’s Growth 8.2 percent in 2009September 19, 2009: Irda setting up database of insured vehiclesSeptember 17, 2009: Japanese loan for Railway freight corridorSeptember 15, 2009: 64 ‘multi-function stations’ of Indian RailwaysSeptember 8, 2009: SEWA Bank ..

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India’s first Islamic bank will open in Kerala by 2010

September 20, 2009

  What is a Islamic Bank? Islamic banking refers to a system of banking or banking activity that is consistent with the principles of Islamic law (Sharia) and its practical application through the development of Islamic economics. Sharia prohibits the ..

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Orissa government signs MOU with SBI for Electronic benefit transfer for NREGA

September 20, 2009

September 23, 2009: With an aim to achieve financial inclusion and provide door step banking to the rural people, the Orissa government today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the public sector State Bank of India (SBI) for implementing ..

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RBI’s Financial Literacy Drive Programme for Financial Inclusion

September 20, 2009

The idea behind the Financial inclusion is that all people or every household in the country must have an operative account in a bank. To achieve 100 per cent financial inclusion across the country,Reserve Bank of India has decided to ..

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Mini Current Affairs Current Affairs : Awards September 2009

September 17, 2009

September 18, 2009: Castrol Awards for Cricketing ExcellenceRahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir were presented Castrol Awards on September 18, 2009. Gundappa Vishwanath was given the Castrol Lifetime Achievement award. September 19, 2008: ‘Mukhaputa’ bags two international ..

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Mini Current Affairs : Current Affairs : Business & Economy

September 13, 2009

August 13, 2009: Urban horticulture scheme of Indian Overseas BankIndian Overseas Bank has introduced a new scheme IOB-Urban Horticulture.What is this scheme about?A loan can be availed (minimum loan amount is Rs. 10,000 and it may go up to Rs. ..

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India’s Global roadshows for Hydrocarbon projects

September 11, 2009

What are these roadshows? Minister of State for Petroleum Jitin Prasad was recently in North America for shows in tour for promotion & atttraction of investment in India;s petroleum assets. Rounds of auction are held. Here is a summary of ..

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